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Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, June 26, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Shota Imanaga throws 5 sharp innings in return from injury as Cubs beat Cardinals 3-0

Shota Imanaga returned from the injured list to throw five innings of one-hit ball, lifting the Chicago Cubs to a 3-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals for a split of a four-game series.
 
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Shota Imanaga pauses on the mound during the third inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals Thursday, June 26, 2025, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Cubs’ Shota Imanaga pitches 5 scoreless innings vs. Cardinals in return from left hamstring strain

 
Pringles chips are seen in a posed photo at a West Bath, Maine grocery store on April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)

Pringles maker Kellanova’s shares rise after US regulators approve its proposed merger with Mars

 
BKV Carbon Ventures health and safety advisor Adam Pope looks on at a compression station that is part of a carbon capture and sequestration process in Bridgeport, Texas, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

How carbon capture works and the debate about whether it’s a future climate solution

 
Karli Casamento, watches of her 15-year-old son, Jax's youth baseball game with her son seven-year-old Colt in Aston, Pa., Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Families and businesses are concerned about the effect of tariffs on youth sports

 

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Israeli leader Netanyahu’s office says he is “shocked” by “horrific, antisemitic” DC shooting of embassy staffers

 
Federal agents take a person into custody after an immigration court hearing outside an immigration court, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge

 
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter talks with reporters Thursday, May 22, 2025, after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were killed outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday night, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Court papers say suspect in embassy killings declared, ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza’

 

Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Illinois Pick 4 Evening

 

Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Illinois Lucky Day Lotto (Evening)

 

Winning numbers drawn in Wednesday’s Illinois Pick 3 Evening

 

NCAA Women’s Golf Championship results

 

Northwestern stuns Stanford to capture first NCAA title in women’s golf

 
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams, right, works with running back D'Andre Swift during NFL football practice in Lake Forest, Ill., Wednesday, May 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Bears coach praises Caleb Williams while QB stays quiet in wake of book excerpt

 
A pair of blood-stained gloves that Abraham Lincoln had when he was assassinated at Freeman's | Hindman in West Loop, Chicago, May 15, 2025. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves from the night of his assassination among 144 artifacts on auction

 
Seattle Mariners' Leody Taveras (4) hits a two-run home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Taveras’ 2-run homer in the 8th inning lifts Mariners to a 6-5 win over the White Sox

 
Chicago Cubs' Matt Shaw runs after hitting a double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Kyle Tucker homers for second straight game and helps Cubs beat the Marlins 2-1

 
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher George Kirby throws against the Houston Astros during the first inning of a baseball game, Sept. 25, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, file)

Mariners’ rotation set to get a boost with return of George Kirby for Astros series

 

Marlins take on the Cubs in series rubber match

 

White Sox and Mariners meet to decide series winner

 

Chicago hosts New York following Stewart’s 25-point showing

 
Chicago White Sox pitcher Adrian Houser throws the ball against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)

Houser gets a win in his return to the majors as the White Sox beat the Mariners 1-0

 

Winning numbers drawn in Tuesday’s Illinois Pick 4 Evening

 

Winning numbers drawn in Tuesday’s Illinois Pick 3 Evening

 

Winning numbers drawn in Tuesday’s Illinois Lucky Day Lotto (Evening)

 
Chicago Cubs' Seiya Suzuki (27) is met by Matt Shaw, left, after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Miami Marlins Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Suzuki hits 2-run HR to cap 8-run sixth inning as Cubs beat Marlins 14-1

 
Seattle Mariners' J.P. Crawford, left, celebrates with Julio Rodríguez, right, after they defeated the Chicago White Sox in a baseball game in Chicago, Monday, May 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Mariners use sharp pitching and timely hitting to deliver strong road start

 
Chicago White Sox's Luis Robert Jr. runs to first base against the Seattle Mariners during the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks)

Luis Robert Jr. is off to a rough start with the Chicago White Sox

 
Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ takes batting practice after returning from the 10-day injured list before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

NL Central-leading Cubs activate Happ from injured list, option Ballesteros to Iowa

 
Pope Leo XIV appears at the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, May 11, 2025.(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse turn up calls for reforms from new pope’s American hometown

 
A damaged Greyhound bus is prepared for transport on Wednesday, July 12, 2023, from the scene of a fatal wreck on westbound Interstate 70 after the bus collided with a tractor-trailer near Highland, Ill. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP,File)

Shortage of overnight truck parking contributed to deadly Greyhound bus crash, regulators say

 
In this photo provided by Religion News Service, participants of the Polaris Leadership Summit for young Christian leaders work on projects together at Princeton Theological Seminary in early April 2025, in Princeton, N.J. (Kathryn Post/Religion News Service via AP)

With fewer ordinations, seminaries find ways to serve young professionals in other fields

 

Stanford goes OT to win a thriller and will face Northwestern for NCAA women’s golf title

 
Actor George Wendt posing for a portrait in New York, Oct. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file)

George Wendt, who played beloved barfly Norm on ‘Cheers’ and found another home onstage, dies at 76

 
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson takes his seat at the witness table during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.,File)

Justice Department investigates Chicago’s hiring practices after mayor touts Black hires

 
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