Illinois residents have until Saturday to submit claims for their cut of a $100 million class-action settlement reached this spring in a lawsuit against Google over alleged violations of the state’s biometric privacy law. Anyone who appeared in a photo…
Review: ‘Sidney’ is Apple TV’s admiring tribute to the breakthrough star that was Sidney Poitier
Director Reginald Hudlin’s “Sidney” was made with the full and keenly interested cooperation of the Poitier family, following a template of access many documentaries favor or, in some cases, settle for. This is one of the good ones. Its format limitati…
After McDonald’s CEO says Chicago needs to ‘face facts’ about problems, Mayor Lightfoot says he should ‘educate himself’ before speaking
CHICAGO — Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired back Wednesday at McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski after he raised concerns about crime in Chicago, and she defended the city’s economic outlook. Lightfoot was asked about last week’s comments by Kempczinski to the …
Movement in the Tylenol murders: Law enforcement seeks to persuade prosecutors to act on ‘chargeable’ case
CHICAGO — As the 40th anniversary of the 1982 Tylenol murders approaches, investigators are working with prosecutors on a now-or-maybe-never effort to hold a longtime suspect responsible for the poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, …
Dan Wiederer: Justin Fields apologized to Bears fans. It was mature and sincere — but also unnecessary.
CHICAGO — Ninety seconds into his postgame news conference Sunday night at Lambeau Field, Justin Fields was thrown a slow-breaking curveball, one he wasn’t quite prepared for as he continued digesting the Chicago Bears’ 27-10 loss to the Green Bay Pack…
‘Don’t Worry Darling’ review: In Olivia Wilde’s thriller, a ring-a-ding-ding nightmare turns out a little groggy
I told myself I wouldn’t talk about the bad press, but “Don’t Worry Darling” is a movie about lying, so I lied. Here’s one sentence of bad-press recap. Shia LaBeouf fired no wait he quit, director Olivia Wilde and Harry Styles sittin’ in a tree well ma…
Chicago’s sewage district fails to warn gardeners free sludge contains toxic forever chemicals
CHICAGO — Bags of the earthy muck are labeled organic or natural. Sometimes it is billed as exceptional quality compost. Industry held a nationwide contest years ago and decided to call it biosolids, a euphemism that beat out black gold, geoslime and h…
White Sox fall 5 games back in the AL Central after losing 10-7 in 11 innings to the Guardians
The Guaranteed Rate Field crowd knew the magnitude of the moment as José Abreu faced Emmanuel Clase with the tying run on second in the 10th inning Tuesday. Abreu singled to right-center, scoring Elvis Andrus to give the Chicago White Sox hope in a mus…
At least 8 injured in explosion at Chicago apartment building, officials say
CHICAGO — At least eight people were injured when a four-story building partially collapsed due to an explosion on the city’s West Side Tuesday morning, according to authorities. The collapse occurred around 9 a.m. at a multiunit apartment building at …
Chicago agency releases video of police shooting that resulted felony charges for 2 officers
CHICAGO — The Civilian Office of Police Accountability released video Tuesday showing two Chicago police officers in plain clothes and in an unmarked vehicle shoot a 23-year-old man in Pilsen, resulting in both officers being hit with felony charges an…