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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...
Donald Trump whisked off stage in Pennsylvania after loud noises rang through the crowd
BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after loud noises rang through the crowd. His motorcade has left the venue. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below. Donald Trump will have one last chance...
Cubs' win streak end with 11-3 loss to Cardinals in Game 1 of a doubleheader
ST. LOUIS — The Cubs’ 11-3 loss to the Cardinals in Game 1 of a doubleheader Saturday was all but decided after Cubs starter Hayden Wesneski gave up nine runs in the first inning. Only two were earned runs. “We gave them six outs,” manager Craig Counsell said...
Luis Robert Jr. is focusing on the present as trade rumors persist
White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. is no stranger to trade rumors. For the better part of the past month, he’s heard his name discussed in rumors about where he will play after the July 30 trade deadline. The star center fielder has said that he wants to...
Pickup driver who hit semi on I-55 near Summit is killed
A pickup driver died after rear-ending a semi early Saturday on Interstate 55 near southwest suburban Summit. The 31-year-old man from Chicago was in the southbound lanes south of Harlem Avenue about 12:50 a.m. when he slammed into the back of a semi traveling in the center lane, Illinois State Police said.
Chicago native Taylor Townsend and partner Katerina Siniakova win Wimbledon's ladies doubles trophy
LONDON — After seeing longtime doubles partner Barbora Krejcikova win the Wimbledon singles title, Katerina Siniakova went out on Centre Court and added another Grand Slam trophy to her own collection. Siniakova won her third women’s doubles title at Wimbledon after teaming up with Taylor Townsend to beat Gabriela...
Man fatally shot in Roseland backyard
A man was killed in a shooting Friday in Roseland on the South Side. About 9:30 p.m., 42-year-old Donzel Williams and several other people were in the backyard of a home in the 10900 block of South Wentworth Avenue when two people approached and opened fire, Chicago police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said.
Man dies after being hit by car in Roseland
A man has died after he was hit by a car in Roseland on Saturday morning, police said. The man, 63, suffered trauma to the body and was pronounced dead at the scene in the 10700 block of South Emerald Avenue shortly after 6 a.m., according to Chicago police. No...
City denies permit request for Chicago River swim benefiting ALS research
Plans for the first “open swim” in the Chicago River in nearly a century hit a snag after the city denied a permit request for the event. The swim is planned by the group A Long Swim for Sept. 22 to benefit ALS research. The city denied the group’s permit request, saying the proposed route raises safety concerns for those involved and the general public.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family, according to publicist and friend...
Man killed, boy critically hurt in crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive
A man was killed and a boy was critically injured in a car crash in Kenwood early Saturday, police said. The man was driving southbound in the 4600 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive around 3:30 a.m. when a tire blew out and he lost control of the vehicle and ran into a tree, according to Chicago police.
Woman fatally shot in West Garfield Park
A woman was shot and killed in West Garfield Park early Saturday, police said. Officers responded to a call of shots fired and found a 34-year-old woman with a gunshot wound to the head around 2 a.m. in the 200 block of South Kostner Avenue, according to Chicago police. The...
Isabelle Harrison is establishing her role with Sky after injury
Isabelle Harrison is new to the Sky. Yes, former Sky coach/general manager James Wade signed her in 2023, but a season-ending injury before the regular season even began delayed Harrison’s debut. Not only was she unable to play with the Sky last season, but she spent much of the year rehabbing in Texas.
Chicago outdoors: Chicago River night heron, Wisconsin grouse drumming up, odd Bourbonnais bee
Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond. Brian Carroll photographed this night heron in the rain Tuesday on the Riverwalk. “There are a few the regularly hang out between Wolf Point and LaSalle [Street],” he emailed. The rebound of black-crowned night herons has been remarkable, especially on the Chicago River system.
Bill Daley slams Johnson's claim of 'decades of disinvestment' by past mayors
Mayor Brandon Johnson has blamed “decades of disinvestment and deliberate neglect” for the violence plaguing Chicago. He has accused his predecessors of “tolerating Black death” and “running this city into the ground” financially and ignoring the long-festering pension crisis. The blame game doesn’t sit...
Wild docuseries 'Mafia Spies' details how CIA hired Chicago Outfit thugs to take out Castro
In the early 1960s, the CIA enlisted the services of Chicago Outfit gangsters Sam Giancana and Johnny Roselli to orchestrate the murder of Cuba’s Communist leader Fidel Castro. Let’s take a moment to inhale the sheer insanity of that statement. By the mid-1970s, Castro was still in power,...
Automaker Stellantis awarded $353M to help reopen Belvidere manufacturing plant
Automaker Stellantis will receive $585 million in grants from the Biden administration, including nearly $335 million for its idled plant in Belvidere, to help expand its electric vehicle manufacturing, the White House said Thursday. Stellantis, whose brands include Fiat, Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge, had announced in October that it would...
Racist trolls don't skip a beat after a violent July Fourth weekend
My heart sank as I read through numerous accounts of the horrific violence in Chicago during the long July Fourth holiday weekend. With each description of the carnage — from victims suffering multiple gunshot wounds, to reports of drive-by shootings, to young victims injured in a mass shooting, to dozens of bullet casings found at the scene — my heart grew heavier.
Don't soak water customers with big rate increases
People should not struggle to pay their water bills even as private companies make big profits. Illinois should close the spigot on excessive costs. Like some other states, Illinois has seen private companies snap up municipal water and wastewater operations and then raise rates for consumers, forcing some people to ration their water use. Since 2013, the two biggest private water companies in the state, Aqua Illinois and Illinois American Water, have purchased 59 public water systems and have passed $402 million in acquisition costs onto their customers, according to the Citizens Utility Board.
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