The annual National Association of Black Journalists convention runs Wednesday through Sunday in the Loop. Former President Donald Trump, the 2024 GOP nominee for president, will sit down for a Q. and A. session Wednesday, his campaign announced.
Chicagoans are most likely to have a chance to see the lights between 11 p.m. Monday and 2 a.m. Tuesday, though odds are better before midnight when the moon still hasn’t risen.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is just 8 days old, and she’s squeezing the search for a running mate, which traditionally takes weeks, into days.
Sarah Al-Shawabkeh, a junior at William Howard Taft High School, is the first-place winner of the “Welcome to Chicago” high school art competition.
The Chicago Film Society has commissioned a new print of the 1969 film that depicts violent clashes between police and protesters in Grant Park and other Chicago neighborhoods. “You show a movie about the DNC when the DNC comes back to Chicago,” said Julian Antos, the Chicago Film Society’s executive director.
The CNN-Politico Grill will be a pop-up Chicago food and beverage–themed restaurant and production center, now under construction near the United Center.
Sneed is told President Joe Biden was actually warned a year and a half ago by a top Dem pollster that his reelection was in the doghouse with young voters. Gov. J.B. Pritzker was being urged to run in a primary in case Biden pulled the plug.
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Teams fanned out around the United Center and McCormick Place on Friday distributing flyers to explain the security perimeter zones that begin as early as Aug. 16.
The up-and-coming Chicago artist’s major commission in East Garfield Park is one of seven projects tied to the city’s moment in the national political spotlight.
From reminders of the hurdles they’ve had to overcome to confidence in Harris’ ability to lead, these delegates describe what the vice president’s nomination means to them.
The courtroom at the Area 3 police station at Belmont and Western will be staffed from 8 a.m. to midnight during the week of the convention, which begins Aug. 19.
A stalwart of the U.S. Senate, Durbin says he will decide whether to seek reelection in 2025.
The Sun-Times first reported the Harris campaign called Pritzker Wednesday about the possibility of serving as her running mate, but the Illinois governor told reporters that Harris’ campaign “did not call me yesterday.” The Sun-Times stands by its story.
The maps designate two separate perimeters around the United Center and McCormick Place, where Democratic delegates will respectively meet to coronate the party’s presidential nominee and conduct party business
The Democratic National Convention takes place Aug. 19-22, but street closings and public transit detours begin days earlier — and the sprucing up is already underway. “It’s b—----- because it took [the convention] for them to fix it up,” said Henry Horner Homes resident Tracy Johnson of the improvements.
The vice president is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc., a Black Greek-letter organization. Her more than 300,000 “sorors” plan to play a large role in the November presidential election.
The department got a black eye over how it dealt with protests following the police killing of George Floyd in 2020. And the images of cops beating demonstrators with batons during the Democratic convention in 1968 are still seared into the national consciousness.
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A fresh influx of asylum-seekers could be used to embarrass local Democratic officials during the convention.
Harris’ campaign called the governor to discuss the No. 2 spot on Wednesday, a source told the Sun-Times. “I’d be reluctant to make a change, but it’d be hard to resist a call and consideration if the nominee called me to ask to be considered for vice president,” Pritzker said on CNN.
The goal is for the nominee to be selected by Aug.7 in order to lock in access to ballots in every state by not waiting for the Democratic convention in Chicago running Aug. 19-22.
The rally in West Allis, just outside Milwaukee, came a day after the vice president earned the support of enough delegates to secure the nomination, which is expected to come formally in early August via a virtual roll call.
“They’re going to do everything they can to turn the American people against her,” former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun told the Sun-Times. “There are a lot of people out there who don’t like the idea of a woman telling them what to do.”
One-third of American presidents were formerly vice president. Kamala Harris would be the 16th VP to ascend to the top spot.
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Individual members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. — whose headquarters are in Chicago — have begun mobilizing in masses to support their “soror” in the historic race for president.
Some major donors signaled their distress about Biden staying in the race by declining to write more checks or host events. That concern dissolved within hours of Harris becoming the presumptive Democratic 2024 nominee, with no rival coming forward.
