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Chicago Tribune
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Afternoon Briefing: Latest Naperville ‘teen takeover' results in multiple arrests
Good afternoon, Chicago. After Naperville police allegedly found a 14-year-old carrying a loaded, semiautomatic pistol at a downtown 'teen takeover' event last weekend, authorities are urging safety and, again, stressed they have zero tolerance for illicit behavior. 'While we encourage everyone to exercise their first amendment right and we encourage everyone to enjoy what the downtown provides, we need everyone to do that lawfully,' Naperville police Cmdr. Rick Krakow said. 'There's going to be zero tolerance for any sort of criminal behavior, from trespassing to disorderly conduct to fighting.' Since May 1, there have been seven planned teen takeover events in Naperville, each with varying degrees of participation, Krakow said. The latest, held Saturday, resulted in five arrests, including that of the 14-year-old, who was charged with one count of unlawful possession of a weapon, authorities said. Charges in other arrests included disorderly conduct and battery. Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration never undertook a formalized national search for a new CTA president despite the mayor saying last month that his office had in fact done so, according to responses to public records requests made by the Tribune. Read more here. More top news stories: After two years of rain-soaked July Fourth weekend events, could the NASCAR Chicago Street Race be heading west to eternally sunny San Diego? Chicago is set to host the third annual street race July 5-6 on a pop-up course in and around Grant Park, completing an inaugural three-year agreement with NASCAR. The deal, struck during former Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration, includes a two-year renewal option. Read more here. More top business stories: The Chicago Sky lead the league in turnovers per game (18.7) and opponent points off turnovers (20.5). A staggering 23.4% of the Sky's offensive possessions result in a turnover. This weakness ballooned into a full-on crisis against the Mystics as the Sky hemorrhaged points, giving up 40 on 22 turnovers — 1.8 points per. Read more here. More top sports stories: Watching MJ Lenderman at the Salt Shed yesterday was to be reminded of the curious power of exhaustion. It's a beautiful, humid, rickety sound. You can hear in it why the sighs of Neil Young became inextricable from Watergate-era malaise, and how Lenderman, 50 years later, sounds like both a throwback to strung-out singer-songwriters of the '70s and very much of his own time. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: Juneteenth has been celebrated by Black Americans for generations, but became more widely observed after former President Joe Biden designated it a federal holiday in 2021. It is recognized at least as an observance in every state, and nearly 30 states and Washington, D.C., have designated it as a permanent paid or legal holiday through legislation or executive action. Read more here. More top stories from around the world:
Chicago Tribune
19-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
MJ Lenderman at Salt Shed: Perfecting the art of malaise
Its only a handful of years into his acclaimed career but to say MJ Lenderman sounds like the second coming of Neil Young has already become tired, however true, and, considering that Young himself is still alive and touring, even kind of blasphemous. Yet, sorry, but it's hard to unhear this: There is the same weary warble tuned to permanent heartbreak, and that trudging pace that suggests the band is seconds away from resting their heads on pillows, and here are the grinding hurricanes of feedback that summon images of western plains and mesas, and a little Sonic Youth. Watching Lenderman at the Salt Shed on Wednesday was to be reminded of the curious power of exhaustion. It's a beautiful, humid, rickety sound. You can hear in it why the sighs of Neil Young became inextricable from Watergate-era malaise, and how Lenderman, 50 years later, sounds like both a throwback to strung-out singer-songwriters of the '70s and very much of his own time. His muse is fading expectations. He sang, 'Every day is a miracle, not to mention a threat.' He sang, 'We sat under a half-mast McDonald's flag.' He sang, 'Every Catholic knows he could've been pope.' That last one, eerily prescient, got a big Chicago cheer. It came just after another Chicago name-drop, 'Hangover Game,' the show opener, about Michael Jordan's infamous 1997 finals performance, the one where he scored 38 points despite supposedly playing through a bout of flu or something. Or as Lenderman sees it: 'It wasn't the pizza/ And it wasn't the flu/ Yeah, I love drinking, too.' And I love a singer I can smile and nod along with. The man is a fountain of random, biting one-liners and, despite a lanky frame and stunned backwoods grin suggesting a half-finished John Mayer, he comes across on stage with a muscular immediacy (which could be why his fanbase seems to be male Gen X dyspeptics, with a helping of depleted millennials). All of this comes across as simultaneously familiar and fresh, even if you don't recognize the precedents. There's the deadpan of John Prine, right there. The late-dawning self-awareness of a Charles Portis character, the non-sequiturs of Steve Martin. Every influence is set to a languid pace — entirely languid, in need of variety — but with hooks you can not shake. (Sorry, one more lyric — 'So you say I've wasted my life away/ Well, I got a beach home up in Buffalo.') I fear I'm making MJ Lenderman (Mark