Dodgers win World Series, defeat Blue Jays in Game 7 classic
The Dodgers become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees
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The Dodgers become the first repeat champion since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees
After two back-to-back wins at Wrigley, the Cubs' season comes to an end in Milwaukee as the Brewers take Game 5 3-1.
The Chicago Cubs will face the Milwaukee Brewers in the NLDS, a best-of-five matchup that is the next step on their path back to the World Series.
Manny Machado hit a two-run homer, Mason Miller dominated again and the San Diego Padres beat the Chicago Cubs 3-0 to send their NL Wild Card Series to a decisive third game.
San Diego Padres relief pitcher Mason Miller made Major League Baseball playoff history against the Chicago Cubs.
Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly hit back-to-back homers, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the San Diego Padres 3-1 in Game 1 of their NL Wild Card Series.
Miguel Vargas and Dominic Fletcher also homered for the White Sox, who concluded their first season under Will Venable at 60-102.
The start of the game was delayed 40 minutes by rain.
The Cubs (91-70) will host San Diego in the first round of the playoffs.
Colson Montgomery hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning, Lenyn Sosa was 3 for 3 with a homer and three RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Nationals 10-9 to snap a five-game losing streak.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit a two-run shot to become the first Cubs player with 30 homers, 30 doubles and 30 stolen bases in a season as Chicago pounded the St. Louis Cardinals 12-1 on Friday.
Francisco Lindor homered to reach the 30-30 milestone for the second time, Brett Baty went deep and the New York Mets beat the Chicago Cubs 8-5 to remain in position for the final National League wild card.
The playoff-bound Yankees finished a three-game sweep to move a season-high 23 games above .500.
The Cubs took control with a five-run rally in the third off rookie Jonah Tong (2-3).
The Yankees regained a share of the AL East lead for the first time since July with an 8-1 win over the White Sox on Wednesday.
The Yankees rallied to beat the White Sox 3-2 Tuesday night, securing their eighth playoff appearance in nine seasons.
Chicago made it close in the seventh when Miguel Vargas and Andrew Benintendi drew bases-loaded walks from reliever Mason Miller.
The Cubs had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth against Tony Santillan, who struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong for his 7th save of the season.
The White Sox lost for the seventh time in eight games, while the San Diego Padres moved closer to their second straight playoff appearance.
Miguel Vargas hit a two-run homer, Davis Martin pitched six effective innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 to end a six-game skid.
Spencer Steer hit two of Cincinnati's season-high five homers as the Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 7-4 on to keep pace in the National League wild-card race.
Hunter Greene pitched a one-hitter and Will Benson drove in the only run with a fourth-inning double as the Cincinnati Reds beat the Chicago Cubs 1-0.
The Chicago Cubs moved closer to a playoff berth with a 4-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Jameson Taillon allowed two hits in six innings, and Michael Busch and Pete Crow-Armstrong homered as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 and got closer to clinching a postseason berth.
Miguel Vargas had two hits, including an RBI double in the fourth inning.
A medical emergency is causing delays for commuters on the CTA Blue Line early Friday morning.
A man was found shot to death in an apartment building in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood early Friday morning.
Beethoven once said "music can change the world," and a longtime Chicago music teacher is proof of that, leaving a profound impact on students' lives for decades.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
A west suburban woman said she and her child might have been secretly recorded while undressing during visits to their chiropractor, who recently was arrested on sex crime charges.
Thousands of pages of Epstein documents released by the House Oversight Committee include emails and texts with close contacts that often touched on President Trump.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that TSA agents with "exemplary service" during the government shutdown will receive a $10,000 bonus check.
A group of transgender members of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force forced to leave active duty under the Trump administration's policies say their benefits were revoked in a rare move.
The City of Chicago is suing the Justice Department over restrictions on community policing hiring that the Johnson administration says are illegal. The city of St. Paul, Minnesota is also joining the federal lawsuit.
Members of the House from Illinois voted along party lines on the government funding package to end the shutdown.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
Insurance companies are increasingly using drones and aerial surveillance to snap photos of home, then reviewed by AI, to inform underwriting. That can cause mistakes, like the one that affected a homeowner in Kane County, Illinois.
