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Zion Williamson’s injury puts scare into Bulls’ hopes — but he shouldn’t have been playing anyway
Chicago Tribune - Phil Rosenthal
Thanks a lot, Nike. The Bulls have a slender strand of hope for redeeming this awful season, and it threatened to rip like a badly made shoe. Watching No. 1 NBA draft pick Zion Williamson of Duke go down
Chicago White Sox
White Sox players pose on photo day
Chicago Tribune
White Sox players pose for the cameras Feb. 21, 2019 on photo day during spring training at Camelback Ranch in Glendale, Ariz. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
Gun Control
Aurora mass shooting points to gaps in Illinois gun laws, say authors of new study prompted by Mercy Hospital rampage
Chicago Tribune - Annie Sweeney
The ink on a new report on Illinois gun laws was barely dry when news broke of a mass shooting in Aurora by a convicted felon who should not have been carrying a handgun. The report, prompted by Chicago’s
What will the White Sox's opening-day lineup look like? And who will make the roster?
Chicago Tribune - Teddy Greenstein
Where does Manny Machado’s decision to sign with the Padres leave the White Sox roster and lineup? With spring training games beginning Saturday, here’s a breakdown of the team and our projection of the
Bohemian Rhapsody
'Rocketman' looks to duplicate success of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Chicago Tribune - Nick Turner
After Twentieth Century Fox's "Bohemian Rhapsody" became the highest-grossing musical biopic of all time, Viacom's Paramount Pictures is looking to find success with another legendary artist: Elton John.
The Theatre
John Cameron Mitchell on the shamanic powers of 'Hedwig,' contemporary queerness and his favorite nun
Chicago Tribune - KT Hawbaker
I remember the miracle of watching “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” for the first time. I was sitting on a couch in St. Louis with the person I thought I loved most in the world. He’d just come out. I was to.
Chicago Bulls
Zion Williamson is insured but could still lose millions if draft stock falls
Chicago Tribune - Chuck Schilken
Duke basketball star Zion Williamson has an insurance policy that will pay him $8 million if an injury causes him to drop past the No. 16 pick in the NBA draft, according to the Action Network’s Darren
Maxine Waters
Feds say Coast Guard officer who stockpiled weapons made hit list of Democrats
Chicago Tribune - Michael Kunzelman and Michael Balsamo
A Coast Guard officer who espoused white supremacist views, dreamed of mass murder and stockpiled weapons in his basement apartment drew up what appeared to be a computer-spreadsheet hit list of Democratic
Chicago Cubs
With tickets on sale Friday, Cubs roll out a redesigned app to help fans make the transition to the digital-only format
Chicago Tribune - Mark Gonzales
Single-game tickets for 2019 Cubs games go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, and fans unaccustomed to the new digital-only format can familiarize themselves quickly. A redesigned version of the MLB Ballpark is
Sports
Bears linebacker Sam Acho shares his faith in spiritual playbook: 'I've been tested'
Chicago Tribune - Jerry Davich
When Chicago Bears linebacker Sam Acho injured his pectoral muscle in week four of last year’s NFL season, he felt sacked for a loss emotionally. “I was definitely disappointed,” he told me. The Bears
In Jussie Smollett case, Chicago police showed us the right way to behave
Chicago Tribune - Rex Huppke
When it comes to the much-commented-on Jussie Smollett case, I have one thing to say: Kudos to the Chicago Police Department. Kudos to police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, who stood before a preposterous
Gardening
Pay attention to hardiness zones listed for plants but consider other factors
Chicago Tribune - Tim Johnson
How accurate are the hardiness zones that I see listed for plants that I would like to try in my garden? I would like to try some plants that are listed as zone 6. — Samantha Wells, Highwood Choosing that
North Dakota
4-year-old North Dakota boy inspires with trampoline act
Chicago Tribune - Associated Press
A North Dakota charity event turned into worldwide inspiration when a 4-year-old boy performed his favorite trampoline act in his wheelchair. Wyatt Burggraff was born with spina bifida, a birth defect
Chicago, IL
Baltimore Spirits embracing history and innovation in every bottle
Chicago Tribune - Lisa Futterman
I recently had drinks with Max Lents, of the Baltimore Spirits Co., at Scofflaw, the Logan Square gin bar, to taste through his innovative lineup of spirits that just launched in Chicago. First, Max ordered
Karl Lagerfeld
Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77
Chicago Tribune - Harrison Smith
Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly outsold the Beatles, died Feb. 21.
University of Illinois
Trial of man accused of kidnapping, killing Yingying Zhang, a U of I scholar from China, could begin in July
Chicago Tribune - The Associated Press
Attorneys for a man accused of kidnapping and killing a University of Illinois scholar from China say they could be ready for a trial to begin July 1. A judge already denied a request from Brendt Christensen's
Sports
Paris wants breakdancing to be Olympic sport at 2024 Games
Chicago Tribune - John Leicester
Getting hip to breakdancing's appeal with young audiences, organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics want the dance sport that spread from New York in the 1970s to become a medal event at the games. The final
The Theatre
Art on theMart announces new videos for spring — part of Year of Chicago Theatre
Chicago Tribune - Steve Johnson
Art on theMart, the fledgling video projection project on the south facade of the Merchandise Mart, is celebrating Chicago theater with the second round of video art it will display, the organization Thursday.
War
Vandals tried to torch a statue of General Lee. It honors a WWII veteran, not the Confederate leader.
Chicago Tribune - Antonia Noori Farzan
Just outside downtown Dunn, North Carolina, a historic antebellum-style house honors Maj. Gen. William C. Lee, a hometown hero often described as the father of the U.S. Army's airborne infantry. The World
Chicago White Sox
White Sox spring training updates: Rain falls on team photo day
Chicago Tribune - Teddy Greenstein
Thursday could be a short work day for the White Sox. First of all, it’s photo day. Players are posing for pictures, recording promotional spots and hamming it up for in-house videos. Second, the weather
College Sports
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim hit and killed man who was walking on the interstate
Chicago Tribune - Associated Press
Longtime Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim struck and killed a man standing along an interstate late Wednesday night as he tried to avoid hitting the man's disabled vehicle, police say. Syracuse police
Health
One number determines who gets an organ transplant, and it's horribly unfair
Chicago Tribune - Joshua Mezrich
We have a liver selection meeting every Wednesday to consider which patients will get transplants. Each patient is listed by name, age, weight, diagnosis and MELD score - a number, based entirely on lab
Polling
Here's what you need to know before voting in Chicago
Chicago Tribune - Anna Kim
The Chicago municipal election to replace outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel and elect a city clerk, city treasurer and aldermen is Feb. 26, and you might have some questions before heading to the polls. Here’s
Civil Rights
USA Today reporters scoured hundreds of yearbooks for racist photos. They found one published by their own editor.
Chicago Tribune - Tim Elfrink
Earlier this month, dozens of reporters affiliated with USA Today started reading through hundreds of old yearbooks. A national reckoning had begun over blackface and other racist photos after an offensive
Jerry Lee Lewis
How Chicago's Robbie Fulks built a feisty partnership with Linda Gail Lewis, sister of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis
Chicago Tribune - Greg Kot
Robbie Fulks figured he would push the boundaries a bit in the first song he wrote for Linda Gail Lewis, the firebrand sister of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis, but he really didn’t know how she’d
Pope Francis
Pope Francis offers 21 proposals to fight abuse at start of Vatican summit
Chicago Tribune - Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis opened a landmark sex abuse prevention summit Thursday by offering senior Catholic leaders 21 proposals to punish predators and keep children safe, warning that the faithful are demanding
Sports
6 things to know about Amanda Sobhy, the top U.S. squash contender at Worlds Championships at Union Station
Chicago Tribune - Phil Thompson
Amanda Sobhy may not be the most recognizable name to most Chicagoans, but the city represents a lot for America’s highest ranked squash player. When the world’s No. 10 player takes on England’s Julianne
Catholicism
Activists topple statue of prominent Polish priest in abuse protest
Chicago Tribune - Vanessa Gera
Activists in Poland toppled a statue of a prominent Solidarity-era priest early Thursday amid allegations that he sexually abused minors, a protest against what they called a failure by the Catholic Church
Chicago Cubs
Preparation — and good posture — keeps Cole Hamels in prime pitching shape
Chicago Tribune - Mark Gonzales
It’s no coincidence that Cubs left-hander Cole Hamels has been a model of durability over his 13-year major league career. Hamels, 35, has been able to make 30 or more starts in 10 of the last 11 seasons,
Commuting
No injuries reported in extra-alarm industrial fire in West Town neighborhood
Chicago Tribune - Elvia Malagon
No one was injured in an early morning industrial fire in the West Town neighborhood, but service was disrupted on the CTA’s Green and Pink Lines. The fire started about 4:30 a.m. Thursday in a metal business

