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DEAR ABBY: My boss doesn’t set boundaries between work and our personal lives. I adore her, but the job is very stressful and comes first. She recently became engaged, and I don’t know how to accept her husband-to-be. When we’re …

Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. will eat up just over $96 million of the Jazz’s salary next season. Fortunately for the Jazz, the rest of the roster is on the cheap, including second-team all-rookie standout Ace Bailey. Even holding …

They were a couple of college kids in Oregon with big plans. Matt Boyd was going to pitch in the big leagues, blessed with a strong left arm and a quiet confidence. Ashley Timm was going to change the world, …

Jack Antonoff, the producer, finally got a night off on Friday. As his band Bleachers kicked off a new tour at Salt Shed, for once the focus turned away from the nonstop work he’s done for other artists to his …

A beloved chef and restaurant owner was one of two people killed in a mass shooting early Friday in Back of the Yards, where five others were also injured. Isaac “Wavy” Bradley and Lamar Butler were among a group at …

BUFFALO, N.Y. — When the Blackhawks drafted Swedish forward Anton Frondell a year ago, they knew he likely would play one more season in his home country before making the leap to the NHL. That’s exactly what he did. Ivar …

On the last day of April, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stood at a dais and watched Browns owner Jimmy Haslam gush over the soon-to-be $2.6 billion Huntington Bank Field. The Browns’ next stadium is being built in Brook Park, Ohio, …

PHILADELPHIA — Two grinders are better than one at the top of the White Sox’ batting order. With an eye-popping proclivity for getting plunked and diving across the field, rookie left fielder Sam Antonacci has seized the spotlight in the …

PHILADELPHIA — Rookie first baseman Jacob Gonzalez’s first career home run helped power the White Sox to a 6-3 victory against the hottest team in baseball on Saturday in Philadelphia. The Sox followed their tried and true formula to draw …

Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson was benched Saturday. Well, mostly. Hitting .139 in his last 11 games, Swanson didn’t start against the Giants. Nico Hoerner shifted from second base to short, and rookie Pedro Ramirez played second. ‘‘At this point, just …

The Cubs and Pete Crow-Armstrong have played 65 games this season. It’s not even the middle of June, and the Cubs have had two 10-game winning streaks and a 10-game skid and have gone from a team that looked like …

A bunch of you must be pretty bummed about the Bears claiming they’re moving forward in their relationship with Hammond, Indiana. Or excited. Or outraged. Or apathetic. Sheesh, will you make up your minds? Related The Hammond Bears? You gotta …

Kei Lavonne and Niomi Collard were strangers until Saturday, when they spotted each other’s “gorgeous” outfits on their way to Pokémon GO Fest at Grant Park. Lavonne, 35, came from South Bend, Indiana, and dressed as the Pokémon character Mimikyu, …

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection denied entry on Friday to an Iraq national soccer team photographer and questioned a player for hours at O’Hare International Airport as the team arrived for an exhibition match this week ahead of the …

A man was shot to death Saturday in the Gage Park neighborhood. The 25-year-old was on a sidewalk about 4:30 p.m. in the 5100 block of South Campbell Avenue when someone fired shots, Chicago police said. He suffered gunshot wounds …

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Golden Tempo showed exactly why he is a great closer, and his stretch run at the Belmont Stakes on Saturday delivered more history for trainer Cherie DeVaux. Ridden by jockey Jose Ortiz from 12 lengths off …

Antonee Robinson struck the ball perfectly with his left foot, and it rocketed into the corner of the goal. Surrounded by a delirious sellout crowd at Soldier Field, the defender celebrated with a cartwheel and a backflip. Not a bad …

Portions of the Pokémon GO Fest gameplay has been suspended near the Museum Campus “in response to several overlapping events in the area,” organizers said Saturday. Gameplay was suspended for part of Saturday and all of Sunday in the areas …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Pisces. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Pay attention to what you say and do today because this is a mildly accident-prone day. …

DEAR ABBY: A group of us friends grew up together and have remained connected over the decades. Many have died off, however, leaving three of us who are very close. One of the three, “Marie,” has grown increasingly “prickly” with …