White Sox OF Avisail Garcia Named To First All-Star Game: 'Another Blessing'
Garcia has earned the honor amid a breakout season in 2017.
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Garcia has earned the honor amid a breakout season in 2017.
If the Cubs reach the World Series, they could make great use of the DH spot in key games.
The Marlins' Giancarlo Stanton hit a record 61 homers in three rounds, including a shot estimated at 497 feet.
Four Cubs will start for the NL, while White Sox ace Chris Sale gets the starting nod for the AL.
A five-time All-Star, this is Sale's first starting nod in the All-Star Game.
We look at who's been the best of the best through the lense of sabermetrics.
The Cubs are in need of some rest. Instead, they'll be the leading figures in the All-Star Game.
Quintana replaces Indians pitcher Danny Salazar, who pulled out of the All-Star game with mild elbow discomfort.
Addison Russell is just 22 years old and off to a historic start in his career.
The metrics back Ross as one of baseball's best catchers.
The next All-Star Game up for grabs is 2019.
The game drew a 6.6 rating, worse than the previous low of 6.8 in 2012.
Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball's new generation.
"The young talent in baseball is better than it's been in years," Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira says.
Whether good or bad, these All-Star Game moments were certainly memorable.
The HR Derby changes were a good start, but more can be done to increase excitement.
Rizzo and Bryant will see a fantasy turn into reality come Monday night.
The All-Star Game is nearly here, which means the complaining has begun. Here's a tip to enjoy the events: rediscover your inner kid.
Cabrera now leads Hosmer by about 1.3 million votes after trailing by 470,000 in the last return.
It's time to overhaul the MLB All-Star Game voting procedures and tweak other rules.
Omar Infante, he of a .204 average, is on track to be the AL starting second baseman.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred visited Wrigley Field on Friday.
It will mark two straight years in which the Midsummer Classic is held in an NL park.
Helping send Derek Jeter out a winner in his last All-Star game appearance, Mike Trout drove in two runs with a triple and a double to lead the American League past the National League 5-3 on Tuesday night.
Anthony Rizzo got a lot of support out West, while Chris Sale had lots of votes from the East.
The body of a man who went missing along Des Plaines River in Libertyville, Illinois, has been recovered.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are bringing flooding risks as Chicago kicks off day three of Lollapalooza on Saturday.
A woman was shot during an attempted carjacking in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
Anne Frank The Exhibition is an experience that is haunting yet heart-warming, telling the story of a life that ended tragically and far too soon.
The U.S. and Israel plan to hit Iran's energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend, although no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on "addictive algorithms" that keep kids glued to their screens.
A judge sided with the Wisconsin Elections Commission Wednesday, ruling that state law does not allow absentee voters to change their ballot after it has been returned — a setback for Democrats amid a scrambled governor's primary field.
Barnes withdrew from the Democratic primary less than two weeks before the Aug. 11 election, on the same day a newspaper reported it had asked him about allegations of inappropriate behavior reviewed by the state party.
For years, Deborah Witzburg sounded the loudest alarm when uncovering hundreds of cases of corruption and fraud inside Chicago city government.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, keeping the 2011 law limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights in place as unions prepare to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
A boy was found safe after a car was stolen on Chicago's West Side.
The body of a man who went missing along Des Plaines River in Libertyville, Illinois, has been recovered.
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Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has the extended forecast.
Rain is taking over the forecast on Saturday with day three of Lollapalooza underway.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms are bringing flooding risks as Chicago kicks off day three of Lollapalooza on Saturday.
The body of a man who went missing along Des Plaines River in Libertyville, Illinois, has been recovered.
A woman was shot during an attempted carjacking in Chicago's Lawndale neighborhood.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
Anne Frank The Exhibition is an experience that is haunting yet heart-warming, telling the story of a life that ended tragically and far too soon.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Chicago's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees roughly 200 traffic aides, says two were seriously injured by drivers this summer — leaving many uneasy on the job as Lollapalooza brings heavy traffic downtown.
Shavonne Worthy said she visited her mother's grave at Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside and found an empty hole where the headstone had stood for nearly 10 years — and the cemetery's new owner told her it was removed intentionally.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
Miguel Vargas, Andrew Benintendi, Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery homered and the Chicago White Sox beat the American League-leading Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 on Friday night.
Founded in a garage in 2009 and later based on 16th Street, Boxing Out Negativity is now opening a significantly larger facility at Lawndale Plaza in North Lawndale.
Will Warren pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning, Amed Rosario and rookie Spencer Jones each homered and the New York Yankees beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0.
Romo was arrested in Wisconsin last week, accused of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Tristan Peters drew a bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning to force in automatic runner Chase Meidroth and the Chicago White Sox edged the Yankees 2-1.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
A popular Little Italy neighborhood bar was the target of an early morning break-in this week. While the owners said they are upset, they are responding with some levity.
Three men accused of attacking a CBS News Chicago crew during a crime spree last month pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled Friday that Sean Grayson, convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey, will remain in prison despite a medical release application citing advanced colon cancer.
Two Mundelein-area men are facing charges connected to the murder of a man who disappeared last November.
