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The K-pop group NCT 127 kicks off a brief U.S. tour at the United Center with Glenbrook North High School alum in tow.
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Not even a little rain could stop these K-Pop stars from delivering an elaborate, explosive and dazzling show that warmed the hearts of the outdoor stadium.
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The global pop music phenomenon BTS revealed the name of their new single in a teaser video released Sunday. The song is titled “Boy With Luv” and features another pop artist, @miriamdinunzio reports.
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BREAKING: Embattled R&B superstar R. Kelly was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Cook County Friday morning, records show.
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#BREAKING : Tammy Duckworth gives birth to girl: First senator to have baby while in office, @lynnsweet reports.
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Kyle Rittenhouse, in an unusual move, was allowed by the judge to draw the slips of paper that determined who would decide his fate and who would be dismissed as alternates. That task is usually done by a courtroom clerk, not the defendant.
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A man charged with strangling a 19-year-old University of Illinois at Chicago student in a campus parking garage allegedly became angry and put her into a chokehold when she refused to talk to him or acknowledge his catcalls as she walked back to her car.
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JUST IN: Recreational marijuana will officially be legal Jan. 1 in Illinois after Gov. JB Pritzker signed the bill into law Tuesday morning.
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Mark your calendars, superfans: tickets go on sale March 1.
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At the Sun-Times, we believe everyone in the Chicago area should have access to the news, features and investigations we produce, regardless of their ability to pay. That’s why, starting today, we're making all of our stories free to read online. 🧵
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With tickets for BTS’ May 11 tour stop at Soldier Field sold out, a second Chicago show has been added, @MiriamDiNunzio reports.
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BREAKING: Brandon Johnson will be Chicago’s 57th mayor.
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TOMORROW X TOGETHER made history as Lollapalooza's first K-pop boy band headliner August 5, 2023. 📸: @TylerLaRiviere / Sun-Times More photos:
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EXCLUSIVE: Tammy Duckworth is pregnant; will be 1st senator to give birth, @lynnsweet reports. @SenDuckworth
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Jacob Blake's father said there are now “eight holes” in his son’s body, and he’s paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors don’t yet know if the injury is permanent.
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“Colin Kaepernick is one of the top free agents in football and a starting-caliber quarterback,” EA Sports said in a statement Monday. “The team at EA SPORTS, along with millions of Madden NFL fans, want to see him back in our game.”
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. @VicMensa 's foundation has collected 3,000 shoes to give out to children in the community apparently targeted in a "bait truck" sting operation.
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Blackhawks mascot Tommy Hawk was attacked at the United Center by a fan, @madkenney reports.
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Korean popsters BTS are coming to Chicago in May.
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Today is the 57th birthday of former president Barack Obama. Starting this year, Aug. 4 is a commemorative holiday to celebrate the 44th president's birthday. 🎂  #ObamaDay
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Alyssa Milano is in hot water after comparing the MAGA hat worn by Trump supporters to the hood worn by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Sister Jean Dolores Bertha Schmidt — or Sister Jean as she’s better known to legions of Loyola basketball fans — will celebrate her 103rd birthday Sunday. She recently sat down with the Sun-Times for a conversation ahead of the big day. Full story here:
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“Authorities in Dubai have not received any request for a performance by singer R. Kelly nor are there any venues that have been booked,” government officials said in a rare statement.
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The @Suntimes cover, featuring @JoeBiden , the 46th POTUS. #Election2020
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Hundreds of Chicagoans gathered in the snow outside Goose Island Brewing Co. to see if they would have more success booting a 43-yard field goal than Bears kicker Cody Parkey, @madkenney reports.
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The K-pop group kicks off a brief U.S. tour at the United Center with Glenbrook North High School alum in tow.
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The 44-year-old, who went to prison for 12 years as a teenager for murder, became the 20th person to be exonerated based on allegations he was framed by retired Chicago Police Detective Reynaldo Guevara.
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Today, we endorse Joe Biden for president. We endorse him on his own merits. He is a person of honor and eminently qualified, by virtue of a long and capable career as a senator and vice president, to hold the highest office in the land.
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JUST IN: The Chicago Sky selected Angel Reese with the seventh pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. Story:
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Legal analysts who have been following the proceedings say the government’s case against R. Kelly is stronger this time around, compared to his 2008 trial when a jury acquitted him.
