ENDORSEMENT: Iris Y. Martinez for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk
by The Sun-Times endorses state Sen. Iris Martinez for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk. | James Foster/For the Sun-Times Here’s hoping her experience as a lawmaker …
Chicago police union president says Dem pols spread ‘false’ Breonna Taylor narrative to boost Biden’s Black support
Mayor Lori Lightfoot joined Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other public officials at the Chicago Cultural Center on Wednesday to react to the charges that were …
VYPE/KPRC Local 2 Sports enter content partnership
VYPE Media, the Houston-based company that is the authority on high school and youth sports, and KPRC Channel 2, Houston’s most watched local news channel, …
Miami Heat fans prepare to be face-mask ready
Are you face mask ready for Friday’s game? The Miami Heat store has more than 20 different designs. Fans can also sign up for free …
Pandemic: UN urges help for thousands of stranded mariners
By Angela Charlton | Associated Press PARIS — Another COVID-19 problem that the U.N. is trying to solve: how to help more than 300,000 merchant …
Man dies days after Chatham shooting
A man was fatally shot Sept. 21, 2020, in Chatham. | Sun-Times file photo He was in his car in the 8200 block of South …
‘Homeland Elegies’ offers brutal, often funny look at being Muslim in post 9/11 America
By Ann Levin An elegy is a mournful poem expressing regret for something lost. Ayad Akhtar’s brilliant new novel, “Homeland Elegies,” mourns an America that …
Kentucky Senate candidates take up Breonna Taylor case
Democrat Amy McGrath called for fundamental change to combat “systemic racism” as the Senate candidate met Thursday with some of the Kentucky protesters seething over …
Warriors’ Kevon Looney played last season ‘scared to move’
Last season was one to forget for Warriors center Kevon Looney. “I played last season scared to move,” Looney, who played just 20 games last …
Innocent Madoff investors must pay back profits, court rules
Investors who profited from Bernard Madoff’s massive Ponzi scheme even though they knew nothing of it must still pay back their profits, an appeals court …
Tyler Baze is back for more Santa Anita success
Tyler Baze is coming home. The 37-year-old jockey, armed with a new agent and reunited with his family, is eager and ready to go when …
United adapts tech to cater to new demands of coronavirus pandemic
To reduce health risks for travelers during the coronavirus pandemic, airlines are adapting technology to the new needs. United Airlines fliers are able to scan …
Santa Anita horse racing consensus picks for Friday, Sept. 25 – opening day
The consensus box of picks comes from handicappers Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Terry Turrell and Eddie Wilson. Here are the picks for Friday, Sept. 25 …
Newark considering $400,000 in grants for renters, small businesses hit by pandemic
NEWARK — Some renters and small business owners feeling the financial pain of the coronavirus pandemic are set to get a little help if the …
House Democrats will take another swing at virus relief bill
By Andrew Taylor | Associated Press WASHINGTON — House Democrats are going back to the drawing board on a huge COVID-19 relief bill, paring back …
Iditarod preps for any scenario as 2021 race plans proceed
The world’s most famous sled dog race will go forward in 2021, and amid the ongoing pandemic, officials now are preparing for every possible contingency …
Out on bond? Attorney asks ‘why’ about man who attacked 3 on Metromover
Joshua King is out on bond and there are many who say that never should have happened. King, 25, attacked three people on Miami’s Metromover …
San Jose: Downtown patrols get a boost after pair of deadly attacks
SAN JOSE — After three startling homicides occurred within a few days of each other downtown — a double-fatal shooting near San Jose State University …
Stockton’s ‘America’s Got Talent’ winner brings spoken-word poetry to the masses
When Brandon Leake, a Black spoken-word artist from Stockton, pulled off a stunning victory Wednesday night on “America’s Got Talent,” he was almost as thrilled …
Utah, western states, see huge spike in coronavirus cases
A screenshot of an Axios coronavirus map that shows that — as of Sept. 22, 2020 — 7-day averages of coronavirus cases in Utah, and …
Thieves take beer, cash, cigarettes and jukebox in restaurant ripoff
Two men ransacked a Miami restaurant early Saturday morning, making off with 25 cases of beer, cigarettes, a cash register, the jukebox and a game …
2020 Elections: 3 candidates, 2 chairs in Las Virgenes Unified School District board race
Las Virgenes Unified School District Board of Education (Five-member board with two seats available) Incumbent: Linda Menges, 59, entered the race in 2015 and has …