I met the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., about 20 years ago, when I was coming up in conservative politics.I had been part of the neoconservative wing that believed in the benevolent hegemon version of America and the idea that history can be pushed along with the right application of power and will, as Francis Fukuyama once described it.Like Fukuyama, ...

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Rookies and quarterbacks will quietly report to Halas Hall on July 25, three days before the rest of the team arrives for training camp. Thats common practice in the NFL, which allows first-year players to do extra classroom work to get ready.Bears rookies will walk into their new home with a task far different than their most recent predecessors to help ...

Justin Harbison lowers a long stick with a cup into a stormwater catchbasin to scoop up a sample of sewer water.He lifts up what he calls his dipper and then uses his finger to sift through the murky water.I see some larvae swimming around, he says.Harbison, a Loyola University researcher, associate professor and self-described Sewer Monster, hopes that a ...

Dive is a new play set in a Chicago dive bar. And not in a storefront theater flipped to mimic a bar, but it's actually staged in Fritzys Tavern in Edgewater.We literally wandered in October, said Michaela Petro, co-founder of The Dark Room District, the new theater company producing the immersive show.We were scouting location scouting, i.e., bar hopping, ...

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A man was hospitalized after being pulled from Lake Michigan Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police.The man, 70, was pulled from the water by people nearby in the 300 block of West Montrose Harbor Drive at 3:58 p.m., police said. He was taken to St. Joseph Hospital in critical condition.

Following fatal shootings involving Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Houston and Maine, Chicago immigrant rights advocates say the incidents underscore their calls to abolish ICE and restrict enforcement tactics that have already caused harm in Illinois.The two shootings happened less than a week apart, both during attempted traffic stops, ...

When a federal judge sentenced former Summit police chief John Kosmowski on Wednesday to three years in prison for bribery, conspiracy and obstruction of justice, he quoted the former top suburban cops recorded words right back at him.A secret government cooperator caught Kosmowski in 2022 insisting there is no truth, and its gonna be their version against ...

Concerns over a statewide cyclospora outbreak have caused some Chicago shoppers to rethink where they buy their produce.Enter farmers markets.Chelsa Moore, an urban planner who works near the Pullman Farmers Market, said the recent outbreak has made her more aware of where her food comes from.I was just down a ton of rabbit holes this morning because I do ...

PHILADELPHIA Expanded playoffs make it harder to predict whether Tarik Skubal and other choice acquisitions will be dealt before the Aug, 3 trade deadline.Twenty-three of the 30 teams are within four games of a playoff position heading into the season's second half, which opens Thursday with the back-in-contention Philadelphia Phillies hosting the woeful ...

An employee of the Chicago Police Department goose-stepped across a high school stage and saluted while wearing a Nazi-like uniform, according to a report released Wednesday by the city's top watchdog. A source said the employee was a student at Jones College Prep and was part of the police department's cadet program, which employs young people pursuing a ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson spent nearly three times as much money as he raised in the second quarter of this year, and has just over $631,309 in the bank less just two weeks before mayoral candidates start circulating their nominating petitions.Johnson already faced a huge fundraising disadvantage, having closed the first quarter of 2026 with $813,125 in ...

PHILADELPHIA Miguel Vargas second-deck home run in Tuesdays All-Star Game, crushed to left field while Pete Crow-Armstrong was micd up in center for the top of the eighth inning on Fox, was a moment for baseball fans in Chicago to savor.As was Crow-Armstrongs base hit pulled through the right side of the infield in the bottom of the same frame, when ...

After a surprisingly emotional debate, the City Council approved a resolution Wednesday demanding the resignation of embattled U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros.Only a handful of alderpersons opposed the resolution, which adds the City Council to the chorus of those demanding Boutros resignation and urges the Justice Department to ensure a full review of ...

TheaterMax Martin and David West Reads musical & Juliet flips the script on the love story of Romeo and Juliet and wonders what would happen if Juliet (Fabiola Caraballo Quijada) didnt end it all over Romeo. Features Martins pop anthems including Since U Been Gone, Baby One More Time, Cant Stop the Feeling and more. The cast includes Joey Fatone of NSYNC ...

El alcalde Brandon Johnson fue respaldado por aliados polticos y organizadores mientras firmaba una orden ejecutiva a principios de este ao, en la que se ordena a la Polica de Chicago a investigar a los agentes federales de inmigracin y potencialmente buscar cargos en su contra.La orden ICE on Notice se sinti, para muchos, como un golpe vital despus de que ...

The 7-ton glass desk designed by the late architect Frank Gehry for the lobby of the Inland Steel Building sold at auction Wednesday for $243,200.The 16-piece ensemble, made of emerald-colored glass and named Icehenge, had been anticipated to fetch between $100,000 and $200,000. Freeman's, who handled the online auction of the desk, listed the winning bid ...

Eight more Chicago police officers now face dismissal for fraudulently obtaining federal Paycheck Protection Program loans during the pandemic, City Hall's inspector general announced Wednesday. The officers falsified statements on government documents to obtain a total of $282,639 in federal funds intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 ...

Aurora issued a warning Tuesday after officials reported finding elevated lead levels in the drinking water of some city homes.The city is advising residents to use filters for tap water and get children tested for lead exposure, though they are specifying the levels represent lead found in specific qualified homes that participate in the sampling program, ...

Chicago Public Schools leaders announced drastic plans Wednesday to close the districts massive deficit, including laying off 760 teachers, 801 teacher aides and 162 central office and citywide staff.The district also plans to freeze spending midyear and furlough staff for five days that students were not supposed to be in attendance, such as those that ...

PHILADELPHIA Its just the first inning in this years collective-bargaining negotiations for a new basic agreement. The current five-year deal expires on Dec. 1.But if one listens to the principals at this point, there seems to be little wiggle room on the main contention of the talks a salary cap. Both sides are immovable. The result will certainly be an ...

La Agencia Federal de Pequeos Negocios planea establecer Centros de Alcance para Prstamos por Desastre para las personas afectadas por las tres rondas de tormentas que devastaron el rea de Chicago el mes pasado.Los centros abrirn este mircoles y estarn disponibles hasta el 30 de julio. Habr representantes disponibles para responder preguntas sobre el ...

The Sky have a target on their backs from one of the leagues most promising rookies.Storm guard Flaujae Johnson scored 25 points on 11-for-17 shooting, with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, in Wednesdays 95-90 loss to the Sky. She made clear the matchup carried extra meaning.I used a chip, Johnson said. Chicago, they passed on me in the draft. As a ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was critiqued during a lengthy confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday for signing onto a letter that urged the U.S. Senate to reject his confirmation   a proceeding that saw no references to the credibility crisis happening under Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' watch.U.S. Sen. ...