Новости за 18.02.2024

Curie’s Will Gonzalez (1) reacts after winning the Public League championship game against Kenwood at Credit Union 1 Arena.

Former Bear Steve McMichael speaks at his restaurant, Mongo McMichael’s, in April 2013. | Sun-Times file photo

Café owner Dina (Sophie Madorsky, with Rom Barkhordar and Armand Akbari) is among the people in a remote Israeli town showing hospitality to stranded Egyptian musicians in “The Band’s Visit.”

White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf reportedly is seeking $1 billion in state funding to help build a new stadium.

Former White Sox pitcher Lucas Giolito throws live batting practice at spring training with the Red Sox in Fort Myers, Fla.

DEAR ABBY: I host holiday meals for my out-of-town family. During the last one, my cousin's 5-year-old son ran up and down the upstairs hallway pretty much nonstop the entire time. The floor is ceramic tile, so when he did this, it made a huge racket and shook the house. The pounding frayed my and my husband's nerves, but we didn't say anything because I was afraid it wouldn't go over well.

A woman was found killed Feb. 18, 2024, on the South Side.

Sun-Times file

A woman was found killed Sunday morning in Chatham on the South Side.

The woman, whose age wasn’t immediately known, was found unresponsive outside about 9 a.m. in the 8200 block of South Vernon Avenue, Chicago police said.

She was found with "apparent trauma to the neck area" and pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

No one was in custody.

Lukas Reichel was sent to the AHL after struggling in 50 NHL games this season.

We fed my usual column headshot into an AI image generator and asked it to make me into a robot. We didn’t suggest it make me look evil — that the generator did on its own.

Four people were stabbed Feb. 18, 2024, in West Town.

Sun-Times file

Four people were stabbed early Sunday in West Town on the West Side.

Just before 1:50 a.m., officers responding to calls of a person stabbed in the 2200 block of West Walnut Street found four people stabbed, Chicago police said.

Two women and a man were taken to the Rush University Medical Center where they were all listed in good condition, police said.

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A man was shot and killed Feb. 17, 2024 on the Near West Side.

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A man was fatally shot during an argument Saturday evening on the Near West Side.

Around 6:30 p.m., Damian Gomez, 19, was arguing with someone in the 1900 block of West Hastings Street when he was shot in the chest and shoulder, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office said.

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DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married 32 years. I cannot remember the last time he asked me about my day, let alone my life, without a prompt from me. I feel ignored and emotionally neglected. After years of this treatment, I'm no longer willing to tolerate it.

Someone in Chicago wants to know how to deal with her boyfriend’s drama-filled family.

“Mr. Half Rack” photographed by Bob Depke in the Palos/Orland area.

Provided by Bob Depke

Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

BUCK OF THE WEEK: UNPLUGGED

Bob Depke emailed "Mr. Half Rack," a big half-rack buck in the Palos/Orland area of Cook County. "He was just eating an evergreen and apparently in no hurry to leave his pruning job," Depke emailed. Now I am getting half-rack bucks and red foxes. I love it.

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Moon Alert

Avoid shopping or important decisions from 9 to 10 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Gemini into Cancer.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Take it easy, because this is a laid-back day. You might spend a lot of time daydreaming or being lost in a fantasy world. Be aware that communications are subject to confusion, which means if you're talking about anything important make an extra effort to clarify things.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

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Ernie Johnson Jr. interviews Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors and Sabrina Ionescu #20 of the New York Liberty after their 3-point challenge during the State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Lucas Oil Stadium on February 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Willowbrook flag football coach Rachel Karos
(right, in gray T-shirt) found the sport after
finishing college.

Bryan Shaw #41 of the Chicago White Sox makes a catch against the Minnesota Twins during the seventh inning at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 14, 2023 in Chicago

Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr. (0) shoots against Maryland guard DeShawn Harris-Smith (5) and forward Julian Reese, third from left, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in College Park, Md.

Kevin Korchinski was temporarily benched in the Blackhawks’ win over the Senators on Saturday.

Connor Bedard helped the Blackhawks beat the Senators 3-2 on Saturday.

Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer speaks during the news conference at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.

Actor Courtney B. Vance, who wrote his memoir “The Invisible Ache” with Dr. Robin L. Smith, speaks about his mental health journey during the African American Alumni Committee Symposium at the Edith Abbott Hall at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024.

Newly-named senior vice president and general manager Chris Getz of the White Sox looks on during batting practice prior to the game against the Detroit Tigers at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 01, 2023 in Chicago.

Ashlyn Aljamal (right), 3, and Hamzah Aljamal, 6, play with paper dragons along West Argyle Street during the Argyle Lunar New Year Parade in Uptown, Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024.