Going into November’s election, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public on the economy, turning an issue that was once a clear strength for Trump into the equivalent of a political jump ball.
Marianne Matthews, who taught English and directed student plays at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, has died.
A Republican who once headed the Chicago law firm Mayer Brown, Ty Fahner was a leader in Chicago’s civic affairs.
Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson 5, has died at age 70.
Shortly after Hurricane Francine’s storm surge flooded a cemetery in the Louisiana bayou town of Dulac, Lori-Ann Bergeron arrived to check on three generations of family graves. Their tombstones were fine, but neighboring caskets had emerged beside broken crosses and soggy flower bouquets.
James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen — eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to CNN, “The Lion King” and Darth Vader — has died. He was 93.
Joseph Andriacchi, who was both a developer and a ranking member of the Chicago Outfit, according to authorities, has died.
Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper who gained mainstream notoriety through the trap singles “Type of Way” and “Flex (Ooh, Ooh, Ooh),” has died at 34.
Dennis McClendon was a mapmaker with an encyclopedic knowledge of Chicago whose perhaps most well known work work appears in CTA trains and stations.
James Darren, a teen idol who helped ignite the 1960s surfing craze as a charismatic beach boy paired off with Sandra Dee in the hit film “Gidget,” died Monday at 88.