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The outdoor rink and plaza, which was built in 2021 on a long-vacant lot on Madison Street, will reopen to the public on Juneteenth.

A scholar overseas says "Brexit has a lot of lessons to teach Albertans" about the dangers of a vote on separation, with October's referendum on the question of separation drawing comparisons to what he and Prime Minister Mark Carney call the ill-fated vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union.

Czech hockey players are saying goodbye to the world championship in the quarterfinals just like last year, losing to Finland 1:4. "Radim Rulík's era will be evaluated positively. He and his team did a lot for Czech hockey," says Dominik Hašek, an Olympic winner from Nagano and former hockey goaltender, after the end of the national team's coach who led him to a home world championship title.

Whether in a large corporation, a craft business, or a small company: meetings take up a lot of time in everyday work life. An expert explains which frequency is really useful for teams.

Dr David Joske admits he copped a lot of criticism when he first pioneered the use of integrative cancer treatments but his faith in the services have now been ‘rewarded a thousand-fold’.

A Holiday Inn guest found that her car had been broken into in the parking lot May 24 when she checked out of the hotel. The door handle was damaged and the steering column had been peeled.

Srinagar, May 29: Several Members of Parliament on Friday visited the residence of jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid and expressed solidarity with his family. The delegation, which included MPs Umesh Patel and Sudhakar Singh, conveyed condolences to the family and later told reporters that many voices across the country understand the pain and concerns of the people of Kashmir. “There is no doubt that the people of Kashmir have suffered a lot and their voices must be heard,” Sudhakar Singh, who led the delegation, said, as per KNS.

I've heard a lot of concern about security that is needed to justify the 1 billion dollars of tax payer money for the white house ball room. I remember the promise that NO taxpayer money would be spent: all of…

<p>Nestled in Little Palestine, amid the Mosque Foundation and a cluster of Islamic schools along Bridgeview’s Harlem Avenue, sits a small brick building that most drivers pass without a second glance. There is no grand marquee, no billboard advertisement.</p><p>The school speaks for itself.</p><p>By 8 o’clock on a weekday morning, the parking lot begins to fill. Mothers in hijab unbuckle car seats.

<p>Davis Martin sees his success as nothing more than the result of everything else that’s happening around him.</p><p>Just to be clear, though, he sure is doing his part.</p><p>Martin pitched two-hit ball over six sparkling innings, and the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a> beat the Twins 6-2 on Thursday afternoon.</p><p>Martin gave Chicago another terrific start a day after David Sandlin dominated in a 15-2 romp.</p><p>“It’s a fun team,” Martin said. “I think you talk about our offense bangs, we play great defense, it leads to these types of things. I don’t think it’s anything that I’m doing different, it’s a byproduct of a team doing a lot of good stuff together.

Summer is just around the corner and the rise in temperatures and longer days make us start thinking about vacation. You may already have everything planned or you may be about to look into it now, but you should avoid these destinations because you're going to find a lot of people. We present to you the trips to avoid!

Police say the suspect was eventually arrested after being located in a parking lot in Kahnawake with assistance from local Peacekeepers.

As a recent college graduate beginning my career, I think a lot about my future in Maine and what my generation will inherit. I believe Garrett Mason once felt, and still does feel, the same way. What I appreciate about Mason is that he represents a new generation of conservative leadership.

The Emfuleni Local Municipality and the City of Johannesburg are two very different municipalities, in size and in economic reach, but they tell a lot about the future of local government.

Unlike Habs fans in Montreal — whose fandom is visibly widespread — Carolina Hurricanes fans, known as Caniacs, are a bit harder to spot in downtown Raleigh, N.C. In the parking lot of the Lenovo Center in the city's outskirts, it's a different story.

<p>Jason Benetti didn’t leave the White Sox’ TV booth on the best of terms. But you would never know it these days.</p><p>He has been back to Rate Field many times since becoming the Tigers’ TV voice in late 2023, including last weekend. He enjoys his visits, Sox fans have been good to him and those he butted heads with at the end of his eight-year run have been, too.</p><p>“I have a lot of friends there still,” Benetti told the Sun-Times.

Trump says Iran retains about 22% of missile capability US President Donald Trump said Iran retains only about 21 to 22 percent of its missile capability following US military operations, claiming American forces had “totally destroyed” the country’s military infrastructure. Speaking to NBC News, Trump said: “I would say, percentage-wise, maybe 21, 22 percent of their missiles. It’s a lot of missiles, but it’s not what it was when we first attacked.” His comments appeared to differ from a reported assessment by US intelligence agencies cited by The New York Times, which said Iran had restored operational access to 30 of its 33 missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz and retained about 70 percent of its prewar missile stockpile.

France's justice minister Gerald Darmanin Monday refused to resign after outrage erupted over judicial lapses in the handling of the suspect in an 11-year-old girl's killing. Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Andrew Smith, Lecturer in Liberal Arts at Queen Mary's London, says that Darmanin's decision not to resign "may well be taken out of his hands at some point" adding that "there's a lot of public anger here and the justice ministry trying to say that it's the fault of magistrates is not landing, people are not buying this".

A surveillance image of alleged suspects in a national wholesale theft ring. Scammers showed up in trucks with fake logos and registrations to boost copper, cigarettes and a whole lot of Manchego cheese, officials said. [ more › ]

June is gay pride month and Jerusalem’s Pride and Tolerance march took place on Thursday. This year’s march took on a political tone as the parade route took marchers to Israel’s parliament. While LGBT people have more civil rights in Israel than many other countries in the Middle East, attendees said there’s still a lot of room for progress.

I’m going to try to not bury the lead here: the Democrats are disingenuous and deceitful.  This election season we’ve heard a lot of talk about affordability. Yet one of the most deserving and hard-working groups — tipped workers — still pay Maine taxes on tips because Maine has not conformed its income tax code […]

Dear Heloise: Because I don't drink a lot of milk often, I buy a quart of lactose-free milk. There are several varieties. It lasts longer than regular milk, way past the date that is stated on the carton — sometimes…

Lululemon is expecting its situation to get a lot worse before it gets better, as it issued weak guidance for the full year.

U.S. commercial oil inventories may be too low for comfort as the war with Iran enters its fourth month far from a clear resolution — and a lot is riding on how much longer the conflict drags on.

When you understand why we have policies, it’s a lot easier to see the intrinsic tension between those who swear by them and those who curse their very existence.

Gică Hagi a anunțat vineri lotul României pentru meciul cu Țara Galilor. Cu o zi înainte de debutul pe teren propriu din al doilea mandat, „Regele” a decis să excludă din lot șapte jucători, iar unul dintre aceștia este fiul său.

Depression can be a huge challenge for a relationship. Loved ones of someone with depression often feel helpless. But there is actually a lot they can do ― and a lot they shouldn't.

BRENTWOOD — Store managers at the Brentwood Promenade shopping center here said it's business as usual after a small sinkhole opened up in the southwest corner of the plaza's parking lot earlier this week.

The recently announced <a href="https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2026/06/02/anchorage-assembly-resurrects-zoning-policy-under-new-name-with-changes/" target="_blank" rel="" title="https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2026/06/02/anchorage-assembly-resurrects-zoning-policy-under-new-name-with-changes/">zoning ordinance</a> sponsored by Assembly members Erin Baldwin Day and George Martinez seeks to increase housing density by allowing taller homes — 40 feet in most zones, including single-family R2 zones like South Addition — and reduced setbacks of zero feet along common lot lines. Were you in Anchorage during the zero-lot-line homes built in the ’70s and ’80s? Let’s not repeat those mistakes.

OPEC+ this Sunday decided to add another 188,000 barrels of crude to its collective production next month despite the ongoing disruption in the Middle East resulting from the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran. The group has approved a series of output hikes totaling close to 600,000 barrels daily since April, but this has remained largely on paper as a lot of big producers in the Middle East cannot restore production to pre-war levels due to the continued blockage in the Strait of Hormuz.

There has been a lot of focus on the retail sector recently. With Mr Price and The Foschini Group having both reported on Friday, investors will be bombarded with analysis around the clothing sector. And with good reason – this area of the market has served up the kind of volatility that traders live for.

A renowned academic, Wood was hit by a car as he was crossing a supermarket’s parking lot and later died of the injuries Gordon S Wood, a Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian, was killed on Sunday when he was struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in Rhode Island. Wood, 92, won the Pulitzer in 1993 in the history category for The Radicalism of the American Revolution, a landmark tome that advanced the theory of the break with Britain being at least as much of an internal social and political transformation as a desire to be rid of colonial masters. This story was amended on 8 June 2026 to correct the Pulitzer prize-winning book’s title to The Radicalism of the American Revolution.

