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Blackhawks defenseman Alex Vlasic added a few pounds and tweaked his slap-shot technique this offseason, but he generally tried to keep his routine the same as last summer considering how well things went for him in 2023-24.
Vlasic added a few pounds and tweaked his slap-shot technique this offseason, but he generally tried to keep his routine the same as last summer considering how well things went for him in 2023-24.
ARC Music Festival, now in its fourth year, celebrates a Chicago-born musical genre with an eclectic lineup from around the globe. Continuing on Sunday, the house and techno music event is expected to draw about 60,000 attendees.
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Now in its 44th year, the annual Taste of Polonia festival marks a place for local Poles to find community and for non-Polish neighbors to experience a taste of the culture.
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The sound of engines was replaced by clicks of spinning bicycle chains on DuSable Lake Shore Drive Sunday morning as nearly 15,000 bikers weaved through lanes for the 23rd annual Bike the Drive Sunday morning.
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President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in separate calls Sunday talked with Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg Polin, the couple with Chicago roots whose son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin held hostage in Gaza, was found murdered by Hamas on Saturday.
Addressing the impasse over a ceasefire, U.S. Rep. Schakowsky said in a statement, "It is unconscionable that Israeli and Hamas leadership have delayed a final deal for so long. We must bring all the remaining hostages home immediately and end the violence once and for all."
It was a rough week at the top of the preseason Super 25 with Loyola, Mount Carmel and Maine South all picking up losses. Here are the Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 2:
Bears RB D'Andre Swift, could be precisely what the Bears need â a running back to take the pressure off quarterback Caleb Williams, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. They gave Swift a three-year, $24 million deal to do just that.
Swift, could be precisely what the Bears need â a running back to take the pressure off quarterback Caleb Williams, the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin's family has announced that he was killed in the Gaza Strip. His parents, Chicago natives Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg wore stickers with the number 320, representing the days he had been held captive while speaking at the DNC.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, captured by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack, died in Gaza. Goldberg-Polin was attending the Nova Music Festival with a friend, who was killed. His parents addressed the DNC in Chicago on Aug. 21.
One year after Jerry Reinsdorf promoted Chris Getz and said he didnât want any remodel to be a âlong-term proposition,â the rebuilding Sox tied the 1970 teamâs franchise record for 106 defeats in a season with a 5-3 loss to the Mets.
One year after Reinsdorf promoted Getz and said he didn't want any remodel to be a "long-term proposition," the rebuilding Sox tied the 1970 team's franchise record for defeats in a season with a 5-3 loss to the Mets.
East St. Louis dominated the top-ranked Loyola in a 34-7 victory that was almost never in doubt. Ramblers coach Beau Desherow said heâs ânever seen speed like that.â
East St. Louis dominated the Ramblers in a 34-7 victory that was almost never in doubt.
The family of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin says he has been killed in the Gaza Strip.
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, taken hostage by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack died in Gaza. Goldberg-Polin was attending the Nova Music Festival with a friend, who was killed. Goldberg-Polin's parents addressed the DNC in Chicago on Aug. 21.
In an exclusive interview with the Sun-Times, Caleb Williams explains how his magnetic personality developed and made him a player Chicago fell in love with before he ever took a snap.
In an exclusive interview with the Sun-Times, Williams explains how his magnetic personality developed and made him a player Chicago fell in love with before he ever took a snap.
"Gov. JB Pritzker has been pressing home the importance of âfreedomâ for several years here," writes Rich Miller. "There can be no doubt that the national party has finally caught up with him, even if he didnât get the nod for national office.â
Whether he's talking about abortion, marriage equality, labor rights or even hairstyles, Pritzker has a history of invoking a word that was repeated everywhere at the Democratic convention.
The Sox brought their flashy renderings of a potential new South Loop stadium to life this week, creating a baseball diamond where players could eventually take the field if the team lands public financing for a ballpark in The 78.
The Sox and developer Related Midwest brought their flashy renderings of a potential new South Loop stadium partially to life this week, creating a baseball diamond where players could eventually take the field if the team lands public financing for a ballpark in the vacant parcel known as The 78.
"Not one of the thousands of fans that packed the stands could have imagined they would watch unknown junior Brady Gish run for 203 yards and three touchdowns in the Griffinsâ 49-22 win," writes Michael OâBrien.