She played Harris several times as a guest on “SNL” in 2019, during the 2020 presidential election cycle.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who had been on short lists as a potential replacement for President Joe Biden, said Monday morning he had spoken to Harris and told her the president’s decision “came as a genuine surprise.”
Some Democrats are staying mum, with just weeks to go before the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago next month.
The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate, in which the 81-year-old president trailed off, often gave nonsensical answers and failed to call out Donald Trump’s many falsehoods.
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First responders recovered Lorenzo Tobin, 40, from the water near the 3100 block of South Lake Shore Drive about 12:45 p.m. Sunday, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He is the second person to die in the lake in two days.
Taillon allowed a season-high six earned runs in 4⅓ innings.
Lorenzo Tobin spent nearly every weekend working on boats at the lake despite living miles away from the shore in suburban Country Club Hills, his brother said. He was also a strong swimmer. His body was found Sunday in the lake.
A.J. Pierzynski says he’d “love to interview” for job but hasn’t talked to anyone from White Sox
The hospital said it made the layoffs after a budget review and didn’t disclose the type of positions cut. This year the hospital was the victim of a cyberattack that shut down its patient portal, email, phone and medical records systems.
Lollapalooza returns to Chicago’s Grant Park on Thursday with performances by Chappell Roan, Hozier, Sza, Stray Kids, Future x Metro Boomin and more.
Bellinger returned on the early side of his original projected timeline, but he didn’t play in the Cubs’ 7-1 loss.
The company says it’s working on fixes like meal deals and new menu items. It also said nearly all of its U.S. franchisees have agreed to extend the $5 meal deal through August.
The four men were on their way to celebrate a friend’s birthday party around 2:10 a.m. Saturday when their car collided with an SUV. Trevon Jackson, 20, and Calvin Hemphill, 23, were pronounced dead a short time later.
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The Japanese team claimed the gold with an epic comeback over China.
The 21-year-old fifth-round draft pick knows he needs a lot of work after playing in only 18 games (with one start) in two college seasons. But he is more confident than ever. “I feel I can compete at this level. I’m at the same level as all the other guys or better.”
La franquicia anunció que pondría la primera piedra —en colaboración con el suburbio de Bedford Park— de las instalaciones de 40,000 pies cuadrados este otoño.
Justo un año después de asistir por primera vez al megafestival, el cantautor mexicano-estadounidense de 20 años de Northlake cerrará el jueves el BMI Stage.
The Wisconsin Underwater Archaeology Association says its searchers found the Margaret A. Muir in 50 feet of water off Algoma, Wisconsin.
Hay planes para crear el Illinois Quantum & Microelectronics Park, que ocupará parte de un terreno de 400 acres en donde antes estaban las instalaciones de U.S. Steel South Works.
Un niño de 3 meses y un hombre de 21 años se encontraban en un automóvil a eso de las 4:30 p.m. del sábado en la cuadra 3100 al oeste de la calle 26 cuando dos personas abrieron fuego. Ambas víctimas fueron hospitalizadas en estado grave.
Two men and a woman were arguing on the street when one of the men stabbed the other man and took off in a car with the woman, police said.
Elliott Webster, 8, continues his run of fishing adventures, including landing a fish on a busted rod, and continues catching big fish.
Around 5:15 a.m., state troopers responded to the inbound lanes of the Bishop Ford Freeway (I-94) at Michigan Avenue and found a driver shot, Illinois State Police said.
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Parents don’t see a bright future for the guy now staying in their home because he has nowhere else to go.
The developer’s newest office tower is 90% leased and will be home to Boston Consulting Group, Greenberg Traurig and others.
Tom Rezek’s legacy at St. Laurence High School in Burbank will endure long after his passing, says a former student and current school administrator.
A group of neighborhood residents and activists gathered near the scene of the shooting that critically injured a 3-month-old baby and a 21-year-old man, seeking peace as well as more mental health and police resources.
The man, 39, was in the 8000 block of South Houston Avenue about 6:20 p.m. Sunday when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, police said. He’s hospitalized in critical condition.
Notes: Cubs win series in Kansas City.
Crochet wants a new contract to pitch in October if a team acquires him before the trade deadline Tuesday.