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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 Sunday night. The Pulitzer Prize-winning “Purpose,” which …

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 police actions during an ICE raid last week in …

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. …

The 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 …

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 …

Antisemitic 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 …

On 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 …

DEAR 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 …

A 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 …

La 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 …

Un 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 …

A 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 …