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在小熊队庆祝加入国家联盟 150 周年之际，瑞格利社区的一个角落依然坚守其根基与捡球者

作者：安德鲁·卡特 / 芝加哥论坛报

在六月的最后一天，瑞格利球场上方的旗帜在强风中舞动，莫·马林斯像往常一样，在开球前三个多小时就到达了。他在韦夫兰大道和肯莫大道交汇处的白蜡树下摆好他的露营椅，这里正对着左外野看台的后方，社区也随之慢慢活跃起来。

渐渐地，街头摊贩出现了，商品摊位开业了，一个街区外的墨菲餐厅（Murphy's）露台开始坐满人。很快，观众们聚集在砖墙边，等待看台大门开启。然而，在一段时间里，这里依然安静，而这片属于旧瑞格利及其旧社区的最后避风港，属于马林斯。

他是韦夫兰大道和肯莫大道的非正式市长，是赋予这个地方独特个性的那些人物中的资深代表。这个周末，芝加哥小熊队正在庆祝加入国家联盟 150 周年。他们在瑞格利球场度过了其中的 110 年，而左外野之外的那个角落依然保持着老派风格，在不断扩张的变革之中，像是一个小小的怀旧之所。

小熊队买下了许多附近的建筑。屋顶看台少了一些自然而然的魅力，价格却贵了很多。时尚的酒吧和餐厅在各处进驻。甚至瑞格利球场标志性的霓虹灯招牌在十多年前就开始带有企业赞助商。

然而，那个角落依然是那个角落。折叠椅。终身爱好者。精彩的闲聊，其中有些甚至适合孩子听。那里最显眼的广告是手写的，是戴夫·戴维森从冷藏箱里出售的佳得乐：小熊队球迷 $3，红雀队球迷 $4，而 $5 的白袜队球迷价格被划掉，取而代之的是“继续渴着吧”。

戴维森和马林斯一样，在这个角落待了很久。这里聚集了一群形形色色的古怪之人、超级粉丝、捡球者、当地人、小熊队员工、遛狗者（免费零食）以及偶尔出现的、目光敏锐且好奇的游客，他们能感觉到当他们

详见 A4 页的“角落”部分

上图：8月 17.，在小熊队主场迎战白袜队之前，莫·马林斯与玛丽·艾伦·古利在瑞格利球场外的韦夫兰大道和肯莫大道交汇处闲逛，马林斯在抛接一个棒球。EILEEN T. MESLAR / 芝加哥论坛报

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“那是纳税人的钱”

伊利诺伊州无视规则与预警，一名“仆人式领导”欠下1亿美元州政府账单，随后关闭2家医院

作者：Joe Mahr 和 Lisa Schencker 《芝加哥论坛报》

在一个已经难以维持医院运营的地区，芝加哥地区在疫情期间面临着再失去两家医院的风险——直到马诺杰·普拉萨德（Manoj Prasad）医生说服州政府官员，称自己正是拯救这些医院的合适人选。

普拉萨德表示，他数十年来一直担任“仆人式领导”，致力于修复陷入困境的医院和诊所。他能够削减预算、提高员工士气并维持高质量的护理。而且，他已经找到了一位愿意为此提供全部资金的合作伙伴。

普拉萨德唯一需要的是州医疗设施与服务审查委员会允许他及其商业伙伴收购西郊医疗中心（West Suburban Medical Center）和魏斯纪念医院（Weiss Memorial Hospital），这两家医院由同一家公司所有。委员会随后给予了他们绿灯。

在接下来的几年里，这些医院获得了超过2400万美元的州政府拨款，同时在州政府贷款和欠税方面累积了约1亿美元的债务。随后，这些医院关闭了，导致400张以上的床位被取消，约1,400个工作岗位消失，并使社区居民失去了宝贵的医疗服务。

《芝加哥论坛报》的一项调查发现，在此过程中，州政府官员无视了预警信号，且未能遵守旨在防止此类事件发生的规则。

记录显示，医疗设施审查委员会在2022年同意让普拉萨德及其合作伙伴接管位于橡树公园（Oak Park）和北区（Uptown）的医院之前，几乎没有对其进行审核。随后，当普拉萨德再次出现并请求纳税人的资金时，医疗与家庭服务部交付了数千万美元的贷款，却几乎没有追踪这些资金的去向。

这些医院还收到了来自另一个机构——伊利诺伊州公共卫生部的州政府拨款。根据一项旨在确保税款负责任使用的州法律，该拨款要求医院提交第三方审计报告。但没有记录显示州政府收到过任何此类审计报告，尽管如此，该部门仍继续发送资金——即便其自身的检查员已经记录了医院建筑的破败情况。

与此同时，由普拉萨德领导的运营这些医院的营利性公司违反了

请参阅 A12 页的“医院”（HOSPITALS）报道

内部聚焦

JOHN J. KIM / 《芝加哥论坛报》

创造自己的历史

周六，在瑞格利球场举行的芝加哥小熊队150周年庆典上，皮特·克劳-阿姆斯特朗（Pete Crow-Armstrong）在加盟球队史上所有伟大人物的见证下，击出三支本垒打，惊艳全场。体育版

战争使伊朗更加强硬

在经历了六个月的战争后，伊朗领导层已凝聚在由军方将领和神职人员组成的核心圈子周围，他们准备与美国进行长期对抗。国家与世界版，B5页

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游说者：伦理监督机构在本顿调查中泄露机密

作者：杰里米·戈纳（Jeremy Gorner） 《芝加哥论坛报》

伊利诺伊州立法监察长迈克尔·麦卡斯基（Michael McCuskey）2014年在诺默尔（Normal）发表讲话。ZBIGNIEW BZDAK / TRIBUNE

上个月，伊利诺伊州立法监察长迈克尔·麦卡斯基发布了一份报告，证实了针对前州众议员哈里·本顿（Harry Benton）的性骚扰指控。报告中列出的受害者之一——一名女性游说者——发表声明，指责麦卡斯基对其陈述的描述不准确。

现年78岁的麦卡斯基曾长期担任州法院和联邦法院法官，他否认存在任何不准确之处，并表示：“我的判断从未被任何质疑我信誉的人攻击过！”

但在最近写给伊利诺伊州四位最高立法领导人的信函中（该信函由《芝加哥论坛报》获取），这名游说者进一步加强了对麦卡斯基的批评。在这封四页长的信中，该游说者称，麦卡斯基在两人就其对本顿的指控进行访谈以及其他互动过程中，“违背了其他受害者以及我的信任，打破了标准的调查规范，并对我发表了不恰当的言论”。

“具体来说，他未经要求就向我透露了其他受害者的姓名以及关于他们案件的其他机密信息，此外还发表了其他不恰当的言论并出现了失误，”该游说者在写给伊利诺伊州众议院议长埃马纽埃尔·“克里斯”·韦尔奇（Emanuel “Chris” Welch）、众议院共和党领袖托尼·麦康比（Tony McCombie）、伊利诺伊州参议院议长唐·哈蒙（Don Harmon）以及参议院共和党领袖约翰·库兰（John Curran）的信中写道。《芝加哥论坛报》不对这名女性游说者进行身份披露，因为她是性骚扰的受害者。

这名游说者对麦卡斯基行为的最新投诉，是在他于7月31日的报告中得出结论之后提出的。报告认为，来自普莱恩菲尔德（Plainfield）的民主党人本顿对该游说者及另外两名女性实施了“模式化且惯常性”的性骚扰。本顿于7月3日辞职。与此同时，舆论正聚焦于韦尔奇处理本顿案件的方式，并引发了人们的质疑：为什么在2023年，当三名女性中的一名——一名本顿的女性工作人员——通知议长办公室称其在工作中遭到性骚扰时，议长没有对其进行惩戒。

周五，在阅读了该游说者的最新信函后，麦卡斯基表示：“所有针对我的指控一直以来都在，且将继续在立法伦理委员会内部秘密讨论，我每月向该委员会汇报工作。”他拒绝进一步评论。

尽管如此，参议院的两个党团意识到了该游说者提出的担忧。

“我对受害者信函中强调的立法监察长调查程序的缺陷深感担忧，”来自道纳斯格罗夫（Downers Grove）的库兰在声明中表示。“立法伦理委员会及时审查并处理这一投诉至关重要。立法机构必须为所有骚扰投诉提供一个公正、独立、彻底且全面的调查程序，并保持严格的保密性，以防止任何对勇敢站出来的受害者的报复威胁。”

“受害者和证人需要知道，当他们站出来举报事件时，将受到尊重、保密和专业对待。这是我们伦理法律的基石，也是立法伦理委员会和立法监察长办公室的职责，”来自橡树公园（Oak Park）的民主党人哈蒙的发言人约翰·帕特森（John Patterson）表示。“如果情况并非如此，那么就必须做出改变。”

来自希尔赛德（Hillside）的韦尔奇的发言人未回应置评请求，来自萨凡纳（Savanna）的麦康比的发言人拒绝评论。

本月早些时候，麦库斯基（McCuskey）在接受政治评论员帕特里克·普芬斯滕（Patrick Pfingsten）的电台采访时，在斯普林菲尔德的政界引起了关注。在采访中，他讨论了本顿（Benton）案件及其工作的敏感性，并承认在采访该游说者时没有做记录。该游说者还表示，麦库斯基似乎没有对采访进行录音；出于担心这可能会阻碍其他类似案件的受害者站出来发声，麦库斯基并未否认这一说法。

上个月，《芝加哥论坛报》首次披露了针对本顿的指控细节。当时，一名本顿的前员工和该游说者讨论了她们如何成为其性骚扰的受害者——前员工是在2023年，而游说者是在今年早些时候。根据麦库斯基的报告，另一名女性也指控本顿性骚扰，称去年在斯普林菲尔德的一家酒吧里，本顿以一种“令人毛骨悚然”的方式触摸了她的背部。

直到二月，韦尔奇（Welch）才将本顿从其委员会分派和其他党团职责中撤除。据该游说者称，此前议长办公室已获悉，她指控本顿在两人于芝加哥河北区（River North）的一家酒吧偶遇后，对其发表淫秽评论并向其展示女性照片。该游说者表示，她在采访中向麦库斯基提及了这些照片，但麦库斯基并未将这些细节纳入其报告中。

但在该游说者日期为7月 31, 的最新信函中，她进一步阐述了对麦库斯基的批评。

她指责他在试图联系她时，通过联系她的商业伙伴和母亲并与他们分享信息，从而违反了她的保密协议。她还指称，麦库斯基向她分享的信息似乎违反了其他受害者的保密协议。

“他开始谈论另一名被本顿性骚扰的女性。他向我提供了关于该女性及其与本顿互动的详细信息，并给我读了一封她之前发送的电子邮件，”该游说者说道。

该游说者表示，麦库斯基告诉了她本顿前员工以及那名斯普林菲尔德酒吧女性的名字。她还指称，他告诉了她那家酒吧的名字，而该名称在麦库斯基关于本顿案件的公开报告中是被遮蔽的。

在与麦库斯基长达一小时的采访过程中，该游说者还表示，他对她外貌的评价让她感到震惊，她认为这些言论“极其不恰当且令人担忧”。

“立法监察长（LIG）麦库斯基中断了采访，问我是否知道自己看起来不像实际年龄那么大。他告诉我，我看起来非常年轻，他的儿子32, ，他很清楚 30 的人长什么样，而我看起来像他儿子的朋友，”该游说者写道。

该游说者还描述了另一个实例，她认为麦库斯基可能危及了她的保密性：在她离开之前，她要求他确保没有人走过他在斯普林菲尔德的办公室。

“当我离开时，我看到一名州代表正带着一大群人走在走廊上。我深感不安，因为立法监察长要么不知道那名代表是谁，要么是故意让我处于被立法者看到的境地，”该游说者写道。

担任立法伦理委员会主席的共和党州代表、来自赛科莫尔（Sycamore）的杰夫·凯彻（Jeff Keicher）发表了一份声明，回应了麦库斯基与普芬斯滕的电台采访以及该游说者的信函。他表示，所提出的问题“正被严肃对待”，但由于委员会的保密性质，他拒绝透露具体细节。该委员会由八名成员组成，包括凯彻在内，由四名民主党立法者和四名共和党立法者组成。

在本篇《芝加哥论坛报》报道的早期版本于周五晚上在网上发布后，众议院民主党女性党团负责人、州代表玛丽·贝丝·坎蒂（Mary Beth Canty）呼吁麦库斯基辞职，或由监督其工作的立法伦理委员会将其撤职。麦库斯基目前处于一个五年任期之中，该任期将于 30, 2028, 结束，且州法律规定委员会“仅在有正当理由”的情况下才能将其撤职。

“这些最新的报告引发了人们对立法监察官（LIG）麦库斯基在本顿调查期间及之后行为的进一步严重担忧，”来自阿灵顿高地的民主党人坎蒂在社交媒体平台 X 上表示。“他已多次证明，他缺乏该职位所要求的性格特质和处理方式。”

伊利诺伊州将把 Meta 和解金用于应对社交媒体危害

作者：Olivia Olander 《芝加哥论坛报》

伊利诺伊州总检察长夸梅·劳尔（Kwame Raoul）告诉《论坛报》，伊利诺伊州将利用其在与 Meta 达成的数十亿美元法律和解金中所分得的份额，来帮助解决该公司社交媒体平台给儿童带来的问题。在一家知名教师工会敦促将这笔资金用于填补教育资金缺口后，劳尔认为要求具体支出方案还为时“过早”。

劳尔称此次结果为“在线安全的一次里程碑式胜利”。Meta 周三同意支付最高 180 亿美元 billion，并在其两大顶级社交媒体平台——脸书（Facebook）和 Instagram 上为儿童增加更强有力的安全措施。伊利诺伊州分得的和解金最高约为 $76800 万，此举结束了一起针对 Meta 平台在破坏儿童心理健康中所扮演角色的诉讼。

根据伊利诺伊州总检察长办公室的说法，大部分资金将用于解决青少年心理健康问题、社交媒体过度使用以及数十个州、华盛顿特区和几个美国领土所指出的 Meta 造成的其他危害。该办公室表示，这可能包括为自杀干预热线提供资金、为医疗服务提供者提供关于社交媒体使用和身体意象障碍（body dysmorphia）的培训，或开展促进青少年心理健康的计划。

劳尔的评论在一定程度上是对伊利诺伊州教师联合会（IFT）周三发表的一份声明的回应，该声明敦促将这笔资金用于资助全州学校。IFT 和芝加哥教师工会一直致力于争取增加全州学校的州政府资金，其中包括芝加哥公共学校（Chicago Public Schools）董事会成员近期预算中的 1.5亿美元，这一数额超过了州议员在伊利诺伊州年度支出计划中分配的金额。

“人们听到有钱就想快点花掉，但我需要向所有那些垂涎三尺的人明确一点，我们的意图是非常坚定的，”劳尔在周四的一次采访中说道。“这笔钱将被限制用于减轻社交媒体成瘾以及社交媒体造成的其他危害。”

根据和解协议，拨给各州的资金可用于广泛的促进青少年心理健康的计划，包括课后项目、“户外活动”、学校内的无手机区域、相关的诉讼工作，或向实现和解协议中儿童补救目标的学校或地方政府提供资助。

在被问及和解协议及总检察长所列出的具体心理健康用途时，一名 IFT 发言人坚持己见，认为改善公立学校将是补救伊利诺伊州儿童所受损害的最佳方式。

“州长（JB Pritzker）曾表示他支持增加教育资金，但不知道资金从何而来。与 Meta 的和解让这个答案变得更加简单，”IFT 和 CTU 主席斯泰西·戴维斯·盖茨（Stacy Davis Gates）在声明中表示。

但在周四的评论中，普利兹克（Pritzker）似乎更倾向于劳尔，而非他曾与之发生争执的戴维斯·盖茨，因为这位州长对将新获得的 Meta 资金交给教育部门以提供广泛资助持怀疑态度。

根据一名 Capitol News Illinois 记者发布的视频，州长在斯普林菲尔德讲话时表示，将 Meta 和解金用于教育可能相当于“将所有这些一次性资金用于一项持续性的需求”。他说：“问题是：我们如何填补持续性的需求？这才是我想关注的，”而不是花掉和解协议中的一次性资金。

伊利诺伊州的这项和解是 Meta 为解决相关指控而达成的更广泛的全国性协议的一部分，指控称该公司将 Facebook 和 Instagram 设计成令儿童成瘾，并就相关风险误导公众。这些和解协议可能包括向数十个州、华盛顿特区、波多黎各、美属萨摩亚和北马里亚纳群岛支付约 176 亿美元 billion，此外还包括 4.59亿美元 用于解决与剑桥分析（Cambridge Analytica）数据丑闻相关的独立指控。

Meta 在未承认有错的情况下，已同意为脸书（Facebook）和 Instagram 的青少年用户共同设定每日两小时的默认时间限制，并推出夜间“夜间模式”以及在校时间限制，这些承诺将持续十年。部分赔付金额取决于 YouTube 和 TikTok 是否会对儿童实施类似的保护措施。

根据总检察长办公室的消息，Meta 和解协议的前两笔款项将在接下来的五到六个月内支付，此后八年内每年支付一次。根据协议条款，款项将支付给提起诉讼的各州和领地，而非这些州和领地的个人居民。

此次和解源于在加利福尼亚州进行的一场联邦审判，在该审判中，各州总检察长指控 Meta 故意设计包括无限滚动馈送、算法推荐和频繁通知在内的功能，以诱导儿童和青少年成瘾。总检察长还指控这家社交媒体巨头在平台给年轻人带来的风险方面误导公众。

伊利诺伊州总检察长办公室特别希望避免重复 20 世纪 90 年代各州使用烟草和解资金的方式，当时大部分资金被用于支撑州预算，而非直接用于预防烟草使用。2000 年，伊利诺伊州将其分得的 91 亿美元 billion 资金中的一部分用于数亿美元的税收减免，其中部分减免在 2000 年 11 月选举前不久直接邮寄给了纳税人。

Meta 的和解计划呼应了伊利诺伊州阿片类药物补救基金的意图，该基金寻求将该州从与处方止痛药企业和解中分得的超过 10 亿美元 billion 赔付款的大部分，直接用于减轻阿片类药物危机的危害。

劳尔（Raoul）周四表示，现在就说 Meta 和解资金最终是否能通过类似流程进行分配还为时过早。

他指出，虽然“这是一个大鱼”，但劳尔的办公室还在与其他社交媒体平台进行诉讼。

“我们还没有结束，”他说。

美联社（The Associated Press）亦对此报道做出贡献。

安全网医疗系统面临财务压力

库克县医疗系统（Cook County Health）首席执行官埃里克·米凯蒂斯博士（Dr. Erik Mikaitis）在周五的一次预算会议上倾听库克县医疗系统董事会主席劳尔·加尔萨（Raul Garza）的发言。ARTHUR MAIORELLA / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

联邦削减资金导致 县纳税人负担增加

作者：A.D. Quig 《芝加哥论坛报》

由于联邦削减资金导致财务压力陷入“完美风暴”，库克县规模庞大的安全网医疗系统正寄希望于县委员会能填补今年 4000万美元 的预算缺口。

库克县医疗系统（运行普罗维登特医院、斯特罗格医院以及遍布全县的十多家诊所）的领导层表示，如果没有这笔补贴，裁员将成为选项，同时还可能关闭社区健康中心、取消专科服务，并削减与住房、食品和行为健康相关的社会安全网计划。最多可能有 154 人失去工作。

该医疗系统所需的这笔资金是今年早些时候公布的 5.5亿美元 初步缺口的一部分，这也是十多年来最大的缺口。该缺口包括库克县医疗系统 2.14亿美元 的赤字，在采取各项紧缩措施后，该赤字已被削减至 4000万美元。

“这是库克县医疗系统多年来面临的最具挑战性的预算之一，我想明确一点，这并不是因为我们未能做好准备，”库克县医疗系统董事会主席劳尔·加尔萨在本月早些时候介绍预算的会议上表示。“现实是我们正面临前所未有的联邦资金削减，这将给全国的安全网医疗服务提供者带来重大影响……这与大约 60 年前医疗补助计划（Medicaid）创建以来的任何情况都无法相比。”

该医疗系统拟定的 47 亿美元 billion 预算必须在今年秋季作为库克县 2027 年整体预算流程的一部分由县专员批准，该预算已比今年减少了 4.39亿美元。该公共医疗系统还运行库克县监狱的医院，并监督该县的公共卫生工作。

医疗补助计划（Medicaid）资格和《平价医疗法案》（Affordable Care Act）补贴的一系列变化正冲击着全国的医院。由于医疗补助计划患者比例较高，且运营着一家名为 CountyCare 的医疗补助管理护理组织，库克县医疗系统在削减资金面前尤为脆弱。

今年 1 月，通过《平价医疗法案》市场购买保险的人员所享有的联邦大流行时期税收抵免到期。10 月起，某些移民群体（如难民、寻求庇护者以及家庭暴力和人口贩卖受害者）将不再符合医疗补助计划的资格。明年年初，医疗补助计划患者将开始执行新的工作要求和每半年一次的资格审查。

根据伊利诺伊州医疗保健与家庭服务部的估计，这三项变化可能会导致全州约 400,000 人失去某种形式的保险。其中约一半的人在库克县。

即使是那些在变化后仍符合资格的患者，也面临失去保障的风险，因为他们不知道变化即将到来，或者会被繁琐的行政程序所延误：健康管理学院（Health Management Academy） 4 月对全国近 2,000 名医疗补助计划参保者进行的一项调查发现，55% 的人不知道新的工作要求——即参保者需要证明每月完成至少 80 小时的工作、职业培训、教育或社区服务才能获得资格。调查还发现，85% 的人不知道资格认定将每六个月进行一次，而非每年一次。

CountyCare 在典型的重新认定周期中会失去约 10% 的参保者

其中，约 70% 是因为行政问题而失去保障，库克县医疗系统首席执行官埃里克·米凯蒂斯博士表示。

“并不是他们没有资格，而是州政府没有更新的地址，或者他们没能及时提交文件。所以想象一下，当你增加一项新程序和工作要求，并且将现有流程的频率提高一倍时，会产生什么样的影响。然后你就会陷入这样一种局面：大多数人根本不知道这件事正在发生，对吧？情况将会变得非常、非常糟糕，”米凯蒂斯说道。

CCH 协助建立了一个网站 getmedicaidfacts.com，用于发布常见问题解答，并将人们与伊利诺伊州医疗保健与家庭服务部联系起来。

CCH 的历史使命是不论患者的支付能力如何，都接纳所有患者。在历史上，它是库克县最大的慈善医疗提供机构。随着预计有如此多的人将失去医疗覆盖，该系统预计将面临来自保险公司和联邦政府的总报销额降低，以及更多无法负担自费医疗的患者前来寻求县政府的帮助。

雪上加霜的是：在没有医疗覆盖的情况下，患者寻求预防性护理的可能性较低，这意味着当他们就诊时，更有可能是在病情加重且治疗成本更高时进入急诊室。

“你筛查结肠癌；做一次结肠镜检查需要 $1,500 到 $2,000。但治疗四期结肠癌每人大约需要 $130,000。我的意思是，成本差异之大令人难以置信，”米凯蒂斯说。“不幸的是，由于这些变化，这项成本被推给了地方政府和安全网系统，由他们来想办法处理。”

县政府官员还担心，同样的压力会导致其他已处于财务崩溃边缘的安全网医院关闭。两家此类医院——魏斯纪念医院和西郊医疗中心——最近已经关闭。

CCH 预计明年将损失 $13800 万 的患者收入，并承担超过 1亿美元 的新慈善医疗成本。他们预计在唐纳德·特朗普总统剩余的任期内，这些成本将继续攀升。CCH 领导层已经实施了招聘冻结，削减了代理人员编制，并正在缩减重症监护室（ICU）和心理健康稳定单元的规模，领导层表示这些单元目前利用率不足。

预计的下滑对于一个在过去十年中财务状况稳步改善的系统来说是一个打击。这一成功在很大程度上归功于 CountyCare，它使 CCH 不仅成为了医疗提供者，还成为了保险公司。米凯蒂斯承认，一个令人担忧的问题是 CountyCare 的负债将超过收入——从而危及对其他医疗提供者的付款。

“不幸的是，我们今年已经看到了一点这种情况，CountyCare 团队一直在努力扭转局面，他们目前正处于今年预算好转的轨道上。但我认为这正是我们预期的挑战，”他说。

《平价医疗法案》的通过和补贴的扩大将“未补偿”患者的百分比份额在 2023. 降低到了 13.1%。然而，明年这一份额预计将攀升至 30%。

“我们正在后退，可能会回到 10 年前的情况，”前县委员拉里·萨夫雷丁（Larry Suffredin）表示。他在 2002 年至 2022 年期间担任董事会成员，见证了该医疗系统从县纳税人的沉重财务负担成长为基本能够自给自足。联邦政府的变化“将使这家医院从县政府的‘现金奶牛’变成不再是负债，但会成为县政府的一个财务担忧。”

米凯蒂斯表示，到目前为止，CCH 领导层“保持谨慎乐观并深表感激”，因为总统

托妮·普雷克温克尔（Toni Preckwinkle）和县董事会成员已经表示他们愿意支付额外的拨款。为了强调其观点，米凯蒂斯说他给委员们提供了一份如果没有这笔拨款将被削减的诊所和服务线的“假设清单”，但并未公开该清单。

CCH董事会财务主席、芝加哥劳工联合会主席鲍勃·赖特（Bob Reiter），以及同时担任医疗系统董事会和县议员的比尔·劳里（Bill Lowry）表示，最终的解决方案在国会。劳里告诉《芝加哥论坛报》，CCH董事会成员和普雷克温克尔计划于9月中旬访问华盛顿特区的立法者。

赖特表示，他预计明年全国各地会出现针对医疗补助（Medicaid）削减的两党抵制，这可能会促使覆盖范围得以恢复。

“这在很大程度上将按比例影响到那些由特朗普基本盘主导的州的人们，并将对每个人产生重大影响，”赖特说。“来自共和党州的国会议员将开始遭到他们社区中所有人的指责，所以我不知道这在反转并解决问题方面会如何体现，但这绝不是一个我们将在真空状态下处理的危机。”

欠款威胁芝加哥遗体搬运承包商的营业执照

5月15.，在一名人员于早些时候在橡树街海滩附近的水域被救起后，华莱士-哈里森殡仪馆（Wallace-Harris Funeral Home）的工作人员在北断水通道（North Breakwater Access）250号的一家芝加哥消防局站点附近搬运遗体。ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

作者：Sam Charles 《芝加哥论坛报》

一家持有该市遗体搬运服务丰厚合同的小型殡仪馆公司，可能因未能向州政府缴纳营业执照费而很快被解散——这可能导致其违约，而该项价值$4.400 万的合同目前仍是一场持续诉讼的焦点。

伊利诺伊州州务卿办公室的记录显示，华莱士-哈里森殡仪馆有限公司（Wallace-Harrison Funeral Home Inc.）在7月下旬向州政府提供了一笔“不可接受的付款”。州务卿办公室的一位发言人表示，如果该付款问题在60天内得不到解决，“该实体将面临强制解散”。

公司总裁纳基亚·华莱士-哈里森（Nakia Wallace-Harrison）未能就此置评。

在今年早些时候接受《论坛报》的一次简短采访中，华莱士-哈里森表示，尽管竞争对手提起诉讼质疑其公司处理该市相关大量业务的能力，但她的公司与该市的合作“进展顺利”。

采购记录显示，该公司目前已获得超过$475,000的遗体搬运服务费用，合同有效期至2030年。

州务卿办公室的这一认定是在7月29日做出的——就在南区一家殡仪馆被发现数十具遗体存放不当的几天前。华莱士-哈里森殡仪馆有限公司与该丑闻无关，但该丑闻使此类企业成为了关注焦点。

去年，由于未能缴纳州所得税，华莱士-哈里森的殡仪馆主管和防腐师执照被伊利诺伊州专业与金融监管局（IDPFR）暂停。IDPFR的记录显示，华莱士-哈里森的执照从2025年11月起被暂停，直到2026年5月。

遗体搬运协议规定，合同持有者“必须缴纳所有税款，并获得与履行本协议项下义务相关的所有执照、证书和其他授权，且承包商必须要求所有分包商同样这样做。未能做到这一点即构成违约事件，并可能导致本合同终止”。

此外，合同规定，“未能拥有并维持法律要求履行服务所需的所有专业执照”将“构成违约事件”。

市长布兰登·约翰逊（Brandon Johnson）的办公室未回应《论坛报》关于该合同的询问。

华莱士-哈里森殡仪馆有限公司此前在西欧文公园路（W. Irving Park Road）7751号的拉戈兄弟殡仪馆（Rago Brothers Funeral Home）内运营，该公司在2025年获得了这份价值$4.400 万的合同，负责将遗体运送到库克县法医办公室。该合同此前由Allied Services Group持有，后者在今年早些时候提起诉讼，质疑合同的授予。

Allied Services Group的律师约翰·谢弗洛（John Scheflow）在给《论坛报》的一份声明中表示：“遗憾的是，Allied Services Group对华莱士-哈里森殡仪馆注册状态的获悉并不感到惊讶——这与我们从其应当提供服务的对象那里听到的反馈是一致的。Allied Services Group及其所有者约翰·斯坦普斯（John Stamps）依然准备好且愿意接手与该市的合同。”

Allied的诉讼指控该市在合同到期前一个月多就终止了与Allied的合同。此外，Allied声称，尽管华莱士-哈里森的投标存在“明显”缺陷（包括人员配备不足、未能持有保险以及不符合管理女性和少数族裔所有企业的城市规定），该市仍将其授予合同。

Allied 声称其与市政府的合同有效期至 2025 年 8 月中旬，但 Allied 在 7 月 1 日后被“阻止”执行遗体搬运服务。

诉讼称：“（Wallace-Harrison 殡仪馆的）宣誓书规定，整个芝加哥市的死者运输将由（Wallace-Harrison 殡仪馆）雇用的 5 个人执行，且未指明任何分包商。”

“由于被告在 WHFH 无法履行项目职责已通过其投标提交信息的缺陷而显而易见的情况下仍选择 WHFH，导致芝加哥市在将遗体运往法医办公室方面服务不足。”

记录显示，该案的下次听证会定于 10 月中旬举行。

6 月 30 日，在小熊队主场迎战教士队之前，球迷莫·马林斯在瑞格利球场外的韦夫兰大道（Waveland Avenue）与肯莫尔大道（Kenmore Avenue）交汇处，在他朋友戴夫·戴维森（Dave Davison）的摊位前帮助一名顾客。EILEEN T. MESLAR / 《芝加哥论坛报》照片

罗伯托·拉莫斯（Roberto Ramos），又称“Cubbo 队长”，在第 13 届年度烧烤活动中排队买食物。此次活动由资深季票持有者及看台球迷鲍勃·克劳斯（Bob Krause）和肯·基弗（Ken Keefer）在韦夫兰大道与肯莫尔大道交汇处为小熊队球迷和工作人员举办。

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看到了。

常客中包括 68 岁的肯·基弗（Ken Keefer），他就住在街角的第一个房子里。还有 54 岁的鲍勃·克劳斯（Bob Krause），他就住在肯莫尔大道（Kenmore）不远处。以及 67 岁的玛丽·艾伦·古利（Mary Ellen Gourley），她在看台区已经坐了 50 年。场赛接场赛，他们都从街角出发，穿过马路走向自己的座位。

然而，人们感觉到即使是这个街角也无法免于变迁。这里最显眼的占据者——瑞格利球场那些资深的“接球猎手”（ballhawks）——正在减少。75 岁的马林斯和只承认自己 50 多岁的戴维森，是旧卫队的最后成员。年轻一代尚未出现。这项延续数十年的瑞格利传统不一定在消亡，但已不再像以前那样了。

虽然马林斯曾有一段时间独占这个街角，但一个来自高处的声音打破了沉默。那是一个带领球场参观团的导游。他把他的团带到了看台后面的阳台上，从那里他们可以俯视韦夫兰大道（Waveland）。

“你们会看到有人站在街上，”导游说，“他们在做什么？”

导游在讲解时看向街角，注意到了站在那里的男人。那个统治了那个街角数十年的男人；他最早在 1958 年认识这个地方，当时他 8 岁，发现自己收集的棒球可以卖 50 美分，然后用这笔钱在 O'Henry's 买一个汉堡。导游的声音因兴奋而提高：

“各位——芝加哥街头传奇，莫·马林斯。”“你有多少个棒球？”导游对着街角大喊道。

“超过 6,400 个，”马林斯大声回喊。

“而且他曾为了去越南而缺席了一年，”导游告诉他的团员。

圣迭戈教徒队当时在城里，因此参观团中的许多人是客队球迷，有些人穿着特雷弗·霍夫曼（Trevor Hoffman）的球衣。当马林斯分享他的计数时，他们惊叹不已。

“我不再把它们带回家了，”他再次大喊。马林斯喜欢告诉任何愿意倾听的人，他不再那么在意接球了。他说他的膝盖废了，不能像以前那样追球了。但随后在停顿之后，他还是忍不住分享起来。带了一点炫耀的意味。

“246 个比赛全垒球，”马林斯喊道，“比世界上任何人都多。”

很明显，是的，他依然在意。即便膝盖不好，他也无法改变自己的本色。

他是一个接球猎手。

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就像一名在遗憾中回首、反思失败的退休经理一样，马林斯依然背负着那些未能到手的棒球所带来的沉重感。在厄尼·班克斯击出第400支本垒打时，他当时就站在最正确的位置——“就在街道中间，那根电线杆前面，”他最近一边指着那个位置一边说道——直到一名竞争对手突然冲过来，“在我面前把它抢走了。”

在98年那个疯狂的夏天，萨米·索萨的第62支本垒打曾被他抓在手里，当时他被一群认为自己在抢一颗价值百万美元球的人给压在了下面，直到他感觉到有人咬了他的手。马林斯现在还能想起戴夫·金曼那530多支长打球落在了哪里——第一颗落在肯莫尔大道下方，第二颗落在右侧第三栋房子的前台阶上。

他能背出那些满贯本垒打，以及一些职业生涯的首次记录。由于他在那些时刻扮演的小角色，他知道许多随机的琐事。例如，他知道在Aug. 17, 1990, 肖恩·邓斯顿击出了两支飞向韦夫兰大道的本垒打，他之所以知道，是因为这两颗球都被他接住了。马林斯把它们带回家，他在家里放了三个巨大的水族箱，里面装满了棒球，一直填到顶端。

现在，可以追逐的球少多了。小熊队在2015年于左外野安装的巨型视频显示屏是最明显的原因，但绝非唯一原因。看台已经扩建，增加了额外的排数、通道和一个巨大的块状字母广告。那道破旧、朴实，且曾是球场与街道之间最后一道屏障的旧链条围栏，已成为一个渐渐淡出的记忆。

即使在击球练习期间，有时好几天都没有球飞到韦夫兰大道。可能在一次、两次甚至三次主场系列赛之间，才有一颗真实的比赛本垒打球飞到街上。尽管如此，马林斯依然带着他那只旧的美津浓手套，即便现在已经没那么需要它了。他把它放在椅子的扶手上，随时待命，以防万一。

这只手套他用了多久已经没人知道了。大概是从80年代初开始？那时曾有一批轮换的“球猎人”。十几名常客会带着手套和希望来到韦夫兰和肯莫尔的交汇处——那时总是白天——然后等待，而看台上的某些人会转身开玩笑地责备他们，让他们去找份工作。

球猎人特伦特·韦尔穆勒（左）和肖恩·菲茨杰拉德试图接住一颗在Aug. 17之前小熊队主场迎战白袜队前飞出到瑞格利球场外韦夫兰大道的击球练习球。

对此，球猎人们会大喊：你也一样。

球猎的艺术——这确实是一门艺术——是从一代传给下一代的。球猎人们学会了在不实际看到比赛的情况下观察比赛。他们能通过球棒击球的声音判断球是否有机会飞出，并根据人群的反应来判断。现在知道这些技巧的人越来越少了。在那些资深人士中，有些人搬走了，有些人去世了。

其他人出现的次数也越来越少。一个曾经强大的兄弟会正在继续萎缩。

“嗯，”马林斯说道，声音变得低沉，“他们已经不怎么过来了。”

有些夜晚，只剩下马林斯和戴维森。“超级

莫·马林斯Aug. 18在埃尔姆伍德公园的地下室里，展示他在瑞格利球场外猎获的6,433颗球中的一部分。

戴夫，”马林斯这样称呼他。这个绰号源于戴维森在抢夺德里克·李的一记满贯本垒打时赢了马林斯。

“我被抢劫了，”马林斯说。听他讲述这些往事，很容易得出结论：他失去的每一支本垒打都是被抢走的。不过，这次听起来很可信，因为“戴夫从我身后绕过来，把它抓住了。因为他太超级了。”

“那只是他刚开始的时候。他速度超级快。”超级快。超级戴夫。

6月30日晚上，在比赛开始前大约两个半小时，戴维森将他的面包车停在肯莫尔大道沿线。他卸下了冷藏箱，然后推出来一辆装有棒球、棒球卡和手工棒球首饰的小车。在家里，戴维森准备了20个球的外皮，等待被切割并封在树脂中。

那是一个炎热的夜晚，是夏天最热的夜晚之一，风向外吹，风速接近20英里 / 小时，且伴有更强的阵风。戴维森在街角附近摆放了一个大得滑稽的手套，就像动画片里出来的东西一样。他也带了自己的常规尺寸手套，那蓝色皮革已经褪色且松垮。在他的小车里，他放着一个自己的旧摇头娃娃。

“出于某种奇怪的原因，这个只做了125个，”他说，尽管他的那个娃娃已经破旧不堪。

“手臂没了。我不知道那玩意儿到底跑哪儿去了。头也会掉下来。”

“Waveland的标志也没了。”

娃娃的底座上写着“球鹰戴夫”（Ballhawk Dave），凭借他的蓝色手套，他已经接到了几千个球和大约100个比赛本垒打球。现在，他抬头看向旗帜，它们在风中僵直地飘扬。

“你其实不会遇到太多这样的夜晚——

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沃利·斯科特（中）在8月5日瑞格利球场小熊队对阵道奇队的比赛前，在左外野看台与他的朋友、资深季票持有者肯·基弗（左）和鲍勃·克劳斯分享甜甜圈。

季票持有者兼看台球迷塞西尔·马贝拉在7月5日瑞格利球场小熊队对阵红鸟队的比赛前，跳起接住一个被扔出的球。 资深季票持有者玛丽·艾伦·古利在8月5日瑞格利球场小熊队对阵道奇队的比赛中，当皮特·克劳-阿姆斯特朗击出本垒打时，在左外野看台欢呼。照片：EILEEN T. MESLAR / 《芝加哥论坛报》

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“一年之中，”他说，“你可能也就遇到五次或 10 次这样的机会，球就像在飞一样。”

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这发生在比赛的第五次投球，在 2-2 的球数下，小熊队左投手马修·博伊德投出了一记 80 英里 / 小时的变速球。教士队的先发击球手费尔南多·塔蒂斯二世在球开始向内下沉时击中了它。人群安静了下来。一颗棒球向街道飞去。在肯莫尔街与韦夫兰街交汇处的斑马线前弹跳一次后，落入了特伦特·韦尔穆勒的手套中。

32 岁的他是常客中最年轻的一个。而且实际上，他是唯一一个会被描述为“年轻”的常客。

“这是今年飞出来的第七个了，”戴维森说。如果不是因为有了视频显示屏和扩建的看台，到小熊队本赛季第 42 场主场比赛为止，飞向韦夫兰街的本垒打可能会有 20 或 25 个。韦尔穆勒以前也接过球，他曾设法抢到了本赛季前 2 次击球练习的本垒打球。

但这次是实战。在来到这个街角守候多年后，韦尔穆勒接到了他的第一个比赛本垒打球。他就住在附近，韦夫兰街与肯莫尔街的某个特质吸引了他。他发现这里有点像《干杯》（Cheers）酒吧，每个人都知道你的名字。

“我们参加过彼此的婚礼，”曾经的抢球达人、从佛罗里达州回来探访的马里奥·伊里扎里说，“而且，虽然我不愿提及，还参加过几次葬礼。”

少数剩下的常客们围绕着在街角度过的日夜来构建他们的生活。马林斯现在退休了，但长期在机场工作，负责装载货机并开过卡车。戴维森在塔吉特（Target）的工作时间比较灵活。韦尔穆勒则是一名自由摄影师。