By Elena Tittel/Medill News Service WASHINGTON – A North Carolina jury convicted a man for carjacking a truck from a McDonald’s parking lot by holding something “cold and hard” on the driver’s neck. A federal appeals court overturned the conviction in 2016, citing insufficient evidence. “The evidence was insufficient to support a rational finding beyond […]

London still has a lot going for it: History, habit and all the past investments that turned it into a global financial hub can't be easily thrown away

Nothing in life is certain, and unfortunately, a lot can go wrong in the lead-up to an important holiday or trip. Whether it’s a sudden illness, a family emergency, or severe weather, cancelling a trip can be stressful, especially if you’ve invested in non-refundable bookings. Ensuring you have the right travel insurance cover in place […] The post Trip Cancellation Insurance a Must for Travellers appeared first on The Namibian .

An Oklahoma man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly pinning a sheriff's deputy with his vehicle in a Walmart parking lot in Crete, prompting the deputy to fire his weapon.

Albertans who want to cheer on their favourite team with an early morning drink will soon have a lot more chances at their local pub. The Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Commission announced it is introducing new early liquor service hours across the province.

This weekend saw the French Open wrap up with Russia’s Mirra Andreeva winning the women’s final. There has since been a lot of speculation regarding why her country’s flag was not allowed at the trophy ceremony. Some online are that claiming French President Emmanuel Macron is responsible, but as France 24's Charlotte Hughes explains, this is not the case.

Do we really want a senator who is so proud of getting more money for Alaska to be better prepared for war? Should we be spending a lot more time on peace instead? Remember: You will eventually get what you ask for.

As a child growing up in gloomy northern England, David Hockney noticed the sharply defined shadows in the Hollywood films of comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. “Strong shadows meant a lot of sun,” the painter recalled to BBC television in 2009. “So I thought, well, wherever that is, it’s always sunny.” Two decades later, Hockney […]

The City of Winnipeg has unfairly rushed forward a hotly debated housing project for the Granite Curling Club’s parking lot “at lightning speed,” a court was told Tuesday. The curling […]

Pakistanis are already paying heavy taxes on petrol, and now government wants more at time of purchase too. This is layered on top of existing sales tax, excise duty, withholding tax, and registration fees. Even a few thousand rupees matters a lot when monthly incomes are tight.

The Trump family’s foray into the world of crypto has been lucrative, but has attracted a lot of scrutiny. One agreement in particular stands out.

Samolot PLL LOT lecący z Warszawy do Tivat musiał wrócić do stolicy. Powodem była usterka podgrzewania szyby w kokpicie. Po zamianie maszyny rejs miał być kontynuowany, jednak już na inne lotnisko w Czarnogórze.

The big interest in a small dip in Oahu’s electric bills says a lot about the general anxiety concerning the high cost of living. Hawaiian Electric announced that June household electric expenditures are dropping 2.5% after a 14.4% increase in May and a 14% hike in April, due to the war with Iran.

Who could represent the EU in possible Ukraine negotiations with Russia? There has been a lot of speculation about this question recently. At a meeting of foreign ministers, however, the focus is now elsewhere.

Contract offers via messenger are not valid forever: even among friends and even when it comes to a lot of money. This is shown by a recent judgment.

On the path to financial independence, a lot can go wrong. An early retirement couple reveals how to avoid the biggest pitfalls – and make the dream of early retirement come true.

Located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, the luxury fast-food brand called "Beau" is already generating a lot of buzz.

South Korea is a country where people work a lot, and their sleep suffers as a result. Now, the capital has prioritized nappers.

<p>When Ricardo Navarrete is running with a soccer ball at his feet, the world melts away.</p><p>But for more than two months, the Mather High School senior didn’t have that escape.</p><p>Since March, he’s been stuck in cramped detention facilities with barely enough room for pushups after federal immigration officials took him and his mother, Liliana Navarrete, into custody during a routine hearing for their asylum case.</p><p>There’s a lot Ricardo missed. Weeks of his club soccer season. Senior prom.

<p>The Cubs started demolishing the former House of the Good Shepherd in Lake View as part of an effort to expand its nearby Camry parking lot, at Racine Avenue and Grace Street.</p><p>The team purchased the site from Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago and began demolishing the former domestic violence shelter in late April. A permit to tear down the two-story building was issued by the city April 20. </p><p>The team wants to add 259 parking spaces ahead of the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2025/07/24/mlb-cubs-set-to-announce-next-week-that-2027-all-star-game-is-coming-to-wrigley-field" >2027 All-Star Game</a> at Wrigley Field.

These days, I feel that we are closer to each other than before. We share one another’s joys and sorrows and spend a lot of time together. We take walks, go out, talk about movies and TV series, and sometimes visit our favorite burger place.

Speaking at Amazon’s AI on the Lot event, the Rogue One film-maker Gareth Edwards said ‘it’ll do anything you ask’ and ‘it’s going to be better than CGI’ Jurassic World Rebirth and Rogue One director Gareth Edwards has enthusiastically endorsed the use of generative AI in film-making, saying “it is a fucking genius at helping you” and “it’s going to be better than CGI”. Edwards was speaking at AI on the Lot, an event in Culver City, California, organised by Amazon, and in remarks reported by the Hollywood Reporter said: “I can’t see a reason why you wouldn’t become interested in this stuff as a film-maker. It’s so clearly a tool that might be up there with the camera.

Un lot de salată de icre cu hering și ceapă a fost rechemat de la consumatori ca măsură de precauție, după ce analizele au indicat prezența bacteriei Listeria monocytogenes. Persoanele care au cumpărat produsul sunt sfătuite să nu îl consume și îl pot returna.

Democratic congressman issues qualified defense of Maine candidate in his bid to unseat Republican Susan Collins Progressive Democratic congressman Ro Khanna issued a qualified defense of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner on Sunday, saying “his actions were misogynistic, they were shameful, they were wrong, but they didn’t come as a surprise to a lot of the folks in Maine.” The former Marine-turned-oyster farmer, who is campaigning to unseat the state’s Republican senator Susan Collins in November, has been hit with successive waves of accusation about his past actions, including sending sexually explicit messages he sent to women while married and being stenciled with a Nazi-themed tattoo. Continue reading...

An officer with Mercy Health Police Department shot and killed a man Saturday after reports of an active shooter in the parking lot.

<p>In Kim Thayil’s upcoming memoir, the guitarist sheds light on a rather “Superunknown” fact about his band Soundgarden and the genesis of Seattle’s grunge scene — it all started in the Chicago suburbs.</p><p>“While Seattle is where Soundgarden began, the true roots of the Seattle Sound and the grunge story can be traced to a suburb of Chicago — Park Forest,” writes Thayil in “A Screaming Life: Into the Superunknown with Soundgarden and Beyond,” (out June 9 from HarperCollins Publishers). “I have a lot of pride in what I consider to be my hometown.”</p><p>Across nearly 300 detailed pages, co-written with Adem Tepedelen, the book traces Thayil’s journey growing up in the south suburb as the son of immigrant Indian parents (who bought him his first guitar at Sears) to becoming one of the most iconic figures in the ’90s rock milieu. And it’s in large part due to the community established here first.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="Enhancement-item" data-crop=""> <figure class="Figure"><a class="AnchorLink" id="image-410000" name="image-410000"></a> <picture data-crop="medium"> <source type="image/webp" width="490" height="275" data-srcset="https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8ad8940/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5708x3203+0+787/resize/490x275!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F1b%2Faa%2F1ad6c3034ef38b5fe97b67153877%2Finsert001-002-9780062586407.jpg 1x,https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7f41349/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5708x3203+0+787/resize/980x550!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F1b%2Faa%2F1ad6c3034ef38b5fe97b67153877%2Finsert001-002-9780062586407.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/9916133/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5708x3203+0+787/resize/490x275!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fchorus-production-cst-web.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2F1b%2Faa%2F1ad6c3034ef38b5fe97b67153877%2Finsert001-002-9780062586407.jpg" data-lazy-load="true" srcset="data:image/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZlcnNpb249IjEuMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNzVweCIgd2lkdGg9IjQ5MHB4Ij48L3N2Zz4=" /> <img class="Image" alt="The Thayil family gathers for a reunion in Bombay, India, during Christmas of 1968.

