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Arizona Diamondbacks' Ildemaro Vargas reacts after hit by pitch from Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Mike Vasil during the second inning of a baseball game in Chicago, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Arizona Diamondbacks fighting their way through a rash of injuries

The Arizona Diamondbacks have been snakebit all season. Injuries plagued the club in spring training and have continued to wreak havoc as the season reaches the midpoint, leaving manager Torey Lovullo searching for answers as he tries to cobble together a daily lineup.

This undated photo from the 1940s provided by author and researcher Valerie van Heest shows a Northwest Orient plane in Milwaukee before it crashed in Lake Michigan in 1950. (Leo Kohn/Courtesy of Valerie van Heest via AP)

75 years after the then-worst crash in US history, search ends for a plane in Lake Michigan

Arizona Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Fan banned by MLB after heckling Dbacks’ Marte to tears with barb about late mother, AP source says

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing, Thursday, June 12, 2025, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker to seek a 3rd term amid questions about higher political ambitions

CORRECT PROGRAM NAME: A student is taught how to ask Canva for help during a summer class at Roosevelt Middle School, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in River Forest, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

How ChatGPT and other AI tools are changing the teaching profession

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St. Louis mayor says authorities have confirmed at least 4 deaths after severe storm damaged several buildings in city

1 person died and 2 others were pulled from wreckage after a severe storm crumbled part of a St. Louis church

Chicago Cubs' Michael Busch left, slides into home plate safely as Chicago White Sox catcher Matt Thaiss (29) attempts to apply the tag during the second inning of a baseball game Friday, May 16, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Crow-Armstrong drives in 6 as the Cubs pound the White Sox 13-3 at a windy Wrigley Field

A general overall view of the exterior of Soldier Field before an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts, Oct. 4, 2020, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski, File)

Bears shift focus for new enclosed stadium back to the suburbs from the Chicago lakefront

President Donald Trump attends a business meeting at Qasr Al Watan, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump asks the Supreme Court to allow his government downsizing plans to proceed

Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenta Maeda throws against the Houston Astros during the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Cubs agree to a minor league deal with struggling right-hander Kenta Maeda

Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Miguel Castro walks off the field after the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Friday, May 16, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Miguel Castro makes White Sox debut after coming over in a trade with the Astros

Bea Johnson, left, looks to her sister Kristie Sexton, right, as she is embraced by family friend Keith Adams as they stand next to Sexton's destroyed home after a severe storm passed through the area, Saturday, May 17, 2025, in London, Ky. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Severe weather leaves at least 27 dead, including 18 in Kentucky

Cubs take on the White Sox in first of 3-game series

Charlotte FC takes losing streak into match against the Chicago Fire

Fever begin season at home against the Sky

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Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) throws a pass during an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Matt Ludtke, File)

Caleb Williams and his dad looked for ways to avoid him getting drafted by Bears, according to book

Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz gestures as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Reds hit 3 home runs, Martinez throws 7 shutout innings to snap 3-game skid, beat White Sox 7-1

Milwaukee Brewers' Vinny Capra (18) runs home to score as San Francisco Giants catcher Sam Huff, right, waits for the throw during the fourth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

White Sox claim infielder Vinny Capra off waivers from Brewers

Baltimore Orioles' Tony Kemp bunts during a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals, Tuesday, April 2, 2024, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)

Tony Kemp, who spent nine seasons as a spark plug in places like Houston and Oakland, retires

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, center, passes upcourt during the second half of an exhibition women's basketball game against Brazil, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever draw heavy betting action as WNBA season prepares to open

Yang Hansen, of China, speaks with reporters at the 2025 NBA basketball draft combine in Chicago, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Tim Reynolds)

At 7-foot-1 with an ability to score, China’s Yang comes to draft combine looking for an NBA shot

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark, center, walks off the court after an exhibition women's basketball game against Brazil, Sunday, May 4, 2025, in Iowa City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

WNBA set to tipoff season with host of teams looking to challenge for title including Clark’s Fever

This 1921 file photo shows Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, rear left, as Chicago White Sox players, Charles "Swede" Risberg, center left, and Arnold "Chick" Gandil, look on during the investigation of the infamous "Black Sox" scandal in Chicago. (AP Photo/File)

Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe and politics: Baseball and the real world collide more often than we think

Reds bring 3-game losing streak into matchup against the White Sox

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Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson watches players during the NFL football team's rookie camp in Lake Forest, Ill., Saturday, May 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

NFL teams have kids in mind with videos for schedule reveals, while Bears draw the most laughs

Miami Marlins' Kyle Stowers (28) runs the bases after hititng a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs, Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

Stowers homers twice, Weathers strong in return to lead Marlins over Cubs 3-1