Jacob, of Asheville, North Carolina) sound more like a recipe than what his Salt Shed show proved: At 26, he's more than ready to be the rallying point rock could use. Like other indie stars in his orbit — Waxahatchee, Wednesday, both of which he's recorded and performed with — he avoids coming off like a nostalgia act by drawing more on the spirit than specifics of his influences. Nobody here seems eager to get anywhere. His excellent band can walk a squall of droning guitars and pedal steel into an abrupt stop, hover a second, then surge forward as one, without sounding rehearsed. Nothing feels machine-tooled, nevermind factory-precise. But I hesitate to say this is not fashionable in 2025 — Waxahatchee seems maybe one album away from playing arenas, and MJ Lenderman's sold-out Salt Shed audience of 3,000 was his largest headlining show so far. I also hesitate to say Wilco, which certainly shares fans, could be a model here for the future — MJ Lenderman is still loitering in a pretty comfortable sound, and not showing a lot of eagerness to stretch. And at least right now, it's working ridiculously well. There's no preening, no self-consciousness, only a giant casual cosy hug of recognition at the mess we're in. These songs never talk at you. There's no self-improvement plan or preaching. It's the sound of overheard conversation, bracketed by guitar solos arrived at with minimum fanfare, every line building on a tone of uncertainty and rattling around your head. Like, 'One of these days, you'll kill a man/ For asking a question you don't understand.' Somehow, it's both poignant and unmoored from any specific meaning. For the first encore, MJ Lenderman returned explicitly to Neil Young to cover 'Lotta Love,' but now that famous Top 40 refrain — 'It's gonna take a lotta love, to change the way things are' — repeated and repeated and repeated, no longer suggested just a tenuous romance. It suggested: MJ Lenderman, the new poet laureate of national decline.
New York Post
22-05-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Jill Biden accused of ‘elder abuse' by Washington Post columnist for pushing husband to seek re-election
A Washington socialite and journalist accused former first lady Jill Biden of 'elder abuse' in an explosive new interview after former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Sally Quinn, a D.C. insider and longtime columnist for The Washington Post, took aim at the former first lady during a wide-ranging interview with journalist Tara Palmeri on the 'Tara Palmeri Show' on Wednesday. She accused Jill Biden of pushing him to run for re-election despite his apparent cognitive decline. Advertisement 'I blame Jill Biden for this. Jill Biden is his wife. And if Jill Biden had stood up and gone to him and said, 'Joe, you can't do it'… He wouldn't have run,' Quinn told Palmeri. 'She clearly was in favor of his running and I just think it was a terrible disservice to the country.' Quinn described feeling aghast by how Jill Biden continued to push ahead and rally support for her husband's presidential campaign immediately after the 'hideous' June 2024 presidential debate, which sparked debate over whether Biden was fit to serve another four years. 'She wasn't protecting him… I thought it was elder abuse, really,' Quinn declared. 3 ormer U.S. President Joe Biden and former First Lady Jill Biden pose for a selfie photo, in this handout social media picture released May 19, 2025. Joe Biden via REUTERS Advertisement Quinn, who has dined with the Washington establishment for decades, said Biden's apparent worsening health was an open secret among the Washington elite, who were worried about Biden's ability to handle another four years in the Oval Office. 'Everybody thought he shouldn't run,' she told Palmeri. 'People were just distraught that he was running and terrible for the party.' 'I think everybody was horrified that he was put in a position where he was allowed to run, by his staff and by his wife,' she continued. 'People felt sorry for him. But still it was his egotistical decision to stay in office and look what happened.' 3 Quinn said Biden's apparent worsening health was an open secret among the Washington elite. The Tara Palmeri Show Advertisement The journalist was famously married to Watergate-era Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who suffered from dementia until his death in 2014. She said Biden's forgetfulness and habit of wandering off reminded her of how her late husband acted during his last years of life. 'It looks like the beginning of dementia to me,' she said of Biden. The D.C. insider said she was shocked to learn, alongside the rest of the country, of Biden's late-stage cancer diagnosis and wondered how it could not have been caught sooner. Advertisement 3 First lady Jill Biden, right, stands with President Joe Biden at the conclusion of a presidential debate with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. AP 'The president of the United States has the best medical care in the world, or should, and it should've been diagnosed a long time ago,' she said. 'It's hard for me not to believe that they didn't know about it and were waiting to reveal it until it got too aggressive.' A Biden spokesperson confirmed to Fox News that the former president's last known prostate cancer screening test was in 2014. Biden's health is once again in the media spotlight after the release of CNN journalist Jake Tapper and Axios journalist Alex Thompson's new book, 'Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,' which reports claims of a White House cover-up of the then-president's apparent cognitive decline. Jill Biden's office did not return a request for comment.
