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George Ma’Ayteh, a retired Chicago Fire Department lieutenant with Engine 109, hugs fire communications operator Amanda Garr during a Wednesday news conference at the Office of Emergency Management and Communications. Garr was the 911 operator who told Paula Anast, Ma’Ayteh’s …

Blake Cameron James (left) and Gian Knight Ramirez play the boys looking out at the skyline from their Cabrini-Green homes in “We Grown Now.” Sony Pictures Classics The closing credits for Minhal Baig’s lovely and lyrical yet haunting and heartbreaking …

CPS struggles with a low literacy rate among third-graders from low-income families. One reader says CPS should rely more on phonics. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Regarding the recent op-ed “Many Chicago Public Schools students struggle with illiteracy,” how many times …

Hersh Goldberg-Polin (left) is pictured with his parents, Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin. Goldberg-Polin was taken hostage by Hamas at a music festival on Oct. 7. Provided by family The Chicago-born mother of a hostage taken by Hamas was named …

Yovanny López con las fotos de su difunta esposa, Marlen Ochoa-López, y sus hijos el martes en la Corte Penal de Leighton. Clarisa Figueroa se declaró culpable de estrangular a Ochoa-López, que estaba embarazada, y de arrancarle del útero a …

An American flag waves in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building. Patrick Semansky/AP file In his last protest march, Martin Luther King Jr. led a parade of demonstrators down Beale Street in Memphis, Tennessee, lending his support to striking …

A memorial last July in Little Village for Karina Alvarez and her daughter, Daniela. Owen Ziliak/Sun-Times file From a very young age, I was exposed to domestic violence, even though I thought the arguing between my mom and my dad …

The Royals’ Salvador Perez crosses the plate after a two-run home run in the eighth inning of the first game of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the White Sox. Quinn Harris/Getty Images Everything set up nicely for a rare White Sox win. …

Walter ‘Slim’ Coleman Sun-Times Media Walter ‘Slim’ Coleman, a dyed-in-the-wool radical activist of the 1960s who for decades harnessed the power of the city’s poor to challenge its power structure and achieve social justice goals, died Tuesday after a long …

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling, left, speaks with Christopher Amon, special agent in charge of the ATF in Chicago, inside the ATF’s new Crime Gun Intelligence Center. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Law enforcement leaders from Chicago to Washington came together Wednesday …

Kellie and Eddie Montalvo find it difficult to speak about the death of their 21-year-old son Benjamin that was caused by a hit-and-run driver who was texting seconds before she hit his bicycle on a Corona street four years ago. …

NEW ORLEANS — Despite the New Orleans Pelicans’ late comeback attempt, the Lakers held on to beat the Pelicans 110-106 in Tuesday’s Play-In Tournament game to clinch the No. 7 seed and their spot in the playoffs. Their reward: a …

Police circulated security video Wednesday of a van that fatally injured a woman who was pushing a shopping cart on a road in Northridge, and detectives sought the public’s help to find the hit-and-run driver. The crash occurred around 2:55 …

The Ducks’ campaign will end where it began, in Las Vegas against the Golden Knights, but Thursday’s season finale will be remembered more as a commencement than a conclusion. Marquee trade acquisition, World Junior Championships gold medalist, Hobey Baker Award …

By COLLIN BINKLEY and ANNIE MA WASHINGTON, D.C. — Columbia University’s president took a firm stance against antisemitism in a congressional hearing on Wednesday, but she faced bruising criticism from Republicans who say her actions haven’t supported her words, especially …

Mickey Mouse, Sleeping Beauty, Iron Man and other Disneyland employees who work with Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star Wars character performers have moved one step closer to unionizing, according to the union organizing workers. Disneyland’s 1,700 character and parade performers …

LOS ANGELES — The sights, sounds and smells all have been familiar to Landon Knack for months now and on Wednesday the right-hander finally got his first chance to dive into the fray. Knack made his major league debut and …