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White Sox

White Sox' mental performance coach helps players find balance, strive for consistency

Cristian Guzman, who has worked for the Mets and the Mariners, meets players “where they are at for what they need.”

By Daryl Van Schouwen

White Sox

Twins' eighth straight win halts White Sox' streak at 3

Garrett Crochet, who retired last 11 Twins he faced, pulled after five innings.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

Bears

1st-and-10: Shane Waldron, your table is ready

Cubs

Cubs' Jameson Taillon matches Mets' Luis Severino in fierce pitching battle: 'I love pitching in New York'

Crime

FBI seeking suspect in Skokie bank robbery

Crime

Man killed after Belmont Cragin shooting

Commentary

The opinions in and around Chicago that inform, analyze, hold power accountable and entertain.

CST Editorial Board

With Bears stadium plans, Springfield should just slam on the brakes

Neil Steinberg

Columnist

Into the ward of memory at a northwest suburban senior care facility

Scott Fornek

Assistant Breaking News Editor

How old are you in cicada years?

Ismael Pérez

Columnist, audience specialist

Someone in Chicago is dealing with a picky eater

Politics

Crime

Slain Officer Huesca celebrated for his courage and character: 'Luis, your nickname should be Lionheart’

Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers filled St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel for the funeral. “This day is for Officer Luis Huesca,” said Police Supt. Larry Snelling. “This is his day, nothing else.”

By Sophie Sherry

Israel-Hamas War

Illinois Holocaust Museum calls out antisemitism at campus protests

City Hall

Family of Officer Luis Huesca didn't want Mayor Brandon Johnson, Gov. J.B. Pritzker at funeral

Transportation

CTA, Metra and Pace could be merged into one transit agency under bill proposed in Springfield

Bears Stadium

Bears stadium costs? Add another $1.2 billion

Sports

City Hall

Mayor Johnson will relaunch guaranteed basic income program to use up federal COVID funds

The city has until the end of the year to allocate hundreds of millions of federal COVID relief money or risk losing it.

By Mariah Woelfel | WBEZ and Tessa Weinberg | WBEZ

Horoscopes

Horoscope for Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Movies and TV

After exciting premiere, Hulu thriller 'The Veil' bogs down over six episodes

Israel-Hamas War

University of Chicago students set up pro-Palestinian encampment on campus as protests spread

La Voz Chicago

Icónico restaurante del centro de Chicago se convierte en Pancho’s Cantina

Entertainment and Culture

Theater

Larissa FastHorse satirizes well-meaning theater artists with 'The Thanksgiving Play' at Steppenwolf

For her script about a misguided stage troupe, the indigenous playwright watched school holiday pageants and saw a lot of turkeys.

By Erica Thompson

Movies and TV

After exciting premiere, Hulu thriller 'The Veil' bogs down over six episodes

Movies and TV

John Mulaney returns to St. Ignatius for playful, sometimes poignant David Letterman chat

Movies and TV

'The Daily Show' coming to Chicago for Democratic convention

Music

Billie Eilish tour comes to United Center in November

All latest stories

Cubs

How Hayden Wesneski is syncing up his delivery, providing silver lining for short-handed Cubs

Wesneski held the Red Sox to one earned run in four innings in the Cubs’ 5-4 loss Sunday.

By Maddie Lee

Bears

Bears' roster has stacked up beautifully. Your move, Matt Eberflus.

As the organization checks major boxes on its list, it still will spend this coming season evaluating whether it has the right guy in Eberflus. He has no more margin for mistakes.

By Jason Lieser

Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams reacts while leaving the field after the Trojans’ 38-20 loss to UCLA.

Bears

Bears QB Caleb Williams is said to be 'generational.' Then again, who isn't?

In 2024 in sports, everybody who’s anybody is being called “generational” by somebody. The overuse of the term is rampant and comical.

By Steve Greenberg

White Sox

Tommy Pham is quickly adapting to White Sox' clubhouse

“He’s all about business,” rookie reliever Jordan Leasure said.

By Kyle Williams

Teresa Weatherspoon confirmed as new head coach of the Chicago Sky

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Teresa Weatherspoon feels 'buy-in' from her players on first day of training camp

“A great deal of energy in here,” Weatherspoon said. “When you have that, as a coach, you feel the buy-in is there. That’s what you want. That was important for us to gain a little bit of chemistry and continuity.”

