Fact-check: Bruce Rauner poured $1 billion ‘down the drain’

Yu Darvish will make a minor-league rehab start Monday and might be ready to offer reinforcements soon after that.

Cubs' pitching staff shows strain in 8-6 loss as Reds sweep four-game series

Yu Darvish will make a minor-league rehab start Monday and might be ready to offer reinforcements soon after that.

Cubs' lineup feasts or fasts as Bryzzo does

“If we can turn it on and get hot at the same time, then we’ll be a really scary team,” said Bryant, sidelined the last two days with a sore shoulder.

Cubs' lineup feasts or fasts as Bryzzo does

Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Pedro Strop reacts after being relieved in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, Sunday, June 24, 2018, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ORG XMIT: OHJM113

Cubs seem to have lost their killer instinct

They are very good for stretches and strangely, bizarrely unremarkable for others. Halfway through the season, this is who they are. Again.

Cubs seem to have lost their killer instinct

St. Louis Blues' goalie Carter Hutton (40) blocks a shot by Chicago Blackhawks' Ryan Hartman (38) during the third period of a preseason NHL hockey game, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Bill Boyce) ORG XMIT: MOBB108

Blackhawks' offseason priorities begin with a top-four defenseman

By Mark Lazerus

The Hawks also need a contingency plan at goalie, another scorer and maybe a taker for Marian Hossa’s contract.

Blackhawks' offseason priorities begin with a top-four defenseman

By Mark Lazerus

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 21: Wendell Carter Jr. is introduced before the 2018 NBA Draft at the Barclays Center on June 21, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) ORG XMIT: 775157664

A Duke hater's thoughts on why the Bulls drafted a Blue Devils player

They chose Wendell Carter Jr. with the seventh pick in the draft, leading us anti-Blue Devils people to think that someone down there doesn’t like us.

A Duke hater's thoughts on why the Bulls drafted a Blue Devils player

Crime

Chicago Police block off 47th Street near Paulina after a vehicle drove on the sidewalk and damaged several gas meters early Monday, May 29, 2017. Chicago Police tape. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times

19 shot — 2 killed — Sunday in city shootings

By Sun-Times Wire

Within the 24-hour period, shootings across Chicago’s South and West sides wounded two women, ages 19 and 18.

19 shot — 2 killed — Sunday in city shootings

By Sun-Times Wire

Within the 24-hour period, shootings across Chicago’s South and West sides wounded two women, ages 19 and 18.

Car burglars lead police on high-speed chase from suburbs, crash near downtown

The crash happened about 2:20 a.m. near the ramps to Racine when the vehicle fleeing police crashed into two other vehicles.

Car burglars lead police on high-speed chase from suburbs, crash near downtown

Police investigating possible murder-suicide in Orland Park

By Taylor Hartz

Officers responded to a shooting in the parking lot of a P.F. Chang’s restaurant in the 14000 block of LaGrange Road.

Police investigating possible murder-suicide in Orland Park

By Taylor Hartz

Man killed, woman wounded in Bronzeville shooting: police

An 18-year-old woman and a 26-year-old man were shot in the 4400 block of South Prairie.

Man killed, woman wounded in Bronzeville shooting: police

Schaumburg police officer charged with DUI, resigns after 28 years

By Matthew Hendrickson

Officer John Raftery crashed in to a parkway tree early Friday while off-duty and was charged with a misdemeanor count of DUI.

Schaumburg police officer charged with DUI, resigns after 28 years

By Matthew Hendrickson

Politics

People hold up signs and photographs during a demonstration opposed to the White House policy that separated more than 2,300 children from their parents over the past several weeks in front of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump tells GOP to 'stop wasting their time' on immigration

By Alan Fram and Zeke Miller | AP

Stubborn differences between conservative and more moderate Republicans in the House have stalled immigration legislation on Capitol Hill.

President Donald Trump on Friday told his fellow Republicans in Congress to “stop wasting their time” on immigration legislation until after November, dismissing his party’s struggle to surmount internal divisions.

Trump tells GOP to 'stop wasting their time' on immigration

By Alan Fram and Zeke Miller | AP

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle addresses the media after being named Chair of the county Democratic Party on April 18, 2018. | Max Herman/For the Sun-Times

Toni Preckwinkle wants to weaken law that her medical examiner doesn't follow

By Robert Herguth and Tim Novak

THE WATCHDOGS: Faced with medical examiner’s routine failure to visit death scenes, county board prez Toni Preckwinkle moves to drop that requirement.

THE WATCHDOGS: Faced with medical examiner’s routine failure to visit death scenes, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle moves to do away with that requirement.

