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Politics

Cook County approves sending up to $70 million to Chicago to feed migrants

Commissioners widely supported sending cash to the city, but raised concerns about making sure the city uses the money for its intended use.

By Kristen Schorsch | WBEZ Chicago

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates

City Hall

Chicago Teachers Union demanding 9% annual raises, won't rule out a strike

Having former CTU organizer Brandon Johnson in the mayor’s office won’t keep the union from walking out if needed, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates told the Sun-Times, adding that, “We’re a labor union that understands the power of solidarity and the power of work stoppage.”

By Fran Spielman

Health

Howard Brown, union reach tentative agreement after 17 months of negotiations

20240418_112911.jpgCherry trees sprout green leaves but no blossoms Thursday in Jackson Park.

News

Cherry trees in Chicago skip bloom for second consecutive year

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LGBTQIA+

Pride Parade will now allow participants from schools, organizers say

Citibank’s South Michigan Avenue branch in downtown Chicago, where former Citi wealth adviser Helen Grace Caldwell worked.

The Watchdogs

Ex-Citi VP in Chicago ripped by judge for bilking elderly clients of $1.5 million, gets 30 months in prison

Commentary

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

Mary Mitchell

Columnist

What’s your Chicago story? We want to hear it.

Natalie Y. Moore

Columnist

‘Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation’ looks back at city’s racist housing history

Jesus Emmanuel “Manny” Alvarez

Pass Karina’s Bill to seize guns from the most dangerous domestic abusers

CST Editorial Board

When a 9-year-old is gunned down, we must keep sounding the alarm against gun violence

Politics

Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III sits with Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Convention on July 18, 2023.

Politics

Rainbow PUSH leader’s quick exit underscores challenge following Rev. Jackson: ‘It’s the most difficult job in Black America’

It’s still not clear why the Rev. Frederick Haynes III, a Texas megachurch pastor, suddenly resigned Tuesday as president of the legendary South Side social justice organization. But longtime observers say an out-of-towner was doomed from the start.

By Mitchell Armentrout

2024 Democratic National Convention

No cracks in Blue Wall? Top Democrats vow Chicago is ready for convention, despite party divisions

Politics

Cook County approves sending up to $70 million to Chicago to feed migrants

LGBTQIA+

Pride Parade will now allow participants from schools, organizers say

Environment

Official who oversaw Little Village implosion gets City Council OK to head buildings department

Sports

Sports Media

With Stadium, Jerry Reinsdorf can create something he couldn’t 40 years ago

In 1982-83, White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks games aired on SportsVision, a pay-TV service devised by business partner Eddie Einhorn. It was so far ahead of its time that it failed, miserably.

By Jeff Agrest

Bulls

Bulls get chance for revenge against Heat in Miami

Cubs

Opening game of Marlins-Cubs series postponed; split doubleheader scheduled for Saturday

White Sox

You can put it on the board ... no! Numbers don't look so good for White Sox

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Sky release new Rebel edition uniform

Entertainment and Culture

Columnists

'Shame of Chicago, Shame of the Nation' looks back at city's racist housing history

Too often, we think segregation is self-selection. Instead, it’s the end result of a host of 20th-century laws, policies, ideas and practices that deliberately shaped our region, a new WTTW documentary makes clear.

By Natalie Y. Moore

Music

The Clark Sisters, Chandler Moore among Chicago Gospel Music festival lineup

Music

Dickey Betts, Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist, dies at 80

Movies and TV

'We Grown Now' a lovely but haunting Chicago snapshot of two boys' lives

Obituaries

Jun Mhoon, music producer and adolescent drummer for The Staple Singers, dies at 69

All latest stories

"Stony Island" director Andrew Davis discusses the Chicago-made film on Thursday at Ebertfest in Champaign.

Movies and TV

Ebertfest in Champaign a time for discovery and rediscovery

25th anniversary event presents ‘Star 80,’ ‘Stony Island’ and other under-the-radar movies, often hearing from the artists who made them.

By Nell Minow | For the Sun-Times

White Sox

Tim Anderson on his rise and fall with the White Sox and trying to 'get back to the player I used to be'

Anderson talked smack, flipped bats and became the coolest thing about a Sox team seemingly headed for great things. Then it all went “poof.” In town with the Marlins, he discussed it on Thursday.

By Steve Greenberg

Health

Measles case count reaches 63 in Chicago, but pace of new cases is subsiding

Another exposure location was reported at the Sam’s Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park, Cook County health officials said Thursday.

By Kade Heather

A woman shields herself from the rain as she crosses North Wabash Avenue near East Washington Street, in The Loop, as rain falls across the Chicagoland area, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.

News

Showers and gusty winds moving through Chicago on Thursday

Rain will begin to pick up about 6 p.m. and is expected to last until midnight, according to meteorologist Zachary Wack with the National Weather Service. The Cubs game was postponed, and Swifties are donning rain gear.

By Sun-Times Wire

Blackhawks

Connor Bedard assesses rookie season with Blackhawks: 'I was OK'

Bedard entered the season finale Thursday with 61 points in 67 games, making him the most productive Hawks teenager since Patrick Kane in 2007-08, but he’s not entirely pleased with his performance.

By Ben Pope

Cubs

Cubs reliever Mark Leiter Jr.'s family makes history, while he starts season strong in pivotal role

Leiter’s cousin Jack debuted for the Rangers on Thursday.

By Maddie Lee

Transportation

Uber launches rider verification program in Chicago, 11 other cities

Chicago riders may now find a blue check mark under their name, as part of Uber’s rider verification process.

By Jessica Ma

Blackhawks

With ACL recovery on track, Blackhawks' Taylor Hall used lost season to 'refresh mentally'

Hall participated in Hawks morning skate Thursday — on the last day of the season — for the first time since his surgery in November. He expects to be fully healthy for training camp next season.

