Unprecedented review after medical examiner fires doctor who missed a murder

Darvish was scheduled to start Sunday night against the Giants at Wrigley Field. Tyler Chatwood will take his place.

Cubs put Yu Darvish on 10-day DL, then fall to Giants 5-4

Darvish was scheduled to start Sunday night against the Giants at Wrigley Field. Tyler Chatwood will take his place.

Chicago White Sox's Tim Anderson celebrates his solo home run in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Saturday, May 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) ORG XMIT: MIPS11

Anderson, Abreu power White Sox past Tigers

Tim Anderson hit 2 homers and had a career-high 4 RBI, Jose Abreu homered and doubled twice, going 4-for-4 with a walk, and Daniel Palka also homered.

Anderson, Abreu power White Sox past Tigers

Focus on draft intensifies for White Sox

White Sox scouting director Nick Hostetler knows he’s under a microscope. So it goes as the amateur draft approaches for the worst team in baseball.

Focus on draft intensifies for White Sox

Cubs call up backup catcher Gimenez, send Caratini down for playing time

“Not playing Caratini enough really bums me out,” Joe Maddon said. “It bothers me a lot. And he needs to play. We got to get him out playing again.”

Cubs call up backup catcher Gimenez, send Caratini down for playing time

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2016, file photo, from left, San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold, quarterback Colin Kaepernick, center, and safety Eric Reid kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif. What started as a protest against police brutality has mushroomed a year later into a divisive debate over the future of Kaepernick who refused to stand for the national anthem and now faces what his fans see as blackballing for speaking out in a country roiled by racial strife. The once-rising star and Super Bowl quarterback has been unemployed since March, when he opted out of his contract and became a free agent who could sign with any team. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) ORG XMIT: FX401

NFL announces new national anthem policy requiring players to stand

By Madeline Kenney

However, the policy, which was released Wednesday, also allows players and team personnel to choose to stay in the locker room until after the anthem

NFL announces new national anthem policy requiring players to stand

By Madeline Kenney

Crime

3 shot dead, 9 wounded Saturday in city gun violence

By Sun-Times Wire

Since Friday evening, four people died and at least 10 were wounded in Memorial Day weekend shootings.

3 shot dead, 9 wounded Saturday in city gun violence

By Sun-Times Wire

Since Friday evening, four people died and at least 10 were wounded in Memorial Day weekend shootings.

People cry outside Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, after a 36-year-old man was killed in a shooting that also left another man wounded in the 9100 block of South Aberdeen, Friday night, May 25, 2018. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

Man dies in Brainerd shooting: 'No mother wants to bury her child'

By Evan F. Moore and David Stuett

A 36-year-old man was shot in his chest and was taken to Little Company of Mary Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

About half a dozen people could be seen crying and wailing outside the hospital early Saturday.

Man dies in Brainerd shooting: 'No mother wants to bury her child'

By Evan F. Moore and David Stuett

Teenager shot to death in Bronzeville within weeks of prom, graduation: family

By Ashlee Rezin

China Marie Lyons-Upshaw, 17, was shot in the chest at 9:02 p.m. Saturday inside an apartment in the 800 block of East 49th Street, authorities said.

Teenager shot to death in Bronzeville within weeks of prom, graduation: family

By Ashlee Rezin

Chicago Police sergeant's vest grazed by bullet in West Town shooting

By Matthew Hendrickson and David Struett

The CPD sergeant was sitting in an SUV near Chicago Avenue and Noble Street when a bullet passed through the window and grazed her bulletproof vest.

Chicago Police sergeant's vest grazed by bullet in West Town shooting

By Matthew Hendrickson and David Struett

'My boy's dead': Father mourns son shot to death in Cabrini Green

By David Struett and Tyler LaRiviere

Officers in the area heard gunshots about 1:30 a.m. and found the man unresponsive in the 800 block of North Cambridge Avenue.

'My boy's dead': Father mourns son shot to death in Cabrini Green

By David Struett and Tyler LaRiviere

Politics

FILE - In this May 5, 2018, file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, speaks in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

White House wants briefing on classified info: Giuliani

By Jonathan Lemire and Eric Tucker | Associated Press

Rudy Giuliani said the White House hopes to get a readout of the information next week.

