Boston Red Sox’s Marco Hernandez throws to first to get out Chicago Cubs’ Kris Bryant in the seventh inning of a baseball game on Sunday, April 30, 2017, in Boston. BOSTON — Marco Hernandez scored the go-ahead run on Pedro Strop’s wild pitch in Boston’s four-run eighth inning, helping the Red Sox beat the sloppy […]
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Column: Refs won’t bite as Hoiberg tries ‘palming’ off blame
Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas drives to the basket against Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade during the first quarter of a first-round NBA playoff game in Boston on Wednesday, April 26, 2017. We pause in a postseason packed with great press-conference performances to award a gold star to Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg for his “get-off-my-lawn” […]
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United drags passenger off overbooked flight
CHICAGO — Video shows three security officials dragging a male passenger from a United Airlines flight that the airline said was overbooked as it waited to depart from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Passenger Audra D. Bridges posted the video on Facebook after the incident Sunday evening. It shows the guards grabbing the screaming man from […]
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Justice Department to investigate Chicago Police
CHICAGO — A Chicago police officer will not be charged in the shooting of a 25-year-old black man who authorities said was armed with a gun as he ran away from officers, prosecutors announced Monday, the same day the U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation into patterns of racial disparity in the use of force […]
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Chicago officer charged with murder in teen’s shooting
CHICAGO — A white Chicago police officer accused of fatally shooting a black teenager was charged with murder Tuesday, just a day ahead of a deadline for the city to release a squad-car video of the killing. The state’s attorney’s office said in a statement that Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged with first degree […]
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Former House Speaker Hastert pleads guilty to lying to FBI
CHICAGO — Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to lying to the FBI in a hush-money scheme, agreeing to a deal with federal prosecutors that recommends he serve no more than six months in prison and averting a trial in the case. A judge, however, could go beyond that recommendation and give the former House speaker […]
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Chicago tops Boston
BOSTON (AP) — Adam Eaton had three hits and drove in two runs to lift the Chicago White Sox to a 10-8 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night. It was the fifth straight win for the White Sox, coming off a four-game sweep at home over Cleveland. Eaton had a triple, double […]
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Lakshmi Das
1924 – 2015 AUBURN — Lakshmi Das died at her home at Schooner Estates on July 23, completing a remarkable journey which took her from British-occupied India to Stetson Road in Auburn. Born on July 2, 1924 in Secunderabad, India, to Ambat and Thankam Menon, she was educated at Keyes High School for Girls (Secunderabad) […]
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Jack H. Sloan
1935 – 2014 HURST, Texas—U.S. Air Force retired Maj. Jack H. Sloan gave up his battle with Alzheimer’s Disease on Saturday, Oct. 18. He was born on June 6, 1935, in Chicago, to Harold and Margaret Sloan, who predeceased him. He is survived by his wife, Wanda C. Sloan; daughters, Pat and Darrell James and […]
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Cal Thomas: Spiritual awakening needed in U.S.
Frank Sinatra’s song about Chicago, “My Kind of Town,” “a the town that won’t let you down,” seems dated in light of last weekend’s shooting spree that left 16 dead and dozens wounded in 53 separate incidents. According to the Chicago Tribune, “The victims were among 82 people shot between Thursday afternoon and early Monday.” […]