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Chicago Police Board fires sergeant for actions in Anjanette Young raid

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted to fire a police sergeant for his role in the botched 2019 raid at the home of social worker Anjanette Young.

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Chicago White Sox 3B Yoán Moncada returns to the the injured list with lower back inflammation

Yoán Moncada’s back has landed him back on the injured list.

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Jury convicts politically connected Chicago businessman James Weiss of attempting to bribe two state legislators

CHICAGO — A federal jury on Thursday convicted a politically connected Chicago businessman of attempting to pay off two state legislators to pass a bill beneficial to his sweepstakes gaming company and then lying about it to the FBI.

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‘Extraction 2′ review: Chris Hemworth’s black-ops mercenary is bolder, bloodier and extractier

A follow-up to the 2020 hyperviolent Chris Hemsworth Netflix action thriller, “Extraction 2″ is a cinematic diversion that asks: Would you like to see a man’s hand split down the middle? Ripped apart in a way that has you thinking: Now there’s a “live long and prosper” salute gone very…

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Nina Metz: The reality show ‘Stars on Mars’ is ‘Big Brother’ meets ‘The Martian’ — and a whole lot of propaganda

I’m not usually drawn to reality TV. But when physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mentioned that she was watching the Fox series “Stars on Mars,” which premiered earlier this month, my interest was piqued.

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Commentary: Sizing up Ukraine’s counteroffensive is difficult in the fog of war

After months of speculation about when Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive will begin, we now have an answer: right now. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, many of them trained at military bases in Europe and outfitted with heavy Western armor, are now launching simultaneous operations at several points along the 600-mile-long…

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DeMarcus Walker has emerged as a tone-setter. But do the Chicago Bears still need pass-rushing help?

Matt Eberflus referenced a 40-day window between the end of the Chicago Bears’ minicamp Thursday and the opening of training camp in late July as a period for players working through injuries, such as wide receivers Chase Claypool and Darnell Mooney, to get up to speed.

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‘The Blackening’ review: A ‘Who’s Blackest?’ board game skewers a cabinful of horror movie cliches

Comedy shorts have played the role of the new vaudeville for years now. The short-film format serves as the modern-day Orpheum Circuit, a proving ground where expandable ideas and distinctive talent can be developed into feature films or a streaming series.

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Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica, 24, dies in motorcycle crash

CHICAGO — An Olympic ski jumper from McHenry, Ill., has died in a motorcycle crash, officials confirmed Wednesday.

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An appreciation: Treat Williams was a triple threat, just shy of Hollywood stardom

Actor Treat Williams: versatile, rock-solid, widely respected. And now, gone. He died Monday in Dorset, Vermont, after his motorcycle collided with an SUV turning into a parking lot, according to Vermont State Police.

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‘Trees are a huge part of life’: Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito aids the environment 1 pitch at a time

LOS ANGELES — The Chicago White Sox saw environmental concerns firsthand last week in New York.

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Fellowship equips community members as nonlegal representatives in immigration cases

CHICAGO — For as long as she can remember, Martha Armenta felt invisible in the only country she knew as home. She grew up in Little Village, where her parents settled after moving to Chicago from Sinaloa, Mexico, escaping poverty and violence, she said.

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Update your beach read: 52 books for summer 2023, with some themes in mind

Let’s try something new this summer.

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Jonathan Eig wrote ‘King: A Life’ about Martin Luther King Jr. — the man this time, instead of the myth

CHICAGO -- The air-conditioned tour bus with tinted windows stopped outside Bright Star Baptist Church in Bronzeville and out came several dozen congregants from the Anshe Emet Synagogue of Lakeview. They moved slowly up the sidewalk and concrete steps of the church. Before anyone reached the doors, welcomes erupted, like…

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Editorial: Fraud and graft thrived in the pandemic and beyond

In these days of rampant virtue signaling, politicians, corporations and socially wired individuals all try to convince you that they care the most about doing the right thing. Alas, while we’ve all been recovering from the COVID-19 crisis, plenty of old-fashioned grifters have seized the day.

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Overcrowding, cold food and uncertain futures a way of life for migrants in Chicago’s shelters

CHICAGO -- Across the street from the 1st District police station, Hildemaro Rafael Peña Gonzalez, 23, from Venezuela, fed cereal out of a plastic takeout container to his pregnant wife Racnia del Carmen León Mendoza, 19, and rubbed her swollen belly. The couple was moved from the station to a…

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Commentary: What a Jewish archive in Poland can teach us about Ukrainians’ refugee experience

While I was standing in the Jewish archives in Warsaw, Poland, during a recent humanitarian trip to strengthen programs of protection and safety for refugees from Ukraine, time became quite circular — an evocation of William Faulkner’s adage that “the past is never dead. It’s not even past.” For brought…

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‘The Flash’ review: As DC’s running man goes in circles, Michael Keaton’s Batman periodically saves the day

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LGBTQ workers are at the forefront of Chicago’s labor resurgence. ‘You have to learn to stick up for yourself’

Jordan Parshall first got involved in political activism in his early teens growing up in Minnesota.

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City inspector general finds Chicago Police Department employs dozens of cops who knowingly lied

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department continues to employ more than 100 officers who knowingly provided false information during criminal investigations, according to a report released Thursday by the city’s watchdog agency.

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Paul Sullivan: Are the Chicago White Sox back in business in baseball’s most forgiving division?

Major League Baseball expanded its postseason from 10 to 12 teams last year with the addition of a third wild-card entrant in each league, then adopted a 2023 schedule in which every team plays at least one series against all 29 other teams.

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Judge dismisses Chicago's lawsuit against Ind. gun shop

CHICAGO -- A Cook County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the city against a Northwest Indiana gun shop in a brief hearing Thursday.

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‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ review: Who can turn the world on with her smile?

Celebrity documentaries often dig up old talk show footage, and early in HBO’s “Being Mary Tyler Moore” we see her interviewed by David Susskind. The exchange reveals both the host’s stubborn assumptions about gender roles and Moore’s polite disinterest in pandering to his line of questioning.

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‘The Little Mermaid’ review: Compared with the average live-action Disney cash grab, this one’s actually worth your cash

It’s there in the headline, pal. I like the new version of “The Little Mermaid.” I like it partly because I’ve seen the animated Disney “Little Mermaid” exactly once. Didn’t “grow up with it.” Don’t have any un-mess-with-able memories of the 1989 hit, which paved the way for an entire…

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While DNC coming to Chicago might provide good vibes, experts say economic boost might be overhyped

CHICAGO — When Chicago last hosted the Democratic National Convention in 1996, Mayor Richard M. Daley played the role of deep-pocketed Johnny Appleseed.

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