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Angela Meeks gazed in horror at the motionless body of her 25-year-old daughter Keyana Meeks after she was hit by a SUV driven by her younger sister early Tuesday. “She was just laying there. I thought I saw her move,” …

Nunca olvidaré haber visto a Kunta Kinte en la miniserie de televisión de 1977, “Roots”, luchando por mantener su nombre mientras la vara de un capataz caía una y otra vez sobre él. Su determinación era un recordatorio brutal de …

El presidente Donald Trump firmó tres órdenes ejecutivas que abordan la aplicación de la inmigración la noche del lunes, incluyendo el ataque a funcionarios que mantienen las leyes de ciudades refugiadas y el aumento del acceso a las fuerzas armadas …

La Asociación Nacional de Baloncesto Femenil (WNBA) transmitirá todos sus juegos de pretemporada, incluyendo una transmisión nacional del partido de exhibición del equipo Chicago Sky contra la selección nacional de Brasil el viernes en a Universidad Estatal de Luisiana (LSU). …

Mayo comienza con la mega marcha para hacer un llamado a la acción sobre el papel de los inmigrantes mexicanos y latinos en este país y también ofrece una variedad musical para demostrar que aportan no sólo su trabajo, sino …

University of North Carolina football coach Bill Belichick defended girlfriend Jordon Hudson for interjecting during a CBS interviewer’s questions about their relationship and said she was “simply doing her job.” The six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach and first-time college coach …

This week, President Donald Trump’s second term turned 100 … days, that is. And to mark the occasion, he held a rally in Michigan where he touted what he thinks of as his biggest accomplishments — tariffs, deporting alleged gang …

BARCELONA, Spain — Barcelona and Inter Milan delivered a thrilling 3-3 draw in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal on Wednesday. The game featured gorgeous goals from both sides and sets up a must-see sequel next week in …

A sharply divided City Council committee decided Wednesday to hold off before handing the Chicago Police Department a new tool against teen takeovers: the power to declare three-hour-long “snap curfews” to disperse groups of 20 or more. After a five-hour …

Theater A creative team of Black women artists from New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Toronto, including a new story and libretto by Leah-Simone Bowen and co-librettist Cheryl L. Davis, and new orchestration and arrangements by Jessie Montgomery and Jannina Norpoth, …

Victor Gómez thought it was strange when he was asked to escort his students to the band room on Wednesday. There was supposedly an issue with the pipes in his classroom at East Leyden High School in the northwest suburb …

PITTSBURGH — In the Cubs’ latest bullpen-tweaking move, they called up right-hander Chris Flexen from Triple-A on Wednesday as a multi-inning middle reliever. In corresponding moves, they transferred right-hander Javier Assad (strained left oblique) from the 15-day injured list to …

Health officials have reported the first two confirmed measles cases of the year in Cook County. One person with the disease is an adult from Chicago who traveled internationally through O’Hare Airport in early April, according to the Chicago Department …

Illinois nonprofits, government agencies and other organizations have seen $12 million in AmeriCorps grants terminated amid the Trump administration’s dismantling of the venerated federal agency for volunteer service. That includes grants administered to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, the Boys …

SPRINGFIELD — Lauren Wegner’s parents wrapped their arms around each other in the front row of a Sangamon County courtroom as they braced to learn whether the man who killed their daughter in a 2022 wrong-way crash would be held …

The White Sox haven’t been doing much winning lately. Perhaps you’ve noticed. With their 7-22 nosedive to start the season, the Sox were only one game better off than last year’s all-time-worst team was after 29 games. From that 121-loss-bound …

PITTSBURGH — PNC Park fell silent Wednesday after a wild play in the seventh inning gave the Pirates the lead over the Cubs. In the commotion of the ricocheted grounder up the middle, a fan tumbled from atop the 21-foot-high …

On a recent sunny spring afternoon on one block in Lincoln Square, children run and blow bubbles, make chalk drawings on the pavement and zip by on scooters. Pedestrians, dog walkers and cyclists pass through the 4700 block of North …

After a cold start at the plate, Luis Robert Jr. says he’s “getting closer” to his All-Star form. A day after showing signs of emerging from his April doldrums with a 415-foot home run (his fourth of the season), Robert …

A few years ago, left-hander Cam Booser was the guy installing acoustical ceilings like the one above his locker in the White Sox’ clubhouse at Rate Field. Now the Sox’ new power reliever can only look up at it and …