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PHILADELPHIA — Catcher Carson Kelly snapped future teammate Matthew Boyd’s streak in college. The way Boyd tells it, he and his housemates at Oregon State had converted their last 15 or so undecided baseball recruits into commits. Kelly, however, chose …

Alison Arngrim has been a b-tch since eighth grade. But in the five decades since that epithet was first hurled her way at Bancroft Junior High School in Los Angeles, she hasn’t always embraced it. “It took me a long …

Illinois joined 15 other states Monday in suing the Trump administration over plans to return forced-reset triggers that were confiscated by federal law enforcement and once again allow them to be sold. The devices are used to make semiautomatic rifles …

The family of a man killed in a fall from scaffolding that collapsed at a University of Chicago Medical Center construction site has settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $23.5 million, the family’s lawyers said. The suit was filed nearly …

A teen and a man were wounded Monday night in a shooting in Chatham, Chicago police said. The two victims, 15 and 33, were near an alley in the 7900 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue at 7:19 p.m. when …

A motorcyclist who was attacked Monday night shot two of the attackers in Auburn Gresham, Chicago police said. The motorcyclist was in the 700 block of West 66th Street at 7:15 p.m. when he was attacked by multiple people, police …

PHILADELPHIA — With the bases loaded and the score tied in the 11th inning Monday, acting Cubs manager Ryan Flaherty went out to make a defensive change. Third-base coach Quintin Berry waved in left fielder Ian Happ, an infielder’s glove …

DEAR ABBY: I’m blessed at 38 to have my first and likely only grandbaby. She’s PERFECT. My daughter, “Robin,” is stressed. She’s left alone with the baby all day, every day while her partner works. Robin sleeps only when he’s …

My grandmother taught me we are all born into a great, unfinished struggle. She meant the struggle for justice. For truth. For dignity. Next week is Juneteenth, a time of year I always think about this lesson. I think about …

Moon alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Sagittarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day In the year ahead, home and real estate will get a marvelous boost from the universe. …

Four people were robbed at gunpoint in about a half an hour late Monday night and early Tuesday on the North Side. Most recently, two gunmen in a white SUV approached a 20-year-old man around 12:05 a.m. in the 2300 …

By MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press As demonstrations in Los Angeles over immigration raids unfolded in recent days, social media users falsely cited a Craigslist ad as evidence that protesters had been paid to participate. “We are forming a select team …

By BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press The images of cars set ablaze, protesters tossing rocks at police and officers firing nonlethal rounds and tear gas at protesters hearkens back to the last time a president sent the National Guard to respond …

A father taking out the trash in front of his home after 10 p.m. A teacher giving a childhood friend a ride home. A married couple out in their neighborhood. A young man washing his clothes at the neighborhood laundromat. …

By Bram Sable-Smith, KFF Health News ST. LOUIS — Violent crime was already trending down from a COVID-era spike when President Donald Trump presented a picture of unbridled crime in America on the campaign trail in 2024. Now his administration …