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DEAR ABBY: My husband’s stepmother passed recently after a long illness, and her children specifically wanted our family, including our 2-year-old, to be at her service. When we arrived at the church, I tried to sit in the back pew …

Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond. WILD OF THE WEEK “As I was reading my Chicago Sun-Times this morning [last Sunday], it dawned on me, I should send you what was in our backyard Friday. . . . …

The Bulls keep winning. More specifically, executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas continues to win. Not one game has been played by the suit or his team since mid-April, not one player on the roster added or gone, not a single …

A wanted felon has been charged and detained in connection with the death of Chicago Police Officer Krystal Rivera, who was unintentionally shot and killed by her partner last week after the man allegedly pointed an AR-style rifle at officers. …

As both a Division I football and basketball prospect, Stephen Brown is not a groundbreaking athlete. There have been others before him who have shined in both sports. But the number of high school athletes in that position, specifically at …

Old habits die hard. When I read in the Sun-Times that Joe Mansueto has agreed to personally finance construction of a 22,000-seat soccer stadium in the South Loop, my immediate response was to smile at another rich man’s folly. Soccer? …

An Evanston man suspected of shooting a security guard and biting another at Evanston Hospital on Thursday night has been charged, police said. Christian Haywood, 28, faces felony charges of attempted first-degree murder; aggravated battery discharging a firearm and causing …

DETROIT — Nico Hoerner turned to face plate umpire Derek Thomas after the called third strike — which was low and inside. “I don’t think it’s really that often you can verbatim say to the press afterwards what got you …

Thousands of runners on Sunday morning participated in Lincoln Park Zoo’s 47th annual Run for the Zoo, a longstanding tradition that helps raise money for the zoo’s wildlife conservation efforts. About 4,500 runners and walkers showed up for the day’s …

The White Sox’ team of the future slowly is falling into place. That’s the hope, at least, as general manager Chris Getz’s rebuilding project keeps finding new milestones to celebrate at the major-league level this season. The most recent was …

Left-hander Tyler Alexander wasn’t even in Illinois when he signed with the White Sox at noon Sunday. The ink might not even have been dry before he was on the mound at Rate Field, pitching for his new team. The …

DETROIT — A three-game series against the top team in the American League knocked the Cubs out of their spot atop the National League. Their 4-0 loss to the Tigers (43-24) in the rubber match Sunday gave the Cubs a …

Sky point guard Courtney Vandersloot, the ‘‘engine’’ of the team this season and a franchise icon, will miss the rest of the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. It’s a brutal blow for the Sky …

NEW YORK — Steppenwolf Theatre’s production of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ “Purpose,” the drawing-room drama about an accomplished Black family exposing hypocrisy and pressures during a snowed-in gathering, won the Tony Award for best play on Sunday night. The Pulitzer Prize-winning “Purpose,” …

Some Chicago suburbs saw hail larger than two inches as storms passed through the area Sunday afternoon, the National Weather Service said. Skies cleared up about 5:30 p.m., soon after the tail end of the storm system passed through the …

As protests extend across the nation in response to sweeping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids under President Donald Trump’s second administration, Chicago residents and organizers rallied Sunday to denounce local enforcement actions being carried out across the country. Communities …

LOS ANGELES — Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting autonomous vehicles on fire …

A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting in Back of the Yards on Sunday night, Chicago police said. The men, ages 69 and 51, were leaving a business in the 5400 block of South Damen Avenue at …

Moon alert Avoid shopping or important decisions from 6:45 to 10:15 a.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Today has its challenges, especially with parents or older relatives. …

Gov. JB Pritzker has retained a powerful Washington, D.C., law firm to help navigate dicey political waters ahead of a high-profile appearance before the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Thursday. The billionaire governor is paying for the …