<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: The Bears announced Friday they're moving forward with plans to build a stadium in Indiana. But there's still a lot to do to make it happen, so Illinois isn't completely out of contention.

<p>There has been very little levity in terms of Bulls basketball in the last decade.</p><p>On many game nights, TV analyst — and former championship player — Stacey King was a lone beacon through a lot of dark seasons, a big man with an even bigger personality.</p><p>Now that the organization seemingly is headed in a positive direction, it was more than just a gut punch when the Bulls announced Sunday that King had died at 59. No cause was given.</p><p>King is slated to undergo a head autopsy, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. He was pronounced dead Sunday morning in the 500 block of Bonnie Brae in River Forest, where he also lived.

Officers patrolling the Walmart parking lot at 8 p.m. on May 18 were flagged down by a store loss prevention employee reporting that two suspected shoplifters were detained in the store.

Officers responded at 4:15 p.m. on June 1 to a report of a hit-skip crash in the parking lot of Kitchen Social on Crocker Road. The suspect vehicle, a gray sedan, had fled northbound on Crocker Road after the crash.

Officers at 6:30 a.m. on May 29 spotted a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of a business on Detroit Road near Bradley Road. The officers were aware of fraud and theft crews based out of Florida operating in the area, breaking into vehicles and stealing purses, wallets and personal belongings.

Tributes are pouring in for Gordon Wood, the Pulitzer prize-winning author and historian of the American Revolution, who died Sunday after he was struck by a car in a parking lot in East Providence. He was 92. Brown University, where Wood was professor emeritus of history, confirmed his death in a statement from President Christina […]

Most MLAs support NWT legislation that would create new civil powers to shut down drug dealing in some properties. Here's why Julian Morse is less convinced. The post ‘Not a lot of evidence’ that NWT Scan legislation will work, MLA says first appeared on Cabin Radio .

<p>How good is Brock Williams?</p><p>Good enough for a national power to venture well away from its usual recruiting base to reel him in.</p><p>The Libertyville tight end committed to Texas on the Pat McAfee Show last month, adding the consensus No. 79 player in the country to coach Steve Sarkisian's 2027 class.</p><p>"It says a lot for a team like Texas coming up to get him," national recruiting analyst Clint Cosgrove told the Sun-Times. "You don't see them dipping into Illinois often."</p><p>But it makes sense for the nation's elite programs to be chasing Williams.

New York officials dropped ceremonial shovels into a Second Avenue lot Monday ahead of a much deeper dig to eventually stretch the Q line into East Harlem, then potentially further west beneath 125th Street. Gov. Kathy Hochul, elected leaders and the head of the MTA dug into the East 119th Street construction site — where […] The post Second Avenue Subway Breaks Ground Ahead of Big Tunnel Dig Next Year appeared first on The City Reporter .

With Iran refusing to enter into a peace deal as long as Israel keeps hammering away at Lebanon, both Trump and Netanyahu are facing a lot of flak. And this they can ill-afford with elections round the corner

With nine returning players, coach Josh Schertz has an expereienced group to build around after two seasons of a lot of newcomers learning his offense.

A Manitoba judge has reserved a decision in a long-running battle with the City of Winnipeg over a plan to build housing on its parking lot.

The Bahamas’ most iconic resort is teaming up with Tradewind Aviation on private and semi-private flights from Stuart, Florida to Nassau, with year-round, twice-daily service and a streamlined private-terminal experience. There’s a new and notably easier way to reach one of the most iconic resorts in The Bahamas, and it skips a lot of the […] The post Atlantis Paradise Island Has a New Way to Get to The Bahamas, With Private Flights, Modern Aircraft and No TSA Delays appeared first on Caribbean Journal .

<p>Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down what they've seen during the Bears' mandatory minicamp.</p><p></p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center> <div class="HtmlModule"><a class="AnchorLink" id="html-embed-module-e00000" name="html-embed-module-e00000"></a><iframe src="https://wbez-rss.streamguys1.com/player/player260610141225-4756-53.html" frameBorder="0" scrolling="no" width="740" height="210" style="max-width:100%;"> </iframe> </div> </div><p></p><p><i>New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on&nbsp;</i><a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/halas-intrigue" target="_blank" ><i><u>the podcast’s hub page</u></i></a><i>. You can also listen to “Halas Intrigue” wherever you get your podcasts, including&nbsp;</i><a class="Link" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/halas-intrigue/id1478052803" target="_blank" ><i><u>Apple Podcasts</u></i></a><i>,</i> <a class="Link" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5ldHWQoV9IJt7GeOWPj8mp?si=lzcG5vlRTzG30aPzdPwH7w" target="_blank" ><i><u>Spotify</u> </i></a><i>and&nbsp;</i><a class="Link" href="https://a.co/d/hS0oP2x" target="_blank" ><i><u>Amazon Music</u></i></a><i>.</i></p><bsp-list-loadmore class="PageListH" data-module data-hide-authors="true" data-hide-categories="true" data-hide-dates="true" data-show-loadmore="true" ><a class="AnchorLink" id="list-bc0001" name="list-bc0001"></a><div class="PageList-header" > <div class="PageList-header-title-wrap" > <div class="PageList-header-title"> <a class="" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="{borderColor=#dfdfdf, items=[{type=Image, category=[{items=[Bears]}], url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/06/10/packers-star-micah-parsons-picks-bears-qb-caleb-williams-as-nfls-best-player-but-sends-warning, _styledTemplate=null, imageAlignment=null, timestamp=1781114427000, isFeatured=false, media=[{ampLink=null, _styledTemplate=null, _template=/image/Image.hbs, image={src=https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/09/0d/a3bf8926475aa756c3db7095463a/2248111947.jpg, width=4889, height=3259}, alt=Micah Parsons, narrowImage={src=https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/09/0d/a3bf8926475aa756c3db7095463a/2248111947.jpg, width=4889, height=3259}}], publishDate=June 10, 2026 01:00 PM, target=null, primaryMediaType=null, wordCount=213, categoryUrl=https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears, ampLink=null, title=Packers star Micah Parsons picks Bears QB Caleb Williams as NFL&#x27;s best player, but sends warning, audio=[], authors=[{media=[{image={src=https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/db/45/4fa7d0e60b81cf16ace05e7c41e9/f5kj4hj-400x400-0.jpg, width=512, height=512}, narrowImage={src=https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/db/45/4fa7d0e60b81cf16ace05e7c41e9/f5kj4hj-400x400-0.jpg, width=512, height=512}, ampLink=null, _styledTemplate=null, _template=/image/Image.hbs, alt=Headshot of Chicago Bears reporter Jason Lieser}], bio=[{items=[Jason Lieser covers the Chicago Bears for the Chicago Sun-Times.]}], ampLink=null, _styledTemplate=null, jobTitle=[{items=[Chicago Bears reporter]}], _template=/author/byline/AuthorByline.hbs, authorPageUrl=https://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/jason-lieser, name=[{items=[Jason Lieser]}]}], audioDuration=null, description=[{items=[Parsons had a lot of compliments for Williams in a clip released by NFL Network ahead of its upcoming “NFL Top 100&quot; series.]}], _template=/page/promo/PagePromo.hbs, anchorId=promo-cd0000}, {publishDate=June 09, 2026 05:46 PM, type=Image, anchorId=promo-cd0001, wordCount=807, _styledTemplate=null, description=[{items=[Pritzker downplayed the Bears’ stadium momentum toward Hammond, Indiana, and held out hope Illinois legislators can reach a deal to keep them in their home state. ]}], imageAlignment=null, isFeatured=false, category=[{items=[Bears stadium]}], target=null, primaryMediaType=null, timestamp=1781045168000, categoryUrl=https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium, ampLink=null, media=[{ampLink=null, _styledTemplate=null, _template=/image/Image.hbs, alt=Gov.

<p>It was late Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field, hours before Alex Bregman would sit in front of his cubicle in the home clubhouse and proclaim how terrible he has been this season.</p><p>Over in the visitors’ clubhouse, Matt Chapman of the Giants was talking about Bregman and how he has struggled at the plate.</p><p>“Just like a lot of us have,” Chapman said.</p><p>Chapman didn’t hit his first home run of the season until June 1, then had a huge game at Wrigley on Friday, hitting two home runs, including a grand slam, and driving in eight runs. He also drove in the winning run <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/06/06/two-more-homers-in-cubs-3-2-win-over-giants-another-twist-in-pete-crow-armstrongs-wild-season" >Saturday in the Giants’ 3-2</a> win over the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> in 10 innings.</p><p>“Just look across the league — it’s just been a weird start for a lot of guys,” he said.</p><p>Narrow the focus to third base, and some of the most richly compensated stars have fallen far short of expectations. Perennial All-Star Manny Machado is batting .169, the lowest average in the big leagues.

