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Chicago police officers surround Dexter Reed's SUV.

Dexter Reed was shot 13 times in deadly gunfight with Chicago police, autopsy shows

The oversight agency investigating the shooting has reported that four officers fired nearly 100 rounds at Reed after he shot another officer in the wrist March 21 in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand Street.

By Tom Schuba

Northwestern students set up a protest camp on Deering Meadow on Thursday morning.

Israel-Hamas War

Northwestern students set up protest encampment, call out university censorship of pro-Palestinian speech

Students linked arms and formed a line against police after Northwestern leaders said the tent encampment violated university policy.

By Isabel Funk

Chicago

Piping plover Imani returns to Montrose Beach

A rendering of a proposed domed stadium on the lakefront unveiled at Wednesday's news conference.

Bears

Bears reveal plans for $4.7 billion domed lakefront stadium development: 'This is not an easy project'

Taste

Cava restaurant opens in Wicker Park on Friday, announces future suburban location

Roscoe Village

Chicago rat hole in Roscoe Village removed by city

Commentary

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

Lee Bey

Architecture Critic and member of the Editorial Board

Bears have designs on the lakefront, as Mayor Johnson plays the wrong position of cheerleader-in-chief

Mary Mitchell

Columnist

Scam calls asking for money are serious business; authorities believe one was tied to an Ohio death.

Michael Eric Dyson

Author and professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, Vanderbilt University

The hard truth about Rainbow PUSH and why the Rev. Frederick Haynes III quit after 3 months

CST Editorial Board

In blocking April Perry from U.S. attorney post, J.D. Vance shows he’s pro-Trump, pro-crime

Politics

Bears

Bears eye taxpayers for stadium-related infrastructure costs. The bill? $325 million to start, $1.5 billion overall

Two additional infrastructure phases that would “maximize the site” and bring “additional opportunities for publicly owned amenities” could bring taxpayers’ tab to $1.5 billion over about five years, according to the team.

By Mitchell Armentrout

April Perry, nominated by President Joe Biden to be Chicago's U.S. attorney. | Provided

Politics

April Perry's bid to be city's first female top federal prosecutor to end, Biden will tap her to be federal judge

Chicago gangs

Four Corner Hustler chief's conviction threatened by revelation from feds

Israel-Hamas War

Hamas releases video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin — hostage with Chicago roots

Other Views

Hate crimes keep increasing. Here's what Chicago is doing about it.

Sports

Bears

Caleb Williams will be unlike any Bears QB ever — and that's a good thing

Painting his nails helps Caleb Williams relax.

By Patrick Finley

Jared Verse had nine sacks each of the last two seasons to complete his climb from FCS red-shirt to possible top-10 pick.

Bears

The day-of mock draft: Our picks for the Bears at No. 9

Chicago Sky and WNBA

Sky rookie Angel Reese's star power is already being felt in Chicago

Bears

Rome Odunze: It would be 'awesome' to land with Bears, Caleb Williams in draft

Cubs

Cubs' Kyle Hendricks is approaching IL stint with mind to turn around his season

Entertainment and Culture

Nicki Minaj Presents: Pink Friday 2 World Tour - New York

Music

Nicki Minaj conquers the United Center in long-awaited return to Chicago

Minaj had some good company for her United Center kickoff bringing out two of Chicago’s own for special guest spots: Rappers G Herbo and Jeremih.

By Selena Fragassi - For the Sun-Times

NASCAR In Chicago

Top house music artists to perform during NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend

Things To Do

Things to Do in Chicago April 25-May 1: The Mix

Movies and TV

Ultraviolent 'Boy Kills World' hits you over the head with gimmicks

Art

Art Institute argues it legally owns watercolor: 'No evidence' it was 'ever physically seized or looted by Nazis’

All latest stories

Crime

Three years for man who helped set CTA van on fire during 2020 riots

Prosecutors say Darion Lindsey helped put “scores of people at risk” as George Floyd protests gave way to violence.

By Jon Seidel

Cubs

Cubs top prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong hits go-ahead home run vs. Astros for first major-league hit

Crow-Armstrong was recalled this week when center fielder Cody Bellinger landed on the IL.

By Maddie Lee

Jay Baruchel (from left), Emily Hampshire and Alanna Bale play siblings forced to decide which family member will be euthanized in "Humane."

Movies and TV

Which sibling will die? It's up to them in clever psychological thriller 'Humane'

In a future when the government pushes human sacrifice, family members face a cruel but captivating dilemma.

By Richard Roeper

Letters to the Editor

Lawmakers, pass legislation to save Illinois wetlands, waterways

A 2023 Supreme Court decision rolled back the federal Clean Water Act and overturned decades of protection for wetlands. New legislation would protect Illinois wetlands for the benefit of wildlife and communities that depend on them.

By Letters to the Editor

White Sox

White Sox complete 0-7 road trip with loss to Twins, fall to 3-22

The Twins hit five solo home runs to complete the four-game sweep.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

Work

New federal rule would bar 'noncompete' agreements for most employees

According to the Federal Trade Commission, 30 million people — roughly one in five workers — are subject to noncompetes, which bar workers from jumping to or starting competing companies.

By Christopher Rugaber | AP

Harvey Weinstein arrives at a Manhattan courthouse for jury deliberations in his rape trial, Monday, Feb. 24, 2020, in New York. New York's highest court has overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction and ordered a new trial.

Crime

Harvey Weinstein's New York rape conviction is overturned. Here's why and what happens next.

The decision by New York’s highest court to overturn the rape conviction of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 and helped launch the #MeToo movement.