Gish scored on a one-yard run late in the first half and broke out for TD runs of 65 and 33 yards in the second half.
"At Wintrust Arena, there was no comparison to be drawn as the Sky lost 100-81, dropping to 4-12 at home and 11-20 on the season. As the Fever continue to become a stronger team, the Sky are on the brink of coming undone," writes .
As the Fever continue to jell, the Sky are crumbling.
"What is conservatism conserving? As someone who spent decades as a conservative advocate, I am no longer as certain as I once was that conservatives have all the right answers," writes columnist Mona Charen.
This election, it's not about tax policy or small government or a vigorous defense posture. The overriding task is to save the Founding. That's simply incompatible with Donald Trump.
Chicago made a $13.5 million deal with supermarket operator Yellow Banana to reopen six Chicago Save-A-Lot stores. Instead, the company has racked up $2 million in debts and shrunk to one open store amid lawsuits from creditors.
The city of Chicago made a $13.5 million deal with supermarket operator Yellow Banana, but the company has racked up $2 million in debts and shrunk to one open store amid lawsuits from creditors.
Here's a look at how the Super 25 teams fared in Week 1 including all the results from the ranked teams.
All the results from the ranked teams.
"Nobody visits a casino for its architecture. But given the complexâs expense, its proximity to downtownâs fine architecture, and the primo, chefâs-kiss-of-a-site along the Chicago River itâll occupy, we deserve a better design," writes Lee Bey.
Nobody visits a casino for its architecture. But given the River West complex's size, its proximity to downtown's fine architecture, and primo, chef's-kiss-of-a-site along the Chicago River, the city deserves a better design.
Chicago-based Ogden Partners is redeveloping the Second Church of Christ, Scientist, where the parish will maintain a presence after adding a six-story residential tower. Under the project, three exterior walls of the 123-year-old church are being reused.
The 1901 church will see three of its exterior facades preserved as redevelopment pairs a new space for the congregation with residential units.
It was another big âWâ for Pearl Jam Thursday night as the veteran rockers brought their A-game to Wrigley Field on a North American leg of their Dark Matter World Tour.
Eddie Vedder and the rest of the crew bring their A game â and heady dose of sentimentality â in first of two shows this week at the ballpark.
Jade and Joy Lee, 12 and 11, set up a lemonade stand in Roseland with a goal of raising $700 to pay for tickets to see the Chicago Sky take on the Indiana Fever. On Friday, their dream came true.
Jade and Joy Lee, 12 and 11, set up a lemonade stand in Roseland with a goal of raising $700 to pay for tickets to see the Chicago Sky take on the Indiana Fever. On Friday, their dream came true.
With their 5-1 loss to the Mets, the White Sox are now 31-105
Jonathan Cannon had a third-inning lapse with two out and nobody on, and the Sox had five hits â only one after the third inning. They are one loss from the franchise record of 106 set in 1970.
Wintrust Arena was painted pink Friday to celebrate the Skyâs Barbie theme night.
Wednesday night was the latest in a long line of examples of how Angel Reese is leveraging her brand.
Wednesday night was the latest in a long line of examples of how Reese is leveraging her brand.
In the anticipated duel between Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, the Sky lost by 19 points to the Fever.
As the Fever continue to coalesce, the Sky are on the brink of coming undone, epitomized by the Sky's 100-81 loss Friday night.
The Cubs narrowly beat the Nationals, winning 7-6.
Since starting their 18-game stretch in which they didnât play a team with a record above .500 on Aug. 16, the Cubs are 9-3.
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"But given the complexâs expense, its proximity to downtownâs fine architecture, and the primo, chefâs-kiss-of-a-site along the Chicago River itâll occupy, we deserve a better design," Lee Bey writes.
Nobody visits a casino for its architecture. But given the River West complex's size, its proximity to downtown's fine architecture, and primo, chef's-kiss-of-a-site along the Chicago River, the city deserves a better design.
Retired Chicago Fire Captain Paul McLaughlin tells Michael Sneed about the trouble really started that night in August of 1968: âwhen Wallace threw a punch at my father, Fifth District Police Commander Paul McLaughlin.â
Retired Chicago Fire Captain Paul McLaughlin tells Sneed the trouble really started that night in August of 1968 âwhen Wallace threw a punch at my father, Fifth District Police Commander Paul McLaughlin.â
JUST IN: Two high-ranking officials with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability were abruptly fired Friday, just days after one of them complained to the inspector general about bias against police.
