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The fatal crash happened about 4:30 a.m. on westbound I-90 at Barrington Road. File photo One person is dead after a car crashed into a toll booth near Hoffman Estates Thursday morning on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway, police said. …

Citibank’s South Michigan Avenue branch in downtown Chicago, where former Citi wealth adviser Helen Grace Caldwell worked. | Jonah Newman / Injustice Watch Jonah Newman / Injustice Watch A former Citibank wealth adviser in Chicago who swindled nearly $1.5 million …

Diamond DeShields models the Chicago Sky’s rebel jersey. Chicago Sky The Sky released their newest uniform and it’s full of “infinite possibilities.” At least, that’s what it’s meant to illustrate with its light blue coloring and white gradient throughout. Guard …

Gymnast Simone Biles and her husband, Bears player Jonathan Owens, record a video on the field before Owens threw out a first pitch before a game between the White Sox and Cincinnati Reds at Guaranteed Rate Field on April 13. …

Community members, activists and family members of Dexter Reed rally outside the Harrison district police station April 9. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Before Dexter Reed shot a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop and set off a gunfight that claimed …

Country music singer Loretta Lynn at her new Hollywood Walk of Fame star during her 1978 induction ceremony. Associated Press file Loretta Lynn hugged me. In her dressing room in Reno. After I had sent the country singer two dozen …

The Sun-Times’ Chicago’s Next Voices guest columnists: (top, from left) John F. Wasik, Lashaunta Moore, Chris Bigelow and Maham Khan; (middle, from left) Lucy Biederman, Thom Cicchelli, Valery Pineda and Emily Dagostino; and (bottom, from left) Derek Helling, Effie Koliopoulos, …

Simone Biles reacts after competing on the balance beam at the Tokyo Olympics. Ashley Landis/AP Decorated gymnast Simone Biles thought “the world is going to hate me” when she withdrew from the team final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after …

A still shot from the docuseries “Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation.” In the 1950s, Black homeowners were often confronted by racism and violent resistance from white neighbors in Chicago. Provided In 1987, WTTW aired the spectacular documentary “Eyes …

White Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi reacts after striking out against Guardians pitcher Tyler Beede on April 10 in Cleveland. Ron Schwane/AP Paul DeJong’s five-hit day just goes to show how quickly things can turn around. Managers and general managers …

Kelly Smith | Star Tribune (TNS) An Minnesota nonprofit leader hopes to “revolutionize” charitable giving with a new platform for people to trade household items they no longer need, resulting in a donation to a nonprofit. Think Buy Nothing meets …

A sunlight-propelled satellite floating though space on huge metallic sails sounds like an idea straight from science fiction. But scientists at NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton have spent five years making the technology a reality and plan to launch …

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has been busy lately, or so it would seem from the never-ending stream of press releases from the Department of Justice. If he’s not announcing successful prosecution for possession of child pornography (April 11) or …

Ethan Bronner | Bloomberg News (TNS) When Iraq fired dozens of Scud missiles on Israel in early 1991, the U.S. implored then Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir not to respond. Shamir said he had to act. After days of late-night calls, …

The government long ago sold us out to the highest bidder. The highest bidder, by the way, has always been the Deep State. What’s playing out now with the highly politicized tug-of-war over whether Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …