High doses become routine patient care even when they make patients so ill that they skip doses or stop taking the drugs. “There’s a gap in FDA’s authority that results in patients getting excess doses of a drug at excess costs,” says Dr. Mark Ratain.
Businesses and neighborhood associations in River North and nearby want the city to end the dining program because of traffic congestion, delays to first responders and other headaches caused by closing off a major street artery, a local restaurant executive writes.
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The pair were standing outside about 3:11 a.m. Monday in the 3100 block of South May Street when a vehicle drove by and a male fired shots from inside, Chicago police said.
Democrats expecting to talk to the mayor about detailed education funding or a new lakefront Bears stadium discovered otherwise. He told reporters his visit was about “making sure that we’re building on relationships.”
The Grubhub Community Fund has opened up applications for its $1.2 million AAPIStrong Restaurant Fund, aimed at helping AAPI-owned small businesses.
Chennedy Carter is happy to be somewhere she’s “appreciated” after being out of the league for the 2023 season.
The settlement goes to the mother of Astarte Washington. On May 31, 2020, Astarte, then 15, was ordered to the ground by police. She was then run over by a CPD squad car after an officer failed to put the car in “Park.” She suffered a hairline fracture of her hip.
Community activist Baltazar Enriquez asked the police department to solve each homicide as quickly as it cleared the shooting death of Officer Luis Huesca, who was killed on his way home in Gage Park last month.
‘He helped put Chicago on the map,’ Metro owner Joe Shanahan says of legendary music producer Albini, who died at age 61 on Tuesday.
Robert Jr. is working toward a return from a Grade 2 hip flexor strain.
Hollywood’s go-to character man has a star turn in a world premiere of “Turret” — from an ensemble he says is still “willing to go anywhere and try anything.”
A Gary concert by the Jacksons, a Goodman play with an all-Iranian cast and an exhibit focusing on four Chicago artists are some of the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
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Ippei Mizuhara will plead guilty to bank and tax fraud in a sports-betting case in which prosecutors allege he stole nearly $17 million from the Japanese baseball player.
The driver of the dump truck was traveling north on Fairfield Avenue when it hit the side of a Nissan traveling west on Chandon Road about 8 a.m.
Two bills have been introduced in Springfield to bring oversight to the unregulated pot-adjacent industry, some of whom appear to market to kids. One would effectively ban sales of delta-8 and other hemp-derived products.
Rafah has become the most recent focus of Israel’s military, which describes it as Hamas’ last holdout. Chicago-based Dr. John Kahler has seen conditions deteriorate as Gazan refugees fled south to the city.
En la madrugada del martes, agentes del campus rodearon el patio principal de la universidad y les impidieron la entrada a los estudiantes, según informaron desde el lugar de los hechos.
One protester said they were hit by an officer and taken to Thorek Memorial Hospital for treatment, according to a complaint filed with the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
Adidas announced Parker will help create a platform “aimed at influencing and elevating the future of women’s sports.” She’ll also oversee the brand’s women’s basketball products.
Plus: Steve Albini dies at age 61, Chicago’s most at-risk historic locations and more.
Despite dropping out of the race after Super Tuesday, Haley’s ghost continues to haunt Trump in some very significant and, for him, ominous ways.
The settlement would resolve a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the sister of Irene Chavez, 33, found hanged in a police holding cell in December 2021 after being arrested on a charge of simple battery.
We know that pipes can break. Escaping CO2 is toxic, polluting, combustible and explosive. Just ask the residents of Sartartia, Mississippi, what happened when a CO2 pipe burst there in 2020.
The deputy attorney for Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, wrote in a charging decision document that though the use of the slur was “detestable” and “incredibly offensive,” there wasn’t evidence suggesting that the man was threatening physical harm to the women or to their property.
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Cast member Niecy Nash posted a series of videos to Instagram featuring her on set with Kelce.
The Chicago musicmaker was the sound engineer behind albums for thousands of bands and singers, including Nirvana’s “In Utero,” the last studio album recorded by Kurt Cobain and company.
Protesters’ demands have focused on divestment — demanding universities cut ties with Israel and businesses supporting the war in Gaza.
Noting that 100 homes were destroyed to make way for the failed, which wasted hundreds of millions of dollars, Biden added: “Foxconn turned out to be just that — a con.” Later Wednesday, Biden traveled to Chicago for a fundraiser.
Authorities arrest John Shadbar, 70, on suspicion of shooting his neighbor Tuesday afternoon near 144th Place and Rickerman Road.
“I think we’ve come a very long way in the right direction,” Cook County Supervising Judge Charles Beach told the Sun-Times. “Things are working well.”
The fire started about 9 a.m. in the 7700 block of South Peoria Street.
Reality on the ground is different from what policymakers understand in war rooms, far from the constant sound of bombs and drones, a Chicago-area doctor who has volunteered in Gaza writes. Thaer Ahmad, a Palestinian American, walked out of a meeting with President Joe Biden about a month ago and is calling for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Sitcom is said to be made by ‘the documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch.’
Bicycling grew more in Chicago than in any other major American city since 2019. But bike safety advocates say the city could be doing much more to protect cyclists and make biking even more attractive.
Six months pregnant, model renews her wedding vows with ‘Despacito’ singer.
In 2023, the Hotline received a record-high 17,972 contacts for requests for shelter, up 45% from 2022. But advocates say the state is not equipped to meet the increased demand.
The suit, one of thousands, is the first to make it to jury trial and claims that the active ingredient in the heartburn drug Zantac turns into a cancer-causing substance.
‘The X is the event,’ Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told the Chicago Sun-Times about the location, which will be the central hub for about 60 agencies involved in designing and implementing convention security.
CBS adventure about a finder of missing persons ends its first season as the networks’ most-watched series.
Joseph Weiss, brother of clout-heavy businessman James Weiss, has agreed to plead guilty to charges he lied to FBI agents looking into his brother’s ties to the Chicago Outfit. He will appear in court May 20.
In a press conference at the school Thursday morning, students criticized university president Paul Alivisatos and shared their experiences when police began emptying the encampment early Tuesday.
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The league said Beverley was getting punished for “forcefully throwing a basketball multiple times at spectators and an inappropriate interaction with a reporter during media availability.”