The two high-ranking officials with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability were abruptly fired Friday, just days after one of them complained to the inspector general about bias against police.
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Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd. The former president and presumptive Republican nominee was showing off a chart of border crossing numbers during his last rally before the Republican National Convention opens Monday when bangs started ringing through the crowd. Trump could be seen reaching with his right hand toward his neck. There appeared to be blood on his face. He quickly ducked behind the riser as agents from his protective detail rushed the stage and screams were heard in the crowd of several thousand people. The bangs continued as agents tended to him on stage. The crowd cheered as he got back up and pumped his fist. His motorcade has since left the venue. His condition was not immediately known. Police began vacating the fairgrounds shortly after Trump left the stage in what local officers described as a crime scene. The U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies did not immediately respond to messages. Story: Jill Coven | AP and Julie Carr Smyth | AP Video: AP
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Meet Maham, one of our guest columnists from the Chicago's Next Voices contest last year! As an educator, Maham wrote about college studentsâ anxiety and preparedness for the future. You too can tell Chicago your story by submitting an original piece at suntimes.com/chicagovoices
Meet Lucy, one of our guest columnists from the Chicago's Next Voices contest last year! Lucy wrote about Bixler Playground, noting change and consistencies in her neighborhood. You too can tell Chicago your story by submitting an original story: www.suntimes.com/chicagovoices
The moon reached peak coverage of the sun above Chicago at 2:07 p.m., with about 94% of the sun covered. Itâs a rare event â the next solar eclipse that will be visible from the United States wonât be until August 23, 2044. Did you catch the peak in Illinois today?
A bizarre rescue on "Chicago Fire" hasnât yet aired, but itâs already catching the attention of Chicagoans. Videos shot in Chicagoâs West Loop Monday caught fire on social media, showing a car crash that left a blue sedan wedged into the second story of an industrial building in the bustling area. Madison Ranta, 24, works at the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in the neighborhood. âWe were standing there for hours just watching them filming,â Ranta said. A video Ranta took shows a person clad in a Chicago Fire Department uniform balancing on the car, jumping out of the way just before it fell out of the building. Fittingly set to Djo's "End of Beginning," which feature the lyrics, âand when Iâm back in Chicago, I feel it,â Rantaâs video garnered 9.3 million views and over 740,000 likes. Another TikTok from a different angle has nearly 26 million views. Read more about the stunt at the link in our bio. Video: Provided by Madison Ranta Story: Katie Anthony/Sun-Times
On Wednesday, 31 students at Southland College Prep participated in "Step N' Herstory," a step performance representing four historically Black sororities during Women's History Month. See more photos and read more: https://trib.al/2DUk0D5
The 2024 Oscars are just days away. Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper shares his predictions of who will walk away with awards on Sunday. "Oppenheimer" is counting down to a night of multiple victories, Roeper predicts. He also is looking for Lily Gladstone â for âKillers of the Flower Moonâ â as well as âThe Holdoversâ actors Paul Giamatti and DaâVine Joy Randolph to pick up Academy Award statuettes, too. For more on Roeper's picks, click the link in our bio. Video: Richard Roeper and Brian Ernst/Sun-Times
It's Valentine's Day and love is in the air! Here are some staffers sharing what they love about the Chicago Sun-Times. Show the love for the Chicago Sun-Times at suntimes.com/love.
