The Chicago Cubs have traded pitcher Jameson Taillon to the Toronto Blue Jays, the team announced Sunday. Taillon, who is in the last year of a contract he signed with the Cubs prior to the 2023 season, was designated for assignment by the team last week, but now hell find a new MLB home after the team traded him away Sunday. According to the Cubs, ...

Heavy rain socked the Chicago area on Friday and Saturday, dumping nearly five inches of precipitation in some areas. The heavy rain taxed drainage systems, caused flash flooding in numerous communities, and sparked numerous flood watches and warnings across the region, with parts of the Chicago area west and south of the city among the hardest hit. ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias will officially launch his campaign for Chicago mayor this weekend, adding his name to a crowded field of candidates. Giannoulias enters the race with more than $20 million in his campaign war chest, along with plenty of name recognition as he seeks to become mayor of the countrys third-largest city. The ...

The Powerball jackpot is continuing to grow after no winning tickets were sold to the game on Saturday. There were several large prizes won in the game, including a $2 million winning ticket sold in Virginia, but no one claimed the top prize, rolling over the jackpot again to this week. According to Powerball officials, five tickets won $1 million ...

Liverpool and Leeds United are busy preparing for the upcoming Premier League season, and theyll do battle Sunday at Chicagos Soldier Field. The two clubs have been playing friendly matches across the U.S. so far this summer, and Sundays game will wrap up their preseason slates stateside, and both are hoping to make one final statement before heading ...

Chicago police are investigating a shooting on the citys Near West Side overnight that left a man injured. According to authorities, a 35-year-old man was standing outside in the 2500 block of West Van Buren at approximately 4:47 a.m. when he became involved in a verbal altercation with another individual. The suspect in the shooting then pulled out a ...

The Chicago area is drying out from soaking rains in recent days, but it should be a pleasant conclusion to the weekend. Unfortunately for beachgoers in the area, high waves are expected on Lake Michigan, but air temperatures will be in the 70s and skies will slowly clear during the day to pave the way for a sunny conclusion to the weekend. According ...

The Chicago White Sox have made a big splash ahead of the MLB trade deadline, acquiring pitcher Luis Castillo from the Seattle Mariners. Castillo has struggled this season, but hes a three-time All-Star and is coming off a string of strong seasons with the Mariners, posting a 3.54 ERA in 32 total starts last season for Seattle. In 20 appearances ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias will make a formal announcement Sunday that he is running for mayor of Chicago, NBC Chicagos Mary Ann Ahern has learned. Giannoulias, who is currently running for reelection as secretary of state this November, will make the decision official at a union hall on Chicagos South Side Sunday, and he spoke to ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired the biggest prize on the trade deadline market, getting two-time reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal from the Detroit Tigers. Skubal got the news during the Tigers’ 8-6 win over the Athletics and was emotional after the game as he prepared to leave the team that drafted him in 2018 and developed him into ...

Roads in a southwest suburb of Chicago were severely flooded on Saturday after back-to-back days of heavy rainfall, and police warned drivers to “use extreme caution.” In a post on social media around 10 a.m., Joliet police warned that “significant water is currently ponding on County Line Road between Walker Road and Clearwater Drive. With ...

From being homeless to mentoring at-risk youth, a Chicago man is expanding his reach using boxing to engage teens and deter them from a life of crime and violence. Derek Brown started Boxing Out Negativity back in 2009. The non-profit organization held a grand opening for a new space in the citys North Lawndale neighborhood on Saturday afternoon. ...

Three people were killed in what police described as an active shooter incident around an In-N-Out Burger and other businesses in Twin Falls, Idaho, on Saturday, a city spokesperson said. At least two other people were injured in the violence, Twin Falls spokesperson Josh Palmer said. Additional information about the people shot and any shooters was ...

Vincent Pastore, who played Tony Sopranos best friend turned informant on HBOs mob drama Sopranos, has died, a representative confirmed Saturday. He was 80. Yes, he has passed away at home, manager Robert Attermann said of Pastore, a longtime resident of New York Citys Bronx neighborhood. To the world, he will always be remembered as the ...

Rock legend Patti Smith was giddy and almost at a loss for words when she met Friday with fellow Chicagoan Pope Leo XIV. Hi, she said softly as she sat down across from Leo at his desk in the Apostolic Palace. Wearing a crucifix necklace and hair in her trademark braids, Smith has become an increasingly visible presence at the Vatican thanks to her ...

A type of wooden step stool sold for toddlers on Amazon was recalled after more than a dozen people reported injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Protection Safety Commission. Roughly 91,000 of Woodure childrens tower kitchen step stools were recalled by Chinese company Shenzhen Muqiqu Creative Development Co. Ltd. on July 30 because of a risk they ...

Heavy rainfall prompted changes to the Lollapalooza schedule on Saturday, with some acts knocked off the lineup. Doors to the festival opened late on Saturday because of the rainy weather and festivalgoers were let in around 3 p.m., 4 hours after they were previously scheduled to open at 11 a.m. The delayed start meant several of the artists ...

A retaining wall next to a ramp on the Kennedy Expressway has led to an emergency closure, officials said. According to the Illinois Department of Transportation, the affected ramp is on the inbound side of the Kennedy at Lawrence Avenue in Chicagos Jefferson Park neighborhood on the northwest side. A retaining wall collapsed at the location ...

The calendar has now flipped to August, and parents hoping to prepare their children for back-to-school can do so during an upcoming sales tax holiday. Under provisions of the state of Illinois 2026-27 fiscal year budget, a sales tax holiday will be available on school supplies beginning next week, and parents and loved ones will have up to 10 days to ...

Authorities have identified the victims of a double-homicide in suburban Harvey earlier this week. According to the latest updates from Harvey police, 46-year-old Jwon Martin and 50-year-old Aaron Jones were found shot to death inside of a residence by officers responding to a possible medical issue just after 7:30 a.m. Thursday. Those officers ...

Today show host Savannah Guthrie on Saturday said on social media that her family was desperate and begging for help in the disappearance of her mother, a day after authorities released two ransom notes including one saying that she had died. Authorities released an early note in the investigation into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, ...

Spain on Saturday installed a 500-meter-long (1,600-foot) barrier on the sea border between its North African territory of Ceuta and neighboring Morocco after tens of thousands of migrants breached the frontier earlier in the week. At least 67 migrants died, including some who drowned and others who were killed in a stampede to cross a breakwater ...

A 7-year-old boy is safe after he was briefly abducted following an argument in Chicagos Austin neighborhood Friday night. According to Chicago police, officers were called to a home in the 5800 block of West Adams at approximately 11:39 p.m. Friday for reports of a disturbance. Responding officers spoke to a mother who said she had gotten into an ...

Heavy rain in the Chicago area has led to multiple flood watches and warnings Saturday, with heavy rain impacting Lollapalooza. According to the latest updates from Lollapalooza officials, gates to the festival will not open until at least 3 p.m. Saturday as heavy rain continues to churn through the Chicago area. Gates were originally scheduled to ...

At least three people have died after a head-on crash involving at least four different vehicles Friday night in Kendall County. According to Illinois State Police, a driver was attempting to pass multiple vehicles on Illinois 71 near Walker Road in Millbrook just after 9 p.m. Friday when they struck another driver head-on. Ultimately a total of ...