  Genuine food insecurity in which people don’t know where their next meal is coming from is a subject that merits a lot of attention. By any fair assessment the fact that literally millions of North Carolinians – a large percentage of them children – go to bed hungry in the world’s richest nation is, […]

New Zealand airports have introduced a lot of new tech recently, designed to speed things up such as self-check-in kiosks and automatic bag drops.

L'Agence de Presse Sénégalaise (APS) a réceptionné ce vendredi 12 juin 2026 un lot d'équipements numériques et logistiques d'une valeur de 250 millions FCFA, financé aux deux tiers par le Fonds d'appui à la presse. Le nouveau ministre de la Communication, Bacary Sarr, a présidé la cérémonie. Parallè

Winnipeggers are dealing with a lot of water where water shouldn't be after a fierce thunderstorm pummelled the city with 122 millimetres of rain Tuesday night and into Wednesday.

Tampa just got a whole lot closer to Nassau. For the first time in two decades, travelers can fly nonstop between Tampa International Airport and Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau, The Bahamas — restoring a long-dormant Florida Gulf Coast gateway to the Bahamian capital that has been missing from the airlift map since the […] The post For the First Time in 20 Years, You Can Fly Nonstop From Tampa to Nassau in The Bahamas appeared first on Caribbean Journal .

A white-sand beach, turquoise water and a long weekend in Aruba just got a lot more affordable — for the ultimate island-hopping experience. Winair has unveiled a limited-time flash sale with one-way fares from St Maarten to Aruba starting at $100, creating one of the lowest-priced opportunities this summer for travelers looking to hop between Caribbean […] The post Winair Just Launched $100 Flights from St Maarten to Aruba This Summer appeared first on Caribbean Journal .

C'est ce jeudi que débute la Coupe du monde de football et avant même qu'elle n'est commencée, cette 23ème édition est marquée par plusieurs polémiques. Mais c'est un peu le lot de chaque édition depuis 1930.

SSRIs, like Prozac and Zoloft, are among the world's most-prescribed psychiatric drugs. These antidepressants help a lot of people. But they don't always work.

The group pushing for separation says mortgages would carry over, and Canada's big banks would seek to operate in an independent Alberta. But analysts say there are a lot of unknowns, and the process would likely be very complicated.

Total Nutrition Inc. has expanded its recall of certain capsules after a supply-chain investigation identified additional lot numbers linked to contaminated raw materials.

Roughriders A.J. Ouellette spent his offseason welcoming in a new baby girl to the family. Fatherhood has changed a lot for the running back, mainly his motivation.

<p>We asked readers what advice they have for first-time homebuyers in the Chicago area. Here's what you told us, lightly edited for clarity:</p><p>"Go visit the neighborhood at different times during the day and on different days. Think twice about buying a home on a corner lot or on a busy street."<br><i>— L.

<p>Forty years ago this month, “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” immortalized Chicago on film when the fictional teen skipped school and spent the day in the city with his girlfriend and best friend.</p><p>Their adventures showcased iconic sites such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Flamingo sculpture in the Loop and the Willis Tower — or Sears Tower, as it was known in 1986.</p><p>TV and movie tour company On Location Tours held a Downtown walking tour tracing the steps of Ferris and friends on Thursday to mark the movie’s June 11 release date. On Location also offers Downtown and suburban Chicago tours highlighting <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/21/from-the-fugitive-to-the-dark-knight-whats-the-best-movie-filmed-in-chicago" target="_blank" >films</a> such as “The Blues Brothers,” “The Fugitive,” “The Breakfast Club” and “High Fidelity.”</p><p>But its "Ferris" tour particularly resonates with locals, said Dan Goldrosen, who leads On Location’s Chicago tours.</p><p>“Chicagoans feel a sense of pride. In those days, not a lot was filmed here.

<p>Gov. JB Pritzker last week squarely placed the responsibility for passing a Bears stadium bill on the team itself, and had some unsolicited lobbying advice for the Bears as he attempted to brush off his own session attendance issues.</p><p>The governor continued to downplay his own role in passing a stadium or stadium-related bill, saying it was Bears management which “decided to glom on to the megaprojects bill that I proposed.”</p><p>Um, he didn’t exactly resist that move, and the Bears’ addition became the most highlighted part of the bill, to the point where lots of members believed Pritzker was using the Bears to pass an idea that had long ago hit a brick wall in both legislative chambers.</p><div class="RichTextSidebarModule Enhancement" data-module data-align-center><a class="AnchorLink" id="module-110000" name="module-110000"></a> <div class="RichTextSidebarModule-title">Columnists bug</div> <div class="RichTextModule-items RichTextBody"><h2>Columnists</h2><br><i>In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary.</i><br></div> </div><p>Pritzker also said he’d be “happy” to call a <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears-stadium/2026/06/09/pritzker-bears-stadium-indiana-illinois-special-session-arlington-heights" >special session</a>, but only if the Bears “figure out how they can get the Legislature, both sides around the same bill.”</p><p>And then he offered some belated statehouse lobbying advice: “You’ve got to work the hallways, as you know, in a very, very busy session,” Pritzker told reporters after accurately saying the Bears made “some fumbles” the past few years. “You've got to really talk to every legislator if you want to get something done,” he said.</p><p>Pritzker said he’s received calls from the Bears since session ended, but didn’t say if he repeated that same advice.</p><p>My associate Isabel Miller pointed out to the governor that he had repeatedly urged the General Assembly to move more quickly on the megaprojects bill: “Looking back, do you think spending more time in Springfield working out issues might have produced a different outcome?” </p><p>As I told my newsletter subscribers on June 8, Pritzker was in Springfield for just 22 session days this spring.</p><p>“I spent a lot of time in Springfield,” the governor insisted, adding, “I'm not a legislator,” and said he has “a whole lot of responsibilities that aren't legislative.”</p><p>According to his legislative calendar, Pritzker was in Springfield two days in January and two days in February, four days in March and three days in April.

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — When third baseman <b>Alex Bregman</b> was presented Thursday with the fact that it had been awhile — since late April, to be precise — since the Cubs had hit three home runs in a game, he had a different milestone in mind.</p><p>‘‘Or [since we] played good,’’ he deadpanned.</p><p>Certainly, the Cubs’ big free-agent addition hasn’t been shy about sharing his feelings on his and the team’s performance during an 8-22 stretch. He talked last weekend about <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/06/08/cubs-third-baseman-alex-bregman-jameson-taillon-kevin-alcantara-michael-busch-giants" target="_blank" >how he has been “terrible.”</a></p><p>And in the wake of a victory Thursday against the Rockies, he wasn’t exactly giddy about <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/06/11/cubs-seiya-suzuki-grand-slam-craig-counsell-power-numbers-home-runs-alex-bregman-nico-hoerner" target="_blank" >a long-awaited power display</a> that prevented a sweep.</p><p>‘‘We need to be more consistent,’’ Bregman said. ‘‘A lot of guys are working on different things.

<p>We’re less than two months from the trade deadline Aug. 3, but on Thursday, the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a> made the first of what could be several moves to set up their roster for a playoff push.</p><p>To make room for outfielder Everson Pereira, who returned from a rehab assignment, the Sox traded outfielder Derek Hill and $250,000 in international-pool money to the Phillies for two minor-league position players.</p><p>“We’re in a little bit of a roster crunch,” Sox manager Will Venable said. “And I think it speaks to D-Hill and his performance and who he is that there was a lot of interest in him.

<p>SAN FRANCISCO — Another night, another <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a> starter who wasn’t part of the Opening Day rotation.</p><p>Obviously, teams start each season knowing they’re going to need to use a lot more than five starting pitchers to get through a six-month marathon. Obviously, the Cubs knew they’d be calling on more than the five guys who made up the rotation at the end of March.</p><p>But here in mid June, the Cubs maybe weren’t predicting this, that injuries would have decimated their starting staff and had them leaning on fill-ins to stay afloat during an early-summer freefall.</p><p>Right-hander Javier Assad earned the nod in the series-opener with the Giants on Friday night in California. Not a week earlier, he shut down this same lineup with 6⅓ innings of relief work that manager Craig Counsell was still calling “heroic” days later.</p><p>And so Assad, who was dispatched to Triple-A in the middle of last month, suddenly looked like a promising option.</p><p>“Javy carries himself like a pro,” lefty Matthew Boyd said earlier this week, after <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/06/10/cubs-matthew-boyd-injury-shoulder-soreness-javier-assad-craig-counsell-rotation-injuries" >his shoulder soreness forced Assad into Friday’s start</a>.

