WASHINGTON — No matter how many runs the Chicago Cubs have put up during their road trip, they continue to do the little things that have often shown up this season. A great double play turned by third baseman Isaac Paredes with the bases loaded and

CHICAGO — Garrett Crochet used a combination of fastballs and cutters to strike out Francisco Lindor to begin Sunday’s game against the New York Mets. The Chicago White Sox starter broke out the changeup for strike three on the next batter, Jose Igle

CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox starter Jonathan Cannon found himself in a jam during the second inning Friday against the New York Mets. The bases were loaded thanks to two singles and a walk. There were no outs. Cannon struck out Francisco Alvarez and

As calls mounted for President Joe Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race following his dreadful debate performance, Democrats grappled with a stark reality: Their efforts to counter former President Donald Trump’s visual political style were falling w

WASHINGTON — There are a variety of ways to contextualize the offensive turnaround of Pete Crow-Armstrong, the Chicago Cubs’ electric center fielder. A change to his stance, adding a leg kick in late July, improved Crow-Armstrong’s timing and with th

CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox starter Jonathan Cannon found himself in a jam during the second inning Friday against the New York Mets. The bases were loaded thanks to two singles and a walk. There were no outs. Cannon struck out Francisco Alvarez and

For Chicagoans of a certain vintage who attended Catholic schools in the distant past, this new law might sound like heresy: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker earlier this month signed a ban on corporal punishment in private schools. At the same time, the st

CHICAGO — Welcome to the 2024 college football season. The transfer portal is closed, preseason camps are over and there soon will be a slight chill in the air. Regional conferences are no more, with the Big Ten having officially expanded from 14 to

A regulatory battle over the subterranean network of century-old gas pipes buried beneath the streets of Chicago is entering the final rounds, with billions of dollars, safety concerns and the future of the city’s energy infrastructure riding on the

Set in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood, "Mountains" is one of those films that makes you walk around your own city, your own neighborhood, or someone else’s, with more perceptive eyes. Without polemics, this assured debut feature from co-writer and

The current Chicago professional sports landscape certainly looks like an arid desert, but fans encountered a rare oasis recently when former Chicago Bears Devin Hester and Steve McMichael were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Hester is

CHICAGO — Dozens of men have begun to be transferred out of Stateville Correctional Center just north of Joliet as debates continue over the condition of the century-old prison and Gov. JB Pritzker’s plans to rebuild it in the coming years. So far, 7

In its trailers for “Blink Twice,” Zoë Kravitz’s sleek directorial debut feature, Amazon and MGM are desperate to package the goods like a straightforward abduction thriller. But for Kravitz, best known as an actor (“The Batman,” the Hulu series adap

CHICAGO — A former University of Chicago student was charged with concealing his plans to make a bomb following an explosion and fire in his dorm room, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. Aram Brunson, 21, hid and misrepresented his at

CHICAGO -- A few years ago, on Washington Island, in Door County, Wisconsin, the police department received a cardboard box. Inside was a note on blue paper that read: “Please return to Schoolhouse Beach.” The box contained three smooth grayish-white

ROSEMONT, Ill. — When you look around at the banks of video monitors and hear officials talk of “CROs” using a “Hawk-Eye” system, you might think you had stepped into a military mission control room. But the only long bombs being watched are of the f

CHICAGO — Chicago is staring down a $982.4 million shortfall next year, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration projected Wednesday in a grim preview of the upcoming budget season. During a briefing with reporters, the mayor’s budget office presented

Downtown hotels enjoyed a lucrative week during the Democratic National Convention, with occupancy levels as much as 20% higher than the same period last year and rooms rented at much higher rates to the tens of thousands of visiting delegates, lob

Donald Trump has proposed across-the-board tariffs on goods made abroad and sold in America, as well as substantial corporate tax cuts. Kamala Harris has proposed tax increases on corporations and the wealthy and a tougher federal response to what sh

CHICAGO — The state of Illinois will begin accepting submissions for a new state flag design on Sept. 3 as a commission decides whether Illinois’ current flag needs to be replaced. Gov. JB Pritzker approved a measure last year creating the 20-member

With the return of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” for Season 4, the podcasting, murder-solving trio of Charles, Oliver and Mabel try to figure out who killed Sazz Pataki, Charles’ old friend and stunt double from his TV stardom heyday. Nothing

In recent weeks, the concept of “underconsumption core” has gone viral on TikTok — the land of influencers, shopping hauls and short-lived fads. It echoes an earlier trend in which users discouraged others from mindless buying. Rosie Albrecht, 26, fr

CHICAGO — The White Sox continue to monitor Garrett Crochet’s workload while he nears the final month of his first season as a major league starter. But they did not have Tuesday in mind. Crochet went through his pregame routine in preparation of the

Considering that the screen industry still holds enough confusion for any 20 industries, the upcoming movie titles have some promise. The fall season is still the fall season, which means it’s the run-up or run-down to awards season late this year an

WASHINGTON — The high cost of caring for children and the elderly has forced women out of the workforce, devastated family finances and left professional caretakers in low-wage jobs — all while slowing economic growth. That families are suffering is

CHICAGO — The Chicago Transit Authority has begun testing technology that uses artificial intelligence to identify guns in its “L” stations. The technology, from company ZeroEyes, automatically detects guns that have been brandished. Images are sent

CHICAGO — Former television reporter and Amundsen High School’s boys and girls volleyball coach Amy Jacobson resigned on Wednesday after parents decried her mocking the son of vice presidential candidate Tim Walz on “Chicago’s Morning Answer,” a week

With a presidential election on the horizon, just about every screen will be dominated by campaign coverage. When you’re ready for a palate cleanser, the fall TV season has plenty on offer. Even so, it’s not the deluge of the recent past. Six hundred

For a brief moment this weekend, it looked as if the looming regional war that officials and analysts inside and outside the Middle East were concerned about for weeks had finally reared its ugly head. Acting on intelligence that Hezbollah was about