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news  Trenton Harrison, of Bourbonnais, holds the trophy and a matcha drink he won at the Caleb Williams look-alike contest at The
Wiener’s Circle hot dog stand in Chicago on Jan. 20, 2026. Contestants were evaluated on how much they resemble the Chicago Bears quarterback. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Wieners Circle crowns a Caleb Williams look-alike as a fitting end to the Chicago Bears playoff runThe Wieners Circle was more of a cathartic, broken hearts club on Tuesday evening when it hosted a Caleb Williams look-alike contest as a love letter to the Chicago Bears quarterback, despite a gutting end to the season.
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business  Residents listen to members of the Naperville City Council discuss a proposed data center during a meeting, Jan. 20, 2026, at Naperville Municipal Building. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Naperville council votes down controversial data center proposalNaperville City Council members, facing a packed house opposed to a data center being built on Naperville’s far northeast side, voted 6-1 last night to reject the project.
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sports  White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. sits in the dugout before a game against the Phillies at Rate Field on July 30, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune) Column: The end of the Luis Robert Jr. era gives the Chicago White Sox a clean slate for 2026It’s a win for the White Sox, who shed Luis Robert Jr.’s $20 million salary without having to eat any of it while hopefully opening a door for top prospect Braden Montgomery.
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eat. watch. do.  Photographer Vincent D. Johnson, shown in the original Mount Carmel High School gym
on Jan. 14, 2026, has published a book on high school gyms across the state of Illinois. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Column: A photographer travels the Illinois high school basketball circuitVincent Johnson is 51 years old and still going to high school — or many high schools as he works as a successful freelance photographer, shooting for the Tribune and other publications the games that teenagers play.
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nation & world  President Donald Trump speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) President Donald Trump in Davos says NATO should allow the US to take Greenland, but he won’t use forceIn an extraordinary speech at the World Economic Forum, the president said he was asking for territory that was “cold and poorly located.” He said the U.S. had effectively saved Europe during World War II and even declared of NATO: “It’s a very small ask compared to what we have given them for many, many decades.”
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