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Editorial: ‘They will freeze or they will starve’ brings UK energy crisis home

Readers of Scotland on Sunday got one heck of a jolt when they opened their morning newspaper this weekend. The front page article focused on the massive increase in energy costs being faced in Britain and the especially catastrophic effect on anyone living in rural areas in the far north…

Chicago Tribune · Aug 31, 2022

How an elbow injury and repertoire change led to former 1st-round pick Brendon Little’s call-up to the Chicago Cubs

TORONTO — Six hours before Monday’s series opener at the Rogers Centre, Brendon Little arrived for his first day as a major-leaguer.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 31, 2022

Brad Biggs: Bears youth movement is underway with 20 players in their 1st or 2nd year on the initial roster

CHICAGO — Ryan Poles has danced around the word “rebuilding,” calling it a “super sensitive” term. But roster moves are more instructive than words, and the first-year Chicago Bears general manager reinforced one of the organization’s plans with his cuts to form the initial 53-man roster.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 31, 2022

Paul Sullivan: Serena Williams’ goodbye at the US Open is off to a memorable start — with plenty of fanfare

Serena Williams won her first-round match in the U.S. Open over Danka Kovinić Monday night and was sent off to a blissful retirement.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 30, 2022

Prosecutors rest case at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago; fourth woman testifies she was victim

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors have rested their case-in-chief against R. Kelly, after calling some two dozen witnesses against the disgraced R&B singer and his two co-defendants.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 30, 2022

‘The Patient’ review: When therapy goes very wrong. Like, true crime wrong

Say you’re a therapist. And say your patient tells you, “I have a compulsion to kill people.” And say that information is conveyed after you’ve been kidnapped to some unknown basement location and chained to a bed. “The Patient” looks at what happens when the power dynamic between therapist and…

Chicago Tribune · Aug 30, 2022

Paul Sullivan: Pandemic a distant memory for MLB teams — at least until they’re forced to adjust rosters for series in Toronto

My dream World Series matchup for 2022 would be the Toronto Blue Jays vs. the St. Louis Cardinals.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 30, 2022

Editorial: The most potent pressure Putin faces won’t come from the West. It will come from the Russian people

For everyday Russians, the lens into the war in Ukraine is through a camera operated by Vladimir Putin.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 30, 2022

Summer camp helps recently arrived Ukrainian children prepare for school, heal from trauma of war

CHICAGO -- The playground at St. Nicholas Cathedral School was a cacophony of voices speaking a mix of English and Ukrainian on a recent weekday, as kids swung from monkey bars and splashed in several little plastic swimming pools, a reprieve from the August heat.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 30, 2022

2 more R. Kelly accusers take the stand against disgraced singer, say he videotaped them having sex as minors

CHICAGO — The two women who took the stand against R. Kelly in his federal trial in Chicago on Monday couldn’t have been more different in demeanor.

Chicago Tribune · Aug 30, 2022