News Crime East Garfield Park

Man shot while driving in East Garfield Park

By Sun-Times Wire

A 19-year-old man was shot Monday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.

He was driving south in the 800 block of South California Avenue just before 4 p.m. when he heard shots and felt pain, according to Chicago Police.

He was shot in the right shoulder and took himself to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was listed in good condition, police said.

Next Up In News

Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads

Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center

Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80

1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias

Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports

The Latest

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying and sending excited or alarmed Americans outside with binoculars. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U..S.-China tensions.(Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

Nation/World

Pentagon: China’s conducted spy balloon program for years

Officials say that four previous balloons passed over U.S. territory during the Trump, Biden administrations. China insists the recent balloon was used for weather research.

By Tara Copp | Associated Press and Lolita C. Baldor | Associated Press

A sign hangs outside of a 7-Eleven store on January 10, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois.

Suburban Chicago

7-Eleven to pay $91 million to suburban man who lost both legs in storefront crash

The man’s legs were crushed in 2017 when a driver plowed into a Bensenville store, one of thousands of similar crashes at 7-Elevens across the U.S., attorneys said.

By Andy Grimm

The Illinois State Capitol in March 2022.

Editorials

Illinois must move forward on digging out of its pension problem

A new report from a civic group offers a plan that includes a 10-year income tax surcharge to shore up underfunded pensions. State legislators should take action.

By CST Editorial Board

Families who lost their homes in a devastating earthquake in Syria sit inside a tent that an NGO set up to provide them shelter and food in the town of Harem near the Turkish border, Idlib province, Syria, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023. With the hope of finding survivors fading, stretched rescue teams in Turkey and Syria searched Wednesday for signs of life in the rubble of thousands of buildings toppled by a catastrophic earthquake. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) ORG XMIT: XBH122

Editorials

Turkey, Syria need our helping hand to recover from catastrophe

The international community must stay steadfast in helping Turkish and Syrian citizens coping with the aftermath of the disastrous earthquake.

By CST Editorial Board

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., talks with people before President Joe Biden arrives to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ORG XMIT: DCPS407

Washington

GOP vs. GOP: Sen. Mitt Romney scolds Rep. George Santos, ‘You don’t belong here’

The Utah senator and 2012 GOP presidential nominee exchanged sharp words with the freshman GOP congressman from New York: ‘He shouldn’t be in Congress.’

By Lisa Mascaro | Associated Press and Mary Clare Jalonick | Associated Press