当韦尔穆勒拿着那个本垒打球在手中翻转观察时，马林斯回来了。他经营着一个每日预测池，参与者尝试猜测最终比分，他当时正在消防站和摊贩之间巡视。

“我把一切都错过了，”在谈到塔蒂斯的本垒打时，他有些遗憾地说。

戴维森催促在社交媒体上很活跃的韦尔穆勒发布这个消息。

“你的全部七个粉丝都想知道到底发生了什么鬼事，”戴维森笑着说。

这个街角具有多种特质，其中之一就是它是那些第一票入选名人堂级别的闲聊者和讲故事者的聚集地。要成为这里的一员，需要脸皮厚，以及一点古怪的幽默感。此外还需要耐心。

“我把它称作‘盯着砖墙看’，”韦尔穆勒说，“我只是告诉人们，比如，你以前钓过鱼吗？”

当时曾有过短暂的争论，讨论是否要把这个本垒打球扔回看台，这样大概会有人把它传回球场内。但自 1990 年代初以来就是常客的戴维森否决了这个想法。

在他看来，这根本毫无道理。

“如果他把那颗球扔回去，我个人会在街上揍他，”戴维森笑着说，“你不能把本垒打球扔回去。那是世界上最蠢（的事情）。”

那个先发本垒打被证明是一个预兆。丹斯比·斯旺森击出了两个。亚历克斯·布雷格曼击出了一个。迈克尔·布什和皮特·克劳-阿姆斯特朗也各击出一个。塔蒂斯再次击出本垒打。小熊队和教士队共击出了 9 个本垒打，创下了瑞格利球场的赛季最高纪录。

只有第一个球飞到了街上。因此，抢球人们大多在倾听这场盛况，并在球棒击球的脆响和人群的欢呼声中保持抬头注视，以防万一。

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这个街角在空间上延伸至 503 区的顶排，基弗（Keefer）、古利（Gourley）和克劳斯（Krause）多年来一直坐在那里。看台区虽然仍是通用票，但老观众们都有自己的固定位置，而这里就是他们的地盘，位于韦夫兰大道（Waveland）的正上方。

他们既是球迷，也是守护者。基弗就住在第一栋房子里，也就是马林斯摆放椅子的那个地方，克劳斯住得也不远。基弗和克劳斯举办的夏季烧烤聚会已经从一个小规模聚会增长到 200 人的规模；在 7 月中旬的一场日间比赛后，人们在肯莫尔大道（Kenmore）上排起长队，只为领一份食物。

菜单在变，但主角永远是玉米，那是从市外的农贸市场新鲜运来的。克劳斯发誓这是任何人能尝到的最好的玉米，而且人们在品尝后的反应总是如出一辙：

“我的天（此处省略两句脏话）。这才是真正的玉米。”

对于基弗和克劳斯来说，这场烧烤是向球场工作人员表达感谢的一种方式，其中许多人都会出席。这已成为这个街角文化的一小部分，是一项年度夏季仪式，也是一种致敬方式，旨在向定义了他们这片瑞格利社区小天地的人们表示敬意。

看台区及其周边环境都发生了变化。在扩建过程中，一些灵魂丢失了。

“当他们拆除旧座位时，‘就像看着自己的社区被夷为平地一样，’”古利说道。她的手机里保存着 70 年代旧照片的扫描件，用来提醒自己那时是什么样子。她是这组人中资历最深的，从青少年时期起就是看台区的忠实拥趸。她很喜欢史蒂夫·斯通（Steve Stone），拍了很多照片。

“我们当时都为各自喜欢的球员准备了剪贴簿，”她说，“我的还在。”她在照片中翻阅着过去：当小熊队还没那么受欢迎时，看台区显得空荡荡的；70 年代发型球员的特写；还有当时的一名救援投手达罗尔德·诺尔斯（Darold Knowles），眼神迷离，“他每天早晨看起来都像宿醉一样，”她笑着说。与那时相比，现在的看台区规模扩大了，变得非常华丽。

“进步就是进步，”古利说，“这么说吧：我很幸运能在这个球场还很小、更像个社区的时候就在这里。”

这里依然充满魅力。多年来，基弗在赛前热身期间曾将球接在啤酒杯里，这个技巧让他获得了一定程度的互联网病毒式名声，他说这“并不容易做到”。“我现在不喝酒了，但我以前很爱喝百威（Budweiser）。”

有时他告诉人们他就住在瑞格利球场正后方，人们会问他是什么意思。

“我的意思是，当我洗碗看向厨房窗外时，我能看到球场后方的砖墙，”他告诉他们。

“我真是太幸运了，”他说。他们都这么觉得，即便现在的情况与过去不完全一样。

“我觉得这就是变老的一件糟糕之处，你会觉得事情在变糟，你知道吗？”克劳斯说，“我不认为它在变糟。我觉得它只是在变得不同。”

那是一个完美的夏夜。天气晴朗，微凉。小熊队在前方比赛。在他们身后，街道上，马林斯和戴维森独占着那个街角。

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马林斯对有一天要如何处理他的那些棒球有一个愿景。这在某种程度上像是一个梦想。他打算把球装在皮卡车的后车厢里，然后发布消息让孩子们来韦夫兰街，在道路两旁排队。接着他将缓慢行驶，打开尾门，“把 6,000 个棒球撒在街上”。

在他的愿景中，孩子们会追逐这些球，尽可能多地捡起他们能拿走的球。那将像圣诞节早晨一样，因为对于一个孩子来说，还有什么比来到瑞格利球场并带走一个棒球更棒的呢？马林斯也曾是个孩子，在厄尼·班克斯和比利·威廉姆斯（他最喜欢的球员）的时代——有一天在他 8 岁时，他捡到了一个球。接着又是另一个。

从此他便沉迷其中。虽然他卖掉了一些，但大部分都保留了下来，并在那些全垒打的球上写下日期和姓名。

在 8 月中旬的一天，他展示了自己的收藏。在埃尔姆伍德公园的家中，他走到地下室并打开灯，那些东西就在那里：三个装满棒球的大缸，下方是墙上挂着的旧照片和纪念品，记录了他 67 年追球生涯的点滴。除去在越南的那一年，共 66 年。

在 1970 年 9 月前往越南之前，他在瑞格利球场度过了最后一个日子。一年后返回时，这座球场是他首批访问的地方之一。不久之后，他娶了妻子唐娜，在 54 年后的今天，她依然被问到同一个问题：

“这么多年来，你是怎么忍受他去参加这么多场棒球赛的？”

首先，她对此持鼓励态度。偶尔马林斯会想留在家里看电视。

“我会催他去，”唐娜说，“我会说，‘拜托，你为什么还待在这儿？快出去吧。’”

而他通常会听话。

在一个鱼缸顶部，马林斯存放着一叠旧的小熊队口袋赛程表，可以追溯到几十年前。每个小方格里都记录着他在特定一天捡到了多少个球。有些赛程表在折痕处已经破损，他翻开一本 1990 年的，果然记得邓斯顿击出两个出局球的那一天。至于其他日期，他已经无法辨认了。

“我根本看不出这上面写的是什么鬼，”他眯起眼睛说。

“你需要眼镜吗？”唐娜问。

上方的墙上有一张旧追球者的黑白照片。一共七个人，包括马林斯。他在最右边，留着胡子，没穿上衣，带着一丝傲慢的笑容。他戴着手套。他们都戴着手套。这张照片拍摄于 20 世纪 70 年代后期，大约 50 年后，马林斯成了这组人中唯一一个依然经常出没的人。

但他说，你们能在那儿“看到我”。

“我就坐在我的椅子上，”他认为如果他命中注定要捡到球，球自然会找到他。

长期季票持有者肯·基弗和鲍勃·克劳斯在每场小熊队比赛前，都会在左外野看台的栏杆上挂一个牛铃，以纪念他们已故的朋友乔治·怀斯曼。怀斯曼是一位资深的看台球迷，患有喉癌，因此为了加油，他会使用牛铃，因为他无法发声。

只要能行，他就会一直这么做，戴维森也这么说。即便小熊队再次扩建看台，或者在上面的某个地方增加第二层看台，他们也会继续。即便飞出的球比现在更少，他们也会坚持下去，因为这件事在很久以前就不再仅仅是为了棒球了。

那天晚上小熊队在主场，马林斯喜欢早点到。于是过了一会儿，他回到楼上走向汽车，朝着那个街角走去。

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“如果被要求，我不介意继续服务”

随着新的 CTA 董事会于 9 月就职，现任主席正致力于让自己留在竞争行列中

他坚称自己每周乘坐一次 CTA。

莱斯特·巴克莱（Lester Barclay），芝加哥交通董事会主席，周三在旧邮局举行的 RTA NITA 过渡特别委员会会议上，与 代理总裁诺拉·利尔森（Nora Leerhsen）一同发言。BRIAN CASSELLA / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

作者：Talia Soglin 《芝加哥论坛报》

下个月，芝加哥交通局（）新管理委员会的七名成员将在该机构位于西环（West Loop）的会议室就职。他们的首要任务之一将是选举一名主席。

莱斯特·巴克莱（Lester Barclay）自五年前被前市长洛里·莱特富特（Lori Lightfoot）任命以来，一直担任现任且即将解散的 董事会主席。在本月与《论坛报》的交谈中，他对自己的领导野心保持含糊，但明确表示，在新董事会成形之际，他认为自己仍处于竞争之列。

在被问及继续担任主席的可能性时，巴克莱说：“如果被要求，我不介意继续服务。但我认为这取决于董事会。我尊重这一流程。”

董事会的改组仅是州政府交通资金立法所强制执行的广泛治理改革的一部分。该立法将权力集中在一个中央管理机构中，每年为公共交通筹集超过 10 亿美元 billion。9 月 1, 日，所有现任交通董事会成员的任期将届满，新成员将接替其位置，不过部分成员已获得重新任命。随着截止日期的临近，交通业内人士正试图在新治理结构中争取权力。

在芝加哥交通政治领域，巴克莱是一个充满争议的人物。在立法者要求变革的环境下，一些人将他视为旧势力的成员。芝加哥市长布兰登·约翰逊（Brandon Johnson）今年夏天任命他同时进入新的 董事会和北伊利诺伊交通局（NITA）董事会——后者被预期将成为一个比将于周二解散的区域交通管理局（RTA）更强大且资金更充足的版本。

在今年夏天的任命过程中，巴克莱面临来自倡导者的压力。他们抨击他过去对交通改革的批评、他在前任陷入困境的 总裁多瓦尔·卡特二世（Dorval Carter Jr.）领导下的表现，以及他乘坐 的频率——这低于倡导者们的期望。他最终通过了市议会的重重考验，进入了 和 NITA 董事会，尽管他的确认投票结果存在分歧。

但在谁来担任新 董事会主席的问题上，一些倡导者希望看到新的领导层。

“（交通改革立法）的指令是重新开始，翻开新的一页，建立一个乘客想要且芝加哥人应得的交通系统，”来自 Better Streets Chicago 的凯尔·卢卡斯（Kyle Lucas）表示。这是一个交通倡导组织，曾在今年夏天早些时候抨击巴克莱被任命为 NITA 董事会成员。

“如果我们维持现有的领导层，我认为他们需要证明自己已经准备好并愿意带领我们进入下一个阶段，”卢卡斯说。

第 47 区议员马特·马丁（Matt Martin）上个月投票反对巴克莱的任命，他也表达了同样的观点。

“我们在芝加哥以及整个州已经决定开辟一条新路线，”马丁上周告诉《论坛报》。

“我认为确实需要新的领导层，”马丁补充道，“再次强调，需要一个在交通领域拥有真正专业知识，并且能够将活动人士和专家凝聚成一个联盟，以帮助芝加哥规划这条路线的人。”

交通导向开发组织 Elevated Chicago 的执行主任胡安·塞巴斯蒂安·阿里亚斯（Juan Sebastian Arias）表示，他认为“让下一任 董事会主席具备一定的经验以及对 运作方式的了解是有一定价值的”。

“我也认为，能够带来新愿景和新方法，以匹配未来机遇的人才具有很大价值，”他说道。

在州政府强制执行的改革要求由伊利诺伊州交通管理局（NITA）加强监督之后，新的芝加哥交通局（CTA）董事会权力将有所削减，但该董事会对 CTA 的运营仍具有影响力，且有人认为其在任命该机构总裁方面也拥有话语权——该机构在一年半的时间里一直由临时领导层管理。董事会成员的薪资将在 $15,000 至 $25,000 之间，具体取决于他们是仅在 董事会任职，还是同时在 NITA 董事会任职。

其他即将就任的 董事会成员包括回归的成员迈克尔·埃迪（Michael Eaddy）和尼玛·贾（Neema Jha），以及非营利组织高管内德拉·西姆斯·费尔斯（Nedra Sims Fears）和哥伦比亚学院副副校长安·卡莱尔（Ann Kalayil）。加入他们的还将有区域交通管理局（RTA）董事会成员奥斯瓦尔多·阿尔瓦雷斯（Oswaldo Alvarez）和汤姆·科塔拉克（Tom Kotarac），后者已成为 NITA 过渡期间的关键人物，负责主持过渡委员会会议。

下一任芝加哥交通董事会主席将由董事会多数成员选出，并必须获得伊利诺伊州参议院的批准。主席的选出将在权力更大的 NITA 董事会选出其领导人之后进行，预计将在 9 月 10 日完成。

州参议员拉姆·维利瓦拉姆（Ram Villivalam）是一名来自芝加哥的民主党人，也是交通改革立法的关键架构师，他表示目前还没有任何人向他游说以争取成为 或 NITA 董事会的主席。

维利瓦拉姆表示，立法者们“已经明确表示，我们正在寻找能够让这些机构在提供安全、可靠、无障碍且综合的”交通服务方面承担责任的领导层。

巴克莱（Barclay）因极少乘坐 而多次遭到交通倡导者的抨击，他最近邀请《芝加哥论坛报》一同乘坐位于城市南侧的绿线，包括经过他成长地恩格尔伍德（Englewood）社区。巴克莱职业是一名家庭法律师，同时担任牙买加驻芝加哥领事，他将自己塑造为公共交通周边开发的支持者，并指出了紧邻火车路线的空地。“当我还是个孩子的时候，”他说，“这里全部都是商业区。”

巴克莱坚称他支持交通改革，尽管他在去年秋天为《芝加哥论坛报》撰写的一篇评论文章中，对 NITA 官员在 决策中权力增加的问题提出了质疑。他当时写道：“这次资金上的胜利对于芝加哥市和 来说是有代价的。”

“我非常喜欢我们讨论区域协调这一事实。我认为这对我们城市和该地区的公民是有利的，”巴克莱本月告诉《芝加哥论坛报》。“但我对我们将如何开展这项工作表达了担忧。”

当被问及是否担心郊区和周边县在影响 的问题上拥有过多话语权时，巴克莱表示这“仍有待观察”。

在任命过程中，活动人士抨击巴克莱乘坐 的次数过少。交通倡导者尼克·亨德（Nik Hunder）通过提交公共记录请求，查询了 员工和董事会成员公司 Ventra 卡的乘车人数，他在一次任命听证会的公众评论环节中抨击巴克莱，称巴克莱去年刷卡进入系统的次数仅 49 次。

巴克莱向《芝加哥论坛报》提供了一项解释，这与 过去代表前 总裁卡特（Carter）——他也面临类似批评——所给出的解释相似，即他有时会被认出是董事会主席，从而被引导通过票闸。巴克莱还表示，他有时使用自己的个人 Ventra 卡。

“我不认为这不公平，”巴克莱在谈到活动人士关注这一指标是否合理时说道，但他补充说，他认为他们没有看到“全貌”，并指出他的法律客户按小时向他付费，包括他的交通时间在内。“我没有那种奢侈，能总是等待乘坐公共交通前往梅伍德法院（Maywood Courthouse）并将这段时间计入客户账单，”他说。

当被问及如果他更频繁地乘坐芝加哥交通局（CTA）的交通工具，是否会改变他在董事会的工作时，巴克莱（Barclay）含糊其辞。

“我可能会看到第二天没看到的东西，或者我可能会看到……和前一天看到的一样的东西。我认为这取决于具体情况，”他说。

巴克莱表示，自从被任命为伊利诺伊州交通管理局（NITA）董事会成员以来，他只乘坐过一次美铁（Metra），且从未乘坐过佩斯公交（Pace）。

他反驳了一些批评者暗示他缺乏交通运输经验的说法，并指出他曾多年担任 CTA 的外部法律顾问，期间处理过劳资仲裁问题，此外在 20 世纪 70 年代后期还曾在 担任过夏季临时工作。

巴克莱在两任 总裁任期内领导该董事会——首先是卡特（Carter），卡特在疫情期间及疫情后年份因 服务不可靠而面临广泛的公众不满；现在则是卡特的前幕僚长诺拉·利尔森（Nora Leerhsen），利尔森在卡特于 2025 年初迫于压力辞职后接管了该机构。巴克莱为卡特领导下的董事会辩护，称其让 领导层承担了责任。利尔森在交通倡导者中很受欢迎，但尚未获得市长将其正式任命为永久职位的认可。

过去，填补总裁职位仅需 董事会的批准。现在，还需要 NITA 董事会的批准，且 NITA 董事会主席和执行董事必须参与到遴选过程中。

当被问及潜在的 永久领导人候选人时，巴克莱说：“我听到了州外的名字，也听到了州内的名字。”他表示：“我只是等待遴选过程引导我们走向应该前进的方向。”

“这里是芝加哥，”巴克莱补充道，“任何事情都可能发生。”

卡卢梅特市（CALUMET CITY）

市议员将起诉市长，要求公开城市信用卡收据

作者：奥利维亚·史蒂文斯 (Olivia Stevens) 每日南城报道 (DAILY SOUTHTOWN)

在近一年时间里，针对市长萨德斯·琼斯 (Thaddeus Jones) 产生或由其要求产生的各项费用申请收据无果后，卡卢梅特市 (Calumet City) 的七名市议员于周一投票决定采取法律行动，以获取涉及 $76,000 支出的证明文件。

“我们真的只是在询问，”第三选区市议员德安德雷·蒂尔曼 (DeAndre Tillman) 周三表示，“事情本不必发展到这一步。”

自琼斯在 9 月通过一张城市信用卡刷掉 $44,000 以来（其中大部分支出发生在华盛顿举行的国会黑人议员团第 54 届年度立法会议期间），市议员们表示，他们一直定期要求提供将这些费用与城市公务挂钩的证明文件。市长目前已不再持有该信用卡，但尽管市议会已于 12 月聘请了自己的法律顾问，目前仍未拿到收据。

蒂尔曼表示，在市长承诺将华盛顿会议期间花费的 $25,000 偿还给城市后，他受到启发，决定深入调查琼斯的支出情况。他说，琼斯提供的支票来自一家本身就欠城市钱的当地企业。

“没有一名议员对此感到满意——这感觉就像是一个公然的谎言，”蒂尔曼说。“如果一个人如此拼命地想要掩盖这件事，那么还隐藏着什么？”

卡卢梅特市市长萨德斯·琼斯在 Nov. 9, 2023. TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES / TRIBUNE

与此同时，琼斯表示，他在 7 月已经将请求的收据发送给了市议员，而市议会的投票“纯属政治操弄”。他转发了 2024 和 2025 的数页收据，以及针对没有收据项目的“非收据证明陈述”。

“他们拿到了收据，拿到了所有东西，”琼斯说。“他们只是想让这件事持续下去，好让你们继续报道。”

他表示，市议会批准了他之前的费用，“这恰恰证明他们也是其中一员”。市议员则表示，他们质疑的大部分支出未经授权。

市议员计划于 Sept. 8 再次会面，选择一家独立公司代表他们对琼斯提起诉讼。

自 2023, 以来，卡卢梅特市一直处于 $2.800 万 至 $4.700 万 不等的预算赤字状态，市议会于 6 月同意发行一项为期五年的债券，以支付超过 $800 万 的逾期账单。该市还在 May 22 解雇了 46 人，其中包括 13 名工会公共工程员工。

第二选区市议员莫内·威尔逊 (Monet Wilson) 表示，她明白起诉市长将进一步增加纳税人的负担，但她认为居民以及其他市议员随着时间的推移，对城市支出的担忧日益增加。

尽管琼斯表示浪费支出并非导致巨额预算赤字的原因，但威尔逊反驳称，“当纳税人的钱被花掉时，每一美元都必须有账可查。”

“当我们遇到像之前那样的风暴，人们的地下室被淹，小巷被淹，车库被淹，被倒塌的树木困在家里，而我们却没钱立即修复时，这些钱就至关重要，”威尔逊说。

她说，当一名居民询问威尔逊是否在指责市长是罪犯时，她明确表示这并非市议会的意图。

“但我们确实希望能够拥有制衡机制，我们只是想让他承担责任，”她说。

市长则坚持认为，市议会甚至没有权力聘请自己的律师。为此，他提起了一项诉讼，旨在阻止总部位于埃弗格林公园 (Evergreen Park) 的 Odelson, Murphey, Frazier & McGrath 律师事务所担任市议员的立法顾问。

普利策任命蒙哥马利领导伊利诺伊州自然资源部

作者：奥利维亚·奥兰德（Olivia Olander） 《芝加哥论坛报》

州长 JB 普利策（JB Pritzker）新任命的伊利诺伊州自然资源部（IDNR）负责人此前曾领导马萨诸塞州的一个州级保护部门，但最近则担任执行职务，在伊利诺伊州囚犯审查委员会（Prisoner Review Board）面临改革呼吁后为其提供协助。

根据州长办公室和 LinkedIn 个人资料，吉姆·蒙哥马利（Jim Montgomery）的 IDNR 任命将于周一开始生效，但在州参议院确认之前并非永久任职。他直到 2021 年为止一直担任马萨诸塞州保护与娱乐部的主任兼专员。

2024 年，普利策任命此前曾任马萨诸塞州警长办公室官员和伊利诺伊州市长的蒙哥马利担任新设立的囚犯审查委员会执行主任一职，其职责是扩大委员会成员的家庭暴力培训。在此次任命之前，囚犯审查委员会做出了一项极具争议的决定，允许一名男子从州监管中获释，而就在获释仅一天后，该男子便用刀刺伤了一名与其最近恢复关系的孕妇，并杀害了她在芝加哥的 11 岁儿子杰登·珀金斯（Jayden Perkins）。

自从主席和一名委员会成员辞职，且普利策在 2024 年任命蒙哥马利之后，对囚犯审查委员会的批评已不再像之前那样激烈。但就在今年春天，当一些州参议员考虑任命新的囚犯审查委员会成员时，在蒙哥马利被任命之前发生的那些争议在他们心中依然记忆犹新。“吉姆是一位出色的——”

蒙哥马利

“吉姆是一位极其合格的候选人，能够领导伊利诺伊州的保护工作，因为他在公共领导力和运营方面拥有极其丰富的经验，”普利策在周五的一份声明中表示。州长的一位发言人拒绝就蒙哥马利在囚犯审查委员会的任职经历或他被选中领导 IDNR 的原因发表进一步评论。囚犯审查委员会的一位发言人未回应置评请求。

蒙哥马利于 1997 年当选为州南部泰勒维尔（Taylorville）的市长，并一直担任该职至 2005 年。除了在马萨诸塞州保护部门工作外，他还曾担任马萨诸塞州萨福克县（Suffolk County）警长部门的行政服务主任。

在蒙哥马利被任命为囚犯审查委员会执行主任时，该委员会和普利策面临着激烈的批评，因为他们允许克罗塞蒂·布兰德（Crosetti Brand）在袭击拉特里亚·史密斯（Laterria Smith）并致命刺伤杰登之前从州监管中获释。布兰德于去年被定罪并被判处终身监禁。

除了扩大委员会成员的家庭暴力培训外，蒙哥马利还被赋予组织委员会“基于公平”的培训、监督其行政职能以及减轻委员会主席工作量的任务。他并不被视为委员会成员。

根据州长办公室的消息，IDNR 的前任主任娜塔莉·菲尔普斯·芬尼（Natalie Phelps Finnie）于 6 月底离职，由临时主任勒妮·斯诺（Renee Snow）接替。根据 IDNR 的说法，主任的职责包括监督立法事务、土地管理和矿山等其他职责。

与伊利诺伊州政府的许多其他部门一样，IDNR 近年来与唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统的政府发生了冲突——最显著的或许是在乔利埃特（Joliet）德普莱恩河（Des Plaines River）上的布兰登路船闸与大坝（Brandon Road Lock and Dam）建设防御入侵鲤鱼的基础设施项目上。

作为局长，蒙哥马利可能还将监督伊利诺伊州一项新法律的实施，该法律承认了“再野化”土地的保护策略。“作为一名来自伊利诺伊州中部的原住民，且终身热爱自然保护和户外娱乐，我非常荣幸能接受普利兹克州长的邀请，领导伊利诺伊州自然资源部，”蒙哥马利在州长办公室周五发布的声明中表示。“我期待与工作人员、选民、州长、立法者以及其他利益相关者合作，确保 IDNR 继续成为全国最好的自然资源机构。”

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对芝加哥州立大学而言，这是一个“历史性时刻”

周六在布里奇维尤（Bridgeview）举行的芝加哥州立大学（CSU）首场橄榄球赛后，梅洛迪·史密斯（Melody Smith）拥抱她的儿子、芝加哥州立大学外接手阿尔肖恩·鲍威尔（Arshawn Powell）。照片：ARTHUR MAIORELLA / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

美洲狮队球迷在比赛期间庆祝。 芝加哥州立大学校友朱利安·汉普顿（Julian Hampton，左）和弗雷德·科尔曼（Fred Coleman）在芝加哥州立大学首场橄榄球赛前的 Omega Psi Phi 尾门派对上提供汉堡。

首场橄榄球赛可能是未来“伟大成就”的预兆

作者：Lila Hempel-Edgers 《芝加哥论坛报》

随着芝加哥州立大学美洲狮队（Chicago State University Cougars）准备迎接该校历史上的首场橄榄球赛，周六上午，球迷们带着卡车装载的肉类和装满啤酒的冷藏箱，涌入布里奇维尤一个尘土飞扬的停车场。他们表示，在这种场合举行尾门派对不仅合适，而且对于一座迎来首个第一级别（Division I）大学橄榄球项目的城市来说，这是必须的。

“这是一个历史性时刻，”44岁的校友卢瑟·金（Luther King）说道，他在中午开球前数小时就点燃了烤架。“它正在凝聚社区，我不能错过。”

金是聚集在 Seat-Geek 体育场外的数十人之一，他们渴望看到美洲狮队对阵罗斯福大学（Roosevelt University），并开启一个包含 11 场比赛的赛季。由于其位于远南区的校园内没有专门的橄榄球场，芝加哥州立大学的所有 5 场主场比赛都将在布里奇维尤竞技场举行，那里多个停车场拥有数千个车位，为庆祝活动提供了充足的空间。

周六，香肠在便携式烤架上滋滋作响，球迷们随着欢快的音乐起舞。许多人穿着学校标志性的绿色服装。沙包飞向倾斜的木板，玉米洞（cornhole）比赛的选手们停下来匆匆吃掉自制的塔可，或迎接刚到来的朋友。

凯文·瓦科（Kevin Waco）带着儿子来看球，他说他没预料到会看到尾门派对。因此，发现停车场挤满了球迷让他感到惊讶，而当多个团体向他提供食物时，他更加惊讶。

“他们试图从无到有地创造一些东西，我想支持这一点，”52岁的瓦科说道，他是 1997 年德保罗大学（DePaul）的毕业生。“这比我预想的要令人兴奋得多。”

芝加哥州立大学在 2023 年采取了正式步骤以增加橄榄球项目，成立了一个委员会并启动了筹款活动以帮助覆盖成本。

同年 12 月，该大学宣布将加入东北联盟（Northeast Conference），一年多以后，它开始寻找首任橄榄球主教练。

但对于芝加哥州立大学的校友来说，周六的比赛是一场早在大学发布任何公告之前就开始的对话的顶峰。2009 年毕业的迪昂·布朗（Dion Brown）记得，在他还在读大学时，学生们就在讨论将橄榄球引入校园。

“我们听到关于橄榄球前景的消息已经超过 20 年了，所以看到它成为现实是一种超现实的体验，”41 岁的布朗说道，他为了周六的比赛从北卡罗来纳州飞来。“这预示着未来会有伟大的成就。”

在主教练鲍比·罗马二世（Bobby Rome II）的带领下，美洲狮队今年夏天在学校的人造草皮棒球场上训练，该球场建于 2014 年，用于一个在 2020 年被终止的项目。不过，大学建设了一个新的重量训练室，并计划开设一个更大的训练室。

体育总监莫妮克·卡罗尔（Monique Carroll）本月早些时候告诉《论坛报》，尽管管理层希望在靠近学校南区校园的地方比赛，但 SeatGeek 体育场是唯一一个既有球员主场更衣室，又有足够容纳教练和媒体的新闻发布室的最近设施。尽管如此，周六的球迷们似乎并不在意从校园到布里奇维尤这 13 英里的路程。

“这就在我们自己的后院，”住在里弗代尔（Riverdale）的 42 岁居民塔梅卡·西蒙斯（Tameca Simmons）说道，“我甚至不需要离开芝加哥就能去看一场大型的第一分区（Division I）比赛；现在我在这里就能实现。”

西蒙斯记得自己在读大学期间，有同学转学到芝加哥州立大学（Chicago State），期待能加入一支橄榄球队，但那支球队最终并未成立。她说，这段历史让本赛季显得格外有意义，不仅是因为那些等待了数十年的人们，还因为更广泛的社区群体现身支持。

“南区的橄榄球意味着一切，”2006 年毕业的西蒙斯说，“我们需要这样一些积极的事物；我们需要让孩子们看到这样积极的事物。”

美洲狮队（Cougars）从 FCS（足球冠军分区）起步，是自芝加哥大学在 1939 年放弃这项运动以来，芝加哥第一支第一分区橄榄球队。根据美国教育部的数据，该大学表示，这项计划将为这所以黑人为主的机构打造一个新的体育身份，而该校长期以来一直面临毕业率低的问题。

这种雄心在周六的球迷中显而易见，许多人将这场揭幕战视为仅仅是一个开始。对于 39 岁的芝加哥州立大学校友、自豪的新季票持有者卡尔·纽曼（Carl Newman）来说，这一刻感觉像是“圆满了”。

纽曼停下来观察聚集在一起进行赛前派对（tailgaters）的人群，指出了自 2011 年毕业以来就没见过面的前同学。他说，过去的几代校友在之后取得了卓越的成就，但他们依然通过对起步之地的共同热爱而紧密相连。

“芝加哥州立大学是我的一部分，”他说，“它给了我机会去做我热爱的事情，所以我除了支持，别无他选。”

特朗普将以名誉主席身份出席总统杯

《芝加哥论坛报》

唐纳德·特朗普总统周六表示，在被任命为总统杯高尔夫球赛名誉主席后，他将于 9 月前往芝加哥地区。该赛事将在位于西郊的梅迪纳乡村俱乐部（Medinah Country Club）举行。

PGA巡回赛宣布总统已接受邀请，特朗普在其 Truth Social 账号上发帖称，他将出席此次赛事。该赛事由 24 位世界顶尖高尔夫球手参加——由 12 位美国选手对阵 12 位来自世界各地（不包括欧洲）的选手。

“这将是一场格外令人兴奋的盛事。两支队伍都‘聚集’了顶尖人才。我期待能到场，并向两队所有这些出色的运动员致意，”特朗普发帖称，“芝加哥见！”

梅迪纳球场位于梅迪纳非建制社区，与伊塔斯卡（Itasca）、罗塞尔（Roselle）和布鲁明代尔（Bloomingdale）接壤。赛事计划于 9 月 22-27 日举行。特朗普未说明他将出席的具体日期。

这将是特朗普在 2024 年当选第二任期以来，首次在芝加哥地区公开露面。此次行程发生在一年前总统在 Truth Social 的一篇帖子中威胁该市之后，当时他发布了一张名为“现在就是芯片末日”（Chipocalypse Now）的迷因图，并宣称：“芝加哥即将发现为什么它被称为战争部”，同时表示：“我热爱早晨驱逐移民的味道。”

该迷因图是对 1979 年越南战争电影《现代启示录》（Apocalypse Now）的戏仿，画面中特朗普穿着一套模仿演员罗伯特·杜瓦尔的美国陆军制服。这预示了特朗普政府去年秋天在芝加哥地区执行的“中途岛闪击战”（Operation Midway Blitz）执法行动。

2026 年总统杯将是特朗普第二次担任名誉主席。特朗普曾在 2017 年担任名誉主席，当时赛事在纽泽西州泽西市的自由国家高尔夫俱乐部（Liberty National Golf Club）举行。乔·拜登总统在 2022 年担任该赛事的名誉主席，巴拉克·奥巴马总统则在 2013 年和 2009 年担任名誉主席。

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纳佩维尔已确保冬季足够的道路除雪盐，但代价高昂

作者：Carolyn Stein 《纳佩维尔太阳报》（NAPERVILLE SUN）

纳佩维尔官员表示，今年冬天在降雪开始时，该市将有足够的盐储备，但由于采购问题，采购价格将大幅上涨。芝加哥论坛报

公共工程总监丹·兰多夫（Dan Randolph）表示，尽管州政府在采购方面出现问题，但纳佩维尔在即将到来的冬季将拥有足够的道路除雪盐，不过每吨的支付价格可能是去年的近两倍。

纳佩维尔通常通过伊利诺伊州中央管理服务部的全州采购计划来获取道路除雪盐。在该制度下，地方政府通过州政府获取盐，州政府将收到的所有请求汇总，以向供应商征集更具竞争力的报价。

兰多夫表示，从历史上看，该计划为各市镇提供了最低的每吨盐成本。

然而，州政府发言人辛西娅·约翰逊（Cynthia Johnson）在电子邮件中写道，今年一家大型盐供应商选择不参与投标过程，导致部分地点的盐采购出现缺口。

因此，包括纳佩维尔在内的伊利诺伊州数十个社区正紧急寻找供应源，以确保在降雪开始前拥有足够的储备。

在过去的10年里，纳佩维尔冬季平均使用11,400吨盐。由于去年冬天仅使用了7,400吨，该市目前约有10,000吨库存。今年，纳佩维尔通过州采购流程申请了9,000吨盐，但仅获得了3,000吨。

在州政府的制度下，地方政府针对单个盐存储圆顶提出盐吨数请求。根据兰多夫从州政府收到的电子邮件，伊利诺伊州约有260个盐圆顶地点在采购过程中没有收到投标。

其中一个就在纳佩维尔。兰多夫表示，位于普莱恩菲尔德-纳佩维尔路（Plainfield-Naperville Road）的盐圆顶收到了请求，但位于福特山路（Fort Hill Drive）的圆顶则没有。

他表示，目前尚不清楚为何福特山的请求未得到满足，但他意识到存在更广泛的供应链问题，且道路除雪盐的需求超过了可用供应量，这推高了价格，并导致部分供应商在投标时犹豫不决。

根据州政府的一份非正式通知，对于通过州流程获得的盐，该市预计每吨将支付约$144，而去年每吨为$69。

兰多夫说，价格最终将“远高于每吨$100”这一结果让市府工作人员感到惊讶。

他说：“在我经历过的批发价格中，这将是最高的盐单位价格。”

由于与州政府签署的合同协议，该市有义务购买其通过州采购流程申请吨数的至少80%。

在纳佩维尔收到缺口通知后，它联系了嘉吉（Cargill）和莫顿盐业（Morton Salt）等主要供应商，试图直接向其购买盐，但兰多夫表示，两家供应商都无法提供确定的价格，也无法解释导致价格不确定性的因素。

目前，该市正从第三方供应商中西部盐业（Midwest Salt）购买4,000吨盐，价格约为每吨$113.50。

州政府正在开展紧急盐采购，以帮助那些初始请求未得到满足的社区。兰多夫表示，纳佩维尔计划参与其中，试图额外获得5,000吨盐，以便该市在冬季结束前有足够的盐来填满其圆顶。

约翰逊没有回应关于州政府盐采购问题更多细节的请求，但兰多夫表示，他与州政府官员的交谈表明，价格飙升有两个主导原因。

“其中一个原因是去年冬天东海岸使用了大量盐，导致东部许多盐库的储备被耗尽。第二个因素是盐矿存在一些不明确的劳工问题，”他说道。

他表示，关于劳工问题他没有进一步的信息，但强调尽管存在盐采购问题，他并不担心城市的冬季供应。

“我们已经有盐在储备中。我们现在正从中西部（盐业公司）额外购买 4,000 吨，这样我们的储备量将绰绰有余，”兰多夫说道。

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8月13日，在伊利诺伊州新坎顿农民卡尔文·科勒（Calvin Koeller）的田地里，马特·蒙哥马利挖掘出一株感染了红冠腐病的大豆植株。STACEY WESCOTT / 《芝加哥论坛报》

8月13日，马特·蒙哥马利拿着两个来自农民卡尔文·科勒田地的大豆荚。左边的一个感染了红冠腐病，另一个则是健康的。STACEY WESCOTT / 《芝加哥论坛报》

周三，里根·霍斯金（Reagan Hoskin）坐在卢普区芝加哥河畔。霍斯金是在派克县其家族农场中第一个发现中西部地区红冠腐病的人。EILEEN T. MESLAR / 《芝加哥论坛报》

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但叶子看起来有些不对劲。

“我看着它；叶子上有一大块黄色区域，横跨了大叶脉，”霍斯金回忆道。

八年过去了，人们对霍斯金发现的这种真菌仍然知之甚少，而这次发现成为了中西部地区首次确认出现“红冠腐病”的案例。专家表示，已知的是，在严重情况下，这种疾病可导致大豆产量下降高达 60%。

作为美国大豆的最大生产地，这种大宗作物每年为伊利诺伊州带来数十亿美元的收入。随着贸易战和关税导致种植大豆的利润降低，像红冠腐病这样的疾病可能会摧毁农民的生计。

霍斯金的父亲朗（Ron）表示，直到 2024 年这种真菌出现在伊利诺伊州其他地区以及其他中西部州时，它才开始引起显著关注。

“一直没有人真正关心这种病，因为派克县，你知道，在整体大局中派克县并不重要，”他说。

根据作物保护网络（Crop Protection Network）的地图，目前伊利诺伊州、密苏里州和印第安纳州有 10 多个县出现了红冠腐病。明尼苏达州的首例病例观察于 2025 年 8 月，威斯康星州则在几天后出现。

在目睹真菌在自己的农场蔓延并杀死大豆植株多年后，朗·霍斯金表示，他联系了一位通过种子销售商推荐的专家。

那位专家是马特·蒙哥马利（Matt Montgomery），一名将农业视为天职的科学家。几年前，一名农民就相关问题联系了他的前雇主，使他开始接触红冠腐病（red crown rot）。

蒙哥马利住在查塔姆（Chatham），他戴着牛仔帽，拿着笔记本，走访农民并调查受病害感染的农田。他说他见到了霍斯金，随后在其农场进行了测试，他将该农场称为“零号病人”。

“在病害入侵并真正爆发的那些地区，它对大豆的打击程度是我们大多数人以前从未见过的，”蒙哥马利说。

7月，罗恩·霍斯金告诉《芝加哥论坛报》，他将希望寄托在今年种植季在美国推出的新型种子处理技术上。他说，如果该处理方法失败，他的家人可能会改为只种植玉米。

什么是红冠腐病？

引起红冠腐病的真菌自20世纪70年代以来就已感染了美国南部部分地区的大豆和花生。

人们可能会认为它在数十年后向北传播。但根据美国植物病理学会（American Phytopathological Society）本月发表的遗传研究，伊利诺伊州的红冠腐病样本“极有可能不是”由美国东南部真菌传播而来的。

专家们尚未就该疾病的传播方式达成一致。一些人怀疑它可能是通过空气传播，另一些人则认为是通过受污染的土壤传播。但研究仍处于早期阶段。

贝克斯杂交种公司（Beck's Hybrids）的农艺教育负责人蒙哥马利表示，自2018年以来，该病似乎已从派克县（Pike County）传播到整个中西部的大豆田。根据其网站，总部位于印第安纳州的贝克斯是美国最大的家族经营零售种子公司。

“在大多数大豆产区，我们还没有见过像这种病害影响如此之大的情况，”蒙哥马利说。“在某些案例中，原本每英亩产出70蒲式耳或80蒲式耳的大豆田，被这种病害削减到了仅十几个蒲式耳。这是一种非常迅速的杀手。”

