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Voters in four states weighed in Tuesday on their parties’ presidential nominees, a largely symbolic vote now that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have locked up the Democratic and Republican nominations.
Biden and Trump easily won primaries in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin, adding to their delegate hauls for their party conventions this summer.
In particular, the tallies in Wisconsin, a pivotal November battleground, will give hints about the share of Republicans who still aren’t on board with Trump and how many Democrats are disillusioned with Biden. Trump campaigned Tuesday in Wisconsin and Michigan, two Midwest battlegrounds.
See the election results from Wisconsin.
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A woman who says she shot and killed abuser seeks early release after unfavorable Illinois Supreme Court decision
Marseilles Redmond is seeking resentencing under an Illinois law that allows domestic violence survivors to make a case to a judge for a lower sentence. Her son, now 23, grew up grappling with his complicated and traumatic family history and hopes to have his mother home early for a second chance at building a family life together.
CPS teaching assistant killed in hit-and-run in West Lawn remembered as a dedicated, compassionate educator
Charles “Charlie” Mills, who worked as a special education classroom assistant for Chicago Public Schools for more than 20 years, was killed near his home in a hit-and-run Sunday night in West Lawn, according to officials. The 56-year-old was crossing South Pulaski Road eastbound on 64th Street around 11:45 p.m. when a red Toyota Camry, traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on South Pulaski, struck him and did not stop, Chicago police said.
House speaker’s top lawyer leaves post after being behind ban on lawmakers answering Tribune questions
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s chief legal counsel has abruptly left his job after recently released emails showed he was behind legally dubious “ethical guidance” issued to House Democrats last month that sought to block them from speaking to a Tribune reporter about “political matters” on or off state grounds.
Aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 workers
Some of Israel’s closest allies on Tuesday condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink of starvation.
The deaths of the World Central Kitchen workers threatened to set back efforts by the U.S. and other countries to open a maritime corridor for aid from Cyprus to help ease the desperate conditions in northern Gaza.
Dolton Trustee Jason House, holding microphone, speaks at a public meeting Feb. 22, 2024, in a Dolton Park District building. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Dolton trustees walk out of meeting as Mayor Tiffany Henyard accuses them of a ‘theater stunt’
Dolton village trustees scheduled a special meeting for Monday after this week’s meeting dissolved into a walkout by four trustees at odds with Mayor Tiffany Henyard and an order from the village’s police chief to clear the room.
Batavia chemical foam spill did not impact Aurora’s drinking water, officials say
On March 8, a malfunctioning fire suppression system at an industrial building in Batavia sprayed firefighting foam into a stormwater basin, which then leaked the foam into the stormwater sewer, according to officials. That sewer drained the foam into Mahoney Creek, which feeds into the Fox River.
Aurora’s water treatment plant gets about 60% of its water from the Fox River, with the rest coming from wells located around the city, according to Bob Leible, Aurora’s superintendent of water production.
Pat Fitzgerald’s lawsuit vs. Northwestern over the former football coach’s firing can continue, a judge rules
A judge denied Northwestern’s motion to dismiss former football coach Pat Fitzgerald’s $130 million lawsuit against the school claiming he was wrongly fired in the wake of a hazing scandal.
Cook County Circuit Judge Daniel Kubasiak ruled Tuesday that Fitzgerald made a strong enough argument to keep the case going. A trial is set for April 2025.
Bears Q&A: Which edge rusher would be the best fit for Matt Eberflus? Could Brock Bowers be a target at No. 9?
The NFL draft is only three weeks away, and with the Chicago Bears widely expected to select USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 pick, talk has turned to what they might do at No. 9.
A wide receiver? An offensive tackle? An edge rusher? Or perhaps a trade down? The Tribune’s Brad Biggs sorts it all out in his weekly Bears mailbag.
Why were the White Sox briefly missing a first-base coach Monday? Manager Pedro Grifol explains.
When it rains, it pours. And following a rain delay Monday, the White Sox found themselves briefly without a first-base coach.
Review: Colin Farrell in Apple TV+ ‘Sugar,’ an LA story with a love-it-or-hate-it twist
For a pop-cultural century, in words and images, Los Angeles has been depicted as a seductively alien locale not like any other place in the galaxy. Its natural disaster quotient, its sterling variety of photogenic backdrops for moral rot and a wide world of sleaze, the sun, the secrets — all of it spells camera-ready trouble in paradise.
Its strangeness was made for, and by, film noir, writes critic Michael Phillips. Here’s one example: the Apple TV+ offering “Sugar,” starring Colin Farrell as a mysteriously well-off private eye specializing in missing-person cases.
Aspen has 153 new acres of terrain
Aspen Mountain’s newest terrain is an area called Hero’s. As you look uphill, it sits on the mountain’s left shoulder and offers 153 new acres of skiing, most of it rated double-black diamond. It is the first big development on the mountain since the Silver Queen gondola opened in 1986.
Dinkel’s Bakery nostalgia: Your guide to re-creating this bakery’s famous stollen
The stollen from Dinkel’s Bakery in Lakeview graced holiday tables for nearly a century.
Dinkel’s used a traditional mix of booze-soaked almonds and golden raisins, plus candied pineapple and cashews, which are not found in most Dresdner stollen. This combination improves the classic, with the toasty cashews and bright pineapple adding some much-needed flavor.
