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- Chicago White Sox get swept in a doubleheader by the Toronto Blue Jays, falling a season-high 15 games under .500
- Daily horoscope for July 7, 2023
- Photos: Chicago’s new and swanky private Astor Club opens for business
- Ask Amy: My son is invited only to the wedding ceremony — not the reception
- Editorial: Government should not suppress speech on social media. The price is always too high.
- Nicole Woitowich: Clinical trials are better at including women. But data analysis is still a real problem.
- University of Chicago partners with Massachusetts firm to incubate startup companies in Hyde Park Labs
- Things to do around Chicago: An Andy Warhol exhibit, Japanese Breakfast concert and Southport Art Fest
- Letters: The key to stopping massive wildfires is reducing global warming, not thinning forests
- David Greising: Red flag tools are critical with assault weapons ban in limbo. We need court transparency.
- Andrew Eastmond: Soccer league is overlooking extensive abuse allegations against suburban club owner Rory Dames
- From thousands of miles away, an Army veteran and ‘big brother’ fights to keep a promise in aftermath of war
- Joseph ‘Zeke’ Rupnick: US must recognize Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and return stolen DeKalb County lands
- ‘Revoir Paris’ review: After a terrorist attack, a survivor searches for closure but the movie stays on the surface
- Chicago Bulls are in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League. Here’s who — and how — to watch.
- 2023 MLB draft: The Cubs and White Sox each have 20 picks. Here’s what to know about the 3-day event.
- Daywatch: Earth’s climate has entered uncharted territory
- For the third time this week, Earth sets an unofficial heat record
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter mark 77th wedding anniversary at home in Plains, Georgia
- The US will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package: AP sources
- US jobs report likely to show a solid gain, potentially complicating Fed’s drive to cool inflation
- Mayo Clinic Q&A: Work with your hands? Watch out for carpal tunnel syndrome
- Ask the Builder: Deck sealer debacle
- Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over its new rival app Threads
- Elevated mortgage rates are leading to sharply higher monthly payments even as home prices ease
- Wicker Park 4-bedroom home with custom wine nook: $1.7M
- Aaron Judge not considering legal action after Dodger Stadium toe injury
- Column: On a tree-lined golf course, a bright red wind phone invites visitors to connect with their departed loved ones
- With Ken Griffey Jr.’s help, MLB hosts HBCU All-Star Game hoping to create opportunity for Black players
- US set to destroy its last chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I
- Groups battling for control of Waukegan’s Fiestas Patrias fest: ‘This event does not belong to anyone, it belongs to the Hispanic community’
- Southtown letters: No Independence Day from robocalls
- Up and Coming Theatre Company showcases ‘Fame’
- Cordell Tinch was selling cell phones 7 months ago. Now the 22-year-old is the world’s fastest hurdler this season.
- Volunteers sought to help remove invasive crayfish in Kane County
- Antisemitic graffiti, hate speech found in public park in Park Ridge
- New owners of Waukegan’s Victory Medical Center East looking to add services; ‘We’re going to look to see what the company needs and add it’
- Naperville News Digest: City reopens Kroehler parking lot at Metra train station; park district to celebrte opening of Naper Commons park; scavenger hunt being held July 15 at Riverview Farmstead
- Largest movie screen in Illinois set to debut Tuesday at Batavia theater
- Taking the kids: Theme parks and swimming pools; camping trips, city sights and a history lesson!
- Church briefs
- Family Guidance Centers outreach van hits south suburban streets to offer opioid reversal drug, resources
- Law & Order column: Law enforcement officials learn how to use ‘red flag’ laws to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people
- Northbrook Fourth of July parade returns with added security measures
- Northwestern University addresses Ryan Field noise, concert concerns
- Winnetka man drowns in Lake Michigan trying to help struggling children. ‘The world has lost an awesome person.’
