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 …
No real All-Star break for Alex Bregman? Cubs know third baseman will be itching to get back to work Read MoreRate 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 …
Red Sox keep White Sox’ bats quiet to complete sweep Read MoreA 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 …
Trader Joe’s in North Center nabs union win after two-year ordeal Read MoreMoon 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, …
Horoscope for Friday, July 10, 2026 Read MoreJim 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 …
Jim Anixter, businessman and Cubs superfan known as ‘The Pink Hat Guy,’ has died at 81 Read MoreA 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 …
A dissident family fled Russia after their home was set on fire. Trump’s administration wants to deport them. Read MoreNEW 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 …
Christopher Nolan on adapting ‘The Odyssey,’ casting Matt Damon and what he learned about movies in Chicago Read MoreDEAR 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 …
Dear Abby: Daughter hides illness from centenarian mother Read MoreNow 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 …
Birthright citizenship ruling upholds pillar of equality nation was founded on Read MoreStephen 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 …
Clapback to a critic: Obama Presidential Center enhances South Side’s charm Read MoreAmerican 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 …
Older Americans face cuts to safety net programs under a president who is 80 Read MorePolice 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 …
Driver resists arrest, crashes and batters officers in Roseland traffic stop: police Read MoreOne 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 …
One dead after semi, vehicle collide on Dan Ryan Expressway Read MoreA 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 …
Wadsworth man charged with downloading nearly 200,000 child sexual abuse files Read MoreThe 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 …
White Sox activate Munetaka Murakami from injured list, option Jacob Gonzalez to Charlotte Read MoreBefore 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 …
Chicago murals: Albany Park artist draws inspiration from science Read MoreLa aplicación federal de la ley de inmigración se ha intensificado en Chicago en las últimas semanas, pero las tácticas de la administración de Trump han sido mucho menos publicitadas que durante el auge de su campaña de deportación el …
Los arrestos de ICE han aumentado en Chicago, pero con tácticas menos llamativas que el otoño pasado Read MoreTwo people inside a minivan died when they rear-ended a semitruck Friday morning in the Far South Side’s Hegewisch neighborhood, police said. The semi was eastbound in the 2700 block of East 130th Street about 9:15 a.m., trying to make …
2 killed in minivan-semitruck crash in Hegewisch Read MoreOne year after a federal judge ordered Chicago to install more accessible crosswalk signals for impaired pedestrians, a court-appointed monitor found the city has met the minimum requirements by installing 78 new signals. But the monitor, in its first-year report …
Court monitor dings city for lacking a single compliant accessible crosswalk signal for impaired pedestrians Read MoreBefore he got hurt May 29, there was zero question who was putting the “M” in MVP of the surprisingly competitive White Sox: Japanese rookie Munetaka Murakami, only the third Sox player to slug 20 home runs pre-June, joining Frank …
White Sox polled on team’s top first-half players, moments — and how far they’ll go from here Read More