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Horoscope for Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Avoid shopping or major decisions from 8 PM to 8:45 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) This is a tricky day. In one way, discussions about family businesses, family money, loans, mortgages and banking support will go well. However, financial surprises are also likely. Therefore, stay alert and be ready for anything, because you might have to shift gears quickly.
How did the White Sox get this bad? All this losing starts at the top
It truly is a remarkable thing, this White Sox team. As MLB pauses for the All-Star break, the Sox are 27-71, owners of the worst won-lost record in the game. At their current pace, they’re on track to finish 45-117, which would be only three losses fewer than the 1962 Mets, who went 40-120 for the most defeats in the history of modern baseball (since 1901).
Donald Trump's VP pick, Sen. J.D. Vance, is the reason Chicago has no top federal prosecutor
MILWAUKEE — In another dimension, Republicans at their convention here on Monday would have renominated the Trump-Pence ticket that won the White House in 2016 and ran as a team in 2020. But I’m reporting from Milwaukee, not the Twilight Zone. As we know, former President Donald Trump...
All-Stars Chris Sale and Reynaldo Lopez are crushing it in Braves rotation. If only, right, White Sox?
ARLINGTON, Texas — All lefty ace Chris Sale ever really wanted to be for his team — any team — was a Mark Buehrle type. “The gold standard,” Sale, the former White Sox star, called Buehrle, his former mentor, a day before the All-Star Game. “You take the ball every fifth day, you go as deep as you can in games and you don’t get hurt. That was just what you did then. That was it.”
Judge's stunning ruling in Trump classified documents case ignores years of legal precedent
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon struck a forceful blow for the right of judges to do whatever they want — and a blow against the rule of law. Just as the Republican National Convention was about to convene in Milwaukee, Cannon, in a 93-page decision, tossed out the classified documents case against former president Donald Trump, who faced 40 counts of illegally retaining classified defense information and obstructing government efforts to retrieve the material. According to the indictment, Trump took sensitive classified documents from the White House, left them strewn around his Mar-A-Lago estate, lied about returning them to the National Archives, and let people who did not have the proper security clearance have a peek at them.
Six decades of pain and political violence from the pages of a seasoned reporter's notebook
Leaders can face tragic penalties for making history. And journalists who are 80 years old face the consequences of living long enough to sadly see those tragedies play out all too often. On top of all that, when you’ve covered politics on and off since 1968 — and you think...
MLB All-Star notes: White Sox' Garrett Crochet to the Yankees? And everybody's talking about Paul Skenes
ARLINGTON, Texas — Garrett Crochet looked right at home Monday as he folded his hulking, 6-6 frame behind a single-size press-conference table on All-Star media day. For whatever reason, Crochet’s station was plopped right in between those of two Yankees. On his left sat 6-7 superstar Aaron Judge. On his right, 6-5 closer Clay Holmes.
Lightfoot's former deputy mayor for public safety accused of drinking on the job
Chicago’s former deputy mayor for public safety was accused Monday of drinking on city time and encouraging subordinates to do the same, prompting an underling to return from lunch and say, “I’m drunk I want to leave.”. The explosive accusation included in Inspector General Deborah Witzburg’s quarterly...
Roster changes likely for Sky in season's second half
LAS VEGAS — Tuesday will likely be the Sky’s last game this season as currently constructed. The Sky’s 9 p.m. game against the Aces is their last ahead of the All-Star break, which leads into a nearly month-long WNBA hiatus for the Olympics. The Sky are the only team in the WNBA without a single rostered Olympian. When they return to play on Aug. 15 against the Mercury either a trade or signing a new player to a seven-day contract will have been executed by Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca.
Republicans still OK with guns, even after Trump assassination attempt
On the same night that a 20-year-old murdered a firefighter and father, wounded two others and tried to assassinate Donald Trump, four people were murdered and 10 more wounded at a birthday party in Birmingham, Alabama. Just a few hours earlier in Birmingham, a man, woman and child were found shot to death in a car. The following day, there was a mass drive-by shooting in Mississippi, which claimed the lives of four people. And as we all know, a week earlier here in Chicago, more than 100 people were wounded by gunfire — 21 fatally — during the long July Fourth holiday weekend.
Coming close to catching the Illinois-record coho
More and more 2024 looks like it will go down as the year of the big coho on southern Lake Michigan. The latest indication came Saturday when a Lake County woman, who preferred anonymity, caught a 18.4-pound coho on Spendthrift Charters out of Waukegan. As Scott Sekula messaged, “Fish of...
Vote set today on whether to probe Chicago police oversight agency’s alleged bias
An oversight panel is primed to vote Monday on whether to push the city’s independent watchdog to investigate whether the Civilian Office of Police Accountability has conducted biased investigations, the Sun-Times has learned. Without providing details, the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability announced that its newly installed...
This fall's school board election should matter to every Chicagoan. It's time now to start paying attention.
In June, 47 candidates submitted their applications for 10 seats on Chicago Public Schools’ first elected board. This fall, we will have the opportunity to choose who will get those seats. We should be sure to vote Nov. 5, but here’s why we should all pay attention now:
Energetic Illinois Republicans thank 'an angel' for Trump's survival, push for unity
OAK CREEK, Wis. — With prayers and chants for Donald Trump, Illinois Republicans on Monday kicked off the first day of the Republican National Convention with renewed vigor and a focus on uniting a fractured state party behind the momentum of the former president’s campaign. News of a...
Man, teen shot during attempted robbery at Auburn Gresham CTA bus turnaround
A man and a teenage boy were shot and badly wounded during an attempted robbery at a CTA bus turnaround in Auburn Gresham late Sunday. About 11:30 p.m., a 39-year-old man was standing at a bus turnaround in the 7900 block of South Halsted Street when an armed male approached and demanded his belongings, Chicago police said.
Pitchfork Festival forecast: 10 emerging acts to show up early for
This year’s Pitchfork Music Festival lineup has been called one of its most eclectic, mainstream and LGBTQ+-friendly in years. And while there’s tons of excitement for Black Pumas, Jamie xx, Grandmaster Flash, Carly Rae Jepsen and Alanis Morissette, you oughta know these up-and-comers, too. Here are 10 bands...
Death of man shot in Chicago Lawn marks 22nd homicide of Fourth of July weekend
A man has died more than a week after he was wounded in a Chicago Lawn shooting, marking the 22nd homicide victim from the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend. Flavio Tovar, 26, died Friday of a gunshot wound suffered July 3rd in the 6500 block of South Western Avenue, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Trump expected to take RNC stage Monday night
MILWAUKEE — Good morning from Milwaukee on Day One of the Republican National Convention. Here are some things to know as the Sun-Times team on the ground here starts the day by covering the breakfast meeting of the Illinois Delegation. There is a potential for a surprise guest speaker...
Woman shot at Matteson Amazon fulfillment center
A woman was injured during a shooting Sunday night at an Amazon fulfillment center in south suburban Matteson, according to officials. About 9:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of shots fired at the Amazon Fulfillment Center, 7001 Vollmer Road, and located a 33-year-old woman who had suffered a graze wound to the head, according to Matteson police.
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