Column: World Cup fever, Leo XIV’s pope cave, LeBron’s decision and other takeaways from the sports world

‘Sense of peace’: Archdiocese cemetery unveils memorial for suicide loss survivors, the first Catholic tribute of its kind in the nation

Appeals court sides with city on Chicago police union COVID vaccine mandate case

15-year-old Glenview twins at New Trier earn perfect ACT 36 score on first try

What’s in the Illinois Tollway’s $26.5 billion construction program?

Labor strife at Chicago’s port comes with political implications for Mayor Brandon Johnson

In Kaskaskia, first capital of Illinois, all that’s left is a church and the congregation keeping it alive

Asking Eric: I want a change

Christopher Bell lives for double-takes. The Grant Park Music Festival attracts vocal soloists who have sung on the world’s most prestigious stages.

World Cup: Erling Haaland scores twice to beat Brazil, send Norway into quarterfinals for 1st time

Fierce winds hit US Pacific territories as Super Typhoon Bavi approaches near Guam

A month shy of its sixth anniversary, Wahlburgers in St. Charles announced on social media that it was closing immediately.

3 takeaways after the Chicago White Sox top the Cleveland Guardians 7-6 to earn a series split

White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can’t be trusted

Northwestern professor and Cubs fan Bill Savage explores the team’s portrayal as lovable losers in pop culture.

Trump to meet with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Syria’s al-Sharaa during the NATO summit

Woman in six-month coma following Jan. 5 encounter with Evanston police has died, family says

The Vatican responded aggressively to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church. It also excommunicated its bishops and priests.

Democrat Mallory McMorrow suspends her Michigan Senate campaign and scrambles the pivotal race

‘Minions & Monsters’ tops Fourth of July holiday box office, barely beating ‘Toy Story 5’

Commentary: Our most valuable and envied asset around the globe is our freedom to criticize the wrongs of our own country in order to right them.

Boy, 10, killed, man in critical condition after Gary shootings

FIFA allows US star Balogun to play Belgium despite red card

Mayor Brandon Johnson pitched the plan as a way to strike back at corporate landlords who he blamed for soaring housing costs.

World Cup: FIFA lifts US player Folarin Balogun’s red card suspension after Trump calls Infantino

Photos: Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis Cardinals 4

Feast on all the city has to offer at these 10 dining events happening in July.

Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong leads at the plate against lefties — including Sunday’s 6-4 win over St. Louis

One blockbuster item on the Illinois Tollway's roster is $3.1 billion for interchange improvements at I-88 and I-355.

A fire possibly sparked by a lightning strike at the Tru by Hilton hotel in Naperville caused $8 million in damage, officials said.

Despite storms, Tinley Park’s inaugural Country Fest packs in the fun

Fog blocks Navy Pier Independence Day fireworks

Delta Air Lines plane hit by firework while landing at Midway Airport

Column: No fair weather Americans at Grant Park’s Independence Day concert

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Court roundup: Gary man gets probation for threatening judge

World Cup: Erling Haaland scores twice to beat Brazil, send Norway into quarterfinals for 1st time

Business briefs: NIPSCO donates $25K and Portage man wins book award

From the Editorial Board: Find your voice, centrist Democrats and fast. The socialist brigade is already on the march.

Sunday’s Chicago White Sox game in Cleveland underway after rain delay

Teens among 7 shot in West Garfield Park

A memorial at Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery in Hillside is the first of its kind erected at a Catholic cemetery. It is a testament to the church’s evolution on the matter of suicide.

Trump to meet with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and Syria’s al-Sharaa during the NATO summit

Democrat Mallory McMorrow suspends her Michigan Senate campaign and scrambles the pivotal race

Labor strife at Chicago’s port on the Calumet River on the Southeast Side comes with political implications for Mayor Brandon Johnson.

Woman in six-month coma following Jan. 5 encounter with Evanston police has died, family says

Boy, 10, killed, man in critical condition after Gary shootings

FIFA allows US star Balogun to play Belgium despite red card

Cannabis tax funds to enhance security measures at Will County schools

NBC and Peacock will show all 15 Major League Baseball games on Sunday