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Defense begins attempt to sow doubt on child-porn accusations at R. Kelly trial as singer says he won’t testify

CHICAGO — Attorneys for R. Kelly and his co-defendants presented one witness apiece Thursday morning after federal prosecutors rested their case-in-chief against the disgraced singer earlier this week.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

Workers accuse Hostess of discrimination, unjust firings of Black LGBT employees

Workers at a Hostess bakery in Chicago accused the snack dessert maker of firing a transgender employee for her gender identity and segregating LGBT employees onto a separate work line at the factory in the Galewood neighborhood on city's west side at a Wednesday news conference.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’: Talking church, Randall and naked torsos with Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown

There’s dancing, posing, styling and profiling, as well as the search for redemption in this Jordan Peele and Daniel Kaluuya produced film, “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.”

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

Top movies for fall 2022, including the much awaited ‘Wakanda Forever’

Right now there’s enough debt, toil and trouble afoot to upend the film and streaming industries twice over. Cineworld, owner of the nation’s number two multiplex chain Regal, flirts with bankruptcy amid its nearly $5 billion debt load. Warner Bros. Discovery has taken to cutting its perceived staff and programming…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

Fall TV: Our top 15 list of what’s coming, including a surprising number of new legal dramas

The fall TV season is upon us, and if that doesn’t have the same frisson of excitement as it once did — back when the summer was a wasteland of reruns rather than proliferating with new streaming series each week, well … who’s complaining? One small trend to emerge: After…

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

The ‘emotional’ story of how an 8-year-old Blue Jays fan from England met his favorite player— Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman

TORONTO — It all started with a tweet.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

Commentary: The US, Russia and China need to talk. They’re not, and that’s dangerous

The world, we are often told, is now defined by great power competition, where states like China and Russia are either seeking to overthrow the so-called rules-based international order or stealthily working within the system to change it to their benefit.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

Commentary: Booking the first flight of the day may not always be a good idea

The summer of 2022 will go down on record with an unprecedented number of flight delays and cancellations. Few travelers have been spared from the air travel chaos, with everyone’s patience pushed to the edge.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

A son’s mistake, a family’s grief and the cruel lessons of the fentanyl epidemic

CHICAGO -- Justin Pearlman was settling into his latest rehab, a $95-a-day treatment center in Pennsylvania, when the Tribune reached him for an interview about his struggle with heroin addiction.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022

Chicago becomes latest stop for migrants bused from Texas by Gov. Abbott. Mayor Lightfoot spokesman says new arrivals are welcome

CHICAGO — Approximately 60 migrants coming from Texas were dropped off at Chicago’s Union Station on Wednesday night, officials said.

Chicago Tribune · Sep 1, 2022