By Annie Costabile

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Candace Parker announces retirement after 16 seasons, three WNBA championships

“I promised I’d never cheat the game,” Parker wrote on Instagram. “And that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it.”

By Annie Costabile

Chicago

Hundreds gather at visitation for Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca

The line of mourners who paid their respects to the slain officer stretched around Blake-Lamb Funeral Home in Oak Lawn. A combined reward of $100,000 is offered for the arrest of his attacker.

By Emmanuel Camarillo

White Sox

White Sox complete sweep behind Erick Fedde's 'gutsy' performance

“It meant a lot because our bullpen had gone through a lot the last two days,” Fedde said, as manager Pedro Grifol praised his outing as “big-time.”

By Kyle Williams

High School Basketball

College basketball transfer portal chock full of area players

Once again, dozens of players with local ties are moving on from their previous college stops in search of a better or different opportunity.

By Joe Henricksen

Teresa Weatherspoon celebrates with her new team jersey at a press conference announcing her as the new Head Coach of the Chicago Sky WNBA team in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., October 24, 2023.

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Teresa Weatherspoon's tenure officially begins Sunday with start of training camp

The Sky open training camp with a 14-player roster that will need to be trimmed to 12 by May 13.

By Annie Costabile

Crime

Chicago man charged with opening fire on I-94

A Chicago man allegedly fired shots at another vehicle following a road rage incident. No injuries were reported.

By Sun-Times staff

Crime

Man charged with wounding 24-year-old in Washington Park

Miram Chapman, 42, has been charged with shooting a 24-year-old after an argument inside a home in the 5700 block of South Wabash Avenue.

By Sun-Times staff

David Vargas and his wife, Daryenis, dance after getting married with 14 other couples in a joint celebration.

Immigration

After long journey, 15 migrant couples marry in group ceremony in Chicago

The couples, mostly from Venezuela, gathered at Park Community Church for the nearly two-and-a-half-hour ceremony. The afterparty went on even longer.

By Adriana Cardona-Maguigad | WBEZ

Dear Abby

Dear Abby: I'm afraid husband will blow up or bawl when I tell him I want out

Woman is so uncomfortable with mate that she secretly has rented another apartment and visits family to feel peace.

By Abigail Van Buren

Horoscopes

Horoscope for Sunday, April 28, 2024

By Georgia Nicols

White Sox

White Sox' Andrew Benintendi caps career night with walk-off home run

Saturday was a series of firsts: the season’s first back-to-back Sox wins, Benintendi’s first career walk-off home run and the Sox’ first series victory of the season.

By Kyle Williams

Crime

14-year-old boy, woman wounded in Belmont Cragin shooting

They were with a group of people in the 6100 block of West Dickens Avenue when someone in a dark sedan fired shots.

By Sun-Times Wire

White Sox

White Sox' offense needs Eloy Jimenez's recent surge to continue: 'He's starting to slug'

Since April 20, White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez is slashing .286/.355/.607 with a .962 OPS.

By Kyle Williams

Cubs

Cubs routed by Red Sox 17-0, have more injury concerns ahead

After the blowout, the Cubs announced Jordan Wicks was scratched from his start Sunday with forearm tightness.

By Maddie Lee

Cubs

Cubs' Christopher Morel 'banged up’ but feeling ‘good’ after collision in loss to Red Sox

Notes: The Cubs traded first baseman Garrett Cooper to the Red Sox, and left-hander Justin Steele is taking the next step in his rehab.

By Maddie Lee

Illinois defensive lineman Keith Randolph Jr.

Bears

Bears undrafted free agent tracker

The Bears began signing undrafted free agents not long after the end of the NFL Draft on Saturday.

By Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser

Bears

Bears have massive opportunity — and right GM to maximize it in Ryan Poles

Poles and the Bears have a four-year window to make an aggressive push for the Super Bowl while Caleb Williams is on a cheap rookie contract.

By Jason Lieser

Bears

Caleb Williams wanted to be 'the greatest' — and was willing to work for it

Everyone’s got their origin story. This is Caleb Williams’.

By Patrick Finley

Crime

Man sought by police after allegedly following girl, 10, into bathroom at Museum of Science and Industry

Police have released a detailed description of a suspect after the incident on Thursday.

By Sun-Times Wire

Halas Intrigue

Halas Intrigue podcast: The Caleb Williams Era begins

Can Williams and wide receiver Rome Odunze finally push the Bears over the top?

