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Chicago developer's two-tower project with grocery store in Fulton Market going before Plan Commission
Developer LG Group wants to add more than 600 apartment units to Fulton Market — along with a grocery store for a neighborhood that’s drawing a steady flow of new residents and businesses. The roughly $300 million mixed-use development will go before the Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday,...
State Sen. Napoleon Harris' campaign spent $6,600 at high-end department stores, at least partly on clothes
State Sen. Napoleon Harris’ campaign fund has spent more than $6,600 over the past several years at high-end department stores on clothing and other items, records show, but the Flossmoor Democrat and former NFL linebacker won’t explain what was bought and why. The largest of those expenses by...
Brookfield Zoo announces massive redevelopment, plans to 'disrupt' traditional zoo experience
Brookfield Zoo guests will soon have a much different experience — instead of observing one animal at a time, species that live together in the wild will do the same at the zoo. Grouping animals according to how they live in the wild is part of a 15-year, $500...
Illinois lands federal partnership to further develop quantum projects
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday plans to announce a major partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense’s research and development agency to further expand quantum research in Illinois. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, will take residency on the state’s quantum campus to establish a program where...
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).
Severe storms to hit Chicago again less than a day after 2 tornadoes spotted on South Side
Severe thunderstorms were expected to return Monday evening, not even 24 hours after causing widespread damage late Sunday. The National Weather Service reported that a “complex of destructive storms across eastern Iowa” was moving toward Illinois around 7 p.m. A tornado watch was also issued around 7 p.m. and will last till 1 a.m. Tuesday.
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.
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:
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