CHICAGO — Echaka Agba and Adhana Reid read the parts of Joy and Eva, a mother-daughter duo in the play “Southside Summer,” describing at his funeral how the character Eva’s younger brother Emmanuel was killed. “Emmanuel loved running around the house, …
Chicago Bulls lose at the United Center again — and now are down 3-1 in their playoff series to Milwaukee Bucks
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls delivered hope in Game 4 of their series with the Milwaukee Bucks. That was an improvement, at least, for fans at the United Center after the beatdown of Game 3. The offense matched blows with the Bucks throughout the first …
Illinois school districts await $87 million owed after state overpaid Chicago Public Schools
CHICAGO — Hundreds of Illinois school districts are awaiting their share of $87 million in funding mistakenly allocated to Chicago Public Schools, which has been asked to reimburse the state for the overpayment. A total of 769 school districts are slat…
Bulls suffer 111-81 blowout loss to Bucks, who take 2-1 series lead
CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls returned to the United Center for their first playoff game in five years with home-court advantage and the momentum of a road win at their back. But they limped out of Game 3 with a 111-81 beatdown as the Milwaukee Bucks bou…
Prosecutor praises ex-Chicago alderman’s ‘singular’ cooperation as judge goes along with deferred prosecution deal
CHICAGO — A federal prosecutor on Thursday delivered an impassioned defense of the deferred prosecution deal with former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis, telling the federal judge overseeing the high-profile case that Solis’ cooperation was perhaps “sing…
Commentary: We can’t let people policing others become a new form of status and citizenship
Everywhere you look, people seem to be losing rights. Texas’ Senate Bill 8, which its legislators passed last year, was perhaps the most shocking example of this anti-rights wave. It’s one of the most severe restrictions on abortion rights in the Unite…
In memory: Actor Robert Morse, dead at 90, succeeded in show business his way
Robert Morse died at 90 recently, on April 20. Decades before introducing himself to millions as the eccentric, bow-tied, frequently barefoot advertising honcho in “Mad Men,” he built a zigzagging, often frustrated career on a particular mad charm enti…
Illinois appellate court reinstates COVID requirements for employees of Chicago schools
CHICAGO — An Illinois appellate court on Wednesday sided with Chicago Public Schools in vacating a temporary restraining order that prevented the district from taking employment action against six CPS teachers for refusing to submit proof of vaccinatio…
The stream became a binge: Netflix has hit rough times but streaming has permanently altered Hollywood with a deluge of TV and film
Earlier this week Netflix announced what many thought was previously unthinkable: The streaming service’s indomitable upward trajectory was no longer a sure thing. For the first time in a decade, Netflix lost subscribers — some 200,000 — in the first q…
Commentary: Boosting oil production won’t fix our woes. Enacting a carbon tax is critical to our future
Last Earth Day, President Joe Biden pledged that the U.S. would cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, compared with 2005 levels. It was a welcome declaration, albeit only a first step toward what is required to prevent the worst consequence…