In a bombshell move, Mayor Lori Lightfoot fires Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson. Good news for a local auto plant. And a new Cirque du Soleil holiday show debuts in Chicago.

• Lightfoot Fires Top Cop Eddie Johnson for ‘Intolerable Actions’
• Spotlight Politics: Top Cop Ousted Weeks Before Retirement
• Crain’s Headlines: Sprout Social Plans to Go Public
• Cirque du Soleil’s First-Ever Holiday Show Premieres in Chicago
• Beatboxer Finds New Sound in Opera by Chicago Composer