YOU WONT BELIEVE: 10 | Mind Blowing Facts

$150,000 rewards offered for information in South Chicago postal worker robberies

Three robberies of postal workers over the past month have been reported in Chicago, prompting the postal service to offer rewards in the cases.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

Bud Harrelson, Mets shortstop and manager who once fought Pete Rose, dies at 79

The Mets said that Harrelson died at a hospice house after a long battle with Alzheimer’s.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

UIC campus cop with extremist ties is banned from testifying in Cook County court cases

The officer continued to work for the state university despite acknowledging he signed up years ago with the anti-government Oath Keepers, which played a key role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

Bears will play a home game in London in 2024

The game against an undetermined opponent will be at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, where they last played in London in 2019 against the Raiders. The Bears also played in London in 2011 against the Buccaneers.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

Bill Belichick steps down as Patriots coach

The move ends his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the league’s Super Bowl era.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

Feds want Heather Mack to get 28 years behind bars for mom’s ‘vicious’ murder in Bali

“The objective evidence is that despite enduring years of abuse, [Sheila von Wiese-Mack] loved her daughter and did everything she could to provide the best for her,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

We’re Jewish legislators, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza

Some say a cease-fire amounts to letting Hamas win. That might be true if “cease-fire” meant a unilateral, unconditional laying-down of arms by Israel and nothing more, write state Reps. Kelly Cassidy and Will Guzzardi. But a cease-fire involves negotiations among both parties.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

Dear Abby: My toxic parents have moved in, refuse to leave

Homeless after a foreclosure, they’re a bad influence on their daughter’s children and won’t take the hint that it’s time to go.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

Some pro-Palestinian protesters are unserious, and only hurt their cause

The cause of peace and an end to the war in Gaza is a serious, righteous and good one, at its core. But misguided and arguably ineffective stunts like shutting down bridges and snarling traffic don’t do anything to win people over.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024

Someone’s got to clean up the foul-smelling, toxic waterway in Little Village

The folks in Little Village on the Southwest Side have put up with the stench from Collateral Channel for years. The EPA has to order a clean-up, and it’s less about who does it than when it gets done.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 11, 2024