Rikki Watts and Dwayne Tiggs built a tiny house from the ground up on a vacant lot in Benton Park West, using salvaged materials sourced throughout St. Louis.

As the mining company New Found Gold takes a step closer to developing its Queensway Project in central Newfoundland, there’s a lot of talk in Appleton about how it will affect their community, and the nearby Gander River. Troy Turner has the story.

US official criticises Iran deal hardliners in Washington A senior US official has criticised “hardliners” in Washington who oppose the agreement reached with Iran, accusing them of treating Iranian state-linked messaging as fact when it suits their argument. “One thing that I found to be the most comical is that you have a lot of people who are the hardliners [in the US] who say you can’t trust the Iranians — that they’re always going to lie. And then they take all the stuff put out in the IRGC channels as gospel,” the official told reporters during a briefing on the Iran deal.

Bengaluru , June 14 : Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday said India faces risks from crude prices, West Asia tensions and Strait of Hormuz disruptions, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has ensured there is "not a supply disruption" for households and the economy. She made the remarks at the Viksit Bharat event in Bengaluru while laying out India's economic growth story. Speaking on geopolitical challenges, Sitharaman said, "Even with the Middle East crisis, even with straight-up farmers causing a lot of disruption, and someday during my address, I will tell you the nature of risks and challenges.

Rhode Island’s governor and commissioner of education spent nearly seven years haggling over whether the state or the city would be most successful at improving the forlorn Providence district schools. In the end, the tug-of-war over control of the schools produced a lot of sound and fury, but zero substantial changes to the foundational problems […]

“I must say that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is grappling with a lot of enemies of progress, of what you left behind. Today, many are sponsoring insecurity in our country, to paint our democracy in a bad colour." The post Tinubu’s enemies sponsoring insecurity to discredit Nigeria’s democracy — Akpabio appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .

Vinicius Junior, who earned Brazil's one point with an equalizer, said his team paid the price for a sluggish start on Saturday. 'I don't think there's a lot to say now,' he said after the match held at MedLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. 'I think we really have to improve.'

<p>Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he’s not feeling pressure in the pocket as Indiana rushes to sack the Bears’ future in Illinois, but he’s ready to call an audible if the General Assembly can reach a stadium deal before lawmakers are scheduled to return to Springfield this fall.</p><p>In his first public appearance since the Bears announced their latest fruitless session in the Illinois Capitol has them focused on <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/06/05/bears-hammond-indiana-board-directors-vote-stadium-arlington-heights-nfl" target="_blank" ><u>greener pastures in Hammond</u></a>, Pritzker downplayed the team’s latest public posturing, criticized their political “fumbles” over the past few years — and held out hope that they’ll stay in their home state.</p><p>“They haven't decided even on a location in Indiana,” the Democratic governor said at a South Side news conference. “And the one principal location they’ve been focused on is one that has a lot of toxic waste and other things that they've got to remediate, so none of that is going to happen quickly.</p><p>“And I'm not suggesting that we want to wait.

"We have a history, and a lot of people don't know about it." The post Meet the man trying to preserve Nova Scotia’s video game history appeared first on Halifax Examiner .

Alice and Steve finds a lot of laughs in its taboo-breaking premise, but it also left me with more questions than answers.

<p>Quietly, deep in the shadows of Madden covers, pass-rush fretting and splashy newcomers, cornerback Jaylon Johnson is one of <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears" target="_blank" >the Bears</a>’ absolute most important pieces for the upcoming season.</p><p>Hardly anyone thinks of Johnson when analyzing the Bears’ concerns and it’s easy to forget about a player whose best talent is subtly making opposing wide receivers disappear. But as he works back from a core-muscle injury that wrecked nearly all of last season, the Bears are depending on Johnson more than they have in years.</p><p>For a defense with a lot to prove, and with Johnson the second-most expensive player on the roster at a salary-cap hit of $24.5 million, they desperately need him to be the lockdown corner he was before the injury.</p><p>“He's a vital part of what we want to do,” coach Ben Johnson said before minicamp practice Wednesday. “You know he's been a Pro Bowl-caliber player in the past, and hopefully we can get that out of him again this year.”</p><p>Last season was so stilted for Jaylon Johnson that his coach wasn’t able to get much of a read on him.

AI and cloud services do not run in the air. They need land, power, water, cooling, fiber, permits, and a lot of physical infrastructure. Thailand is now seeing more of that demand land inside its industrial estate ecosystem.

There were a lot of ways that SpaceX’s initial public offering could have gone wrong. Instead, the company bucked Wall Street norms, pulled off the biggest IPO ever and raised $75 billion.

Pasadena police have released a video of a police officer shooting a colleague during "horseplay" in the department parking lot.

The President of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD), Milorad Dodik, stated today in Bijeljina that Savo Minić is one of the party’s most serious candidates for President of Republika Srpska in the upcoming elections this October.   “Minić is the best option for these people at the moment. He has a lot of energy, […] The post Dodik Announces Savo Minić as One of the Most Serious SNSD Candidates for President of RS appeared first on Sarajevo Times .

No matter the code, the problems are the same when it comes to sport, sexuality and shame, writes former New Zealand men’s netball captain Kruze Tangira. Watching former Wahs player Kane Evans come out this week started a lot of emotions swirling around. I want to say that all I felt was pride and awe at his strength and vulnerability – and I did feel those things – but I also felt old, uncomfortable feelings surface.

Getting to Turks and Caicos from Canada is about to get a whole lot easier. Porter Airlines is adding nonstop flights to Providenciales, the gateway to Turks and Caicos and home to the world-famous sands of Grace Bay Beach. The new service launches from Toronto Pearson beginning Nov.

Mexico is hoping a relatively young roster without a lot of top-tier club experience can surprise during the World Cup that kicks off Thursday in Mexico City.

The federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year (FY26-27) is set to be presented in the upper and lower houses of the Parliament today. Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb was expected to present the financial plan in the National Assembly at 3pm, but the session has yet to begin. In a post on X ahead of the NA session, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the budget has been prepared with “a lot of hard work and sincerity”.

Naționala Angliei a fost victima unui jaf chiar înainte de prima lor sesiune de antrenament la Kansas City, unde și-au stabilit cantonamentul în timpul Cupei Mondiale din 2026. Hoții au reușit să fure ghete care urmau să fie purtate în timpul meciurilor și un lot de mingi, care au fost recuperate în mare parte. Poliția a făcut arestări.

The stock market doesn’t care about your politics. Insisting on a portfolio that’s red or blue can forfeit a lot of green.

COLLINSVILLE — Infant abandoned in parking lot: Police are asking for the public's help in identifying an abandoned baby boy and a man suspected of leaving him in the Cahokia Mounds parking lot.

A man was fatally shot on Tuesday when violence broke out during a child custody exchange at a Home Depot parking lot in Covina, police said.

Chaque semaine, « L’Epoque » paie son coup. L’humoriste a failli être footballeur, mais le destin en a décidé autrement. A l’affiche de « Tout va super » et « Une famille de bâtards », il poursuit sa carrière au cinéma avec un sens du jeu qui sort du lot.

Elon Musk został pierwszym oficjalnym bilionerem świata, a wartość jego majątku zrównała się z rocznym PKB Polski. Za wizją nowej ery kosmosu i sztucznej inteligencji stoją jednak miliardowe straty i pytanie, czy inwestorzy nie kupują właśnie biletu na lot w nieznane.

India’s diplomatic position during the war in the Middle East revealed a lot of problems that were often referred to as diplomatic failure. As one of the largest democratic nations and a rising global power, India has been following a policy of balanced diplomatic relations with Israel and Arab countries, including Iran, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Palestine. Yet, in times of conflict between Iran, Israel, and other powerful countries in the Middle East, India found itself in an difficult situation when its diplomacy seemed hesitant, uncertain, and sometimes ineffective.

