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José Abreu doubled on the first pitch of his first at-bat with the Chicago White Sox on March 31, 2014, against the Minnesota Twins. “That pitch was right there, so I have to take advantage of it,” Abreu told reporters through an interpreter after the …

CHICAGO — James Bond is alive and well and living on a street in a pleasant northwestern suburb with wide lawns and many white houses and at least one prolific novelist. Bond lives mostly in the head of a writer named Raymond Benson, as he has for deca…

CHICAGO — In the waning minutes of the Chicago Bulls’ 108-107 loss to the Orlando Magic on Friday night, Zach LaVine found himself in an unfamiliar place: on the bench, watching his team attempt to finish a comeback at the United Center. Coach Billy Do…

Regina Head usually cooks her Thanksgiving turkey until it’s so tender it can melt in your mouth. This year, she’s considering deep frying her bird, which she’ll serve to her three daughters, who range in age from 8 to 16. Head is a single mom and came…

CHICAGO — Illinoisans have voted to add a new amendment to the state constitution that will solidify labor rights, ending a weeklong stalemate in vote counting that left the proposal in limbo, according to unofficial results from The Associated Press. …

An Illinois state board approved a plan Monday by Advocate Aurora Health to combine with Southern system Atrium Health, after initially withholding support for the deal. The state Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted 6-0 Monday afternoon t…

JANUARY Omicron surge Cities around the country and around the world suffered a new surge of coronavirus cases fueled by the omicron variant in late 2021 and into early 2022. Deaths and infections hit new records. One-year anniversary of Capitol riot A…

JANUARY Capitol riots Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in a brazen show of force on Jan. 6, as Congress met to certify the 2020 election. Lawmakers were forced to run for safety as the building was ransacked by radicalized …

CHICAGO — Two months after R. Kelly’s second federal trial concluded, there has been no apparent movement in his Cook County cases. At a two-minute hearing before Judge Lawrence Flood on Monday, Cook County prosecutors said they were waiting on more in…

CHICAGO — Three students from Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago were upgraded to stable condition Sunday after a semi-truck hit a bus carrying the school’s junior varsity hockey team Saturday in Northeast Indiana, authorities said. There were 16 t…