Video footage released Tuesday shows an Oak Park police officer firing nine shots as a man he had pulled over at a gas station ran away, fatally shooting him. The officer had stopped Christian Wallace, 38, just after 9 p.m. …
Video footage shows fatal Oak Park police shooting at gas station Read MoreOn a warm, muggy Monday night Dani Salazar lifted boxes and bags from cars and SUVs and carried them into the basement of the Coppin Community Center in the Washington Park neighborhood. Vehicles pulled up by the dozens to drop …
Chicagoans step up to aid earthquake victims in Venezuela Read MoreThe NHL’s weakest free-agent market in recent memory, strongest trade market in recent memory and fastest-rising salary cap in history creates a strange dynamic heading into Wednesday. That dynamic is particularly strange for the Blackhawks as general manager Kyle Davidson …
Blackhawks likely to avoid silly contracts — aside from Bowen Byram — in NHL free agency Read MoreWant to make your vegetables taste better and have your friends love you? Char the hell out of some on the grill and then toss them in a bacon vinaigrette, using this recipe from my cookbook “Chasing the Gator: Isaac …
How to grill vegetables and toss them in Isaac Toups’ bacon vinaigrette Read MoreLONDON — Serena Williams showed plenty of what made her a 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion in her first professional singles match in nearly four years on Tuesday. The 44-year-old Williams wasn’t quite able to dominate like she used to, …
Serena Williams’ singles comeback ends with loss in Wimbledon opening round Read MoreMegan Mullally, who played the narcissistic, perpetually condescending Karen Walker on “Will and Grace,” can make reciting the alphabet funny. In fact, at one point she does just that in “Iceboy,” the absurd new musical comedy — emphasis on absurd …
Review: Even with flaws, ‘Iceboy’ thaws hearts Read MoreJust a day after acquiring his negotiating rights in a trade with the Florida Panthers, the Ducks signed winger A.J. Greer to a four-year contract worth $17 million on Tuesday. His $4.25 million cap hit means that General Manager Pat …
Ducks sign winger A.J. Greer to 4-year, $17M deal Read MoreSEATTLE — The Angels recently ran into back-to-back milestones, the type of fun coincidences that seem to only happen in baseball. On Saturday, 39-year-old right-hander Kirby Yates recorded his 100th career save with a scoreless inning against the Athletics. And …
Angels relievers Kirby Yates, Samy Natera Jr. reach milestones Read MoreA baby girl died after a boy threw her to the floor in a Claremont home on Monday, June 29, police said. Paramedics transported the infant to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center for emergency treatment after police officers and other …
Baby girl dies after boy threw her to floor in Claremont home, police say Read MoreLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council’s ad hoc committee on the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games on Tuesday forwarded a tentative enhanced services agreement between the city and LA28 while members continued to express concerns about the city’s …
LA City Council’s concerns remain about services deal with LA28 Read MoreMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican fans used a chant considered homophobic in the first half of the match against Ecuador on Tuesday night in the World Cup round of 32 match. The chant, a one-word slur that means male prostitute …
Mexico fans use a homophobic chant during the World Cup match against Ecuador Read MoreThierry Henry says Didier Deschamps has found the right ‘balance’ with France (Fox Sports) Thierry Henry has named Michael Olise as France’s most important player ahead of Kylian Mbappe after they beat Sweden to reach the World Cup round of …
Thierry Henry claims Kylian Mbappe is not France’s most important player at the World Cup Read MoreInquiring minds want to know: When will the Sky’s practice facility be done? Will it be ready in time for WNBA All-Star Weekend, which begins July 24, after the Sky volunteered to host the extravaganza and planned to hold events …
As All-Star Weekend approaches, the Sky’s practice facility still isn’t ready Read MoreBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices, …
Egg producers will pay $3.3M and donate 53 million eggs to settle price fixing claims Read MoreFree agent Kobe Sanders, who earned a spot in the Clippers’ starting lineup last season, agreed to a four-year, $11 million deal to return to the team on Tuesday, according to a team source. In addition to locking down Sanders, …
Clippers’ Kobe Sanders agrees to 4-year, $11M deal Read MoreThe SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended June 28 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. …
This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores Read MoreSouthern California News Group journalists took home multiples awards from the Los Angeles Press Club’s 68th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards on Sunday, June 28, including for the group’s coverage of the Eaton and Palisades fires. The honors — a …
SCNG journalists honored for news coverage by LA Press Club Read MoreWEST SACRAMENTO — Shohei Ohtani will still make two pitching starts before the All-Star break, but the Dodgers have decided to spread them out a bit. Ohtani was scheduled to start Wednesday night against the A’s if the Dodgers’ rotation …
Dodgers shift Shohei Ohtani’s next pitching start back to Friday Read MoreBy LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Whither the U.S. House? As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday this weekend, the legislative branch has momentarily called it quits. The House leadership on Tuesday abruptly canceled votes and sent lawmakers home early for …
House GOP deadlocks over Trump’s demands, sending lawmakers home early Read MoreMexico fans cheer at Shell Energy Stadium, home of the MLS soccer club Houston Dynamo, as they watch a live broadcast in Houston, of a World Cup soccer round of 32 match between Mexico and Ecuador, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. …
Photos: Mexico-Ecuador World Cup match delayed 1 hour by a storm in Mexico City Read More