If the White House encouraged Chicagos U.S. attorney's office in writing to bring a conspiracy indictment against six immigration protesters last fall, defense attorneys should be allowed to see it, a prosecutor agreed Thursday.But Assistant U.S. Attorney William Hogan said he didnt expect to find anything related to the case against the so-called Broadview ...

Chicago-area commuters want the incoming Northern Illinois Transit Authority to focus on improving security and bus and rail service, according to a new survey by the Regional Transportation Authority.More than 1,400 riders surveyed in December and January listed "public safety" and "improving service" to be top priorities of the NITA board, which replaces ...

You know what I cant stand? The complete answer is as long as the list of FAST channels you never watch on your connected TV. But for the purpose of this column, Ill give you one: internet stories about an upcoming game with a headline that begins How to watch Those stories are intended to be helpful. I find them insulting. You know how I watch a game? I ...

Los trabajadores que reciben propinas en Chicago podran ver su sueldo por hora congelado al 76% del salario mnimo de la ciudad, gracias a una votacin del Concejo Municipal realizada el mircoles que otorga un alivio econmico a los restaurantes, pero que tambin establece el escenario para el tercer veto del alcalde Brandon Johnson.En un momento en que Chicago ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has appointed Kenya Merritt permanently as commissioner of the citys cultural affairs department, a role she has been serving in on an interim basis since October.Merritt, a deputy mayor in the Johnson administration, was tapped for the cultural position after the mayors previous hand-picked leader and friend, Cline Hedspeth, ...

The business license of an Elk Grove Village motel that was site of a homicide is in jeopardy.Mayor Craig Johnson on Wednesday threatened to shut down InTown Suites, the extended stay motel at Landmeier and Higgins roads where a woman was found stabbed to death Feb. 25.Thats a scary situation. The thought theres families residing there, young children ...

Walking to practice earlier this week at Akron, mens basketball coach John Groce found his office administrator staring at the brand-new 2026 MAC tournament championship trophy.Have you ever stopped to look at them? she asked.Four of them right there in a glass case, won over the last five seasons including the last three in a row all on the watch of ...

DEAR ABBY: When my daughter entered her teens, she and her friends began borrowing each other's clothes. I didn't approve, and I warned my daughter that if anything became lost or damaged, I would not be responsible, nor would I replace the item. She said she understood and continued the practice.As I predicted, some of her clothes went missing or were ...

Its open enrollment season for Medicare Advantage, when people enrolled in private managed-care plans can sign up for a new one or switch to original Medicare through March 31.But theres a catch: If people want to move to original Medicare and buy a supplemental Medigap insurance plan to cover some out-of-pocket costs, they might not be able to. Medigap ...

In 2024, Alynda Segarra released The Past is Still Alive, the eighth studio album under the moniker Hurray for the Riff Raff. On tour that year, Segarra was backed by a band made up of heavy-hitting Chicago musicians, including Sen Morimoto and Nnamdi Ogbonnaya. Together, their sound clicked.I've been touring for a long time, but I feel like this is the ...

The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical of preposterous delights. The five-time Tony-winning shows entire raison detre? Providing an escape from per the script the endless dreary horrors of reality. That escape is a rollicking good time at Theo Ubiques raucous, intimate staging of a musical thats both a spoof of the genre and a love letter to it.The score ...

Watch out, George Gervin. And Val Kilmer. Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is The Iceman and he wants to protect his nickname.Williams submitted four trademark applications on Monday related to his moniker: one for the name, another for a logo surrounding the name, and two more silhouettes that mimic Williams Michael Jordan-esque pose as he completed a ...

A woman was shot to death in Rogers Park early Thursday on the North Side. The woman, 18, was walking with a group of friends in the 1000 block of West Pratt Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. when a gunman approached them on foot and opened fire in their direction, according to police. The woman was shot in the head and was dead on the scene, police said.There ...

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A man was shot in Avalon Park Wednesday night, according to Chicago police.The man, 18, was in the 1100 block of East 81st Street at 7:29 p.m. when he was shot in the head, police said in a statement. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition, police said.No one is in custody, police said.

There is a world in which the Bulls can stick to the assignment of losing, find a few key positives, and still be aligned with the big picture.Its not hard.Then again, it helps when it comes against an opposing team that is on a much different journey.Thats what Wednesdays 139-109 one-sided affair against Toronto was as the playoff-bound Raptors dismantled ...

Chicago-area supporters of longtime civil rights leader Csar Chavez, a Latino icon publicly celebrated in much of the city, expressed anger, shock and dismay over allegations that he sexually abused women and girls as he led the movement for farmworker rights in the 1960s and 70s.An investigation by the New York Times released Wednesday found that Chavez ...

Chicago police on Wednesday arrested a man sought in connection to a Rogers Park blaze that resulted in the death of a firefighter earlier this week.An internal bulletin issued Tuesday said detectives were seeking to locate and interview the man in relation to firefighter Michael Altmans death earlier that day. The man was arrested on a warrant Wednesday at ...

Inside the United Center its been business as usual in the stands.There are bodies in the seats, the crowds are loud, and the Dunkin Donuts Race still brings them to their feet, even for a team trapped between mediocrity and tanking for better draft lottery odds.Outside the UC and in the social media forest, the fan base wants blood.The latest member of the ...

Glenbard Wests Brady Johnson and Josiah Wallace are ready to run it back this fall, and a few more times after that.Johnson, a tight end, and Wallace, an offensive tackle, both joined Northwesterns 2027 recruiting class last month as the Wild-cats first in-state commits.It wasnt a huge factor, but it definitely was a factor, Johnson told the Sun-Times of ...

Democratic Senate candidate Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won 44 of Chicagos 50 wards and was overwhelmingly supported by Black, Latino and white voters in the city.She also performed well in suburban Cook County and downstate Illinois, two areas that helped cement her victory.In the waning weeks of the contentious Senate campaign, three pro-Raja ...

A man fatally shot a teenage boy who tried to rob him with a gun Wednesday in West Pullman, according to Chicago police.The man, 27, was in the 11700 block of South Normal Avenue at 3:36 p.m. when the boy, 16, approached him with a handgun and demanded his belongings, police said in a statement. The man shot the teen with his own handgun.The teen was taken ...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Right-hander Edward Cabrera couldnt keep the string going, allowing eight runs on seven hits and a walk against the Diamondbacks in his second to last start of the spring, following superb outings by righty Cade Horton and left-hander Shota Imanaga the previous two days.The 26-year-old newcomer acquired in a trade with the Marlins, ...

In an NCAA Tournament edition of Polling Place, your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked how deep No. 3 seed Illinois will go.Completely depends on their commitment to urgency, @jobin_theman commented. They have the talent and skill to hang with other elite teams and crush lower teams, but they get complacent. Just need to let ...

No room for a White Sox stadium at The 78?That might not be a problem for the teams chairman-in-waiting, Justin Ishbia, who is moving to buy land just across the Chicago River from the South Loop site long coveted by Sox ownership to build a new home.Ishbias private equity firm Shore Capital Partners is under contract to acquire the Amtrak rail yard and has ...