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No, Chicago salt trucks are not being used to interfere with ICE The salt trucks were positioned in Grant Park for the Taste of Chicago festival and weekend protests. Several social media posts are erroneously claiming Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago's expressways to create a block ICE operations.

Several social media posts erroneously claim that Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago’s expressways to block ICE operations. But that's not true.
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Flash-bang grenades and early morning raids: How Trump is planning to target Chicago Hundreds of federal agents are being sent to a suburban naval base from Los Angeles, where an immigration blitz this summer spurred protests that pushed Trump to call in the National Guard. Trump has ...

NEW: More details on Trump's Chicago immigration blitz.

-230 agents arrive from LA this weekend w/ 140 unmarked vehicles

-30 already arrived and are practicing crowd control with shields/flashbangs

-agents will leave base daily by 5 a.m.

-new no-fly zone at NSGL to keep away news choppers/drones

A young transgender bus driver thought her CTA job was the answer But Ava Hudson, 27, ended her life a year ago at a Blue Line L station in her CTA uniform.

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Founders of Chicago's premier AIDS unit gleam over decades of progress, as Trump cripples research Unit 371 at Illinois Masonic Hospital was a major treatment center for AIDS and inspired similar wards in Chicago and across the country.

Strong reporting and writing on these two stories, the first by Mary Norkol and the second by @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, make both great Sunday reads. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

The fire station across from Wrigley Field provided some relief from the heat after Saturday’s game. Just walk on by and take a quick cold shower. #Chicago #chicagocubs

Unexpected Red Line doubleheader opportunity tomorrow. White Sox play Cardinals at 1:10. Cubs play at 1:20. Then the Sox play a second game right after their first. Cubs fans who make the trek will feel oddly compelled to root for the South Siders. #Chicago #mlb #cta

It’s starting to look a lot like summer. #Chicago

'No Kings' protests coming to Chicago and suburbs Saturday: Live updates The Chicago rally will start at Daley Plaza around noon.

'No Kings' protests are coming to Chicago and the suburbs Saturday. The Chicago rally will start at Daley Plaza around noon. Follow along here for live updates.

Syndicated content in Sun-Times special section included AI-generated misinformation A Chicago freelance journalist said he did not fact-check information he compiled using AI before including it in stories for media clients.

You may have seen this by now but here’s what we know about what happened, chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/05..., and our CEO’s statement about it, chicago.suntimes.com/press-room/2....

The amateur meteorologists in the left field bleachers are debating whether this is fog or mist. #ChicagoWeather #ChicagoCubs

A takedown or a cover up? Sol LeWitt's famed Loop sculpture goes into hiding The General Services Administration won't say what happened to the sculpture, and the agency removed the piece from its website.

The story is up now, but still no sign of the artwork. chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...

The front page of the Chicago Sun-Times, featuring the pope waving under the words "DA POPE!" Subheadline says, "Chicagoan Robert Prevost, known to many on the South Side as 'Father Bob' and now to millions as Pope Leo XIV, becomes first American pontiff. The best coverage of Chicago's pope, pages 2-10."

Today's front page.

Chicago high school cheers White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV — 'He's one of us' While Robert Francis Prevost didn’t attend St. Rita of Cascia High School in Ashburn, his connection to the school runs deep. In the 1980s, he was a substitute and summer school teacher at the school…

Pope Leo XIV will always be Father Bob to Heidi Skokal. Her dad was close friends with Robert Francis Prevost for decades. The two were die-hard Sox fans. When her father was sick and dying from pancreatic cancer, Prevost called him and the family often.

Cubs jump the gun and get an X “community note.” Leo the Lip was a Cub but Pope Leo XIV rooted for the Sox.

From the south suburbs to helping choose the next pope Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South Side church. "Even as a young teenager, he knew what he wanted to do and wh...

Here’s @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social ‘s story from a week ago with all the background on Robert Prevost, the new pope and a Chicago native.

Are you a Chicago resident who saw your property taxes skyrocket the last few years?

I’m looking to talk to folks for a story on both the appeals process and shifting tax burden between businesses/homeowners, so reply or send me a DM if either applies and you’d be interested!

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My colleagues spent months looking at violent, unprovoked attacks by mentally ill people in Chicago — how existing systems are failing them and their victims. An important story, and one that's worth your time and worth sharing with others.

Every Schwarbomb makes me a little sadder.

While the Cubs’ new baby blues are a huge improvement over the navy City Connect uniforms, I agree that elegant home whites (and road grays) feel special and that all these alternate unis are just a hot mess.

Facebook and Shake Shack might want to have a conversation about ad placement.

Any self-respecting 4-year-old would scramble up to the top and end up in the ER. #Chicago #navypier

Yes, because travelers all love the industry standard boarding experience. thepointsguy.com/news/southwe... #swa

Seasons that ended in misery. Yes, I'm going to put them on my license plate to get constant reminders of Steve Garvey and of the Mets. #chicagocubs

The 66, it seems, was the party bus today. #cta #Chicago

Snowball weather but it’s not gonna last. Get ‘em while you can!

Was it the perfect accident like peanut butter meeting chocolate?

Shorts guys all spending today at O'Hare? #Chicago #Chicagoweather

They even had a balk then (Rule 15)! Is it defined anywhere?

Artist Max Sansing becomes a whirlwind when he's in mural season The Avalon Park resident painted landmarks in Uptown, Austin, Englewood and Evanston last summer.

The latest in the @chicago.suntimes.com weekly series on #Chicago murals and artists features the prolific Max Sansing.