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Police talk with Sauvignon Watkins' aunt Renda Harris and his stepfather Darryl Clark at the scene where Watkins was killed and two others wounded in a shooting inside an Uptown Starbucks shop late on Nov. 2, 2017.

2 dead, 3 injured in Thursday shootings, including attack at Uptown Starbucks

May 23, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

Two men were killed and three people were wounded in separate shootings on Thursday, including an attack at an Uptown Starbucks that injured a 12-year-old boy, Chicago police said. In...

Police tape sits outside the building where a 16-year-old girl was fatally shot in the 6600 block of South Marquette Road on Oct. 29, 2017, in Chicago.

Girl, 16, killed in accidental shooting by acquaintance in South Side home, police say

May 23, 2019 at 12:06 a.m.

A 16-year-old girl was killed when an acquaintance was "handling a gun" in a South Side home and it accidentally went off, hitting the teen in the eye, according to...

Des Plaines authorities rescue man from burning home

May 23, 2019 at 12:04 a.m.

Two police officers were hurt while rescuing a person with disabilities from a fire that broke out Sunday morning in a house in Des Plaines, according to authorities. Around 8:40...

After 2 opponent forfeits, Hope Academy to host playoff game next weekend

May 23, 2019 at 12:04 a.m.

Chicago's Hope Academy football team, which had two suburban opponents forfeit games following a shooting near its field, will host a home playoff game this weekend against a fellow West...

Chicago Cubs fan Jorge Gomez raises a rally towel during the first inning of Game 5 of the NLCS at Wrigley Field on Oct. 19, 2017.

From obscure to iconic, the rise of the ‘W’ flag

May 16, 2019 at 1:24 a.m.

The white flag with a simple blue "W" has risen from relative obscurity as a banner hoisted at Wrigley Field to indicate a Cubs victory to a prevalent symbol of...

A Wrigley Field usher rubs her eyes in the eighth inning of Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday, Oct. 19. The Dodgers beat the Cubs 11-1, winning the National League pennant.

For Cubs fans, disappointing end, but not a disappointing season

June 1, 2018 at 8:13 p.m.

For 350 days, Cubs fans were on top of the world. But reigns end. Hope for a repeat championship was extinguished Thursday night when the Cubs were eliminated from baseball's...

An evidence marker sits next to a shell casing at the scene where a 64-year-old woman was shot in the head and killed in the 6900 block of North Glenwood Avenue near the Morse Red Line station Oct. 13, 2017, in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago.

In Rogers Park, ‘a great deal of sadness’ after fatal shooting of popular teacher

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Three days after the fatal shooting of a 64-year-old math teacher in Rogers Park, several hundred residents gathered around the Morse Avenue "L" station, summoned by community leaders and hoping...

David Garcia, center, watches the Chicago Cubs play the Washington Nationals in Game 5 of the NLDS outside Wrigley Field Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 in Chicago.

Fans at Wrigley watch party endure gut-wrenching twists, turns as Cubs advance

May 16, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

Cubs fans went through a range of emotions as they endured a dramatic, winner-take-all game marked by a seemingly insurmountable deficit, a nearly squandered lead and nerve-racking video reviews. Through...

A painting of Hall of Fame baseball player Hack Wilson batting by Margie Lawrence, seen in her home in Chicago on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017.

Longtime Cubs fan turns passion into artwork

May 16, 2019 at 1:19 a.m.

As a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Margie Lawrence drove her professors crazy with her obsession with baseball. A devoted Cubs fan and “bleacher bum,”...

Cubs manager Joe Maddon and Nationals manager Dusty Baker greet each other during introductions.

Carefree Cubs fans savor 1st playoff series as defending champs

May 16, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

Cubs fans young and old descended on Wrigley Field for playoff baseball Monday, a gathering that is starting to become an October habit. The atmosphere at Clark and Addison was...

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