Days before the kickoff of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, there was no outward sign that this desolate, trash-strewn parking lot in New Jersey would soon become one of the priciest stretches of asphalt in the tri-state area. The newly refurbished World of Blue hotel will charge soccer fans $450 to park here on the […]

A lot has been written about the parliamentary election that took place here in Cyprus three weeks ago. I will not attempt to add to that as I have nothing fresh to contribute. Instead, I would like to draw attention to another parliamentary election in a country that may stand as an example of making […]

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP)—American alt-pop singer and internet personality Oliver Tree was aboard one of two helicopters that collided Sunday mid-air in Brazil, leaving all six people aboard the aircraft dead, a police source told AFP. The source shared the manifest of each plane and said the victims could not be formally identified yet as they were badly burned in the crash. The helicopters collided in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, a western suburb of Rio de Janeiro, then plummeted into the parking lot of an electric car dealership, setting ablaze around 20 cars, firefighters said.

“In the second half, it was a lot better, but ‌it was still tough, and I’m sure the team will do better ‌in ⁠the next match,” says Ancelotti

With lot of interesting matches lined up on June 14 including the one between Brazil and Morocco, Qatar and Switzerland starts on a positive note

US official says Iran deal does not include Lebanon: Report A senior US official has told the BBC that the agreement with Iran does not include Lebanon, but said direct talks between Israel and Lebanon are under way. "If Iran is not able to control Hezbollah and if they attack Israeli positions or Israeli towns, Israel will have the right to defend themselves and respond," the official said. The official added that Iran and its allies, along with the US and its allies, are trying to end hostilities and reach a final peace deal that "will hopefully include a lot of these proxy groups".

A truck-mounted billboard featuring AI-generated images of Victoria’s premier, Jacinta Allan, which has been travelling around Melbourne for several weeks now, has attracted a lot of scrutiny. It shows Allan wearing a black pointed hat alongside the phrase ‘ditch the witch’. Victorian upper house MP for the Animal Justice party Georgie Purcell , who faces sexist abuse every day as a female MP, argues misogyny isn’t a legitimate expression of political dissatisfaction Continue reading...

Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said he is focused on accomplishing much more in the final year of his current term, which he described as a “long period for a lot of things to be achieved” as he shrugged off a question on seeking a second one. Alluding to the adage “a year is a long time in politics”, Lee deflected the question of extending his tenure for another five years and focused instead on what he saw as ensuring continuity in governance. He was “very positive” on the future of Hong...

Kirill Bakhtin from BCS Investment World said there is a lot of uncertainty both on the future resolution of controversial issues and on Israel's participation in the deal

"Since there is a lot of activity to evaluate and repair the site, people are asked to avoid the area for their own safety."

The helicopters crashed into the parking lot of an electric car dealership, igniting a fire that engulfed at least 20 vehicles

Restaurant Magda in Mexico City has collaborated with 100 artists on the eve of the World Cup, with the goal of reimagining what the tournament, and its most potent symbol — the ball — really represents. The post ‘A Lot Of Balls’ brings together 100 Mexican artists to interpret culture through soccer appeared first on Mexico News Daily

A trip to IATA’s annual general meeting in Rio de Janeiro reveals that South African Airways still gets a lot of love in the global aviation community, but the government’s policies, not so much.

<p>LAS VEGAS — Carolina spent the first part of the Stanley Cup Final surviving, finding ways to overcome deficits and play a high-scoring game that didn't fit the Hurricanes' typical style.</p><p>But when it came down to doing what it takes to win the Cup, the Hurricanes' defense put its stamp on this series, shutting down the Vegas Golden Knights and not letting up.</p><p>The Hurricanes held Vegas to five total goals in Games 4 and 5 and used a suffocating defense in a 3-0 shutout in Sunday night's clinching Game 6 to win their first championship in 20 years.</p><p>“That’s a lot of years,” said Carolina center Jordan Staal, who received the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. "It’s amazing. This is something I’ve been going after ever since we got the first one.

Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili —Photos from Baterbonia’s Facebook and UAAP MANILA, Philippines — With the ongoing investigation of the drowning of Ateneo de Manila University basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili has been getting a lot of media traction lately, we have gathered all the stories about the incident on this page. Bookmark

<p>SAN FRANCISCO – So much for this supposedly being the soft spot in the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs" >Cubs</a>’ schedule.</p><p>It looked like the scuffling Cubs were getting a break when they turned the calendar to June, starting a stretch of 22 straight games against teams that began the month with sub-.500 records.</p><p>But a 2-4 home stand and a 3-3 road trip later, and the Cubs aren’t in a dramatically different place from where they were when May ended: still fighting to pull out of an early-summer tailspin.</p><p>It looked like the fog might have finally been lifting after a sour month and an 8-22 stretch that dropped them from the top of the NL Central to .500. The Cubs won three straight games for the first time since May 7 and won a series for the first time in 11 tries. It was a small sample size, but things were looking a lot more like they were supposed to for a team with championship aspirations.</p><p>Then Logan Webb stepped on the mound Sunday, halting the Cubs’ quest for momentum.

<p>Chase Meidroth’s hitting and on-base streaks ended Saturday when the White Sox mustered only one hit against the Dodgers. He started another one of each Sunday, first getting hit by a pitch, then hitting an opposite-field homer in the sixth.</p><p>The blast was an indication of the big step Meidroth has taken this season, according to hitting coach Derek Shomon.</p><p>“He’s opened up a little bit more slug this year,” Shomon said. “A lot of the conversations revolve around approach and plan.

<p>As Chicago officials prepared to close 50 schools in 2013, the most at one time in American history, neighbors warned that the ramifications would go beyond worse academic outcomes for students. They worried the vacant buildings left behind would hurt their communities.</p><p>Thirteen years later, a new study from the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has found that the closings, in fact, led to a 10% increase in gun violence in the areas surrounding the vacant closed schools compared to neighborhoods with similar demographics where schools didn’t close.</p><p>The researchers found no statistically significant increase in shootings in communities where closed schools were repurposed, which city officials promised would happen.</p><p>"We found that school closure and subsequent building vacancy were associated with significant increases in firearm violence in affected neighborhoods, and that this association appeared to be partially mitigated by subsequent school buildings re-use,” the authors wrote in the study, <a class="Link" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953626005046?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" ><u>published in the journal Social Science &amp; Medicine</u></a>.</p><p>The new research adds to a pile of evidence that the closures, at best, didn’t produce transformative outcomes for students and communities, and at worst, they hurt kids and neighborhoods.</p><p>“We were interested in thinking about [closed] schools not just as a vacant lot, because they represent so much more in a community,” said Thomas Statchen, a UChicago medical student and lead author of the study. They’re public spaces and “sites of other community events, activities, playgrounds — all these things that are lost alongside a school,” he said.</p><p>A 2023 Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ series, “<a class="Link" href="https://graphics.suntimes.com/education/2023/chicagos-50-closed-schools/" target="_blank" ><u>Chicago’s 50 Closed Schools</u></a>,” found a slew of broken promises by leaders in the decade after the closings: Many buildings <a class="Link" href="https://graphics.suntimes.com/education/2023/chicagos-50-closed-schools/buildings/" target="_blank" ><u>were not repurposed</u></a>, despite vows by city officials to repurpose them as community centers, housing or other projects, with only actually 20 back in use.

Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Gallagher on One Nation: ‘Opinion polls will come and go’ Katy Gallagher was also asked about the surge in One Nation, saying there was an obvious “reorganisation on the conservative side of politics”. I think there is a lot of uncertainty and worry about events that are happening across the world, the impact that has here. Cost of living is the No 1 issue with anyone you talk to right now, and the government just has to remain focused on that, and that’s what we intend to do.

He’s a lot of things: a commentator, political PR guy, Twitter scrapper, dad, recovering alcoholic, Mongolian ambassador, soon-to-be editor of the Post, and, when Toby Manhire interviewed him back in 2019, philosophy student. Here’s what one of the most fascinating – and polarising – characters in NZ politics had to say for himself. L ife is a like a game of Trivial Pursuit, said Matthew Hooton.

The stay of the football team of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Salt Lake City attracted a lot of attention from the BiH community in the state of Utah, where in addition to the open training of the Dragons, a special gathering of people from BiH who live in this part of the United States of […] The post Salt Lake City in the Spirit of Bosnia and Herzegovina appeared first on Sarajevo Times .

The issue of energy dependence and its consequences has, in recent months, become a major topic of discussion. The Hormuz crisis has brought energy security to the political agenda with a vengeance amid fuel price caps, rationing, and warnings of severe shortages. A lot of countries have been used as examples of either low dependence and therefore insulation against shocks, or high dependence that has resulted in a lot of economic pain.

