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.
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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.
Crime
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.
Chicago Journal
Group of four, aged 14 and 15, charged with aggravated vehicular hijacking with firearms
Police said a group of three 15-year-olds and one 14-year-old were arrested a mile away from where they allegedly committed an armed carjacking on a 32-year-old male victim in Roseland.
Crime
Man shot and killed in Evanston park while playing with 6-year-old daughter
Family members said Hamros was at the park playing Pokémon Go with his 6-year-old daughter. Police said there was a confrontation with "an unknown number of people," when Hamros was shot and killed.
Crime
Englewood man charged with murder of transgender partner
An Englewood man is charged with murder in the Monday stabbing death of the person he was allegedly in a relationship with, according to prosecutors. The man's attorney said it was a fight and the man acted in self defense.
Crime
4 shot in Garfield Park drive-by
A drive-by shooting on the city's west side yesterday afternoon wounded 4 people, including a 15-year-old girl, authorities said.
Chicago Journal
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.