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- Willson Contreras rips his Chicago Cubs teammates for a lack of effort after a 6-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals — their 13th in 15 games: ‘I feel like everybody was off. … I don’t know why.’
- Daily horoscope for July 11, 2021
- Ask Amy: Sister struggles supporting selfish sibling
- Conor McGregor suffers a gruesome left ankle injury in a loss to Dustin Poirier at UFC 264
- Letters: RNC chairwoman’s hypocrisy over district maps is laughable and infuriating
- Column: Aurora police stepped off parade at unique time as chief prepares to leave
- Landmarks: Viaducts have their problems and some are over a century old, but they beat counting boxcars
- Column: With the future of the Chicago Cubs at stake, Jed Hoyer is under the microscope after years in Theo Epstein’s shadow
- Aurora panel to look at new sign ordinance
- This day in history, July 11: U.N.-designated ‘safe haven’ of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina falls to Bosnian Serb forces
- Nate Firestone, who escaped Nazi captors to live a life full of family, dies at 102
- Vernon Hills allows Hawthorn Mall to provide parking for Chicago Bears fans attending training camp at Halas Hall
- Aurora fishing derby also offers chance to get vaccinated against COVID-19
- Blue Island cleanup effort seeks to inspire others
- 2021 ESPYS: Red Carpet arrivals
- Speak Out reader opinion: Thin crust, tavern cut is the true Chicago style pizza
- Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon to tie Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal with 20 Grand Slam titles
- Miami mayor confirms 90 dead in Florida condo collapse; officials say search for more bodies could take weeks
- Billionaire Richard Branson reaches space in his own rocket ship; ‘It was just magical’
- 3 people shot, 1 fatally, near Cook County Jail on Saturday. Victims are among 14 shot overnight in Chicago, including 3 fatalities.
- 18-year-old woman’s body found in Chicago River in Goose Island neighborhood Sunday
- Pope Francis makes first public appearance since intestinal surgery
- Column: Willson Contreras said what needed to be said — and now it’s up to his Chicago Cubs teammates to listen and respond
- Bosnia commemorates 1995 Srebrenica massacre of 8,000 Muslim men, boys
- ‘Black Widow’ wins weekend box office with $80 million
- Rainout sends the fading Chicago Cubs into the All-Star break with a 44-46 record. ‘I think we’re better than the last two weeks,’ manager David Ross says.
- Corrections and clarifications
- 5 dead, at least 18 others wounded in city shootings since Friday afternoon, police say
- Illinois State Police investigating shooting on I-55 that seriously injured 1
- Italy beats England on penalty kicks to win its 2nd European Championship
- Fires rage in several Western states as heat wave continues
- Schumer wants NRA investigated for bankruptcy fraud
- ‘Resilient’ Chicago White Sox hit the All-Star break with the American League’s best record at a season-high 19 games over .500
- Eloy Jiménez reaches base 3 times in 4 plate appearances as the Chicago White Sox left fielder continues his rehab assignment with Class A Winston-Salem
- People attend the first Sundays on State block party
- 4 arrested on weapons charges at a downtown Denver hotel — a block from Coors Field where the MLB All-Star Game will be held
- Rain can’t put a damper on first Sundays on State block party
- How Cubs and White Sox prospects fared in the All-Star Futures Game, led by Brennen Davis’ MVP performance
- Local rapper who had ‘just been released’ from Cook County Jail suffered as many as 64 bullet wounds in fatal shooting across the street from jail, police say
- Unopened Super Mario 64 game from 1996 sells for $1.56M
- Biden to talk crime with city, police leaders nationwide, including Chicago’s top cop
- ‘The Chi’ recap: In Episode 7, Kiesha has her baby back and names him after one of the show’s most indelible characters
- Giannis Antetokounmpo scores 41 as the Milwaukee Bucks cut the Phoenix Suns’ NBA Finals lead to 2-1 with a 120-100 rout