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Shortstop Colson Montgomery was out of the lineup again Wednesday with a back issue. He didn’t play Tuesday because of what general manager Chris Getz called tightness. But neither Montgomery nor manager Will Venable sounded concerned, and they described the …

It is Wednesday afternoon, the day after White Sox rookie Braden Montgomery claimed a piece of baseball history by hitting a walk-off home run in his major-league debut. The home run that his mom, Gretchen, may not have seen, unless …

Three people are in custody as a result of a homicide investigation after a 5-year-old boy was found fatally shot in south suburban Riverdale Tuesday, according to Riverdale police. Officers responded to a home in the 13900 block of South …

A former event security guard has been convicted in the fatal shooting of a 60-year-old man on a CTA Red Line train nearly four years ago, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office. A jury found Issac Anderson, 30, …

White Sox fans surely are euphoric with their team in first place in the American League Central this late in the season for the first time since 2021. The Sox themselves, though? “It’s June 10,” Chase Meidroth said. Not even …

When a baseball player finds out only the day before that he is about to be promoted to the major leagues, family members and friends are often left scrambling to make travel arrangements to see their loved one’s debut first-hand. …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and major decisions from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Aries into Taurus. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Be careful spending money today and dealing …

As a journalist, I constantly speak to people. Strangers. People who might be very upset with me. Others who might be thrilled to talk with me. Admittedly, it can be very scary. That’s because, growing up, talking was something that …

It is the early 2000s and you are the president of the United States, and in a bunker-like room plastered with video monitors, you must decide whether to invade Iraq. Grim faces appear on the monitors, warning of the wisdom …

Obesity is a known risk factor for breast cancer, so could some women reduce their odds of this common cancer by taking weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound? A new study presented at a major cancer conference in Chicago …

For more than a year, a suburban road builder was blocked from new contracts by the Illinois Department of Transportation while the government agency investigated whether felon Sebastian “Sam” Palumbo was secretly, and wrongfully, involved in the company’s operations. That …

At one time, it boasted a bank, a movie theater, rental apartments and a bowling alley with a cocktail lounge complete with a band that did a respectable rendition of Roy Orbison’s “Oh, Pretty Woman.” R-r-r-r-r-r-rowww! Ford City Mall was …

Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 20 attorneys general, is suing the Trump administration over its attempts to purge “diversity, equity and inclusion” from federal contracting. The suit comes in response to what it describes as …

DEAR ABBY: After the last presidential election, my daughter, “Cindy,” whom I love with all my heart, turned against me. Cindy started rebelling when she was a teenager. Our relationship was rocky for some time, but I never stopped loving …

Even if President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project is illegal, the Justice Department argued last week, federal courts are powerless to stop it. That assertion was consistent with Trump’s general attitude toward judicial review, which he considers legitimate only …

Twisting the words of a racial justice hero in defense of racial injustice is nothing new. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a nation where his children “will not be judged by the color of their skin” has been invoked …

Someone plunged a sharp object into a man’s neck late Wednesday at the Jefferson Park CTA terminal on the Northwest Side. Around 10:30 p.m., the 24-year-old man was found with a stab wound to the neck in the 4900 block …

An extra-alarm fire in the Back of the Yards neighborhood tore through a building, leaving four people including two firefighters hurt and more than a dozen people displaced Thursday morning. The fire, which started near the 4500 block of South …

Widespread power outages, halts to train service, flight cancellations and downed trees impacted the Chicago area Thursday morning as another round of potentially severe weather draws closer. Roughly an inch of rain fell throughout the Chicago area Wednesday afternoon with …

Most people hope for a moment that changes their life. Even better if it impacts the culture around them. By the summer of 2016, Cole Bennett had at least three such moments. Barely out of his teens, the burgeoning director …