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Five people were injured Saturday evening in a head-on crash caused by a suspected car thief fleeing Aurora police officers. The suspect, who was driving a 2000 Dodge Ram, led Aurora officers on a chase across the Denver area that …

Coloradans may be able to see the aurora borealis Sunday night as a severe geomagnetic storm watch continues, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a severe, G4 geomagnetic storm watch for …

White Sox third baseman Josh Rojas wasn’t going to let Orioles’ Coby Mayo take a free shot at his teammate Lenyn Sosa after Mayo ran out of the baseline in Saturday’s game in Baltimore. Mayo took a big turn around …

SPRINGFIELD — Larry Hoover’s family members took his case to Gov. JB Pritzker’s office on Saturday as they seek a state commutation for the long-imprisoned Gangster Disciples co-founder, who had his federal sentence cut short days ago by President Donald …

Shortly after a woman stabbed her three children, her oldest child told hospital staff that she “was going to make them go to heaven,” prosecutors said Saturday. Aurionah-Rakii-Karie Parker-White, 23, allegedly stabbed her 1-year-old daughter and two sons, ages 3 …

Wonder boy. Whiz kid. Prodigy. Genius. The nation’s top physicists hadn’t seen the likes of Dick Garwin before. When he was 23 and an assistant physics instructor at the University of Chicago, Mr. Garwin spent the first of his several …

Dansby Swanson’s hair was everywhere Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field. It even seemed like it was on fire as he busted down the first-base line to get the Cubs a big insurance run in their 2-0 victory over the Reds. …

BALTIMORE — Their 18-40 record might not reflect it, but the White Sox are playing more competitive baseball this season. The Sox have played 17 one-run games so far and have won only three. Still, they have shown more fight …

Headed to the Windy City Hot Dog Fest this weekend? You’ll find hot dogs in many varieties — bacon wrapped, alligator, deep fried or smothered in tikka masala — just don’t ask for ketchup. The festival, running through Sunday at …

ARLINGTON, Texas — Is the Kamilla Cardoso Bucket-Getting Experience officially upon us? Seeing last year’s No. 3 overall pick lead the way Thursday at the United Center with a career-high 23 points in the Sky’s first win of the season …

A Chicago man is facing charges in connection with a South Shore shooting that wounded an 18-year-old man in April, Chicago police said. Dwayne Jenkins, 45, of South Shore, faces a charge of attempted first-degree murder, police said. Jenkins is …

The intel is sparse. If that’s not the case this time of the year, then it’s probably a lie, floated out there by an exec trying to hide the footprints. But as adept as Bulls executive vice president Arturas Karnisovas …

ARLINGTON, Texas — Angel Reese’s 32-game streak with double-digit rebounds is a thing of the past. It never was the main thing, anyway. Far more important is the second-year Sky star’s ability to make shots, mainly those from under the …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Phillip Zinckernagel opened the scoring in the fifth minute and added and assist, Hugo Cuypers scored two goals moments apart and the Chicago Fire beat Orlando City 3-1 on Saturday night, Chris Brady had five saves for …

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers approved a $55.2 billion state budget package minutes ahead of a key constitutional deadline Saturday night, relying on tax hikes that would hit smokers, gamblers and big out-of-state companies to help seal an estimated $1 billion …