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An outrider intercepts Havnameltdown after the horse lost its rider and suffered a catastrophic leg injury during a race leading up to the 2023 Preakness Stakes in Baltimore. The horse later was euthanized. Jerry Jackson/The Baltimore Sun via AP When …

The HeartMate 3 is a mechanical pump designed for patients with end-stage heart failure and manufactured by Thoratec Corp., a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories of North Chicago. Known as a left ventricular assist device, the HeartMate 3 helps the main …

The CHA’s Harold L. Ickes Homes as they were being demolished in 2009. Sun-Times file When the city and Chicago Housing Authority demolished distressed high-rise public housing developments under the Plan for Transformation, they promised to fill the land with …

DEAR ABBY: My parents have been divorced for 30 years. It was an unpleasant divorce because Dad had an affair with a woman he worked with and married her soon after. Mom was devastated. She and Dad were high school …

Actors Mahmoud Bakri (center) and Muhammed Abed El Rahman (right) from a scene in Farah Nabulsi’s film “The Teacher.” Nabulsi will be in town later this month for a screening of the film at the Chicago Palestine Film Festival, which …

Andrew Benintendi and the Sox matched the 1907 Brooklyn Superbas as the lone MLB teams to get shut out six times in their first 16 games. AP LAS VEGAS — As many professional bettors had expected, the White Sox have …

The Burnham Prairie wetland in south suburban Burnham is protected because it is in the Cook County Forest Preserves, but other critical wetlands in Illinois have lost their protections because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year. Provided In …

Indiana State center Robbie Avila, who played high school basketball at Oak Forest, is one of the biggest local names in the college transfer portal. Doug McSchooler/AP The transfer portal dominates the college basketball conversation for roughly two months in …

New coach Teresa Weatherspoon (left) is at the center of the new era chairman and co-owner Nadia Rawlinson (right) is touting. Perfect timing isn’t real. Being in precise alignment isn’t the result of coincidence and certainly shouldn’t be left up …

Fire coach Frank Klopas said Brian Gutierrez’s form is why he hasn’t started the past two matches. Courtesy of the Fire The Fire attack has sputtered the last three games, scoring once in open play. On Wednesday, coach Frank Klopas …

The radio crackled to life. “Fire,” a voice yelled, “James’ car is on fire!” People ran, grabbing fire extinguishers, toward the track. Women in Motorsports Throughout the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, we’re highlighting women in the motorsports world, …

Dennis McCarthy has the day off. Here is a “Best of Dennis” column “Facing L.A. on foot – It all started with ‘You have a letter from the DMV’” originally published in print on Feb. 2, 2018 in the Los …

I was visiting with outgoing Assemblyman Chris Holden on the phone the other day. He happened to mention that not only is he needing to leave the Legislature because of term limits — a California politician can stay 12 years …

First residents are set to move to Woven City by the end of the year (Picture: Woven by Toyota) Plans to create a utopian robot city at the foot of an active Japanese volcano are well on their way to …

For thousands of years, humans have altered the shape of their heads (Picture: Didier Descouens) Standards of beauty and status have changed and developed around the world and throughout time – leading to some distinctly alien-looking skulls that now sit …