Cubs Friday News Today

The Milwaukee Brewers pitching staff put up another goose egg Thursday afternoon, shutting out the St. Louis C...

Cole Ragans was sharp in Wrigley.

The Cubs parlayed that play into a victory.

Here are some reasons why the Guardians, who are still in the contention in the AL Central, are three games below .500.

In a corresponding move, the Cubs optioned utility player Miles Mastrobuoni to Triple-A Iowa.

With the Dodgers likely facing three left-handed pitchers on their six-game homestand, a potential chance for struggling Chris Taylor and Trayce Thompson to break out of slumps.

Clevinger fine-tuning tweaks as first start against Astros inches closer

Chicago’s mayor hasn’t gotten a pay raise since 2006. Mayors Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot have all been paid $216,210 a year. Not for long, if Lightfoot gets her way.

The salary of Chicago’s mayor hasn’t gone up since Mayor Richard M. Daley held the job in 2005. Also on Wednesday, the council approved a resolution of support for the Jewish community, citing recent antisemitic comments by the rapper formerly known as Kanye West.

The catch-all “management ordinance” introduced at Wednesday’s City Council meeting and tied to Lightfoot’s $16.4 billion budget proposes tying the...