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Cubs go into All-Star break on high note, jockeying for position in crowded NL Wild Card race
ST. LOUIS – The last game before the All-Star break is unique. No other game has the power to set a lingering taste for four straight off days before the regular season resumes. And for a team hovering on the line between adding or subtracting at the trade deadline,...
White Sox end first half with series lost to Pirates
The White Sox had two bases-loaded situations on Sunday in the first and third innings and mustered one run. With Pirates starter Mitch Keller on the ropes — the Pirates started warming up a reliever during the third inning — the offense couldn’t deliver the big hit to extend the lead.
Cubs beat Cardinals 8-3 in last game before the All-Star break, powered by six home runs
ST. LOUIS — Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas threw breaking balls inside and below the strike zone in consecutive at-bats against the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong, who hit both over the fence for the first multi-homer game of his career. Cubs designated hitter Christopher Morel matched him with a pair...
A look at the history of presidential assassination attempts in America
WASHINGTON — Before Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, there have been multiple instances of political violence targeting U.S. presidents, former presidents and major party presidential candidates. A look at some of the assassinations and attempted assassinations that have occurred over the decades:. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, the...
1 dead, 2 injured in East Garfield Park shooting
One man was killed and two others wounded in a shooting Sunday afternoon in East Garfield Park, Chicago police said. Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 3700 block of West Polk Street about 12:41 p.m. and found three victims, police said. A 19-year-old man was shot in the...
Common teaming with orchestra for a Millennium Park 'experience'
For this week’s Millennium Park 20th anniversary celebration, Common and the city’s cultural planners are putting together what could be a quintessentially Chicago moment. Just imagine the sound of a live orchestra swelling behind the Chicago-born artist as he raps a line from his song “The Corner”: “These are the stories told by Stony and Cottage Grove.”
1 killed in Fuller Park shooting
A man was killed in a shooting Sunday morning in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South Side. Just before 8 a.m., two people exited a gray colored vehicle and began talking to a man in the 5400 block of South Wells Street, Chicago police said. One of the people...
Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ star, dead at 53
LOS ANGELES — Shannen Doherty, the “Beverly Hills, 90210” star whose life and career were roiled by illness and tabloid stories, has died at 53. Doherty died Saturday, according to her publicist Leslie Sloane. She had had breast cancer for years. “The devoted daughter, sister, aunt and...
Man fatally shot early Sunday on South Side
A 33-year-old man was shot dead early Sunday on the city’s South Side. The unidentified man was in the 3800 block of South Wells Street at the Wentworth Gardens residential complex about 2:15 a.m. when someone shot him multiples time to the body, police said. He was dead on...
Offseason grades are coming in for Arturas Karnisovas and the Bulls
Most of the national media has judged the Bulls’ offseason as a complete failure. The latest to weigh in with a red pen in hand was ESPN senior NBA writer Zach Lowe, who recently was discussing the summer project Bulls executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas has been working on and called it ‘‘an absolute disaster for the Bulls. They’re a year-and-a-half late for this. They’re a year-and-a-half late to the teardown party.’’
Oak Lawn man shot in Little Village dies
A 31-year-old Oak Lawn man who was shot Friday night in the Little Village neighborhood has died. Guillermo Ramos was pronounced dead at 6:36 a.m. Saturday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Ramos was standing on the sidewalk when an assailant fired shots in the area and...
High schoolers headed to Chickamauga Lake for Nationals
I’m stunned how quickly high school tournament bass fishing grew since the Illinois High School Association became the first to make tournament bass fishing an activity during the 2008-09 school year. Mark Stewart put that growth more colorfully, “It is unbelievable. All these kids are smart and can whip...
Blackhawks prospect rankings: Artyom Levshunov claims top spot above Frank Nazar, Oliver Moore
The Blackhawks’ prospect pool keeps getting larger and larger. General manager Kyle Davidson might eventually have to make tough decisions about which prospects to sign and which to trade, since the NHL’s 50-contract limit will come into play; committing half of those contracts all to players within a five-year age range of each other might be unwise.
Horoscope for Sunday, July 14, 2024
After 10 a.m. Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Scorpio. Aries (March 21-April 19) Tread carefully, because dealings about shared property, shared responsibilities, taxes or debt could be challenging. Likewise, paying for the cost of something to do with kids or fun outings might also be challenging. People are confrontational today. Peace.
Trump rally shooting blame game and calls for investigation begin
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican and Democratic leaders, as well as some international friends and foes, expressed shock and relief Saturday night after an apparent assassination attempt at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers from both parties promised hearings and a comprehensive investigation into the attack. House Speaker...
Two elite soccer championships, men's Wimbledon final make Sunday sacred
Sunday in most places throughout the world is considered a day reserved for either our connection to or our participation in religious practices and beliefs. It’s a day reserved for God and gods. Not only do we pray on Sundays, but we pray for them. Sunday is the exclusive day of Super Bowls and every World Cup final, with the exception of two (1930 and 1966). It’s a day of holy assembly. A day of pride over the rest of the days, not a day of rest. The original “eighth day.”
Guard Dana Evans is Sky’s top trade asset
Changes are coming to the Sky’s roster, one way or the other. The first method general manager Jeff Pagliocca could employ to add to the team’s 10 available players is a seven-day contract. The second — a trade — will not be well-received by Sky fans.
Sky have issues with 3 and ‘D’ in loss to Liberty
Marina Mabrey turns to her family when she needs a lift. In the midst of one of her worst shooting slumps, a video from her younger sister served as a reminder of the player she has always been. “It was me and her playing when we were younger,” Mabrey said....
Chicago, Illinois politicians react to Trump assassination attempt: 'Political violence is never acceptable.'
Illinois politicians are reacting to a shooting Saturday at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania that law enforcement sources are calling an assassination attempt. The Associated Press reports a local prosecutor said the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead. The Secret Service said in a...
Richard Simmons, a fitness guru who mixed laughs and sweat, dies at 76
Richard Simmons, television’s hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better, died Saturday. He turned 76 on Friday. Los Angeles police and fire departments say they responded to a Los...
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