When then-4-year-old Kael Gabriel Limâs cover of âMonstersâ by Katie Sky garnered over 6 million views in 10 days on TikTok, his father, Jan Gabriel Lim, knew his son was something special. Now 6 years old, Kael and his father regularly post singing videos to their Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube accounts. The videos are father-and-son duets as well as Kael solos of popular songs. Theyâve gained over 300,000 followers across the platforms. The Lims record their videos in a homemade recording studio in their attic (âOur studio!â Kael said when it was mentioned). They post âas often as we feel like it,â usually once every two or three days. Gabriel, originally from the Philippines, moved to Chicago in 2013, and Manel and Kael joined him here 10 months ago. Before that, Gabriel would visit his family in the Philippines for one month every year. On a visit home in 2022 after 11 months apart, Gabriel remembered watching 4-year-old Kael belt out the words to a Disney song during a movie. âThatâs when we realized, âOh, wow, this kid can sing!â And then thatâs when we started recording,â Gabriel said. Growing up, Gabrielâs parents and grandparents would wake him up every Sunday with American oldies. Heâs passed his love of that genre of music onto Kael. Gabriel isnât a professional singer, and says heâs doing this as a hobby and to support Kaelâs dreams of pursuing a music career. âThatâs actually our special bond together. We play and we swordfight and everything, but when heâs in the mood, this is what we do,â Gabriel said. Read more at the link in our bio. Story: Audrey Hettleman Video: Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
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About four months ago, reporter Stefano Esposito decided to learn violin with hopes of playing a duet with his 11-year-old son. But first he needs to learn how to not sound like a "cow with a sore throat." Read more: https://trib.al/dPqI47N
Got a problem with people lingering at your property? Cue the orchestra. Walgreens has decided that playing classical music outside certain Chicago stores will keep away loiterers and panhandlers. Whether a blast of Bach works is anybodyâs guess, but the pharmacy chain along with other major retailers has previously employed symphonic security in the western U.S. The Sun-Times this week found classical music greeting customers as they approached the entrance of stores in Greektown, the West Side and River North. It plays from speakers connected to the building that are covered by a protective screen. Read the full story: https://trib.al/8CtPYGF Story: David Roeder/Sun-Times Video: Pat Nabong/Sun-Times
DJ Casper, the Chicago native who created the iconic âCha Cha Slide,â died Monday. He was 58. Casper, whose real name was Willie Perry Jr., was known to music and dance fans around the globe for the hugely popular line dance/song, lost his long battle with cancer, according to reports Tuesday. For the 20th anniversary of the dance in 2021, he planned the global fundraising âDime Drive,â wherein fans would perform the familiar slide left/slide right/criss-cross dance he invented and donate a dime to cancer research. Full story: https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2023/8/8/23824647/dj-casper-dead-chicagoan-created-cha-cha-slide-obituary Video: James Foster/For the Sun-Times
The Shedd Aquariumâs Caribbean Reef, the 360-degree, massive underwater habitat that welcomed guests for more than 50 years, will soon be a relic of the past as a major indoor renovation of the entire venue gets underway this year. The 90,000-gallon tank, built in the Sheddâs rotunda in 1971, features a range of coral reefs and ocean life, including Nickel, the beloved rescued green sea turtle; bonnethead sharks, queen angelfish, parrotfish and cownose rays, according to the Sheddâs website. It was also home to scuba divers hand-feeding various sea creatures and âtalkingâ to visitors through two-way speakers in their masks. A new, dual-habitat system called âWonder of Waterâ will replace the tank as a part of the Sheddâs major transformation of the aquarium. The new exhibit will feature saltwater and freshwater creatures. The animals currently in the exhibit will be moved to a new Caribbean habitat. Read more: https://trib.al/fJSHRDO Story: Kaitlin Washburn/Sun-Times Video: Shedd Aquarium/Sam Sejtan
Hundreds of people lined up Saturday to ride some of the oldest L cars in the CTAâs âHeritage Fleetâ around the Loop. CTA fans waited at the Washington/Wabash Station for hours to get a chance to take a roughly 13-minute ride. Video: Ellery Jones/Sun-Times
Action movie set or Chicago's downtown? Chicagoâs fire and police departments made the the cityâs river their stage Wednesday for a dramatic demonstration of their response skills. People downtown got an emergency notification sent to their phones warning them of âsimulated gunfire and simulated explosions.â And the departments delivered â the river became a simulated active incident, with police officers running onto a Chicago Water Taxi with guns drawn and actors in distress. A helicopter swooped in, hovering just feet above the water as swimmers jumped out and propelled themselves toward the chaos. Read more at the link in our bio. Story: Katie Anthony/Sun-Times Videos: Courtesy of Christine Solorio, Chicago Fire Department
In NASCARâs 75th season, itâs going street racing for the first time at its top level, the Cup Series, and doing so on our turf. During the past week, the Sun-Times invited readers to submit questions about the weekend. Now, we have answers from a variety of NASCAR drivers and officials. Follow our live coverage all weekend through the link in our bio. Video: Brian Ernst and Steve Greenberg/Sun-Times
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