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The Cubs will be buyers at the trade deadline. But as Nico Hoerner pointed out Wednesday, there are different levels of buying and selling. “There’s ‘buyer’ and ‘seller,’” the Cubs’ second baseman said, “but even within that, there’s a bit …

Magnolia Bakery’s Chicago location has reopened this week after passing a follow-up health inspection Tuesday, days after the popular Loop bakery was closed for health code violations, including pest-related issues. The bakery, on the first floor of the Block 37 …

Pete Crow-Armstrong catches everything. Anthony Rizzo can’t even reel in a home-run ball while holding a kid in the Wrigley Field bleachers. Michael Busch hit a homer into the bleachers … Anthony Rizzo got the ball! pic.twitter.com/oVp6EF54AE — MLB (@MLB) …

Sydney Taylor walked off the court looking like she wanted to punch a wall. The Sky had just scrawled their frustrating signature all over Barclays Center. They played 35 excellent minutes, built a 12-point lead deep into the fourth quarter …

MIAMI — Preston Plambeck scored his first career goal in MLS in the 87th minute, Luis Suárez scored two goals, and Inter Miami beat the Fire 3-2 on Wednesday night to spoil Robert Lewandowski’s debut for the Fire. Miami (10-2-4) …

A teen boy was killed after being hit by a car while riding an e-bike in Wauconda Tuesday, according to Wauconda police. Tyler Waldal, 14, was riding the e-bike in the 500 block of Main Street at 9:58 p.m. when …

ARLINGTON, Texas — Drew Thorpe’s not a morning person, but he’ll make an exception if it means getting back to the White Sox after two frustrating years of injury rehabilitation. “Ten a.m. starts should be illegal, but I’ll take it,” …

ARLINGTON, Texas — Ten years of MLB service time went by fast for White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi, for the most part. “I remember coming up, guys saying, ‘Enjoy it, because it’s going to go fast,’” the veteran designated hitter …

Moon Alert Caution! Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or making important decisions all day until 8:30 p.m. After that, the moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day Today, Mercury stops being retrograde, which …

Earlier this month, the Archdiocese of Chicago launched an investigation into a decades-old child sexual abuse allegation against the Rev. Michael Pfleger, the longtime pastor of St. Sabina Church in Auburn Gresham. It was the fifth such accusation brought against …

KYBARTAI AND VILNIUS, Lithuania — Rimas Rimkus is patching some asphalt at the end of his driveway on a narrow lane off the main drag of J. Basanavičiaus Street in the town of Kybartai. He invites visitors into his fenced …

Public disapproval over federal agents in the streets, the war in Iran, rising grocery and fuel prices and corruption at the highest levels of government led Dave Specter to organize. For the Chicago blues guitarist, that meant working the phone …

A “fraternity” of priests whose leaders recently were excommunicated by Pope Leo XIV — and that maintains a presence in the Chicago area with a church in Oak Park and a priory on the Northwest Side — fashions itself as …

Some of the city’s best architecture is not only found around Chicago’s parks but in them. Yet, for decades, the Chicago Park District allowed many of its structures to fall into embarrassing disrepair. Do I have to name names? For …

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Adam,” and I have been together for four years. We are very much in love and share similar views on most things. We agree that a marriage license is just a piece of paper and our …

Imagine how Republicans would react if a Democratic president reflexively threatened to yank the broadcast licenses of TV stations because he did not like their news coverage or programming decisions. President Donald Trump has been doing that since his first …

While President Donald Trump threatens to destroy “ONE BRIDGE OR POWER PLANT” in Iran for every shot they take at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz, Americans back home are hoping and praying this folly of a war wraps …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Mexico’s government filed criminal complaints seeking investigations into the deaths of Mexican nationals including Silverio Villegas González, who was fatally shot by feds in Franklin Park amid Operation Midway Blitz.  🗞️ Plus: Chicago’s $639.6 million migrant …

The 30 beluga whales at Marineland Canada — including four now at Shedd Aquarium — were at “imminent risk” of being euthanized, a longtime adviser and lawyer for the shuttered aquatic park told the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday. “The bottom line …

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is hoping to parlay his access to President Donald Trump into a moneymaking clemency ask for Frank Kollintzas, a former Indiana city councilman who allegedly fled to Greece after being convicted in a vote-buying scheme. …