Two men shot and killed a bank security guard in Gary and robbed nearly $10,000 to pay off bills of an amateur football team, according to f...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Despite COVID’s spread in prisons, there’s little to suggest prisons will do better next time
Family members of inmates incarcerated in the Utah Department of Corrections’ prison system hold candles and say a prayer following a rally...
Chip shortage idles Chicago’s Ford plant into August
Ford is idling its assembly plant in Chicago for four weeks in July. | Getty The automaker also shuts down or trims schedules at seven ot...
Rare meteorite offers insights into the birth of planet Earth
Maria Valdes, a Field Museum research scientist, holds samples of a meteorite that broke away from the asteroid Vesta. | Brian Rich/Sun-Tim...
MLB suspends former Cubs, Mets executive Jared Porter through 2022 season
Fired New York Mets general manager Jared Porter was suspended by Major League Baseball baseball through at least the end of the 2022 regul...
Afternoon Edition: June 30, 2021
Aldermen in the Chicago City Council chambers for last Friday’s meeting. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times Today’s update is a 5-minute rea...
Novak Djokovic wins on slippery Wimbledon court; Venus Williams eliminated
Novak Djokovic slips on the grass during his second-round match against Kevin Anderson at Wimbledon. | Alastair Grant/AP Persistent rain ...
Chicago Police: More Than 5,300 Illegal Guns Seized So Far in 2021
More than 5,300 guns have been seized by Chicago police so far this year, an increase of more than 23% over the past year, according to reco...
House Votes to Launch New Probe of Jan. 6 Insurrection
Split along party lines, the House launched a new investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday, approving a special committ...
Cubs' Patrick Wisdom Exits Vs. Brewers After Collision
Wisdom exits vs. Brewers after collision at first base originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Cubs infielder Patrick Wisdom exited Wedn...
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88, family says
The family of Donald Rumsfeld says he has died. He was 88. | AP file Rumsfeld had a storied career under four presidents and nearly a qua...
South Side flower shop offers jobs and training for at-risk youth
Youth employees with Southside Blooms can become floral assistants after training, harvesting flowers from the shop’s farms across the Sout...
Three Sky players named to Team WNBA roster for All-Star game
First-time WNBA All-Star Kahleah Copper leads the Sky in scoring with 13.9 points per game. | NBAE via Getty Images Candace Parker, Court...
Jose Lobaton lands on the 60-day IL with right shoulder sprain
The Cubs placed catcher Jose Lobaton on the 60-day injured list. | Patrick McDermott/Getty Images The Cubs selected Taylor Gushue from Tr...
Indigenous groups report more bodies at Canada school
A vigil takes place where ground-penetrating radar recorded hits of what are believed to be 751 unmarked graves near the grounds of the for...
Never-ending murders abound in saga-ending ‘Forever Purge’
Dylan Tucker (Josh Lucas, right) with Purgers in a scene from “The Forever Purge,” directed by Everardo Valerio Gout. | © 2021 Universal St...
Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld Dies at 88
Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary o...
Gold Coast Man Charged With Murder After Body of 81-Year-Old Mother is Found in His Car in Downstate Dwight
A Gold Coast man has been charged with murder after police in downstate Dwight noticed the body of his 81-year-old mother in the passenger s...
Millions stopped attending religious services during the pandemic. Will they return?
A member of Waldoboro United Methodist Church in Waldoboro, Maine, sings a hymn during a service. The church shut down for good after last ...
$15 an hour is a reality in Chicago today because workers like me fought and won
Demonstrators in downtown Chicago on Aug. 22, 2019 call for a $15 minimum hourly wage in the city. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times This pay raise i...
Sweet relief: Video shows us that Jonathan Toews is alive and well
Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews missed the 2020-21 season with immune-system issues. | Ronald Martinez/Getty Images After months of mys...