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White Sox catcher Martín Maldonado bunts during the first game of a doubleheader against the Kansas City Royals Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Chicago. (AP) Erin Hooley/AP Photos PHILADELPHIA — Martin Maldonado owned a .205/.281/.346 career hitting line through Thursday, …

Bulls coach Billy Donovan remains very hopeful that Lonzo Ball is headed for a return. He also sees a roster in which Ball can play and be productive even with the emergence of Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White. Charles Rex …

Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm, center, celebrates with third base coach Dusty Wathan after hitting a three-run home run against Garrett Crochet during the third inning Friday, April 19, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP) Matt Slocum/AP Photos PHILADELPHIA — More doom, more …

Crime scene tape marks the home at 5919 N. Washtenaw Ave. in October 2022, when the dismembered body of the building’s landlord was found in a freezer. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file photo A woman accused of killing and dismembering her landlord …

Majid Matariyeh, a Palestinian American, walks through Federal Plaza in The Loop, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Time Tensions in the Middle East are high, with Iran and Israel trading drone strikes in recent days. …

A voter at Isabelle C. O’Keeffe School in South Shore feeds her ballot into a voting machine on Election Day in April. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times The March 19 election will go down in Illinois history as having the lowest voter turnout …

They were driving in an alley in the 3800 block of West Jackson Boulevard when people in a nearby SUV and sedan opened fire. Sun-Times file photo A woman was killed and a man wounded in a shooting Friday in …

Environmental activists chant outside First American Bank during the Global Climate Strike in the Loop on Friday. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Hundreds marched around the Loop for a Global Climate Strike protest Friday afternoon to demand climate action and call on President …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping or important decisions from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Virgo into Libra. Aries (March 21-April 19) Keep your pockets open because gifts, goodies and favors might come your way …

CALABASAS — Oaks Christian baseball coach Royce Clayton was certain that senior infielder Chris Tampoya’s luck would turn. That his outs had been hard hit balls. That he was facing an inauspicious amount of left-handed pitchers. That his competitive attitude …

LOS ANGELES — The daily drama that is life in Shohei Ohtani’s orbit can’t obscure a simple fact. The Dodgers are not playing very well right now. Francisco Lindor’s two-run home run after a Mookie Betts throwing error broke a …

Columbine marked a new era in America: one of normalised school shootings (Picture: AFP) My first day of kindergarten was a hot August day in 2004, in Ms Lawson’s class. I remember that my biggest concerns were making sure I …

DNA hacking could be a problem of the future (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk) When details of a hack at DNA testing firm 23andMe first came to light the news made few headlines – the eyes of the world were on Israel and …

SAN FRANCISCO — Big league ballplayers have a saying: the starting pitcher sets the tone. Blake Snell set an ominous tone on Friday night. Making his third start in a Giants uniform, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner …

SAN FRANCISCO — Big league ballplayers have a saying: the starting pitcher sets the tone. Blake Snell set an ominous tone on Friday night. Making his third start in a Giants uniform, the reigning National League Cy Young Award winner …

Bulls veteran DeMar DeRozan has a lot to unpack this summer now that his team has again come up short this season. The free agent-to-be first has to come to grips with again losing to Miami and its “Heat Culture.” …

Hart High School players celebrate after defeating West Ranch 5-3 Friday, April 19, 2024.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) SANTA CLARITA – The Hart baseball team’s 5-3 win over West Ranch on Friday afternoon moved the team one step closer …

The ‘UFO’ was seen sputtering along before crashing into a local judge’s property (Picture: Shutterstock/Getty Images/Metro.co.uk) Most people in this Texan town of about 1,300 know the alien as Ned. Ned was a spaceman who on April 17, 1897, crashed …