Fans of Chicago's iconic Portillo's will now be able to get their fix bright and early.The hot dog and Italian beef chain launched a test program of breakfast items at five Chicago-area locations Tuesday. New menu items include three breakfast sandwiches, chocolate cake iced coffee and a chocolate cake donut. And yes, they'll serve Italian beef in the ...

PHOENIX Its Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday, with every player wearing No. 42, teams holding ceremonies, ballparks showing video tributes, and Major League Baseball reminding America that he helped spearhead the Civil Rights movement in 1947 with the integration of its sport.Yet, here we are 78 years later, and the African-American player population on ...

Light and healthy, this orzo chicken salad is a vibrant dish for an easy dinner. The addition of orzo lends heft, teaming up with chunks of roasted chicken, leafy arugula and juicy tomatoes for a bright and fresh salad.Orzo is the Italian word for barley, which is deceiving since orzo is not a grain. And, to muddle its name even further, orzo is also known ...

Mario Vargas Llosa, premio Nobel de literatura y gigante de las letras latinoamericanas, falleci el 13 de abril a los 89 aos de edad.Autor de novelas como La ciudad y los perros y La fiesta del chivo, recibi el premio Nobel de literatura en 2010 por su cartografa de las estructuras de poder y sus imgenes incisivas de la resistencia, la revuelta y la derrota ...

A 14-year-old boy is accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy last month amid a large gathering of kids in Streeterville. The boy, who wasn't identified because he is underage, was cited in a juvenile petition with aggravated battery, reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a handgun, according to Chicago police. He was arrested Monday ...

Coho salmon and smallmouth bass action on the lakefront and the general spread of spring action inland around Chicago fishing lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.Jason Olinger messaged the photo at the top of the big northern pike with fishing with Jesse Granato off Chicago. More on their catches is in the Lakefront report.A fish like that ...

The Sky, like most of the WNBA, are in a strange position as they await the deluge of players who will hit free agency after this season.A startling 105 of the 132 players in the league before the draft Monday have structured their contracts to hit the market in 2026 in hope of a spike in salaries with a new collective bargaining agreement being negotiated. ...

Una mujer result herida en un tiroteo en La Villita el lunes por la noche, inform la polica de Chicago.La mujer, de 39 aos, se vio involucrada en un altercado fsico con una persona en la cuadra 4300 al oeste de 25th Place a las 6:32 p. m. cuando la otra persona le dispar, inform la polica. Recibi varios disparos y fue trasladada al Hospital Mount Sinai en ...

Los miembros del Sindicato de Maestros de Chicago (CTU) votaron abrumadoramente a favor de ratificar su nuevo contrato con las Escuelas Pblicas de Chicago (CPS), oficializando un acuerdo que ofrece mejoras para educadores y estudiantes, pero que deja tras de s agitacin poltica.Tras casi un ao de negociaciones, el 97% de los miembros que votaron a finales de ...

Las inscripciones para los populares campamentos de verano del Distrito de Parques de Chicago abren esta semana, pero algunos padres estn un poco sorprendidos por el precio.Las inscripciones en lnea comenzaron el lunes por la maana para los campamentos de verano del Distrito de Parques de Chicago ubicados al oeste de California Avenue y todos los programas ...

While much of the country reels from the federal government being torn apart jobs slashed, agencies gutted, funding withdrawn Alexi Giannoulias is facing the opposite problem: a mass of new federal requirements crushing his agency."I haven't been this frustrated, professionally, maybe ever," the Illinois secretary of state said Monday. "Because we've done ...

A Department of Streets and Sanitation truck driver who brought a firearm into a city building and left it in a bathroom.A construction laborer with an expired firearms owners identification card and no concealed carry license found with an illegal firearm in his or her personal vehicle.A Chicago police lieutenant with an unlawful interest in a company ...

