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Walter ‘Slim’ Coleman Sun-Times Media Walter ‘Slim’ Coleman, a dyed-in-the-wool radical activist of the 1960s who for decades harnessed the power of the city’s poor to challenge its power structure and achieve social justice goals, died Tuesday after a long …

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling, left, speaks with Christopher Amon, special agent in charge of the ATF in Chicago, inside the ATF’s new Crime Gun Intelligence Center. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Law enforcement leaders from Chicago to Washington came together Wednesday …

Victor and Nancy Garcia, owners of Papa’s Cache Sabroso in Humboldt Park, show off their family pictures to Rob Fojtik. Fojtik is host of Choose Chicago’s new travel show “The 77: City of Neighborhoods.” Choose Chicago ¿Es posible reinventar el …

Chicago’s new buildings department chief and other city officials were warned of possible dangers months before the botched 2020 implosion of the Crawford smokestack in Little Village. Alejandro Reyes City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Brandon Johnson’s pick to run …

Rapper Nelly and singer-songwriter Ashanti arrive at Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in March. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images Following a whirlwind reunion, lovebirds Ashanti and Nelly are getting a visit from the stork. The R&B …

Chicago’s Board of Ethics this week says it can’t take more serious action against four lobbyists who improperly donated to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s political committee. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file Chicago’s Board of Ethics this week said it can’t take more serious …

White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf is looking to launch his own regional sports network. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP The market for regional sports networks isn’t what it was 10 years ago, when the Dodgers were only a year into a 25-year, …

Apollo’s 2000 at 2875 W. Cermak Rd. received landmark designation on Wednesday. Paul Beaty/For the Sun-Times After owning and operating Apollo’s 2000 for more than 35 years, owners Javier and Lidia Galindo can officially celebrate the venue’s landmark status. That’s …

Crime scene tape. | Sun-Times file Sun-Times file A person was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The person, identified by police as a male, was near an alley about 2:15 p.m. in …

Chicago birdwatchers are seeing some species of birds arriving earlier this year, bird experts say. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ Chicagoans may notice robins coming in earlier this year. Weather fluctuations shape the migration of certain bird species in the Chicago area, experts …

A Torrance flight school which earlier this year won a preliminary injunction preventing the city from blocking renewal of its license has settled its legal action against the South Bay community. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Curtis Kin issued the …

One of our essential liberties is keeping our private matters safe from the snooping eyes of the government. It’s enshrined in the Fourth Amendment “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable …

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — José Soriano took another step along what the Angels hope is the path to being a frontline major league starter. Long before the Angels’ gut-wrenching, 13-inning loss to the Tampa Bay Rays ended on Tuesday night, …

By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Rebecca Boone and Claudia Lauer | Associated Press HONOLULU — As wildfires ripped across Maui last August, the head of the emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island amid the unfolding crisis, …

The transfer of more than two dozen condemned inmates from San Quentin’s death row to the California Institution for Men in Chino under a new state program has prompted outcry from city officials, who are urging the state to send …