Vote Sophie Warren for Maine Senate | Letter As a parent raising four kids in our public schools, I spend a lot of time thinking about the kind of future we’re building and who we trust to lead us there. I’ll be honest: like many people, I’ve felt discouraged by politics. It often feels out of touch with the urgency of the moment […]

Man tries escaping South Euclid police as they learn of his felony parole violation A Warren man, 32, came to the station May 1 to obtain a tow release for his vehicle and was found to have a felony warrant for probation violation with the Adult Parole Authority. He had left the building before the warrant was discovered, but officers soon found him in a car in the Giant Eagle parking lot. He fled on foot from when he saw them approaching.

"The wars of constitutional accusations have done a lot of damage to Parliament and we hope to face the main issues," stressed the former minister, who attended the Housing Committee of the Chamber of Deputies to refer to the Final Report No.421 of the Comptroller's Office.

Who now declares "international emergency" after the outbreak of the unusual Ebola variant in Congo-Kinshasa. The outbreak started in a densely populated conflict-affected area with a lot of movement between national borders. "The challenge will be to reach out to people in conflict areas," says SVT's Africa Correspondent Johan Ripås.

Missouri's very own Harry Truman once said it's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. I've been thinking about that a lot lately because I believe it cuts to the heart of why the…

Missouri’s very own Harry Truman once said it's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit. I've been thinking about that a lot lately because I believe it cuts to the heart of why the…

The woman in her 60s disappeared after visiting her son and his wife in Danderyd, in June 2025. Now the married couple is sentenced to life in prison for murdering the woman. "It's an uncomfortable thought that they spent a lot of time with her while planning this," says police investigator Cecilia Jättner Barringer.

Friday afternoon at The Reykjavík Grapevine offices. Waiters circulate with trays of Kir Royales and vol-au-vents. “We’ve done a lot for the masses lately, haven’t we?” someone says to general agreement.

A mysterious Instagram post by Vijay's bodyguard has gone viral. And there is a lot of discussion going on on social media around that post.

A retrospective episode examines a landmark 2004 penetration test in which security researcher Steve Stasiukonis planted rigged USB drives in a credit union parking lot to observe how employees would respond to finding and using unknown devices—a foundational demonstration of social engineering vulnerabilities in physical security.

Departamentul Apărării al SUA a anunţat vineri că a publicat un prim lot de documente până acum clasificate despre obiecte zburătoare neidentificate, sau OZN-uri, un subiect care îl fascinează chiar şi pe preşedintele Donald Trump, cel care a iniţiat acest demers.

Tamara Polo lived a full and busy life, but that all came to halt when she was hit as a pedestrian in a parking lot in September of 2023.

<p><i>‘‘There’s a lot of belief in this clubhouse that if we start sniffing .500 and then get above it, there’s no turning back.’’ </i>— White Sox pitcher Erick Fedde</p><p>A .500 record in May is something no one expected. Not by them. Not by us.

WASHINGTON — Several Republican U.S. senators left a closed-door lunch with Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Tuesday saying they still have questions about how the agency would spend an additional $1 billion. “I’ve asked for a lot more data,” said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine.

WASHINGTON — Several Republican U.S. senators left a closed-door lunch with Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Tuesday saying they still have questions about how the agency would spend an additional $1 billion. “I’ve asked for a lot more data,” said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine.

US President Donald Trump stated in remarks to reporters in Florida that plans involve significant cuts, going 'way down' and 'cutting a lot further than 5,000' in response to a reporter's question, though the specific subject of the cuts is not detailed in this excerpt.

A 21-year-old Indiana man was killed when someone opened fire during a gathering in the parking lot of the mall that's slated to close this month, according to police and media reports.

<p>There are a couple of reasons third baseman <b>Miguel Vargas</b> isn’t bitter about seeing the Dodgers win the last two World Series championships after they traded him to the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" target="_blank" >White Sox</a>.</p><p>One of them is his personal happiness for former teammate <b>Andy Pages</b>, a fellow Cuban. Pages, an outfielder, played a key role in the Dodgers’ two titles, including a season-saving catch in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2025 World Series against the Blue Jays.</p><p>‘‘Seeing a Cuban guy win the World Series means a lot for us,’’ Vargas told the Sun-Times. ‘‘I know how hard it is for us to get here and get this opportunity.

<p>SAN FRANCISCO – Michael Busch is often on the receiving end of Gold Glove defensive plays, given that his second baseman, shortstop and third baseman all have that shiny hardware on their mantles.</p><p>It’s only fair he gets a turn to make some of those plays, too.</p><p>Busch wowed with a few web gems in Friday night’s Cubs win, starting a 3-6-3 double play with a diving stop and clipping a pair of base-runners with his glove for replay-assisted outs.</p><p>He’s not one of the five Cubs regulars with a Gold Glove to his name, but his award-winning teammates are not excluding Busch from their great-defenders club.</p><p>“The 3-6-3 double play, even when it looks routine, there’s a lot that has to go right, with two accurate throws and throwing to a moving target at first base. A lot of factors. To start that with a sliding play on a good runner, just a really impressive play,” second baseman Nico Hoerner told the Sun-Times on Saturday.

EAST RUTHERFORD, United States (AFP) -- Vinicius Junior scored a brilliant equaliser for Brazil in a 1-1 draw with Morocco on Saturday as the five-time World Cup winners made an uncertain start to the tournament in New Jersey. Ismael Saibari ran through to give Morocco a 21st-minute lead with a clever scoop in the Group C opener, but Vinicius produced a moment of magic to ensure Brazil came away with a point. Brazil are chasing a record sixth World Cup title, 24 years after last lifting the trophy, but this performance suggests there is a lot of work to be done by Carlo Ancelotti's side.

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A Russian artist known for his caricatures of politicians has been shot dead in Poland. Semyon Skrepetsky was attacked on June 15 in a parking lot in Biała Podlaska, a city several dozen kilometers from the Belarusian border, according to Polish media including wPolsce24. The attacker shot him multiple times at close range before fleeing.

'They're not all Hezbollah': Trump criticises Israel killing civilians in Lebanon Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Wed, 06/17/2026 - 09:50 US president warns Netanyahu that without him there would 'be no Israel' US President Donald Trump attends a meeting at the G7 summit, in Evian, eastern France, on 17 June 2026 (Ludovic Marin/AFP) Off US President Donald Trump has criticised Israeli conduct in southern Lebanon , saying the country has been killing civilians and not just Hezbollah members. Speaking at the G7 summit on Tuesday, Trump said "too many people have been killed in Lebanon" and suggested Israeli tactics were disproportionate and indiscriminate. "You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody, because there are a lot ​of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah," he said.

'They're not all Hezbollah': Trump criticises Israel killing civilians in Lebanon US  President Donald Trump has criticised  Israeli  conduct in southern  Lebanon , saying the country has been killing civilians and not just Hezbollah members. Speaking at the G7 summit on Tuesday, Trump said "too many people have been killed in Lebanon" and suggested Israeli tactics were disproportionate and indiscriminate. "You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody, because there are a lot ​of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah," he said.

<p>When the City Council rubber-stamped Mayor Richard M. Daley’s 75-year, $1.15 billion plan to privatize Chicago parking meters, then-Ald. George Cardenas (12th) abstained because he “didn’t have the numbers" to make an informed decision.</p><p>Chicago voters won’t be saying the same about the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2026/05/04/george-cardenas-exploratory-committee-mayoral-run-susana-mendoza-alexi-giannoulias" >long-shot campaign</a> for mayor of Chicago that Cardenas launched on Tuesday.</p><p>The former alderman-turned-commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review is flooding the zone with position papers aimed at convincing voters that he has the ideas, experience and guts to confront Chicago’s $1 billion budget shortfall and $36 billion pension crisis.</p><p>One week after outgoing Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2026/06/11/chicago-mayoral-challenger-susana-mendoza-pension-crisis-state-comptroller" >became the first Latino candidate</a> to formally enter the race, Cardenas became the second — even as he seeks to retain his seat on the Cook County Board of Review.</p><p>Cardenas acknowledged he's a long shot and needs to raise “a couple of million dollars” to stand out in a field of roughly a dozen candidates seeking to deny Brandon Johnson a second term.</p><p>“I’m starting from the parking lot.

