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 …
Sky point guard Courtney Vandersloot out for season with torn right ACL Read MoreNEW 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 Sunday night. The Pulitzer Prize-winning “Purpose,” which …
Steppenwolf’s ‘Purpose’ wins best play Tony Award; Kara Young makes history with her win Read MoreSome 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 …
Batavia sees 2.25-inch hail as storms rip through Chicago area Read MoreAs 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 police actions during an ICE raid last week in …
Pilsen protesters denounce Trump administration’s stepped-up ICE raids Read MoreLOS 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 …
Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops Read MoreA 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 …
Back of the Yards shooting leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded Read MoreMoon 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. …
Horoscope for Monday, June 09, 2025 Read MoreThe eight young children enrolled at the Growing Up Green Daycare know Patricia Anaya as their teacher. She also steps in as their nurse and principal — plus, chef, gardener and janitor at the Southwest Side preschool and childcare center …
Head Start providers opened their Chicago homes to help young kids learn. Now that’s all at risk Read MoreGov. 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 …
Gov. Pritzker prepping for House committee showdown with help from top Biden attorney Read MoreAntisemitic incidents have been on the rise in America for years, escalating explosively with the Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway, California. Banner headlines sometimes mask more common incidents like repeated vandalism …
Don’t use attacks on Jewish community to violate American principles Read MoreOn April 1, our nation’s occupational health workforce was gutted when 92% of employees at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health received reduction-in-force termination letters from the Trump administration. As public health faculty at the University of Illinois …
Worker safety in jeopardy with federal cuts Read MoreDEAR ABBY: I lost my wife of 20 years four months ago after a prolonged illness. I retired at 62 and became her primary caretaker. The job of caretaker is endless and stressful, and yet rewarding. A female friend of …
Dear Abby: Widower being told to take his time after wife’s passing Read MoreA Morris woman was killed in a crash early Monday on the Stevenson Expressway in southwest suburban Bolingbrook. The unidentified 21-year-old was a passenger in a green Subaru Forester that crashed at 3:20 a.m. near Illinois 53, Illinois State Police …
Morris woman, 21, killed in I-55 crash in Bolingbrook Read MoreLa escena era tensa y emotiva mientras defensores de los derechos de los inmigrantes se reunían frente a un centro de procesamiento de inmigración en Broadview para exigir la liberación inmediata de Gladis Yolanda Chávez Pineda, residente de Chicago de …
Afuera del centro de inmigración en Broadview, defensores exigen la liberación de los detenidos Read MoreUn delincuente buscado ha sido acusado y detenido en relación con la muerte de la oficial de policía de Chicago, Krystal Rivera, quien accidentalmente recibió un disparo y fue asesinada por su compañero la semana pasada, después de que el …
Fugitivo detenido en conexión con asesinato de oficial de la policía de Chicago Read MoreA medida que las protestas se extienden por toda la nación en respuesta a las amplias redadas del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) bajo la segunda administración del presidente Donald Trump, los residentes y organizadores de Chicago …
Manifestantes de Pilsen protestan contra el aumento de redadas de ICE por la administración de Trump Read MorePresident Donald Trump’s new travel ban on a dozen mostly African and Middle Eastern countries took effect Monday. But despite tensions mounting across the country over immigration enforcement, the effect of the ban was not apparent at O’Hare International Airport …
Protesters, some travelers denounce Trump’s new travel ban, but business as usual at O’Hare Read MoreThe most seasoned and savvy member of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is leaving City Hall — and the mayor’s loss is not the CTA’s gain. Chief Operating Officer John Roberson is joining the Obama Foundation as executive vice president for …
Mayor Johnson loses his chief operating officer, John Roberson, to Obama Foundation — not the CTA Read MoreInfants are at high risk of death or illness from drinking water contaminated with farm fertilizers, a private utility that serves tens of thousands of residents south of Chicago is warning. Recent rains combined with spring agricultural fertilization increased nitrate …
Farm chemicals in south suburban drinking water puts infants at risk Read MoreNEW YORK — Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family Affair,” has died. He …
Sly Stone dead: Sly and the Family Stone frontman was 82 Read More