他说，在发现之初，人们认为中西部的红冠腐病仅限于伊利诺伊州西部和中部，但这种真菌“自2025年以来确实扩大了其影响范围”。

威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校教授戴蒙·史密斯（Damon Smith）表示，气候变化可能是该病增加的一个因素，他的研究重点是生物学、流行病学和大田作物病害。这种真菌喜欢温暖的土壤和潮湿的空气。史密斯说，随着中西部地区在一年中的变暖时间提前，环境变得更有利于引起红冠腐病的这类真菌。

新的天气模式还意味着一些作物病害正在向北迁移。史密斯举了焦斑病（tar spot）的例子，这是一种传统上在墨西哥和拉丁美洲玉米中发现的真菌疾病。天气变暖导致该病在过去十年中在中西部地区增加。

史密斯说，该地区部分地带的降雨量不如以前那样稳定。他说，现在不再是每周降雨一英寸左右，而是整个月要么非常湿润，要么非常干燥。

“变暖是一方面，但从病理学角度来看，水分到来的方式也非常重要，”他说。“因此，像这种大暴雨（的倾泻）会影响沿途的病原体。”

红冠腐病的症状通常在8月初出现，尽管蒙哥马利说，由于强降雨的影响，许多农民在今年7月中旬就观察到了该病。

史密斯说，人们认为这种真菌全年潜伏在土壤中，并攻击生长中的大豆植株根部。他将此比作拆除房子的地基，会导致整栋建筑坍塌。如果植株幸存，可收获的大豆数量也会显著减少。

他说，感染红冠腐病的大豆植株叶片可能会发黄，并可能提前变褐。他进一步指出，仔细观察会发现，受感染植株的基部可能会覆盖着红色的、“像痘一样”的结构。

即使在没有作物时，被真菌感染的农田依然处于感染状态。随着疾病在农场中传播，它通常是以斑块状形式进行的。

“你会看到一群死掉的植物被依然存活的绿色植物所包围，”史密斯说道。

最初的好奇

作为第七代农民，62岁的罗恩·霍斯金（Ron Hoskin）在1,600英亩的土地上种植玉米和大豆。因为他“热爱上学”，他还拥有一个法学学位。他说，人们喜欢开玩笑说他并不是真正的律师。他将自己的律师事务所（专门从事遗产规划、遗嘱认证和房地产业务）视为补充农业收入的一种方式。

罗恩·霍斯金曾希望他的女儿能成为一名作物科学家。虽然她没有从事农业研究，但她确实继承了他的衣钵。现年26岁的里根·霍斯金（Reagan Hoskin）住在芝加哥，远程为她父亲的律师事务所工作。

她仍然经常回到派克县（Pike County），在农场里帮助她的父亲和弟弟们。有一天，她想搬回去住。

“我们家族在那里生活了八代，而且每一代都在那里务农，”里根·霍斯金说。“那是极其深厚的根基。”

而且，她对家族的适应能力充满信心。

里根·霍斯金在发现这种疾病后表示，确认病原体花了一些时间。

罗恩·霍斯金说，来自农业服务局（Farm Service Agency，美国农业部下属机构，负责为农民提供融资和灾难救济）的一位专家此前从未见过这种病。该病例在政府的多个层级之间周转，最终由伊利诺伊大学的专家诊断出这是一种真菌病。

罗恩·霍斯金说，起初家人对待这一诊断的态度主要出于科学上的好奇。

“多年来我们处理过无数种植物疾病，”他说。“所以，你知道，在第一年里，这种病的影响绝没有显现出来。它更多的是一种好奇心。”

2020年，即罗恩·霍斯金在受影响的田地里种植大豆的次年，他意识到红冠腐烂病（red crown rot）并非小事。在一块需要60蒲式耳才能盈亏平衡的田地里，仅收获了21蒲式耳大豆。

“很明显，如果患有红冠病，我们将无法负担大豆的种植成本，”他说。

这家人开始寻找治疗这种疾病的方法。

起初，伊利诺伊大学在霍斯金的农场设立了一个试验区以研究这种真菌。但罗恩·霍斯金说，与研究人员的沟通不畅，因此进展甚微。

霍斯金表示，直到2024年这种真菌蔓延到伊利诺伊州更多县以及其他州，才引起了显著关注。

史密斯在2025年9月观察到了威斯康星州首例确诊病例。他说，田地中间有一个直径10英尺的受影响作物圆圈，没有任何迹象表明真菌是从哪里来的。直到6月才确认了这次发现并公布了研究结果。

“如果你的州没有某种特定的疾病，问题就在于你无法研究这种疾病，直到它真正出现，”史密斯说。“这就是为什么我们要走完所有流程来发布第一份报告的原因，因为这样我们才能说：‘好了，它在这里扎根了；我们想研究这个东西。’”

本月早些时候，他在作物保护网络（Crop Protection Network）地图上记录了威斯康星州的第二例病例。该病例位于该州与明尼苏达州的边界沿线——距离首次发现地有几个县之遥。

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8月13日，在皮茨菲尔德（Pittsfield）的罗恩·霍斯金农场里，大豆植物的根部形成了红色的球形子囊壳。这些微小的红色种子状结构是红冠腐烂病的迹象之一。STACEY WESCOTT / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

“玉米带级别的疾病”

大约五年前，蒙哥马利（Montgomery）在乡村开车视察受感染的作物。就在那时，他开始意识到这种疾病可能有多危险。

“看到这么多山坡和田地以一种我从未见过的方式变色，对我来说那是一个非常深刻的时刻，”他说。

派克县的一位人士就红冠腐烂病（red crown rot）的问题联系了他的前雇主。蒙哥马利决定亲自前往田间查看。

从那时起，这种真菌在他的工作中占据了越来越重要的地位。

蒙哥马利专注于作物和土壤管理。他一直希望自己的农业工作能让世界变得比他接手时更好，但他表示，红冠腐烂病威胁到了这一使命。

蒙哥马利说，去年这种真菌变成了“玉米带级别（Corn Belt level）的疾病”，从伊利诺伊州的一个局部区域扩散到中西部地区其他以玉米和大豆为主要作物的农场。

尽管如此，他表示他对研究人员能够找到有效治疗方法持乐观态度。

“五年前，关于我们如何应对这个问题，我能拿出来的只有纯粹的猜测，”他说。“现在至少有了试验地、临床试验以及一些看起来像潜在工具的东西，即便它们还不是完全完美的工具，但这已经比我们之前的进度先进了光年。”

蒙哥马利表示，未来的预防工作将采取“三管齐下的方法”。

首先是种子处理。蒙哥马利说，这是在播种前给种子涂上一层薄薄的化学涂层，以防御昆虫和疾病。

其次，专家们在寻找对疾病具有更强抗性的特定大豆品种。史密斯表示，目前尚未发现能完全抵抗红冠腐烂病的品种。他说，其中一个目标是寻找具有部分抗性的品种，从而将症状的出现推迟到植物收获之后。

第三，蒙哥马利说，管理大豆的压力因素对于控制这种疾病可能至关重要。这可能意味着处理土壤肥力，或者不要将种子播种得太浅。

“这还处于非常初步的阶段，”他说。“这并不意味着管理田间的其他压力就能消除红冠腐烂病，但这意味着它可能是我们想要采用的整体战略的一部分。”

研究人员还想知道这种真菌是如何传播的。史密斯表示，人们认为红冠腐烂病是通过受污染的土壤传播的，例如附着在设备上。但蒙哥马利表示，感染模式可能表明它具有通过风力传播的能力。

抱持希望

红冠腐烂病迫使霍斯金一家重新评估许多事情。

罗恩·霍斯金（Ron Hoskin）一生大部分时间都在种植大豆，他说如果明年红冠腐烂病再次出现，他将“非常认真地”考虑仅种植玉米。不过，这并不理想，因为玉米和大豆轮作有助于维持土壤健康。霍斯金表示，如果他全力种植玉米，可能需要采用条带耕作。

霍斯金说，他自1986年以来就没为大豆进行过耕作，而他的家人去年首次尝试了这种做法，希望这能对防治红冠腐烂病有所帮助。但结果并没有效果。

蒙哥马利将耕作比作翻动花园里的土壤。园丁经常翻土以清除杂草并确保种子能更好地接触土壤。农民在田间也做类似的事情，但他表示，在可能的情况下，让土地保持原状以维护土壤健康同样重要。

这就是条带耕作发挥作用的地方。农民在狭窄的条带内耕作土壤，而不会干扰整个农场。然而，罗恩·霍斯金表示，他领取联邦政府的补贴。为了获得资格，他在农场遵循某些保护实践。其中一项就是

限制耕作。

罗恩·霍斯金说，即使没有这些补贴，条带耕作也很昂贵。“我的意思是，如果我们必须这样做，光是设备就要花费30万（300 grand）美元，”他说。

今年，霍斯金表达了一些希望。根据先正达（Syngenta）网站的信息，他种植了大豆并使用了 Victrato，这是首个获得联邦标签认证的防治红冠腐烂病的种子处理剂。这家总部位于瑞士的先正达集团自称是全球营收规模最大的农业技术公司。

蒙哥马利表示，科学家开发 Victrato 可能是为了防御猝死综合征（sudden death syndrome）和另一种大豆疾病。他说，该产品在防治红冠腐烂病方面取得的理想结果是一个幸运的巧合。

全国各地的研究人员记录了发现该真菌的县。伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的教授鲍里斯·卡米莱蒂（Boris Camiletti）在作物保护网络（Crop Protection Network）地图上报告了伊利诺伊州的许多病例。

卡米莱蒂表示，他的科学家团队还训练 AI 模型，利用卫星图像检测受感染的田地。研究人员拍摄已确认受感染田地的图像，并手动标记哪些区域患有红冠腐烂病。随后，AI 模型根据这些数据进行训练，以识别受影响区域。

“如果我接到一个农民的电话告诉我：‘嘿，我确认我的田里有红冠腐烂病。你能帮我检查一下严重程度吗？’ 我们可以直接通过卫星收集图像，应用模型并获取地图，而无需亲临现场，”卡米莱蒂说。

“尊重

但不要恐慌”

派克县（Pike County）的农民卡尔文·科勒（Calvin Koeller）说，红冠腐烂病在两年前传播到了邻居的田里。去年，它出现在了他的农场中。而本季，情况变得明显恶化。

一些叶子下垂、皱缩并枯死。另一些叶子勉强挺立，上面布满了亮黄色和褐色的斑块。从上方俯瞰，科勒的农场看起来到处散布着黄色斑块。

科勒说，这种真菌显著影响了患病田地的产量，这意味着偿还贷款以及抵消增加的人工和燃料成本的资金减少了。

虽然红冠腐烂病会严重损害农民的利润，但蒙哥马利警告不要过度恐慌。他担心人们会将其他疾病误诊为红冠腐烂病。

“我想确保我们在尊重（该病害）的同时不要恐慌——要正确地将其识别出来，”他说。“然后，当它出现时，确保你真正关注它，因为如果你是一名种植者，且它进入了你所在的地区，我们确实需要考虑管理方案。”

对于像科勒这样的农民来说，管理意味着考虑使用 Victrato。

“基于我们所看到的，明年我们肯定会使用它，尤其是如果我们的邻居以及今年的首次试用效果良好的话，”他说。

8月初，罗恩·霍斯金（Ron Hoskin）开着拖拉机穿过一片他每天都会经过的大豆田。他说这片农场的豆子长势极好：是多年来最好的。但那天，有几株植物的顶端出现了发黄现象。

他在农场的几个地点发现了红色根腐病，这使他得出结论，认为 Victrato 仅仅是延迟了症状的出现。

距离收获仍有数周时间。

距离收获仍有数周时间。周四，罗恩·霍斯金表示，红色根腐病仅在五个田块中显现。他说，如果情况保持不变，他明年将再次种植大豆。

“尽管有几个田块出现了这种情况，但我认为我们仍有希望继续种植大豆，”他说。“每过去一天，我们就离没有发生灾难的终点线更近一步。”

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承诺开始偿还欠州政府的贷款以及多年拖欠的税款，而医生和护士则越来越多地抱怨条件恶化，让他们担心如何确保患者的安全。

到 2025 年中期，州和联邦机构开始失去耐心。州政府要求在考虑提供更多贷款之前，必须提供更多信息和更坚定的承诺；而联邦医疗保险（Medicare）官员表示，他们对魏斯纪念医院（Weiss Memorial Hospital）的情况非常担忧，将停止支付该院的服务费用。不久后，这家位于 Uptown 的医院关闭，几个月后西郊医疗中心（West Suburban Medical Center）也随之关闭。此后，普拉萨德（Prasad）一直与他的商业伙伴雷迪·拉特纳克·帕特洛拉（Reddy Rathnaker Patlola）在法庭上就这些设施的未来展开争论。

这些医院的崩溃说明了在一个很大程度上依赖——并补贴——私营部门来运营所谓“安全网医院”的州中，可能会出现什么问题。这些医院的领导者长期以来一直抱怨，在服务弱势患者时几乎没有盈利。随着联邦政府即将削减医疗补助（Medicaid）——这些医院的主要收入来源——这种平衡行为将变得更加困难。

普拉萨德现在的对手（原合作伙伴）正请求法官执行一项和解协议，将普拉萨德从首席执行官（CEO）职位上撤除，或为这些医院指定一名接管人。帕特洛拉公司在最初的诉讼中指控普拉萨德挪用公共资金，但一名法官表示尚未提交证据证明这一点。在随后的文件中，帕特洛拉的律师指出，在第二家医院关闭之前，有近 $2.200 万 从一个与医院相关的账户转移到了一家与普拉萨德有关的密歇根州咨询公司。

在普拉萨德与州政府的通信以及随后的公开声明中，他一直将自己塑造为一个心怀好意的医院管理专家，接手了功能严重失调且债务深重的医院，以至于——尽管注入了州政府的资金——它们仍无法进行一致的审计、缴纳税款或偿还贷款。

他表示，自己的薪酬合理，没有浪费资金，并致力于重新开放这两家设施。普拉萨德在给《论坛报》的书面回复中表示：“我正在奋斗，以防止这些社区急需的医院像芝加哥已经失去的许多医院那样被彻底抹除。”

州政府官员没有回答《论坛报》的部分问题，但发送了书面回复为其行为辩护。

医疗设施与服务审查委员会告诉《论坛报》，其批准所有权变更系基于州法律设定的要求。州长 JB 普利兹克（JB Pritzker）的政府表示，其他机构必须在考虑维持弱势群体医疗服务益处的同时，兼顾财政管理的需求，并且此后加强了对拨款的监督，同时收紧了贷款限制。

“伊利诺伊州在保护医疗获取渠道的同时，明确要求安全网医院必须偿还其欠款，且州政府目前已拥有更广泛的能力和更高的权限来确保这一点，”该政府在的一份声明中表示。

前西郊医疗中心和魏斯纪念医院的员工表示，他们目睹了这些设施在普拉萨德的领导下崩溃，并质疑州政府为何没有深入调查他的公司所收到的数千万美元资金的去向。

这些位于芝加哥地区的医院服务于大量医疗补助（Medicaid）患者（其支付金额通常远低于私人保险）以及通常无法支付或几乎无法支付费用的无保险人员。为了帮助这些安全网医院维持运转，它们会获得增强的医疗补助款项，有时还辅以拨款、贷款，以及在某些情况下无需偿还的税收。

为了回应公众对医院高效运营的关注，伊利诺伊州要求希望收购医院的人员向医疗设施与服务审查委员会提供证明，证明其“合格、愿意且能够”承担此职责。在寻求收购西郊医疗中心和魏斯纪念医院时，普拉萨德和帕特洛拉成立了一家名为 Resilience Healthcare 的公司，并聘请了一家律师事务所来推销他们充满信心的计划。

在 2022 年的三个月里，合伙人们提交的大量文件将他们描绘成该职位的近乎完美人选。

他们将帕特洛拉描述为一名成功的东海岸企业家，拥有资金渠道且热衷于帮助弱势群体。他的公司将以 9200万美元 的价格购买这些物业，然后将其租赁给由普拉萨德控制的 Resilience 公司。普拉萨德是一名总部位于密歇根州的医疗高管和顾问，他曾告诉一名播客主持人，他已经“完善”了振兴陷入困境设施的方法，“以便在一年时间内，我可以完成扭转局面并使其稳定。”

提交给审查委员会的申请材料称，普拉萨德在印度获得了医学学位，随后在美国攻读医疗管理，其简历中列出了近 24 处他担任过高管或顾问职务的地方。材料称他是一位“仆人式领导者，其技能和经验是在职业生涯中救治各种规模、类型和地点的陷入困境的医疗机构过程中获得的”。

该委员会没有回答《芝加哥论坛报》关于其具体如何审核普拉萨德背景的问题。《芝加哥论坛报》通过记录请求获得的文档显示，委员会工作人员确实要求提供关于其工作经历的额外信息，包括要求提供一份他曾“扭转局面”的医院名单，但没有证据表明曾通过电话、电子邮件或互联网搜索来核实所提供的信息。

如果他们深入调查，可能会发现一些令普拉萨德的部分主张产生疑问的信息。

例如，州记录显示，普拉萨德将他在 1990 年代后期经营底特律郊区一家医院的经历作为其扭转局面专业能力的例子。但《芝加哥论坛报》发现，后来买下该医院的一名男子在 2002 年提起诉讼，指控前任所有者未能披露追溯到普拉萨德任职期间的财务问题。

当《芝加哥论坛报》询问该诉讼时，普拉萨德表示他确实扭转了该医院的局面，并主张买家是在试图从前任所有者那里榨钱。该诉讼在审判前达成和解。

普拉萨德团队提交的文件还称，他曾“担任密歇根州弗林特一家拥有 378 张床位的三级教学医院的执行主任”。该医院（现名为 McLaren Flint）告诉《芝加哥论坛报》，“马诺杰·普拉萨德医生从未担任过该医院的院长、首席执行官或执行领导。”

在被问及这一明显差异时，普拉萨德告诉《芝加哥论坛报》，他是该医院外科服务的执行主任，并负责监督骨科和神经康复。他补充说，在“我们行业的临床服务线模式”下，他是“这些服务领域的 CEO”，并且“作为执行主任（ED），我虽然不管理整个医院，但肯定管理了其中的三分之二”。该医院拒绝进一步评论。

普拉萨德还向《芝加哥论坛报》发送了一封来自弗林特医院一名外科医生的2002年信函，信中赞扬了他作为外科服务主管的表现，以及一封来自底特律郊区医院前所有者的2001年推荐信。后者将普拉萨德描述为“一个极其聪明的人，他完成了将医院从巨额亏损状态转变为能够吸引外部投资者参与投资的状态的任务”。

二十年后，普拉萨德请求伊利诺伊州官员信任他，让他对当时由 Pipeline Health System 拥有的两家医院施展类似的管理魔力。

截至2024, 魏斯纪念医院和西郊医疗中心 each 拥有约230张床位。在普拉萨德和帕特洛拉开始尝试收购这些医院时，这两家医院在十年内已被转手两次——且 Pipeline 公司表示其仍在持续亏损。

在2022年向州审查委员会提交的方案中，普拉萨德指出了医院在切换到名为 EMR（医院术语，指电子医疗记录）的新系统时遇到的麻烦。由于这些系统在计费中起到的作用，它们可以说是医院中最关键的业务功能。普拉萨德告诉州政府，如果处理不当，EMR 的切换可能会是一场“灾难”，但他拥有深厚的 IT 经验，包括设计此类系统以及“复杂的收入周期管理流程重新设计”。

“请让我向您保证，”普拉萨德告诉审查委员会，“这是一个我可以解决的问题。”

熟悉这两家医院的人都知道故事是如何收场的。三年后，普拉萨德与州政府的往来信件将另一场“灾难性”的 EMR 切换（这一次是在他的管理期间）归咎为导致医院无法回收账单的原因。

当《芝加哥论坛报》询问他，既然他声称拥有相关专业知识，为何还会发生此类失败时，普拉萨德写道，他最初的升级计划失败了，迫使他在努力维持两家医院生存的同时，不得不尝试另一个供应商，然后又是另一个。

“是的，我是设计和部署 EMR 的专家，但前提是我不能在管理两家濒临崩溃且监督近1,400名员工的医院的同时进行，”他写道。

撇开普拉萨德的职业历史不谈，审查委员会的记录显示，委员会担心他与帕特洛拉缺乏一个有效的计划，来扭转这些负债是资产两倍之多的医院。

社区成员向委员会写信，表达了对普拉萨德未能证明其具备维持医院运行资质的担忧。在与这两个男人、他们的律师以及委员会工作人员进行了一次 Zoom 跟进会议后，委员会管理员约翰·P·克尼里（John P. Kniery）在发给同事的一封电子邮件中总结了该问题（该邮件由《芝加哥论坛报》通过记录请求获得），其中使用了大写字母。

邮件写道：“我们需要这位申请人提供一份计划，以展示我们如何将各项环节串联起来以扭转医院的局面。”

克尼里没有回答《芝加哥论坛报》的提问，但《芝加哥论坛报》审阅的记录中并未包含此类计划。在他发送邮件15天后的2022, 6月，委员会批准了医院交易。

在给《芝加哥论坛报》的一份声明中，委员会表示，他们审查了申请材料，审阅了公众评论，听取了申请人的提案并提出了问题——但州法律要求，一旦申请材料被“视为完整”，委员会就必须批准所有权的变更。

当被要求澄清除了提交正确的文件之外，委员会在决定潜在买家是否合适、愿意且能够接手方面拥有什么权力时，委员会没有直接回答，而是表示其批准提案

马诺杰·普拉萨德医生于4月1日就橡树公园西郊医疗中心的关闭向记者发表讲话，他此前向州政府官员将自己塑造为医院扭转局面的专家。BRIAN CASSELLA / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

乔治·纳拉塔达姆博士（Dr. George Naratadam）是一位曾在西郊医疗中心工作的肾脏科医生，他于8月20日站在这家已关闭的橡树公园医院救护车停靠区外。 STACEY WESCOTT / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

汇出数百万美元

“如果提交的信息符合法律和规则中规定的要求。”

克尼里（Kniery）的担忧后来被证明具有预见性。今年5月，普拉萨德在法庭证词中承认，在他寻求委员会批准时，他及其合伙人“没有可靠的财务状况”。事实上，他作证称，两人直到之后才开始进行“认真的尽职调查”。

根据普拉萨德的证词，直到那时他们才发现这两家医院债务如此沉重，以至于没有一家贷款机构愿意为此次收购提供贷款。

当普拉萨德与帕特洛拉（Patlola）与 Pipeline 公司的最初交易失败后，该公司寻找了其他买家，但在法庭记录中表示，最终决定与这两个男人达成一项新协议。到那时，Pipeline 已经申请破产。

根据这项在2022年12月经破产法院批准后完成的新协议，普拉萨德将管理医院，而帕特洛拉的公司将像支付抵押贷款一样，随时间推移向 Pipeline 支付大部分收购价。

该安排随后崩溃，导致 Pipeline、帕特洛拉与普拉萨德之间爆发了一系列法律斗争。本月，帕特洛拉通过一名代表表示，由于他与普拉萨德之间存在持续的法律纠纷，他将不回答《芝加哥论坛报》的提问。

在交易完成不久后，普拉萨德再次与州政府沟通，这一次是关于财务援助。

在普拉萨德对事件的讲述中——他在今年春天的一次新闻发布会上向记者转述道：

• 是州政府首先主动联系的。他接到了一位副州长的“非常友好的电话”，对方感谢他“拯救”了这些医院，而普拉萨德则告知她，医院的债务如此之高——大约 8000万美元 ——以至于他不确定他们将如何“继续前进”，他说道。

因此，根据普拉萨德的说法，副州长向医院提供了 2000万美元 的州政府资金。

“她非常亲切，说：‘你知道吗？为什么我们不预付一笔款项，好让你们偿还这笔债务呢’，”普拉萨德向在场的记者回忆道。“而我说：‘听着，这不是我能偿还并归还给你们的东西。……没有回头路了。’”

普里兹克（Pritzker）的办公室告诉《芝加哥论坛报》，没有关于发生过此类对话的记录。

“这完全没有交代，而且据我们所知，根本没有被调查，”曾在西郊医疗中心工作的乔治·纳拉塔丹（George Naratadam）博士今年早些时候告诉《芝加哥论坛报》。“（医院里）没有任何东西被修复，现在我们在该地区面临巨大的医疗缺口。而那笔钱已经没了。”

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当普拉萨德和帕特洛拉介入西郊医疗中心和魏斯纪念医院时，他们进入了一个充满财务挑战的医疗行业领域。

几代人的人口和经济变迁留下了一群老龄化的

普拉萨德还发送了一份关于医院财务状况的三页表格，并注明他的首席财务官正在度假，因此由他亲自填写。他请求该部门“请原谅任何不完备-

请参阅 A13 页的“医院”报道

根据医疗与家庭服务部的记录，普拉萨德是在 2022 年 12 月主动联系的，他发送了一封两页的信函，“谦卑地”请求该机构提供 4000万美元 的贷款，医院将从 2023. 夏季开始“乐意偿还”。信中没有提到与副州长的任何对话。

STACEY WESCOTT / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

左图为位于芝加哥 Uptown 社区的魏斯纪念医院，右图为位于橡树公园的西郊医疗中心。当州政府在 2022 年批准这两家医院的所有权变更时，它们正面临财务困境。 ANTONIO PEREZ / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

帕梅拉·韦德（Pamela Wade）在4月1日的照片中，她表示奥克帕克（Oak Park）西郊医疗中心的电梯故障有时让她在接受透析治疗时更加困难。BRIAN CASSELLA / 《芝加哥论坛报》

雷迪·拉特纳克·帕特洛拉（Reddy Rathnaker Patlola，左）于5月29日离开戴利中心（Daley Center）的法庭。他一直与商业伙伴马诺杰·普拉萨德（Manoj Prasad）就他们位于芝加哥地区的两家医院的命运进行争执。ANTONIO PEREZ / 《芝加哥论坛报》

8月20日拍摄的照片显示，在芝加哥北海洋大道（North Marine Drive）4600街区，魏斯纪念医院的指示牌旁杂草丛生。STACEY WESCOTT / 《芝加哥论坛报》

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tions。”

根据当时生效的州法规，这就是他需要提交的所有材料，随后该部门向他提供了$20 million贷款。协议规定，如果普拉萨德的运营方未能按要求付款，州政府将拒绝任何额外的贷款请求。

到2025年4月，Resilience公司已连续12次错过付款，且未向州政府偿还一分钱贷款。两家医院还欠州政府近$60 million的逾期税款和罚金。

然而，就在那个月，医疗与家庭服务部（Healthcare and Family Services）又向魏斯医院提供了$10 million的贷款。

州记录显示，在获得第二笔贷款之前，普拉萨德告诉州政府，魏斯医院债务沉重且资金匮乏，以至于几乎无法支付员工工资。

在该部门给《芝加哥论坛报》的一份声明中，该部门表示，考虑到欠款情况，批准第二笔贷款“并非一个简单的决定”，但官员们认为，基于对医院若无资金援助可能会关闭的担忧，这一决定是合理的。更广泛地说，在另一份声明中，该部门表示，它必须在成为“公共资金的负责任管理人”与“支持伊利诺伊州欠发达社区广泛的医疗服务获取”之间寻求平衡。

声明称：“提供预付款的目标是为了避免医疗服务的中断，从而避免对医疗补助（Medicaid）客户造成伤害。”

资金去向不明

普拉萨德告诉州政府，他需要首批 2000万美元 来偿还继承的账单，接下来的 1000万美元 用于帮助魏斯纪念医院弥补他所描述的围绕记录系统切换的短期困境。但他并不需要证明资金确实是这样使用的。

随后，在普拉萨德与帕特洛拉的法律纠纷中，关于医院支出问题浮出水面。

今年 5 月，普拉萨德的前首席财务官伊雷娜·杜马尼斯（Irena Dumanis）作证称，州政府的贷款资金进入了一个普拉萨德不允许她访问的特殊账户。她还告诉法院，普拉萨德命令她大约每两周向该账户额外转账 $25,000 至 $30,000，称这是为了支付信用卡款项并“补贴他的工资单”。

在给《芝加哥论坛报》的回信中，普拉萨德写道，医院“从未支付过我的个人费用”。相反，他表示，由于医院的信用极差，员工经常使用他的个人信用卡进行医院采购。

关于普拉萨德管理医院的薪酬数额仍存在疑问。他在 5 月的法庭作证中称，他每年领取 $90,000。但在与帕特洛拉纠纷的拟议法律和解协议中提到，去年秋季和冬季的三个月里，有近 $2.200 万 从该特殊账户转入了一家当时刚刚成立的咨询公司，该公司的密歇根州地址与 Resilience 公司相同。

当《芝加哥论坛报》询问普拉萨德为何转账超过 $200 万 时，他表示这是“我合同中约定但此前尚未领取的报酬的一部分”。

帕特洛拉在 5 月的证词中表示，他今年早些时候向州监察长汇报，分享了他对多年来发送到普拉萨德运营机构的数千万美元州政府资金去向的担忧，但他不确定对方是否采取了行动。

“我希望监察长办公室（OIG）看看资金的情况，如果 OIG 觉得一切正常，那就没问题，我不在意，”帕特洛拉作证道，“但是……那是人民的钱，是纳税人的钱。”

5 月下旬，帕特洛拉公司 Ramco Healthcare Holdings 的一名律师在法庭上承认，在挖掘医院财务状况后，Ramco 此前指控被挪用的“大量”资金似乎“回到了医院”。

医疗与家庭服务部拒绝回答《芝加哥论坛报》关于是否采取了措施来追踪向普拉萨德贷款的 3000万美元 去向的问题，称其不会对“进行中的诉讼”发表评论，尽管该部门并非本案的被告。

与贷款不同，医院收到的另一笔现金流需要进行年度审计——即由州议会授予并通过伊利诺伊州公共卫生部发放的年度拨款。记录显示，在 Resilience 公司的经营期间，其旗下的医院从该部门获得了超过 2400万美元 的拨款。

审计应在每年 4 月提交，涵盖前一个财政年度。但当《芝加哥论坛报》索要与拨款相关的记录时，该部门并未提供任何已提交审计的记录。

在回应《芝加哥论坛报》的提问时，普拉萨德写道，他已向州政府提交了资金使用情况的数据。但他表示，他接手的那些陷入困境的医院多年未进行审计，且账簿缺失关键记录，这使得及时进行审计变得更加困难。

根据州的行政法规，公共卫生部必须“立即”将任何未能提交审计的接收者列入正式的州政府“停止付款名单”，直到其遵守规定为止，从而扣留拨款资金。如果本案中执行了该规定，对 Resilience 的拨款最早在 2024 年 7 月就应被切断。

但记录显示，该部门在随后的两个财政年度中继续向 Resilience 发放了更多拨款。

直到2025年11月，该部门才将Resilience列入“停止付款名单”，记录显示其缺乏多项拨款的及时审计报告，时间至少可追溯到Resilience经营这些医院的第一年。

该部门没有直接回答《芝加哥论坛报》关于延迟处理的提问，而是发布了一份更广泛的声明，其中部分提到：“在过去三年中，伊利诺伊州公共卫生部（IDPH）实施了新的标准操作程序并重组了人员，旨在更有效地监督拨款。”

“不安全”

在Resilience拥有西郊医疗中心（West Suburban）的大约同样长的时间里，帕梅拉·韦德（Pamela Wade）每周三次前往相邻建筑五楼的一家透析诊所，以维持生命。

然而到2025年，该建筑的电梯已多次故障，迫使身体虚弱的透析患者前往另一家透析中心，或者在规模庞大的医院中寻找电梯到达三楼，然后再爬楼梯前往五楼。

韦德表示，她在一名工作人员的帮助下这样做过一次，期间她必须用助行器走走停停以喘口气。“我强迫自己坚持，因为我知道我需要透析，”她说。

她回忆道，另一次在进行透析治疗期间，电梯发生了故障，当时她因足部手术而使用轮椅。她说她等了1.5小时，然后拨打911寻求帮助。她说消防员将她绑在一种特制的椅子上，将她背下楼梯。

这家医院的困境对于公共卫生部来说并非秘密，该部门除了发放拨款外，还负责检查医院是否符合联邦健康与安全标准。

这些检查记录以及前医生和护士的回忆表明，西郊医疗中心的问题远不止电梯故障。令人担忧的问题包括：人员配备不足、账单未付、设备损坏、物资匮乏、垃圾溢出以及员工投诉被忽视。

医生向《芝加哥论坛报》抱怨称，在普拉萨德（Prasad）的领导下，质量控制工作受到了影响。一名名为维什努·春迪（Vishnu Chundi）的医生告诉《芝加哥论坛报》，他辞去了西郊医疗中心感染控制委员会领导职务，因为“这变成了一场闹剧，我说我不想成为这场闹剧的一部分”。

不稳定的供暖和空调系统有时也无法缓解芝加哥的季节性气温波动，导致房间在冬天寒冷刺骨，在夏天酷热难耐。

“这不是一个安全的情况，尽管我们每天都坚持上班并尽力而为，”负责两个部门护士工作的西尔维亚·威廉姆斯（Sylvia Williams）今年告诉《芝加哥论坛报》。

“我们用了电风扇，用了加热器，用了各种东西，只为了确保患者能获得安全的护理。但这并不是一个安全的环境。”

普拉萨德告诉《芝加哥论坛报》，关于西郊医疗中心问题的报道“大多是不真实的，并且为了支持某种议程而被夸大了”。

尽管如此，当公共卫生部的检查员在2025年6月响应一起关于环境条件的投诉时，他们发现重症监护室的温度为81度。

产科区域的温度超过了85度。

其中一层楼的住院病房达到了89度。

而且西郊医疗中心的情况还比魏斯纪念医院（Weiss）要好。6月早些时候，在魏斯纪念医院的空调设备失效导致主楼关闭后，许多患者被转移到了西郊医疗中心。一个临时魏斯急诊室被设立在附近一家空调运行正常的医疗大楼内，但州政府官员发现，那里仍然“缺乏关键的急救医疗设备和物资”。急诊科的医疗主任与另一名医生一起告诉州检查员，这个临时急诊室对患者来说简直“不安全”。

曾在魏斯纪念医院工作过的春迪回忆起医院闷热的走廊里堆积如山的“垃圾”：“太凄惨了。就像是在中非某个野战医院里看到的情景。”

普拉萨德告诉州政府他正在解决魏斯纪念医院的问题，但联邦监管机构认为已经足够了。联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）宣布，魏斯纪念医院将不再获得联邦医疗保险（Medicare）资金——对于一家依赖政府资金的医院来说，这基本上等同于死刑判决。

——普拉萨德于去年8月将其关闭。

随着时间的推移，普拉萨德与帕特洛拉的关系恶化——双方在法庭上就谁应支付维修费用以及欠租金额多少展开争论。帕特洛拉后来作证称，他开始怀疑普拉萨德的可信度，并表示：“他说的每句话都是谎言。”今年2月，帕特洛拉与医疗保健与家庭服务部会面，寻求帮助以维持西郊医疗中心的开放，该机构随后启动了迄今为止最激进的行动，以评估普拉萨德的管理能力。

该部门聘请了一支私人顾问团队，他们实地考察了西郊医疗中心，查阅了其记录，并与普拉萨德及该院其他人员进行了交谈。顾问向该部门提交的报告质疑了普拉萨德对医院的管理，包括他修复记录系统的能力，并发现西郊医疗中心正在流失患者，仍无法正确地对服务进行计费，且缺乏一个切实可行的扭转局面计划。

一个月后，即3月下旬，普拉萨德关闭了这家位于橡树公园的医院，随后举行了一场尴尬的新闻发布会，他在会上称可以在7月前将其重新开放。在场的一位州代表则更为谨慎，表示重新开放该设施需要“大量工作”，且普拉萨德尚未证明自己能在那时完成。

如今，该医院依然关闭，魏斯纪念医院也是如此。为了尝试追回部分欠款，该州告诉《芝加哥论坛报》，已停止支付这两家医院的医疗补助（Medicaid）索赔，截至目前扣留资金超过 1300万美元。

帕特洛拉与普拉萨德的公司继续在戴利中心（Daley Center）的法庭上就医院的未来展开斗争。在法庭文件中，Ramco公司的律师表示，普拉萨德一直在拖延敲定一项协议，根据该协议，他将允许另一家公司接管，自己辞去首席执行官职务，并获得 $100,000 作为顾问为医院工作最多六个月。

法庭记录显示，Resilience公司的一名律师主张，Ramco公司试图在协议中加入比原先约定更多的内容。在普拉萨德的律师于一份文件中表示普拉萨德“有强烈的动力为自己辩护”，以应对“关于严重失职的虚假指控”后，法官最近同意允许普拉萨德以个人身份参与此案。

在回应《芝加哥论坛报》的提问时，普拉萨德将西郊医疗中心重新开放的延迟概括地归咎于这场法律斗争。他表示，其目标是在“今年晚些时候恢复所有服务”。至于魏斯纪念医院，根据7月提交给委员会的一份文件，该医院就联邦监管机构停止付款的决定提出了上诉，但初步上诉被驳回。文件称，该医院目前正在“权衡剩余的选择”。

如果这些医院重新开放，它们将更难获得进一步的州政府贷款。

根据普利兹克政府今年推动的立法，医疗保健与家庭服务部从明年起在向医院贷款时必须遵循更严格的规则，包括禁止向任何有逾期贷款或税款偿还记录的医院提供新贷款。医院还必须每年向州政府提交特定的财务报告；如果它们获得了州政府贷款，该部门可以要求它们提供运营审计，但这并非强制要求。

至于魏斯纪念医院和西郊医疗中心可能面临的局面，芝加哥医学会已加入医院医生的行列，敦促普利兹克政府介入。但该政府在很大程度上仍保持旁观，将这些医院描述为私营设施，并称州政府机构已尽力提供帮助。

对于任何仍在 West Suburban 寻求治疗的人来说，其主入口处贴着一张手写的告示，上面写着：“本医院已关闭。没有医生。没有护士。此处没有诊所。”杂草已开始侵占场地，厚厚的灰色胶带覆盖了部分曾经用于引导患者的指示牌。

向东北方向行驶八英里，在距离湖滨仅几步之遥的地方，是 Weiss 更加杂草丛生的场地，该院现已关闭一年多。巨大的横幅依然悬挂在空置的建筑上，吹嘘着在更美好日子里获得的行业赞誉。在靠近地面的地方，一块指示牌上剥落的胶带露出了“急诊”（Emergency）这个词的残余部分。

Tribune 记者 Cam'Ron Hardy 对本报道做出了贡献。

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CHUCK BOWEN 1933-2026

戴利市长与城市黑人社区的关键联络人

作者：鲍勃·戈尔兹伯勒 (Bob Goldsborough) 为《芝加哥论坛报》撰写

查尔斯·“查克”·鲍恩 (Charles "Chuck" Bowen) 2003年11月28日，在布朗兹维尔 (Bronzeville) 的芝加哥军事学院。 ZBIGNIEW BZDAK / TRIBUNE

查尔斯·R. “查克”·鲍恩在芝加哥政坛活跃数十年，曾担任库克县委员、立法助手，以及黑人教会领袖与市长理查德·M. 戴利 (Richard M. Daley) 和拉姆·埃马纽埃 (Rahm Emanuel) 政府之间的关键联络人。

“他热爱这座城市，热爱确保人们在决策桌上拥有席位，”鲍恩在市政厅的助手桑迪·刘易斯 (Sandi Lewis) 表示，“在化混乱为平静方面，除了查克，没有其他人能做到这一点。”

他的妻子索拉亚·谢泼德-鲍恩 (Soraya Sheppard-Bowen) 表示，92岁的鲍恩于7月31日在家中因心力衰竭去世。他长期居住在南区的布朗兹维尔社区。

鲍恩出生于亚特兰大，大约12岁时随家人搬到芝加哥。他的儿子查克表示，他很快回到了亚特兰大，随后在14岁左右再次回到芝加哥。在南区的科普斯克里斯蒂高中 (Corpus Christi High School) 毕业后，鲍恩就读于亚特兰大的克拉克亚特兰大大学 (Clark Atlanta University)（原名如此），之后又回到了芝加哥。

作为一名年轻的父亲，鲍恩在芝加哥的一家玻璃公司担任玻璃检验员数年。同时，他对政治产生了浓厚兴趣。20世纪50年代中期，21岁的鲍恩担任民主党的组织者，成为芝加哥第二选区最年轻的选区队长。凭借十足的干劲和胆识，鲍恩在私营部门的工作与政治及政府职位之间周旋，其中包括支持美国众议员威廉·道森 (William Dawson)，后者在众议院任职27年，是建立芝加哥首个黑人政治机器的关键人物。