By Sun-Times staff

Bears

Breaking down every Bears pick in 2024 NFL Draft

The Bears ended up taking five players after giving up a 2025 fourth-rounder to pick Kansas defensive end Austin Booker in the fifth round.

By Jason Lieser, Patrick Finley, and 1 more

Bears

Bears draft edge rusher Austin Booker in fifth round

Just when it appeared the Bears had used their final pick on Iowa punter Tory Taylor, they traded a 2025 fourth-round pick to the Bills to take the 6-4, 253-pound edge rusher from Kansas who had eight sacks and 12 tackles for loss in 2023.

By Mark Potash

Bears

Bears take Iowa punter Tory Taylor in 4th round of NFL Draft

Taylor figures to replace Trenton Gill.

By Patrick Finley

Bears

Bears' offense has rare potential to become the star of the show

The Bears have been known for their defense — The Monsters of the Midway. But with Caleb Williams, DJ Moore, Keenan Allen, Rome Odunze, Cole Kmet & Co., the offense has the chance to become the identity of a franchise for the first time since the Sid Luckman era.

By Mark Potash

Bulls

Could Bulls guard Zach LaVine's return hinder Coby White's progress?

White took on a huge jump in minutes this season, catapulting himself into second place for Most Improved Player. But if the Bulls can’t move off the LaVine max contract, will White continue to exceed his current ceiling?

By Joe Cowley

Chicago Cubs' Michael Busch (29) celebrates after scoring on a single by Matt Mervis during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox, Sunday, April 28, 2024, in Boston.

MLB

MLB uniforms will be modified after complaints from players

“This has been entirely a Nike issue,” a memo from the union to players read. “At its core, what has happened here is that Nike was innovating something that didn’t need to be innovated.”

By Associated Press

Waukegan’s shoreline is full of environmental hazards, including a coal-power plant, nearby coal ash ponds, four toxic-waste sites and other sources of industrial pollution.

Columnists

Coal ash pollution cleanup will boost Waukegan, other Great Lakes communities

Power plant owners will be forced to clean up their coal ash pollution under new rules recently issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

By Ben Jealous

Iza Redlinski holds a bouquet of garlic mustard, an invasive plant she picked out of Red Gate Woods in the Cook County Forest Preserves on April 25, 2024.

Suburban Chicago

Cook County Forest Preserves is launching a $10 million makeover of Palos Preserves

Officials say the project is the biggest ecological restoration project ever for the preserves.

By Kristen Schorsch | WBEZ Chicago

SOLITARY-041924_5.jpgJoseph Moore, an apprentice at Restore Justice who advocates for the abolishment of solitary confinement, stands in the middle of an alley in the 300 block of West Erie Street in River North, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Moore spent 15 months in solitary confinement while serving a 60-year prison sentence. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Politics

Solitary confinement in Illinois prisons violates human rights, Chicago lawyers group says

“Prisons exist to punish and rehabilitate people — not to torture and destroy them,” says the report from the Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.

By Kaitlin Washburn

Crime

SWAT incident concludes after woman shot in South Shore

The alleged gunman fled into a nearby building and a SWAT team responded, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Outdoors

Personal-best walleye comes from Heidecke Lake

Dave Strobel caught and released his personal-best walleye Thursday at Heidecke Lake.

By Dale Bowman

Crime

Man fatally shot in South Chicago

The man was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

A cyclist rides in a bike lane alongside a white sedan.

Other Views

Chicago should lower its default speed limit from 30 mph to save lives

The City Council and state Legislature will hold hearings on a proposal to reduce the urban area default speed limit. Other cities, including New York, have done so.

By Amy Rynell

Eileen O’Neill Burke, Democratic nominee for Cook County State’s Attorney, speaks to reporters after a victory event at the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 headquarters in the West Loop, Monday, April 1, 2024.

Letters to the Editor

There's no going back to the old days of cash bail in Illinois

Eileen O’Neill Burke backs the Pretrial Fairness Act, and that should fill people working toward a more just and equitable system with hope, a pastor writes.

By Letters to the Editor

Opponents of Summit Carbon Solutions’ carbon dioxide pipeline, which would go from Midwestern plants to North Dakota, affix a sign to a roadside fence east of Bismarck on Aug. 15.

Other Views

Say no to CO2 pipeline projects in Illinois until safety is assured

We need legislative guardrails to ensure that projects involving carbon capture and sequestration legitimately serve the economic and environmental interests of all Illinois citizens.

By Jack Darin