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Voters in four states weighed in Tuesday on their parties’ presidential nominees, a largely symbolic vote now that both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have locked up the Democratic and Republican nominations.
Biden and Trump easily won primaries in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Wisconsin, adding to their delegate hauls for their party conventions this summer.
In particular, the tallies in Wisconsin, a pivotal November battleground, will give hints about the share of Republicans who still aren’t on board with Trump and how many Democrats are disillusioned with Biden. Trump campaigned Tuesday in Wisconsin and Michigan, two Midwest battlegrounds.
See the election results from Wisconsin.
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Vadal Redmond holds her phone containing a photo of her daughter, Marseilles Redmond, with one of the diplomas from Lake Land College outside of the Skokie Courthouse on March 29, 2024, in Skokie. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)
A woman who says she shot and killed abuser seeks early release after unfavorable Illinois Supreme Court decision
Marseilles Redmond is seeking resentencing under an Illinois law that allows domestic violence survivors to make a case to a judge for a lower sentence. Her son, now 23, grew up grappling with his complicated and traumatic family history and hopes to have his mother home early for a second chance at building a family life together.
Traffic flows in the 6300 block of South Pulaski Road in Chicago on April 2, 2024. Days earlier, a CPS employee was struck and killed by a vehicle near there. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
CPS teaching assistant killed in hit-and-run in West Lawn remembered as a dedicated, compassionate educator
Charles “Charlie” Mills, who worked as a special education classroom assistant for Chicago Public Schools for more than 20 years, was killed near his home in a hit-and-run Sunday night in West Lawn, according to officials. The 56-year-old was crossing South Pulaski Road eastbound on 64th Street around 11:45 p.m. when a red Toyota Camry, traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on South Pulaski, struck him and did not stop, Chicago police said.
People talk outside the House Chamber while legislators are in session at the Illinois State Capitol on Feb. 20, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
House speaker’s top lawyer leaves post after being behind ban on lawmakers answering Tribune questions
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s chief legal counsel has abruptly left his job after recently released emails showed he was behind legally dubious “ethical guidance” issued to House Democrats last month that sought to block them from speaking to a Tribune reporter about “political matters” on or off state grounds.
People inspect the site where World Central Kitchen workers were killed in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip on April 2, 2024. (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)
Aid group halts food delivery in Gaza after Israeli strike kills 7 workers
Some of Israel’s closest allies on Tuesday condemned the deaths of seven aid workers who were killed by airstrikes in Gaza — a loss that prompted multiple charities to suspend food deliveries to Palestinians on the brink of starvation.
The deaths of the World Central Kitchen workers threatened to set back efforts by the U.S. and other countries to open a maritime corridor for aid from Cyprus to help ease the desperate conditions in northern Gaza.
Dolton Trustee Jason House, holding microphone, speaks at a public meeting Feb. 22, 2024, in a Dolton Park District building. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Dolton trustees walk out of meeting as Mayor Tiffany Henyard accuses them of a ‘theater stunt’
Dolton village trustees scheduled a special meeting for Monday after this week’s meeting dissolved into a walkout by four trustees at odds with Mayor Tiffany Henyard and an order from the village’s police chief to clear the room.
The Aurora Water Treatment Plant gets about 60% of its water from the Fox River, with the rest coming from wells around the city. Officials with Aurora’s water production department recently tested the river water after a chemical foam spill in a creek in Batavia that feeds into the Fox River. (R. Christian Smith / The Beacon-News)
Batavia chemical foam spill did not impact Aurora’s drinking water, officials say
On March 8, a malfunctioning fire suppression system at an industrial building in Batavia sprayed firefighting foam into a stormwater basin, which then leaked the foam into the stormwater sewer, according to officials. That sewer drained the foam into Mahoney Creek, which feeds into the Fox River.
Aurora’s water treatment plant gets about 60% of its water from the Fox River, with the rest coming from wells located around the city, according to Bob Leible, Aurora’s superintendent of water production.
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald stands on the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Michigan, Oct. 23, 2021, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Pat Fitzgerald’s lawsuit vs. Northwestern over the former football coach’s firing can continue, a judge rules
A judge denied Northwestern’s motion to dismiss former football coach Pat Fitzgerald’s $130 million lawsuit against the school claiming he was wrongly fired in the wake of a hazing scandal.
Cook County Circuit Judge Daniel Kubasiak ruled Tuesday that Fitzgerald made a strong enough argument to keep the case going. A trial is set for April 2025.
Brock Bowers #19 of the Georgia Bulldogs takes in a pass with Emari Demercado #3 of the TCU Horned Frogs defending in the first half the CFP National Championship Football game against the TCU Horned Frogs at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/ SCNG)
Bears Q&A: Which edge rusher would be the best fit for Matt Eberflus? Could Brock Bowers be a target at No. 9?
The NFL draft is only three weeks away, and with the Chicago Bears widely expected to select USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 pick, talk has turned to what they might do at No. 9.
A wide receiver? An offensive tackle? An edge rusher? Or perhaps a trade down? The Tribune’s Brad Biggs sorts it all out in his weekly Bears mailbag.
Chicago White Sox’s Andrew Vaughn hands over his batting guards to White Sox first base coach Jason Bourgeois during a spring training game against the Chicago Cubs on Friday, March 15, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (Ross D. Franklin / AP)
Why were the White Sox briefly missing a first-base coach Monday? Manager Pedro Grifol explains.
When it rains, it pours. And following a rain delay Monday, the White Sox found themselves briefly without a first-base coach.
L.A. detective John Sugar (Colin Farrell) tools around some mean streets with his dog, Wiley, in “Sugar.” (Jason LaVeris/Apple TV+)
Review: Colin Farrell in Apple TV+ ‘Sugar,’ an LA story with a love-it-or-hate-it twist
For a pop-cultural century, in words and images, Los Angeles has been depicted as a seductively alien locale not like any other place in the galaxy. Its natural disaster quotient, its sterling variety of photogenic backdrops for moral rot and a wide world of sleaze, the sun, the secrets — all of it spells camera-ready trouble in paradise.
Its strangeness was made for, and by, film noir, writes critic Michael Phillips. Here’s one example: the Apple TV+ offering “Sugar,” starring Colin Farrell as a mysteriously well-off private eye specializing in missing-person cases.
A ski lift in the new Hero’s section of Aspen Mountain in Aspen, Colo., March 10, 2024. (Matthew DeFeo/The New York Times)
Aspen has 153 new acres of terrain
Aspen Mountain’s newest terrain is an area called Hero’s. As you look uphill, it sits on the mountain’s left shoulder and offers 153 new acres of skiing, most of it rated double-black diamond. It is the first big development on the mountain since the Silver Queen gondola opened in 1986.
Martin Sorge’s version of Dinkel’s Bakery’s famous stollen bread, a fruit-filled German-style bread typically served during the holiday season, is seen at his home in Chicago, March 27, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
Dinkel’s Bakery nostalgia: Your guide to re-creating this bakery’s famous stollen
The stollen from Dinkel’s Bakery in Lakeview graced holiday tables for nearly a century.
Dinkel’s used a traditional mix of booze-soaked almonds and golden raisins, plus candied pineapple and cashews, which are not found in most Dresdner stollen. This combination improves the classic, with the toasty cashews and bright pineapple adding some much-needed flavor.