在整个20世纪50年代和60年代，他担任了其他职务，包括库克县州检察官办公室以及库克县公路部门的赌博与风纪调查员。1970年左右，他还担任了总部位于卢普区 (Loop) 的酒类进口商萨默塞特进口公司 (Somerset Importers) 的区域营销经理，负责监督销售和广告。到70年代中期，鲍恩成为了时任库克县委员会成员威廉·哈维 (William Harvey) 的行政助理。

1975年，鲍恩竞选第八选区议员未果，败给了资深议员威廉·考辛斯二世 (William Cousins Jr.)。到1982年，鲍恩进入议员爱德华·R. 弗多利亚克 (Edward R. Vrdolyak) 的幕僚团队，同年，他被当地民主党委员会选中竞选库克县委员，接替一名退选的候选人。鲍恩赢得了选举，在他担任库克县委员会成员的唯一任期内，他帮助创建了该县首个平权行动计划，以扩大女性和少数族裔的合同机会。他还担任委员会的副书记，并主持委员会的建设与维护委员会。

1983年，鲍恩帮助时任市长简·拜恩 (Jane Byrne) 竞选连任。在她输掉民主党初选后，鲍恩为初选获胜者哈罗德·华盛顿 (Harold Washington) 举办了招待会，后者随后成为了芝加哥首位黑人市长。

“反对哈罗德是我必须面对的最困难的事情之一，”鲍恩在1983年告诉《芝加哥论坛报》的大卫·艾克塞尔罗德 (David Axelrod) ，“你知道我们已经是朋友30年了。他管我母亲叫‘妈妈’。”

在县委员会任职期间，鲍恩与时任委员会主席乔治·邓恩 (George Dunne) 产生分歧，尤其是在他与委员会内的共和党人结成联盟，削弱了邓恩作为县行政首长的权力之后。因此，民主党在1986年没有提名鲍恩竞选连任。

鲍恩并未气馁，他在1985年12月以独立候选人身份登记挑战邓恩，但失败了。随后，鲍恩在时任库克县书记员斯坦利·库斯珀 (Stanley Kusper) 的办公室担任副书记。

1989年，鲍文支持理查德·M·戴利（Richard M. Daley）竞选市长并获得成功。在戴利胜选后，任命鲍文为执行助理，负责在市长办公室与芝加哥的黑人神职人员之间进行联络。

“我所熟知的那个政治组织已经消散了，但教会依然存在，”鲍文在1999年告诉《芝加哥论坛报》的安德鲁·马丁（Andrew Martin）。“我出现在那里是为了说：‘嘿，我是来帮忙的。而且当我需要你们帮忙时，我希望你们能帮我。’”

鲍文还在说服戴利政府不要拆除位于布朗兹维尔（Bronzeville）第35街和盖尔斯大道（Giles Avenue）的第八团军械库（Eighth Regiment Armory）建筑方面发挥了关键作用，该建筑是美国首座为非裔美国人军事团建造的军械库。如今，这座建筑是一所公立军事高中。

“查克是那种你在戏剧电影和电视节目中才会看到的戏剧性人物，他处于所有事情的中心——他是戴利的人，也是你们顶尖黑人商界人士、神职人员以及所有这些人的联络人。他能把事情办成，”正在撰写关于鲍文书籍的历史学家内特·汤普森（Nate Thompson）说道。“他一步步晋升，让这一切都为他服务，并试图维持平衡。但关键是他能把事情办成。”

在戴利担任市长期间，鲍文一直留在市政厅，之后他还为埃马纽埃尔（Emanuel）工作了一段时间才卸任。然而，他的儿子表示，他从未真正退休，直到去世前一直继续为牧师和政治家提供咨询。

在工作之余，鲍文是一位热衷的艺术收藏家，他与第二任妻子共同创办了一家名为“Color Me Africa Fine Arts”的艺术画廊。他还是非洲国际之家（Africa International House）的创始董事会成员之一，该机构运营着历史悠久的非洲艺术节（Africa Festival of the Arts）。

总部位于芝加哥的黑人媒体档案非营利组织“黑曜石收藏”（Obsidian Collection）的创始人兼执行董事安吉拉·福特（Angela Ford）回忆道，鲍文经常与她见面，并向她讲述芝加哥黑人政治权力的历史故事。

“他就这样给我讲故事。我是一个讲故事的人，而他向我提供的关于黑人芝加哥的细节，如果没有他，我永远无法获得，”她说。“他在意黑人芝加哥。”

鲍文的早年职业生涯成为近期上演的戏剧《机器制造》（Machine Made）的基础，该剧于2025年10月和11月在林肯公园的温室剧院中心（Greenhouse Theater Center）演出。他也是最近完成的一部由迈克尔·N.J. 赖特（Michael N.J. Wright）执导的纪录片《公民鲍文》（Citizen Bowen）的主角。

鲍文的第一任妻子维娜（Verna）于2012年去世。除了妻子和儿子，鲍文还留下了另外两个儿子吉恩（Gene）和马里奥（Mario）；9个孙辈；3个曾孙辈；以及1个玄孙辈。

吊唁仪式将于9月26日上午9点在位于南普林斯顿大道（S. Princeton Ave）4543号的团契传道浸信会教堂（Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church）举行。随后将于上午10点在同一教堂举行追思礼拜。

鲍勃·戈尔兹伯勒（Bob Goldsborough）是一名自由撰稿记者。

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1862年，联邦军队在弗吉尼亚州马纳萨斯的第二次牛润之战中被邦联军队击败。

1905年，泰·科布（Ty Cobb）作为底特律老虎队球员完成了大联盟首秀，在对阵纽约高地人队的比赛中，他在首次击球中击出二垒安打。（老虎队以5-3获胜。）

1941年，随着纳粹军队占领姆加（Mga），第二次世界大战期间的列宁格勒围城战开始。

1963年，华盛顿与莫斯科之间的热线通信链路投入运行。

1967年，参议院确认了瑟古德·马歇尔（Thurgood Marshall）被任命为最高法院大法官，使其成为该法院首位黑人法官。

1983年，盖恩·布鲁福德二世（Guion Bluford Jr.）乘坐挑战者号航天飞机发射升空，成为首位进入太空的非裔美国宇航员。

1991年，阿塞拜疆宣布独立，加入了寻求从苏联脱离的共和国大潮。

1994年，罗莎·帕克斯（Rosa Parks）在底特律的公寓内遭到抢劫和殴打。1955年，她在阿拉巴马州蒙哥马利市的一辆公交车上拒绝让座，此举帮助引发了民权运动。（约瑟夫·斯基珀后来承认袭击和抢劫罪名，并被判处监禁。）

1997年，美国人获悉在巴黎发生的一起车祸，导致戴安娜王妃、多迪·法耶德及其司机亨利·保罗丧生。（由于时差原因，事故发生地的时间为8月31日。）

1999年，东帝汶居民在联合国主持的投票中投票支持脱离印度尼西亚独立。（随后，亲印尼的民兵发动了暴力袭击，直到国际部队介入才告结束。）

2005年，在飓风卡特里娜袭击的一天后，洪水覆盖了新奥尔良80%的地区，抢劫行为继续蔓延，直升机和船只上的救援人员救起了数百名受困人员。

2015年，杰克·阿里耶塔（Jake Arrieta）投出了本赛季大联盟的第六场无安打比赛，也是10天内针对洛杉矶道奇队的第二场，带领芝加哥小熊队以2-0获胜。阿里耶塔投出了赛季最高的12次三振，并有一次保送。（在第三局中，阿里耶塔在官方记录员的一次争议判定中获益，当时基克·赫尔南德斯因二垒手斯塔林·卡斯特罗的接球失误而上垒。）

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布雷克，南希·C. (Brekke, Nancy C.)

南希·C·布雷克，82岁，现居芝加哥，2026年8月8日逝世。出生于1943年11月19日。退休的西尔斯（Sears）员工。活跃于精神教会（Church of the Spirit）、SGI佛教社区及占星学团体。其表亲和挚友在世。有关9月26日追思会及完整生平的更多信息，请参阅 www.NeptuneSociety.com

布罗科洛，杰拉德·托马斯·杰里 (Broccolo, Gerard Thomas Jerry)

杰拉德·T.（杰里）·布罗科洛于1939年6月14日出生在伊利诺伊州芝加哥。1939年7月4日，他在芝加哥的圣罗莎里教区（Holy Rosary Parish）受洗，成为上帝神圣子民的一员。每年，他都会庆祝这一事件，将其视为其生命以及在教会中服侍的基石。

他的高中时代在奎格利预备神学院（Quigley Preparatory Seminary）度过，该校是芝加哥的一所初级神学院高中；随后他在伊利诺伊州蒙德林（Mundelein）的圣玛丽湖大学 / 蒙德林神学院（University of St. Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary）学习哲学。1961年，杰里在芝加哥的神学院同学中脱颖而出，被选中前往罗马的格列高利教宗大学（Pontifical Gregorian University）学习神学，并居住在北美学院（North American College）。他为成为神父而进行的四年准备期恰逢第二次梵蒂冈大公会议（1962-1965）的会期。

他于1964年12月在圣彼得大教堂被授予神职。次年夏天，他从格列高利大学毕业。回到芝加哥家乡的时间很短，因为杰里被选中前往罗马的圣安瑟伦礼拜仪式教宗学院（Pontifical Institute of Liturgy of St. Anselm）进行礼拜仪式研究的研究生学习。该学业于1970年结束，其毕业论文探讨了平信徒在感恩祭集会中的先知角色。

这些研究，特别是来自近期大公会议文件的关于礼拜仪式的最新思考与实践，为其在圣玛丽湖大学 / 蒙德林神学院（1968-1972）的教学生涯奠定了基础。他的课堂延伸到了大主教区的一系列活动和项目中，这些项目都受益于杰里在礼拜仪式和灵修方面的专业知识。

1991年，杰里发现自己的天赋能够填补天主教医院和医疗保健系统的需求。他从芝加哥搬到匹兹堡，与慈悲修女会（Mercy Sisters）合作制定使命和愿景指令，使他们的医疗保健系统能更好地见证第二次梵蒂冈大公会议的福音。他在工作中大获成功，并于1997年受邀承担更大的责任，搬至科罗拉多州丹佛的天主教健康倡议组织（Catholic Health Initiatives）公司总部，直到近期去世前一直居住在那里。

杰里于2026年8月10日星期一在家中安详离世，享年87岁。先于他去世的有其父亲约翰·布罗科洛（John Broccolo）、母亲雷菲尔·布罗科洛（Raepheal Broccolo (Ziccarelli)）、亲爱的兄弟约翰·卡门·布罗科洛（John Carmen Broccolo）以及姐妹玛丽·特蕾莎·布罗科洛修女（Sr. Mary Therese Broccolo, SSND）。基督徒葬礼弥撒将于2026年10月2日星期五下午4点在伊利诺伊州拉格兰奇（LaGrange）的圣弗朗西斯·泽维尔教区（St. Francis Xavier Parish）举行。由于杰里在科罗拉多州有许多朋友，弥撒将进行现场直播。他将于稍后日期与兄弟约翰一同安葬在卡梅尔山公墓（Mount Carmel Cemetery）的布罗科洛家族陵墓中。

杰里被广泛的朋友圈深切怀念。

戴利，玛丽·简修女 (Daly, RSM, Sister Mary Jayne)

玛丽·简·戴利修女（Sister Mary Jayne Daly, RSM），慈悲修女会挚爱的成员，服侍65年。她是已故的罗斯（原姓凯利）与亚历山大·戴利之挚女。她是莫琳（已故威廉）·盖默（Maureen Geimer）以及已故詹姆斯（拉多娜）·戴利（James Daly）亲爱的姐妹。她是许多人的骄傲的姑姑 / 姨妈及姑奶奶 / 姨奶奶。祈祷仪式与吊唁将于9月2日星期三上午9:00至10:15在芝加哥南中央公园路10044号（10044 S. Central Park）的慈悲大厅（Mercy Hall）伊利诺伊室举行。随后于10:30在慈悲小教堂（Mercy Chapel）举行基督徒葬礼弥撒。骨灰安放在圣墓公墓（Holy Sepulchre Cemetery）。请以向慈悲修女会（Sisters of Mercy, 10024 S. Central Park, Chicago, IL 60655）捐款代替献花，对此将不胜感激。相关安排委托给汤普森与昆斯特殡仪馆（Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home）。

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艾琳·T·莫斯卡尔·德尔朱迪斯于2026年8月24日安详离世，享年97岁。

艾琳出生于1929年3月21日，在芝加哥和亚什兰大道（Ashland Avenue）地区长大。她是已故的佐菲亚（格日布）和已故的约瑟夫·莫斯卡尔最亲爱的女儿。艾琳和家人住在父母经营的酒吧和餐饮店楼上，在那里，她从小就习得了勤奋、独立和奉献家庭的价值观。

艾琳就读于圣约翰·坎提乌斯（St. John Cantius）小学，随后就读于圣家庭学院（Holy Family Academy）。艾琳一直非常独立，她在14岁时就开始工作，因为她希望赚自己的钱，而不依赖父母。后来，她在帕尔默酒店（Palmer House）的会计部门工作，在那里她遇到了未来的丈夫詹姆斯·V·德尔朱迪斯，后者是男装部门的一名销售员。他们于1950年8月5日结婚，并在艾琳父母拥有的三层公寓中开始了婚姻生活。通过艰苦奋斗和坚持不懈，他们最终能够购买自己的房子。

1958年，艾琳和詹姆斯搬到了席勒公园（Schiller Park），在那里共同生活并抚养儿子詹姆斯·“吉米”·德尔朱迪斯。艾琳是一位尽职的妻子和母亲。后来，她接受了林肯学校（Lincoln School）的一份工作，以便在夏天放假，将这段特别的时间陪伴儿子。她以自己的家为傲，热爱她的花园、花卉和后院避风港。当被她精心照料和热爱的事物环绕时，她最感到幸福。她还热爱圣诞节，从不放过任何为节日季美化布置家居的机会。

艾琳和詹姆斯结婚37年，直到詹姆斯于1987年因癌症去世。天主教信仰是艾琳生活的中心。她是一位虔诚的天主教徒，忠实地祈祷，尤其热爱并虔诚地信仰圣母玛利亚。她是圣处女殉道者堂（Holy Virgin Martyrs Parish）教区委员会的成员，经常在教会担任志愿者，总是愿意为她的教区社区贡献时间和支持。

艾琳向圣比阿特丽斯教堂（St. Beatrice Church，现为圣处女殉道者堂）捐赠了一尊圣母像，并且每个星期天都会带来鲜花摆放在像前。她对圣母玛利亚的爱与虔诚激励她三次前往法蒂玛。

艾琳热爱旅行，曾访问罗马、西班牙、葡萄牙，并每年前往佛罗里达州的拿波利斯。无论她走到哪里，她的信仰始终相随。她在度假期间从未错过弥撒，并参观了无数的教堂和大教堂。她尤其喜欢结识沿途遇到的神父，经常与他们合影，并将照片寄给当地报纸发表。

艾琳将生命中的大部分时间奉献给了公共服务，致力于让她的社区变得更好。在乔治·赖安（George Ryan）任职期间，她在伊利诺伊州州务卿的驾驶执照部门工作，在那里她帮助那些受到部门内部不诚实行为伤害的人们获得公正。

公共服务是家族传统。艾琳的哥哥，已故的爱德华·莫斯卡尔，曾多年担任波兰美国国会（Polish American Congress）和波兰国家联盟（Polish National Alliance）的主席。艾琳不懈努力地延续他的遗产，并维护其家族对波兰裔美国社区的承诺。

她曾两任担任波兰美国国会伊利诺伊分会主席。她还曾是席勒公园第81学区的成员及前任主席，在为该学区的三所学校争取隔音设施方面发挥了关键作用。

艾琳在特里顿学院（Triton College）董事会担任受托人超过20年，并担任希勒公园村（Village of Schiller Park）的受托人。在这些职位上，她一直是社区的坚定倡导者，并始终确保公民的税金得到明智地使用。她还是波兰国家联盟（Polish National Alliance）和PAPA（波兰裔美国警察协会）的成员。

艾琳一生积极参与政治，从不害怕表达自己的想法。她为自己认为正确的事情而奋斗，尤其热衷于为“小人物”发声。她支持她信任的人，以及她认为会对社区有益的人。她拥有一种非凡的能力，能与几乎任何愿意倾听她的人成为朋友。

认识艾琳的人将不仅记得她的成就，还会记得她的人格。她诚实、乐于助人、聪明、充满爱心、善良且慷慨。她总是穿着得体，仪表整洁，举止优雅。她的慷慨往往体现在简单而体贴的举动中。如果有人对她友善，艾琳很可能会用糖果、甜甜圈或伸出援手来回报这份善意。

每个周日弥撒结束后，艾琳都会给在教堂外引导交通的交通协管员带来两个甜甜圈——仅仅是因为他们向她问好并微笑。她经常在教堂做志愿者，并且总是愿意帮助他人。她喜欢给邻居送食物，并与周围的人分享她所拥有的一切。

艾琳直到最后都保持独立，始终忠于引导她一生的价值观：努力工作，坚持正确的事，帮助他人，保持信仰，并且永远照顾好家人。

艾琳是已故的詹姆斯·V·德尔朱迪切（James V. DelGiudice）挚爱的妻子，也是詹姆斯·G. “吉米”·德尔朱迪切（James G. "Jimmy" DelGiudice）慈爱的母亲。她是切斯特（琼）莫斯卡尔（Chester (Joan) Moskal）、已故的斯坦利（露西尔）莫斯卡尔（Stanley (the Lucille) Moskal）、珍（爱德华）亚当斯（Jean (the Edward) Adams）、斯特凡妮（沃尔特）莱宗（Stephanie (the Walter) Lezon）、安东尼（弗洛伦斯）莫斯卡尔（Anthony (the Florence) ）、约瑟夫·莫斯卡尔（Joseph ）以及爱德华（万达）莫斯卡尔（Edward (the Wanda) ）最亲爱的姐妹。

她是许多人的挚爱姑姨、姑奶奶、姨奶奶和姨妈。她是许多人的朋友。

最重要的是，艾琳热爱她的家人。她最大的快乐就是成为一名尽职的妻子、母亲、姐妹、姑姨和朋友。她留下了爱、信仰、独立、公共服务、波兰裔美国人自豪感，以及对坚持做正确之事的坚定承诺。

艾琳将在她非凡的97年人生中触动过的许多人，以及她的家人、朋友和邻居心中被深深地怀念。她的记忆将活在她所爱的人、她所服务的社区以及她如此慷慨给予的无数善行之中。

遗体瞻仰时间为2026年8月31日（周一）下午3:00至晚上8:00，地点在伊利诺伊州诺里奇（Norridge, IL）劳伦斯大道西8300号的坎伯兰殡仪馆（Cumberland Chapels 8300 W. Lawrence Ave.）。葬礼将于周二上午9:00在殡仪馆开始，随后前往希勒公园的圣比阿特丽斯教堂（St. Beatrice Church，圣处女殉道者教区）参加上午10:00的弥撒。随后将在尼尔斯（Niles）的圣阿达尔伯特公墓（Saint Adalbert Cemetery）安葬。欲了解更多信息，请访问 www.cumberlandchapels.com 或致电 (708)456-8300。

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查尔斯·G·德拉里亚二世 (Dellaria, Jr., Charles G.)

查尔斯·G·德拉里亚二世，已故安妮特·T.（原姓 Muzzupappa）挚爱的丈夫；约瑟夫（父亲）（妻子卡伦）、丹尼尔（妻子珍妮特·马塔）、已故米歇尔以及佩吉深爱的父亲；约瑟夫（儿子）（妻子劳伦）、杰克和丹尼尔忠诚的祖父；约瑟夫三世珍爱的曾祖父；珍妮特（丈夫埃文斯）埃斯波西托亲爱的兄弟；许多人的亲切叔伯、曾叔伯及好友。卓越的理发师！遗体瞻仰将于2026年9月4日星期五下午2:00 -7:00举行，祈祷仪式将于下午5:00在 Salerno's Galewood Chapels, Sciaraffa Funeral Directors, 1857 N. Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL 60707 开始。欲了解详情请致电 (773) 889-1700。

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凯瑟琳·A·盖尔克 (Gehrke, Katherine A.)

凯瑟琳 “基蒂” 盖尔克，87岁，原姓 Byrne；已故阿尔伯特挚爱的妻子；玛丽·杰拉尔丁及已故詹姆斯·P·伯恩亲爱的姐妹；格雷戈里（妻子利兹）、格里菲斯、杰拉尔丁、希瑟（丈夫格雷格）鲁斯克、凯特（丈夫迈克）博根深爱的母亲；阿尔伯特（妻子杰奎琳）、彼得（妻子夏延）、加布里埃拉（丈夫马克）罗斯、尼古拉斯（妻子戴安娜）、维罗妮卡、威廉、约瑟夫以及已故玛丽·卡罗尔自豪的祖母；迦勒、莉迪亚和卢卡的曾祖母，也是许多人的亲切姨母及好友。遗体瞻仰将于8月31日星期一下午3:00 - 8:00在 Colonial Wojciechowski Funeral Home 8025 W. Golf Rd. (Milwaukee Ave. 以东1 / 2英里), Niles, IL 举行。葬礼将于9月1日星期二在 Queen of All Saints Basilica, 6280 N. Sauganash Ave. Chicago, IL 举行。弥撒时间为上午10:00。安葬于 Des Plaines, IL 的 All Saints Cemetery。请以向芝加哥本笃会修女 (Benedictine Sisters of Chicago) 捐款代替献花，网址：www.osbchicago.org / donate。如需完整讣告及直播信息，请访问 Colonial 网站 www.colonialfuneral.com。电话：847-581-0536。

格拉西，多米尼克·J 神父 (Grassi, Reverand Dominic J)

多米尼克·J·格拉西神父，79岁，伊利诺伊州芝加哥人，于2026年8月25日星期二安详离世。他是已故鲁福（Ruffo）和艾玛（Emma）挚爱的儿子；是费利克斯·“菲尔”（Felix "Phil"）（妻子唐娜 Donna）、安东尼（Anthony）（妻子邦妮 Bonnie）以及已故约瑟夫（Joseph）和已故安娜·玛丽亚（Anna Maria）亲爱的兄弟。他是安娜玛丽（Annamario）挚爱的叔父。

他是安娜曼（Annamane）（丈夫斯坦 Stan）斯佩拉（Spera）、克里斯汀（Kristen）（丈夫罗伯特 Robert）埃普利（Epley）、吉娜-库巴奇克（Gina -Kubacik）、丽莎·皮罗内（Lisa Pirone）和劳拉（Laura）挚爱的叔父。他是杰西卡（Jessica）、约瑟夫（Joseph）、已故埃利斯（Ellis）、达里乌斯（Darius）、艾玛（Emma）、格蕾丝（Grace）、费思（Faith）、多米尼克（Dominic）、约翰·大卫（John David）、埃米莉亚（Emelia）和文森特（Vincent）深爱的曾叔父。

神父是芝加哥总教区一名虔诚的司祭，于1973年受职，五十多年来忠实地服务于教会和芝加哥人民。他曾任奎格利神学院（南校区）的教员，被任命为圣约瑟法特堂区（St. Josaphat Parish）的主任牧师，随后担任圣格特鲁德堂区（St. Gertrude Parish）的主任牧师。退休后，他荣任圣约瑟法特堂区的名誉主任牧师。

除了司祭职务外，神父还是一位著名的作家和讲师，一名才华横溢的厨师、讲故事的人，以及劳工阶层的忠实之友。在他的牧职生涯中，他的热情、机智、智慧以及将人们凝聚在一起的卓越能力触动了无数生命。无论是通过讲坛、餐桌、文字，还是与朋友的交谈，神父都拥有一种与人们建立联系并让他们感到被欢迎、被倾听和被重视的天赋。

最重要的是，神父的生活根植于信仰、服务、家庭、友谊和社区。他的遗产将在他所服务的堂区和社区、他教导和辅导的人们、他所爱的家人以及他一生培养的众多友谊中延续。

神父的遗体将于2026年9月4日星期五下午 4:00 (00) 至晚上 8:00 (8)，以及2026年9月5日星期六上午 8:30 (30) 至 9:30 (9)，在圣约瑟法特堂区（St. Josaphat Parish, 2311 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago 60614）停灵。基督徒葬礼弥撒将于2026年9月5日星期六上午10:00举行，由布拉斯·库皮奇枢机（His Eminence Blase Cardinal Cupich）主持。随后将在卡梅尔山天主教公墓（Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery）举行私人安葬仪式。

请以捐款代替花圈，可将纪念捐款赠予 Misericordia Home (6300 N. Ridge Avenue, Chicago, Illinois)，并注明编号 #6292A 以纪念神父。

愿他慷慨的精神、持久的信仰和众多的故事继续留在所有认识并爱他的人心中。

赫尔曼，杰克·J (Herman, Jack J.)

杰克·J·赫尔曼，1926年3月10日出生于印第安纳州加里。与已故的布鲁玛（Bluma，原姓 Bornstein）结婚68年，是威廉·赫尔曼（William Herman，妻子艾米莉·利夫顿 Emily Lifton）、丹尼尔·“汤米”·赫尔曼（Daniel "Tommy" Herman，妻子詹妮弗·莫兰 Jennifer Moran）和贝齐·赫尔曼博士（Dr. Betsy Herman）的父亲。六个孙辈和四个曾孙辈的祖父。在1944-1945年入侵德国的战斗以及突出部战役期间担任战斗步兵。毕业于

大学。

1951年至1996年，担任库克县巡回法院和美国金融业监管局（FINRA）的仲裁员。葬礼仪式已举行。由芝加哥犹太殡葬服务中心 - 斯基基礼拜堂（Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Chapel）安排，电话 847.229.8822，网址 www.cjfinfo.com。

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Indovina, Carmen M.

Carmen M. Indovina（原姓 Carluccio），102岁，于2026年8月27日逝世。她是已故 Joseph 的忠实妻子；Marilyn Williams、Joseph (Donna)、Peter (Karen) 以及已故 Leonard 的慈母；Mary, Kimmy, Nicki (Jason), Cara, Lisa (Eric), Missy, Joe (Dana), Mia, Kate, Joey 和 Mark 的挚爱祖母。她是 Cassie (Norm), Reina, Joey (Kali), Gabby (Pedro), Gianna, Malena, Evie, Mila, Rocky 和 Lilly 珍爱的曾祖母；Natalia 和 Normie 珍爱的高祖母；其兄 Rocco (Rosemary) 的亲爱姐妹，也是许多亲爱的侄子和侄女最喜爱的姑姑 / 姨妈。遗体瞻仰将于周二在 Salerno's Rosedale Chapels, Sciaraffa Funeral Directors, 450 W. Lake Street, Roselle, 60172 举行，时间为下午 3:30-9:00 p.m.。葬礼将于周三举行，家人和朋友直接在 St. Isidore Church, 427 W. Army Trail Road, Bloomingdale, 60108 集合，上午 10:45 a.m. 举行弥撒。安葬于 Queen of Heaven Cemetery。欲了解更多信息，请访问殡仪馆网站 www.salernofuneralhomes.com 或致电 (630) 889-1700。

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Kaysen, Herbert R.

Herbert R. Kaysen，88岁，Carol （原姓 Olson）挚爱的丈夫，两人结婚68年。Michael (Susan) , Patty (Samuel) Vartanian 和 Debra (已故 James) Thome 的慈父。Kathleen (Sam) Ellis, Daniel (Kristi) Bolbat, Laura Bolbat, Ryan (未婚妻 Kelly) Thome, Thomas , Carly (Bryce) Gorman 和 Tom Vartanian 珍爱的祖父。八个曾孙辈最亲爱的曾祖父。Michael (Kathy) , Sharon (Jim) Kehoe, Claude Jr. (已故 Doris) 以及已故 Claudette (Ken) Golden 和已故 Bernard 的亲兄弟。许多侄子和侄女心中亲切的叔伯。他的爱犬 Sammy 也先于他离世。Herb 是 Pipefitters Local 597 工会的骄傲成员，工龄达60年，他对他从事的工作以及多年来建立的人际关系深感自豪。他为孙辈和曾孙辈而活，并且一生都是芝加哥小熊队和芝加哥熊队的球迷。遗体瞻仰将于 2026年8月31, 2026 在 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7800 W. McCarthy Road, Palos Heights, IL 举行，时间从上午 10:00 a.m. 起至上午 11:00 a.m. 葬礼服务开始。安葬于 Chapel Hill Gardens South, Oak Lawn, IL。请以向美国癌症协会（P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741）或儿童收缩医院（Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2211 North Oak Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60607-3392）捐款代替献花。请在 colonialchapel.com 表达您的想法和哀悼。

Kelly, Joyce V.

Joyce V. Kelly（原姓 McCarthy），92岁，已故 Philip 的挚爱妻子；已故 Justin 和 Veronica（原姓 Weidemann）的慈女；已故 James 的亲姐妹；许多侄子、侄女和朋友在世。Joyce 曾在 Curtis Candy, Coder Taylor, Belli and Belli 以及 Eckland Consultants 工作。Joyce 喜欢与 Phil 一起进行许多冒险之旅，尤其是前往 Door County 和 Sanibel Island。她始终感激生命中的诸多恩赐。葬礼弥撒将于 2026年9月2日，2026 上午 10:00 a.m. 在 Holy Trinity Church, 111 N. Cass Avenue, Westmont 举行。由 Modell Funeral Home 安排，详情请致电 630 852-3595 或访问 www.modelldarien.com

昆兹，乔治 A. (Kunz, George A.)

伊利诺伊州芝加哥的乔治 A. 昆兹（George A. Kunz），88岁，于8月27日逝世。在许多人的记忆中，他将以信仰、家庭、朋友、钓鱼以及对他人的无私关怀而被铭记。他是克里斯汀·“克里西亚”（Christine "Krysia"，原姓 Nycz）深爱的丈夫。他是黛比（Debbie，丈夫为 Ken Morton）、史蒂夫（Steve，妻子为 Bev）、辛迪·萨瓦亚诺（Cindy Savaiano）、琳达（Linda，丈夫为 Al Kolbe）和布莱恩（Brian）慈爱的父亲。他是凯文（Kevin，妻子为 Becky）、瑞安（Ryan，妻子为 Alyssa）、汤米（Tommy，妻子为 Nicole）、克里斯托弗（Christopher，妻子为 Cassidy）、凯瑟琳、乔、马修、卢卡斯、蔡斯和艾娃挚爱的祖父。他是已故詹姆斯（James，妻子已故，名为 Caroline）崇拜的兄弟。他是已故乔治和安娜（Anna，原姓 Furey）亲爱的儿子。他是许多人的亲切叔伯、表亲和朋友。乔治热爱圣母大学橄榄球、小熊队棒球、钓梭鱼（但只要是游动的鱼他都乐于捕捉）、通过自然之美感悟上帝的伟大、听亨德尔的《弥赛亚》（大音量播放）、每天早晨潜心阅读《太阳时报》，以及几乎每个周末享用由儿子布莱恩准备的精致大餐。无论身处何种人群，他从未错过播撒信仰种子的机会。9月4日星期五下午 3-7点在 Smith-Corcoran 殡仪馆（6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago IL 60646）举行吊唁仪式。9月5日星期六上午 9:30从殡仪馆出发前往所有圣徒女王圣殿（Queen of All Saints Basilica, 6280 N Sauganash Ave, Chicago, IL 60646），于上午10点举行葬礼弥撒。在

卢里，格洛丽亚 L. (Lurie, Gloria L.)

伊利诺伊州迪尔菲尔德的格洛丽亚 L. 卢里（Gloria L. Lurie，原姓 Schultz），曾居住于公园森林和阿灵顿高地，于 18, 2026. 安详逝世。她是已故伊兰·“乔”·卢里（Iran "Joe" Lurie）深爱的妻子，已故拉文·舒尔茨（Laverne Schultz）的姐妹，迈克尔（Michael，妻子为 Jacqueline）·卢里及已故艾伦·卢里（Alan Lurie）虔诚的母亲，布拉德福德（Bradford，妻子为 Samantha）、布莱尔（Blaire）和谢里丹（Sheridan）挚爱的祖母，玛戈（Margot）的曾祖母，许多人的亲爱的姑姨 / 姨婆，以及斯坎伦（Scanlon）家族亲切的姻亲。格洛丽亚在芝加哥出生并长大，从很小的时候就开始工作并自食其力，这些经历塑造了她独立精神和坚韧的个性。多年来她从事过各种工作，其中最著名的是在 R.H. Donnelley 担任了近 20 年的客户执行官。格洛丽亚热衷于陪伴孙辈、为家人烹饪、与朋友欢笑，以及讲述关于她心爱的 Skipper（世界上最聪明、最听话的狗）的故事。她是一位贪婪的传记阅读者，对英国都铎王朝时期有很深的了解。她是一名狂热的小熊队球迷，热爱乐趣，学习能力强，且是一名在麻将、纸牌游戏和各类机会游戏中表现出色的激烈竞争者。墓地服务为私人形式。欲了解信息请发送电子邮件至 luriefuneral@gmail.com。家属欢迎以向 CJE SeniorLife（CJE.net. / waystohelp / donate / ）捐款代替送花。

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纳茨克，卡罗尔 (Natzke, Carol)

卡罗尔（原姓格鲁尔）·纳茨克于1940年12月16日出生在伊利诺伊州芝加哥，父母是已故的威廉·格鲁尔（父）和米尔德里德（原姓格罗斯）·格鲁尔。2026年8月22日，她在家人陪伴下于家中安详离世。卡罗尔在芝加哥西北区出生并长大，在担任彩虹女孩（Rainbow Girl）期间以及在罗斯福高中就读期间结下了终身友谊。她与最亲密的朋友们（其中许多人是鼓号手）非常珍惜在一起的时光，他们著名的“俱乐部”聚会建立了一种历经岁月而未曾改变的友谊纽带。卡罗尔在路易斯被派往韩国之前遇到了她一生的挚爱。路易斯归来后，两人结婚并开始了美好的共同生活。路易斯和卡罗尔住在本森维尔，在那里抚养了3个孩子，并成为了和平教会（现名为信仰社区）积极且虔诚的成员。卡罗尔曾教授坚信课，并志愿投入大量时间回馈教会社区。她非常珍惜她和路易斯建立的活跃社交生活，包括疯狂的马歇尔路派对、与朋友们的旅行冒险、玩游戏和打牌，以及在密歇根州道格拉斯划船的难忘家庭周末。最重要的是，卡罗尔最大的快乐是作为一名慈爱的妻子、母亲、祖母和曾祖母的角色。卡罗尔留下了相伴64年的挚爱丈夫路易斯；她的孩子们：迈克尔（妻子安妮特·伊夫斯）、凯西（丈夫大卫·汉森）和詹妮弗（丈夫斯科特·尼尔森）；她心爱的孙辈：瑞秋（丈夫斯蒂芬·罗曼）、杰斯（妻子凯特琳）、摩根·汉森（丈夫约书亚）、卡莉·汉森（丈夫豪尔赫）、莎拉·汉森、佐伊·尼尔森、特里尼蒂·尼尔森和约书亚·尼尔森；以及六个曾孙辈，他们都为她的生活带来了巨大的光明。她的温暖、对路易斯坚定不移的爱、对芝加哥小熊队的忠诚、幽默感以及迅速聚集家人朋友的能力，将令所有认识她的人深切怀念。追思礼将于稍后日期举行。纪念捐款可寄至：Bensenville Wood Dale Food Pantry, 192 S. Center St. Bensenville, IL 60106, (630) 766-9382. https: / www.bwdfp.org

潘通，玛丽 (Pantone, Marie)

来自西塞罗的玛丽·潘通，享年91岁。她是深受爱戴的姨母 / 姑母、姐妹和朋友，留下了她深爱的几个侄子和侄女。玛丽是一名狂热的小熊队球迷，天生具有照顾他人的精神。葬礼为私人形式。后事委托给 Conboy-Westchester 殡仪馆办理。完整讣告可见 www.conboywestchesterfh.com。信息电话 708-F-U-N-F-R-A-I

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彼得森，斯科特·阿尔弗雷德 (Peterson, Scott Alfred)

斯科特·阿尔弗雷德·彼得森，享年 62 岁，于 2026 年 8 月 20 日去世，此前与早发性阿尔茨海默病斗争了七年。斯科特于 1964 年 7 月 13 日出生于阿尔弗雷德和菲利斯·彼得森夫妇家。他毕业于阿莫斯·阿隆佐·斯塔格高中，毕业后立即加入了家族的商业建筑公司——阿尔卑斯建筑公司 (Alps Construction)。在他的领导下，阿尔卑斯公司成长为一家承接全国乃至全球项目的公司。斯科特是一位极具天赋的商人与企业家，他以自己的工作为傲，并真正热爱他所从事的事业。斯科特热爱汽车、旅行、雪茄，而最重要的是，他热爱他的家人。他是特雷西忠实的丈夫，也是一位珍视与女儿们共处时光的自豪的父亲。斯科特留下了结婚 32 年的妻子特雷西·卡巴洛·彼得森 (Tracy Carballo Peterson)；女儿马德琳·彼得森·贝鲁 (Madelyn Berube)（丈夫德鲁）和奥黛丽·彼得森 (Audrey )；孙子亨利·贝鲁 (Henry Berube)；父亲阿尔弗雷德·彼得森 (Alfred )；姐姐苏珊·麦科迪 (Susan McCurdy)（丈夫拉尔夫）；以及许多深受爱戴的大家族成员。先于他去世的有其母亲菲利斯·彼得森 (Phyllis )。定义斯科特生命的并非阿尔茨海默病，而是他所爱的家人、他建立的事业，以及他创造的众多友谊、冒险与回忆。葬礼弥撒将于 2026 年 9 月 4 日星期五上午 11:00 在伊利诺伊州欣斯代尔的圣伊萨克·若格天主教堂 (St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church) 举行。请以捐款代替鲜花，以纪念斯科特的方式捐赠给阿尔茨海默病药物研发基金会 (Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation)。请在斯科特的纪念墙上为家人留下回忆；您的故事将给他的家人带来慰藉。www.sheehyfh.com 708-857-7878

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康斯坦斯·平托 (Pinto, Constance)

康斯坦斯·朗曼·平托 (Constance Langmann Pinto) 于 1928 年 6 月 19 日出生于纽约州布朗克斯维尔。她在曼哈顿和斯卡斯代尔长大，夏天喜欢在家人位于纽约州基恩市阿第伦达克山脉的避暑别墅度过。康妮就读于斯彭斯学校和斯卡斯代尔学校，并毕业于布里尔利学校。她曾就读于瓦萨学院，后毕业于雪城大学，主修音乐和声乐研究。毕业后，她在纽约继续追求 lifelong 的音乐热爱，在夏季剧团制作中开启了歌唱生涯，并在歌剧工作坊中举办音乐会。康斯坦斯在《旋转木马》(Carousel) 和《挪威之歌》(Song of Norway) 的演出中担任主演。她最重大的歌剧角色是莫扎特《后宫诱逃》中的康斯坦泽。1955 年，她在纽约州罗切斯特的一场婚礼上遇到了她的丈夫理查德·A·平托 (Richard A. Pinto)。他们于 1956 年 4 月 7 日在纽约市的圣托马斯·莫尔教堂结婚，随后在罗切斯特生活了五年。1961 年，她随丈夫和家人搬到新泽西州的霍霍库斯，在那里生活了 12 年。在此期间，在孩子们还小的时候，平托夫人通过参与并最终担任新泽西州里奇伍德 Tik-Tok 组织的总裁来延续她对音乐的兴趣，该组织致力于通过年度音乐会系列向幼儿普及各种形式的音乐。她还协助其小女儿玛丽 (Mary) 的音乐教育，玛丽后来成为一名歌剧声乐教练和钢琴伴奏。1973 年，他们搬到芝加哥，定居在欣斯代尔地区。除了照顾孩子和支持丈夫的商业事业外，她还参与了芝加哥抒情歌剧院 (Lyric Opera of Chicago) 的活动。康妮多年来一直是年度订阅会员，并深入参与抒情歌剧院的志愿者工作。她曾担任当地抒情歌剧分会的总裁，随后担任抒情歌剧分会董事会的总裁兼主席。康妮还参加了多年的抒情歌剧讲座团。在晚年，她成为了 Love Christian Clearinghouse 的协调员，这是一个为受虐女性和贫困家庭提供支持和住房的组织。除了小女儿玛丽，康妮还有另外两个她深爱的孩子：艺术家 / 摄影师儿子詹姆斯 (James)，以及作家 / 教师女儿塞西莉亚·哈里曼 (Cecilia Harriman)。她也非常自豪且喜爱她的女婿詹姆斯·哈里曼 (James Harriman) 和米切尔·克鲁格尔 (Mitchell Krugel)。康妮有四个孙辈：亨利·哈里曼 (Henry Harriman)、格兰特·哈里曼 (Grant Harriman)、布里塔尼·克鲁格尔 (Brittany Krugel) 和塞缪尔·克鲁格尔 (Samuel Krugel)，他们是她生命中的光芒。葬礼弥撒将于 2026 年 9 月 1 日（星期二）上午 10 点在伊利诺伊州欣斯代尔 Clay 街 4 号的圣艾萨克·若格教堂 (St Isaac Jogues Church, 4th and Clay St, Hinsdale, IL 60521) 举行。随后将在布朗斯伍德公墓 (Bronswood Cemetery) 安葬。家属请求以向帕特里克·G. 和雪莉·W. 瑞安歌剧中心 (Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center) 或纽约州基恩市的圣布伦丹教堂 (St. Brendan Church) 捐款代替送花。由欣斯代尔的 Brian Powell 殡仪馆负责安排。欲了解更多信息，请致电 630-703-9131 或访问 www.powellfuneraldirectors.com。

谢莉·罗宾斯 (Robbins, Shelley)

谢莉·罗宾斯 (Shelley Robbins)，72 岁，现居明尼苏达州北橡树市，1953 年 9 月 3 日出生于伊利诺伊州芝加哥，2026 年 8 月 21 日在明尼苏达州圣保罗逝世。葬礼服务已举行。完整通知请见：www.hodroffepstein.com

罗杰斯，弗朗西丝·M. (Rogers, Frances M.)