The White House hopes to get a readout of the information next week, particularly about the use of a longtime government informant who approached members of Trump’s campaign in a possible bid to glean intelligence on Russian efforts to sway the election.

White House wants briefing on classified info: Giuliani

By Jonathan Lemire and Eric Tucker | Associated Press

Emanuel still could find path to victory through crowded mayoral field

By Fran Spielman

Some wonder why Emanuel is running and whether he’ll even make the run-off. But one friend says Emanuel can’t think of anything else he’d rather do.

Emanuel still could find path to victory through crowded mayoral field

By Fran Spielman

Unprecedented review after medical examiner fires doctor who missed a murder

By Tim Novak and Robert Herguth

THE WATCHDOGS: The medical examiner’s office is reviewing each of the 218 cases that fired pathologist Dr. John E. Cavanaugh handled.

Unprecedented review after medical examiner fires doctor who missed a murder

By Tim Novak and Robert Herguth

Original: Patrick Arbor (Photo courtesy Patrick Arbor) Published: Patrick Arbor

Arbor Day? Deserting divorcee’s life on the lam to end in Chicago courtroom

By Mark Brown

Patrick Arbor was arrested for the second time this week on a warrant stemming from his divorce case.

Former Chicago Board of Trade Chairman Patrick Arbor is expected to be returned Friday to a Chicago courtroom in the custody of Cook County sheriff’s deputies after five years as a fugitive — from a divorce judgment.

Arbor Day? Deserting divorcee’s life on the lam to end in Chicago courtroom

By Mark Brown

3-10-10 Ald Roberto Maldonado speaks at a press confrence on immigration rights before the City Council meeting. Brian Jackson/Chicago Sun-Times

Maldonado gets more campaign cash from landlord of 'troubled' Humboldt Park biz

By Robert Herguth

THE WATCHDOGS: Weeks after a report he took campaign cash from landlord of “troubled” Humboldt Park store, Ald. Roberto Maldonado got another $1,000.

THE WATCHDOGS: Weeks after a report he took campaign cash from landlord of “troubled” Humboldt Park store, Ald. Roberto Maldonado got another $1,000. Neighbors say Maldonado has gone easy on the store, which they say has been a magnet for trouble.

Maldonado gets more campaign cash from landlord of 'troubled' Humboldt Park biz

By Robert Herguth

Obituaries

Family will remember one of last WWII 'Tin Can sailors' on Memorial Day

“We got hit with a suicide plane. It bounced off the bridge, blew me off to the deck below,” World War II sailor Vic Kubelsky recalled years later.

The family of WWII Navy vet Vic Kubelsky, who was one of the last surviving sailors from the heavily battle-tested USS Foreman, will hoist a few toasts at a Memorial Day party in honor of Mr. Kubelsky, a favorite raconteur at the Downers Grove VFW hall who died at 97 in January in Lombard.

Family will remember one of last WWII 'Tin Can sailors' on Memorial Day

Anita Doty, whose delicious gumbo begat 2 Chicago-area restaurants, dead at 78

When Anita Doty ladled out gumbo, “You would have people come in, and they would have $20 in their hands, waving it, ‘Can I get a bowl?’ ’’

Anita Doty, whose delicious gumbo begat 2 Chicago-area restaurants, dead at 78

Former Chicago City Council member Marion Volini has died at 83

By Fran Spielman and Maureen O'Donnell

Former Ald. Marion Volini represented the 48th Ward on the Chicago City Council and also served on the McCormick Place board.

Former Chicago City Council member Marion Volini has died at 83

By Fran Spielman and Maureen O'Donnell

Remembering Barbara Kensey, publicist, black heritage, art and culture guru

By Maudlyne Ihejirika

“My mother was a strong, caring, independent, hard-working and artistic professional, who exposed me to culture from a very young age,” her son said.

“Barbara was an accomplished communicator and public relations maven, who rode the crest of the wave of cultural activism among black professionals in the late ’70s and early ’80s, borne out of the civil rights struggles of the ’60s,” Chicago publicist Don Rashid said.

Remembering Barbara Kensey, publicist, black heritage, art and culture guru

By Maudlyne Ihejirika

Raffe Simonian, dead at 85, sold vintage vinyl, rarities at Raffe’s Record Riot