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Debbie Reynolds and her daughter, Carrie Fisher, arrive at an event on Aug. 19, 2003, in Beverly Hills, California. | Jill Connelly/AP file photo

Debbie Reynolds dies day after daughter Carrie Fisher died

“She’s now with Carrie and we’re all heartbroken,” her son said from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was taken by ambulance earlier Wednesday.

By Lynn Elber | AP Television Writer

Mayor Rahm Emanuel at a Chicago City Council meeting on Dec. 14, 2016. A year ago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel was fending off calls for his resignation. Now he’s sending a message: Anyone who wants to take him down is going to have to contend with a lot of dough and the attacks it can buy. | Santiago Covarrubias/Sun-Times

Rahm hauls in $1.6 million in campaign cash in 2016

Emanuel is sending a message: Anyone who wants to take him down is going to have to contend with a lot of dough and the attacks it can buy.

By Mick Dumke and Tina Sfondeles

Leighton Criminal Court Building at 26th Street and California Avenue

Sheriff’s deputies investigated for allegedly lying on time cards

A sheriff’s office spokeswoman divulged few details of the probe but confirmed 60 deputies are being investigated for “alleged attendance fraud.”

By Rummana Hussain

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry | File photo

In parting shot, Kerry tears into Israel over settlements

The secretary of state tore into Israel for settlement-building, accusing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of dragging Israel away from democracy.

By JOSH LEDERMAN and MATTHEW DALY | Associated Press

A shopper loads plastic bags of groceries into a car trunk. | Sun-Times file photo

City to repeal plastic bag ban, delays 7-cent bag tax to Feb. 1

Ald. Proco Joe Moreno (1st) was one of the chief sponsors of the plastic bag ban and decried its repeal as “bad policy.”

By Sam Charles

Playing a custodian and his ex-wife, Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams give the performances of their careers in "Manchester by the Sea.' | Amazon Studios/Roadside Attractions

Richard Roeper picks the 10 best movies of 2016

“Manchester by the Sea” tops a list that also includes impressive films starring Jeff Bridges, Tom Hanks and Teresa Palmer.

By Richard Roeper

Bryan Cranston as Ned (from left), Megan Mullally as Barb and James Franco as Laird in "Why Him?" | 20th Century Fox

Lowest of the low: Richard Roeper picks the worst movies of 2016

By Richard Roeper

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