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Ald. Sophia King joins race to unseat Lightfoot

King is chair of the Chicago City Council’s Progressive Caucus. Her husband, Alan, an attorney and house music DJ, is a close friend and basketball-playing buddy of former President Barack Obama.

Chicago Sun-Times

Twenty-two pound, 38-inch invasive carp captured in Lake Calumet near Lake Michigan

CHICAGO — Officials pulled an invasive silver carp from the waters of Lake Calumet on the city’s Far South Side Thursday.

Chicago Tribune

The dead keep telling tales and the new book ‘Graceland Cemetery’ is alive with hundreds of them

CHICAGO — The dead do tell tales.

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CBS Sports names Ravens as top landing spot for star ILB

CBS Sports named the Ravens as a top landing spot for a star Chicago Bears inside linebacker

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Storm hand Sky 111-100 loss in Sue Bird’s final regular-season game in Chicago

Before the game, the Sky honored Bird with a pregame video and a pair of custom-made Nike Air Force 1 sneakers.

Chicago Sun-Times

A Chicago theater's staff unionizes amid protests of its board of directors

The staff at Victory Gardens Theater have begun the process to unionize, The Times has learned. It's the latest move in an ongoing standoff between the storied Chicago institution's employees and board of directors, the latter of whom have drawn criticism for recent decisions regarding its artistic leadership and financial…

Los Angeles Times

7 murder convictions overturned in a single day after prosecutors stop backing group of cases tied to alleged misconduct by disgraced former Chicago police detective

CHICAGO — His father died while Nelson Gonzalez was in prison. Alfredo Gonzalez couldn’t go to his daughter’s wedding. And Marilyn Mulero missed out on her two children’s childhoods.

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Chicago takes an important step toward renewable energy

What’s ground-breaking here is Chicago is using its buying power to help build renewable energy generation that otherwise might never have moved off the drawing boards.

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Tim Anderson will be out for 6 weeks after White Sox shortstop has surgery on his left middle finger

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson will have surgery on his injured left middle finger and is expected to miss about six weeks, the Chicago White Sox announced Tuesday.

Chicago Tribune

Assault rifles are deadly, but handguns are a more bloody culprit

Looking at gun violence among Chicago teens, one can readily see that handguns are indeed the weapons of mass destruction.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago police official overseeing court-ordered reforms is axed by top cop after questioning deep staff cuts

Robert Boik, who has served in high-ranking civilian roles within the department since 2016, was dismissed after sending an email criticizing Supt. David Brown’s decision to move 46 officers to the Bureau of Patrol as part of a larger reorganization, according to sources.

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Darren Bailey says no apology needed for comparing Holocaust to abortion, contends Jewish community ‘told me that I’m right’

CHICAGO — Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey, who faced bipartisan criticism for declaring that Holocaust deaths during World War II paled in comparison with lives lost through abortion, contends Jewish community leaders have told him he was right.

Chicago Tribune

9 takeaways from Bears Family Fest training camp practice

The Bears held their 11th practice of training camp on Tuesday. Here's what we learned from Family Fest:

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Little Village groups call on city to take action after botched implosion, how to see the supermoon and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Chicago top prosecutor: 7 convictions tied to ex-cop vacated

The Cook County state’s attorney’s office says judges have vacated seven murder convictions connected to a retired Chicago police detective accused of framing others who were sent to prison

Chicago Tribune

Roquan Smith requests trade after Bears contract talks break down: ‘The new front office regime doesn’t value me’

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bears have made Roquan Smith off-limits to media since training camp opened last month.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson to have surgery on finger, out six weeks

The team said Anderson had a sagittal band tear on the middle finger of his left hand.

Sports Illustrated

Bears Intend to Keep Smith After Trade Request, GM Says

The All-Pro linebacker publicly asked out of Chicago earlier on Tuesday.

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Chicago Sun-Times’ R. Kelly archives

Original reporting on R. Kelly from the Chicago Sun-Times has been republished just before the R&B star goes back to court in August 2022.

Chicago Sun-Times

What’s a smell that makes you think of Chicago? Sun-Times readers weigh in

When we recently asked Sun-Times readers, more than 2,000 answers poured in and ran the gamut — ranging from food, road work, freshly cut grass and more.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago fishing, Midwest Report: Bluegill, pinks, crappie, kings, largemouth, smallmouth, bowfin

The delightful variety of summer fishing around Chicago goes on, with the added accent of pink salmon, to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Roquan Smith showed more respect for the Bears in his trade request than they deserve

Smith wants out of Chicago's sinking ship. It's hard to blame him.

Chicago Tribune

Agreement to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago calls for tighter rules on competing Grant Park music fests and raises the number of fans allowed

CHICAGO — The deal to keep Lollapalooza in Chicago for at least the next decade includes a complete revamp of how festival producers will pay the Park District, tighter restrictions that keep competing music festivals out of Grant Park and no provisions for investment in the grounds except a $100,000…

Sports Illustrated

Bears LB Roquan Smith Requests Trade From Team

Chicago’s linebacker isn’t happy with the current state of contract talks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man robbed while riding CTA Red Line on Near North Side

The man, 40, was riding the train about 3:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of North Clybourn Avenue when someone reached for his bag, Chicago police said.

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