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Jill Biden accused of 'elder abuse' by Washington Post columnist for pushing husband to seek re-election
A Washington socialite and journalist accused former first lady Jill Biden of "elder abuse" in an explosive new interview after former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Sally Quinn, a D.C. insider and longtime columnist for The Washington Post, took aim at the former first lady during a wide-ranging interview with journalist Tara Palmeri on the "Tara Palmeri Show" on Wednesday. She accused Jill Biden of pushing him to run for re-election despite his apparent cognitive decline. "I blame Jill Biden for this. Jill Biden is his wife. And if Jill Biden had stood up and gone to him and said, 'Joe, you can't do it'… He wouldn't have run," Quinn told Palmeri. "She clearly was in favor of his running and I just think it was a terrible disservice to the country." Jake Tapper's Past Coverage Of Biden's Cognitive Decline Under Scrutiny Ahead Of His New Book Quinn described feeling aghast by how Jill Biden continued to push ahead and rally support for her husband's presidential campaign immediately after the "hideous" June 2024 presidential debate, which sparked debate over whether Biden was fit to serve another four years. "She wasn't protecting him… I thought it was elder abuse, really," Quinn declared. Read On The Fox News App Quinn, who has dined with the Washington establishment for decades, said Biden's apparent worsening health was an open secret among the Washington elite, who were worried about Biden's ability to handle another four years in the Oval Office. "Everybody thought he shouldn't run," she told Palmeri. "People were just distraught that he was running and terrible for the party." Flashback: White House Press Sec Karine Jean-pierre Laughs Off Question On Biden's Health In 2022 "I think everybody was horrified that he was put in a position where he was allowed to run, by his staff and by his wife," she continued. "People felt sorry for him. But still it was his egotistical decision to stay in office and look what happened." The journalist was famously married to Watergate-era Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee, who suffered from dementia until his death in 2014. She said Biden's forgetfulness and habit of wandering off reminded her of how her late husband acted during his last years of life. "It looks like the beginning of dementia to me," she said of Biden. Joe And Jill Biden Fire Back On 'The View' Against Accusations Of Health Cover-up, Call Stories 'Wrong' The D.C. insider said she was shocked to learn, alongside the rest of the country, of Biden's late-stage cancer diagnosis and wondered how it could not have been caught sooner. "The president of the United States has the best medical care in the world, or should, and it should've been diagnosed a long time ago," she said. "It's hard for me not to believe that they didn't know about it and were waiting to reveal it until it got too aggressive." A Biden spokesperson confirmed to Fox News that the former president's last known prostate cancer screening test was in 2014. Biden's health is once again in the media spotlight after the release of CNN journalist Jake Tapper and Axios journalist Alex Thompson's new book, "Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," which reports claims of a White House cover-up of the then-president's apparent cognitive decline. Jill Biden's office did not return a request for article source: Jill Biden accused of 'elder abuse' by Washington Post columnist for pushing husband to seek re-election
Yahoo
06-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures stall ahead of earnings rush