By Ben Pope

News

Top dogs: Here are Chicago's most popular breeds

The most common dog breed in Chicago — making up about 14% of all registered dogs — is a mixed-breed dog, followed by pit bulls, Labrador retrievers and German shepherds.

By Amy Qin and Matt Kiefer

Marijuana

4/20 is Saturday: What you need to know for weed's 'high' holiday

Read on to find out about how 4/20 came about, some frequently asked questions about Delta-8 weed alternative and a weed syndrome that causes vomiting, and some events that fall on the high holiday.

By David Struett

Politics

Watchdog group asks feds to probe Trump over $50 million 'nonexistent' loan to his Chicago company

Noah Bookbinder, president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, said in a letter to the FBI and Justice Department that it’s possible the loan, connected to the development of the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, may be “nonexistent.”

By Lynn Sweet

A view of the Chicago skyline from part of the old U.S. Steel South Works site near 85th and South Shore Drive in 2014.

Letters to the Editor

Transform South Works site into a lakefront park, not a quantum computing facility

The South Side deserves and can have both a beautiful lakefront park and new investments in jobs.

By Letters to the Editor

Arizona Coyotes fans sit in their seats long after the team's NHL hockey game against the Edmonton Oilers ended, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Tempe, Ariz. The Coyotes won 5-2.

NHL

NHL approves Coyotes' move from Arizona to Salt Lake City

The NHL Board of Governors voted unanimously Thursday to approve a $1.2 billion sale from Alex Meruelo to Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith, clearing the way for the franchise’s move to Utah next season.

By Associated Press

The little girl (Alisha Weir) abducted by kidnappers turns out to have an ancient vampire trapped inside her in "Abigail."

Columnists

'Abigail': When the victims aren't exploding, the vampire story is meandering

Toothy young hostage fights back in tedious gore-fest.

By Richard Roeper

The Shedd Aquarium will undergo a $500 million transformation beginning this summer and culminating with the Shedd’s 100th anniversary in 2030.

Work

Shedd Aquarium workers form union

In an open letter, staff cited work-life imbalance, financial struggles and lack of communication from management, among other grievances, as reasons for unionizing.

By Amy Yee

Olympic Sports

Simone Biles thought 'world is going to hate me' after she left team final at Tokyo Games

The four-time Olympic gold medalist revealed what was going through her mind in the 2020 Summer Olympics on an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast posted on Wednesday.

By USA TODAY

Columnists

Chicago was once the heart of country music

The WLS National Barn Dance, which predated the Opry by two years, was first broadcast 100 years ago Friday, on April 19, 1924.

By Neil Steinberg

Dexter Reed Shooting

In case of Dexter Reed, killed by cops in traffic stop, court filings, family detail struggle with mental health

Court documents and police records offer more details about the man killed last month in a shootout with police in Humboldt Park.

By Tom Schuba and Rosemary Sobol

Bears

Simone Biles: 'Nothing foul' about comments made by her husband, new Bear Jonathan Owens

She thought the backlash from her fans was “hilarious at first — and then they hurt my feelings.”

By Patrick Finley

One person was hurt in a shooting August 18, 2021, on the Dan Ryan Expressway.

Suburban Chicago

1 dead in fiery I-90 crash when car plows into toll booth near Hoffman Estates

The vehicle crashed into the toll booth near Barrington Road and burst into flames, according to police.

By Sun-Times Wire

Outdoors

Go & Show: Decoys and sporting collectibles show and a film festival are things to see

The North American Decoys & Sporting Collectibles Show opens Tuesday and runs through April 27 while the One Earth Film Festival is going at varied sites through Tuesday, April 23.

By Dale Bowman

Dear Abby

Dear Abby: Mom helps with our kids but favors sister’s over mine

Parent feels her son is neglected by his grandma because she looks after his cousins more often and spends more money on them.

By Abigail Van Buren

Henry Cavill plays a British officer who assembles an off-the-books naval attack squad in "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare."

Movies and TV

'Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' credits real WWII rule-breakers with some unreal adventures

Good-looking rogues take on the Nazis in Guy Ritchie’s madcap attack mission

By Richard Roeper

Horoscopes

Horoscope for Thursday, April 18, 2024

By Georgia Nicols

Bulls

Bulls dominate Hawks to advance in play-in tournament

Coby White led with a career-high 42 points, and the Bulls will face the Heat on Friday for the No. 8 seed in the East.

By Joe Cowley

Crime

Man charged in slaying of 74-year-old man in Greater Grand Crossing

Shermain Sargent, 41, is accused of beating Timothy Ash, 74, on Jan. 7 in the 6400 block of South King Drive. Ash died Jan. 12 of injuries suffered from the assault, the medical examiner reported.

By Sun-Times Wire

Sports Media

Jerry Reinsdorf’s timing for new RSN isn’t great, but it shouldn’t stop him: expert

“It may be the best option available,” Marc Ganis, the co-founder and CEO of Chicago-based Sportscorp Ltd., said Wednesday. “Sometimes you just have to take the best option available, even if it’s not ideal.”

By Jeff Agrest

Blackhawks

Blackhawks' Joey Anderson quietly enjoyed career breakthrough by not obsessing about it

Anderson became a full-time NHL player for the first time on the 2023-24 Hawks, and he did so by not focusing so singularly on that exact objective.

By Ben Pope

Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals

White Sox

A 'surreal' start for Jonathan Cannon marks two good debuts in a row for White Sox pitchers

Cannon, who allowed three hits, struck out three and walked one, threw 54 pitches for strikes.

By Daryl Van Schouwen