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JUST IN: The Highland Park Fourth of July parade was suddenly halted when shots were fired about 10 minutes after the parade kicked off at 10 a.m. Monday, sending hundreds of people running for safety.
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JUST IN: Sources out of Cleveland say #Bulls Jimmy Butler will push for trade to #Cavaliers
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The front page of the @Suntimes is getting quite a bit of attention this morning. @brianstelter @davidfolkenflik
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The Evanston City Council on Monday approved a reparations plan to distribute $400,000 to Black residents with ties to the city’s Black community between 1919 and 1969.
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Do you agree with the proposed ordinance to remove the massive Trump Tower sign along the riverfront?
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Happy birthday, Chicago! 🎉 🎊 🎉
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Lollapalooza fans made their way back to Grant Park Saturday afternoon for another full lineup of music, with artists like Willow, Tomorrow x Together and J. Cole being among the biggest draws. See the day 3 views so far via our updating gallery here:
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The elder Blake is now making the drive from North Carolina to be with his son in the hospital. “I want to put my hand on my son’s cheek and kiss him on his forehead, and then I’ll be OK,” his father said.
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JUST IN: Gov. Pritzker’s health team officially gave the green light Saturday for restaurants and most bars across Chicago and suburban Cook County to invite customers back inside for indoor service.
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JUST IN: Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail after the state Supreme Court justices ruled that a landmark criminal justice reform law did not violate the state’s constitution.
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JUST IN: CPD is investigating allegations that a group of officers had improper sexual relations with newly arrived immigrants, including at least one facing accusations of having sexual contact with a minor and impregnating her.
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. @ColleenB123 wildly popular “Miranda Sings” franchise is heading to the @RosemontTheatre this week. The "No Offense Tour" will star Ballinger as herself for a portion of the show.
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Thanks to @chancetherapper , six mental wellness providers in Cook County will each receive $100,000 grants, and SocialWorks is starting a new initiative called “My State of Mind” aiming to connect people with treatment. A report by @mitchtrout .
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BREAKING: Gov. Pritzker orders all Illinois bars and restaurants must close Monday to limit spread of coronavirus.
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JUST IN: Chicago police say Jussie Smollett may have been spotted in the elevator of his building with the two brothers they recently released from custody, @samjcharles reports.
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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for cancer two other times. But despite her health problems, she has never missed arguments.
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The @Suntimes cover for Tuesday.
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BREAKING: The Commission on Chicago Landmarks today granted the prestigious status to Emmett Till’s home where the Chicago teen lived before that fateful trip Down South that ended with his brutal lynching on Aug. 28, 1955. @maudlynei writes:
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Twenty-five years after the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman, O.J. Simpson says his life has entered a phase he calls the “no negative zone.”
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"His goal is to polarize, to destabilize local government and inflame racist urges. And we can absolutely not let him prevail,” Lightfoot said. “I will code what I really want to say to Donald Trump. It’s two words: It begins with F and ends with YOU.”
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Happy birthday, beautiful!
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Miracle Boyd, 18, who lost several teeth during the incident Friday in Grant Park, said Monday during a rally on the South Side that she is “disgusted” at being a “victim of one of the biggest gangs in America,” referring to the police.
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BREAKING: Chicago selected to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention, beating bids from Atlanta and New York.
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Turns out, the clout-heavy Tadin family's "front yard" in Lakeview is actually public parkland, despite what the manicured hedges might lead you to believe. So our @markbrownCST decided to enjoy a little picnic in the park this afternoon. Story to come — stay tuned.
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BREAKING: A wealthy family is blocking off park district land and using it for its own front yard in Lakeview, the inspector general alleges.
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Thanks to @chancetherapper , six mental wellness providers in Cook County will each receive $100,000 grants, @mitchtrout reports.
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JUST IN: The board that controls public radio station WBEZ on Tuesday approved the acquisition of the Chicago Sun-Times, taking a major step forward in a deal to create one of the largest nonprofit news organizations in the country.
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Happy birthday, Chicago! 🎉 🎊 🎉
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said “Smith’s tearful, self-serving (Oscar) acceptance speech” was “worse” than the slap: “The speech was about justifying his violence.”
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Prosecutors say a Chicago-area man had been listening to conservative talk radio about the Israel-Hamas war before confronting and fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian boy and badly wounding his mother.
