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The starting pitchers are Colin Rea (5-3) for the Chicago Cubs, and Miles Mikolas (4-5) for the St. Louis Cardinals. Prepare for the Cubs vs. Cardinals with what you need to know ahead of Friday's baseball action,

The Chicago Cubs are 52–35 and in sole possession of first place in the NL Central as they head into a weekend divisional series with the St. Louis Cardinals. Chicago’s lineup has been a driving force,

The vigil for Taylor Walker was held the evening after the mass shooting in the city’s River North neighborhood. Walker, 26, was among four killed.

Chicago police said around 11 p.m., a dark SUV drove past the nightclub in the 300 block of West Chicago Avenue, where three people from inside fired shots into a crowd of people standing outside. Rapper Mello Buckzz released a statement on social media,

A 5-year-old child was killed and four other people, including two kids, were hospitalized after a stabbing and a fire at a home in Chicago.

Two men and two women were killed, all in their 20s, police said. Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in a "deplorable and cowardly" mass shooting in Chicago on Wednesday night, according to the police superintendent.

Colson Montgomery is turning a productive June into a big-league opportunity. The Chicago White Sox called up their 2021 first-round draft pick Friday for the series opener against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.