<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>:&nbsp;After the Sun-Times covered one woman's long search for a kidney last fall, a reader stepped up to make a donation that would change both of their lives.&nbsp;</p><p>🗞️ <b>Plus</b>:&nbsp;Hundreds pay tribute to slain Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew, Pope Leo XIV's first year and more news you need to know.</p><p>📝&nbsp;<b>Keeping score</b>: The Cubs&nbsp;<a class="Link" href="https://newsletters.suntimes.com/t/t-l-wdidtit-l-j/" target="_blank" >continued their streak with an 8-3 win</a>&nbsp;over the Reds.</p><p>📧 <b>Subscribe</b>: <a class="Link" href="https://newsletter-hub.suntimes.com/" target="_blank" >Get this newsletter delivered to your inbox weekday mornings.</a></p><p>⏱️:&nbsp;<i>An 8-minute read</i></p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S WEATHER 🌤️</h4><p>Partly sunny with a high near 68.</p><hr><p></p><h4>TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎</h4><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-5a0000" name="image-5a0000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/87c9a16/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F7b%2F72%2F5907e77a46a2b357caa3e7a4329b%2Fvisitation-260508-46.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c7d784e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F7b%2F72%2F5907e77a46a2b357caa3e7a4329b%2Fvisitation-260508-46.jpg 2x" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <source width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/eac17fa/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3000x1684+0+158/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F7b%2F72%2F5907e77a46a2b357caa3e7a4329b%2Fvisitation-260508-46.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="Chicago polices officers from the 17th and 24th districts exit and get in line to enter St. Andrews Greek Orthodox Church during the visitation for officer John Bartholomew in the Edgewater neighborhood, Thursday, May 7, 2026.