A girl walks through rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 24 following reported Israeli air strikes overnight.Mohammed Abed/Getty Am I the only person in America who finds it impossible to support either side in the appalling slaughter in Gaza? Not that my personal opinion counts for anything. Does ...

Marmion Academy in Aurora, a Catholic school run by the Benedictine religious order.Sun-Times file On the same day this spring that Brother Joseph Charron pleaded guilty to a felony battery charge against a former student at Marmion Academy, where the Benedictine monk was a longtime teacher, the Aurora Catholic school ...

Samuel T. Cicchelli with the stop signs he uses as a school crossing guard.Provided In the fall of 2022, I came out of retirement for a part-time job in the city of Chicago that hasbeen transformative and instructive in ways I could not have imagined. I became an elementary school crossing guard.Given a choice, I ...

Moon AlertThere are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Virgo.Aries (March 21-April 19)This morning you might find yourself at odds with others, especially about something to do with a possession that you own or perhaps it's a financial issue. (Isn't this fun?) Furthermore, health issues or something to do with your job might ...

A man was shot and killed Thursday night in Roseland on the Far South Side.Officers responded about 8:30 p.m. to the 9200 block of South Perry Avenue, where they found the 29-year-old with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, Chicago police said.He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.No arrests were ...

Cubs pitcher Justin Steele reacts after being relieved in the sixth inning against the Pirates at Wrigley Field on May 16, 2024.Quinn Harris/Getty Images Cubs lefty Justin Steele shook his head as he turned back toward the mound.Hed just located a second-pitch fastball up and in, half a ball off the plate. And somehow ...

Chicago Tribune employees have filed suit against the papers current and former owners alleging systematic wage discrimination. One thing remains consistent across each section of the Chicago Tribunes news operation women and African American employees are underpaid by several thousands of dollars a year compared to their male and white counterparts, the ...

A human arm was found on a beach in Waukegan last Saturday, officials said. A person was walking on Waukegan Municipal Beach, 201 East Sea Horse Drive, about 8:30 p.m. when they spotted a human arm and called 911. The Lake County coroner's office arrived at the beach and confirmed it was a human arm. The arm, which was mostly intact, was believed to be from ...

SKy rookie Angel Reese drives to the basket against the Dallas Wings on May 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas.Cooper Neill/Getty Images ARLINGTON, Texas Angel Reese has made it perfectly clear that she has no intention of being one-dimensional in the WNBA.Since being drafted by the Sky with the No. 7 pick a month ago, Reese ...

Before heading to Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris visited Milwaukee, where she discussed economic opportunity at Discovery World Science and Technology Museum.Tannen Maury/AFP via Getty Images Vice President Kamala Harris sought to rally Democrats and raise money for the upcoming election on a visit to the ...

Rendering of Onni Groups Halsted Landing project in Goose Island.Goettsch Partners A proposed $1.1 billion development in Goose Island was tabled again on Thursday by the Chicago Plan Commission, but new renderings show how the massive riverfront project could look.Onni Group, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, is ...

Andr Holland stars as Black Panthers co-founder Huey P. Newton on The Big Cigar.Apple TV+ In 1974, Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was on the run from the feds when he hatched a plan to flee to Cuba, with the help of his friend, the maverick Hollywood producer Bert Schneider of Easy Rider fame. They decided to ...

A 49-year-old man was standing in a park in the 2800 block of North Cannon Avenue when a man walked up to him with a gun and announced a robbery, police said. The victim grabbed the gun and it went off, hitting him in the torso.Sun-Times file A man was shot to death while driving late Wednesday in Calumet Heights on the ...

Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx announces she will not seek reelection during a speech at a City Club of Chicago luncheon at Maggianos Banquets in River North on April 25, 2023.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Cook County States Attorney Kim Foxx is floating a new policy that would direct prosecutors in her office to reject ...

Joliets Catholic cathedral, the central church in the Diocese of Joliet overseen by Bishop Ron Hicks.Robert Herguth/Sun-Times Months after the Diocese of Joliet announced the closure of five Catholic churches and two Catholic schools in the Joliet area, the local bishop signaled that another 19 parishes in the west and ...

The Cubs Nico Hoerner celebrates with teammates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run against the Pirates on May 11, 2024 in Pittsburgh.Justin Berl/Getty Images Cubs middle infielder Nico Hoerner joined Cubs hitters on the field for pregame batting practice on Thursday, as he went through a workout resembling his ...

Porscha Banks, sister of Dexter Reed, speaks April 9 to media outside the Harrison District police station at a rally following the video release of Reeds fatal shooting in March.90Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times O.J. Simpson died the day after the Dexter Reed video was released.Simpsons "trial of the century" that ...

Sunny (Angela Morris, from left), Ma (Mechelle Moe) and Pa (David Parkes) struggle with life in a land ruined by drought, in TimeLine Theatres production of Black Sunday. Liz Lauren The dead animals stacked and strewn throughout Chicago playwright Dolores Daz Black Sunday tell a grim story of human folly.TimeLine ...

Janice Weston, former vice president of the board of Washington Federal Bank for Savings, is seen as she heads to court Aug. 2.Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times A vice president of the crooked Bridgeport bank that collapsed under her brothers years-long embezzlement scheme will spend three months in federal prison for repeatedly ...

The Turner Manufacturing Co. building on West Ogden Avenue is among the historic buildings that would be torn down to make way for a transportation, distribution and logistics site in North Lawndale. Brian Ernst/Sun-Times A plan for a controversial trucking hub in a North Lawndale neighborhood is on hold after the ...

Sun-Times file photo An off-duty Chicago police officer is believed to have killed himself Thursday inside a West Loop home.The 29-year-old man was found about 2:35 p.m. inside a home in the 1600 block of West Warren Boulevard with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, Chicago police said. He was ...

Kansas defensive lineman Austin Booker runs a drill during Big 12 NCAA college NFL football pro day Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Frisco, Texas. LM Otero/AP The Bears signed the third member of their draft class Thursday, inking Kansas edge rusher Austin Booker to his standard four-year rookie contract. Booker is ...

A Red Line train pulls into the Garfield Station after the CTA announced the shut down of the Ls Red Line from Cermak Road to 95th for five months starting next spring so it can completely rebuild the rails. Friday, June 1, 2012 | Brian Jackson~Chicago Sun-TimesSun-Times file Northbound CTA Red Line trains are being ...

Neighbors say FBI agents shot through the front window of a home in the 2200 block of West Farragut Avenue in Lincoln Square on Thursday. The FBI issued a statement saying there was no ongoing threat to the community.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Federal agents conducted a raid at a home in the 2200 block of West Farragut ...

The Bears open the 2024 NFL season at home Sept. 8 against the Titans (noon, Fox 32).Kamil Krzaczynski/AP The Bears 2024 schedule is interesting.Theyll play the entire AFC South before facing an NFC North foe for the first time in Week 11.Of their last eight games, six are within their division.They have a stretch of ...