SHFT Behavioral Health is the first urgent care clinic in Chicago for young people in mental health crises — specializing in children as young as 10 and adults up to the age of 30.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital this week launched a new advanced leukemia program.
The Pink and Pearl Campaign held at Rush University Medical Center is designed to push a powerful message: that early detection for breast and lung cancer saves lives.
Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are the first in Illinois to offer a new treatment for atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that often strikes firefighters.
Three prominent Chicago hospitals are joining forces in the fight against breast cancer, through new clinical trials involving two drugs.
The former landlord of the now-long-shuttered Rainforest Café in River North is now facing a $9.3 million foreclosure lawsuit.
A new owner said Tuesday that he plans to reopen the venerable Gale Street Inn restaurant in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood.
The popular Unabridged Bookstore in Chicago's East Lakeview community celebrated 45 years in business this weekend.
Chicago's Latino-owned breweries combine their culture with craft beer for a unique take. This Hispanic Heritage Month, CBS News Chicago visited a couple of them.
The Central Area Plan 2045 seeks to transform and invest in the downtown area.
The Tony Award-winning favorite "Hamilton" is returning to Chicago for a limited engagement.
Sally Kirkland was best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "The Sting" and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie "Anna."
Major renovations at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre are expected to wrap by the fall of 2027, according to published reports.
Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny are among the artists with the most Grammy nominations this year.
The Fighting Illini marching band recently took up the challenge of performing the music of Metallica.
A medical emergency is causing delays for commuters on the CTA Blue Line early Friday morning.
Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the extended forecast.
A man was found shot to death in Auburn Gresham.
Meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
Beethoven once said "music can change the world," and a longtime Chicago music teacher is proof of that, leaving a profound impact on students' lives for decades. One of Don Sadofsky's former students, now a successful musician himself, wanted to give back, and arranged a special surprise that hit just the right note.
A Chicago man who has a long criminal record of physically attacking random people has been charged with felonies for two random attacks in June.
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. has been diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, or PSP. What is this rare disease?
A federal judge toured the Broadview ICE processing facility on Thursday, amid a lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions for immigrants being detained inside the building.
A medical emergency is causing delays for commuters on the CTA Blue Line early Friday morning.
A man was found shot to death in an apartment building in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood early Friday morning.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
A Chicago area couple logged into their retirement account only to find out it had been hacked, and a large chunk of their retirement savings was gone. The response from the online brokerage firm is only adding insult to injury.
The teacher detained by ICE agents at the Rayito del Sol daycare in North Center is believed to now be at the Broadview processing facility, and parents in the community now have serious safety concerns.
Lawyer Patrick Jaicomo said he expects a tidal wave of lawsuits nationwide against federal agents by U.S. citizens and non-citizens in communities impacted the most by federal agents over the last several months.
More than a decade after first raising alarms that the Chicago Fire Department wasn't properly tracking its response times, the city's top watchdog has issued a new report showing nothing has changed.
The Bears' beat-up defense continues to lead the NFL with 20 takeaways, but despite their penchant for forcing turnovers, there's cause for concern heading into Sunday's game in Minnesota.
WWE professional wrestling is returning to the United Center next year with its Elimination Chamber event.
Defenseman Simon Nemec scored his third goal of the game at 3:28 of the overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
Paul Reed had 28 points and 13 rebounds and the undermanned Detroit Pistons won their eighth straight game, beating the Chicago Bulls 124-113 on Wednesday night.
The Bears are getting set for their first rematch of the season, facing a Vikings team that rallied to beat them in Week 1. Head coach Ben Johnson feels his team has taken big steps forward since his first game as a head coach.
The FBI was asking for help Thursday in finding a man who robbed a bank in St. Charles, Illinois, west of Chicago this past weekend.
The City of Chicago is suing the Justice Department over restrictions on community policing hiring that the Johnson administration says are illegal. The city of St. Paul, Minnesota is also joining the federal lawsuit.
A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the death of his 2-month-old son in April.
A man is accused of killing a co-worker with a sledgehammer at a food and dairy processing facility in central Minnesota.
Chicago police are asking for help identifying the man who stabbed a CTA passenger on a Blue Line platform over the weekend on the Near West Side.