弗朗西丝·M·罗杰斯于1928年8月出生于德克萨斯州休斯顿，于2026年8月9日逝世，距其98岁生日仅差几天。弗朗西丝是约翰和杰西（LaBauve）哈瓦斯（Harwas）挚爱的女儿。

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弗朗西丝与已故丈夫柯蒂斯·罗杰斯（Curtis Rogers）于1954年在故乡休斯顿结婚，两人共同度过了55年的婚姻生活。柯蒂斯是美国空军朝鲜战争退伍军人，曾任TWA（环球航空）机长，他与弗朗西丝一样热爱旅行与冒险。他们在伊利诺伊州绍姆堡（Schaumburg, IL）抚养了五个孩子，并在每年的滑雪之旅和加勒比海的潜水探险中创造了美好回忆。弗朗西丝才华横溢，成就颇多，不仅限于母亲和家庭主妇的角色。她在休斯顿大学获得了美术学士和硕士学位，年轻时还曾是选美冠军。作为一名年轻的母亲，她充满活力与热情。她的孩子们深情地记得她曾组织过一场社区才艺表演，并为所有儿童参与者准备了舞台布置和手工缝制的服装。她一生都非常忙碌，从着手下一个房屋装修项目，到创作艺术品或磨练摄影技巧。弗朗西丝终身热爱滑雪和网球，即使在八十多岁时，她仍乐于与两个大孩子布鲁斯（Bruce）和塞莱斯特（Celeste）进行年度滑雪冒险。她直到七十多岁时仍参加竞技网球比赛。在所有多样化的兴趣和追求中，弗朗西丝总是说，孩子们是她最大的快乐。

她是布鲁斯、塞莱斯特（配偶詹姆斯·布伦南）、丽莎（配偶谢丽尔·巴斯金）、韦恩（配偶梅琳达·斯特里克）和莱斯利（配偶路易斯·埃布拉特）挚爱的母亲。母亲还对她的四个孙辈——凯尔（配偶瓦伦西亚）·布伦南、帕特里斯·布伦南（配偶凯文）·巴塞、海登（配偶阿里莎）·罗杰斯和卫斯理·罗杰斯，以及曾孙埃默森、贾克逊和奎恩感到无比自豪。认识弗朗西丝的人都称赞她内外兼具的灿烂之美。她的孩子们将她视为善良、稳定、慷慨和正直的典范。我们珍视她作为一名热爱生活且尽职的母亲的回忆，她的温暖将永远留在我们心中。

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鲁德尼克，肯尼斯·J (Rudnick, Kenneth J)

肯尼斯·J·鲁德尼克，阿灵顿高地 (Kenneth J Rudnick Arlington Heights)

肯尼斯·鲁德尼克于1939年4月15日出生于芝加哥。他于2026年8月24日（星期一）在路德村（Luther Village）的家中安详离世。

肯工作勤奋——他的职业生涯在银行和教学领域跨越了40多年。他通过一生中参与的多个志愿者组织，不断分享他在金融方面的专业知识。肯也热爱生活——他是一名狂热的体育迷。无论远近，你都能在垒球投球丘、篮球场或高尔夫球场上找到他。

他慷慨地将自己的时间、才华和财富分享给遇到的每一个人。深爱着父亲、K-man和Papa的家人将举行一场私人的天主教仪式。

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斯坎伦，罗伯特·B. “鲍勃” (Scanlan, Robert B. "Bob")

罗伯特·B·“鲍勃”·斯坎伦，76岁，越南战争时期美国海军陆战队预备役成员，2007年起居住在伊利诺伊州普莱恩菲尔德（Plainfield, IL），此前曾居住在芝加哥里奇（Chicago Ridge）和奥克（Oak），于8月27日（星期四）在寓所逝世。他出生于11月，出生地为伊利诺伊州芝加哥。

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施密特，玛丽·D. (Schmit, Mary D.)

芝加哥的玛丽·D·施密特于8月24日逝世，享年91岁。其挚爱的丈夫沃尔特先于她离世。她的儿子约翰和乔（妻子谢里）、孙辈尼科尔（丈夫乔纳森）斯坦利和瑞安（妻子瑞秋），以及曾孙帕特里克和艾拉·斯坦利在世。遗体瞻仰仪式将于9月2日星期三在芝加哥北西塞罗大道6150号的史密斯-科科兰殡仪馆（Smith-Corcoran Funeral home）举行，时间为下午4点至7点，祈祷仪式将于下午6:30举行。安葬仪式将私下进行。详情请致电 773-736-3833 或访问 www.smithcorcoran.com

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帕特里夏·西科罗夫斯基 (Sikorovsky, Patricia)

帕特里夏·“帕特”·奥拜恩·西科罗夫斯基（Patricia "Pat" O'Byrne Sikorovsky）于2026年8月25日星期二在亲人的陪伴下安详离世。人们将她铭记为一股美丽且不可阻挡的正能量、机智、聪明且充满爱心的领导力之源。除了众多的成就和社区领导职务外，帕特还以其宽广的胸怀，以及能够迅速识别并欣赏她所遇到的每个人的独特天赋而闻名，无论对方的年龄或境遇如何。她拥有一种非凡的能力，能以使命感和影响力激励他人投身于有意义的事业。帕特深爱她的家人和朋友、她的教会以及她所服务的众多崇高事业。帕特热爱邀请亲爱的朋友、邻居以及更广泛的社区成员来到她的家中和花园。她于1930年12月1日出生在俄克拉荷马州的肖尼（Shawnee），父母是内森·黑尔（Nathan Hale）和罗布·本·奥拜恩（Rob Ben O'Byrne）。作为四个孩子中的长女，在经历了历史性的俄克拉荷马大干旱以及随后的第二次世界大战爆发期间成长，帕特亲眼目睹了不稳定和不确定性给弱势群体带来的影响。她和她的家人体现了在艰难时期生存所需的坚毅、决心、幽默和爱。帕特是一名极其优秀的学生，获得了韦尔斯利学院（Wellesley College）的全额奖学金，并于1952年获得英语语言文学 / 文学学士学位。在韦尔斯利就读期间，她遇到了她深爱的未来丈夫尤金·“吉恩”·西科罗夫斯基（Eugene "Gene" Sikorovsky），当时吉恩正在哈佛法学院就读。他们于1953年7月在密苏里州堪萨斯城结婚。帕特和吉恩最初住在罗德岛州，当时吉恩被委任为美国海军预备役现役中尉，而帕特则是一名学校教师。在吉恩完成兵役后，帕特和吉恩搬到了纽约市，吉恩加入了Cahill Gordon & Reindel律师事务所，他们开始抚养孩子。1969年，帕特和吉恩将家人迁至弗吉尼亚州里士满，在那里抚养了五个孩子，并成为了圣保罗圣公会教堂（St. Paul's Episcopal Church）的活跃成员。在这些年里，帕特继续攻读研究生课程，最终获得了弗吉尼亚联邦大学（Virginia Commonwealth University）的康复咨询硕士学位。1977年，吉恩和帕特带着家人搬到了伊利诺伊州的莱克福雷斯特（Lake Forest）。全家人很快就深深地投入到圣灵教堂（Church of the Holy Spirit）中。在担任建筑委员会和教堂管理委员会成员后，帕特在20世纪80年代中期成为了高级监督员（Senior Warden），是该职位的首位女性。帕特和吉恩对音乐有着共同的深爱，他们的许多家庭生活和公民生活都围绕着音乐事业和倡导展开。帕特积极参与拉维尼亚音乐节（Ravinia Festival），并在该音乐节的女性委员会担任成员及委员会主席。

帕特被任命为拉维尼亚董事会成员，随后被任命为终身董事。帕特还是许多其他地区组织的成员，包括“了解你的芝加哥”（Know Your Chicago）、谢德水族馆（The Shedd Aquarium）、婴儿福利会（Infant Welfare）和莱克福雷斯特社交圈（Lake Forest Coterie）。2010年，80岁的帕特与吉恩共同创立了Bravo Waukegan，基于一个简单但强大的信念：无论境遇如何，每个孩子都应该有机会体验音乐带来的快乐和终身受益。在沃基根公立学校（Waukegan Public Schools）音乐教育的前景不明之时，帕特为沃基根的家庭和更广泛的学校社区所做的不懈倡导留下了不可磨灭的印记。自成立以来，Bravo已经影响了数以千计的学生，包括提供超过3,000件乐器和10,000节私人音乐课，并创建了马里亚奇（Mariachi）项目、夏令营以及其他表演和

丰富机会。帕特最大的心愿是希望 Bravo 的工作能够继续繁荣发展。她的丈夫吉恩先于她去世；她的五个孩子保罗·西科罗夫斯基、查尔斯·西科罗夫斯基、凯瑟琳·拉切诺尔、伊丽莎白·西科罗夫斯基和艾米莉·迪米切利在世；女婿罗伯特·拉切诺尔和乔·迪米切利在世；孙女亚历山德拉·古莱、丽贝卡·埃文斯、安娜·拉切诺尔、埃琳娜·拉切诺尔、索菲亚·拉切诺尔、朱莉亚·迪米切利和埃莉莎·迪米切利在世；孙女婿凯西·古莱和科尔比·埃文斯在世；以及曾孙卫斯理·古莱在世。追思礼将于 9 月 3 日星期四在莱克福雷斯特的圣灵教堂举行。序曲音乐于 3:45, 开始，随后于 4:00. 举行追思礼。请以捐款代替献花，以纪念帕特，捐款可发送至：Bravo Waukegan (www.bravowaukegan.org) 以及圣灵教堂 (https: / www.chslf.org)，地址为 400 East Westminster Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045. 详情咨询：Wenban 殡仪馆 (847) 234-0022。

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斯劳特，杰·M. (Slaughter, Jay M.)

杰·M. 斯劳特，87岁，现居伊利诺伊州内珀维尔，于2026年8月18日在 The Springs of Monarch Landing 平安离世。追思会将于9月4日（周五）下午3:00至7:00在 Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services 举行，地址为 44 S. Mill St., Naperville, 60540。欲了解详情请致电 630 / 355-0213 或访问 www.friedrich-jones.com 查看完整讣告。

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斯蒂里茨，凯伦 (Stiritz, Karen)

凯伦·安妮·斯蒂里茨，68岁，现居伊利诺伊州芝加哥，于2026年8月20日因病短时间治疗后去世。凯伦出生于1957年9月21日。她的成年生活大部分时间在芝加哥度过。她毕业于 New Trier 高中，曾就读于亚利桑那州立大学。她曾在服务业工作，并是一位热衷于十字绣的爱好者。 凯伦的遗属包括：现居伊利诺伊州圣查尔斯的妹妹 Kathleen Darling；现居伊利诺伊州圣查尔斯的哥哥 Kevin；现居马萨诸塞州昆西的哥哥 Kent；以及侄子和侄女 Joshua, Harland, Ben, Karen Darling 和 Mikell Darling。 凯伦的父母 Joanne 和 Harland 先于她去世。

欲了解更多信息，请致电圣查尔斯的 Yurs Funeral Home，电话 630-584-0060。

萨利文，希拉 (Sullivan, Sheila)

希拉·萨利文，67岁，于8月23日离世；她是 Walter Wren 深爱的妻子；Emily Wren 慈爱的母亲；Maureen (Tom) Waldron、Bernadette (Mark) Krzmarzick、Eileen (Mike) Kobida 以及已故 Patricia Nelligan 的姐妹；许多侄子和侄女们敬爱的姑姑 / 姨妈。家人和朋友将于9月4日（周五）上午11点在 Most Holy Redeemer Church 举行追思弥撒，地址为 9525 Landdale Ave., Evergreen Park。请以向 St. Jude 儿童研究中心捐款代替献花。相关安排委托给 Gibbons Family Funeral Home。详情请致电 773-777-3944 或访问 www.GFFH.com

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萨利文，斯蒂芬·P. (Sullivan, Stephen P.)

斯蒂芬·保罗 “萨利” 萨利文，75岁，于2026年8月26日在伊利诺伊州威内特卡的家中，在家人的陪伴下平安离世。斯蒂夫出生于伊利诺伊州格伦维尤，是已故 Virginia Campbell 和 Thomas Edward Jr. 之子。他毕业于 Glenbrook South 高中和科罗拉多州立大学。

斯蒂夫在纽约商业交易所（New York Mercantile Exchange）和芝加哥期货交易所（Chicago Board of Trade）担任大宗商品交易员，职业生涯漫长且成功。他以机智幽默和慷慨大方而著称。

作为一名终身的芝加哥熊队和小熊队球迷，斯蒂夫深谙耐心、忠诚以及频繁面对心碎的滋味。

斯蒂夫的遗属包括：妻子 Marie，五个孩子 Jennifer, Meredith, Reed, Wesley, Zachary 以及女婿 Eric；以及两个孙辈 Madison 和 Parker。此外，他的兄弟 Bryan ，嫂子 / 弟媳 Joana , Bina , Mary ；侄女 Katharine M Flood (John), Anne S. Cotton (Peter), Rebecca S. Conley (Brendan) 和 Emily J Cosgrove (Eoghan)；侄子 Joseph 以及姻亲 Gregory 和 Michele Blaschko。

先于他去世的有父母 Virginia 和 Thomas ，以及兄弟 Thomas E. III, Larry 和侄女 Molly Roamer。

公开追思会将于9月5日（周六）下午3:00至7:00在 N.H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home 举行，地址为 1240 Waukegan Road, Glenview, Illinois, 60025，电话 (847) 998-1020。葬礼将私下举行。家属建议以向美国癌症协会（American Cancer Society）或 Chick Evans Scholars 捐款来纪念斯蒂夫，以代替献花。

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Summers, Diana S.

戴安娜·S·萨默斯（原姓 Brodman），詹姆斯·C·萨默斯三世挚爱的妻子，以及她的宠物兼挚友 Theodore Joseph。她是美国 Corvair 协会 (Corsa) 的创始人之一。遗体瞻仰时间为 9 月 2 日星期三，3:00 至 8:00 PM。葬礼服务于 9 月 3 日星期四 10:30 AM 在位于唐纳斯格罗夫 Main Street 4343 号（Ogden 南边 1 个街区）的 Adams-Winterfield & Sullivan 殡仪馆举行。安葬于 Queen of Heaven Cemetery。纪念捐款请至 Tree House Humane Society：www.treehouseanimals.org。办理事宜请联系 Adams-Winterfield & Sullivan，电话 (630)968-1000 或访问 www.adamswinterfieldsullivan.com。

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Wagner, Helene

海伦·瓦格纳（原姓 Kaplan），91 岁，已故米尔顿·瓦格纳 57 年的挚爱妻子；谢里（马克）·巴特尔斯坦和芭芭拉（汤姆）·韦尔亲爱的母亲；乔什（悉尼）·巴特尔斯坦、摩根（杰克）·肖尔、考特尼（马克斯）·莱文、柯比·巴特尔斯坦、瑞安·韦尔和诺亚·韦尔崇拜的祖母；布林·肖尔自豪的曾祖母；已故保琳和已故大卫·卡普兰忠诚的女儿；已故雪莉（已故乔）·伊森和已故莫莉

Gold。她与一群 6 人的好友建立了终身不渝的深厚友谊。

海伦无论走到哪里都散发着善良。无论你是家人、朋友还是街上的陌生人，她对待你的温暖与尊重都如此罕见。她有一种让人们感到被关注和被关怀的能力，仅仅在她的身边就能让您的一天变得更加明亮。她是一位出色的厨师。她热爱与子女和孙辈分享她心爱的犹太食谱和传统。她是已故丈夫米尔特忠诚的妻子。他们的关系是真爱与相互尊重的典范。海伦为她的女儿们以及她们建立的家庭感到无比自豪。她是一位忠诚且慈爱的祖母和曾祖母，庆祝孙辈生活中的每一个里程碑和日常时刻。关于家人的任何小事在她看来都至关重要，她让每一个人都感到自己很重要且被爱。她的记忆将通过她的家人、她传承的传统，以及我们为了纪念她而每天践行的微小善行而延续。

葬礼服务于星期日 1:30 p.m. 在 Am Shalom, 840 Vernon Ave, Glencoe, IL 60022 举行。仪式将在 www.goldmanfuneralgroup.com 的海伦个人页面上进行直播。安葬于 Arlington Heights 的 Shalom Memorial Park。请以捐款代替鲜花，捐款请至 Brothers for Life，网址 www.brothersforlife.com / donate / 。详情咨询：Goldman Funeral Group (847) 478-1600

瓦瑟曼，理查德 (Wasserman, Richard)

理查德·瓦瑟曼是已故的艾琳·苏珊·瓦瑟曼（原姓奥德瑟）挚爱的丈夫。他是大卫（布里吉特）·瓦瑟曼亲爱的父亲。遗体告别仪式将于周一下午 2:00 在位于 Heights, 1700 W. Rand Road 的 Shalom Memorial Park 举行。请以向美国人道主义协会（American Humane Society, icanhumane.org）捐款代替送花。相关安排委托给 Ner Funerals，电话 847-504-7336 或访问 ornerals.com

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赖特，加里·李 (Wright, Garry Lee)

加里·李·赖特，74 岁，于 2026 年 8 月 14 日在家人充满爱的陪伴下安详离世，他一直以自己的家庭为傲。在他之前去世的是劳里·纽，他是他共度 33 年的妻子，也是他一生挚爱。他的遗属包括子女：杰森（珍妮）·赖特、阿曼达（塔尔西西奥）·杜兰·赖特以及凯尔西（布莱恩）·帕里什；孙辈（包括宠物和人类）：奥利、瑞格利、艾米、威尔逊、奥斯汀和露西；他的妹妹鲍比（查克）·明丘，以及一群非同寻常的挚友。

加里于 1951 年 9 月 27 日出生，后来定居在印第安纳州的切斯特顿。朋友们记得当时大家聚集在赖特家的地下室里，讨论政治、宗教、音乐、艺术，以及任何一群聪明、理想主义且略带愤世嫉俗的青少年认为他们能够解决的问题。加里会一直倾听，直到他找到最精准的时机，抛出一句让全场哄堂大笑的话。

他找到了他的观众。

最终，这个观众群体变得规模大得多。

加里在广播领域找到了自己的天职，成为了芝加哥听众耳熟能详的声音。他的职业生涯横跨 11 个广播电台，包括 WXRT 和 WGN。在此期间，他表演过单口喜剧，撰写过获奖的讽刺专栏，共同创办过企业，并自出版了《初学者幸福指南》（Happiness for Beginners）。

广播非常适合他。加里当然幽默，但他的天赋不仅仅在于幽默。他善于观察。他是一位观察者和讲述者，能够与几乎任何人交谈，记住他们生活的细节，并让人们感到自己被接纳。

在电波与喜剧俱乐部之间，劳里进入了他的生命。家族传说她是在他于 WXRT 工作期间通过“比赛赢得了他”。他们前往纽约，建立生活并组建家庭，布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀的音乐成为了他们生活的大部分背景音乐。

为人父让加里拥有了另一群观众。他教孩子们从零开始烹饪，用手记录比分，学会聆听音乐而不仅仅是听到声音。或许最重要的是，他允许他们保持好奇心，接纳自己的不同，并完全地成为他们自己。

五十多年前，加里写了一首歌叫作《贴标签的盒子》（Labeled Boxes）。其前提很简单：一个人远比我们用来定义他们的类别要丰富得多。

加里确实如此。

他才华横溢又古灵精怪，社交广泛却又极其注重隐私，看似坚不可摧却又出人意料地脆弱。他是一个梦想家，拥有狂野的心。他可以是讽刺的、讥诮的、刻薄的，但同时也可以极其温柔。生活给了他很多机会去测试他那表面的坚不可摧。尽管如此，他依然能够适应并自我重塑。他最好的建议是：不要放弃。次好的建议是：不要太把自己当回事。

当然，演出仍在继续。

但现在的房间布置已经不同了。

而在房间的某个角落，如果我们足够幸运，依然有人在欢笑。

齐尔克，乔伊斯·格拉迪斯·格特鲁德·基斯滕马赫

乔伊斯·格拉迪斯·格特鲁德（原姓基斯滕马赫）·齐尔克，享年 96 岁，于 8 月 24 日在短暂住院后去世。

在住院期间，她被挚爱的家人陪伴在侧。她出生于密尔沃基，父亲是查尔斯·基斯滕马赫，母亲是露丝·齐尔克；在父亲早逝后，她由母亲抚养长大。高中毕业后，她在结婚前担任秘书，随后嫁给拉尔夫·齐尔克（拉尔夫先于她去世）。这对夫妇定居在格伦维尤，并在那里抚养了 4 个孩子（乔迪、吉尔、韦德、朱莉）。乔伊斯是格伦维尤社区教会的活跃成员，并在该教会担任了 25 年的秘书。她的职业奉献精神与她丰富的社交生活相得益彰。她与她的桥牌小组分享了无数的欢笑和策略性的牌局，并作为当地一个“美食俱乐部”的成员满足她对食物的热情。乔伊斯是一位出色的厨师，她以守护自己招牌菜的食谱而闻名——尤其是她那传奇的芝士蛋糕。乔伊斯以善良、乐于助人、慷慨且经常固执而著称，她在深沉的优雅与古灵精怪的幽默感之间取得了平衡。作为一名深爱的祖母（有 7 个孙辈：亚当、埃里克、艾米莉、佩顿、杰克、劳伦、安德鲁）和曾祖母（有 3 个曾孙辈：格里芬、卡尔文、奥斯卡），她留下了爱的传承。请以向格伦维尤社区教会捐款代替赠送鲜花。

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格蒂生命中最大的快乐是与她的四个孙辈——蒂莫西、麦迪、杰克和查理共度时光。作为埃文斯顿的长期居民，格蒂热爱在埃文斯顿市中心购物，并带孙辈们去海滩。格蒂热爱动物，留下了她的两只猫（菲奥娜和雷）以及她的狗（萨米）。格蒂热爱阅读，并在社区经营着一个每周一次的读书会，向任何感兴趣的人开放。人们一定会怀念在厨房里的格蒂，在那里她度过了

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我们测试了这些顶级的音频产品。以下是我们发现的最佳选择：

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优质的家用音频设备曾经意味着一套在物理空间上占据房间一半面积的音响系统，充斥着放大器和大量麻烦的电线。我们现在生活的不再是那个世界，当我们想要享受最喜爱的音乐时，我们希望的是某种能用声音而非设备填满房间的产品。BestReviews 测试实验室在过去几年中测试了数十款家用音频产品，并选出了我们的前五名，涵盖了从高质量便携式扬声器到功能齐全的回音壁（sound bar）的各类产品。以下是每款产品的脱颖而出之处。

最佳蓝牙扬声器

Bose SoundLink Max：在测试过程中，我们将这款扬声器在草坪上摔了三次，让它在水中漂浮，将其捞出时它已完全浸透，但令我们惊讶的是，音乐仍在播放，且音质极佳。蓝牙范围约为 25 码，内置的 USB-C 端口在短短 20 分钟内为我们的平板电脑充电约 15%。讽刺的一点是，尽管具备坚固耐用的特性，SoundLink Max 在室内效果其实更好，因为如果没有墙壁让声音反弹，低音会变得单薄。

最佳空间音频设备

Sonos Era 300：这款扬声器以其丰富、充满活力的音频给我们的测试员留下了深刻印象，以至于他不得不为自己买了一个。我们非常喜欢它通过 AirPlay 2, 与任何 Sonos 或 Apple 家居产品链接的能力，这能让您在整个家中获得完美同步的音频。虽然 $479, 的价格无疑是一项投资，但大多数发烧友会发现，考虑到其易用性和所提供的杜比全景声（Dolby Atmos）音质，这笔钱花得很值。

最佳日常便携设备

Play：这是测试实验室的另一个心头好，这款扬声器以更亲民的尺寸和价格，提供了您对 所期待的高端功能。从车库到烧烤架，再到网球场，Play 方便随手抓取，并在您最需要的地方使用。使用完毕后，只需将其放回无线充电底座，以便随时待命。它还支持 AirPlay 2,，如果您想将其与其他 产品配对，这将非常有用。

最佳

Soundboks Mix：这款设备的外观和性能都像一个演唱会放大器。事实上，它是我们测试过的声音最大的扬声器。在全功率播放时，它的声音大得令人难以置信，甚至让地板都随之震动。把手保证了其便携性，电池可以弹出单独充电（通过 USB-C）。如果您拥有一个宽敞的空间并且喜欢

招待客人，那么在这个价位上，您很难找到一款在如此大音量下能提供更高音频质量的扬声器了。

最佳电影之夜设备

Arc Ultra： Arc Ultra 不是传统的扬声器，而是一款集成了大量高端功能的回音壁。通过 AirPlay 2,，您可以在 生态系统中使用它，但回音壁级别的音频才是真正的卖点。我们在没有低音炮的情况下测试了这款型号，它产生的低音比一个将低音炮调至最高的中端竞争对手回音壁还要多！我们非常喜欢它在音乐和电视广播中清晰的人声表现。Arc Ultra 的外观、手感和听感都显得昂贵，因为它确实如此。$1,099 的价位很高，但如果您想要一个能真正用丰富

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州众议员柯蒂斯·塔弗二世（Curtis Tarver II）6月 1 在斯普林菲尔德州议会大厦的春季立法会议最后一晚于众议院议事厅发言。JOHN J. KIM / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

在世纪之交，市长理查德·M·戴利（Richard M. Daley）创建了 World Business Chicago (WBC)，这是一个主要由企业捐款资助的非营利性公私合营实体。其目的是向外部商业人士、投资者，甚至来自其他地区的年轻才俊推销芝加哥，将其打造为一个成长和投资之地。

在随后的几年里，WBC 在很大程度上坚持了这一重要使命。

因此，随着市长选举的临近，看到该机构似乎在充当市长布兰登·约翰逊（Brandon Johnson）尚未宣布的连任竞选工具，并将其宣传信息针对那些已经在这里的人，这令人不安。

争议焦点是一系列宣传短片，这些短片于本月初开始在社交媒体和流媒体上播出，由市长讲述他对“每个社区的战略投资”。在每段短片中，市长声称：“我们在城市的每个角落投入了超过 60 亿美元 billion 的经济活动。”这些短片基本上使用相同的文本，但列出了适用于芝加哥不同地区（如南区、西北区和西区）的统计数据。

在一段段约翰逊处于经济发展场景的静止画面之后，市长总结道：“让我们继续共同建设得更好。”其中一张是动工仪式，另一张是约翰逊在建筑工地戴着安全帽——你懂我的意思。

最后这段信息的受众是谁？显然，是那些已经生活在这里的人。

以及在这里投票的人。

这场时机耐人寻味的宣传活动引起了州众议员柯蒂斯·J·塔弗二世（Curtis J. Tarver II）的注意，他代表南区的一个选区，且一直对约翰逊与斯普林菲尔德的交涉持批评态度。他向 WBC 首席执行官菲利普·克莱门特（Philip Clement）发出了一封日期为 Aug. 25, 的信函，要求提供有关此次活动成本、目标受众以及是否与市长办公室协调等详细信息。

塔弗在信中指出，这次新营销活动的时机“增加了敏感性”。

塔弗写道，就在约翰逊的竞选团队传阅请愿书以将其列入选票之际，发布这些看起来和听起来都像政治广告的内容，“引发了合理的质疑，即根据谁请求并批准了这些内容、资金来源如何以及如何分发和在何处分发，这些沟通是否会被视为政治宣传，或造成潜在利益冲突的表象”。

我们对此表示赞同。

根据 World Business Chicago 向美国国税局（IRS）提交的用于证明其非营利地位的年度申报文件，其 2024 年的收入为 $9.800 万，其中 $8.600 万 来自拨款和捐款。

市政府和州政府提供了 WBC 部分资金；塔弗提到，在截至 June 30, 2026, 的财政年度州预算中，有 $1.500 万，而当前财政年度另有 $1.3500 万。

但 WBC 的大部分资源来自芝加哥企业的捐赠。这些企业在将这座城市宣传为理想商业地的方面有着既得利益，但通常并不支持这位市长——毕竟，约翰逊经常贬低芝加哥最大的雇主，因为他们反对他提出的根据企业在市内的雇员人数征税的呼吁。

约翰逊喜欢用不悦的口吻提到他所谓的市议会“企业党团”（corporate caucus），而这显然不是一个褒义词。

虽然市长始终担任世界商业芝加哥（WBC）的主席并任命其首席执行官，但该机构的公信力取决于其在最大程度上超脱于政治之外。诚然，市长扮演芝加哥作为商业目的地的“拉拉队长”是一个恰当的角色。但在我们看来，这种信息传递已经越界，听起来更像是在号召人们支持他的政策，尤其是要求人们继续执行这些政策。

当我们要求其回应时，WBC在一份声明中表示：“推广芝加哥的经济，并突出全市范围内正在进行的数十亿美元投资，是世界商业芝加哥使命的核心。”

WBC补充道：“约翰逊市长作为这座城市的民选领导人，是合适的发言人，与在世界商业芝加哥内容平台中出现的商业、公民、社区和创业领袖一样。”

截至6月底，约翰逊的竞选基金仅有 $631,000。而在 2023, 其前任洛里·莱特富特（Lori Lightfoot）最终未能成功连任的竞选同期，她拥有 $2.500 万。

伊利诺伊州州务卿亚历克西·吉安诺利亚斯（Alexi Giannoulias）在竞选连任的同时已宣布将竞选芝加哥市长，截至6月 30 日，他的竞选资金池中拥有超过 2000万美元。

换句话说，这位市长如果选择参选，可以利用他能找到的任何一点免费的信息传播帮助。

在 2024, 约翰逊任命克莱门特（Clement）为世界商业芝加哥首席执行官时，我们曾表示，在芝加哥经济处于后疫情时代低迷的时刻，WBC除了向外界宣传这座城市的优点外，还应该向缺乏信心的芝加哥市民本身证明其价值。

我们坚持当时的观点，但时机在生活中、在政治中以及在经济发展中至关重要。

Two-plus years later，芝加哥经济的停滞不再是疫情的副产品。COVID-19 已经不能再作为我们表现落后的借口。对城市前景缺乏信心，更多是源于糟糕的财政管理（更不用说市长持续的反商业言论），这让创造就业机会的人们在考虑在此投资时，担心未来的税收会飙升到什么程度。

然而，扩大芝加哥的经济规模对于为更多城市居民提供经济机会，以及改善一个每年面临巨额预算赤字的市政府的财政状况至关重要。

WBC现在的首要任务应该是“调高烤箱温度”，帮助“面团发酵”。

它绝对不应该是发布竞选广告，旨在让那些已经在这里生活和工作的人支持现状。

为什么伊利诺伊州不应允许民选官员兼任多个公职

芝加哥市长候选人们最喜欢的话题，就是攻击那些同时竞选两个职位的任何人。大家都知道他们这次是指谁：亚历克西·吉安诺利亚斯（Alexi Giannoulias），他正同时竞选芝加哥市长和州务卿。

给自己留后路是一回事。但那些实际上同时担任两个独立公职的民选官员又当如何？这难道不是更成问题吗？

是的。而且伊利诺伊州到处都是这样的例子。

首先是哈里·本顿（Harry Benton）。

这位名声扫地的前州众议员在担任州立法者的同时，还担任惠特兰镇（Wheatland Township）的公路专员。尽管镇委员会在7月通过了一项要求他辞职的决议，但他尚未辞去该职。这件事尤其有趣，因为正如镇监督员迈克尔·克劳纳（Michael Crowner）在发给我们的电子邮件中所说，委员会无法将其撤职。本顿在该岗位上每年赚取 $72,000，并享有医疗福利。他

作为州立法者的薪水约为 $96,000. 本顿在7月因涉嫌性行为不端而辞去了在州议会的职务。

说到兼任地方官员的州立法者，我们不能漏掉卡卢梅特市（Calumet City）市长兼民主党州立法者萨德斯·琼斯（Thaddeus Jones）。在琼斯的一些消费习惯引起关注后，WGN调查组在今年4月审查了他的卡卢梅特市信用卡交易记录，并指称他在餐厅（包括 Chicago Cut Steakhouse 和 Hooters）的总消费超过 $35,000。记录还显示，他为一次华盛顿特区之行支付了超过 $17,000，以及前往拉斯维加斯、迈阿密和科罗拉多州科罗拉多斯普林斯的旅行费用。琼斯从这两个民选职位中获得约 $225,000 的薪水。

还有来自罗斯蒙特（Rosemont）的共和党州众议员布拉德·斯蒂芬斯（Brad Stephens），他同时也是家乡的市长，自 2007. 起一直担任此职。他接替了父亲唐纳德（Donald）的位置，后者在该岗位上任职近 50 年，期间曾两次因贿赂和欺诈面临联邦审判，且两次被判无罪。尽管如此，罗斯蒙特有着长期的腐败指控和争议历史。

我们不能忘记蒂法尼·亨亚德（Tiffany Henyard）。这位此前陷入困境的道尔顿（Dolton）前市长兼桑顿镇（Thornton Township）监督员可能已经收拾行囊前往佐治亚州富尔顿县，但在很多年里，她在本地担任两份由纳税人资助的工作。说这进展不顺利简直是轻描淡写。她被非正式地称为“美国最糟糕的市长”，在伊利诺伊州任职期间面临大量审查，包括联邦调查局（FBI）对其财务管理不善和可能滥用公共资金指控的调查。根据前芝加哥市长洛里·莱特富特（Lori Lightfoot）领导的一项调查，她在旅行和可疑合同上挥霍无度，使该村的通用基金从 2022 年 4 月的 $5.600 万 盈余变为 2024, 年 5 月的 $3.600 万 赤字。

看出趋势了吗？

我们察觉到，一个人担任的公职数量与其陷入麻烦的概率之间存在相关性。

很难想象州立法者，尤其是他们，如何能合理地同时担任两个公职。是的，从技术上讲这是一个兼职，但薪水并非兼职水平，工作量亦然。更不用说州立法者还主导着诸如如何向地方政府分配资金等决定。

伊利诺伊州已经就公职人员可以同时担任的职位类型制定了一些规则，限制包括市长不能在同一市镇担任其他职务。法官在任职期间被禁止兼任多个职务。

这些规则的指导原则是“不兼容性”：如果担任两个公职会产生不可调和的冲突，则不能兼任。这完全正确。

但在我们看来，在伊利诺伊州，还有许多目前的规则未能捕捉到的不兼容情况。

本周名言

“多莉不仅为我打开了门，也为她的整个家庭打开了门，让我们能够发挥出我们此前甚至不知道自己可能具备的潜力。多莉还为来自各行各业、横跨各大洲的几代歌手、词曲作者、音乐家和追梦人打开了门。通过她的榜样，我们相信一切皆有可能。在她眼中，没有她打不开的门，而她所打开的那些门创造并改变了历史。”

——布莱恩·西弗（BRYAN SEAVER），致敬其姨妈多莉·帕顿（Dolly Parton）

“他是多么有趣、性感且独树一帜的人。但我最爱他的一点是他的心。即使被困在轮椅上，他依然对粉丝如此温柔和慷慨。谢谢你，蒂姆，因为你对这么多人意义重大。爱你，S”

——苏珊·萨兰登（SUSAN SARANDON），致敬她在《摇滚恐怖画像》（Rocky Horror Picture Show）中的搭档蒂姆·卡瑞（Tim Curry）

“地方政府需要学会用更少的资源做更多的事，尤其是在当前这种不稳定的经济时期。而纳税人需要参与投票。北部和西北郊区的住宅税增长速度是通货膨胀率的三倍多。”——库克县司库玛丽亚·帕帕斯（MARIA PAPPAS）

“当你受到攻击时，你就处于战争状态。我们受到了攻击。”

——加拿大总理马克·卡尼（MARK CARNEY），谈及特朗普政府的关税政策

“我开始意识到，人生太短，不应该尝试在那些不感激你所带来之价值的地方进行建设。”

——Buc-ee's联合创始人阿奇·“海狸”·阿普林三世（ARCH "BEAVER" APLIN III），解释其选择扩张州的哲学

观点

芝加哥的住房政策如何能更好地支持公共安全

作者：延斯·路德维希 (Jens Ludwig) 特约撰稿

7月16日，在华盛顿公园社区南卡卢梅特大道 5100 号街区附近，四人遭到枪击，芝加哥警察在现场工作。ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

市长选举即将到来。无论谁在接下来的任期内管理这座城市，在解决芝加哥选民最关注的问题——枪支暴力方面，能投入的资金都将非常有限。在最近的一篇评论文章中，我在芝加哥大学犯罪实验室的团队提出了四个成本较低的方案，这些方案共同作用可以将全市的枪击事件数量最高削减一半。这里还有一个想法：重新调整芝加哥的住房政策，以更好地支持公共安全。

美国针对贫困人口的住房政策受两种相当自然的直觉引导。第一是住房昂贵；第二是年复一年地有许多低收入家庭难以负担居住之所。

其结果是，为了解决住房昂贵的问题，住房政策向人们提供在美社会政策标准看来非常丰厚的补贴（芝加哥的平均住房券补贴每年接近 $15,000）。而为了解决许多家庭长期贫困的问题，这些住房券与州政府运营的“贫困家庭临时援助”等社会计划不同，它们没有时间限制；只要人们的收入足够低，就可以一直持有。此外，联邦法规要求城市优先为最贫困的家庭提供住房帮助。

关于这是否是帮助美国低收入人群解决住房问题的最佳方式，一直存在一些争论。鉴于住房资金有限，在全国范围内，大约每 4 个贫困家庭中只有 1 个能获得住房帮助。原则上，我们可以给每个低收入家庭提供较小额度的补贴，从而让更大比例的贫困人口获得帮助。

但我想要关注的是当前方法中的另一个问题：像住房券这样的大型住房计划，在改善公共安全方面似乎没有起到太大作用。或许违背直觉的是，如果我们能将更大比例的住房资金集中在短期援助上，提供给那些不一定是“最贫困中的贫困者”或长期贫困者，而是正遭受

更具时效性的预算问题的人群，我们可能会获得更多的公共安全收益。

例如，圣母大学经济机会实验室的一项研究调查了数年前从芝加哥无家可归预防呼叫中心（HPC C）获得援助的人员情况。HPC C 帮助那些遭受“重大但暂时性危机”的人支付房租并维持水电供应。

结果如何？那些经历失业期、离婚或因意外支出或紧急情况而导致短期资金紧张的人被防止陷入无家可归的境地，且这些人因暴力犯罪被逮捕的率整整下降了 51%。这个教训告诉我们，通过住在别人的沙发上（合租挤在一起）或住在街头的帐篷里，会让人们暴露在暴力发生概率高得多的环境中。