Do not be fooled by the Jackie Robinson jersey giveaway the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing or any of the empty platitudes they and Major League Baseball spout.Their lionizing of Robinson this year is the epitome of rank hypocrisy given their actions, or rather inaction, of recent weeks. Never forget that these same people who will claim to treasure Robinson ...

My childhood growing up in Pacific Grove, California was blessed with the kind of exposure to and immersion in nature that all kids deserve. We played among towering redwood trees that seemed to reach all the way to heaven. We surfed at Asilomar Beach and marveled at both how small we are in our place in nature, yet how connected we all are. And, a ...

A 24-year-old man who is accused of weapons violations after the fatal shooting of a 61-year-old doorman near the UIC/Halsted Blue Line station during an altercation over a fare was an employee for the transit authority, according to a police report.Luther Hopkins, 24 and of Calumet City, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, according to police. No ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now being forced to reconsider his decision to shut down the controversial ShotSpotter system a move that set off a search for police technologies that some business leaders have slammed as slipshod and frantic.SoundThinking, ShotSpotters parent company, is among eight firms that submitted proposals to provide citywide gun violence ...

The Chicago Sky looked to take another major step in their rebuild around Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso during the 2025 WNBA Draft on Monday night. The team had two picks late in the first round and used them on Slovenian forward Aja Sivka and TCU guard Hailey Van Lith.Sivka, the third European player off the board in the draft, brings some floor-spacing ...

The Teri brothers contributed a pair of turkeys to Illinois' record youth spring turkey seasons. In Stephenson County, Luke (left), 17, bagged a turkey with an 11-inch bear and 1 1/4-inch spurs and Joe, 14, shot a tom with a 10-inch beard and 3/4-inch spurs. Both used 12-gauge shotguns, their father Matt emailed.Illinois youth hunters harvested a ...

A 35-year-old man is expected in court later Tuesday accusing of fatally stabbing his wife over the weekend in Lincoln Square. Nurmuhammed Inus, 35, is charged with first-degree murder, police said, after he allegedly fatally stabbed Mairunnisa B. Osman, 29, late Saturday night. Osman's 12-year-old daughter met with responding police officers and told ...

MONTREAL This Blackhawks season tired out defenseman Alex Vlasic.Vlasic, 23, began to notice an energy deficit around three-quarters of the way through the season. He powered through the fatigue, but it caused his performance to be less consistent than usual. Everybody is more prone to mistakes when theyre tired, and hes no exception.It wore on me, the ...

The long-awaited rebirth of a 120-year-old North Lawndale garden could begin this summer with the restoration of the park's 100-foot long Mediterranean Revival pergola, according to the project's advocates.Construction drawings are being finalized that will guide the rehabilitation of the historic wooden pergola a structure that is the key visual feature ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a single man with no siblings. My elderly father passed away eight months ago. My mother is now in hospice with a life expectancy of weeks to months. My parents have lived long and productive lives, and I'm proud of both of them. We have always been very close. Since their terminal illnesses, I have managed to function fairly well.My problem ...

This weekend, thousands of people will flock to Easter Sunday Masses at Catholic Churches throughout the Chicago area. Many of these congregants have not walked into the darkened portals of a church since Christmas. These twice-a-year worshippers have been given the classical sobriquet "Chreasters:" those who attend Mass on Christmas and Easter.Some clergy ...

Chicagoans are no strangers to shady towing practices. Unscrupulous towers monitor police radios, hear an accident dispatch and swoop in to prey on rattled drivers. In 2023 alone, the Illinois Commerce Commission received more than 500 towing complaints from consumers the bulk tied to tows in Chicago. While the ICC thoroughly investigates these complaints, ...

SAN DIEGO The Cubs 10-4 loss to the Padres on Tuesday quickly spiraled out of control in the late innings as the bullpen took over. But the turning point was far subtler than the home runs and multi-run hits that came later. It was a blooper hitting the grass in between two Gold Glovers.A good team like that, you make a couple mistakes, and they're going ...