“Bro, there ain’t gonna be any home runs today.” Those were the famous last words of Chicago White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito after Dylan Cease predicted Tim Anderson was about to go yard last week at Wrigley Field. Giolito’s statement made perfect sens…
Woman, 21, killed while confronting burglars among five shot — including two boys, 6 and 11 — on Chicago’s South Side Wednesday night, police say
CHICAGO — A 21-year-old woman was fatally shot while confronting burglars Wednesday night, just two hours after four others — including two children — were shot on the city’s South Side. Concerned someone was breaking into the Gresham home, the woman w…
Summer Movie Top 10 for 2022: Along with ‘Top Gun,’ will new movies from Disney, Marvel and Jordan Peele bring audiences back to theaters?
If it succeeds in drawing moviegoers into theaters, 2022 might well be on its way to a throwback summer season approaching pre-COVID 2019 box office action. Is that a pipe dream? Are people ready? The last couple of years have replaced our need for spe…
Stupefyingly difficult U. of C. Scavenger Hunt marks 35 years with Olympic condoms, aerial pancake flipping and Rube Goldberg machines
CHICAGO — The 35th annual University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt — which is nominally a scavenger hunt but closer to a campus tradition wrapped inside a multigenerational class reunion bundled into an elaborate prank requiring the cooperation of hundreds…
‘Operation Mincemeat’ review: How Colin Firth and company faked an invasion and helped win WWII, now on Netflix
With any war movie, the safe audience bet typically favors the immediate, graphic horrors of battle. That way, when you see a title such as “Hacksaw Ridge,” you know a director (in that case Mel Gibson) will be operating with a cinematic license to sla…
Today’s Chicago White Sox game is postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests on the Cleveland Guardians
CHICAGO — Wednesday’s Chicago White Sox game against the Cleveland Guardians at Guaranteed Rate Field was postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests in the Guardians organization, Major League Baseball announced. MLB will provide a rescheduling updat…
Former immigrant detainees sue Illinois sheriff, claiming they were illegally forced into labor while housed in jail
CHICAGO — Aleksey Ruderman swept and mopped the floors of McHenry County jail, wiped tables, and cleaned the showers and the toilets — all against his will and without being paid a dime, he says. Ruderman, a Jewish immigrant from Belarus, was held at t…
‘Our Father’ review: A fertility specialist fathers almost 100 children without his patients’ consent
At the moment, far too many true crime documentaries function as little more than an episode of “Dateline.” They report information but lack analysis or even thoughtful ideas about how to use the medium of film to tell a story at once shocking and infu…
White Sox ‘clean the slate’ after a tough loss, getting a strong start from Lucas Giolito in a 4-1 win
The Chicago White Sox were ready to turn the page soon after Monday’s “brutal” loss to the Cleveland Guardians. “Once it was over, it was over,” shortstop Tim Anderson said before Tuesday’s game at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox bounced back, beating t…
School of the Art Institute nontenure faculty rally in support of joining a union. ‘The current situation is completely unsustainable’
CHICAGO — Nontenure track faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago are moving to organize with the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United, the union representing staff at both the Michigan Avenue museum and its school. At a rally on the A…