By Associated Press

La Voz Chicago

2024 Miche Festival Lineup announced: Kali Uchis, Junior H, Los Ángeles Azules, Santa Fe Klan among the bill

The sixth annual Michelada Festival returns to Chicago’s South Side on July 13 and 14, with Oakwood Beach as its designated new venue.

By Andrea Flores

Blackhawks

Blackhawks sign Alex Vlasic to six-year contract, locking in defensive cornerstone

Vlasic, the Wilmette kid, will get to stay in Chicago long-term. His $4.6 million salary-cap hit could end up being a steal for the Hawks.

By Ben Pope

Israel-Hamas War

US, 17 other countries call on Hamas to release hostages

The joint statement is the latest attempt at public pressure to advance negotiations over a potential cease-fire with Israel.

By Associated Press

Vera Drew, "The People's Joker" director, wears clown makeup and a comic book-like costume as she stars in the movie.

Movies and TV

Why so serious? 'The People's Joker' warps Batman tropes into wildly inventive punk parody

Like no superhero movie before it, the subversive coming-of-age story reinvents the villain’s origins with a mélange of visual styles and a barrage of gags.

By Richard Roeper

Crime

Four armed robberies in downtown Chicago in 30 minutes

A 66-year-old woman was dragged into the street in the 600 block of North Fairbanks Avenue by two armed robbers who fired shots, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Columnists

Columbine could have been a turning point in tackling America's gun violence. It wasn't.

Twenty-five years later, the gun industry’s greed and elected leaders’ cowardice continue to prevail, the head of the National Urban League writes.

By Marc H. Morial

Dear Abby

Dear Abby: Daughters dislike that I get alimony from their father

They have abandoned their mom and say relationship won’t resume until she stops ‘taking the money’ from her alcoholic ex.

By Abigail Van Buren

Outdoors

Go & Show: RFC's swap meet and NADCA's decoy & sporting collectibles show

Riverside Fishing Club’s Fishing Tackle & Outdoors Swap Meet on Saturday and the continuing North American Vintage Decoy & Sporting Collectibles Show are Go & Show this week.

By Dale Bowman

Horoscopes

Horoscope for Thursday, April 25, 2024

By Georgia Nicols

Cubs

Cubs’ Cody Bellinger to IL with fractured ribs; Pete Crow-Armstrong recalled

Bellinger left Tuesday’s game early after crashing into the outfield wall at Wrigley Field.

By Maddie Lee

White Sox

How is White Sox' hitting coach doing? Marcus Thames is trying to stay positive, which is no small task

Their struggling lineup is the biggest reason for the Sox’ atrocious start.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

White Sox

Andrew Benintendi's struggles at center of 3-21 White Sox' woes

The Sox hit two homers, but Garrett Crochet allowed five runs in the 6-3 loss to the Twins.

By Daryl Van Schouwen

Crime

Southwest Side man charged with luring 14-year-old girl walking home from school

Arley Carrillo Mendez, 39, is charged with one felony count of child abduction and luring of a minor after he followed a girl Monday afternoon in the 5000 block of South Long Avenue.

By Sun-Times Wire

Media members enter the NFL Draft theater Wednesday in Detroit, where workers continue to set up for the event Thursday.

Sports Media

ESPN, NFL Network will put Bears at center stage for NFL Draft broadcasts

The traditional TV broadcasts will be heavy on the Bears, who own the first and ninth picks of the first round. They’ll be on the clock at 7 p.m.

By Jeff Agrest

Bears

Caleb Williams' evaluation a test of Bears GM Ryan Poles' intuition

Does the USC quarterback have the “it” factor that makes everyone around him better and tilts the field in his favor in crunch time? There’s no doubt Poles sees something special in Williams.

By Mark Potash

Elections

Arizona indicts 18 in case over 2020 election in Arizona, including Giuliani and Meadows

Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump won Arizona in 2020 are among those indicted. Trump is described as an unindicted co-conspirator.

By Associated Press

Bears

Caleb Williams a fan of the Bears' proposed dome

The USC quarterback, whom the Bears are expected to pick first in the NFL draft here on Thursday night, was clear that he’s prepared to play in cold temperatures in the NFL.

By Patrick Finley

Bears

A chance to wipe out 75 years of Bears quarterback futility with one simple announcement

If presumed No. 1 pick Caleb Williams is as good as advertised, Chicago won’t know what to do with itself.

By Rick Morrissey

Northwestern hazing scandal

Northwestern hazing scandal lawsuits are consolidated

Seven lawsuits filed by former football players will be temporarily consolidated with a lawsuit filed by former head coach Pat Fitzgerald during the pretrial process.

By Kade Heather

Crime

Vandals smash Palestine flag window display at Women & Children First bookstore

A window of the Andersonville feminist bookstore displaying a Palestine flag and a sign calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war was shattered early Wednesday. Police are investigating.

By Kade Heather

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (center), Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch (left) and Illinois Senate President Don Harmon (right) discuss the budget agreement Wednesday afternoon.

Bears

No love for new Bears stadium from Illinois' top Democrats

Gov. J.B. Pritzker brushed aside the latest proposal, which includes more than $2 billion in private funds but still requires taxpayer subsidies, saying it “isn’t one that I think the taxpayers are interested in getting engaged in.”

By Tina Sfondeles

Crime

Orland Park man held in custody in connection with fatal Oak Forest shooting

Omar Zegar, 37, was arrested after the shooting Sunday and was charged with a felony count of aggravated unlawful use of weapon with a revoked firearm owners ID card, Oak Forest police said.

By Mohammad Samra