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When I was just 3 years old, my father, Gasi Pitter, was sentenced to 40 years in prison at the Illinois Department of Corrections. I still remember my first visit four years later when I was 7 — how I …

The Sun-Times’ high school basketball Mount Rushmore project highlights the sport’s biggest names and greatest stars. With the prep career as the criteria’s centerpiece — with a sprinkling of post-high school success and overall stature used as a separator — …

California’s homebuilding industry is growing jittery over Southern California’s immigration raids and what they might mean to an industry already facing labor shortages. The state is home to 1.8 million undocumented workers, the highest concentration in the U.S.  Roughly 41% …

By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press The defense in the second trial of Karen Read rested its case on Wednesday and said Read was framed for the killing of her Boston police officer boyfriend. Read, 45, is accused of fatally striking O’Keefe with …

The consensus box of Santa Anita horse racing picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Eddie Wilson, Kevin Modesti and Mark Ratzky. Here are the picks for thoroughbred races on Thursday, June 12, 2025. Trouble viewing on mobile device? See consensus …

Ten years ago, during an interview with Brian Wilson about “Love & Mercy,” a biopic about the Beach Boys leader, Wilson named “Wouldn’t It Be Nice?” as his favorite song of the hundreds he’d written in his life. Even with …

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, signaling he is continuing one of Pope Francis’ most controversial foreign policy decisions. Related Articles US reduces the …

SAN DIEGO — Ben Casparius has been one of the most effective pitchers in the Dodgers’ overworked bullpen, posting a 2.93 ERA and 1.00 WHIP while taking down multiple innings in 14 of his first 21 appearances this season. It’s …

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission has set an 11:59 p.m. Friday deadline for residents to apply for spots on the panel with the authority to review the entire City Charter. The seven-member commission met for the …

Officials and Hershey’s say businesses are still importing them (Picture: Shutterstock/Massimo Todaro) People are being asked to stop buying a range of American sweets that should never have been on shop shelves to begin with. Businesses have been asked to …

Despite significant pushback from housing advocates and neighborhood groups, San Jose planning officials have approved a permit for a new Chick-fil-A restaurant at the corner of Race and West San Carlos Streets. Related Articles San Jose rejects tower project near …

Despite significant pushback from housing advocates and neighborhood groups, San Jose planning officials have approved a permit for a new Chick-fil-A restaurant at the corner of Race and West San Carlos Streets. Related Articles San Jose rejects tower project near …

A baby African pancake tortoise hatched for the first time ever at the Denver Zoo on Friday, May 23, 2025. Pancake tortoises are critically endangered in the wild. (Photo courtesy of the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance). The Denver Zoo Conservation …

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids, the commander in charge said Wednesday, but they quickly turned them over to law enforcement. Maj. …