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World Memorial services for the late civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson began in Chicago on Thursday, with stops in Washington and South Carolina to follow over the next two weeks. Chicago services will be followed by events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, where the leader was born Posted: …
Read More »Trump says he’s pausing efforts to send National Guard to Chicago, L.A. and Portland
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump said he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National …
Read More »Trump sent federal troops to ‘save’ Chicago. The ‘Midway Blitz’ raids forced the Windy City to defend itself
In the middle of the night on Sept. 30, Eboni Watson heard an unusual buzzing sound. The noise came from 10 drones and three Black Hawk helicopters, Watson says, which dropped armed men on neighbouring rooftops in Chicago’s South Shore neighbourhood. On the ground, Watson saw agents deploy out of …
Read More »Prestigious Chicago beer brewing school relocating to Montreal amid U.S. regulatory changes
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. A prestigious beer brewing school in Chicago — the oldest in the Americas — is moving to Montreal citing regulatory changes in the United States, and the …
Read More »National Guard troops are outside Chicago and could be in Memphis soon in Trump’s latest deployment
National Guard troops are positioned outside Chicago and they could be in Memphis by Friday as the Trump administration pushes ahead with an aggressive policy toward big-city crime whether local leaders support it or not. National Guard members from Texas had settled in at an Army Reserve centre in Illinois …
Read More »Chicago newspaper prints a summer reading list. The problem? The books don’t exist
Good luck picking up the books on an unofficial summer reading list from the Chicago Sun-Times. Hoping to delve into the “multigenerational saga” Tidewater Dreams by Isabel Allende, for instance? Keep dreaming. Maybe a science-driven story like Andy Weir’s The Last Algorithm is more to your taste? The algorithm can’t help you. OK then, how about …
Read More »Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record in Chicago
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich put on a performance for the ages as she obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday, taking nearly two minutes off the previous best to win in a time of two hours nine minutes 56 seconds. Chepngetich ditched the competition by the halfway mark …
Read More »Chicago Sky head coach joining Raptors
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 1, 2023 3:59 pm Updated July 1, 2023 4:39 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Chicago Sky say head coach and general manager James Wade is joining the Toronto Raptors as an assistant coach. Wade led Chicago …
Read More »Former Chicago Bear Israel Idonije returns for all-star football camp in Winnipeg – Winnipeg
Former Chicago Bear player Israel Idonije returned on Saturday for the all-star football camp in Winnipeg. The game is in partnership with the University of Manitoba football organization and it was held at the Winnipeg Soccer Federation’s indoor soccer complex after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It’s …
Read More »First-place Jets extend win streak to four with 3-1 win in Chicago – Winnipeg
The Winnipeg Jets took care of business Friday night in the Windy City, dumping the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 to claim their first four-game win streak of the season. It was a perfect two-game road trip for the Jets, winning both halves of the back-to-back to take over soul possession of …
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