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A retired friend and I were motivated to wear our MAGA hats to the Auto Show in Chicago. In fact, we felt it was our duty, a @Suntimes reader writes. The response was a surprise.
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Colin Kaepernick is better than any quarterback the Bears have. He’s better than backup Chase Daniel, who, by the way, is better than starter Mitch Trubisky. They should sign him.
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“Today a bald eagle flew in to check out the South Loop but our local seagulls escorted him out promptly,” said a man who was able to capture video of a bald eagle flying around his office building with 10 seagulls following it, @AliceBazerghi reports.
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The FOP president ripped the mayor’s response to the teen looting in the South Loop, saying “Nobody is renaming anybody little mini-Al Capones. But they certainly, in many cases, had the same, terrorizing effect that Al Capone had 100 years ago.”
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Suburban police chiefs and the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police have voted "no confidence" in Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx.
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R. Kelly “refused transport” from federal lockup to Leighton Criminal Court building for the first hearing since he was indicted in federal courts in Chicago and New York, @agrimm34 reports.
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UPDATE: Five people were killed and 16 others wounded when a gunman started shooting 10 minutes after the Highland Park Fourth of July parade kicked off Monday morning, authorities said.
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A federal judge in #Chicago said the continued separation of Brazilian mom, Lidia Souza, and 9-year-old son, Diogo, “irreparably harms them both” and ordered his release after a weeks-long separation that happened at the border. #zerotolerance
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Chicago saw a 75% increase in shooting incidents and 139% increase in murders for July 2020 compared to the same month a year ago, according to police data.
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Lawyer Natalie Khawam said the U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Division told her that the other soldier bludgeoned 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillen with a hammer at Fort Hood and later dismembered her and buried the remains in the woods.
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BREAKING NEWS: Special Prosecutor Dan Webb announced he concluded his investigation into the handling of last year’s Jussie Smollett hate-crime prosecution and found Kim Foxx and her office put out several false and misleading statements about the case.
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Nearly three-fourths of the Chicago City Council is demanding the resignation of Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara after he defended the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week.
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Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' donation will create the Waymaker Fund for Immigrant Children and help support immigrant children who migrate to the United States by themselves or who have been forcibly taken from their parents.
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If there’s no room in the Chicago FOP for cops who kneel with protestors, there should be even less tolerance for a cop busted in the Capitol Hill riot, writes the CST Editorial Board.
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A former tech salesman from Lake View formed a political action committee to put a binding referendum on the Nov. 5 ballot asking Chicagoans if they want the power to recall the mayor.
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New office, who dis?
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. @Suntimes , can we borrow some boxes when you’re done with them?
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The Lollapalooza lineup just added a splash of K-Pop with the announcement late Tuesday of headlining sets by j-hope of BTS and the boy band Tomorrow X Together.
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For the first time, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office said Friday, the backlog of about 1,800 untested sex assault kits in early 2019 is now down to zero.
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Although initially listed in critical condition and facing euthanasia following the 8-mile, shoeless ride which snarled traffic Monday, the injured horse is expected to be able to walk again in a quiet, stable environment, added Ald. Ray Lopez.
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BREAKING: Ald. Ed Burke has been charged with one count of attempted extortion for alleged trying to use his powerful position on the City Council to solicit business for his private law firm, @SeidelContent & @mitchdudek report.
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A crowd of protesters sparred with a group of #Chicago police officers Saturday evening near the street where an officer fatally shot a man during a confrontation in South Shore. (WARNING: Sensitive language) READ THE STORY:
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BREAKING: Federal agents showed up unannounced at the City Hall office of Finance Committee Chairman Ed Burke, kicked everyone out and papered over the windows this morning, @fspielman & @SeidelContent report.
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Former Chicagoan and wife welcome new addition to their family
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Jimmy Butler removed rearview mirror from his car because he never looks back. #Bulls
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Austin Jones, the YouTube star whose music has been heard millions of times, pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography Friday, @samjcharles reports.
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Caravans of cars adorned with flags filled the streets in honor of Mexican Independence Day in downtown Chicago and beyond. Story: Photos📸: Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times
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Colin Kaepernick donates to Black Youth Project 100
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Yes, Mayor Lori Lightfoot saw the memes of her this weekend. And yes, she enjoyed them as much as we did 😂
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