第二个例子是家庭暴力受害者，这种情况在芝加哥疫情期间激增。住房帮助是家暴受害者的首要需求之一。人们担心，许多女性因为没有其他能负担得起的去处而不得不留在虐待者的身边。快速周转的临时住房援助可以让更多女性更快地逃离危险境地。稍微改变我们住房资金的分配比例，并将住房计划与服务于家暴受害者的其他社会服务入口更好地连接起来，有可能挽救许多生命。

例如，我们在芝加哥大学的研究团队将医疗记录数据与警方记录相结合，发现医疗数据（如 X 光图像）中存在一些被医生和护士忽略的细微信号，而这些信号预示着家庭暴力受害的情况——也就是说，这些细微信号有助于预测某人是否会在不久的将来向警方报案家庭暴力。在急诊室安排社会工作者将受害者与短期住房援助联系起来，就是一个能够潜在挽救许多生命的低成本方案示例。

问题不在于我们现在完全没有在做这些工作，而在于我们所做的工作似乎远远不够。例如，在全州范围内，整个伊利诺伊州似乎短缺数万张避难所床位以及其他类型的短期住房援助。具体到芝加哥，我们看到拨打 211 寻求快速周转援助以避免无家可归的人数正在增加。虽然联邦法规对我们如何重新利用联邦资金施加了实际限制，但由于芝加哥是美国住房和城市发展部“走向工作”（Moving to Work）计划的试点城市之一，因此我们拥有一定的额外灵活性。

一个资金充裕到溢出的城市在减少枪支暴力方面会有很多选择。但目前的芝加哥并没有资金充裕到这种程度，而且在短期内我们也不太可能面临这种“烦恼”。我们需要思考具体、可操作且基于证据的方法，以便利用现有的城市资金获得更高的公共安全——包括我在本文中所主张的，从我们的住房计划中获得更多的公共安全“双重红利”。

延斯·路德维希（Jens Ludwig）是芝加哥大学的埃德温·A. 和贝蒂·L. 伯格曼杰出服务教授，芝加哥大学犯罪实验室的普利兹克主任，美国国家医学科学院选任院士，以及《不宽恕之地：美国枪支暴力的意外起源》（Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence）一书的作者。

内塔尼亚胡无需信任哈马斯即可接受和平

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡于8月17日在耶路撒冷为其所属的利库德党初选投票，此次初选是在10月以色列大选之前举行的。OHAD ZWIGENBERG / AP, POOL

作者：John Aziz 和 Eli J. Finkel 特约撰稿

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡面临的困境——是否要与一个他厌恶且不信任的对手寻求和平——绝非新鲜事。至少自1948, 以来，以色列和巴勒斯坦的领导人们就必须决定哪种风险更可承受：升级的风险，还是缓和的风险。

内塔尼亚胡的困境同时也是一个难得的机会，这源于哈马斯同意了和平委员会（Board of Peace）关于该武装组织分阶段解除武装的提案，其中包括其声明的停止所有军事活动的承诺。尽管多年来一直要求对方解除武装，但内塔尼亚胡拒绝了这项协议。

毫无疑问，他有充分的理由不信任哈马斯，因为后者对其在2023年10月7, 2023. 犯下的暴行依然毫无悔意。哈马斯发言人加齐·哈马德（Ghazi Hamad）在2023年承诺，将“一次又一次”地重复10月7, “again and again”直到以色列被消灭。在最近的一次采访中，当被问及是否会撤回这一威胁时，他拒绝这样做。

但接受目前的提案并不依赖于信任哈马斯。根据和平委员会的路线图，在确认加沙任何区域没有武器之前，以色列无需从该区域撤军。根据该委员会的谈判代表尼古莱·姆拉德诺夫（Nickolay Mladenov）的说法，一旦这种情况发生，以色列将撤出——随后由一名美国将军领导的国际稳定部队将进入该地区以确保安全。这一过程将逐个区域重复，直到哈马斯完全解除武装且以色列完全从加沙撤出。

诚然，内塔尼亚胡更希望哈马斯在以色列开始任何撤军之前在整个加沙地带完全解除武装（正如哈马斯希望以色列在它开始任何解除武装之前完全撤出一样）。但拒绝妥协是有风险的，因为这会助长一种“顽固不化”的论调。几十年来，巴勒斯坦人一直被提醒：“以色列之前在戴维营向你们提供过和平方案，但亚西尔·阿拉法特（Yasser Arafat）走掉了。我们为什么还要把你们当成严肃的和平伙伴？”

无论人们是否认为这种论调可信——巴勒斯坦方面的观点是，当时摆在桌面上的协议不足以建立一个可行的国家——它已成为以色列拒绝为和平承担进一步风险的武器。

内塔尼亚胡现在面临着将类似的武器赠予哈马斯的风险。如果内塔尼亚胡拒绝和平委员会的协议，那么哈马斯可以说：“我们向以色列提供了解除武装——也就是他们声称想要的东西。但他们拒绝了。那么未来我们为什么还要再次提出解除武装？”

随着以色列的国际声誉暴跌，它无法承受让哈马斯获得这次公关胜利。

内塔尼亚胡并没有像伊扎克·拉宾（Yitzhak Rabin）、埃胡德·巴拉克（Ehud Barak）和埃胡德·奥尔默特（Ehud Olmert）等以色列领导人那样，试图通过谈判解决来结束冲突，相反，他被广泛认为试图通过专注于安全措施，并通过军事占领和定居点建设增加对巴勒斯坦人的压力来“管理”冲突。然而，在10月7日之后，这种认为冲突可以被管理的观念已破碎不堪。

在地理政治冲突中，每一种行为都会使冲突向和平方向或战争方向倾斜。任何特定行为的后果可能是微小且具有概率性的，但总体的轨迹——是趋向和平还是趋向更多战争——至关重要。

正如关于1986年雷克雅未克核峰会的新电影《战争边缘》（The Brink of War）中所准确描绘的那样，米哈伊尔·戈尔巴乔夫（贾里德·哈里斯饰）和罗纳德·里根（杰夫·丹尼尔斯饰）都以雄心勃勃且慷慨的去核化提议让对方感到惊讶。那次峰会在未达成协议的情况下闭幕，但两位领导人在迈向和平方向上采取的大胆步骤，为次年具有里程碑意义的《中程核力量条约》铺平了道路。

以色列与哈马斯的冲突是一座错失机遇的坟场。过去拒绝和平机遇的领导人们，以各自微小的方式，促成了近年来以色列人和巴勒斯坦人所遭受的恐怖苦难。阿拉法特在2000年拒绝了戴维营提供的机遇，增加了巴勒斯坦人未来遭遇灾难的风险。以色列总理阿里埃尔·沙龙在2002年未能认真推进《阿拉伯和平倡议》，增加了以色列人未来遭遇灾难的风险。

对于内塔尼亚胡而言，给哈马斯一个解除武装的机会，以换取将加沙地带互惠地归还给巴勒斯坦人民，将是迈向和平的有意义的一步，且这一步很可能会降低再次发生10月 7 日事件的概率。

当然，没有任何事情是绝对保证的，军事鹰派总能提供逻辑自洽的论据，来说明缓和局势的风险过大。而这类论据往往忽略的是拒绝缓和局势所带来的风险。

现状是恐怖的。自2023年以来加沙地带的死亡与屠杀令人难以想象，而人类的体面要求巴勒斯坦人民有机会回归到一种更人性化的生存状态。与此同时，哈马斯仍然是加沙地带占据主导地位且武装精良的执政派系。

一名领导者要敢于顶住己方最强硬的鹰派声音，需要巨大的勇气，正如戈尔巴乔夫和里根在雷克雅未克所愿意做的那样。而现在正是需要勇气时刻：从以色列的角度来看，拒绝一项不仅具有解除哈马斯武装的真实潜力，而且能推动以色列人和巴勒斯坦人走向和平、尊严以及两国人民共同实现民族自决的协议，是自毁前程的。

接受协议意味着承担风险。但拒绝协议同样如此——以色列人和巴勒斯坦人已经领教了认为维持现状是更安全选择所付出的可怕代价。

和平并不要求内塔尼亚胡信任哈马斯。这项提议要求的是一些更困难且更现实的东西：即每一方都采取一个可验证的步骤。然后是下一个。

几十年来，以色列和巴勒斯坦的领导人们一直必须在升级的风险与缓和的风险之间做出选择。内塔尼亚胡现在也面临着这个选择。而更大的风险在于原地踏步。

约翰·阿齐兹（John Aziz）是一位作家、分析师和和平倡导者。伊莱·J·芬克尔（Eli J. Finkel）是西北大学教授，也是利托维茨开明分歧中心（Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement）的创始共同主任。

在库克县，人们追求的是政治，而非正义

2025年12月2日，库克县州检察官艾琳·奥尼尔·伯克在芝加哥城市俱乐部的一次午餐会上提交其就职第一年的进展报告。E. JASON WAMBSGANS / 芝加哥论坛报

一个唯一意图是保护公共安全的男人，现在背负着一项新的重罪定罪——因为在审判中坚持清白的代价，就是面临在监狱中死去的风险。这不是仁慈，也不是正义。相反，这就是这台机器按照设计运行的方式。

作者：Otis Moss III, Michael Pfleger, Seth Limmer 以及 Ciera Bates-Chamberlain 特约撰稿于《论坛报》

在最近的一个周一早晨，在布里奇维尤的一间法庭里，纳基亚·史密斯承认了一项重罪。他的罪名是：携带一把打算交给警察的枪，走进位于东111街的卡卢梅特区警察局。他的一个员工在清理房产时发现了这把武器，而史密斯——在出狱后的13年里一直致力于指导年轻人、在罗斯兰照料社区花园，并志愿服务于反暴力组织芝加哥CRED——做了我们告诉邻居们应该做的事：他将枪交给了当局。

为此，史密斯被逮捕，在库克县监狱度过了七个月，佩戴了电子脚镣，并且在面临一旦定罪将被判处6到30年监禁的情况下，接受了一项协议。他认罪，接受“已服刑时间”作为处罚，然后回家。

有些人会将这个结果（一项以已服刑时间结案的协议）视为仁慈。但仔细观察：一个唯一意图是保护公共安全的男人，现在背负着一项新的重罪定罪——因为在审判中坚持清白的代价，就是面临在监狱中死去的风险。这不是仁慈，也不是正义。相反，这就是这台机器按照设计运行的方式。

这个国家绝大多数的刑事案件从未进入陪审团审理阶段；它们以认罪告终，而决定是否认罪，与其说是基于事实，不如说是基于被告能够承受多少风险。我们的社区里有一句老话，史密斯的案例再次证明了它的真实性：与其清白而贫穷，不如有罪而富有。

在对我们所服务的传统至关重要的《申命记》中，为司法系统制定了一套神圣的蓝图。法官必须“不可偏袒”，不可收受贿赂，“因为贿赂能使明眼人失明”。被系统授权的人必须“平等地倾听卑微者与高贵者的诉求”，且不应对任何一方心存恐惧或敬畏。

最重要的是，《申命记》要求：“你要追求正义，追求正义。”经文不会无故重复。两次提及的正义，必须是两次同样的正义——在北岸与在罗斯兰一样，对于穿着定制西装的被告与穿着工作外套的被告一样。一个衡量邮政编码、收入和肤色的法院，已经接受了贿赂；它收取的报酬并非现金，而是其他形式的东西。

看看其他案例。艾维·凯利在二十多年来一直坚持，他在1999年杀害其所谓挚友的指控中是清白的。在一家上诉法院认定其审判存在缺陷后，检察官向他提供了立即获得自由的机会——条件是他必须认罪。他拒绝用谎言购买自由，因此，这位51岁的男人今天坐在库克县监狱的高安全级别分区中，因为讲述真相而受罚。

再看看海梅·里奥斯，他在20岁时因一起1989年的谋杀案被定罪，而该案是由雷纳尔多·格瓦拉调查的——这位名声扫地的前侦探被指控陷害了数十名芝加哥人。里奥斯在监狱中度过了17年；今年2月，一个联邦陪审团判给其750,000美元的赔偿——相当于被窃取的每一年获得约44,000美元。而那位因渎职将其送入监狱的侦探，每年领取超过91,000美元的退休金。在这个县里，陷害一个人的年收入，比被陷害的人获得的赔偿还要高。

补偿正变得越来越罕见。之前的州检察官办公室对被平反者申请的无罪证明的反对率约为 1 in 4，而现任办公室则反对 4 out of 5，迫使那些已经失去数十年人生的人再次花费数月时间，去证明法官已经认定的事实。

两年前在这些版面中，在现任州检察官艾琳·奥尼尔·伯克（Eileen O'Neill Burke）以不足 1,600 票的优势赢得初选后，我们曾写到她参选之谜——一个包裹在“严厉打击犯罪”外壳下的、关于维护改革的承诺。

这个谜团现在有了答案。

拘留请求在增加，监狱里关押的人数比她就职前多了数百人。被平反者遭到质疑。凯利（Kelly）在等待。而追求和平的战士史密斯（Smith）再次成为了重罪犯。在我们看来，这似乎是在追求政治，而非正义。

我们写这篇文章并非为了谴责某一位官员；我们写是因为《申命记》命令整个社区追求正义。在今天的芝加哥，追求正义意味着纠正。在这种情况下，纠正并不复杂。它不需要建立新法院或制定新法律才能开始，只需要那些已经拥有行动权力的人改变做法。

因此，让州检察官记住，检察官的自由裁量权正是为了处理此类案件而存在的。将史密斯指控为武装惯犯的法律并不强制要求该项指控；是检察官选择了它，而检察官同样可以轻易地不选择它。关于凯利的情况也是如此：法规中没有任何条款强制要求该办公室继续质疑一个上诉法院已经提出质疑的案件，也没有强制要求将拒绝虚假认罪视为危险的证据。让我们的司法系统停止同时对抗无辜者和诚实者，让仁慈成为一项政策，而不是取决于检察官政治倾向的偶然事件。

愿我们追求双倍的正义：对富人和穷人一样，对低层和高层一样，好让《申命记》所命令的“双倍”不再仅仅是我们阅读的文字，而是我们县实行的惯例。愿我们保护那些行善之人，而非起诉他们。愿我们讲述关于法院的真相，并在讲述之后对其进行修复。

愿在库克县（Cook County）做正确的事不再需要付出任何代价的那一天早日到来。

芝加哥宗教领袖拉比塞斯·利默（Rabbi Seth Limmer）、奥蒂斯·莫斯三世牧师（Rev. Otis Moss III）、西埃拉·贝茨-钱伯林牧师（Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain）和迈克尔·普弗勒牧师（Rev. Michael Pfleger）在 2022 年夏天加入了《芝加哥论坛报》的评论版块，就芝加哥长期存在的枪支暴力问题的潜在解决方案撰写了一系列专栏文章。该专栏目前不定期持续更新。

民之声

为印第安纳州西北部寻求答案 大约两周的时间里，印第安纳州西北部的许多家庭承受了极大的艰辛。房屋陷入黑暗，食物腐烂，企业和学校陷入混乱。数以千计的邻居日复一日地等待电力恢复。

我对这种经历有所体会。我自己的家中就停电了10天。

8月11日的风暴是灾难性的。我们应当意识到损失的规模，并感谢在整个恢复过程中孜孜不倦工作的线路工人、急救人员、市政雇员、志愿者以及邻居们。

近两周没有电力，时间实在太长了。

州长迈克·布劳恩（Mike Braun）已要求对 NIPSCO 在此次灾难中的准备工作和应对措施展开调查。我不仅支持这项调查，还要求布劳恩扩大调查范围，确保印第安纳州西北部的电费缴纳者得到保护。印第安纳州西北部的人民理应得到明确的答案和真正的解决方案。

我们对公用事业问题的关注并非始于这场风暴。今年4月，我在加里市（Gary）参与了与印第安纳州公用事业监管委员会的讨论，当时居民们对公用事业成本、可靠性和问责制提出了担忧。这些问题在今天显得更为重要。

我们需要知道我们的系统准备得如何，植被和路权是否得到了充分维护，以及由电费缴纳者出资的基础设施和可靠性投资是否兑现了承诺。

我还与印第安纳州参议院公用事业委员会主席讨论了我们可以从这次灾难中学习到什么，以及在印第安纳州议会重新开会时，我们应该审查哪些措施，以使我们的社区能更好地应对下一次重大风暴。

我不想预设这些答案。我希望我们能找到它们。

当最后一户人家重新接通电源时，我们的工作不能就此结束。我们欠印第安纳州西北部的不仅仅是恢复电力。我们欠当地人民的是答案、问责制，以及一个能应对未来任何挑战、准备更充分的系统。 ——印第安纳州参议员 马克·斯宾塞（Mark Spencer），民主党-加里市

竞选活动的社交媒体视频

当我竞选市长时，我们较为成功的社交媒体尝试之一是我在吃虾。一段在 75 街和文森内斯路（Vincennes）的 Haire's Gulf Shrimp 拍摄的视频——那是一家很棒的家族经营小企业——吸引了数十万次的观看。

人们开始问我一个相当合理的问题：你到底在干什么？你不是在竞选市长吗？

答案是我想展示竞选活动中更人性化的一面——一个普通的芝加哥人，在品尝芝加哥最棒的一些美食。我想推广一家优秀的小企业。当然，我还想增加关注者。

因为如果有人因为虾而关注我，也许第二天他们会看到一段关于办理营业执照为什么耗时太长的视频。或者是关于住房、公共安全，或是城市财政的视频。

这就是各地政治人物试图寻找的平衡点。最好的政治内容看起来和感觉起来就像普通的社交媒体内容，但它同时能就某些实质性问题告知、教育或说服人们。

这没有错。政治可以多一些个性与快乐。并非每一次与候选人的互动都需要是对养老金债务进行六分钟的解释。如果一段视频能让一个平时根本不在意地方政府的人关注起来，你或许就能将他们带入对话之中。

问题在于，当“关注度”本身变成了全部目的，或者当竞选活动模糊了政治广告与原生内容之间的界限时，麻烦就来了。

竞选活动越来越多地与拥有自己受众的付费影响力人物（influencers）合作。付费让创作者接触受众，这本身并不比购买电视广告更阴险，但两者之间有一个重要的区别。

当你看到一条竞选广告时，你知道它就是竞选广告。但当你关注的某个创作者突然开始赞扬一名候选人时，你可能根本不知道他们是真心如此，还是因为拿了钱。

解决方法很简单。如果政治内容是付费的，就应该清晰地披露。伊利诺伊州还应该让选民能够轻松地查到这些款项。

社交媒体可以向你展示芝加哥，但它不能取代芝加哥。

因此，我鼓励候选人们拍摄视频。寻找乐趣，吸引更多人参与对话。只要对谁在为什么付费保持透明，有值得讲述的内容——并且不要忘记放下手机，去见那些你请求代表的人们。

利亚姆·斯坦顿（Liam Stanton），芝加哥

开始工作吧，约翰逊市长

我们的市长正把时间和精力花在发布行政命令上，而不是花在真正的问题上：为什么更换铅管的成本比某个郊区高出三倍、资金不足的养老金计划、警察加班水平、芝加哥交通局（CTA）以及学校资金问题。

虽然布兰登·约翰逊（Brandon Johnson）的行政命令是合法的（不像总统的许多命令那样），但它们并没有在很大程度上改善芝加哥人的生活。

开始工作吧，市长先生。 — 李·贝伦鲍姆（Lee Berenbaum），芝加哥

DNR对湖水的处理

8月27日关于郊区挑战芝加哥对密歇根湖水垄断地位的社论（《郊区对芝加哥密歇根湖水垄断的挑战引发巨浪》）未能提及一个事实。根据《密歇根湖水位法》，伊利诺伊州自然资源部（DNR）负责密歇根湖水的分配，而几十年来，DNR一直未能服务于公众利益。郊区对芝加哥的挫败感正是DNR对我们宝贵资源管理不善的直接结果。

由于DNR没有执行其自身的节水规定，每年有多达250 亿美元加仑的水通过众多市镇中泄漏且老旧的水主管流失。

迪克·兰永，埃文斯顿

应对气候的行动

近几个夏天笼罩在芝加哥天际线上的橙色阴霾是一个严酷的提醒：气候灾难不持有护照。加拿大境内打破纪录的野火将我们共同呼吸的空气变成了季节性的公共卫生危机，引发了频繁的空气质量警报，并加剧了数千名当地居民的健康状况。

这场跨境危机为美国共同采取行动提供了一个强有力且紧迫的机会。科学原理很简单：地球变暖使我们的景观干涸，将火灾季节延伸为全年威胁。

我们并非无能为力的旁观者。通过在美境内积极削减碳排放，我们可以直接防止边境两岸的这些野火进一步恶化。迅速转向清洁能源并收紧排放标准，能直接冷却驱动这些特大火灾的全球气候引擎。

如果不采取紧急行动来遏制气温上升，野火将继续失控。我们今天忍受的灾难性夏天将成为明天的常态，成为一个没有人想要生活的未来。

读者可以致电或发送电子邮件给他们的代表，敦促支持清洁能源补贴、碳定价和更严格的工业排放限制。

——约瑟夫·赖特迈尔，芒特普罗斯佩克特

奥黑尔和中途岛机场的爆胎事件

在8月份，奥黑尔国际机场至少有四架喷气式飞机，中途岛国际机场有一架喷气式飞机发生了爆胎。我作为一个绝对业余者的观点是，跑道和滑行道可能患有与我们公路相同的疾病。

我经常在肯尼迪和伊登快车道上行驶，自春季以来，路面状况极其糟糕；感觉就像在震动带上行驶了数英里。我已经开车超过50年了，从未遇到过这种情况。

我在想，这是否也会对我的轮胎产生负面影响。

——保拉·J·施奈德曼，芝加哥

父母在疫苗接种上的冲突

感谢芭芭拉·亨德里克森博士在8月26日版中关于疫苗的来信（《为什么给孩子接种疫苗很重要》）。作为一名护士，我知道麻疹感染的一些并发症。但我之前并不了解对免疫力的持续风险或亚急性硬化性全脑炎。父母希望尽最大努力保护孩子，但对已提供数十年的疫苗的不信任和错误信息让父母陷入矛盾。关于疫苗接种的决定应由父母及其儿科医生 / 医疗服务提供者共同做出。

帕特里夏·邦克，米德洛锡安

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1926年8月7日，一列为此次活动而装饰的新型电力火车开始在伊利诺伊中央铁路（Illinois Central Railroad）的轨道上滑行。芝加哥先驱与检查报（CHICAGO HERALD AND EXAMINER）

享受旅程

首批电力通勤列车改善了空气质量，促进了南区发展

1971年，伊利诺伊中央铁路（Illinois Central Railroad）总裁艾伦·博伊德（Alan Boyd）乘坐在一辆新型双层电力客车后门的阳台位上。CHICAGO TODAY

作者：玛丽安·马瑟（Marianne Mather） 《芝加哥论坛报》

“伊利诺伊中央铁路的郊区服务已经实现了电气化！”在1926年8月，四列现代钢制电力列车平稳且安静地驶入罗斯福街车站的一天后，《论坛报》如此惊叹道。

这种兴奋之情并未就此停止，该报将电力铁路服务称为“芝加哥伟大梦想实现之始”，以及“一项对芝加哥现在和未来具有不可估量价值的成就，足以被视为我们历史上的一个纪元”。

伊利诺伊中央铁路（通常被称为 I.C.）于1850年首次铺设轨道。由于该铁路有助于保护海岸免受侵蚀，市政府批准了沿湖岸运行的列车。

但这一决定很快产生了反作用，因为芝加哥的“前院”开始被煤烟、雾霾和嘈杂的蒸汽机车所困扰。为了解决这个问题，市政府要求 I.C. 将线路电气化。

当时，电力还是一个新兴产业，曾在1893年世界博览会上引起轰动。20世纪初，电灯的嗡嗡声变得 commonplace，家庭也开始享受这种便利。但要让载客的重型列车电气化？这对这座城市来说完全是一件新鲜事。I.C. 成为首家开通电力服务的蒸汽铁路公司，帮助湖岸恢复了往日的美景。

1926年7月22日，《论坛报》报道了首列沿轨道滑行的列车，该列车在前一天将乘客从南郊送往兰多夫街，距离为30英里。

《论坛报》报道称：“与蒸汽机车颠簸、剧烈的启动相比，它在两个车站的启动极其平稳，且加速如此渐进，以至于乘客几乎没有察觉。”“噪音的减少增加了旅途的舒适度。这列列车的噪音比目前牵引郊区列车的那些肮脏、喷气如茶壶般的机车要小得多。而且比高架列车的噪音也要小得多。”

1975年，工人们在64街和多切斯特大道的南芝加哥通勤线上拼接架空电线。合并后，该铁路当时被称为伊利诺伊中央湾铁路（Illinois Central Gulf）。ROY HALL / 《芝加哥论坛报》

在试运行两周后，市府举行了一场庆祝活动，包括在密歇根大道和密歇根湖两地举行游行，并在菲尔德博物馆前加冕“交通小姐”。《论坛报》写道：“伊利诺伊州各城市的十位市长、38位铁路总裁以及116个商业和公民组织的负责人，将乘坐8月7日正式开通伊利诺伊中央铁路电力郊区服务的首班列车。”

住在 I.C. 轨道附近、多年来一直抗议烟雾、煤烟和灰烬的居民们尤其高兴，因为他们的家很快变得更加宜居。《论坛报》在1926年8月8日报道称：“过去抗议最激烈的许多妇女组织在庆祝活动中占据了显著位置。”除了更平稳的旅程和更清洁的空气，电气化还使南区和南郊的发展受益，当地居民期待新服务将加速该地区的购房和建房。

该铁路线至今仍在运行。Metra 于1987年将其收购，并将其更名为 Metra Electric。

“这条线路在芝加哥及其南部郊区的历史上发挥了深远的影响，”Metra执行董事兼首席执行官吉姆·德温斯基（Jim Derwinski）表示，“其在1926年的电气化对芝加哥的经济发展和生活质量产生了巨大的影响。”

如果您对《芝加哥论坛报》复古版（Vintage Chicago Tribune）有任何想法，请通过 mmather@chicagotribune.com 与玛丽安·马瑟（Marianne Mather）分享。

乘客们坐在1968年的一列伊利诺伊中央铁路（Illinois Central Railroad）电力通勤列车上。芝加哥论坛报档案

乘客们在1972年登上伊利诺伊中央铁路的 Highliner 列车，行程协调员丽塔·查鲁哈斯（Rita Charuhas）和列车员康妮·伦德奎斯特（Connie Lundquist）在迎接他们。汤姆·基纳汉 / 芝加哥今日

伊朗领导层利用时机强化统治

前革命卫队负责人莫森·雷扎伊（Mohsen Rezaei）在德黑兰投票，他现任伊朗最高国家安全委员会秘书。他和其他强硬派领导人在伊朗领导人死于战争后掌权。VAHID SALEMI / AP 2024

在 6 个月的战争中， 核心统治者巩固 掌控力，挫败美国目标

作者：Lee Keath 和 David Rising，美联社（ASSOCIATED PRESS）

阿拉伯联合酋长国，迪拜 —— 在经历了六个月的战争后，伊朗的领导层已凝聚在由长期根植于统治神权体制的军方将领和神职人员组成的强硬核心周围。他们已为与美国可能进行的长期对抗做好准备，并决心防止国内出现任何动荡。

这与唐纳德·特朗普总统最初希望推翻伊斯兰共和国的期望，以及他随后声称“政权更迭”已使更多妥协的官员走到前台的说法大相径庭。

伊朗的新领导层对与特朗普达成任何协议几乎不抱信心 —— 在举行谈判期间他们曾两次遭到攻击 —— 并且在美国补充拦截弹供应后，他们可能会为另一次袭击做准备。由于美国持续的封锁以及特朗普计划实施的新制裁威胁要窒息伊朗已经恶化的经济，他们还威胁要升级战争。

伊朗最高国家安全委员会新任秘书莫森·雷扎伊上周末表示：“如果（特朗普）想要采取行动，我们将以地震般的方式进行报复。”他在 X 平台的一篇帖子中表示，“如果经济战继续，波斯湾将不会出口一滴石油”。

雷扎伊的任命出现在最高领袖阿亚图拉·穆吉塔巴·哈梅内伊（Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei）最近发布的一系列法令中，这些法令正式确定了伊朗的新高级领导层，包括最高军事职位。哈梅内伊的父亲以及许多最高层人员在 28 日由美国和以色列发起的轰炸行动中丧生。

或许最具有指示意义的是新任命的巴斯基（Basij）负责人，这是革命卫队的志愿者街头部队，在 1 月份导致数千人死亡的全国性抗议活动被镇压过程中发挥了重要作用。该职位由 63, 岁的侯赛因·塔耶布（Hossein Taeb）担任，他是一名强硬的神职人员，也是长期担任情报 chief 的负责人，曾在 2009 年领导了首批大规模的抗议镇压行动。

他的任命被视为一个信号，表明领导层意在防止随着对经济的不满蔓延而出现任何新的动荡。

自从以色列的袭击导致其父亲、担任伊朗最高领袖约 37 年的阿亚图拉·阿里·哈梅内伊（Ayatollah Ali Khamenei）丧生以来，56 岁的哈梅内伊一直没有在公开场合出现，甚至没有出现过视频或音频。据信，年轻的哈梅内伊在袭击中受伤。他的公开缺席可能反映出围绕他的安保深度（因为他很可能在以色列的瞄准范围内），或者反映出其伤势的严重程度。

随着 8 月 11 和 12, 日公布的任命，他让自己处于像雷扎伊和塔耶布这样长期个人盟友的包围之中。

巴林国际战略研究所（IISS）中东办公室分析师萨沙·布鲁赫曼（Sascha Bruchmann）表示，他们是“一群在过去几十年中共同服役的高级旧将”。

71, 岁的雷扎伊在革命卫队的形成时期，经历了整个 1980-1988 年与伊拉克的战争直到 1997. 年期间领导该准军事组织。自 2009 年以来，他多次作为强硬派候选人竞选总统。

68, 岁的艾哈迈德·瓦希迪（Ahmad Vahidi）准将获确认担任卫队负责人，自其前任与年长的哈梅内伊一同被杀后，他一直担任代理指挥官。此外，卫队海军部队代理指挥官阿里·奥兹迈（Ali Ozmaei）将军和军事参谋长阿里·阿卜杜拉希（Ali Abdollahi）将军也获得了职位的确认。

布鲁赫曼指出雷扎伊多年来一直是瓦希迪的指挥官，并表示重点似乎在于确保统一。他说：“这看起来像是内部凝聚，即强硬核心人员被拉入了内部圈子。”

全球商业信息公司 Kpler 的首席石油分析师 Homayoun Falakshahi 写道，Rezaei 和 Vahidi 的任命表明“立场更强硬的官员影响力在增加”。

尽管如此，升级并非不可避免，他表示，伊朗可能会发现很难在“不引发导致其处境更糟的报复的情况下，通过足够的升级来恢复威慑力”。

6 月达成的一项停火协议在双方交火中迅速瓦解。伊朗要求释放协议规定的数十亿美元冻结资产，并要求获得对霍尔木兹海峡的正式管辖权。

总统马苏德·佩泽什基安（Masoud Pezeshkian）是目前仍呼吁通过谈判解决问题的最重要声音之一。他的盟友认为，在经济遭受损失的情况下继续战争，伊朗面临着操之过急的风险。

佩泽什基安上周表示：“结束战争会更好，因为今天我们拥有权力与尊严，全世界都认可我们的胜利，而美国则被憎恨。”他还为 6 月的停火协议辩护，反驳强硬派关于该协议让步过多的指责。

与拒绝任何谈判的极端强硬派不同，Rezaei 认为如果美国退让，达成协议是有可能的。周一，他告诉巴基斯坦调停者阿西姆·穆尼尔（Asim Munir）将军，美国应该“改变态度，并就执行停火协议的条件采取实际行动”。

总部位于德黑兰的政治分析师 Ahmad Zeidabadi 表示，关于“国家的未来路径存在严重分歧”。

他在支持佩泽什基安的《Hammihan》报纸上写道，强硬派反对与美国关系正常化，因为“他们的生存取决于冲突和敌对状态的存在”。

到目前为止，尽管伊朗人发现购买基本生活必需品变得更加困难，但尚未出现新抗议活动的迹象。

法院裁定：9 / 11事件中向FBI提交的供词涉及CIA酷刑

军事法官剔除该人物的承认，认定其并非出于自愿

作者：卡罗尔·罗森伯格（Carol Rosenberg） 《纽约时报》

在针对被指控策划9月11日袭击事件的哈立德·谢赫·穆罕默德（Khalid Sheikh Mohammed）的案件中，美国政府遭遇打击。一名军事法官周五裁定，该囚犯向联邦调查局（FBI）特工提交的供词并非自愿，不能在审判中用作对其不利的证据。

检察官此前将穆罕默德2007年在古巴关塔那摩湾美国海军基地接受的审讯，描述为这起长期死刑案件中政府最关键的证据。

但他的供词一直受到质疑，因为在被起诉的数年前，政府曾在CIA的秘密监狱中使用酷刑对他进行审问。

这一裁决恰逢袭击事件25周年纪念日前夕。如果检察官决定提起上诉以恢复该证据，审判的开始时间可能会被进一步推迟。

年迈的幸存者和受害者家属表示，他们担心可能永远无法看到此案的最终结果。

就在上周，法官将审判日期定在2028年6月5日。

穆罕默德被指控是

穆罕默德

被指控是导致纽约、宾夕法尼亚州和五角大楼近3,000人死亡的劫机袭击事件的幕后主使。

他在2003年被捕后，在海外监狱被CIA残酷审讯，并在被转移至关塔那摩之前一直被禁闭至2006.。检察官将那些审讯中的陈述（包括183次水刑）排除在案件之外。

但审判法官迈克尔·施拉马（Michael Schrama）中校采取了更进一步的行动，认定穆罕默德随后在2007年于关塔那摩接受的审讯同样不可采信。

“控方未能以证据优势证明穆罕默德先生向FBI提交的陈述是自愿提供的，”施拉马在他长达45页的裁决书结论中写道。该裁决书并未立即向公众公布，但其非机密内容已得到几位看过该文件的律师确认。

纽约世界贸易中心双子塔浓烟滚滚。哈立德·谢赫·穆罕默德被指控为9 / 11袭击事件的策划者。GENE BOYARS / AP 2001

施拉马引用了多个因素，包括在2007年穆罕默德于关塔那摩接受审问期间，“CIA心理调控和严重胁迫的连续不断”。

他还发现，FBI特工故意没有明确告知穆罕默德他拥有保持沉默和咨询律师的权利，以及他告诉他们的话可能会在审判中被用作对其不利的证据。

首席检察官亚伦·C·鲁（Aaron C. Rugh）海军少将表示，他的团队将审查该裁决，“并在近期决定是否提起上诉”。

根据规则，检察官有五天时间决定是否上诉，但可以申请额外五天的期限。

辩护律师此前主张，穆罕默德在本质上是通过酷刑以及数年的隔离和单独监禁被CIA“调教”，以便随后告诉FBI对方想听的内容。直到他在供述并被起诉很久之后，才被允许咨询律师。

穆罕默德的律师加里·索沃兹（Gary Sowards）表示，法官的决定“提供了一堂公民课，说明了为什么政府不应从事如此可耻的行为”。

如果没有这些供词，检察官将需要依赖文件、电话截听记录和其他对话记录来对他进行审判。其中部分证据在案件中同样存在争议。

但根据关塔那摩的拘留原则，美国认为作为反恐战争的一部分，即使没有审判和定罪，也可以永久拘押穆罕默德。

此次审判的目的在于阐明19名来自中东的劫机者是如何抵达美国，并在美国本土实施其历史上最严重的恐怖袭击的。

穆罕默德被指控在 20 世纪 90 年代构思了该计划，并将其提交给奥萨马·本·拉登，同时协助挑选并培训劫机者。

施拉马尚未对 9 月 11 日案件中另外两名被告瓦利德·本·阿塔什和穆斯塔法·al-Hawsawi 的供词做出裁决。此前，马修·麦考尔上校法官驳回了穆罕默德的侄子阿马尔·al-Baluchi 的供词，后者被指控在资金和旅行安排方面为 19 名劫机者中的部分人员提供帮助。

另一位法官兰尼·阿科斯塔上校则压制了“科尔号”导弹驱逐舰爆炸案被告阿卜杜·拉希姆·al-Nashiri 的供词，并明确认定其曾受到美国中央情报局（CIA）的酷刑。针对其在 2000 年导致 17 名美国水兵死亡的袭击事件中的死刑审判计划于 10 月开始。

9 月 11 日案件自 2012 年起诉以来，一直陷入审前程序的泥潭之中。

赫格塞斯阻挠 4 名与被免职将领有关联的陆军军官晋升

作者：Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt 以及 Helene Cooper 《纽约时报》

华盛顿 —— 现任及前任国防官员表示，国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯（Pete Hegseth）正在阻挠 4 名被选定晋升为准将（一星级）的陆军军官的晋升。这一极不寻常的举动似乎旨在针对那些曾为他不喜欢的将领工作的军官。

今年，赫格塞斯已将至少 45 名由同行评审委员会选出的军官从晋升名单中剔除。其中超过一半的军官为女性或黑人。

赫格塞斯的行为似乎违反了旨在基于功绩的晋升系统管理规则。

国防官员表示，在最新名单中被剔除的部分陆军军官近期似乎曾为前陆军参谋长兰迪·乔治（Randy George）将军工作，赫格塞斯在 4 月份在未给出解释的情况下将其解雇。其他军官则与美国陆军驻欧最高指挥官克里斯托弗·多纳休（Christopher Donahue）将军有关联，后者在今年夏天被强制离开陆军。

通常，陆军准将晋升名单包含约 30 多名军官。

乔治和多纳休领导了陆军向由无人机和人工智能主导的未来战场的转型，而近期名单中被剔除的军官在塑造其现代化愿景方面发挥了关键作用。

官员们表示，一名被阻挠晋升的军官曾指挥陆军首批“接触中转型”旅之一。这些由 3,000 名士兵组成的单位被鼓励在进行战争训练的同时，尝试新的无人机和人工智能技术。

他的想法被陆军所有步兵旅所采纳。

熟悉该名单的官员表示，该军官被针对还因为他在研究生课程中写过一篇关于政治极化对陆军招募和留住人才能力影响的论文。目前尚不清楚赫格塞斯或其团队成员为何认为该论文令人反感。

今年 3 月，赫格塞斯从一份包含 34 名军官的陆军准将晋升名单中剔除了 4 名军官。被赫格塞斯针对的军官中有两名黑人男性和两名女性，这促使一些高级军方官员质疑这些军官是否因种族或性别而被单独选中。

官员们表示，赫格塞斯还解雇或强制驱逐了约六名高级军官——他们是陆军中经历过最丰富战斗洗礼的一代领导者——这将使该军种未来几年的高层职级出现空缺。

现任及前任官员表示，自从赫格塞斯在 4 月份解雇乔治以来，陆军一直没有参谋长，且没有迹象表明他近期将填补这一职位。

选举监察员访问怀俄明州

共和党州长对美国司法部观察员“非常奇怪”的行为表示反对

作者：蒂姆·巴尔克（Tim Balk）

《纽约时报》

当地官员表示，两名来自司法部的选举监察员在本月怀俄明州初选期间，试图在投票站采访选民并检查投票机，这引起了该州共和党州长的抵制。

拉拉米县书记员德博拉·李（Debra Lee）表示，联邦选举监察员于8月18日早晨7点左右在未事先通知的情况下，抵达了怀俄明州首府及最大城市夏延的一个投票点。

官员们表示，他们请求采访选民并检查机器，但被拒绝了。

“这种行为具有攻击性、出乎意料且具有干扰性——显然没有表现出对本州的尊重，”怀俄明州州长马克·戈登（Mark Gordon）在上周的一次采访中表示。“我们将尽最大努力查明真相。”

司法部经常在选举期间对投票站进行监察。但此次对怀俄明州的访问，正值总统唐纳德·特朗普执着于寻找欺诈和操纵投票证据之际。

特朗普及其盟友曾提出荒诞的指控，称2020年投票机将其选票转移给了对手前副总统乔·拜登，而此后他一直未能找到大规模欺诈或操纵投票的证据。

在第二个任期内，特朗普经常重提此类阴谋论，认为大规模欺诈可能会影响今年的选举。

作为总统，他动用了联邦政府的资源，特别是司法部的资源，来调查他那些未经证实的指控，这在国家选举中播下了更多怀疑的种子，并引起州政府官员的警觉，担心如果共和党在11月失去国会多数席位，他是否会试图干预。

