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Friday, April 26, 2024
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Paul Saltzman

Deputy managing editor, enterprise and investigations
Police in Highland Park escort people Monday afternoon who had sought a safe place after a shooter with a high-powered rifle opened fire hours earlier at Highland Park’s Fourth of July parade.
Highland Park parade shooting
Horror on the Fourth: Suspect in custody after 6 killed, dozens wounded at Highland Park Fourth of July parade
Robert E. “Bobby” Crimo III, 21, was “taken into custody without incident” on U.S. 41 at Westleigh Road in Lake Forest after being spotted by North Chicago police.
By Lynn Sweet, Manny Ramos, and 3 more
 
The National Headliner Awards
The Watchdogs
3 national journalism honors awarded to Sun-Times staffers
Top reporting honors in the National Headliner Awards went to Tim Novak, Lauren FitzPatrick and Caroline Hurley and to Stephanie Zimmermann and Tom Schuba. Neil Steinberg was recognized for best local columns.
By Paul Saltzman
 
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Chicago Sun-Times journalism recognized with national, state and regional honors
The awards bestowed since December 2020 honor a wide range of work by individual journalists, the newspaper’s editorial board and the entire staff.
By Paul Saltzman
 
Ace Atkins.
Books
Ace Atkins stays true to Robert B. Parker’s Spenser, keeps pushing him forward in ‘Angel Eyes’
The author, who also has his own heroic creation, Quinn Colson, is someone fans of crime fiction should be reading if they aren’t already.
By Paul Saltzman
 
Michael Connelly.
Entertainment and Culture
In Michael Connelly’s ‘The Night Fire,’ heroes come in twos, no, threes
He again pairs Harry Bosch with ‘Late Show’ Detective Renee Ballard and also brings in ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ this time. Each is flawed. But they believably make things right.
By Paul Saltzman
 
Sue Hendrickson in May 2000 at the unveiling of the Tyranosaurus rex skeleton “Sue” that Hendrickson discovered and which bears her name at the Field Museum of Natural History.
Books
In enchanting picture book ‘When Sue Found Sue,’ Chicago’s T. rex star takes a back seat to its discoverer
As Smithsonian debuts a dinosaur, young readers get to learn about Sue Hendrickson, who found Field Museum’s big attraction.
By Paul Saltzman
 
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News
Michael Connelly’s ‘Dark Sacred Night’ smartly pairs Harry Bosch, Renée Ballard
REVIEW: In “Dark Sacred Night,” Michael Connelly brings together Harry Bosch, his original series lead, and Det. Renée Ballard from ‘The Late Show.’
By Paul Saltzman
 
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News
42 hurt when railing collapses at New Jersey Snoop Dogg concert
CAMDEN, N.J. — Upcoming concerts will go on as scheduled at an amphitheater where a railing collapsed during a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert,
By Paul Saltzman
 
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News
Don’t forget to ‘spring forward’ as Daylight Saving Time returns
<p>A sure sign that spring is on the horizon: the loss of an hour overnight Saturday night and early Sunday as Daylight Saving Time returns to most of
By Paul Saltzman