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Diners return to Sarkis Cafe in Evanston May 29 after Illinois’ Phase 3 reopening. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times

The regional testing positivity rate for Will and Kankakee counties has hit 8% for three consecutive days.

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The GOP convention is a crucial moment for Trump, who aims to recast the story of his presidency and present the election as a choice between his vision for America’s future and the one presented by Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Katy Perry performs during the B96 Jingle Bash in Rosemont in 2019. | AP

“Smile” is a course-correction back to pure pop, with no featured artists and no political messages. It is Perry’s “I’m so sorry” album, littered with references to a chastened songwriter.

A 14-year-old boy was killed in a crash Aug. 23, 2020, in Waukegan. | Waukegan police Facebook photo

The 15-year-old initially told officers that he and a 14-year-old boy had been struck by a Nissan, police said, but an investigation revealed that the pair found the Nissan running in a driveway and drove off in it.

People sit under the sun as a swimmer prepares to get in the water near Foster Beach in Edgewater on July 3, 2020. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

By 2 p.m. Monday, Chicago recorded 95 degree temps at O’Hare and Midway airports.

The couple, who were criminally charged for the incident, will make the case in a recorded message Monday night, Aug. 24 in their opening night speech of the Republican National Convention that they had a “God-given right” to defend themselves and their property. | AP Photos

Mark McCloskey told “Fox & Friends” they will emphasize that safety and security are basic tenets of freedom.

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The White Sox’ Jose Abreu homers against the Cubs Friday night at Wrigley Field. | Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

Abreu, showing no signs of letting up at 33, batted .533 with seven homers and 15 RBI last week.

Current Bears and former Packers tight end Jimmy Graham (80, avoiding Bears safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix last season at Soldier Field) caught 38 passes for 447 yards and three touchdowns (one against the Bears) last season. | Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images

Graham’s energetic play in the first three days of padded practices seemed to quell some of that doubt. Not so fast, though. NFL training camps are rife with false positives and specious indicators.

Putting a national price on carbon could play a critical role in transitioning our economy to clean energy, writes a Sun-Times reader. | Sun-Times Media

The bipartisan Energy Innovation Act puts a price on carbon. By imposing a rising fee, it would reduce CO2 emissions by 40% in just 12 years.  

A man died after he was found in the water Aug. 23, 2020, in Jackson Park Harbor. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times file photo

After the 46-year-old failed to return to a party, the Chicago police Marine Unit found him in the water near a pier in the 6400 block of South Promontory Drive.

A teenage boy was shot Aug. 23, 2020, in Austin. | Sun-Times file photo

The 17-year-old was dropped off at Stroger Hospital after being shot in the arm about 9:20 p.m. in the 600 block of South Central Avenue, Chicago police said.

Kirk Franklin gestures as he performs at the BET Awards in Los Angeles in 2019. | Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

The two-hour virtual ceremony honored late civil rights icon and Georgia congressman John Lewis with a musical tribute from CeCe Winans who sang “Bridge over Troubled Water.”

A man was shot by police Aug. 23, 2020, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. | Adobe Stock Photo

In a video, three officers could be seen shouting and pointing their weapons at the man. As the man opened the driver’s side door and leaned inside, one officer grabbed his shirt from behind and then fired into the vehicle.

Kellyanne Conway, counselor to president Donald Trump, speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, DC., earlier this year. | Getty

Conway cited a need to spend time with her four children in a resignation letter she posted Sunday night. Her husband, George Conway, had become an outspoken Trump critic, and her family a subject of Washington’s rumor mill.

The Bears go through practice. | Nam Y. Huh/AP

Several false-positive coronavirus tests shook up Bears camp.

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Frank Cullotta capitalized on his criminal past by giving mob tours in Las Vegas. | Sun-Times archive

Frank Cullotta served as a mob associate from the mid 1950s until 1982 and had admitted to committing more than 300 burglaries, 200 thefts, 25 arson and two murders.