HISTORICAL FACTS: 4 - Caught on Camera

Chicago’s Department of Environment is back, but needs to get bigger

Resurrecting the department is a wise first step, but it needs enough staff to meet the city’s many challenges at a time of climate change and other environmental concerns.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023

Mayor Johnson’s ‘people’s budget’ promises a lot — but can it deliver?

There are things to potentially like in the mayor’s first budget. But there is an all-important issue on which the upcoming City Council budget hearings must shed considerable light: Does it all add up?

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 12, 2023

Mayor Johnson proposes Chicago Department of Environment

Unlike the former department scrapped by Rahm Emanuel, the new City Hall addition would not enforce pollution laws.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 11, 2023

Li Shangfu: speculation grows over fate of China’s missing defence minister

Li Shangfu, who has not been seen for nearly three weeks, is under house arrest, claims US ambassador to Japan

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2023

China’s defence minister Li Shuangfu is missing: What do we know so far?

Li was last seen in Beijing at the end of August when he gave a keynote address at a forum with African countries.

Al Jazeera · Sep 15, 2023

Is China's defense minister under 'house arrest'?

The US ambassador to Japan has raised questions in a social media post about the whereabouts of China's defense minister, further adding to the confusion surrounding the state councillor's two-week absence from public view.

The Times of India · Sep 15, 2023

Bally’s Medinah Temple temporary casino landlord Albert Friedman will hit $20 million jackpot under 4-year lease

Albert M. Friedman will get more than $16.5 million in rent and a $330,000 management fee under his four-year lease, obtained by the Sun-Times. Bally’s also must pay a property tax bill that’s topped $1.1 million a year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 8, 2023

U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish amid radioactive water release outrage

He said it was intended to be a “show of solidarity” after the release of the water sparked protests and concerns that Japanese seafood would be contaminated.

Fortune · Aug 24, 2023

New details on little-known Obama Presidential Library, tucked away in Hoffman Estates

U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan, whose National Archives and Records Administration operates presidential libraries, talks about the library in an exclusive Sun-Times interview.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 24, 2023

Biden taps Rahm’s former City Hall corporation counsel to be top White House lawyer

Ed Siskel — nephew of the late Chicago film critic Gene Siskel — is familiar with high-stakes congressional investigations and other politicized probes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 22, 2023