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Afternoon Edition: After being tracked by a stranger, couple sues Apple

Plus: Why the city wants your food scraps, advice for a 92-year-old looking for a companion and more.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 17, 2023

Chicago’s Department of Environment is back, but needs to get bigger

Resurrecting the department is a wise first step, but it needs enough staff to meet the city’s many challenges at a time of climate change and other environmental concerns.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023

‘We don’t want people to die’: Thousands attend downtown rally on Saturday in support of Palestinians

“We’re here to pressure our own government,” one demonstrator said. “But we’re also here as part of a global mobilization to show all the complicit parties that we are watching, and we are paying attention.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 15, 2023

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Loyola handles Benet, sets the stage for next week’s showdown vs. Mount Carmel

Finley Miller was in the crowd at last year’s Loyola-Mount Carmel game when he had an epiphany.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 14, 2023

Mayor Johnson is wrong. Bally’s casino won’t secure a ‘fiscally strong and vibrant future’ for Chicago.

It is a shiny, noisy and glitzy distraction that allows the well-connected to get wealthier at the expense of hard-working Chicago families and individuals who will lose their paychecks gambling there.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 14, 2023

Amundsen shuts out Clark, eyes North Side domination. ‘The job’s not done.’

The Vikings beat Clark behind the running of sophomore Reggie Mitchell and clinched their fifth straight IHSA playoff berth.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 14, 2023

North Lawndale routs Hansberry, hopes to host state playoff game

North Lawndale has been one of the most consistent football programs on the West Side recently, but the Phoenix have never won a state playoff game.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 13, 2023

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Catholic Charities flights lead to surging number of migrants at O’Hare

The nonprofit group in San Antonio, Texas, continues to send migrants, Chicago officials say, despite their insistence that the city is at capacity.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 11, 2023

Chicago’s theater community reacts to cultural arts ‘crisis’ report

The state of cultural arts in Chicago is not lost on Mayor Johnson, she said, who met with nearly 20 theater producers from large and small-size organizations in August to get a briefing on the state of theater.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 9, 2023

The high school basketball Twitter (X) previews

Ahead of the 2023-24 season, we dish out 280-character previews of every boys high school basketball team in the state that submits information.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 9, 2023

Four takes from Week 7 in high school football

I’Marion Stewart’s excellence, Glenbard West’s resurgence, the DuPage Valley champs and Loyola’s uncompetitive showdown.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 8, 2023

Huntley beats Cary-Grove after officials reverse their call on final play

It’s just the third win in program history for Huntley over Cary-Grove.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 8, 2023

Gun violence against America’s children keeps getting worse

Firearm fatalities among U.S. children under 18 increased by 87% within a decade between 2011 and 2022, according to a major study released last week. It’s a crisis the nation cannot ignore.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 7, 2023

Undefeated Dyett’s defense sparkles in win against Corliss

Sophomore Isiah Thomas Jr. scored two touchdowns in the first quarter of the Eagles’ 26-6 win at Eckersall Stadium.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 7, 2023

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2023

Afternoon Edition: Subminimum wage is officially going away in Chicago

Plus: The Bears’ Claypool era ends, 6 things to do this weekend and more.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2023

600 women to build homes for Habitat for Humanity Chicago

Around 50 women kicked off the organization’s yearly Women Build month, the organization’s largest, working on three homes at 124th Street and Union Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2023

DCFS needs grade-A leadership to overcome systemic failures

With the impending departure of Marc Smith, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is back to searching for a new director who is willing and capable of tackling the child welfare agency’s intractable problems.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2023

Lawsuit seeks to stop city from using public buildings to house migrants

In an amended suit, South Shore residents accuse the city of violating zoning ordinances and creating a public nuisance by placing new arrivals in schools, police stations.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 3, 2023

For Black journalists, Sun-Times’ 75th anniversary is a time to look back at those who came before us

The paper’s first Black journalists were trailblazers who reported on the plight of Black America while pushing to diversify the Sun-Times’ ranks, Mary Mitchell writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 2, 2023

Rising Black suicide rate demands attention

African Americans are the only racial or ethnic group in Cook County whose suicide rates are now higher than they were at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 1, 2023

Four takes from Week 6 in high school football

Downers Grove North’s young quarterback, the South Side super bowls, the area’s hottest team and South Elgin’s streak end.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 30, 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

Hersey’s unstoppable offense rolls past Prospect

Senior Nasir McKenzie had his second straight 200-yard game on Friday as the No. 11 Huskies beat No. 19 Prospect 28-3.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 29, 2023

On his way out the door, top cop demotes commander who was working Sox park security during unsolved shooting

There was concern that John Spellman may have prioritized the interests of the team over the department and stalled in delivering Patrol Chief Brian McDermott’s request to pause the game, the Sun-Times has learned.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 28, 2023

Woman shot during White Sox game breaks silence, says she didn’t bring gun into stadium

In an exclusive interview with ABC 7, the woman said she still doesn’t know how a bullet wound up in her right calf as she sat with family and friends in Section 161 during the fourth inning of the White Sox’ game against the Oakland A’s on Aug. 25.

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