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THE sister of British soldier Lee Rigby is tackling two half-marathons in his memory – 12 years after he was brutally killed by extremists. Courtney Rigby will be taking part in the Great South Run on October 19 and the …

TAX increases and business red tape have put employer confidence at record lows, a report warns today. A quarter of firms plan redundancies in the next three months, while the number looking to hire has fallen to its lowest outside …

How will first basemen Tim Elko and Andrew Vaughn coexist in the White Sox’ lineup? Quite easily, according to the guy writing those lineups each day. Manager Will Venable plans to play them together often, utilizing the designated-hitter spot so …

Linebacker Ruben Hyppolite II’s eyes widened as he explained the whirlwind of information that came his way Friday at Bears rookie minicamp. “Day 1 was a little everywhere for me, personally,” the fourth-round pick said Saturday. But Day 2, Hyppolite …

NEW YORK — At the top of the lineup Saturday against the Mets, Pete Crow-Armstrong affected the game right away. The Cubs’ usual leadoff hitter, Ian Happ, was out of the lineup. He’d felt some discomfort in his oblique on …

MINNEAPOLIS — Every team that guard Kia Nurse has joined felt like an opportunity to plant roots and finally get some continuity. But the Sky are her fifth team in seven WNBA seasons. This could be different. Nurse has been …

MINNEAPOLIS — There has been a lot of talk around the Sky about the new-and-improved Angel Reese, but the staples of her game could get better, too, as the team looks for better space and pace in its offense. One …

The White Sox are short on present-day wins, off to a worse 40-game start (11-29) than last year’s 121-loss team. But their future is on display almost every night in the form of a youthful rotation that has been the …

NEW YORK — Cubs rookie Cade Horton knew exactly what he wanted to throw to put away Mets superstar Juan Soto. In a game the Cubs would go on to win 6-5, Horton was 3⅔ innings into his major-league debut, …

A man was struck and killed by a Blue Line train Saturday night in Logan Square. The 28-year-old stumbled and fell onto the tracks as a train arrived about 8:15 p.m. at the Logan Square Blue Line station in the …

Moon alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Scorpio. Aries (March 21-April 19) A so-so day Unfortunately, people are short-tempered and testy today — on Mother’s Day nonetheless! (Not you, of course.) …

Cornelia Tischmacher had always longed to become a mother. Then at 40 years old, she gave birth to twins, Leo and Lucie. But within a year of their births, doctors in her native Germany diagnosed her with lung cancer despite …

DEAR ABBY: When my first wife and I were in our early 20s, she left me for another man. It was difficult, but I worked through it, learned to trust again and remarried a few years later. This may be …

Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond. MORELS OF THE WEEK Jay Damm gave some insight last Sunday into hunting morel mushrooms this time of the years. “I began my hunt in the interior of the woods and started …

A Chicago police officer shot a man Saturday night in Austin after he fled and pulled out a gun, authorities said. Police were called to disperse a large crowd around 10:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of North Austin Avenue. …

The pope and a prayer isn’t a real plan, but it just might be the best one Arturas Karnisovas has at this point. Heaven knows the current one isn’t working for the Bulls’ executive vice president of basketball operations. Apparently, …

“Congratulations!” said my cousin Harry, calling from Boston Thursday afternoon. I frowned, wracking my brains. What had I done worthy of congratulation? Had the baby been born? And nobody thought to tell me? Now the happy news was percolating through …