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Cubs' Kris Bryant hit in head by pitch, passes initial concussion tests

Bryant’s condition was not immediately clear. He stayed on his feet after he was hit but seemed unsteady.

By Gordon Wittenmyer

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Tech entrepreneur Neal Sales-Griffin announces mayoral bid against Rahm Emanuel

Sales-Griffin, 30, said Mayor Rahm Emanuel has tried his best but “he’s not been doing a good enough job,” adding that the mayor should “be someone who is from here . . . I shouldn’t be running for mayor . . . and the reason I’m doing that is because I’m willing to put myself out there.”

By Rachel Hinton

Amid new allegations, Willow Creek reopens Bill Hybels probe: 'We are sorry'

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Illinois man sought in Nashville Waffle House shooting that killed 4

Police said via their Twitter account that authorities are searching for 29-year-old Travis Reinking, of Morton, Illinois.

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Kendra Perpich helped save the life of 14-year-old Anthony Parello by donating part of her liver to him for a transplant. After suffering nearly two-and-a-half years of medical complications, she has regrets. | Rich Hein/Sun-Times

She saved a life with organ donation — but wouldn't do it again. Here's why.

By Mark Brown

She saved a life with organ donation — but wouldn't do it again. Here's why.

In 2015, Kendra Perpich became an organ donor. The experience turned into a nightmare of medical complications, as she tells Mark Brown.

Brittany Covington, 18, of Chicago; (clockwise from upper left) Tesfaye Cooper, 18, of Chicago; Jordan Hill, 18, of Carpentersville; and Tanishia Covington, 24, of Chicago. Each is charged with a hate crime, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated unlawful restraint and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. | Chicago Police Department

Three-year prison sentence for Facebook hate crime defendant

By Andy Grimm

Three-year prison sentence for Facebook hate crime defendant

“I know what trauma feels like and I really am sorry..if I added any problems for you,” Tanishia Covington said, choking up. “You should not have experienced that I and I hope that it doesn’t affect your life.” The man softly replied, “It’s okay. It’s fine.”

Chicago Sports

Cubs' Kris Bryant hit in head by pitch, passes initial concussion tests

By Gordon Wittenmyer

Bryant’s condition was not immediately clear. He stayed on his feet after he was hit but seemed unsteady.

Cubs' Kris Bryant hit in head by pitch, passes initial concussion tests

By Gordon Wittenmyer

Bryant’s condition was not immediately clear. He stayed on his feet after he was hit but seemed unsteady.

Crime

Chicago Police on scene where 2 people were shot, 1 killed in the 9400 block of Wabash. | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

10 shot, 3 fatally, in Saturday gun violence across Chicago

By Sun-Times Wire

Three people died, and at least 7 were wounded, Saturday in shootings across Chicago, including a woman who was fatally shot in an attempted robbery.

10 shot, 3 fatally, in Saturday gun violence across Chicago

By Sun-Times Wire

Three people died, and at least 7 were wounded, Saturday in shootings across Chicago, including a woman who was fatally shot in an attempted robbery.

Police tape at an armored car robbery. | Brian Jackson~Sun-Times

14 charged in FBI drug sting on West Side

By Sun-Times Wire

14 charged in FBI drug sting on West Side

By Sun-Times Wire

A Chicago police badge hangs in front of the City of Chicago Public Safety Headquarters on December 1, 2015. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Off-duty officer exchanges shots in Edgewater attempted robbery

By David Struett

Off-duty officer exchanges shots in Edgewater attempted robbery

By David Struett

Drunk drivers collide with each other in northwest Indiana

By David Struett

Drunk drivers collide with each other in northwest Indiana

By David Struett

Dolton cop charged with holding wife at gunpoint in Lawndale after spotted naked

By Andy Grimm

Dolton cop charged with holding wife at gunpoint in Lawndale after spotted naked

By Andy Grimm

Politics

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., carries her baby Maile Pearl Bowlsbey after they went to the Senate floor to vote, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 19, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

10 days old, Maile Pearl makes Senate history in her pink cap

By Laurie Kellman | Associated Press

Tiny Maile Pearl made Senate history Thursday without making a sound.

The tightly wrapped 10-day-old baby, brought to the well of the chamber by her mother, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, became the first newborn to appear there just one day after the Senate approved a new rule permitting it.