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Lincoln Park Zoo introduces 10-week-old lion cub to public: ‘Oh my God, they’re here!’

The lion cub, born March 15, is named Pilipili, after the Swahili word for “pepper.”

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2022

Polling Place: How do Cubs, White Sox fans rank the crosstown rivalry?

Which side of town does the Cubs-White Sox rivalry mean more to?

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2022

Paul Vallas to run for mayor, sources say

Sneed has learned the former CPS CEO — who has made previous unsuccessful bids for mayor and governor — plans to throw his hat in the ring next week.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2022

Through most challenging times, White Sox’ Tim Anderson keeps climbing

“He rises to big moments,” White Sox coach Joe McEwing says of Tim Anderson. “I would never doubt that man.”

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

At Hyde Park seminary, a mural explores ‘all that’s inequitable’ but also aims to reflect joy

The Rev. Immanuel Karunakaran was one of four McCormick Theological Seminary graduates who worked on the mural there. He says he aimed to show the complexity of ‘God within our suffering.’

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

Apple AirTags, touted as a way to find lost keys, purses, also are being used by stalkers

Millions of the trackers have been sold since they were introduced last year. And reports to the Chicago Police Department of unwanted surveillance or stalking using them soon began.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

Chicago’s Yin He Dance Company celebrates Chinese art, culture through classical, modern movement

At the core of the dance company is the belief that “dance is for everyone.”

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

In Rogers Park, glimpses of a neighborhood that reflects Chicago’s diversity more than any other

The Far North Side neighborhood most closely fits the racial makeup of the city as a whole, a Sun-Times analysis of census data finds. These are some of the people who make it so diverse.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

New revelations in Bridgeport bank failure case: CEO’s wife told police of ‘illegal activity’ 5 years before shutdown

Five years before Washington Federal Bank for Savings was ordered closed because of massive fraud, CEO John F. Gembara’s wife told police she planned to call the FBI on her husband, newly obtained records show.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

Gene Pesek, Sun-Times photographer who captured memorable shots of Beatles, Bears, Mirage tavern, dead at 95

“He was very meticulous in his craft,” says former Sun-Times photographer Bob Black. “I used to ask him, ‘How’d you do that?’ He was a master.”

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022