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Cynthia Jones, grandmother of Amere Deese, treasures her years-old voice recording of her grandson from his eighth grade graduation. “Sometimes I have to sit and listen to his voice, even if it’s just 40 seconds,” Jones told the Chicago Sun-Times …

A 33-year-old man riding a motorcycle was killed when he went through a red light and collided with a car on the Northwest Side early Friday. The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 4400 block of North Cumberland Avenue …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: The Tiulenev family spoke out against the war in Ukraine and sought asylum in the U.S., only to be thrust into an immigration system that’s become more unforgiving for Russians. Some family members have settled …

El festival Taste of Chicago comenzó el miércoles por la mañana con más de 80 vendedores de toda la ciudad, desde puestos de restaurantes locales hasta camiones de comida y pop-ups destacados. Y aunque hay muchos clásicos de Chicago disponibles, …

BALTIMORE — Alex Bregman had to chuckle. With Bregman starting to feel a lot more like himself at the plate, Orioles first baseman Pete Alonso offered a reminder this week that the recent warm-up is coming at the same time …

Rate Field largely has been a haven for the White Sox this season. They’ve played their best baseball there, ranking second in the American League with 28 victories. This week, though, they’ve seemed to lack the energy they usually play …

A North Center Trader Joe’s became the first unionized location in Illinois, more than two years after employees cast votes to join the union. The grocery store, at 3745 N. Lincoln Ave., will become the fifth in the country to …

Moon Alert Caution! Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions from 5 a.m. 6 p.m. After that, the moon moves from Taurus into Gemini. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Financial discussions will go well today; nevertheless, …

Jim Anixter’s hat helped earn him a place in the pantheon of memorable Cubs fans that includes Sam “Cheezborger” Sianis, Ronnie “Woo-Woo” Wickers and, collectively, the Bleacher Bums. Mr. Anixter was “The Pink Hat Guy.” For decades, fans at Wrigley …

NEW YORK — Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is one of the most anticipated films of the century so far. Riding the massive success of “Oppenheimer,” Nolan has written and directed a 172-minute, R-rated, $250 million epic adaptation of Homer’s epic …

A loud bang jolted the Tiulenevs as they sat around the dinner table on a windy night in southern Russia in the fall of 2024. Someone had hurled a Molotov cocktail toward their home, setting it ablaze. Later, the family …

DEAR ABBY: I have cancer. I have been expecting to be diagnosed with it since I was a teen. It is my family’s disease. My mother is 100 and still has her faculties, but she is frail. I have shared …

Now that we’ve completed our celebration of America’s 250th birthday, it’s time to prepare for the 300th — the tricentennial. I will not live to see it, but I hope the nation will. At least, I hope a certain kind …

Stephen J. Lyons, who grew up near Jackson Park, wrote an op-ed in the Sun-Times last week on his negative feelings about the Obama Presidential Center. He is concerned about the new development in his old neighborhood. Specifically, he is …

American political leadership skews decidedly older than the population as a whole. President Donald Trump turned 80 years old on June 14. The median age for senators is nearly 65, and the median age for House of Representatives members is …

Police officers and the motorist they were trying to pull over are recovering at hospitals after a traffic stop that turned violent late Thursday in Roseland. Around 10:30 p.m., officers conducted a traffic stop on the 22-year-old driver in the …

One person is dead after an early morning traffic collision involving a semi and another vehicle early Friday on the outbound Dan Ryan Expressway on the Near South Side. The wreck occurred at 12:09 a.m. in the southbound lanes at …

A far north suburban Wadsworth man remains in custody Friday, accused of downloading nearly 200,000 files of child sexual abuse and sharing them through a ‘peer-to-peer network,’ officials announced. Steven C. Kazmer, 74, was charged with eight counts of child …

The White Sox officially activated Munetaka Murakami from the injured list Friday and optioned Jacob Gonzalez to Triple-A Charlotte. Murakami, who played in two rehab games this week in Charlotte to complete his recovery from a strained right hamstring, will …

Before Renee Robbins became an artist, she wanted to be a marine biologist. So when she was commissioned to paint the viaduct at DuSable Lake Shore Drive and Fullerton Avenue, she called experts at the Shedd Aquarium for insight on …