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How the Chicago Cubs landed Seiya Suzuki: Team pitch in LA, secret Wrigley Field tour and a connection with Yu Darvish

Seiya Suzuki stepped into the batter’s box Friday at Sloan Park for his first swings with the Chicago Cubs and made it look effortless.

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Exeter to North America air link set to boost South West overseas trade

Aer Lingus to launch service with flights from Exeter to New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington and Toronto, via Dublin hub

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Researchers get ready for bird banding season in Chicago: ‘It gives you a wonderful look into our surroundings’

CHICAGO -- With spring migration picking up and warmer days ahead, researchers are preparing for another season of bird banding — an effort to understand how local birds are faring and future challenges they may face.

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After battling homelessness and strokes, Angel Clark and her at-home business are both flourishing

CHICAGO -- Angel Clark often awakes from her dreams and jumps into action to make new creations for her at-home business, Minesntheirs, which operates from the two-bedroom Edgewater neighborhood apartment she shares with her 19-year-old daughter.

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17-year-old boy shot in Englewood

He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition

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Chicago Blackhawks brace for more departures before Monday’s trade deadline after a 6-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets

CHICAGO — If the Chicago Blackhawks’ 6-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday night was Marc-André Fleury’s last game for the team, it was a bit of a letdown.

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Boy, 17, hurt in South Chicago shooting

He was standing on the sidewalk in the 3000 block of East 83rd Street when three males approached him and some opened fire.

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15-year-old girl escapes attempted kidnapping in South Shore

The teenage girl was walking about 8 a.m. when a woman armed with a pole came out of an alley in the 7500 block of South Jeffery Boulevard and tried to put a plastic bag over ., Chicago police said.

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Missing Evanston activist Elise Malary found dead; remains removed from Lake Michigan

CHICAGO — Family and friends of Elise Malary, 31, sought answers on the Evanston activist’s whereabouts when she stopped responding to them on March 9.

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Gemma Collins 'in talks to play iconic role in Chicago The Musical'

TOWIE and I'm a Celeb star Gemma Collins is reportedly in the midst of secret discussions about playing the role of the Mama Morton in the production of Chicago: The Musical

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Willie Wilson announces new gas giveaway locations, ups the ante to $1 million for people at participating pumps Thursday

CHICAGO — Chicago businessman Willie Wilson on Friday announced his first gas giveaway of $200,000 was not enough after drivers came out in droves to get a piece of the pie, only for many to be turned down after the donation goal of the day was hit.

Chicago Tribune

‘What am I going to do?’ A Chicago-area woman traveled near the Ukraine border to help her parents escape

CHICAGO — As Russian troops and bombs descended on Ukraine, the daughter frantically booked a flight from Chicago to Warsaw, Poland, to help her parents fleeing their home in Kyiv.

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Former Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton leave flowers at Ukrainian Village church in Chicago in solidarity with war-torn Ukraine

CHICAGO — In a display of solidarity with Ukraine, former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton earlier this week left bouquets of sunflowers, the war-torn nation’s national flower, at an iconic church in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village during an unannounced visit.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago outdoors: Braidwood opener mouse, River Trail NC/Narnia, harvest verb, INHS fish collection

A wild mouse lollygagging at Braidwood Lake opener, director waxing poetic on River Trail Nature Center, pros and cons of harvest as a verb, and the majesty of Illinois Natural History Survey’s fish collection are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

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1 killed, 1-year-old girl, 2 teens among 5 wounded in shootings in Chicago Friday

A 1-year-old girl was hurt in a shooting Friday in Cragin on the Northwest Side.

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Brad Biggs: Former Bear Roberto Garza feels Larry Ogunjobi’s pain of failing a physical. ‘It stings. It hurts.’

CHICAGO — If anyone can empathize with Larry Ogunjobi after the Chicago Bears announced Friday that they rescinded a contract offer that would have made him the ninth-highest paid defensive tackle in the NFL, it is retired offensive lineman Roberto Garza.

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Willie Wilson’s gas giveaways could be a model for elected officials

Wilson’s latest philanthropic play — free gas — is a way “to alleviate some of the pain that Chicagoans are experiencing because of the highest fuel prices in 14 years,” he said.

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Man, woman dead in South Chicago murder-suicide

The couple were found dead with gunshot wounds to the head Friday night in the 8400 block of South Mackinaw Avenue, police said.

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Chicago police must fix ‘positive interactions’ program to build community trust

A Sun-Times analysis and a scathing memo from the state attorney general’s office make clear that the program, as it now stands, is failing miserably.

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Person found in Chatham trash can was beaten to death: autopsy

A witness discovered the remains Friday afternoon in a trash can in an alley in the 8400 block of South Ingleside Avenue, Chicago police said.

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Judge: Defamation suit over ‘whiteface’ comments by Jussie Smollett’s attorney can proceed

CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that comments made by Jussie Smollett’s attorney on national television three years ago that two Black brothers might have attacked the actor while in “whiteface” could be construed as defamation.

Chicago Sun-Times

A look at the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police’s top campaign priorities

A gigantic question remains whether enough conservative Chicagoans can be persuaded to take Democratic ballots to vote against liberal Democratic incumbents in liberal districts, instead of voting Republican.

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Man, woman in ‘very critical’ condition after West Pullman fire

Firefighters responded to reports of a blaze at a home with people trapped inside about 3 p.m. in the 11600 block of South Aberdeen Street, according to Chicago fire officials.

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Blackhawks trade Brandon Hagel to Lightning in deal that includes 2 first-round picks

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks traded top-six forward Brandon Hagel to the Tampa Bay Lightning, starting the roster rebuild in earnest Friday with a package that includes two first-round picks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot talks crime fighting strategy with New York City Mayor Eric Adams

During a joint news conference after a private meeting, Adams credited Lightfoot as a mayor who understands the need to focus simultaneously on “intervention and prevention.”

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