- Tots have a ball at Evergreen Park library’s Baby Prom
- Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald suspended 2 weeks without pay over hazing incidents
- Texas gunman in Walmart shooting gets 90 consecutive life sentences but may still face death penalty
- Woman stabbed in chest at Grant Park skate park recovering
- Nikki McCray-Penson, a 2-time Olympic gold medalist, WNBA player and former college basketball coach, dies at 51
- Sherri Nord, 1970-2023: Valparaiso orchestra teacher remembered for positive attitude, sunny outlook
- First GOP debate next month faces threats of boycott as lower-polling candidates scramble to qualify
- Elgin News Digest: Intelligentsia Cup races seeking volunteer course marshals; zoo program to look at city’s butter, condensed milk history; Gail Borden libraries holding Reading is Rad scavenger hunt
- Video shows Britney Spears inadvertently hit herself in the face in encounter with NBA rookie Victor Wembanyama
- DuPage prosecutors charge felon with illegally having a loaded gun during Naperville police call
- Indian authorities arrest 3 railway officials over the train crash that killed more than 290
- Griffith officials try to restore financial order after stinging state audit
- Afternoon Briefing: Apartment buildings fetch low prices amid interest rate hikes
- Naperville’s No. 7 in Illinois for making the most municipal DUI arrests last year, report shows
- NHL great Dominik Ha ek demands Russians openly condemn war against Ukraine — or be banned from the Olympics
- Liberty Loop run in Northbrook draws more than 300 runners for annual 5k race
- Skokie International Market opens its doors, with grand opening planned for August
- Wisconsin judge rules lawsuit to repeal abortion ban can continue
- Elgin’s No. 6 in Illinois for making the most municipal DUI arrests last year, report shows
- Column: Buying into Batavia’s new plastic bag policy
- ‘You’re trying to get blood from a turnip:’ Region residents, officials decry proposed water rate hike
- ‘Small is mighty’: Shedd Aquarium spotlights plankton’s impact on aquatic ecosystems with vibrant, bubbly exhibit
- Photographers sue over injuries suffered during 2020 Wisconsin police protests
- Fireworks complaints down in Elgin over July 4 holiday but number of fireworks citations up
- Urban Prep closure put on hold in ‘much needed win’ as the once-esteemed all-boys charter school fights to stay open
- High-end, 245-unit Skokie apartment complex, with 49 townhouses, acquires land
- Corrections and clarifications
- Headway made on compromise for Porter County venue policy after drag show cancellation
- COPA acknowledges complaint against Chicago police officers for alleged sex with migrant housed at station
- Campton Hills police chief placed on administrative leave amid state police probe that is ‘financial in nature’
- Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigations into Trump have cost more than $9 million
- Woman suffered ’emergency medical situation’ before babies were discovered in Streeterville day care bathroom
- Naperville sees huge $1.4B growth in retail sales over past decade: ‘Naperville is now the retail mecca’
- Gary man wanted in road shooting
- Judge declines to cut bail for woman charged with helping to take body to Gary
- Police arrest teen after Baltimore mass shooting where casings for at least 12 guns were recovered
- From the farm: July a favorite farm birthday month, including for Red Skelton
- President Biden rolls out new initiatives to reduce health care costs
- Recreational marijuana growing center set to open in Richton Park under state’s equity program
- Homicide of Park Forest man in Chicago, shooting deaths in Chicago Heights, Markham, reported by authorities
- Aurora police rank first in DUI arrests in state outside of Chicago
- Hammond man sentenced for 25 years for child molesting after he skips court
- Indiana man sentenced to 41 years in prison over crash that killed a 6-year-old
- Income Store owner found guilty on fraud charges after investors lose more than $100 million in alleged website development scheme
- Ruthy Hebard ready to return to the Chicago Sky, 12 weeks after birth of her son: ‘All this has just shown me how much I love the game’
- Dansby Swanson pulls out of the All-Star Game, while Jameson Taillon throws 8 shutout innings as the Chicago Cubs look to build pre-break momentum
- Chicago Bulls in free agency: Coby White’s new multiyear deal is official
- Column: Pedro Grifol trying to stay positive despite the Chicago White Sox’s travails. ‘It’s been a challenge,’ the 1st-year manager says.
- Photos: White Sox 8, Cardinals 7