Toni Preckwinkle wants to weaken law that her medical examiner doesn't follow

By Robert Herguth and Tim Novak

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks at a news conference Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Chicago. The Boring Company, founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, has been selected to build a high-speed underground transportation system that it says will whisk passengers from downtown Chicago to O'Hare International Airport in mere minutes. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) ORG XMIT: ILKS1

Rahm’s tabloid tie: Mayor once worked on deal with Enquirer boss linked to Trump

By Robert Herguth

THE WATCHDOGS: Mayor Rahm Emanuel came to know David Pecker through working on a deal during the time Emanuel was working at an investment firm.

THE WATCHDOGS: How Mayor Rahm Emanuel came to know CEO of National Enquirer parent that bought but didn’t publish former Playboy model’s allegation of affair with Donald Trump and whose records feds reportedly subpoenaed in investigation of Trump ‘fixer’ Michael D. Cohen.

Rahm’s tabloid tie: Mayor once worked on deal with Enquirer boss linked to Trump

By Robert Herguth

People on their cellphones for story on World Health Organization study linking cellphones and cancer Tuesday, May 31, 2011. | Rich Hein~Sun-Times

Supreme Court says police need a warrant to track suspects by cellphone

Police collection of cellphone tower information has become an important tool in criminal investigations.

The justices’ 5-4 decision Friday is a victory for privacy in the digital age. Police collection of cellphone tower information has become an important tool in criminal investigations.

Supreme Court says police need a warrant to track suspects by cellphone

No, thank you! That's Pritzker's snarky message to Rauner in latest TV ad

By Tina Sfondeles

Pritzker’s TV ad features out-of-state residents thanking Rauner for creating jobs in their neighboring states by talking “trash about his own state.”

Pritzker’s “Thanks Gov” TV ad features out-of-state residents thanking Rauner for creating jobs in their neighboring states by talking “trash about his own state.” “Because when Bruce Rauner calls Illinois ‘a horrible place to do business,’ guess where the jobs go?” one man asks in the new spot.

No, thank you! That's Pritzker's snarky message to Rauner in latest TV ad

By Tina Sfondeles

Obituaries

Richard Greenberg, who evoked distinctive moods for Hollywood movies, dead at 71

West Rogers Park native Richard Greenberg was Oscar-nominated for special effects on “Predator” and created striking title sequences for many movies.

Richard Greenberg, who evoked distinctive moods for Hollywood movies, dead at 71

West Rogers Park native Richard Greenberg was Oscar-nominated for special effects on “Predator” and created striking title sequences for many movies.

James Short helped shape sociology with early study of Chicago street gangs

James Short directed “One of the most comprehensive gang studies ever conducted,” said sociologist Lorine A. Hughes.

James Short helped shape sociology with early study of Chicago street gangs

Longtime Little League Baseball coach on Far South Side dies at 48

By Mary Mitchell

“He wanted to be cremated and he wanted me to spread his ashes on the baseball diamond at Gately Stadium,” his wife, Cathy Peterson told me.

Besides being devoted to little league baseball, Peterson organized food and clothing drives for several women’s shelters. At the beginning of this school year, he donated 100 book bags to a neighborhood school.

Longtime Little League Baseball coach on Far South Side dies at 48

By Mary Mitchell

Original: Elizabeth Brackett Published: Elizabeth Brackett

TV journalist Elizabeth Brackett dies after bike accident, services Wednesday

Elizabeth Brackett’s funeral will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Kenilworth Union Church in Kenilworth.

At four different TV stations during five different decades, Ms. Brackett was an indefatigable, accomplished journalist who hosted news programs, grilled politicians and reported on complex financial stories and natural catastrophes.

TV journalist Elizabeth Brackett dies after bike accident, services Wednesday

Gamaliel Ramirez, dead at 68, his Chicago murals captured beauty of Puerto Rico

Gamaliel Ramirez’s formal education ended in grade school, but he taught himself to paint and left his mark on Chicago with his murals and paintings.

Gamaliel Ramirez, a self-taught artist whose murals left splashes of saturated color all over Chicago.Mr. Ramirez created vibrant, powerful paintings and indoor and outdoor murals in Humboldt Park, Bridgeport, Englewood and South Chicago, and at the CNA Insurance building. He did murals at schools i

Gamaliel Ramirez, dead at 68, his Chicago murals captured beauty of Puerto Rico

Entertainment

FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, Roseanne Barr participates in the "Roseanne" panel during the Disney/ABC Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif. ABC canceled its hit reboot of "Roseanne" on Tuesday, May 29, 2018, following star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet that referred to former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the "Planet of the Apes." (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File) ORG XMIT: NYAJ202

'I've made myself a hate magnet,' Roseanne Barr says in teary interview

On a podcast with a rabbi and longtime friend, the comedian says “there’s no excuse” for the offensive tweet that brought about the end of her TV show

'I've made myself a hate magnet,' Roseanne Barr says in teary interview