Cubs
Hoerner gets 3 hits as Cubs stop slide by topping Mets 3-2
Hoerner hit a tiebreaking RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning, and the Cubs stopped a nine-game slide by topping the New York Mets 3-2 on Sunday.
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Cubs
Pete Alonso, New York Mets sweep lowly Cubs with 4-3 victory
The lowly Cubs (34-57) have dropped nine in a row for their worst slide since they lost 10 straight in June.
White Sox
Polanco, 3 Twins' homers sink Lynn, White Sox in 6-3 win
Jorge Polanco hit a three-run homer, one of three for the Minnesota Twins against Lance Lynn, in a five-run third inning and Minnesota held on for a 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday.
Music
Billy Corgan to play charity show for July 4 parade victims
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, a 20-year resident of Highland Park, will perform a charity livestream show on July 27 to benefit the victims of the Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago that killed seven people and wounded more than 30.
White Sox
White Sox get HRs from Anderson, Engel in 6-2 win over Twins
Tim Anderson hit the go-ahead home run in the fourth inning and Adam Engel tacked on a three-run shot in the seventh, powering the White Sox to their fourth straight victory — 6-2 over the Twins on Friday night.
Chicago Journal
Wheeling man gets 57 years for shooting a state trooper
Prosecutors said Dragan shot a trooper in the arm, causing a non-life-threatening wound, in August 2019 as officers were serving an arrest and search warrant for Dragan at his home in Wheeling.
Cubs
Carrasco, Mets hand Cubs 7th straight loss, 8-0
Carlos Carrasco pitched six sharp innings, Brandon Nimmo and Pete Alonso homered, and the New York Mets handed the Chicago Cubs their seventh straight loss, 8-0 on Thursday night.
White Sox
White Sox rout Twins 12-2, extend win streak to three games
Luis Robert hit his first grand slam, Johnny Cueto pitched six strong innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 12-2 Thursday night to extend their winning streak to three games.
News
Feds sue Cubs, allege changes to Wrigley not ADA-compliant
According to the lawsuit, the renovations removed the best wheelchair seating in the stadium, failed to include it in new premium clubs, and stuck it in the last row of the bleachers, where it is blocked by drink rails or fans standing up to cheer.
Crime
Suburban Chicago man pleads not guilty in kids' drownings
A suburban Chicago man accused in the drowning deaths of his three young children pleaded not guilty Thursday to three counts of first-degree murder.
Chicago News
Chicago cop accused of striking woman at protest resigns
A Chicago police officer who had been facing possible dismissal after being accused of striking a woman and knocking out one of her teeth during a protest has resigned from the department.
Crime
Elmhurst man charged with spray-painting swastikas
Joel Jexie, 25, of Elmhurst has been charged with three counts of hate crime and one count of criminal damage to property.