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Authorities have identified one of the three people who were killed Friday afternoon after a shooting in West Garfield Park. Four people were on a sidewalk about 4:45 p.m. in the 4000 block of West Maypole Avenue when someone in …

He used the words ‘‘put a plan together,’’ ‘‘we needed to improve dramatically’’ and ‘‘we wanted a new identity,’’ all damn near in the same sentence. Letting the world — or the very chosen few who cared to listen or …

When you see Montini’s Israel Abrams throw a tight spiral 30 yards across the field to a receiver in stride, it seems pretty effortless. But Broncos coach Mike Bukovsky says Abrams makes it look easy thanks to countless hours of …

Thunderstorms hit the area Friday night before cooler temperatures were expected for the weekend. A tornado watch was in effect for 11 counties in Illinois until Friday at 11 p.m. Those counties iincluded: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall Lake, …

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a boisterous introduction to Major League Baseball with three home runs in his first three games, the hits haven’t been easy to come by for Munetaka Murakami. The slugger dubbed the Babe Ruth of Higo, …

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — White Sox starter Davis Martin looked unhittable as he mowed through the Athletics lineup for the first 3 ⅓ innings of Friday’s series opener on the West Coast, and he might’ve been until center fielder Luisangel …

In a mid-March poll, 68% of likely Illinois voters said they would support legislation to “regulate data centers to minimize their impact on our utility bills, climate, and water while still allowing them to be built.” But while 21% opposed …

Our conversation didn’t last long. The cheers would have drowned out our small talk, and Ahmed Shihab-Eldin and I had to tend to the crowd that swarmed Malcolm London, a young poet and activist who had been cleared of punching …

I came to the Catholic Theological Union in September 2024 on a scholarship, not as a theologian but as a civil engineer pulled toward questions of justice. One course I did not expect to stay with me was taught by …

This week’s top photo comes from Visual Journalist Anthony Vazquez. Follow him on Instagram. What makes this photo important? Tarell Alvin McCraney, playwright and Steppenwolf Theatre Ensemble member, co-wrote the Oscar-winning film, “Moonlight,” which was based on his unreleased semi-autobiography, …

Each weekday, buses running on fuel made of used cooking oil transport thousands of Loyola University Chicago students and staff between its north and Downtown campuses. The environmentally-friendly biodiesel, produced at Loyola’s Searle Biodiesel Lab in Rogers Park, is made …

DEAR ABBY: How should I handle in-laws who show up three or more hours early for dinner and just sit at the kitchen counter? I have things to do; I don’t have time to entertain them, and I can’t persuade …

LAS VEGAS — Clay Baker envisioned Hulk Hogan lifting the 520-pound Andre the Giant and slamming him to the Pontiac Silverdome canvas, and he still can’t quite grasp those dynamics. “It happened faster than imagined because I didn’t expect Andre …

Kyle Davidson has learned not to set specific expectations for specific seasons. Two years ago, the Blackhawks general manager made that mistake while looking ahead to 2024-25, declaring: “It’s time to take a step forward. Previous to this year, we …

Now that WNBA teams have mostly settled their rosters, it’s time to rank them. Three championship contenders have emerged, with another group close behind and a sizable middle fighting for playoff spots. The Sun-Times introduces a four-tiered system to rank …

Luis Robert Jr. and the Mets will always have March 28, 2026. The team’s new center fielder hit his first “Amazins” home run in his new home ballpark that night, and it was a big one — a two-run walk-off …

Cubs manager Craig Counsell pushed back on the suggestion that pinch-hitting for the left-handed-hitting Moises Ballesteros against a left-hander pitcher risks messing with the 22-year-old’s mind, feelings and development. ‘‘This is a team,’’ Counsell said. ‘‘And we’re going to put …

In a fireside chat at the Power Rising Summit, held in Chicago, Lt. Governor and Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Juliana Stratton said her current campaign simply reflects voters’ aggressive mentality. “When I’ve traveled the state of Illinois, what I’ve heard …

It would have been easy to think silly thoughts and let the Mets’ losing streak get into his head. But Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon wouldn’t allow it on his drive Saturday to Wrigley Field. ‘‘I wasn’t going to fall into …

Ava Brennan is a singer-songwriter who plays live a few times per month in Chicago. But like most musicians, she can’t survive on her art alone so she also teaches music, works for a nonprofit and takes tickets at the …