戈登是一位低调且受任期限制的共和党人，领导着美国最保守的州之一。他在上周与州选举官员的一次会议上表示，选举观察员的行为令他感到担忧。

“对于联邦政府进来没收我们的枪支，我的感受非常强烈——我不喜欢那样，”戈登在会上说。“同样，我也不喜欢联邦政府进来夺走我们的选票。”

戈登在采访中描述这些监察员的行为“非常奇怪”，并称他们最终访问了六个投票站，且仅在被要求时才出示证件。

他表示，他已要求州总检察长基思·考茨（Keith Kautz）对此事进行调查。

戈登说，观察员引用了与《美国残疾人法案》和《民权法案》相关的法规。

今年，司法部的观察员访问了其他州的投票站，包括明尼阿波利斯地区等政治紧张地区。

该机构上周表示，在初选期间向7个州派遣了80名监察员。

但在怀俄明州请求采访选民并获取机器访问权限的行为是不寻常的。而且，这发生在美国司法部与30个州陷入激烈法律斗争的时刻——司法部要求获取这些州未经脱敏的私人选民名册，以搜寻非公民投票的证据。

7月初，司法部向所有州以及华盛顿发送了信函，警告称，如果高级选举官员允许非公民投票，将面临刑事起诉。

李表示，怀俄明州的监察员称他们被派遣是为了评估选举是否符合联邦民权法和投票权法。但她在声明中表示，他们的问题似乎“超出了联邦投票权法的范围”。

“其中包括关于投票工作人员培训的性质、时长和时间的问题，”李说。“监察员要求提供培训指南，询问我们如何购置新的选举设备，并希望检查我们的计票机。”

李表示，他们的行为表现出“对我们州法律和选举管理工作的完全漠视”。

特朗普在司法部和其他联邦机构中安插了许多支持他关于2020年大选毫无根据之主张的官员。

在佐治亚州——特朗普试图扭转2020年大选结果的许多努力的焦点地——联邦调查局（FBI）今年夏天指派了一支团队，审查从亚特兰大所在的富尔顿县没收的2020年记录。

怀俄明州美国检察官达林·D·史密斯（Darin D. Smith）的办公室没有立即回应关于选举监察员出现的问题。

但在司法部华盛顿办公室提供的一份声明中，史密斯表示，选民理应拥有“绝对的信心，相信他们的选票是安全的，且他们的声音在没有干扰的情况下被听到”。

史密斯在声明中说：“我们正与当地官员合作，以确保每一张合法选票都受到保护。”

在周三的会议上，戈登（Gordon）告诉怀俄明州州务卿查克·格雷（Chuck Gray），他不认为怀俄明州的美国检察官办公室知道司法部观察员将会到访。

怀俄明州州长马克·戈登（Mark Gordon）表示，他对到访州府夏延（Cheyenne）一个投票站的司法部选举观察员感到担忧。HAIYUN JIANG / THE NEW YORK TIMES 2025

但曾声称2020年总统大选“不合法”的格雷告诉州长，据他了解，史密斯已提前收到关于观察员的通知。

格雷表示：“怀俄明州选举法确实规定了观察制度。”

司法部发言人基尔斯滕·佩尔斯（Kiersten Pels）表示，史密斯已收到提前通知。

县书记员李（Lee）在她的声明中说，一名司法部官员告诉她，向怀俄明州部署监察员的决定是在短时间内做出的。

司法部在该州初选当天发表声明称，正向怀俄明州和佛罗里达州部署观察员，以确保“透明度、选票安全以及对联邦法律的遵守”。

尽管司法部的许多监察工作并未引发波澜，但其在6月发送给包括底特律在内的密歇根州韦恩县选举官员的一封信却成为了冲突点。

信中描述了部分投票站的机器无法运行，且至少有一个站点出现临时选票短缺的情况。

这引起了底特律市书记员珍妮丝·温弗雷（Janice Winfrey）的严厉回应。

温弗雷在7月发送给司法部官员的一封信中表示：“基于事实而非导致毫无根据之结论的谎言来探讨选举表现至关重要。”

她表示，司法部的断言构成了“一个毫无根据的结论，随后成为了对底特律选举进行额外监察的借口”。

一名年长的女性周六坐在尼泊尔努瓦科特（Nuwakot）一个临时营地中，守着她的财物哀悼。这场灾难的死亡人数上升至676人。RITESH SHUKLA / GETTY

美国家庭仍抱希望，期待亲属在尼泊尔-西藏灾难中幸存

作者：Sudhin Thanawala 和 Josh Kelety 美联社

自从她的父亲、姐姐以及另外两名亲属在尼泊尔与中国边境发生的灾难性山洪中失踪以来，穆克蒂·帕特尔（Mukti Patel）一直与家人和朋友聚集在位于弗吉尼亚州里士满的父母家中。

她知道他们入住的酒店已被冲走。但在周五分享关于他们的回忆时，她突然意识到自己的措辞。

“我现在还不应该用过去时说话，”她说，“我们还不知道任何情况。”

周六，在尼泊尔与中国边境被灾难性山洪掩埋的社区中，救援工作进入第四天，当局仍在寻找幸存者。

尼泊尔当局表示，尼泊尔和西藏的合计伤亡人数已上升至676人死亡，近3,000人失踪。中国报告了7人死亡，550多人失踪；而尼泊尔灾害机构表示，死亡人数已攀升至669人，2,426人失踪。

一些失踪者的家属仍然抱有希望，期待他们的亲人能够幸存。

帕特尔的家人在洪水袭击时正参加由喜马拉雅冰川探险旅行公司（Himalayan Glacier Adventure and Travel Co.）组织的旅行团。据美国国务院称，失踪人员中约有90名美国人。

喜马拉雅冰川探险公司总经理桑凯特·潘德（Sanket Pandey）表示，在周四晚上的一次Zoom通话中，一些家属想知道他们是否能到达现场，以及亲属是否可能被困在某个气穴中。

该旅行团在巴尔的摩设有办公室，组织了一次包含40名游客和7名导游的两周行程。潘德表示，他们全部失踪。

他们的家人渴望获得任何信息。

“一无所知真的非常艰难，”他说。

27岁的帕特尔说，她56岁的父亲乌梅什·库马尔（Umesh Kumar）多年来一直想进行这次旅行，他经印度前往尼泊尔，在那里与她的姐姐32岁的阿坎克莎（Akanksha）以及姐夫32岁的伊尚（Ishan）汇合。

伊尚的母亲59岁的希尔帕（Shilpa）也参加了这次徒步旅行。伊尚和希尔帕·帕特尔拥有加拿大和美国双重国籍，而乌梅什·库马尔和阿坎克莎·帕特尔是加拿大公民。

她的姐姐说，阿坎克莎·帕特尔是一名精神科医生，致力于消除围绕心理健康问题的污名。

“我生命中所做的一切都是在效仿我的姐姐，”穆克蒂·帕特尔在一次电话采访中流泪说道，“她身上没有一丝刻薄。”

她说，她的父亲是一个快乐的人，曾帮助过新冠疫情的受害者；而她的姐夫是一名骨科医生，给她的姐姐带来了幸福。伊尚·帕特尔在周三满32岁，家人打电话祝他生日快乐。那是他们最后一次联系。

拥有美国国籍的吉万·乔蒂（Jiwan Jyoti）同样参加了喜马拉雅冰川公司的旅行，并被该团列为失踪人员。她的多年好友曼米特·辛格·米特（Manmeet Singh Meet）表示，该团在准备前往西藏冈仁波齐峰（Mount Kailash，印度教徒、佛教徒等信徒的圣地）朝圣之前，曾在尼泊尔的蒂穆雷（Timure）停留。

来自马萨诸塞州莱克星敦的50岁的乔蒂在周三准备进入西藏时给家人打了电话。

米特说，电话在“尼泊尔当地时间上午8:40左右结束，然后我想在8:45左右，这场山洪爆发了，接着我们的世界天翻地覆”。

据报道，拉瓜迪亚机场 2 名空中交通管制员在坠机前提前离岗

作者：Josh Funk 美联社（ASSOCIATED PRESS）

3 月 23 日，在纽约降落并与一辆消防车相撞后，一架损毁的加拿大航空喷气式飞机停在拉瓜迪亚机场的跑道上。两名飞行员在事故中丧生。图片来源：RYAN MURPHY / AP

一名熟悉调查情况的政府官员表示，在一次事故中，一架加拿大航空喷气式飞机在穿越跑道时撞上一辆消防车，导致两名飞行员死亡。两名空中交通管制员可能因在事故当晚提前约一小时离开纽约拉瓜迪亚机场的管制塔而面临被解雇的处罚。

由于美国国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）仍在对 3 月 22 日的坠机事故进行调查，该官员未获授权公开讨论此事，并于周五在匿名条件下接受了美联社的采访。

该官员表示，由于两名管制员在当晚提前离岗，管制塔内仅剩两人在处理地面另一架飞机的紧急情况时，还要引导异常密集的航班。当时，几辆应急车辆正在响应一起紧急事件：一架准备起飞的联合航空喷气式飞机上散发出强烈的异味，导致乘务员感到不适。该官员称，如果这两名管制员在班次结束前一直留在机场，那么在管制塔繁忙时，他们本可以提供至关重要的备份支持，因为根据排班，他们的工作时间应在坠机发生之后才结束。

该政府官员表示，美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）正在对这两名提前离岗的管制员采取纪律处分，最高可至解雇。

全国空中交通管制员协会（National Air Traffic Controllers Association）在的一份声明中表示，该工会正在“与 FAA 领导层讨论这些指控”。

专家和退休官员表示，当法定休息时间恰好落在班次末尾时，提前离开机场是全美普遍的做法，被称为“提前推走”（early shove）。 目前也正在与空中交通管制员工会协商一份新合同，该机构希望其中能包含一项关于新排班模式的协议。

在一份声明中表示，该机构“致力于让员工承担责任，我们绝不会在国家领空系统的安全或效率上妥协”。

汤姆·林特纳（Tom Lintner）在 几十年的职业生涯中多次看到提前离岗的情况，他曾在拉瓜迪亚机场担任管制员，随后负责监督所有空中交通管制调查，但他表示这种情况不应被允许继续。

林特纳说：“这些都不能成为借口。当你领取 8 小时的薪水时，你就应该在岗 8 小时。7 个半小时是不行的。”

交通部长肖恩·达菲（Sean Duffy）表示，这等同于考勤欺诈。

达菲在声明中说：“绝大多数空中交通管制员都是伟大的爱国者——他们准时上班，完成全部班次，然后再次回来重复此过程。但当极少数个人利用美国纳税人的资金，不公平地增加同事的工作量，并影响领空安全时，我们别无选择，只能采取行动。”

NTSB 拒绝就管制员提前离岗的消息发表评论。该机构要求所有参与调查的组织在专家努力确定坠机原因以及如何防止未来发生类似悲剧期间保持沉默。加拿大航空以及行业内的工会官员未回应询问。

调查人员立即对管制塔的人员配置产生了疑问，但他们还确定了其他可能导致坠机的因素。在 NTSB 发布最终报告（可能在明年）之前，正式原因尚不明确。

根据 NTSB 4 月发布的初步报告，那辆与飞机相撞的消防车上的消防员听到一名空中交通管制员说“停止，停止，停止”，但最初并不清楚这个警告是发给谁的。

就在几秒钟前，一名管制员已批准消防车穿越跑道，但该车在作为过往交通停止标志的警告灯依然亮起时便开始移动。

美国国家运输安全委员会（NTSB）在4月的报告中表示，由于该消防车缺乏应答机，管制塔内的地面监控系统无法可靠地确定其位置，“未能预测”与降落飞机之间潜在的冲突，且未发出音频或视觉警报。

但加拿大航空快运（Air Canada Express）8646号航班当时已经在降落，并正向消防车疾速驶来。

美国与委内瑞拉协议细节模糊

周六，一名行人走过委内瑞拉首都加拉加斯的一幅描绘油井的壁画。PEDRO MATTEY / AP

特朗普称，该协议 为获取650亿桶 石油开启了大门

作者：Collin Binkley 和 Juan Pablo Arráez 美联社

华盛顿 —— 除了唐纳德·特朗普总统在社交媒体上发布的一条帖子外，白宫对于他所谓的委内瑞拉“世界历史上最大的石油交易”几乎没有透露任何信息。

特朗普表示，周五晚上宣布的这项协议将使美国在委内瑞拉巨大的石油储备中获得份额。这是实现其从该国提取能源目标的一步；此前，美国军队在1月份的一次深夜突袭中抓获了时任总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗，并将其带到纽约面对联邦毒品贩运指控。

委内瑞拉代理总统德尔西·罗德里格斯将该交易描述为迈向经济复苏的一步，将使该国的石油工业现代化。

但关于储备何时能开始钻探以及由谁出资实现这些目标等问题的答案尚不明确。目前尚未公布任何协议文本。

条款是什么？

美国政府与委内瑞拉一家未具名的私人运营商成立了一家新的私人公司，该公司被授予了为期100年的巨大且尚未开发的油田开发权。

罗德里格斯的一份声明称，该交易涉及17个油田的开发，经证实的潜力为650亿桶。声明称，该协议可能为委内瑞拉石油工业吸引1000亿美元投资，并为加拉加斯带来超过2090亿美元的税收。

特朗普表示，该协议由国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥、国防部长皮特·海格塞斯和罗德里格斯协商达成。

该交易使美国获得这家新私人公司55%的实际产量，包括所有权份额和按成本购买石油的权利。据一名未获授权公开讨论此事并要求匿名的美国官员称，美国购买的石油将与军用石油一起进入美国战略石油储备。

该官员表示，这家公司将成为仅次于沙特阿美（Saudi Aramco）的全球第二大证实储量企业持有者。

汽油价格会下降吗？可能不会很快。

特朗普表示，该交易将有助于降低美国人的汽油价格。对于这位共和党总统来说，这是一个重要的目标，因为伊朗战争减缓了波斯湾石油的运输，并在美国11月大选前数月维持了高价。

但专家多次警告称，委内瑞拉破旧的石油基础设施需要数年时间和数十亿美元才能修复。

预计产量不会迅速大幅提升。

纽约大学能源、气候正义与可持续发展实验室主任艾米·迈尔斯·贾费（Amy Myers Jaffe）表示，该交易“从长远来看可能有所帮助，但它无法在劳动节周末改变零售加油站的汽油价格”。

双方均未明确谁将为基础设施投资买单以及成本多少。

根据美国汽车协会（AAA）的数据，周六美国汽油的平均价格约为每加仑4.08美元。去年同期平均价格为3.20美元。

ClearView Energy Partners管理董事凯文·布克（Kevin Book）敦促人们保持谨慎，因为关于该交易的细节知之甚少。他表示，委内瑞拉在石油产量方面有增长空间——过去其日产量比目前水平高出250万桶以上——但这类投资不会迅速到位。

布克说：“这不会一蹴而就。部署如此巨额的资本并产生历史经验所表明的渐进式结果，将需要时间——很多年。”

委内瑞拉人的反应

一些委内瑞拉人认为，这背叛了其政府数十年来反复声明的立场：委内瑞拉的资源属于委内瑞拉，领导层绝不会允许美国政府染指这些资源。

周六，在加拉加斯东部的一个市场里，道格拉斯·博尔哈斯（Douglas Borjas）表示，他对这一公告感到愤怒。

“我认为他们这样做是为了维持权力，”他在谈到委内瑞拉领导层时说，“就像是在说：‘只要你们让我继续在这里掌权，我就给你们大量的石油。’……委内瑞拉人民值得更好的待遇。委内瑞拉拥有可以开发的资源，但应该是为了人民的利益，而不是为了腐败精英的利益。”

哈佛大学教授、前委内瑞拉规划部长里卡多·豪斯曼（Ricardo Hausmann）称其为一项“可耻的交易”。

“委内瑞拉人不会尊重这项非法的交易，也没有任何美国大型石油公司会认真对待，因为他们知道这不会持久，”豪斯曼在社交媒体上表示，并补充说罗德里格斯（Rodríguez）“没有合法性或宪法权力让委内瑞拉承诺达成任何此类协议”。

疑问依然存在

许多重要细节仍不明确，包括私人运营商的身份、谁将承担必要的投资，以及美国在该公司中的股份如何分配。

美国将获得该公司有效产量的 $55\%$，但目前尚不清楚其中有多少比例来自所有权股份，多少比例来自以成本价购买石油的权利。

此外，工业界的反应也尚不明确。考虑到政治的不确定性和受损的基础设施，说服美国大型石油公司重返该地区可能会是一个挑战。

新闻简报

法官裁定美国不得因批评以色列行为而驱逐非公民

来自新闻服务机构

加利福尼亚州圣何塞 —— 加利福尼亚州的一位联邦法官引用第一修正案的重要性称，美国政府在特朗普政府试图驱逐非公民的行动中，违宪地压制了对以色列在加沙战争的批评者及其他人士；特朗普政府称这些人在表达观点时扰乱了大学校园。

诺埃尔·怀斯（Noël Wise）法官在周五的一项裁决中，为斯坦福大学的学生报纸《斯坦福日报》（The Stanford Daily）赢得了胜利。该报此前表示，一些国际学生因担心被驱逐而不敢发声。

法官写道：“如果我们只能‘自由’地表达对政府及其领导人的赞同观点，那么言论自由就是虚幻的。”

该决定在很大程度上借鉴了近一年前波士顿一名美国地区法官的调查结果，该法官裁定，特朗普政府仅因某些非公民支持巴勒斯坦人并批评以色列而将其列为驱逐目标，此举违反了宪法。

怀斯写道，言论自由和新闻自由是“美国持久民主的基石”。

在废除联邦政府执行的驱逐条款部分内容时，该法官引用了违反第一修正案和第五修正案的言论自由及模糊性缺陷。

怀斯引用了美国移民当局在2025年3月对发表支持巴勒斯坦人及反对以色列行为言论者的报复行为 —— 包括联合国机构委任的专家在内的越来越多专家表示，这些行为等同于种族灭绝。法官还引用了针对在Turning Point USA联合创始人查理·柯克（Charlie Kirk）去年9月被刺杀后批评他的人员的报复行为。

俄乌战争：周六，在俄罗斯无人机袭击了乌克兰首都基辅以西布查区米拉村的一座弹药库后，一辆被毁的汽车躺在建筑废墟中。此次袭击是今年乌克兰境内最致命的袭击，造成至少37人死亡。俄罗斯于Feb. 24, 2022.对其邻国发动入侵。DAN BASHAKOV / AP

美国司法部（DOJ）周六未回应寻求就该裁决发表评论的消息。

《斯坦福日报》总编辑乔治·波特斯（George Porteous）在X上对该裁决回应道：“我们编辑部的记者不应该担心写一篇报道会导致他们被驱逐。今天的胜利意味着他们不必再担心。”

发起该诉讼的个人权利与表达基金会（Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression）律师康纳·菲茨帕特里克（Conor Fitzpatrick）对该裁决表示赞赏。

菲茨帕特里克说：“在美国，言论自由不仅仅属于那些说政府认同之话的人。”

内塔尼亚胡谴责定居者：以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡谴责了在被占领的约旦河西岸由“少数暴徒”实施的犯罪行为，他表示这些行为对“守法的定居者公众”是不公正的。

他的这份周六声明是在库斯拉镇（Qusra）经历了两周多的动荡之后发表的，在那里，定居者包围了包括一名巴勒斯坦裔美国人拥有的住宅在内的几栋房屋。

美国大使迈克·哈卡比（Mike Huckabee）在一份异常严厉的声明中将这些定居者称为“恐怖分子”，这个词美国官员通常仅用于巴勒斯坦武装分子。

周六早些时候，以色列军方和警方表示，以色列暴徒抵达库斯拉地区，随后发生了暴力冲突。他们表示，数十名暴徒在居民仍在屋内时，将自己封锁在了一栋巴勒斯坦住宅中。

他们表示，这些群体已被分开，暴徒的车辆已被没收。

海地暴力事件：据联合国儿童基金会（UNICEF）称，海地的一个帮派释放了六名儿童和七名妇女，该帮派在大约一周前对首都太子港附近的一个社区发动致命袭击后，绑架了50多人。

联合国儿童基金会周五晚间表示，被释放的人员中包括三名2岁以下的儿童、一名7岁儿童和两名少女。

在8月23日于肯斯科夫（Kenscoff）发动的袭击中，帮派分子至少杀害了47人。肯斯科夫曾是一个宁静的农业社区，坐落在海地首都太子港上方的山丘之中。

美国驱逐评论员：美国官员周六表示，英国极右翼评论员米洛·亚诺普洛斯（Milo Yiannopoulos）在被美国移民当局逮捕后，已被驱逐回英国。

美国国土安全部表示，亚诺普洛斯于2019年5月合法进入美国，后被指控逾期逗留，并于周五被遣返回国。一名国土安全部发言人表示，由于他未能出席移民听证会，一名移民法官于7月22日发布了最终的驱逐令。

亚诺普洛斯周四在路易斯安那州的路易斯·阿姆斯特朗新奥尔良国际机场被捕，并被移民与海关执法局拘留。

亚诺普洛斯是著名的保守主义事业倡导者，经常在公开场合采取挑衅立场，批评女权主义、伊斯兰教和移民。他尤其支持唐纳德·特朗普总统针对非法入境者的激进移民执法政策。

提词机操作员：一名被指控利用内部信息在预测市场Kalshi进行投注的前白宫提词机操作员，被要求上缴超过$100,000的利润并支付$65,000的罚款，作为与联邦当局达成和解的一部分。

周五公布的这项与商品期货交易委员会的和解协议，还对加布里埃尔·佩雷斯（Gabriel Perez）处以3年的交易禁令。在有报道称佩雷斯利用职务之便，就唐纳德·特朗普总统在演讲中会说什么内容进行投注后，他被白宫暂停职务且不予薪资。

白宫未立即就该和解协议发表评论。一名白宫官员在7月表示，佩雷斯已不在其岗位上，但未说明他是被解雇还是辞职。

委员会发现，佩雷斯通过在预测市场上投注2025年12月至2026年2月期间特朗普演讲中会出现的词汇和短语，获利$107,500。

FBI的卖淫规定：据知情人士透露，联邦调查局（FBI）将取消对曾与妓女发生性关系的申请人的绝对禁聘规定，转而将以更全面的方式考虑至少部分曾有此类行为的候选人。

这种从自动取消资格向演变招聘标准的转变，符合联邦执法机构以及这家作风严谨的局方内部招聘标准的演进趋势。几年前，该局放宽了对候选人过去使用大麻行为的审查；而近期，由于该局试图补充员额，一些现任和前任特工对招聘要求被认为有所降低表示担忧。

其实际影响尚不明确，因为许多参与过卖淫活动的人可能仍会被立即取消资格，或在FBI测谎员和安全官员的进一步审查中被剔除。

琳达·J·斯皮尔克（Linda J. Spilker，左起）、卡里姆·巴达鲁丁（Kareem Badaruddin）、恩尚·卡扎里安（Nshan Kazarian）和松本太阳（Sun Matsumoto）6月3日在加利福尼亚州帕萨迪纳的美国国家航空航天局（NASA）设施内。ARIANA DREHSLER / THE NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOS

未知领域

在数十亿英里之外，美国国家航空航天局（NASA）制定“大爆炸”计划以延长旅行者号的太空探索

NASA设施内展出的一台旅行者号航天器全尺寸模型。对其电力系统的重新调整可能会将这台已有近 50 年历史的旅行者 1 和旅行者 2 的任务期限延长至 2030 年代初。

旅行者 1 在 1979. 年观测到的木星大红斑。操作这台航天器需要才智、坚韧以及禅宗般的耐心。NASA

作者：Kenneth Chang 《纽约时报》

负责与旅行者 1 和旅行者 2 太空探测器通信的 NASA 工程师 Nshan Kazaryan，比这些探测器要年轻，比他对话的航天器要年轻。

25, 岁的 Kazaryan 是加利福尼亚州 NASA 喷气推进实验室新一代工程师中的一员，他们致力于维持这些年迈但坚韧的航天器继续运行。

“每次谈到旅行者号，我有点把它当成我的父母，”他说。“人随着年龄增长，会出现各种问题。航天器也类似。它越老，问题就越多。”（即便是在旅行者号于 1977 年发射时，Kazaryan 的父母都还没有出生。）

操作这些老旧的航天器需要才智、坚韧以及禅宗般的耐心。

Kazaryan 每向其中一台旅行者号发送一次指令，就必须等待几天才能收到响应。

这就是无线电信号往返所需的时间。旅行者 1 距离地球近 160 亿美元 英里；旅行者 2 稍近一些——约 133 亿美元 英里。但这仍然是到冥王星距离的四倍多。

旅行者号的鼎盛时期已过去数十年，当时它们飞过巨行星，传回万花筒般奇幻世界的照片，包括木星大红斑周围旋转的红色云层，以及土星精致且闪烁的环带。

现在，这对双子航天器以超过 30,000 英里 / 小时的速度疾驰，成为了人类创造物中飞行最远的。旅行者 1 在 2012, 年进入星际空间，旅行者 2 在六年之后跨入。

太空科学家希望它们能尽可能长时间地继续收集关于恒星之间存在什么的独特观测数据。在短期内，不会有另一台航天器能冒险飞到那么远的地方。

但这项努力正变得越来越困难，而且在几年之内，随着航天器钚电池能量的衰减，这将变得不可能。为了维持航天器的生存，工程师们必须承担其他任务不敢尝试的风险。

“我们就像海盗，”旅行者号任务经理 Kareem Badaruddin 说。“没有人喜欢如此接近边缘，但我们已经对此习以为常，因为这是我们唯一的选择。”

在上个月的一次胜利中，团队在旅行者 2 上实现了他们所谓的“大爆炸”——通过对电力系统的重新调度，节省了约 10 瓦的电量。这微小的提升，足以驱动 1, 两个灯泡，可以将任务期限延长约两年，一直到 2031 年。

在接下来的几周里，工程师们将完成旅行者 1 的复原过程，希望它能维持到 2030 年。

多出两年可能看起来不多，但每一天都提供了新发现的可能性。普林斯顿大学的太空科学家、现任副项目科学家的 Jamie Rankin 表示，与太阳喷射到太阳系中的粒子相比，星际空间包含“不同的气体混合物以及不同的行为”。

工程师们知道他们只能推迟旅行者号不可避免的终结，但他们依然保持希望——且富有创造力。

“谁知道呢？”Badaruddin 说。“也许我们会想出其他办法。”

但他补充道：“我认为，这就是我们能做的最好的尝试了。”

老年病

三种慢性病正在缓慢地杀死旅行者号。

其中一项问题是，燃料管路中积聚了残渣，这些残渣是由一个硅胶囊溶解而成的，该硅胶囊负责将推进剂（一种名为肼的液体）从燃料箱推向航天器的推进器。

可以将其想象成航天器版本的“动脉粥样硬化”（胆固醇堵塞动脉）。

如果旅行者号上的推进器失效过多，它将无法保持天线对准地球。一旦通信中断，它就将失联。

为了减缓硅胶的积聚，过去几年中推进器的点火频率有所降低——现在允许天线在被重新推回地球方向之前，有更大的偏移幅度——并且推进剂流经的管路会定期进行切换。

第二个挑战是保持燃料管路的足够温暖。冻结的肼同样会堵塞推进剂管路并损坏推进器。航天器上设有旨在防止这种情况发生的加热器，但它们需要电能。

而这——即旅行者号的第三种慢性病——正是航天器目前严重匮乏的东西。钚电池（美国国家航空航天局称之为放射性同位素热电发生器，简称 RTG）通过将钚放射性衰变产生的热量转化为电能，为旅行者号提供运行能量。

最初，每台旅行者号的 RTG 产生约 470 瓦的功率。随着钚在数十年间衰变且电量减少，探测器上的科学仪器被一个接一个地关闭。

在旅行者 2, 上，功率已降至 216 瓦，10 台仪器中仅有 3 台仍在收集数据。而在功率略低一些的旅行者 1, 上，仅剩 2 台。

任务团队研究了削减功耗的方法。例如，旅行者 1 号上的数字磁带录音机在几十年前就损坏了，但工程师们一直让它保持开启状态，因为它恰好能为附近的推进剂管路提供热量。

旅行者号的设计者安装了一个加热器，以便在录音机需要关闭时保持其温暖。那么，为什么不关闭损坏的录音机，而开启功耗更低的加热器呢？

这样做存在一定的风险。录音机从未被关闭过，而加热器也从未被开启过。更关键的是，加热器产生的热量少于录音机。分析表明，这可能会导致某个推进器变得太冷，以至于肼无法流动。

“这对我们没有真正的帮助，”巴达鲁丁说。

“最少遗憾之路”

迫于无奈，旅行者号团队不得不考虑一个更为大胆的方案。

一位名叫大卫·沃纳（David Woerner）的工程师建议，既然零散的改动会失败，那么一次性进行一系列此类改动，或许能在降低航天器功耗的同时，保持热量与电力需求的平衡。

这项工程被命名为“大爆炸”（Big Bang），经过九个月的分析，旅行者号的工程师们确信该方案可行。他们认为其收益超过了潜在的风险。

“旅行者号基本上走的是一条‘最少遗憾之路’，”任务保证经理布鲁斯·瓦格纳（Bruce Waggoner）表示，“并没有真正正确的答案。”

他们从旅行者 2 号开始，因为它的电力状况更健康。该操作分三步执行，以最大限度地降低失去航天器的风险。

“人们总是担心操作可能会出现偏差，”自 2010 年起担任旅行者号项目经理的苏珊·多德（Suzanne Dodd）说道。

首先，在 5 月，航天器被指令切换到新配置并维持 40 分钟。这是为了确保像录音机附近加热器这样此前从未开启过的系统确实能够工作。

一个月后，旅行者 2 号在新配置下维持了 6 小时，以检查温度预测是否准确。最终，在上个月，该变更被永久执行。

距离它们发射 50 周年仅剩一年多时间。“我非常有信心它们都能挺过去，”多德说。

“我想在场”

虽然旅行者1号探测器不再像飞越行星时那样拍摄色彩丰富的照片——最后的一组图像是由旅行者1号在1990年拍摄的太阳系“全家福”——但它们仍在星际空间的未知领域中不断做出新发现。

在2020年中期，旅行者1号观察到该星际区域的磁场发生了巨大变化，周围带电粒子的等离子体密度也发生了剧烈变动。这种变化一直持续至今。“我们不知道原因，”兰金说，“这真的很奇怪。”

这仅仅是额外几年的探索可能帮助揭开的谜团之一。

凭借来自“大爆炸”的电力提升，工程师和科学家们正在考虑重新开启航天器上一些处于休眠状态的科学仪器，以收集更多见解，即便只是短暂地开启。

但正如他们所做的一切一样，这可能会让航天器陷入危险。一种可能性是等到50周年纪念之后再行动。

“我们还没有决定，”美国国家航空航天局（NASA）喷气推进实验室的行星科学家琳达·J·斯皮尔克博士说，“你可能会因此失去整个任务。”

斯皮尔克在任务启动时就是团队的一员，那是她大学毕业后的第一份工作。她曾转岗至NASA的卡西尼任务（该任务在土星轨道运行了13年），随后又回到了旅行者项目。

当被问及50周年纪念之后打算做什么时，她说她还没决定。“我有大约10个可爱的孙辈，还有其他我想做的事情，比如旅行等等，”她说。

她已经将工作时间缩减为兼职，这有助于在每年$5 million的预算内维持旅行者号的持续运行，与许多其他NASA任务相比，这笔预算极其有限。

第二天，斯皮尔克发了一封电子邮件跟进，表示之前那个问题让她措手不及。

“经过一夜考虑，我意识到我想在每艘旅行者号陷入沉默时在场，让我们作为一个团队向它们告别，”她写道，“追踪旅行者号的科学发现贯穿了我整个在喷气推进实验室（J.P.L.）的职业生涯，如果在它们最后的时刻到来之前我离开了，我不会感到快乐。”

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在 LinkedIn 上脱颖而出的技巧

九月即将到来，这是全年两次招聘高峰期之一。第一次在一月和二月；第二次在九月和十月。招聘经理们已经结束夏季假期回归，下一财年的预算已获批准，他们希望尽快填补空缺职位。问题是：你准备好了吗？

准备求职最简单的方法之一就是更新你的 LinkedIn 页面。这是大多数经理在招聘过程中某个阶段会查看的资源。如果你提供的是过时的信息，或者在页面维护上敷衍了事，将无法帮助你在众多申请者中脱颖而出。

在当今的世界，展现你人性化的一面同样重要。

正如个人品牌专家、作家威廉·阿伦达（William Arrunda）在为《福布斯》撰文时所写：“在优化 LinkedIn 策略时，需要考虑的两个重要领域是人性与人工智能（AI）。随着技术融入商业的方方面面，你的‘人性’正是帮助你脱颖而出并建立有意义关系的关键。这意味着你的个人资料必须展现出你清晰、人性化、慷慨、富有同理心且拥有真实经验——而这些正是 AI 和技术所不具备的。”

在 2026 年，向雇主证明你是“人类”竟然成了一项求职技巧，这很奇怪，但同样有趣的是，你还应该证明自己并不害怕与 互动。

“与此同时，你需要展示你在 方面的技能和兴趣，”阿伦达写道，“ 将影响几乎每一个岗位。要明确表示你正在审慎地使用 ，并致力于主动开发 技能以保持领先。这可以通过你描述工作的方式、分享的内容，以及你在个人资料中提及的工具或方法来体现。”

核实事实

仔细检查并确保所有信息都是最新的，且你的就业历史已更新至现在。将头像更新为能反映你现状的近期照片。可以参考你专业领域中令人钦佩的人来构思形象。某些职业要求使用专业的商务头像，而另一些职业则更欣赏展现创造力的人。

写好标题

大多数人只是简单地写上目前的职位名称。但你有 220 个字符的空间，可以用它在职位名称之外讲述你的故事。你还应该考虑搜索优化，加入有助于你与同行建立联系的关键词或头衔。如果你目前的职位非常亮眼，可以重点突出职位名称和就职公司。如果你想强调其他技能或抱负，也可以在这里实现。

帮助他人正确读你的名字

如果你的名字容易引起混淆，请在个人资料中录制并展示你的名字发音。这样对方能听到你的发音，在面对面交谈时会感到更自在。

优先处理“关于”部分

这是你真正从人群中脱颖而出的机会。

用一种能让你的个性闪光的方式，讲述你的职业生涯和抱负。不要只是列出工作经历和技能——雇主在你的简历中就能找到这些。利用这个空间来突出你的特别与独特之处。请记住，前三行是人们在你的个人资料页面上首先看到的内容，因此，如果你想用一个吸引人的开场白抓住对方，就应该在这里下功夫。

利用“精选”板块

许多人将此处留白，这是一种机会的浪费。该板块位于个人资料页面的顶部（非常醒目），你可以通过展示图片或视频，帮助人们更好地了解你的工作。你可以上传在“关于”板块中提到的工作示例，或者制作一段短视频来更好地讲述你的个人故事。请保持内容与工作相关（毕竟这是 LinkedIn），但不要害怕利用多媒体选项来展示你的技术能力。

- Jeff Banowetz

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税务会计师，税务、全球合规与报告 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州

安永美国有限责任公司（ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP）招聘会计师，全球合规与报告（经理）（多个职位）（1736123），工作地点：伊利诺伊州芝加哥。为客户提供与合规和报告相关的指导和规划。要求出差比例最高为 10%，其中国际出差比例低于 5%，以满足客户需求。雇主将接受教育、培训或经验的任何合适组合。年薪 133,205.00 美元。如需完整的职位描述、要求清单及在线申请，请访问：ey.com / en_us / careers 并点击“Careers - Job Search”，“See All”，然后选择“Experienced Professionals”（职位编号 - 1736123）。

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项目工程师 富兰克林公园，伊利诺伊州

TOLEAD LOGISTICS ORD INC. 招聘项目工程师。要求：机械工程（ME）、工业工程（IE）或相关领域硕士学位；在项目工程或系统集成方面具有 10 个月经验。经验必须包括：1) 使用工作分解结构（WBS）、甘特图和风险矩阵规划并执行仓库自动化及系统集成项目；2) 为包括自动导引车（AGV）和单元载具设备（ULD）在内的自动化物料搬运系统进行现场验收测试（SAT）和用户验收测试（UAT）；3) 编写技术文档，包括需求规格书、标准作业程序（SOP）和调试检查清单。请将简历发送至 ranger.xiang@tolead.com；年薪 91,146 美元。

高级工程师，质量工程 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 在线申请

SLALOM 的芝加哥办公室有多个质量工程高级工程师空缺。负责开发和执行软件测试，以识别软件问题及其原因。必须能够在美国境内及海外的各种不可预见地点参与项目工作。允许部分远程办公。提供公司标准福利。年薪 113,546 美元 - 124,900 美元。请在 www.jobpostingtoday.com 申请。参考号 56924

软件工程师 莱尔，伊利诺伊州

在线申请

CTS CORPORATION 在伊利诺伊州莱尔招聘软件工程师：设计、开发、测试并维护利用 COTS 软件平台或语言在全球部署的测试系统。要求国内出差比例最高为 10%。年薪 117,815.10 美元 - 127,815 美元。福利：医疗保险、401K、带薪休假（PTO）、节假日工资、员工援助计划、带薪育儿假、宠物保险及学费报销。请在 www.jobpostingtoday.com 申请，参考号 80371

高级软件工程师（前端） 橡树布鲁克，伊利诺伊州 通过电子邮件申请

THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC（伊利诺伊州橡树布鲁克）招聘高级前端软件工程师，使用敏捷（Agile）方法论开发软件；担任主要联系人及 Scrum 团队代表；参与技术评估、范围界定以及对代码库变更的管理；分析需求，与架构师和高级工程师协作产出软件设计；领导并参与技术讨论；与用户界面（UI）和用户体验（UX）团队协作并创造性地工作；领导离岸团队设计并开发功能，并消除技术债；遵守编码标准以创建可重用代码；为初级工程师提供指导和培训。允许远程办公。

要求：计算机科学（CS）或相关技术领域学士学位，以及 5 年使用 Swift (iOS) 和 Kotlin (Android) 进行移动应用开发的经验。所需技能：精通 Swift、Kotlin、RESTful APIs、JSON、Git、Agile / Scrum、单元测试框架、MVC 架构、MVVM 架构、依赖注入。

hrimmigration@chamberlain.com

技术工程师 伊利诺伊州博林布鲁克 (Bolingbrook, IL) 邮寄申请

G+D MOBILE SECURITY AMERICA INC. (伊利诺伊州博林布鲁克)：负责为金融、政府和交通客户设计、开发、配置、部署及支持集成卡发行系统。薪资：$117,083 / 年。最低要求：计算机科学、软件工程、数学或相关专业的学士学位（或同等外国学位）；外加 2 年该职位或类似职位的经验，其中 12 个月的经验需与集成电路 (I / C) 芯片技术、加密方法以及包括 EMV 在内的支付卡行业标准相关。需前往墨西哥、加拿大和美国进行客户访问，出差比例最高 10%。合格申请人请将简历发送至：Jocelyn Abbott, HR Specialist, Benefits & Immigration, G+D Mobile Security America Inc., 45925 Horseshoe Dr., Dulles, VA 20166，并注明参考 TE。请勿致电。

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副精算师 伊利诺伊州芝加哥 (Chicago, IL) 邮寄或电子邮件申请

MILLIMAN, INC. 分析统计数据，如死亡率、事故率、患病率、残疾率和退休率，构建概率表以预测未来福利支付的风险和责任。开展并购 (M&A) 尽职调查，包括审查可变年金和 / 或固定指数年金业务的假设、风险和运营。评估奇异衍生品在降低公司风险敞口方面的适用性。确定各项风险管理计划对并购交易的影响。使用 MG-ALFA 和 Integrate 实施财务建模和技术解决方案。要求：精算科学、数学（精算科学方向）、统计学、科学（精算科学方向）或同等专业的硕士学位。需持有精算师协会副会员 (ASA) 认证。需持有美国永久工作许可。联系方式：Milliman, Inc., 71 S. Wacker Dr., 31st Fl., Chicago, IL 60606, 或 ChicagoHR@milliman.com。所有合格申请人将获得雇佣考虑，不分种族、肤色、宗教、性别、性取向、性别认同、国籍、残疾或受保护退伍军人身份。提供的薪资范围 = 每小时 $51 至 $55。福利包括医疗、牙科、视力、退休、人寿 / 残疾保险。

