The Bears traded for guard Joe Thuney in March with the belief they’d extend the four-time Super Bowl champion before the season — and the last year on his contract — began. They crossed that off their list Tuesday morning, …
Bears give G Joe Thuney a two-year contract extension Read MoreEarlier this month, the organizer of two Chicago festivals supporting Latino theater artists said it was putting the popular events on pause for the year. Inicios, a Chicago playwrights festival started in 2023, paired emerging playwrights with local Latino theater …
Two key Latino theater events paused in Chicago. Are more ahead? Read MoreMIAMI — The Cubs are activating left fielder Ian Happ from the 10-day injured list and optioning No. 4 prospect Moises Ballesteros to Triple-A, president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said on 670 The Score Tuesday morning. Ballesteros recorded three …
Cubs to reinstate Ian Happ from the IL, Jed Hoyer says on 670 The Score Read MoreA Chicago man is expected to appear in court Tuesday charged in connection with the deadly shooting of a 13-year-old boy in March in the Englewood neighborhood. Kemonte Rice, 25, was charged with child endangerment causing death and obstructing justice …
Child endangerment, obstructing justice charges filed after fatal shooting of boy, 13, in Englewood home Read MoreIt was a busy opening weekend for the WNBA with record breaking performances and ratings as the league’s stars shined. The game between Angel Reese’s Sky and Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever drew an average of 2.7 million viewers, which made …
Sky’s Angel Reese, Fever’s Caitlin Clark add to record TV ratings for WNBA Read MoreWASHINGTON — Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration. Top officials for the Food and Drug Administration laid out new …
New Trump vaccination policy limits access to COVID-19 shots Read MoreSky star Angel Reese acknowledged Tuesday that it was hard to endure hateful taunts in the season opener Saturday against the Fever in Indianapolis, but she is pushing ahead thanks in part to the strong support she has received from …
Sky star Angel Reese: Hate speech ‘hard to hear,’ but support has been tremendous Read MoreAt lunchtime Monday I walked a Rocky Patel cigar from the Iwan Ries cigar shop on Wabash to Gibsonson Rush, pausing to smile at the Irving Kupcinet statue south of Trump Tower. I knew Kup. He enjoyed a good cigar, …
Bronze statue of a Black woman in Times Square has racists up in arms Read MoreShrimp is payday food for many, but Raul Ortega figured out how to make the shrimp taco affordable by using fewer shrimp while optimizing flavor. At Mariscos Jalisco, Ortega’s food truck in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, the …
Crispy-fried shrimp tacos are filled with flavor Read MoreNetflix is back at it again with another foray into its sports documentary series, and the latest one focuses on Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre. “Untold: The Fall of Favre” premiered Tuesday on the streaming service and serves its …
Netflix’s Brett Favre documentary shows a star drowning in scandal Read MorePassengers on Southwest Airlines flights will soon be required to keep their portable chargers in plain sight while using them because of concerns about the growing number of lithium battery fires in a new policy that other airlines may adopt. …
Southwest Airlines will require phone chargers to be in view while in use, cites battery fire concerns Read MoreFuertes vientos arrastraron el polvo de las granjas del centro de Illinois hacia Chicago el viernes, marcando la primera tormenta de polvo que la ciudad había visto desde el Dust Bowl en 1934. Algunos autos en toda la ciudad estaban …
Después de la tormenta de polvo, los conductores acuden a los autolavados Read MoreChicago is in a housing crisis. More than 76,000 people were homeless in Chicago last year — living on the streets, in shelters or doubled up due to economic hardship —including 26,800 Chicago Public Schools students. The Johnson administration has …
Chicago residents: Tell city your thoughts on how to decrease homelessness Read MoreUn hombre de Chicago fue condenado a 50 años de prisión federal por secuestrar a tres conductores, incluidos dos que fueron agredidos sexualmente, informó la oficina del fiscal federal. Un jurado condenó a Andrew Anania, de 29 años de edad, …
Dan condena de 50 años a hombre por secuestrar a 3 conductoras y agredir sexualmente a 2 en 2021 Read MoreLa Corte Suprema permitió el lunes que la administración de Trump eliminara las protecciones legales de 350,000 venezolanos, exponiéndolos potencialmente a la deportación. Los defensores de la inmigración en Illinois expresaron su decepción por el fallo, calificando este como un …
Venezolanos en Illinois podrían ser deportados tras decisión de la Corte Suprema de eliminar el TPS Read MoreRichard Alcalá, copropietario de Alcala’s Western Wear, pasó el fin de semana aprendiendo lo que puede hacer el “BeyHive”. Beyoncé estaba en la ciudad presentándose en Soldier Field como parte de su gira “Cowboy Carter”, en su último show el …
Conciertos de Beyoncé en Chicago hicieron que la fanaticada invadiera tiendas de ropa vaquera como Alcala’s Read MoreBy WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism, launching airstrikes that health officials said killed at least 85 Palestinians. Israeli …
Israeli strikes kill at least 85 in Gaza as Israel allows more aid into Palestinian territory Read MoreBy FERNANDA FIGUEROA and AARON MORRISON After a fire engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, video footage of the combusted landmark …
Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It’s about anger and pain over slavery, too Read MoreBy MIKE CATALINI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press Federal prosecutors alleged Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver of New Jersey pushed and grabbed officers while attempting to block the arrest of the Newark mayor outside an immigration detention facility, …
Prosecutors charge congresswoman with pushing and grabbing agents while trying to stop mayor’s arrest Read MoreBy JONEL ALECCIA, Associated Press Molecules in blood and urine may reveal how much energy a person consumes from ultraprocessed foods, a key step to understanding the impact of the products that make up nearly 60% of the American diet, …
Markers in blood and urine may reveal how much ultraprocessed food we are eating Read More