By Elena Tittel/Medill News Service WASHINGTON – A North Carolina jury convicted a man for carjacking a truck from a McDonald’s parking lot by holding something “cold and hard” on the driver’s neck. A federal appeals court overturned the conviction in 2016, citing insufficient evidence. “The evidence was insufficient to support a rational finding beyond […]

Humor is one of the most difficult problems for machines. But that's also why it tells us a lot about what they know how to do and what, perhaps, they will never be able to do

Protesters outside the White House call for ending detention for migrant families, kids By Naisha Roy/Medill News Service WASHINGTON — Dozens of people gathered on a sandy lot in front of the White House construction zone Tuesday evening, carrying posters peppered with monarch butterflies and unfurling massive banners reading “Set kids free.” The butterflies symbolized immigrants without legal status, as the protesters called to abolish all detention facilities […]

Five candidates, one stage and a whole lot of agreement about how bad things are Tuesday night at Rio Rancho Public Schools’ Training Center, five people who want to be your next governor walked into a room, agreed on almost everything and somehow still managed to make it interesting. The 2026 New Mexico Gubernatorial Primary Forum — co-hosted by the League of Women Voters of Central New Mexico and the […] The post Five candidates, one stage and a whole lot of agreement about how bad things are appeared first on New Mexico Political Report .

There was a lot of grand talk about stabilizing the relationship, and few deliverables.

The focus on China’s growth in coal-fired plants is misguided as its growth in renewable energy ensures they’ll see less use. And solar power in Shandong Province — although it is only moderately sunny — actually makes a lot of sense.

Ryanair kolejny raz uzyskał skazanie pasażerów, którzy zakłócili lot. Tym razem chodziło o dwóch Brytyjczyków lecących na Ibizę. Zakończyli lot we francuskiej Tuluzie, gdzie zostali wysadzeni po nieplanowym lądowaniu.

Over the past two weeks, Turkmenbashi has been intensively working on the improvement of the city. Particular attention is paid to the seaport area and the surrounding streets. A lot of equipment is involved.

Sushi, butter and barbeque – for those who are craving Asian flavors, there is a lot to choose from. Here are some places that the Hook Commission has tested recently.

“Many cultures are disappearing from our country. I revisited that culture by participating in the Baishakhi festival. Found a lot of old games, we kids have never seen before.

In this bulletin; Trump warns Iran to take deal or face 'a lot of pain'; Liberal leader Angus Taylor downplays expectation for Farrer by-election, and in golf, Two Australians in contention at Myrtle Beach Classic.

It’s doubly exciting to see that Chief Executive John Lee is launching a public consultation for Hong Kong’s inaugural five-year plan. The first reason for excitement is that we’ve just experienced a pretty well-run public consultation; the recently updated Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan generated a lot of submissions from NGOs, companies, and members of the […]

A spring survey of the city's fishing scene finds a lot of peace, but minimal fish. [ more › ]

Will this be the last Eurovision? The song competition has survived a lot, but its story may end with the victory of Israel, which has been trying to win for several years – almost at any cost Article Can the Eurovision be saved? The celebration of music turns into a geopolitical training ground [OKO IN VIENNA] comes from Oko.press .

The Act Party MP is the only Indian politician in government, but she doesn’t want her ethnicity to define her. Despite her efforts to remain personally opaque, Act’s Parmjeet Parmar is one of those MP who doubles as a magnet for online hostility. On the surface, there’s probably not a lot that we share in common.

<p>A convicted fraudster was ordered held in custody Friday at the federal jail in downtown Chicago as he awaits extradition to New York to face charges that he bilked a Mexican billionaire out of hundreds of millions of dollars.</p><p>During a hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse, an attorney for Vladimir Sklarov presented him as a family man with strong ties to the United States — and “a lot of reasons not to flee” while awaiting the outcome of his case.</p><p>Federal prosecutors, on the other hand, painted a picture of a convicted felon with a history of lying to courts and access to hundreds of millions of dollars and multiple foreign passports.</p><p>“He has the means, the money and the motive to flee,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Vincenza Lamonica Tomlinson said Friday.</p><p>Judge David Weisman agreed, finding Sklarov's character was “one of untrustworthiness.”</p><p>Sklarov will remain in federal custody and soon be transported to the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, where an indictment against him was filed. Weisman said New York prosecutors will then "proceed with the case as they see fit” but still moved to schedule a status hearing for Sklarov in Chicago next month.</p><p>Sklarov is a Ukrainian immigrant who grew up in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood and <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/05/05/vladimir-sklarov-ricardo-salinas-pliego-chicago-fraud-crime-lake-forest" target="_blank" >once lived in a mansion in Lake Forest</a>.

<p>A cappella, as a musical form, draws a lot of mockery from those who aren’t true believers. Its doom-doom-doom bass lines, all the splashes of lyrics from the backup singers, and especially vocal percussion strike outsiders as silly.</p><p>But what a cappella lovers love is the magic that the music can spring out of nothing but the gathered singers. It’s there, lying in wait, needing only the reedy tone of a pitch pipe to blossom.</p><p>The musical “Octet,” the brainchild of Dave Malloy (“Natasha, Pierre &amp; the Great Comet of 1812”), distinguishes itself from a 95-minute, no-intermission a cappella concert only by having the singers play characters, with some spoken dialogue.

A new nonstop flight is about to make it a whole lot easier to get to Colombia’s Caribbean coast — and it’s coming just in time for summer. Avianca has officially put tickets on sale for two new daily nonstop routes connecting Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport with Barranquilla and Cali, beginning July 15. Both routes […] The post Avianca Just Launched a New Nonstop Flight to a Caribbean-Coast Colombian City — And It’s Starting This Summer appeared first on Caribbean Journal .

A lot of things have gone horribly wrong—and it’s not over yet.

US president has said he and Chinese leader ‘settled a lot of different problems’ but has given little detail on solutions Trump China visit live – latest updates Donald Trump’s whirlwind trip to Beijing – the first US presidential visit in nearly a decade – wrapped up with much fanfare but little clarity about what was actually achieved. Trump said on Friday he and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, “settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve”. But he didn’t provide much detail on what those solutions were.

‘Incredibly uplifting’: Simon Barnett is totally embracing his newfound physique fame There’s been a lot written recently about the incredible shape the veteran broadcaster is in.

University of Louisville President Gerry Bradley said the university will rekindle its relationship with Papa John’s founder John Schnatter, which erupted in 2018 after Schnatter used a racial slur during a conference call. In a Thursday press release, Bradley said university administrators recently met with Schnatter and “learned a lot of facts and details regarding […]

IPL 2026 | Youngsters may get chances going forward: Klusener “A lot of younger people may get opportunities going forward. The group has a responsibility to make sure they get the best platform to perform as well,” Lance Klusener said

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US President Donald Trump said Chinese President Xi Jinping had committed to withholding military equipment from Iran and expressed support for keeping the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz open, according to the BBC. Speaking after his first full day of meetings with Xi in Beijing, Trump said the Chinese leader had indicated Beijing did not want tensions in the Gulf to disrupt oil supplies. “He said they buy a lot of their oil there, and they'd like to keep doing that.

Lambert Airport to raise parking fees, make one lot reservation-only The price hikes will go into effect July 1 under a plan adopted Wednesday by the city Airport Commission.

Introducing The Nevada Independent's 2026 voter guide Creating resources such as the voter guide takes a lot of time, but we hope they help you make better decisions and speed up your research before you cast your ballot.

A new law will make it easier to build a tiny house in your back yard, starting next year Accessory dwelling units — which could be a tiny house on another home’s lot, a garage-turned-apartment, a carriage house, or an ‘in-law suite’ — will be easier to build beginning next year, following Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s signature of a new law this week. Amid a shortage of housing supply and noted affordability issues, ADUs have […]

As part of Memorial University's emergency preparedness expo, three home cooks were challenged to do a lot with a little, preparing meals only using items in an emergency survival kit.

In a hoodie at Coachella, Justin Bieber gave me an important reminder Bieber's performance has been a lot of things to a lot of people. To me, it was him being himself.

Pakistan-UAE relations are unravelling. The offshoot is beneficial for India A lot is at stake for Pakistan as it gets pulled in all directions by its Gulf partners.

WASHINGTON — Several Republican U.S. senators left a closed-door lunch with Secret Service Director Sean Curran on Tuesday saying they still have questions about how the agency would spend an additional $1 billion. “I’ve asked for a lot more data,” said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Susan Collins, R-Maine.