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HOUSTON — Lakers guard Austin Reaves went through pregame warmups for the first time in three weeks before being downgraded to out 45 minutes before Game 3 tipped off on Friday, but the Houston Rockets were dealt a significant injury …

Rare roots April is World Habitat Awareness Month, so today we look at Torrey pines, the rarest native pine in the U.S. The Torrey pine could be the rarest pine in the world. It only grows naturally in two places. …

Racing past the first quarter of the 2026 Major League Soccer season, six of the top eight teams in the Supporters’ Shield standings reside in the Western Conference. While rehabbing from surgery after rupturing his Achilles tendon in July, LAFC …

The Stagecoach Country Music Festival has kicked off in Indio and we’ll be there to document it all. Cody Johnson will headline Friday night taking the Mane Stage at 9:30 p.m. Leo Brooks, left, and Steve Ray Ladson perform with …

A driver jumped from his car screaming death threats as he raced after a 42-year-old pedestrian and shot him in the leg Thursday morning in the West Loop, according to Chicago police. The 42-year-old had been walking in the 500 …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: How some Chicagoans used tax season to protest the Trump administration. 🗞️ Plus: A major tax break for Illinois weed companies, a widespread indie bookstore crawl, the last wrestling shows at a historic club …

Ferrero North America launched the first Nutella flavor in more than 60 years, and it’s exclusively made in the Chicago area. The confectioner held a ribbon cutting Friday at its Franklin Park facility, where it invested $75 million to be …

A man was in serious condition after being stabbed during a fight Thursday night near Buckingham Fountain. Around 11:40 p.m., a 23-year-old man and a 27-year-old woman were walking near the fountain in the 500 block of South Columbus Drive …

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser analyze the Bears’ pick of Dillon Thieneman in Round 1 — and why they would have gone in a different direction. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the …

The shutdown of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park is the latest disruption in Chicago’s safety-net system. It follows the closure of Weiss Memorial Hospital last year and the 2019 shutdown of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park. All three …

DEAR ABBY: I am a 59-year-old divorced woman living with my 54-year-old boyfriend. We have lived together for seven months. He purchased the home we live in. Since we have lived here, I have made all the house payments. I …

I applaud a Robert Herguth and Mitchell Armentrout article from earlier this week — “Will transparency fold under Gov. Pritzker’s plan to revamp the Illinois Gambling Board?” It is a valuable and thorough piece of political journalism on an issue …

By JIM VERTUNO AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas state regulators found nearly two dozen deficiencies in the emergency operations plan submitted in Camp Mystic’s bid to reopen less than a year after 27 children and counselors were killed in a …

The governor’s office today offered $50,000 rewards for information that solves any of more than two dozen cold cases across the state, including two each in Los Angeles and Orange counties. “Every family deserves answers and justice,” Gov. Gavin Newsom …

By STEVEN SLOAN WASHINGTON (AP) — A former reality television star is in the sixth year of his presidency. His Cabinet includes a former wrestling executive along with a onetime “Real World” cast member who was filmed decades ago dancing …

By JIM MORRIS VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — The head of OpenAI has written a letter apologizing that his company didn’t alert law enforcement about the online behavior of a person who shot and killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nolan Schanuel’s sore ankle led to a swing adjustment, and now he feels like he might keep it. “If it’s working, no need to fix it,” the Angels’ first baseman said on Friday. “So far, it’s …

By HAN GUAN NG and CHAN HO-HIM BEIJING (AP) — China’s top automakers are showcasing their latest models and technologies from intelligent driving to ultrafast charging in Beijing as they compete with global rivals in overseas markets. Analysts say the …

EL SEGUNDO — Akheem Mesidor’s route to the NFL was a long one, longer than most. He looked and sounded exactly like someone who awoke before the crack of dawn, if he had slept at all after the Chargers’ picked …

Dogs passing by a Ferris wheel in the ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (Picture: AFP) On April 26, 1986, the world’s worst nuclear accident happened at the Chernobyl plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, then controlled by …