21+ min ago (161+ words) El viernes por la noche en Phoenix, los Timberwolves desperdiciaron una ventaja de ocho puntos con menos de un minuto por jugar en una derrota de 114-113. Contra los Kings, estaban arriba por diez con tres minutos restantes. Despu's de que DeRozan empatara a 101 con dos tiros libres con 34 segundos por jugar en el tiempo reglamentario, Anthony Edwards fall" un tiro para Minnesota, y DeRozan y Malik Monk fallaron tiros en la "ltima posesi"n. Los Kings ganaron su segundo partido consecutivo despu's de remontar para vencer a Denver 128-123 el s'bado por la noche como visitantes, poniendo fin a una racha de ocho derrotas consecutivas. Tienen un r'cord de 5-13. DeRozan hizo 15 tiros libres sin fallar. Keegan Murray registr" 26 puntos y 14 rebotes, y Monk agreg" 22 unidades. Edwards anot" 43 tantos para Minnesota. Julius Randle y Donte DiVincenzo tuvieron 17 cada uno, y Naz Reid agreg…...

32+ min ago (292+ words) An Oakton College professor who spends her spare time volunteering for and helping to lead several local organizations has been honored by the Evanston/North Shore chapter of the NAACP. Ella Whitehead, a Skokie resident who serves as Oakton's director of Admission and Equity Outreach, was recognized with the NAACP's 2025 President's Award. Oakton College, in a statement, called Whitehead "a driving force behind expanding educational opportunity and ensuring every student can thrive at Oakton College." The college noted she also serves as a leader across the region, including in roles with the North Shore Section of the National Council of Negro Women, the Skokie Public Library, and the Skokie Community Foundation. Whitehead accepted the honor from the historic civil rights organization at the Evanston/North Shore Branch's 61st Annual Freedom Fund Banquet, Nov. 15. "Ella's commitment to advancing equity and student empowerment…...

52+ min ago (655+ words) Patty Chen knew she had a good idea in opening Serious Sanji Asian Cuisine and Bubble Tea in Northbrook, but did not anticipate the demand for its soup dumplings. "We started with a rush, learning on the fly," said Chen, manager and owner of Serious Sanji, 794 Skokie Blvd. "I was shocked by how many people were coming in. I knew it would be busy, but I did not expect this." Chen obtained the franchise from a Florida company that specialized in carryout, she said. Adapting the preparation and service to in-person dining turned out to be challenging. "They had their own way to do it," she said of the Florida franchises. "We were not trained (to serve for in-person dining). We started slowly, but we had time to fix the process and learn how to do it well. Now we're…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (473+ words) El documento de la oficina doctrinal del Vaticano afirm" que la Iglesia cat"lica tiene una posici"n bien documentada que sostiene la indisolubilidad del matrimonio como una uni"n de por vida entre los c"nyuges. Sin embargo, se'al" que la posici"n de la Iglesia sobre la naturaleza "nica y exclusiva del matrimonio mon"gamo es menos conocida. En los "ltimos a'os, en reuniones del Vaticano con obispos, los delegados africanos han expresado regularmente que la poligamia se practica ampliamente entre sus fieles y han solicitado orientaci"n al Vaticano. "Una sola carne: Elogio de la Monogamia" les proporciona un documento doctrinal que detalla el tratamiento del matrimonio en la Biblia, la poes'a, la teolog'a y la filosof'a cristianas, as' como por varios papas y concilios eclesi'sticos a lo largo de la historia. El documento tiene 40 p'ginas con…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (713+ words) Dear Eric: My goddaughter is getting married in December. Her parents have experienced crushing financial loss through no fault of their own. So, I told my goddaughter I would contribute $500 to the wedding dress. She picked out a dress without consulting me that cost nearly 10 times that much and sent me a picture of the receipts. After much back and forth she "heard" that I would pay for all of the dress. Her mother got involved and it ended up a huge mess. After being pressured I sent $1,500 to the bridal shop and told the family because of the increased cost to my budget, I would not be traveling 17 hours to the wedding, staying in a hotel and sending a wedding gift. Because of this my goddaughter isn't speaking to me. When I inquired about a thank you note her…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (871+ words) Editor's note: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, our readers wrote to us to share what they're thankful for. Here is a selection of those letters. We will publish the remainder on Wednesday and Thursday. More than ever, I am thankful for publications and news media that have been willing to print and share the truth in spite of a growing effort of some media sources to kowtow to a fully biased agenda. The need to enshrine and protect reliable media services has become increasingly more important with the popularity of such social media platforms as X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Just when we thought the country was beginning to understand the need to bring some regulation to these platforms, we were hit with the full-blown debut of artificial intelligence. Research tells of that any information on social media platforms…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (509+ words) A snowy owl on a fence near Montrose Beach on Nov. 24, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Over the weekend, hundreds of curious Chicagoans ventured to Lake Michigan beachfronts to witness a birding marvel: the early arrival of snowy owls. Two snowy owls have been spotted at Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary and a third briefly at Rainbow Beach, according to the Chicago Ornithological Society. These are earlier than usual in the season, said Edward Warden, president of the Chicago Ornithological Society. The Arctic bird typically arrives in Chicago mid- to late December, Warden said. An unusually early arrival may signal an "irruption year," a migratory boom when large numbers of snowy owls migrate south during the winter months. "A lot of people are certainly speculating if this is going to be a big year or not based on how early (the…...

1+ hour, 11+ min ago (631+ words) He did not talk much about the war as I was growing up, but he did tell me about some of the books he read when the guns were silent. It is one of the most remarkable if relatively forgotten stories of that war, but this books-in-battle tale came rushing back with the release of the latest limited edition from the ever-imaginative company called Field Notes. Four times a year or so since its founding in 2007, this local outfit has come forth with these limited editions. The previous 68 of them have featured such topics as baseball, dime novels, space flights, national parks, the Great Lakes, and on and creatively on. This new one is called "1943" and was inspired by Armed Services Editions, a series of fiction and nonfiction books published and distributed to the U.S. military from 1943-47. More than 120 million copies…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (1500+ words) For nearly 16 years, Mar'a Irma P'rez Padilla set up her tamale cart at a busy intersection in Pilsen, selling the beloved Mexican dish to help support her family. The 52-year-old mother worked long days to pay for her diabetes medication and provide for her children after her husband's death two years ago. Like many older immigrants in the U.S. without legal permission, P'rez relied entirely on street vending to survive. But on a Friday morning in October, masked federal agents in an unmarked vehicle detained her as she prepared an order of tamales. Within minutes, the familiar presence who anchored the corner for more than a decade was gone. "They were just standing between her and her cart " they didn't even let her finish her job," her son, Jaime Montano, said. Despite having no criminal record, P'rez was taken to a…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago (687+ words) We ply our trade with words and we like to think they have weight. But the wild Donald Trump-Zohran Mamdani news conference at the White House Friday almost convinced us of the opposite. When it comes to saying what we mean, or not, America has gone totally bananas. Consider: Mamdani has often said Trump is a "despot who betrayed the country" and a fascist. Hitherto, if you were called a fascist and you were not either the person or a follower of Benito Mussolini, that generally disinclined you to invite the name-caller for a cozy chat. Consider: Trump had called Mamdani "a communist lunatic." The same disinclination would normally apply. But there the two of them were, offering up sweet nothings, the one to the other. Reporters in the room were incredulous. On social media, some people even suggested this…...