Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Story leaves out criticaldata on college cost Re: “Is higher education worth the money?” (Page B1, May 12). It’s great that the study focuses on …
Letters: Missing data | Runaway bureaucracy | CalWORKs cuts | State accountability | U.N. peacekeeping Read MoreBy Rachel Becker | CalMatters California’s contentious and long-debated plan to replumb the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and pump more water south finally has a price tag: about $20 billion. The new estimate for the Delta tunnel project — which would …
$20 billion: The Delta tunnel’s new price tag Read MoreKansas defensive lineman Austin Booker runs a drill during Big 12 NCAA college NFL football pro day Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Frisco, Texas. LM Otero/AP The Bears signed the third member of their draft class Thursday, inking Kansas edge …
Bears sign fifth-round pick Austin Booker Read MoreThe Turner Manufacturing Co. building on West Ogden Avenue is among the historic buildings that would be torn down to make way for a transportation, distribution and logistics site in North Lawndale. Brian Ernst/Sun-Times A plan for a controversial trucking …
North Lawndale trucking hub on hold amid community outrage Read MoreSun-Times file photo An off-duty Chicago police officer is believed to have killed himself Thursday inside a West Loop home. The 29-year-old man was found about 2:35 p.m. inside a home in the 1600 block of West Warren Boulevard with …
Off-duty Chicago police officer dies by apparent suicide in West Loop home Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The NFL is distancing itself from Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, saying “his views are not those of the NFL as an organization.” Butker appeared as the commencement speaker last week at Benedictine College, a …
NFL distances itself from Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s comments during commencement speech Read MoreAs the stark reality of another disappointing MLB season appears on the New York horizon, a restless Mets fanbase begins to think out loud. When team owner Steve Cohen drops a cryptic tweet to confound matters, things can quickly spiral …
Steve Cohen Posts Cryptic Tweet – What Was Really Behind the Message? Read MoreTEENAGERS will be able to qualify as train drivers under plans to ease a staffing shortage. The Department for Transport (DfT) aims to cut the minimum age from 20 to 18 by introducing an apprenticeship for school leavers. Teenagers will …
Teenagers will soon be able to qualify as train drivers in effort to ease staffing shortages Read MoreSIR Keir Starmer last night denied flip-flopping after unveiling a new set of campaign pledges. The Labour leader outlined his six “first steps” for government on a Tony Blair-style pledge card at a rally in Essex. GettySir Keir Starmer denied …
Sir Keir Starmer denies flip-flopping after unveiling new set of campaign pledges Read MoreCHILD killer Colin Pitchfork’s next parole hearing will be in public, officials have decided. The 64-year-old, who raped and strangled two 15-year-old girls, will face the board in July. Colin Pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 after he killed …
Vile double child killer Colin Pitchfork’s parole hearing to be in public Read MoreTYSON FURY has no fears of his cut reopening in tomorrow’s undisputed world heavyweight title fight with Oleksandr Usyk. The Gypsy King suffered the gash above his right eye during a sparring session just a fortnight before their proposed February 17 showdown. …
Tyson Fury ‘won’t mind if there’s blood and guts all over the ring’ as he shrugs off cuts worry ahead of Usyk fight Read MoreBOXING fans have raised thousands for the family of a fighter who died in his first professional bout. Middleweight Sherif Lawal, 29, collapsed in the ring after being knocked down by Portuguese Malam Varela, 33, on Sunday night. Philip SharkeyMiddleweight …
Boxing fans raise thousands of pounds for family of fighter who died during first pro bout Read MoreOscar Sanchez and other Southeast Side residents disrupted a town hall sponsored by Ald. Peter Chico on Wednesday, asking that the politician withdraw a proposed ordinance to allow mining in Chicago. Brett Chase / Sun-Times Dozens of opponents of a …
Protesters demand alderman withdraw support for Ozinga mining operation on Southeast Side Read MoreDiners on the sidewalk patio outside of The Smith at 400 N. Clark St. in River North on May 2. Last year, the city closed the entire street to vehicle traffic, allowing restaurants to place tables on the road. Jim …
Clark Street closure to allow limited vehicle traffic, expand outdoor dining Read MoreThe Fever’s Caitlin Clark is guarded by the Sun’s Tiffany Mitchell on May 14, 2024, in Uncasville, Connecticut. Jessica Hill/AP NEW YORK — ESPN’s broadcast of the Connecticut Sun’s game against Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever had the highest …
Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut sets ESPN viewership record Read MoreThis combo of images provided by EA Sports, shows the video game covers for the new standard edition College Football 25, left, and Deluxe Edition College Football 25, featuring Texas’ Quinn Ewers, Colorado’s Travis Hunter, and Michigan’s Donovan Edwards. EA …
EA Sports will release College Football 25 on July 19 Read MoreMenacing attackers in masks turn up at a couple’s isolated Airbnb in “The Strangers: Chapter 1.” Lionsgate Perhaps no other cinema genre is filled with as many tropes as the horror movie, to the point where the “Scream” franchise is …
‘The Strangers: Chapter 1’ review: Solidly scary shocker makes perfect use of horror movie devices Read MoreWhat is now the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, seen from Lake Michigan Dale Bowman/Sun-Times Last year, the Oriental Institute, having tried getting by with the abbreviation “OI,” finally changed its name to the inclusive if wordy “Institute for …
Sorry, Ken Griffin — Chicagoans will call the Museum of Science and Industry what they please Read MoreThe CTA said it had its busiest day since the pandemic earlier in May. Sun-Times file The Chicago Transit Authority is boasting that riders are returning in droves to trains and buses, setting post-pandemic records. Ridership has increased 13% year-to-date, …
CTA touts record ridership since pandemic as boss feels the heat Read MoreCaleb Williams, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft, is scheduled to make his first NFL start against the Texans at Soldier Field in the Bears’ regular-season opener. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times The Bears are tied for the third-easiest schedule in …
Bears 2024 schedule provides a chance to grow Read More