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Ryne Sandberg of the Chicago Cubs baseball team poses Feb. 18, 2020, in Mesa, Ariz. Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg has been diagnosed with metastatic prostate cancer. The 64-year-old Sandberg said Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in a release put out by the Baseball Hall of Fame that he has started treatment. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Hall of Fame second baseman Ryne Sandberg says he has metastatic prostate cancer

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Police work a scene, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024, in Joliet, Ill., after multiple people were shot and killed over two days at three locations in the Chicago suburbs. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Suspect in killing of 8 people in suburban Chicago has fatally shot himself in Texas, police say

By Kathleen Foody and Todd Richmond - Associated Press

Chicago's iconic Rat Hole in the 1900 block of West Roscoe Street in the Roscoe Village neighborhood, Friday, Jan. 19, 2024 in Chicago. Earlier the Rat Hole was filled in with a plaster type substance but was cleaned out by neighbors. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere /Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Dirty rat! Culprit fills in Chicago neighborhood landmark known as the ‘rat hole’

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Chicago Blackhawks' Cole Guttman (70) celebrates with teammates at the bench after scoring a goal during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the San Jose Sharks Tuesday, Jan 16, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Boris Katchouk scores in shootout to lift Blackhawks over Sharks 2-1

By Tim Cronin - Associated Press

New Chicago Cubs pitcher Shōta Imanaga takes part in a news conference Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in Chicago. The Japanese left-hander is expected to step right into the baseball team's rotation as it tries to return to the playoffs for the first time since 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Shota Imanaga is looking forward to the transition to the major leagues with the Chicago Cubs

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Green Bay Packers' Aaron Jones runs during the first half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

Packers chasing postseason berth as they attempt to beat Bears for 10th straight time

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Dallas Stars left wing Mason Marchment (27) reacts after scoring his third goal for a hat trick against the Chicago Blackhawks in the third period of an NHL hockey game Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)

Mason Marchment has 3 goals and an assist in Stars’ 8-1 rout of Blackhawks

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Green Bay Packers' Jordan Love dives into the end zone for a touchdown during the first half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Packers take control of playoff spot on Love’s 4-touchdown night in 33-10 cruise past Vikings

By Dave Campbell - Associated Press

The Chicago Blackhawks celebrate center Connor Bedard's overtime goal in an NHL hockey game against the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Connor Bedard scores 1st overtime goal, powers Chicago Blackhawks past Jets

By Matt Carlson - Associated Press

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Alexandar Georgiev stops a shot from Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard during the second period of an NHL hockey game Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Tyler Johnson scores in 3rd period as Blackhawks beat Avalanche 3-2

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas began flying migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago on Wednesday, Dec. 20, a week after the city took a tougher stance on the buses that Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has been sending north since last year. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas begins flying migrants from U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago

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Juan, a 7-year-old from San Juan del Rio, Mexico, picks up a piece of clothing from a pile of clothes outside a migrant shelter near the 2300 block of South Halsted Street of Chicago on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. Five-year-old Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, who was staying at the shelter, died Sunday. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Death of 5-year-old boy prompts criticism of Chicago shelters for migrants

By Claire Savage - Associated Press

Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, center, arrives at his abstract monument made in honor of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, June 30, 2021. The prolific Chicago artist who was the first Black sculptor to receive a solo retrospective at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and whose public works drew praise from presidents has died at age 88. Richard Hunt “passed away peacefully” Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at his home in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Prolific Chicago sculptor whose public works explored civil rights, Richard Hunt dies at 88

By Sophia Tareen - Associated Press

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett, left, assists Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields to his feet after he was sacked during an NFL football game, Sept. 26, 2021, in Cleveland. Fields is hoping this visit to Cleveland goes better than his previous one. Chicago's quarterback was sacked nine times in his first start against the Browns in 2021. Fields has endured major criticism this season, but he's played better of late, and the Bears have won three of four. The Browns are in the thick of the AFC playoff race despite a tidal wave of injuries to key players. (AP Photo/David Richard, file)

Browns’ Garrett is set to chase Bears’ Fields at site of the quarterback’s rough NFL debut

By Tom Withers - Associated Press

Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard reacts after missing a shot during overtime in an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Connor Bedard is living up to the hype, but the Blackhawks remain one of the NHL’s worst teams

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Carolina Gonzalez of Venezuala carries supplies into the Chicago City Life Center Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Chicago. The community center and church welcomed about 40 migrants who were previously living at police stations and airports. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Chicago and other northern U.S. cities scramble to house migrants with coldest weather just ahead

By Claire Savage and Melissa Perez Winder - Associated Press

Vucevic and White lead the way as Bulls beat Bucks 120-113 in OT

By Andrew Seligman - Associated Press

Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson speaks to supporters, April 4, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) ** FILE **

Brandon Johnson edges out Lori Lightfoot for second ‘Most Delusional Democrat’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Chicago Blackhawks right wing Corey Perry (94) warms up before an NHL hockey game against the Nashville Predators, Saturday, Nov. 18, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV) **FILE**

Blackhawks say Corey Perry engaged in unacceptable conduct and move to terminate his contract

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Rosalinda Ramirez, 57, and her partner Jose Guerrero, 41, Mexican immigrants who crossed the border separately over two decades ago and who have built lives and he a landscaping business in the U.S. but never found a route to obtain legal status, pose for a picture outside their home in Homestead, Fla., Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. The couple are among those longterm immigrants in the U.S. who are frustrated to see newer arrivals getting work permits and government assistance, while they have paid taxes for decades without earning work permits, the ability to visit relatives back home and return, or freedom from the fear of deportation. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper U.S. roots strive for work permits

By Gisela Salomon and Sophia Tareen - Associated Press