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Zion Williamson’s injury puts scare into Bulls’ hopes — but he shouldn’t have been playing anyway

White Sox players pose on photo day

Aurora mass shooting points to gaps in Illinois gun laws, say authors of new study prompted by Mercy Hospital rampage

What will the White Sox's opening-day lineup look like? And who will make the roster?

'Rocketman' looks to duplicate success of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'

John Cameron Mitchell on the shamanic powers of 'Hedwig,' contemporary queerness and his favorite nun

Zion Williamson is insured but could still lose millions if draft stock falls

Feds say Coast Guard officer who stockpiled weapons made hit list of Democrats

With tickets on sale Friday, Cubs roll out a redesigned app to help fans make the transition to the digital-only format

Bears linebacker Sam Acho shares his faith in spiritual playbook: 'I've been tested'

In Jussie Smollett case, Chicago police showed us the right way to behave

Pay attention to hardiness zones listed for plants but consider other factors

4-year-old North Dakota boy inspires with trampoline act

Baltimore Spirits embracing history and innovation in every bottle

Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77

Trial of man accused of kidnapping, killing Yingying Zhang, a U of I scholar from China, could begin in July

Paris wants breakdancing to be Olympic sport at 2024 Games

Art on theMart announces new videos for spring — part of Year of Chicago Theatre

Vandals tried to torch a statue of General Lee. It honors a WWII veteran, not the Confederate leader.

White Sox spring training updates: Rain falls on team photo day

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim hit and killed man who was walking on the interstate

One number determines who gets an organ transplant, and it's horribly unfair

Here's what you need to know before voting in Chicago

USA Today reporters scoured hundreds of yearbooks for racist photos. They found one published by their own editor.

How Chicago's Robbie Fulks built a feisty partnership with Linda Gail Lewis, sister of rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis

Pope Francis offers 21 proposals to fight abuse at start of Vatican summit

6 things to know about Amanda Sobhy, the top U.S. squash contender at Worlds Championships at Union Station

Activists topple statue of prominent Polish priest in abuse protest

Preparation — and good posture — keeps Cole Hamels in prime pitching shape

No injuries reported in extra-alarm industrial fire in West Town neighborhood