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A suburban man arrested after a police search found Molotov cocktails in his backpack was released on electronic monitoring — but taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents two days later. Hamed Alsaidi, 31, was arrested Aug. …

After posting a Yokohama franchise-record 1.55 ERA last season, White Sox starter Anthony Kay had comparable offers to stay in Japan, but the 31-year-old signed a two-year, $12 million pact with the White Sox to prove himself as a big …

A man is accused of plunging a steak knife into a woman, killing her, before turning the weapon on himself Tuesday in a Little Village apartment, according to police. No charges have been announced for the 59-year-old man, who was …

No bats? No brooms. The Cubs learned that the hard way Wednesday, with White Sox pitching silencing the second highest scoring offense in baseball in a 3-0 win that prevented a Crosstown sweep at Wrigley Field. Led by six nearly …

The Sky signed Morgan Maly, a former Creighton standout, to a development contract. She will be available for the Sky’s next game Friday at home against the Valkyries. The Sky had two development spots open after forward Maddy Westbeld signed …

During a preseason that seems to claim a new Bears player to injury almost each practice day, Rome Odunze stands tall for one reason — he hasn’t gone down. The receiver who declared during the Bears’ offseason program that his once-injured …

Three men were shot in Humboldt Park Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police. The three men — ages 22, 25 and 33 — were in a parking lot in the 4000 block of West Hirsch Street around noon when a …

SPRINGFIELD — Ethics concerns in the Illinois House took a back seat to bashing President Donald Trump Wednesday for Democrats at the Illinois State Fair, where the supermajority party launched its sprint to November’s general election with familiar critiques of …

The overwhelming majority of the guys to play for the Cubs aren’t Chicago born and bred, so excuse them for not seeing the Crosstown series against the White Sox as the biggest three days of the year. But for at …

Theater Elizabeth Stenholt (center) plays Cady Heron, the nice, new smart girl at North Shore High, attended to here by “The Plastics” (from left): Julia Hope Budd as Karen Smith, Angel Alzeidan as Gretchen Wieners and Dariana Mullen as Regina …

If you had to choose one word to sum up Clay Holmes’ 2026, what would it be? “He’s been disgusting all season, man,” outfielder Tyrone Taylor said. That’s a compliment, by the way. Holmes has indeed been “disgusting” throughout his …

No parece haber mucho debate sobre si Socorro Barrientos, de 68 años, pateó repetidamente a un novillo en la cabeza el año pasado en un jaripeo realizado en los suburbios del noroeste, lo que llevó a que se le imputara …

Splitsville. Chicago baseball fans might not love it, but they won’t forget it. With the White Sox beating the Cubs 3-0 Wednesday at Wrigley Field, the best Crosstown season series of ’em all ended in a 3-3 deadlock. Yes, you …

A laugher would have been nice. Even just a stiff breeze behind Jake Rogers’ seventh inning fly out to the wall, or a bloop hit with the bases loaded in the ninth, could have saved relief ace Grant Taylor from …

El promotor inmobiliario que quiere transformar el cerrado Ford City Mall en un campus industrial podría recibir sus primeras aprobaciones municipales esta semana, tras ampliar sus planes para incluir una plaza pública y una nueva estación de autobuses de la …

The Cook County Board of Review has opened prefiling appeals for next year’s property taxes, allowing homeowners whose property was damaged in recent storms to start the process of reducing their 2027 tax bill. The second installment of 2025 property …

Thousands of Gary residents could go two weeks without power after last week’s deadly storms caused outages across Indiana. The state’s utility company NIPSCO reported that over 60% of its customers — roughly 370,000 homes — lost power during the …

One man was killed and another seriously injured during a shooting in the McKinley Park neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police. The two men, 26 and 56, were inside a van in the 3800 block of South Western Boulevard …

Union workers from across the country flooded the lawn outside the Shedd Aquarium Wednesday in support of its union’s fight for a contract. Several hundred union members, in town for the national conference of the American Federation of State, County …

For the second time this year, the U.S. Small Business Administration plans to open Disaster Loan Outreach Centers for people affected by severe storms that ravaged large swaths of Northern Illinois late last month. The centers are set to open …