The Chicago Fire's stadium at The 78 has a new moniker McDonalds Park as part of a naming rights deal announced Wednesday.As we take the next step on our journey to build a world class Club, our commitment to Chicago is at the center of everything we do, Joe Mansueto, the billionaire owner and chairman of the Fire, said in a news release. Thats why ...

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Aries.Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: center; } ...

The White Sox certainly hope that wasnt Derek Hills only five minutes of fame, but theyll take it for now.Hill hit a tiebreaking pinch-hit home run in the eighth inning, then robbed Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. with a diving catch in right field for the first out of the ninth to lift the Sox to a 6-5 victory Tuesday at Rate Field.A special five minutes, ...

ATLANTA Let slumping dogs lie?The offensively challenged Cubs showed an early sign of stirring Tuesday night when Alex Bregman homered in the fourth inning at Truist Park before they tacked on another run in the inning. But Bregmans blast was the their only hit in a 5-2 loss to the Braves, who showed off the high-powered offense and shutdown bullpen that ...

ATLANTA So, what do you do if the ballclub you own has just lost 16 games in a row?If youre Ted Turner, maverick owner of the Braves and shameless showman, you send your manager, Dave Bristol, on a scouting trip, join your team in Pittsburgh and plant yourself in the dugout as manager.This happened on May 11, 1977. The old guard was appalled. Braves ...

Third-base coach Justin Jirschele had a lot running through his mind in the seconds he had to decide to send Drew Romo home as the go-ahead run in the eighth inning of the White Sox win Sunday against the Mariners.A lot of things go into it. I do my homework, Jirschele told the Sun-Times on Tuesday. So that point of the game, its 1-1, its two outs, [Miguel ...

Playing in the outfield can be lonely and downright boring. Even big-leaguers need an activity to pass the time.White Sox center fielder Tristan Peters calls balls and strikes or at least tries to even though hes roughly 300 feet from the plate.Just to keep me occupied and make sure Im actually watching the pitch, Peters told the Sun-Times. Im not always ...

SAN FRANCISCO Before the Skys season opener in Portland, coach Tyler Marsh reminded Jacy Sheldon about the skeptics. All the ones questioning why the team surrendered a first-round pick to get her.Not that Sheldon, the 25-year-old guard from Ohio, really needs that kind of motivation. She's out for blood no matter what. But she acknowledged that every ...

Illinois is celebrating nearly three years without a baby being illegally abandoned, almost 25 years after the passage of a state law allowing parents to surrender infants legally to safe havens."The Illinois Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act allows people to drop off unharmed infants up to 30 days old at designated places such as hospitals and ...

Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died after an eight-month battle with an aggressive form of a brain tumor, his family announced Tuesday.Collins spent 13 years as a player in the league for six different franchises. He revealed in 2013 that he was gay, an ...

This hearty bulgur salad is inspired by tabbouleh. Tabbouleh is a refreshing Levantine salad primarily composed of nutty bulgur wheat, chopped garden vegetables and handfuls of leafy herbs. Bulgur is a nutritious cracked whole-wheat cereal grain. It's a good source of protein, B vitamins, magnesium and iron, and it's available as a fine, medium or coarse ...

Chicago Public Schools told principals Tuesday that the district is planning to cut the number of regular teachers who work in schools next year, a change that will result in bigger class sizes.CPS is raising the student-to-teacher ratio it uses to provide funding to schools by 1 for every grade. For example, high-poverty elementary schools will get one ...

It looks like Chicago will have to get through another surge of summer violence without gunshot detection technology.That much was evident after a City Council hearing Tuesday that produced more questions than answers.Opposition alderpersons were hoping to learn why its taking Mayor Brandon Johnson so long to find a replacement for gunshot detection ...

With Congress yet to act on reining in artificial intelligence, that obligation has fallen into the laps of individual states. And as the 2026 spring session in Springfield nears an end date of May 31, Illinois lawmakers are making a final push to get state AI regulations over the finish line.The bipartisan appetite comes in response to a growing number of ...

As someone who grew up in the church and is no longer an active member of a congregation the themes in York Walkers play, Covenant, land close to home. Speaking of the Black church specifically, I know my elders have always meant well, but coming of age in an environment where prayer is the answer to all problems and rumors and perceptions of fellow ...

Illinois health officials are investigating a potential case of hantavirus that is unrelated to the cruise ship outbreak that made headlines in recent weeks.The Winnebago County resident was likely exposed to the virus through rodent droppings while cleaning a home, the Illinois Department of Health announced Tuesday. The person has since recovered from ...

Lollapalooza on Tuesday posted its daily schedule for the music festival set to run in Grant Park from July 30 to Aug. 2.Headliners Charli XCX, Lorde, Olivia Dean, Tate McRae and the Smashing Pumpkins were announced in March. Other notable acts include R&B artist Leon Thomas, rapper Freddie Gibbs, singer-songwriter Sombr, pop vocalist Zara Larsson, British ...

The hourly pay of Chicagos tipped workers would be frozen at 76% of the minimum wage for the next two years for large restaurants and the next four years for smaller establishments, thanks to a compromise advanced Tuesday without Mayor Brandon Johnson's involvement.Nearly two months after Johnson used his third veto to preserve one of the the key items on ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died, the team, his agency and the NBA said Tuesday. He was 29.Neither the Grizzlies nor Clarke's agency, Priority Sports, immediately provided any details about when, where or how Clarke died."We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke. Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even ...

EL PASO, Texas Forward Cristo Fernandez, the actor who portrayed Dani Rojas on the Apple TV series "Ted Lasso" has signed with El Paso Locomotive FC of the USL to play soccer professionally.Terms of the deal announced Tuesday, which still must be approved by the second-tier league and soccer federation, were not disclosed.Fernandez earned the deal after a ...

The Jeff Committee, the nonprofit all-volunteer organization behind Chicagos Jeff Awards, announced Tuesday that the Non-Equity Jeff Awards will pause all awards consideration of non-equity productions opening on or after June 1, 2026.As we got into this work, we realized how complicated it was for the non-equity community, said Suzanne Ross, communications ...

Progressive activist and community organizer Amisha Patel was up for a fight.Whether battling for affordable housing or against state budget cuts that impacted poor and working-class people, she often helped lead the charge in Chicago and at the state level during her time as executive director of the Chicago non-profit Grassroots Collaborative.She led the ...

A 43-year-old woman was shoved onto CTA Blue Line tracks during a tussle on the train platform late Sunday in Austin.She was on her phone when Robert Rhodes-Chambers confronted her and began yelling, pulling her hair and punching her in the back before pushing her off the platform and onto the tracks at the Cicero stop, 720 S. Cicero Ave. about 11 p.m. ...

A coalition of community and advocacy groups is urging the Cook County Board of Commissioners to reject a proposed $1.12 million contract for the use of AI-powered surveillance technology at the county jail, arguing that officials should first address the number of deaths at the facility.In a letter to commissioners, the Illinois Network for Pretrial ...

The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals.Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in this ...