Hace un año, Christine Hernández y Eileen Kerlin Walsh eran totalmente desconocidas. Ahora, Hernández espera algún día visitar a la familia de Kerlin Walsh en Irlanda. Hernández, de 51 años, había pasado los últimos ocho años haciendo todo lo posible …
Mujer del área de Chicago recibe trasplante de riñón gracias a una lectora del Sun-Times tras años de búsqueda Read MoreA battle over credit card transaction fees continues after a federal appeals court on Friday sent the case about a new Illinois law seeking to limit so-called swipe fees back to District Court. When customers use credit cards, businesses typically …
Battle continues over Illinois law to limit credit card fees Read MoreA Cook County judge questioned prosecutors Monday about whether protocols they announced this year for the potential prosecution of Operation Midway Blitz agents actually ruled out charges for nonviolent crimes such as conspiracy or perjury. Prosecutors denied setting any limits …
Cook County judge delays ruling on whether to install special prosecutor to probe Operation Midway Blitz Read MoreChicago taxpayers should help bankroll development of a “cultural and entertainment district” around the West Side’s United Center, a key city panel said Monday. The City Council’s Committee on Economic, Capital and Technology Development voted unanimously to provide $54.7 million …
City Council panel backs tax incentives for United Center entertainment district Read MorePresident Donald Trump said Monday he will move to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war. The president cannot suspend the federal tax on his own. Congress would have …
Trump says he’ll move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He can’t do it on his own Read MoreUn hombre de Chicago se ha declarado culpable en una corte federal de ayudar a un grupo de lavado de dinero a mover alrededor de $3 millones en ganancias ilegales de narcóticos desde Chicago hacia México a través de China. …
Hombre chino ayudó a enviar $3 millones a cárteles mexicanos en operativo de lavado de dinero en Chicago Read MoreBody camera footage released Monday appears to show that a Chicago police officer threatened to kill a fleeing driver just seconds before opening fire into the passenger side of his car — killing him. “Get out of the f – …
Chicago cop appears to yell ‘I’ll kill you’ before fatally shooting fleeing driver, new video shows Read MoreIf there’s any place that knows what an epic baseball drought is like, it’s Chicago. The University of Chicago, that is. Remember the White Sox’ 87-year World Series drought? How quaint. And the Cubs’ 108-year drought? OK, a bit longer. …
No drought about it: It’s the U of C Maroons’ year Read MoreThe soul has been ripped from an anti-violence organization to which slain high school basketball player Damarion Johnson belonged. Johnson, 18, died in a shooting last week on the West Side that also claimed the life of Uber driver Jassen …
Slain teen hoped basketball would lead family to safer life, says anti-violence group leader Read MoreMelanny B. está a punto de celebrar un logro. Pero en lugar de conmemorar su título de maestría en educación superior con familiares y amigos, planea esconderse en el lugar más seguro que conoce: su casa. Melanny, de 31 años, …
Beneficiarios de DACA en Chicago enfrentan retrasos en las renovaciones y preocupaciones de ser deportados Read MoreWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving women’s access to a widely used abortion pill untouched until at least Thursday, while the justices consider whether to allow restrictions on the drug, mifepristone, to take effect. Justice Samuel Alito’s order Monday …
Supreme Court temporarily extends women’s access to a widely used abortion pill Read MoreWhen the NFL announced Monday the Giants will host the Cowboys in the first 2026 “Sunday Night Football” game, it eliminated two candidates to face the Seahawks in the second-ever Wednesday night season opener Sept. 9. Offseason speculation has linked …
Bears-Seahawks in Week 1? Team awaits schedule fate as NFL starts to name games Read MoreThe Bears signed receivers Scotty Miller and Kyron Hudson and linebackers Wayne Matthews II and Jon Rhattigan on Monday, two days after the conclusion of their rookie minicamp. Rookie Squirrel White retired just four days after the Florida State receiver …
Bears sign four players, announce WR Squirrel White’s retirement Read MoreThe already contentious relationship between Lane Kiffin and the University of Mississippi just got a little thornier. In an interview with Vanity Fair for a profile published on Monday, May 11, the first-year LSU coach, who spent the previous six …
Lane Kiffin says Ole Miss’ racial history made it difficult to recruit Black football players Read MoreA federal judge ruled Monday that Cook County is liable to pay back potentially millions of dollars to people who lost their homes in the county’s annual property tax sales, three years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the system …
Cook County liable for property tax sale violations, judge rules Read MoreFor more than a hundred years, Koney King has been one of Gary’s best-kept secrets, famous for its hot dogs, chili-dogs, hamburgers and more served behind a double horseshoe counter with old-school swivel stools. But after its brief cameo last …
Surprise episode of ‘The Bear’ puts Gary’s historic Koney King in the spotlight Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO — Beating the Fire in their regular-season opener Saturday was a good sign for the Sky. Sure, the Fire are an expansion franchise that won’t sniff the playoffs this season, but you don’t scoff at any victories if …
Sky face first true playoff-caliber test against Valkyries Read MoreA man who says Chicago police beat him into confessing to the 1992 murder of 7-year-old Dantrell Davis is a step closer to finding out whether he’ll get a new trial. One of Anthony Garrett’s attorneys battled a Cook County …
Man’s bid for a retrial in boy’s murder hinges on ex-Chicago cop’s alleged ties to Gitmo torture Read MoreA federal judge has ordered the Justice Department and U.S. Department of Homeland Security not to pressure Facebook and Apple from banning ICE-monitoring apps and social media groups. The preliminary injunction ruling, issued last week by U.S. District Judge Jorge …
Justice Department can no longer pressure Facebook, Apple to remove ICE-sighting apps, judge rules Read MoreATLANTA — When Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami signed with the White Sox this past winter, he reached out to Cubs veteran Seiya Suzuki for advice. “[It was] nothing really about baseball,’’ Suzuki said through his translator Sunday morning in Texas …
Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki counsels White Sox’ Munetaka Murakami about life in Chicago Read More