CHICAGO - The arrow was pointing up for the White Sox going into Wednesday's City Series matchup. Tuesday's opener at Wrigley Field ended with the homer and the gloating, giving Sox fans a chance to look down on their North Side peers for the first t

Chalise Scholl says she had to cash in her life insurance policy to bury her mother two years ago. Now Scholl is raising money for her own funeral. Diagnosed with stage 4 cervical cancer, doctors have given her six months to live. She's 37. She sells

CHICAGO - Walking into Haven Studios, a music mentoring program on the South Side, Arthur DuBois was told by founder Andre "Add-2" Daniels that the space was for young folks. DuBois retort: "I'm young at heart." The Bronzeville resident has rehearsed

As Generation Z starts entering the workforce, office interior designers are creating flexible workspaces that offer the privacy young workers - those born between 1997 and 2012 - demand. Design experts say privacy is important to this young generati

When Illinois' legislature voted to legalize cannabis, you thought it sounded like a cool idea. Then you realized ... you're actually not all that cool. In fact, your experience with how to gracefully navigate the world of cannabis might be limited t

Make the great outdoors even greater with cool gadgets to make life easier so you can further enjoy all of summer's awesomeness. Yes, we know that you may get outside to get away from technology, but items like a Wi-Fi barbecue thermometer means you

Director Ava DuVernay doesn't want anyone calling her "Auntie." Oprah Winfrey says she cringes at the title and Gayle King thinks it should be reserved for the "old lady who lives in the neighborhood." This doesn't apply to actual nieces and nephews,

Paula Saunders published "The Distance Home" to strong reviews last year, but it had percolated for decades. The book - a deeply resonant novel that explores the struggles of a Midwestern family - is autobiographical. Saunders grew up in South Dakota

Elizabeth Warren can do it. Yes, she can. I'll concede that betting on winners and losers in the Democratic presidential free-for-all is like betting on Chicago weather in June. Only fools and hardcore gamblers would dare. But if I had to gamble, I'd

CHICAGO - In 2017, the Bulls acquired the draft rights to Lauri Markkanen despite having power forwards Nikola Mirotic and Bobby Portis already on the roster. Last year, the Bulls drafted Wendell Carter Jr. with their No. 7 pick despite having Robin

CHICAGO - Poor communication between law enforcement and medical staff violated patient rights standards in the case of a newborn who was cut from his mother's womb and brought to a suburban hospital with another woman, according to a federal inspect

CHICAGO - Just off the coast of Louisiana, where the Mississippi River lets out into the Gulf of Mexico, an enormous algae bloom, fueled by fertilizer from Midwestern farm fields and urban sewage, creates an area so devoid of oxygen it's uninhabitabl

CHICAGO - A gunman opened fire on a Chicago Transit Authority bus Monday evening, leaving three people wounded, two of them seriously, authorities said. The shooting occurred on a northbound No. 75 bus in the 7700 block of South State Street in the C

Leonard Floyd is bigger than he was a year ago. He's stronger. And, most importantly, he's healthy. That all added up to him being the most head-turning player on the field during the Bears' offseason program. If things go right, it could prove to be

How did an apparently sincere tribute turn into such a weirdly clueless vanity project? The music scene evoked in the documentary "Echo in the Canyon" remains a chimerical wonder, equal parts bliss and chaos. In the 1960s, a daisy chain of like-minde

CHICAGO - You can ditch your car for public transit and refill a reusable water bottle rather than buying plastic. But good luck finding a "green" substitute for an airline flight - unless you happened to be on a particular Los Angeles-bound United A

CHICAGO - One of the most jarring images from baseball this season came last month when Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. lined a foul ball into the seats in Houston, striking a young fan. White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez hit a sharp foul into the

CHICAGO - John Paxson has publicly stated his desire to upgrade at point guard so often that Kris Dunn may have whiplash. It's a guarantee at least one new point guard will be on the roster come training camp. Whether that player arrives via Thursday

CHICAGO - WeWork has signed its 12th lease in Chicago, pushing its footprint to more than 1 million square feet and making the co-working giant the largest tenant leasing office space downtown. The New York-based company's latest deal is for almost 9

It was known as the "tanker war." In 1987, Iran wreaked havoc on global energy supplies moving through the Strait of Hormuz, using mines to attack Kuwaiti oil tankers and eventually triggering direct conflict between U.S. naval forces and Iranian ves