The Sun-Times’ high school basketball Mount Rushmore project highlights the sport’s biggest names and greatest stars. With the prep career as the criteria’s centerpiece — with a sprinkling of post-high school success and overall stature used as a separator — …
Southern Cook County has long history of great high school basketball players Read MoreAn 18-year-old gunman was fatally shot by a concealed carry license holder during an attempted armed robbery late Tuesday in Wicker Park. A 36-year-old man was grabbing things from his car around 10:50 p.m. in the 1400 block of North …
Armed robber fatally shot by concealed carry holder in Wicker Park Read MoreA SWAT standoff has concluded over seven hours after a man was shot and killed during a car sale early Wednesday in Auburn Gresham. The situation ended about 8 a.m., according to a police spokesperson, who said the alleged gunman, …
SWAT standoff concludes hours after fatal shooting during car sale in Auburn Gresham Read MoreNorthwestern University announced a hiring freeze among other cost-cutting measures as costs continue to rise and the school’s federal funding is likely to drop. In addition to the hiring freeze, Northwestern plans to cut administrative and academic permanent budgets which …
Hiring freeze at Northwestern University among measures taken amid rising costs, federal uncertainty Read MoreBoxer Claressa Shields sounded off on social media after Sky star Angel Reese topped her and seven others for Sportswoman of the Year honors at the 2025 BET Awards. “Still don’t know how I didn’t win the Sportswoman of the …
Boxer Claressa Shields feels she, not Angel Reese, deserved to be BET Sportswoman of the Year Read MoreINDIANAPOLIS — College basketball coaches will be able to challenge officials’ calls next season for the first time, and the NCAA also said there is “positive momentum” toward switching the men’s game from halves to quarters. The NCAA announced several …
Coaches’ challenges will be allowed in NCAA men’s and women’s basketball Read MoreRelated Woman, 66, suffers broken arm in hit-and-run during downtown Chicago anti-ICE protests, police say A driver plowed through a group of protesters Tuesday in the Loop, apparently striking at least one pedestrian, as thousands marched through downtown Chicago protesting …
Car plows through Chicago protest as thousands rally in solidarity with L.A. anti-ICE demonstrations Read MoreThe Sun-Times’ high school basketball Mount Rushmore project highlights the sport’s biggest names and greatest stars. With the prep career as the criteria’s centerpiece — with a sprinkling of post-high school success and overall stature used as a separator — …
High school basketball classics abounded in western Cook County Read MoreBrian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at …
Brian Wilson dead: Beach Boys co-founder, leader was 82 Read MoreHeather Blair went downtown Tuesday evening to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, but the 66-year-old straggled behind the crowds because the demonstration “felt a bit tense.” But as Blair walked with her husband through the first block of East …
Woman, 66, hit by car during Chicago anti-ICE rally upset she can’t attend Saturday mass protest Read MoreRide-hailing app giant Uber mistakenly overcharged Chicago riders nearly $1.8 million earlier this year. An Uber spokesman told City Council members Wednesday morning that the company refunded all riders after realizing it misapplied a congestion tax outside of hours it …
Uber refunds nearly $1.8 million in mistaken surcharges to Chicago riders Read MoreEvery year, the James Beard Awards descend on Chicago, bringing along some of the food world’s biggest stars and a slew of events. But, locals know the real way to get in on the action is to dive headfirst into …
Chicago’s James Beard Award-winning restaurants: Where to go and what to expect Read MoreSeventeen protesters were arrested Tuesday evening as thousands gathered for downtown anti-ICE protests. Nathan Sol, 20, was charged with two counts of aggravated battery to a peace officer and 33-year-old Yoni Salgado and Johnathan Ellison, 37, were charged with a …
17 arrested, 4 charged with felonies as thousands gathered for anti-ICE protests in downtown Chicago Read MoreIn 1982, a truck driver named Larry Walters attached dozens of weather balloons to an aluminum lawn chair and floated up to 16,000 feet above Southern California. He was spotted by a couple of airplanes before descending and landing safely, …
Musically, ’42 Balloons’ will definitely lift your spirits, but the show overall could use a boost Read MorePHILADELPHIA — Watching Cubs starter Ben Brown take the Citizens Bank Park mound Wednesday naturally made president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer reflect on the trade that brought the promising young right-hander to the organization, with veteran reliever David Robertson …
Cubs gearing up to target pitching at MLB trade deadline, in ‘information-gathering’ phase Read MoreUn conductor atropelló a un grupo de manifestantes el martes en el Loop, impactando al menos a un peatón, mientras miles marchaban por el centro de Chicago en protesta contra las continuas redadas de inmigración de la administración de Trump. …
Auto arrolla protesta en Chicago mientras miles se manifiestan en solidaridad con protestas en Los Ángeles Read MorePHILADELPHIA — Even as right-hander Ben Brown struggled with command from the onset of his start against the Phillies on Wednesday, the Cubs needed him to cover innings. In the Cubs’ 7-2 loss Wednesday, he at least delivered 5⅔ innings. …
Ben Brown battles command in Cubs’ 7-2 loss to Phillies Read MoreMayor Brandon Johnson urged Chicagoans to “rise up in this moment” against President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, even as he acknowledged Wednesday that the deployment of the military to help carry out immigration raids in Los Angeles could happen …
Mayor Johnson urges Chicagoans to ‘rise up’ in defiance of Trump immigration raids Read MoreCuando en 2021 la alcaldesa Lori Lightfoot anunció a Pedro Martínez como director ejecutivo de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS) frente a la Academia Comunitaria Benito Juárez en Pilsen, lo llamó un “hijo de Chicago”. El martes, Martínez regresó …
Director ejecutivo saliente de CPS Pedro Martínez se despide de Chicago en graduación en la secundaria Juárez Read MoreA former teacher and principal who currently works in the mayor’s office will serve as the interim leader of Chicago Public Schools as it faces a $529 million budget deficit and no clear path for solving it. Macquline King, the …
Mayor’s education aide and former principal chosen as interim CPS CEO Read More