US stock futures stalled on Thursday ahead of a rush of earnings highlighted by Amazon (AMZN), as investors assessed the season so far and eyed President Donald Trump's fast-moving policy overhaul Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) and the S&P 500 futures (ES=F) both hovered just above the flat line. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) nudged 0.1% lower, on the heels of two winning days in a row for the major gauges. The Trump tariff jitters that shook stocks earlier in the week may have eased, but markets are eyeing incoming earnings for warning of fallout from President Donald Trump's fast-moving policy overhaul. At the same time, tech and chip-related results are being scrutinized for signals about the strength of AI demand. Investors are keenly awaiting Amazon's quarterly report due after the bell, following Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) cloud sales flop. The report will further test the view that Big Tech plans to keep spending big in AI, after disappointing results late Wednesday from chip companies Arm (ARM) and Qualcomm (QCOM). Adding to gloom, Ford (F) shares slid despite a quarterly earnings beat after it put out muted full-year guidance, pointing to tariffs as a headwind. Its CEO warned of that billions of dollars in auto industry profits could be wiped out if 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada are sustained. Up next on the packed earnings calendar are reports from Eli Lilly (LLY), Peleton (PTON), and ConocoPhillips (COP) before the bell. Pinterest (PINS) and Fortinet (FTNT) are expected after the market close. Meanwhile, investors are parsing Treasure Secretary Scott Bessant's comment on Wednesday that Trump wants to focus on lower Treasury yields as a way to ease borrowing costs, rather than calling for the Federal Reserve to lower rates. The benchmark 10-year yield (^TNX) traded around its lowest levels since December, at about 4.43%. But Trump is still posing a quandary for the Fed, in that his tariffs could dial up inflation — though policymakers are taking a "wait and see" approach before moving on policy. An update on jobless claims due later will give insight into the labor market, key to Fed decision making and seen as at risk from a rise in inflation. Economic data: Challenger jobs cuts (year-over-year, January); Initial jobless claims (week ending Feb. 1) Earnings: Amazon (AMZN), Eli Lilly (LLY), Affirm (AFRM), Beauty (ELF), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), ConocoPhillips (COP), Hershey (HSY), Peloton (PTON), Pinterest (PINS), Phillip Morris International (PM), Roblox (RBLX), Tapestry (TPR), Yum! Brands (YUM) Here are some of the biggest stories you may have missed overnight and early this morning: The Elon Musk-Sam Altman feud is turning into a long legal war Honeywell to break up into three companies: WSJ reports Trump, Musk are setting up a fight around a Watergate-era law The biggest factor that could break the stable labor market Musk 'buyout' taken by 40,000 federal workers as deadline nears Bessent: Trump wants lower 10-year yields, not Fed cuts Arm stock slides after chip firm dials down FY sales forecast Oil prices are pulling back from a heavy sell-off after Saudi Arabia's state oil company set a steep rise in March oil prices. Futures saw an immediate change in price, with Brent crude futures (BZ=F) coasting up 14 cents to $74.75 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate (CL=F) crude rising 18 cents $71.21 a barrel. Reuters reports: Economic data: Challenger jobs cuts (year-over-year, January); Initial jobless claims (week ending Feb. 1) Earnings: Amazon (AMZN), Eli Lilly (LLY), Affirm (AFRM), Beauty (ELF), Bristol Myers Squibb (BMY), ConocoPhillips (COP), Hershey (HSY), Peloton (PTON), Pinterest (PINS), Phillip Morris International (PM), Roblox (RBLX), Tapestry (TPR), Yum! Brands (YUM) Here are some of the biggest stories you may have missed overnight and early this morning: The Elon Musk-Sam Altman feud is turning into a long legal war Honeywell to break up into three companies: WSJ reports Trump, Musk are setting up a fight around a Watergate-era law The biggest factor that could break the stable labor market Musk 'buyout' taken by 40,000 federal workers as deadline nears Bessent: Trump wants lower 10-year yields, not Fed cuts Arm stock slides after chip firm dials down FY sales forecast Oil prices are pulling back from a heavy sell-off after Saudi Arabia's state oil company set a steep rise in March oil prices. Futures saw an immediate change in price, with Brent crude futures (BZ=F) coasting up 14 cents to $74.75 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate (CL=F) crude rising 18 cents $71.21 a barrel. Reuters reports: Sign in to access your portfolio
