Pinch-hitter Matt Duffy had a go-ahead single in the seventh inning, reliever Keegan Thompson pitched three scoreless innings for his first major league victory and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 Saturday for their fifth straight win.

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Cubs reliever Rex Brothers turnaround from last year to this has been sharp.

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CHICAGO (CBS) — One person was reportedly shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway southbound near 95th Street early Saturday morning, according to Illinois State Police.ISP responded to a local hospital after one person was taken there for non-life threatening injuries sustained around 3 a.m. while driving in the area.Police shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate-94 for the investigation from about 4 a.m. until 4:18 a.m.

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Red Line service was disrupted Saturday on the North Side as police investigate a “suspicious object” at the Bryn Mawr Red Line station.

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A 31-year-old man was fatally shot in Austin on the West Side. Five others have been wounded in shootings across Chicago so far this weekend.

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A fire was reported May 8, 2021, in Uptown.  | Sun-Times file photoCrews responded to the fire about 3:25 p.m. in the 1400 block of West Carmen Avenue, according to Chicago fire officials. Firefighters were battling a blaze Saturday in Uptown on the North Side.Crews responded to the fire about 3:25 p.m. in the 1400 block of West Carmen Avenue, according to Chicago fire officials. Information on any injuries was not immediately available.This is …

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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago has seen a significant increase in shootings and homicides so far this year, compared with the first four months of 2020, police said Saturday. Statistics included in a news release from the Chicago Police Department reveal that a troubling rise in gun violence this year  shows little sign of slowing down. The city had five fewer homicides this April than last April, but the number of shooting victims in

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An alderman who is also the nephew and grandson of two former mayors of Chicago has been indicted on tax charges tied to a failed bank, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

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