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Block 37 poses as a mansion for ‘Clue: A Walking Mystery,’ an interactive whodunit that’s lots of fun

Challenging crime-solving game continues in Chicago through New Year’s Eve.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 27, 2023

Catholic order, New Lenox school pay $2 million over accusation ex-principal raped a student

The payout is in a lawsuit regarding the Rev. Richard McGrath, an Augustinian priest who ran Providence Catholic High School — and took the Fifth when asked about child pornography.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 24, 2023

Jury selection begins as Ed Burke, ‘figurehead of the old regime,’ faces historic corruption trial

The stage has been set for another legal clash at the Dirksen courthouse. But it’s unclear whether another central political figure, former Chicago Ald. Danny Solis, will make an appearance in the courtroom.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 6, 2023

When it comes to transgender women in sports, inclusion is our best bet

In this conversation about trans women in sports, people often speak for me. They say including trans women is unfair to me, a cisgender woman. But they are wrong, writes a former cross country runner.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2023

75 years covering race in Chicago: A newspaper for a diverse city

As the Sun-Times looks back during its 75th year of continual daily publication, race is a key lens through which to understand the newspaper’s history.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 30, 2023

Rupert Murdoch’s brief cloud over Chicago newspaper world led to one ray of sunshine — Sneedless to say

It’s still a calumny Murdoch continues to poison the nation’s inkwell with fake Fox news; but I am ever so grateful for the day he was forced out the door of the Sun-Times, thus enabling this journalist to witness the golden age of Chicago’s two great American newspapers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 23, 2023

Shoe leather is the soul of good journalism, and famed Sun-Times Editor Jim Hoge knew it

Thousands of journalists are following in Jim Hoge’s footsteps, and the state of the world depends on their investigative work, a board member from the International Center for Journalists writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 22, 2023

Prosecutors drop felony charges against Iowa man who had guns, ammunition in Chicago hotel room

Prosecutors have dropped all felony charges against an Iowa man who was arrested in 2021 by Chicago police for having guns and ammunition in his hotel room overlooking a popular tourist attraction

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Top officials out at state emergency agency

Three top officials at IEMA, the state agency tasked with responding to disasters across the state including the COVID pandemic and a record number of tornadoes this year, were pushed out late last month.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 27, 2023

Trump’s been indicted twice for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Here’s how the two cases differ.

Neither the Georgia indictment nor the federal case will lead directly to his exclusion from office, a University of Chicago law professor writes. But ultimately, the two cases might have very different consequences.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 17, 2023