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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The three people who were fatally shot Friday in West Garfield Park have been identified. Kenneth M. Bell Jr., 27; Lavell Lee, 36; Rickia Williams, 32; and another man, 35, were standing on a sidewalk about 4:45 p.m. in the …

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This isn’t the first time Colson Montgomery has gone west in search of consistency in his swing. He found it in the desert last season, when Montgomery’s status as the White Sox’ shortstop of the future …

Chicago police are searching for a man who allegedly tried sexually assaulting a woman on a CTA train Saturday in Austin. The woman was traveling west on a Blue Line train between the Cicero and Austin stops when the man, …

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A suddenly hot-hitting White Sox squad racked up eight more hits but couldn’t get one when they needed it most before getting walked off Saturday by the Athletics 7-6 in 11 innings. The Sox squandered three …

CINCINNATI — Tom Barlow and Evander Da Silva Ferreira — known simply as “Evander” — each scored for Cincinnati, but it was an own-goal by the Fire’s Dje D’Avilla in the 86th minute that gave the hosts a 3-3 tie …