咨询精算师 伊利诺伊州芝加哥 (Chicago, IL) 邮寄或电子邮件申请

伊利诺伊州芝加哥 (Chicago, IL) 邮寄或电子邮件申请 MILLIMAN, INC. 分析精算和统计数据，并开发概率表以预测未来福利的风险和责任。执行涉及可变和固定指数年金业务的并购 (M&A) 尽职调查。评估风险管理计划 / 衍生品。使用 MG-ALFA 和 Integrate 实施精算财务建模和技术解决方案。要求：精算科学、数学（精算科学方向）、统计学、科学（精算科学方向）或同等专业的硕士学位。需持有精算师协会会士 (FSA) 认证。需持有美国永久工作许可。联系方式：Milliman, Inc., 71 S. Wacker Dr., 31st Fl., Chicago, IL 60606, 或 ChicagoHR@milliman.com。所有合格申请人将获得雇佣考虑，不分种族、肤色、宗教、性别、性取向、性别认同、国籍、残疾或受保护退伍军人身份。提供的薪资范围 = 每小时 $51 至 $55。福利包括医疗、牙科、视力、退休、人寿 / 残疾保险。

咨询精算师 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州。通过邮寄或电子邮件申请

MILLIMAN, INC. 分析精算和统计数据，并制定概率表以预测未来福利的风险和责任。执行涉及可变年金和固定指数年金业务的并购（M&A）尽职调查。评估风险管理计划和衍生品。使用 MG-ALFA 和 Integrate 实施精算财务建模和技术解决方案。要求：数学、精算科学、统计学、精算科学方向的科学专业学士学位或同等学历。要求持有精算师协会会士（FSA）认证。要求具有美国永久工作授权。联系方式：Milliman, Inc., 71 S. Wacker Dr., 31st Fl., Chicago, IL 60606, 或 ChicagoHR@milliman.com。所有合格的申请人将获得雇佣考虑，不分种族、肤色、宗教、性别、性取向、性别认同、国籍、残疾或受保护退伍军人身份。提供的薪资范围 = 每小时 \$51 至 \$55。福利包括医疗、牙科、视力、退休、人寿 / 伤残保险。

MILLIMAN, INC. 为涉及资本市场和对冲组的财务风险管理项目执行精算分析。使用 MG-Hedge 和 HedgeOps 设计并执行动态对冲计划。执行可变年金的财务报告以及 GAAP / 法定估值。开展涉及可变年金假设、风险和运营的并购尽职调查。要求：金融数学、精算科学、统计学、精算科学方向的科学专业硕士学位或同等学历。要求持有精算师协会会士（FSA）认证。要求具有美国永久工作授权。联系方式：Milliman, Inc., 71 S. Wacker Dr., 31st Fl., Chicago, IL 60606, 或 ChicagoHR@milliman.com。所有合格的申请人将获得雇佣考虑，不分种族、肤色、宗教、性别、性取向、性别认同、国籍、残疾或受保护退伍军人身份。提供的薪资范围 = 每小时 \$51 至 \$55。福利包括医疗、牙科、视力、退休、人寿 / 伤残保险。

EY Parthenon - 交易 - 交易分析（经理）

在线申请

ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP EY Parthenon - 交易 - 交易分析（经理）（多个职位）（1738444），Ernst & Young U.S. LLP，芝加哥，伊利诺伊州。提供数据分析驱动的解决方案，以增强客户的决策能力，包括买方和卖方的财务尽职调查。需要高达 50% 的国内出差以满足客户需求。雇主将接受教育、培训或经验的任何合适组合。年薪 \$150,228.00。如需完整的职位描述、要求清单及在线申请，请访问：ey.com / en_us / careers 并点击 "Careers - Job Search"（职业 - 职位搜索），"See All"（查看全部），然后点击 "Experienced Professionals"（资深专业人士）（职位编号 - 1738444）。

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综合薪酬顾问，薪酬 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州.. A

KELLOGG NORTH AMERICA COMPANY LLC 执行薪酬分析，开发 / 领导参与者教育，提升员工体验，并开发 / 领导薪酬沟通。最低要求人力资源、国际商务或相关专业学士学位，以及 5 年综合薪酬顾问（薪酬）、全球薪酬顾问、全球股权与认可专家、北美薪酬专家、北美综合薪酬团队负责人或相关经验。薪资：\$110-130k。福利：https: / careers.mars.com / global / en / wellbeing-benefits。 请将申请发送至 Kellogg North America Company LLC 的 work@kellanova.com，邮件主题注明 "Total Rewards Consultant, Compensation"。

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类别负责人 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州

邮寄申请

ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY 招聘助理，负责通过总拥有成本模型开发、类别策略开发、基于事实的谈判策略开发与执行、供应商评估与选择以及类别策略实施来支持战略采购。要求：拥有供应链管理、工商管理、金融或相关领域的学士学位或同等外国学位，以及 3 年相关工作经验。要求最多 10% 的国内及国际出差。薪资：每年 \$147,012 至 \$157,012。提供公司标准福利。申请请将简历邮寄至：Christina Hetzer, ADM; PO BOX 1470, Decatur, IL 62525 (参考编号: IL0234)。

数据科学家 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州

AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC. 招聘人员设计、开发并部署 AI / ML 及高级分析解决方案，以解决业务、运营及新兴技术挑战。允许每周最多 4 天远程办公。薪资范围：每年 \$97490-\$137825。全职。机会均等雇主。申请请访问 https: / aecom.com / careers / 并搜索职位名称。

信息技术 >>

分析师，服务台技术员 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 在线申请

REVANTAGE CORPORATE SERVICES LLC 招聘分析师，服务台技术员（芝加哥，伊利诺伊州）。负责根据当前的 IT 服务水平协议，及时研究、解决并回答通过电话、自助服务、电子邮件、语音信箱、回访和现场咨询收到的问题。要求：拥有信息系统或相关领域的学士学位或同等外国学位，以及 2 年计算机系统管理员、计算机系统分析师或相关经验。混合办公模式：3 天在办公室，2 天远程。薪资：每年 \$63,898.00 至 \$79,508.00。请访问 https: / revantage.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com / en-US / Revantage / 查看完整职位描述。

副经理，软件开发 埃文斯顿，伊利诺伊州 在线申请

BEGHOU CONSULTING 在埃文斯顿，伊利诺伊州招聘软件开发副经理，与项目团队合作以了解应用程序需求。允许 100% 远程办公。年薪 \$153,317 - \$173,317。申请请访问 www.jobpostingtoday.com，编号 #23631。

业务分析主管 橡树布鲁克，伊利诺伊州

电子邮件申请

THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC（橡树布鲁克，伊利诺伊州）招聘业务分析主管，负责：分析业务运营。产出执行管理层级别的口头和书面分析、洞察及报告。应用统计和实验方法。提取、整合并分析大型数据集。创建仪表板和可视化图表。将业务需求转化为分析框架。创建测试以衡量增长。与跨职能利益相关者协作。领导项目。分析并解读复杂数据。允许远程办公。要求：拥有商业、信息系统、商业分析、统计学、数学、计量经济学、工程或另一个包含大量分析课程的相关领域学士学位，以及 5 年内部或外部分析咨询经验。所需技能：精通 SQL，包括处理复杂数据集、数据提取和数据操作的经验。薪资：每年 \$169,139。请将简历发送至 hrimmigration@chamberlain.com。

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咨询 – 技术咨询 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 在线申请

安永美国有限责任公司（ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP）咨询 - 技术咨询 - AI 与数据 - AAA - 高级分析 - 数据科学家（经理）（多个职位）（1736509），安永美国有限责任公司，芝加哥，伊利诺伊州。负责为结构化和非结构化数据建立秩序和结构，并将分析后的数据以客户及其他利益相关者易于获取的视觉格式呈现，利用云规模的高级统计技术和商业智能分析来解决多个复杂的业务问题。要求出差比例高达 80%，其中 10% 可能是国际出差，以满足客户需求。雇主将接受教育、培训或经验的任何合适组合。年薪 151,920.00 美元。如需完整的职位描述、要求清单及在线申请，请访问：ey.com / en_us / careers 并点击 "Careers - Job Search"（职业 - 职位搜索）、"See All"（查看全部），然后选择 "Experienced Professionals"（资深专业人士）（职位编号 - 1736509）。

多个地点 在线申请或发送电子邮件 IMC AMERICAS, INC. 在芝加哥（伊利诺伊州）和纽约（纽约州）有多个宏观新闻分析师（REQ# 4512584101；薪资 188,000 美元 - 254,000 美元）的空缺职位，负责为 IMC 的交易团队研究、分析、建模并解读宏观经济事件。该职位可设在上述任一城市。要求相关学位和 / 或经验和 / 或技能。福利：基本工资仅为总薪酬的一部分；所有全职永久职位均有资格获得酌情奖金和福利，包括带薪休假和保险。请访问 https: / www..com / us / careers / benefits 了解更多信息。如需更多详情并在线申请，请访问 www..com / careers 并搜索宏观新闻分析师（Req ID: 4512584101），或发送邮件至 talent@.com，并在主题中注明职位名称和需求编号。

监管风险与合规经理 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 通过电子邮件申请

普华永道咨询服务有限责任公司（PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC） 就监管合规和风险管理向客户提供建议和解决方案。要求：工程、信息系统、信息技术或相关领域的学士学位或同等外国学位，外加 5 年学士毕业后的渐进式相关工作经验；或工程、信息系统、信息技术或相关领域的硕士学位或同等外国学位，外加 3 年相关工作经验。允许 50% 远程办公。必须能够通勤至指定的当地办公室。要求国内和 / 或国际出差比例高达 80%。有多个职位空缺。薪资范围：年薪 187,000 美元 - 204,000 美元 + 可能有资格获得年度酌情奖金。福利包括：医疗、牙科、视力、401k、节假日、薪酬、假期等。信息：https: / owc.to / benefits-at-a-glance。请通过发送简历至 US_PwC_Career_Recruitment@pwc.com 申请，并在主题行中注明职位代码 IL4974。

多个空缺职位 奥罗拉，伊利诺伊州。

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ASOFT CONSULTING LLC 在伊利诺伊州奥罗拉（Aurora, IL）有多个职位空缺。业务分析师（年薪 $111,530）：确定、分析、开发、工作、研究、利用、管理、准备、沟通、创建、开展针对最终用户的硬件和软件评估。计算机程序员（年薪 $95,659）：编写、实施、创建并更新代码库。IT 安全分析师（年薪 $120,765）：监控、工作、开发、研究并执行渗透测试。程序员分析师（年薪 $120,765）：监控、调查、安装、开发、研究并执行渗透测试。软件工程师（年薪 $153,317）：设计、研究、创建并记录详细的设计规范。高级软件开发人员（年薪 $153,317）：开发、解决、开展、研究、提供、排除故障并担任任务组长。高级软件工程师（年薪 $153,317）：设计、开发、负责、维护、工作，领导并指导解决方案交付团队。高级业务分析师（年薪 $127,691）：分析、改进、工作、创建、监督并使用多种数据分析方法。技术项目经理（年薪 $133,182）：建立、分析、分配、确定、研究、招聘、执行、更新并维护所有生产技术。所有职位均要求能够前往美国境内各种不可预见的客户地点出差 / 搬迁，费用由雇主支付。提供标准福利。请将简历及申请职位邮寄至：President, Asoft Consulting LLC, 4255 Westbrook Dr., Unit 222, Aurora, IL 60504；或发送至 hr-ops@asoftek.com。机会均等雇主（EOE）。

软件工程师 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州

在线申请

STRIPE, LLC 开发可管理海量信息的可扩展计算机系统，并利用这些系统实现 Stripe 及其合作伙伴的业务目标。要求：计算机科学、信息技术或相关领域学士学位或同等外国学位 + 4 年软件开发或相关职业经验。雇主愿意接受 3 年或 4 年制的美国或外国学位。允许 50% 远程办公。薪资：年薪 $173,000 - $259,600。有多个职位空缺。额外福利可能包括：股权、公司奖金或销售佣金 / 奖金；401(k) 计划；医疗、牙科和视力福利；健康津贴。IL40。请在 https: / stripe.com / careers / listing / software-engineer / 8137972?gh_jid=8137972 在线申请，并点击“Apply for this role”提交您的申请。

协商你的薪资

这是招聘过程中让每个人都感到不舒服的部分：协商薪资。这让大多数人感到如此不安，以至于他们甚至不敢提出还价。你永远不会比在最初获得工作录取时拥有更强的谈判筹码。他们已经让你知道你是最佳候选人。那么，尝试看看他们是否能提供更高的薪资，难道不值得一试吗？在接受录取通知之前，这里有一些建议供你参考。

准备好事实：了解行业内同类职位的薪资。提供许多职业全国平均薪资的劳工统计局（Bureau of Labor Statistics）是一个很好的起点。然而，成本因地区而异，因此你可能需要深入挖掘，以了解当地人员的薪资水平。招聘网站 Indeed 也提供在线工具，帮助你确定许多职业的平均薪资。

陈述理由：向招聘经理推销你认为自己值得额外报酬的原因。谈谈你为这份工作带来的经验、你拥有的额外技能，以及任何你认为值得比录取薪资更高的理由。如果你需要长距离通勤、从其他地区搬迁或工作时间异常，这些都是要求额外补偿的理由。

做好谈判准备：在你提出更高的薪资要求后，预计招聘经理会提出一个折中的方案。你能接受吗，还是坚持更高的数字？

信息技术 >>

多个职位空缺 纳佩维尔，伊利诺伊州

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高级数据科学家 伊利诺伊州 绍姆堡

DIGITALIS, INC. 在伊利诺伊州内珀维尔有多个职位空缺。高级软件开发人员（年薪 $153,317）：开发、编写、执行、更新、设计、测试、维护并改进现有软件性能。高级业务分析师（年薪 $117,957）：分析、定位、评估、测试并改进系统运行。软件工程师（年薪 $153,317）：设计、开发、研究、创建，确保满足所有业务和功能需求。网络工程师（年薪 $163,238）：设计、操作、执行、提供，并定期对寿命到期的设备进行故障排除和更换。程序员分析师（年薪 $95,659）：开发、编写、执行、提供、监控并扩展新用途或改进工作流。高级软件工程师（年薪 $153,317）：设计、开发、负责、领导、维护、操作，参与并解决部署后的客户系统问题。系统分析师（年薪 $99,840）：开发、故障排除、评估并使用面向对象编程语言。所有职位均要求在雇主支付费用的情况下，前往美国境内各不确定的客户地点出差 / 搬迁。提供标准福利。请将简历及申请职位发送至：President, Digitalis Inc, 1601 North Bond St, Ste 105, Naperville, IL 60563；邮箱：radhi@digitalis-inc.com。机会均等雇主（EOE）。

通过电子邮件申请

提前决定你将在多大程度上争取更高的薪水。如果对方不能满足你的要求，你是否愿意放弃这份工作？是否有其他形式的补偿能让你更满意？

PAYLOCITY CORPORATION 正在招聘一名高级数据科学家。该职位向位于伊利诺伊州绍姆堡的公司总部汇报。申请人可以在美国任何地方的家庭办公室工作。你将使用机器学习技术选择特征、构建并优化模型。该职位要求计算机科学、数据科学、统计学或相关领域（或同等外国教育）的学士学位，外加 5 年证明过的数据科学成功经验；或者计算机科学、数据科学、统计学或相关领域（或同等外国教育）的硕士学位，无需经验。提供的薪资为每年 $142,210。请将简历发送至 AskHR@paylocity.com 并注明职位编号 22219.41.7。

考虑金钱之外的因素：其他形式的补偿包括年假、退休账户缴款、职位头衔和管理职责、灵活的工作时间以及其他办公室福利。思考哪些对你最重要。同时请记住，招聘经理更容易批准那些对公司几乎没有成本的项目，例如职位头衔。年假也是此时最容易协商的。许多公司很乐意在你愿意承担更多工作职责的前提下，给你更多的假期。

让公司先开价：有些公司喜欢将提出薪资数字的责任推给劳动者。要求他们先开价，以确保你不会把自己的价格定得太低。此外，当面试过程中首次提到薪水时，不要承诺那个确切的数字。像“在这个范围内我感觉很舒服”这样的回答会给你留出更多的谈判空间。

如果对谈判有帮助，可以使用你目前的薪酬：如果能帮助你进行谈判，提及你目前的薪酬方案是可以接受的。“我目前的年薪是 X，如果我要做出变动，我希望能够获得比这更高的薪水。”

杰夫·巴诺维茨 (Jeff Banowetz)

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高级软件工程师-C# / .NET 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 在线申请或通过电子邮件申请

美国银行（U.S. BANK）在芝加哥，伊利诺伊州招聘高级软件工程师-C# / .NET，全职（多个职位空缺）。职责：现代化并支持 iManage、iTax 和 NewTaxWF 应用程序，重点是为处理抵押贷款支持证券和税务工作流的业务分析师及用户集成 AI 驱动的工具。必须拥有计算机科学 / 工程 / 信息系统学士学位或同等学历，以及 5 年使用 C# 和 .NET 的相关软件开发经验。雇主接受 3 年制或 4 年制学士学位。美国银行将根据适用于我们行业和运营的监管要求进行背景调查。根据岗位、地点和工时提供：医疗；牙科；视觉；基本定期及可选人寿保险；短期和长期伤残保险；怀孕伤残及育儿假；401(k) 及雇主资助的退休计划；带薪年假；法定节假日；领养援助；病假及安全假。申请请访问 https: / careers.usbank.com 或发送电子邮件至 recruiting.excellence@usbank.com，并在主题栏中注明职位需求编号 #2026-0025851。薪资：每年 \$165,693 至 \$182,900。

技术咨询，客户技术

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安永美国有限责任公司（ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP）在芝加哥，伊利诺伊州招聘技术咨询，客户技术 - Salesforce，解决方案架构师（经理）（多个职位）（1738383）。为客户提供关于持续创新以保持竞争力的独特商业视角。要求出差比例最高达 50%，其中国际出差最高达 10% 以满足客户需求。雇主接受教育、培训或经验的任何合适组合。年薪 \$165,693.00。如需完整职位描述、要求清单及在线申请，请访问：ey.com / en_us / careers 并点击“Careers - Job Search”，“See All”，然后点击“Experienced Professionals”（职位编号 - 1738383）。

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高级软件工程师 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 通过电子邮件申请

OKTA INC. 在芝加哥，伊利诺伊州有职位空缺（可远程办公）：高级软件工程师（职位# 8-1059）。定义、演进并执行标准软件开发实践，主要负责使用 Boorni Cloud 以符合 Okta 开发标准的安全方式，实现 Salesforce、NetSuite、Workday 和 Anaplan 等 SaaS 应用程序之间的集成。对于加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、纽约州和华盛顿州，年基本薪资范围为 \$175,000 至 \$214,000。

以上是这些职位在加利福尼亚州（旧金山单独计算）、科罗拉多州、纽约州和华盛顿州的基本薪资范围。您的实际基本薪资将取决于您的技能、资质、经验和工作地点等因素。此外，Okta 根据适用的计划和政策提供股权（如适用）、奖金和福利，包括医疗、牙科和视觉保险，401(k)，灵活支出账户以及带薪休假（包括带薪年假 PTO 和育儿假）。欲了解更多关于我们综合奖励计划的信息，请访问我们的网站。申请请将简历发送至 Attn: Julianna Ortiz，邮箱 submitresume@okta.com。必须注明职位编号。

研究科学家 III 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州

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AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.（AMAZON.COM 旗下公司）- 执行考试开发、运营和研究的所有心理测量方面工作，包括但不限于自动化测试组装、题目和测试分析、最优题目库设计、工作任务分析、标准设定、质量保证及项目规划。薪资范围：每年 \$164,697 至 \$215,300。职位编号：AMZ9674099。多个职位空缺。提供标准公司福利。在线申请：www.amazon.jobs – 通过职位编号搜索。机会均等（EOE）。

统计学家 III 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州

在线申请

NORC - 允许混合办公（多个职位）。提供统计专业知识，为 NORC 的一系列项目、业务开发机会及公司战略计划提供重要洞察。薪资：每年 \$114,000 至 \$131,000。要求统计学、数学、计算分析或相关领域硕士学位（或同等外国学位），以及 3 年在所提供职位或统计分析职位上的工作经验。请通过我们的招聘网站提交求职信和简历：https: / careers.norc.org / en-us / job / 503924。请勿致电。机会均等（EOE）。

管理层 >>

关键客户经理 - 移动设备与消费电子产品 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 在线申请

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SENSIRION, INC. 关键客户经理 - 移动设备与消费电子产品（芝加哥，伊利诺伊州）- 为领先的科技公司执行销售战略，并达成移动设备与消费电子产品（MCE）的 OKR。管理专注于室内空气质量的关键客户。与全球 MCE 垂直市场团队协作。每年 2 次前往瑞士出差。年薪 \$98,197 至 \$108,000。福利摘要见 https: / partners.sensirion.com / share / cc611wHlHyxZtVTDxnHIY / assets / 61738。简历请寄至 Sensirion, Inc., 11 E. Adams Street, Ste 220, Chicago, IL 60603.

新兴技术经理 多个职位

蒙特普罗斯佩克特，伊利诺伊州 在线申请或通过电子邮件申请 CAREMARK LLC（CVS HEALTH 旗下公司）正在蒙特普罗斯佩克特，伊利诺伊州招聘以下职位：新兴技术经理 (R1010785)，旨在实现数据驱动的战略决策，并确定现有产品改进和新产品开发的机会。要求在美国境内进行 10% 的出差，用于与内部利益相关者和外部供应商进行会议、设计评审和项目实施。薪资范围：每年 \$95410.00 至 \$145860.00。 多个职位。所有职位均要求相关学位和 / 或经验和 / 或技能和 / 或执照。公司提供全方位的福利。有关可用福利的更多详细信息，请访问 https: / jobs.cvshealth.com / us / en / benefits。请在 http: / jobs.cvshealth.com / 在线申请。或将简历发送至 istappintake@cvshealth.com。必须注明职位名称、地点和 Req ID。

Guidewire 业务分析（BA）主管经理 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 通过电子邮件申请

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC 帮助金融服务领域的客户利用技术系统，重点关注保险、销售绩效管理、资产管理以及银行和资本市场等领域。要求：工商管理、管理学、工程学、管理信息系统（MIS）、计算机科学或相关领域的学士学位（或同等外国学位），外加 5 年本科毕业后的渐进式相关工作经验；或者工商管理、管理学、工程学、MIS、计算机科学或相关领域的硕士学位（或同等外国学位），外加 3 年相关工作经验。允许 50% 的远程办公。必须能够通勤至指定的当地办公室。要求高达 80% 的国内和 / 或国际出差。有多个职位空缺。薪资范围：每年 \$194,000 - \$204,000 + 可能获得年度酌情奖金。福利包括：医疗、牙科、视力、401K、节假日工资、假期等。信息详见：https: / pwc.to / benefits-at-a-glance。请将简历发送至 US_PwC_Career_Recruitment@pwc.com 申请，并在邮件主题中注明职位代码 IL4979。

执行董事 – 产品解决方案 芝加哥，伊利诺伊州 通过电子邮件申请

CATALYST FUND ADMINISTRATION 为对冲基金 / 私募股权基金制定投资组合、会计、投资者服务的战略。开发用于投资组合、风险管理、证券交易、市场估值的统计方法。管理执行投资组合、总账、投资者服务的团队。允许远程办公。年薪 \$195,314。提供医疗保健、退休金和带薪休假（PTO）。工作地点在 Catalyst Fund Administration, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, Ste. 1500, Chicago, IL 60606. 请将简历发送至 catalystjobopenings@gmail.com

祝你第一周工作愉快

开始一份新工作必然会带来一些焦虑。你处于一个陌生的环境，面对一群陌生的人，并且渴望能尽快进入状态。我们都希望留下良好的第一印象。在你规划入职第一周时，可以思考以下建议，以帮助工作顺利开展。

自我介绍：表现得外向一些，让人们知道你是谁。你将需要学习很多新名字，请尽力记住它们。在对话中重复对方的名字，以确保准确无误并帮助记忆。随身携带公司组织架构图，将姓名与职位对应起来，帮助你理清整体情况。

记录问题：这周你会有很多疑问。将它们写下来，以确保你能获得所需信息。有些问题可能需要立即解答（例如：WiFi密码是多少？），但对于那些不那么紧急的问题，可以集中在一起询问，以免频繁打断自己或他人。

设定优先级：在开始时，与你的经理沟通以了解本周的优先级。对你来说最重要的事情是什么？你应该安排会议向其他员工自我介绍，还是有必须立即完成的重要任务？在面对新工作时，很难独立判断哪些工作至关重要，因此请寻求帮助，以了解如何分配你的时间。

创建待办事项清单：本周你的日程中会有许多人力资源（HR）相关的任务，但也要思考你想达成什么目标。列一份第一周希望完成的事项清单。整理你的工作日历。布置你的办公桌。向关键同事和客户发送自我介绍邮件。如果你对某些事项不确定，可以与经理分享以获取进一步建议。

接受午餐邀请：努力在午餐或咖啡时间与同事共处。第一天通常是与经理共进午餐，但在本周接下来的时间里，尝试将同事纳入你的计划。了解午餐的惯例，并尽可能加入他人。你越快认识大家，在办公室里就会越自在。

放松心态：说起来容易做起来难，但尽量不要在第一周给自己太大的压力。公司预期你会问很多问题，甚至会犯错。保持良好的心态，记住可能需要一周（或两周）时间，但你最终会适应这个新环境。

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选择职业的一个重要部分是了解其未来。当然，这只是其中一个方面，但大多数人都希望自己在教育上投入的努力在准备领取薪水时不会过时。Resume Genius（一个帮助人们创建简历的在线平台）今年发布了年度《工资增长报告》，该报告分析了全国工资数据，并按年度薪资中位数对职业进行排名。它利用这一数字以及 2024 年至 2034 年间的预计就业情况，来突出哪些领域的需求最高，且预计未来薪资会增加。

该平台利用这些数据创建了“2026年最有可能涨薪的10个岗位”名单。以下是结果，包括当前薪资中位数、预计薪资以及截至 2034, 年的预计就业情况。

1. 财务经理 : $161,700 : 7.1% 预计就业 2024-2034：15

2. 营销经理 : $161,030 : 6.1 预计就业 2024-2034：7

3. 信息安全分析师 : $124,910 : 6.8 预计就业 2024-2034：29

4. 数据科学家 : $112,590 : 3.7

5. 注册护士 : $93,600 : 6.5 预计就业 2024-2034：5

6. 电力线路安装与维修工 : $92,560 : 5.7 预计就业 2024-2034：7

7. 飞机机务员及服务技术员 : $78,680 : 6.4 预计就业 2024-2034：4

8. 持证实用护士及持证职业护士 : $62,340 : 7.6 预计就业 2024-2034：4

9. 建筑设备操作员 : $58,320 : 6.5

10. 卡车司机 : $57,440 : 5.9

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截至 8 / 26 的花粉情况

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早晨有少量风暴，下午逐渐转晴。天气闷热，最高气温在 80 度后期。

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周日状况

8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m.

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周日活动

8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m.

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高尔夫指数

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AccuWeather.com UV Index（紫外线指数）数值越高，对眼睛和皮肤的保护需求就越大。0-2 低，3-5 中等，6-7 高，8-10 极高，11+ 极端。专利的 AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature（体感温度）是基于八项天气因素的有效温度专属指数。高尔夫和钓鱼指数：0-2：差；3-4：一般；5-6：好；7-8：很好；9-10：极好。 钓鱼指数

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周六气温

<><><>< / ><>平均值< / ><>纪录< / >< / ><><>周六最高气温：81°< / ><>81°< / ><>98° (1953)< / >< / ><><>周六最低气温：65°< / ><>63°< / ><>43° (1982)< / >< / >

当地气温

<><>< colspan="3">截至周六下午 6 点< / >< colspan="2">平均值< / >< / ><><>地点< / ><>最高< / ><>最低< / ><>最高< / ><>最低< / >< / ><><>Aurora< / ><> $78^{\circ}$ < / ><> $56^{\circ}$ < / ><> $81^{}$ < / ><> $57^{}$ < / >< / ><><>Gary< / ><> $82^{}$ < / ><> $64^{}$ < / ><> $81^{}$ < / ><> $61^{}$ < / >< / ><><>Kankakee< / ><> $82^{}$ < / ><> $59^{}$ < / ><> $82^{}$ < / ><> $61^{}$ < / >< / ><><>Lansing< / ><> $81^{}$ < / ><> $60^{}$ < / ><> $81^{}$ < / ><> $61^{}$ < / >< / ><><>Midway< / ><> $81^{}$ < / ><> $66^{}$ < / ><> $81^{}$ < / ><> $65^{}$ < / >< / ><><>Romeoville< / ><> $82^{}$ < / ><> $55^{}$ < / ><> $81^{}$ < / ><> $61^{}$ < / >< / ><><>Valparaiso< / ><> $81^{}$ < / ><> $57^{}$ < / ><> $82^{}$ < / ><> $60^{}$ < / >< / ><><>Waukegan< / ><> $79^{}$ < / ><> $59^{}$ < / ><> $79^{}$ < / ><> $59^{}$ < / >< / >

<><><>< / ><>2026< / ><>2025< / ><>正常值< / >< / ><><>周六*< / ><>0.00"< / ><>微量< / ><>0.14"< / >< / ><><>本月至今< / ><>4.23&;< / ><>5.03&;< / ><>3.97&;< / >< / ><><>今年至今< / ><>30.18&;< / ><>22.42&;< / ><>26.43&;< / >< / >

周六降水量 *截至周六下午 4 点的 24 小时周期 来源：Loyola Medicine via NAB

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空气质量指数

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< / td><>周日< / ><>周一< / >< / tr><><>日出< / ><>6:14 a.m.< / ><>6:15 a.m.< / >< / ><><>日落< / ><>7:28 p.m.< / ><>7:26 p.m.< / >< / ><><>月出< / ><>8:25 p.m.< / ><>8:49 p.m.< / >< / ><><>月落< / ><>8:52 a.m.< / ><>10:02 a.m.< / >< / table>

<><>上弦月< / ><>新月< / ><>蛾眉月< / ><>满月< / >< / ><><> < / ><> < / ><> < / ><> < / ><><>9月4日< / ><>9月10日< / ><> 18< / ><> 26< / >< / table>

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周日行星观测

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显示的是周日天气。温度为周日最高温和周日夜间最低温，下方显示最高和最低体感温度。

<>< colspan="2">周日< / >< / ><><> < / ><> < / ><><> < / ><> < / ><>< colspan="2">多云伴有阳光，有阵雨；有微风< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">风向：南南西 8-16 mph 降水概率：55%< / >< / table>

今日最佳观测时间：金星：8 p.m. 火星：5:45 a.m. 木星：5:45 a.m. 土星：5:45 a.m. 水星：不可见

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周一< / td>< / tr><><> < / ><> < / ><><> < / ><> < / ><>< colspan="2">炎热；早晨有几场阵雨< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">Winds: SSW 7-14 mph POP: 60%< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="2">周二< / >< / ><><>< / ><>白天< / >< / ><><> < / ><>94 $^{\circ}$ < / >< / ><><> < / ><> < / ><>< colspan="2">炎热潮湿，伴有零星雷阵雨< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">Winds: SW 6-12 mph POP: 55%< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="2">周三< / >< / ><><> < / ><> < / ><><> < / ><>夜晚 74°< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">大部分时间晴朗；炎热潮湿< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">Winds: SW 7-14 mph POP: 15%< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="2">周五< / >< / ><><>[ days]< / >< rowspan="2">白天 87°< / >< / ><><> < / ><><> < / ><> < / ><>< colspan="2">大部分时间晴朗，温暖潮湿< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">Winds: SW 4-8 mph POP: 15%< / >< / table>

<>< colspan="2">周四< / >< / ><><>< / ><>Dav< / >< / ><><> < / ><> < / ><><> < / ><> < / ><>< colspan="2">多云，非常温暖潮湿< / >< / ><>< colspan="2">Winds: W 4-8 mph POP: 25%< / >< / table>

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周日

Wind from the south-southwest at 8-16 knots. Seas 2-4 feet. Visibility less than 3 miles in a shower. Water temperature: 72.

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Boating Index: 0-2: Poor; 3-4: Fair; 5-6: Good; 7-8: Very Good; 9-10: Excellent.

周一

Wind from the south at 7-14 knots. Seas 1-3 feet. Visibility generally clear. Water temperature: 71.

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图中显示了当日的降水区域和最高气温。

问题：芝加哥 九月统计数据：

Jaisol Martinez

回答：在芝加哥，九月是第四个最温暖的月份，月平均气温为 66.3 度。9月1日的平均最高气温为 80 度。到本月底，平均最高气温下降 10 度，在 9月30日达到 70 度。9月1日的平均最低气温为 62 度，到 9月30日下降至 51 度。九月份芝加哥的平均降雨量为 3.19 英寸。9月1日，日出时间为上午 6:17，日落时间为下午 7:25。9月30日，日出时间为上午 6:48，日落时间为下午 6:35。最后一次下午 7 点日落是在 9月15日。今年的秋分，即秋季的第一天，是在 9月22日。

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熊队左截锋位置仍是“热点”问题

赛季揭幕战

布拉德·比格斯 评熊队

田纳西州纳什维尔 —— 熊队知道今年夏天在左截锋位置上会有很多工作需要处理。而他们真正希望的是，能对替换中锋德鲁·达尔曼（Drew Dalman）感到放心。

认为中锋比左截锋对一支顶尖进攻线更重要，这可能有点违背直觉，因为左截锋的薪水最高可达每年 $30.100 万（如受伤的华盛顿指挥官队截锋拉雷米·坦斯尔 Laremy Tunsil）。但熊队教练

熊队对阵黑豹队 9月 13 日 中午 Fox-32

■ 裁员日：NFL各球队必须在周日 5 p.m. 前将阵容缩减至 53 人。全天关注熊队的变动，请访问 chicagotribune.com / sports

本·约翰逊（Ben Johnson）非常看重中锋在与四分卫凯莱布·威廉姆斯（Caleb Williams）沟通以及在外部区域跑球战术中的作用。

约翰逊一直赞赏加雷特·布拉德伯里（Garrett Bradbury），在达尔曼宣布令人意外的退役决定后，球队通过与新英格兰爱国者队的交易将其招至麾下。熊队正通过新秀洛根·琼斯（Logan Jones）为未来做准备。

约翰逊在上周将左截锋称为一个“热点”问题，他的看法没错。他也证明了上赛季进攻线在这一位置频繁更换人员的情况下仍能高效运转，尽管球队希望不必再次在该位置使用 4 名首发。

布拉克顿·琼斯（Braxton Jones）在进入训练营时是热门人选，除非发生意外，否则他将在 Week 1 以及赛季初担任首发。我认为琼斯在周四与田纳西泰坦队的联合训练中的表现比上周在辛辛那提时更好。

当奥齐·特拉皮洛（Ozzy Trapilo）准备就绪时

详见 C2 页比格斯的报道

8月 11 日，在莱克福雷斯特的哈拉斯大厅（Halas Hall）训练营期间，熊队四分卫凯莱布·威廉姆斯（Caleb Williams）从中锋加雷特·布拉德伯里（Garrett Bradbury）处接球。TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

周六在瑞格利球场对阵红队时，小熊队中外野手皮特·克劳-阿姆斯特朗（Pete Crow-Armstrong）在第七局击出三分本垒打后做出反应。JOHN J. KIM / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

抢尽风头

PCA 在瑞格利球场迎来历史性的一天，惊艳 150 周年庆典

保罗·沙利文 新闻追踪

国家联盟中首场小熊队对阵红队的比赛，开启了一段漫长而疯狂的宿敌关系。

当时绰号为“白袜队”（White Stockings）的小熊队在 29, 1876 年 4 月的一场 11-6 的胜利中，在第九局上半共追回 7 分。

《芝加哥论坛报》在次日报道称：“这场比赛在防守方面绝非完美，但它仍然是有史以来最精彩的比赛之一，展现了冷静且自信的球员将失败转化为胜利的力量。”

快进 150 年，一名名叫皮特（Pete）的自信球员

更多报道

- 小熊队 17, 红队 5：皮特·克劳-阿姆斯特朗首场三轰本垒打之战助力大胜，终结三连败。第 3 页

■ 白袜队 3, 双城队 2：安德鲁·贝宁滕迪贡献全部进攻火力，球队取得四连胜。第 3 页

在瑞格利球场座无虚席且球队历代传奇球星悉数到场的情况下，克劳-阿姆斯特朗三次击出本垒打，带领小熊队以 17-5 大胜红队。

这虽然算不上史上最精彩的比赛之一，但它涵盖了所有元素——怀旧感，

克劳-阿姆斯特朗、小熊队的五次本垒打、一个被常春藤吞没的球，以及对过去和现在英雄们的数十次欢呼。

24 岁的克劳-阿姆斯特朗表示，在赛前击球练习时，看到偶像比利·威廉姆斯和萨米·索萨在击球笼周围，他感到有些紧张，而且在见到他童年英雄阿尔丰索·索里亚诺时，“有点像粉丝一样兴奋”。

“赛前击球笼里的氛围很棒，那些家伙们在那儿闲聊，就像回到了更衣室、穿回了球衣一样，”克劳-阿姆斯特朗说。“很高兴他们都能回到这里。”

这一天始于球场外一座时钟的揭幕仪式，随后是旨在表彰由球迷投票选出的 150 周年纪念球队的赛前仪式。

“这就像是在做梦一样，”前一垒手安东尼·里佐在与威廉姆斯、索萨、格雷格·马杜克斯、凯里·伍德、兰迪·汉德利、何塞·卡德纳尔以及其他传奇球员一同被介绍时说道。

小熊队请回了许多历代球员，包括名人堂成员马杜克斯，

详见第 C2 页的 SULLIVAN 报道

圣母大学橄榄球 5 个问题

洛夫的接替者、卡尔的返场成为爱尔兰战斗机队的主要看点

作者：Colleen Kane 《芝加哥论坛报》

随着圣母大学在8月下旬结束训练营，主教练马库斯·弗里曼（Marcus Freeman）表示，他希望球员们能够意识到自己内心所接纳的“杂音”。

在季前奖项观察名单、民意调查和预测盛行的夏季日子里，这支“爱尔兰战斗机队”（the Irish）受到了很多关注。每隔几天，就有一名球员被列为全美该位置上最优秀球员的候选人。

8月4日，教练们在他们的季前民意调查中将爱尔兰战斗机队排在第5位。

赛季揭幕战 第4名 圣母大学 对阵 威斯康星大学 地点：格林贝的兰博球场 9月6日 下午6:30，NBC-5频道

8月17日，他们在美联社（Associated Press）的季前民意调查中位列第4。他们也被分析师列入有真实机会赢得大学橄榄球季后赛（College Football Playoff）的球队名单中。

弗里曼希望，在球队准备9月6日在兰博球场对阵威斯康星大学的揭幕战时，所有这些议论都能被淹没。

“教练们在他们脑海中制造的噪音必须比他们在社交媒体上读到的东西更响亮，”弗里曼说。“听到人们讨论我们是很棒的事。但我们必须痴迷于成为那样的人……我们可以浪费（时间）去听社交媒体或其他人怎么评价我们，或者我们可以投入工作，真正痴迷于进步。”

爱尔兰战斗机队总是受到全国关注，但在弗里曼执教的第五个赛季，人们的期望值更高了。四分卫

详见C6页的 IRISH 报道

圣母大学主教练马库斯·弗里曼在8月6日印第安纳州南本德的训练前微笑。ANDY LAVALLEY / 为《芝加哥论坛报》拍摄

	球队	周日	周一	周二	周三	周四
	熊队 (BEARS)					下一场比赛 | 9月13日 @CAR
	小熊队 (CUBS)	CIN | 下午6:20 | NBC-5	MIL | 下午6:40 | Marquee	MIL | 下午6:40 | Marquee	MIL | 下午6:40 | Marquee	MIL | 下午6:15 | Fox-32
	白袜队 (WHITE SOX)	@MIN | 下午1:10 | CHSN	@HOU | 下午7:10 | CHSN	@HOU | 下午7:10 | CHSN	@HOU | 下午7:10 | CHSN	@HOU | 下午1:10 | CHSN
	天队 (SKY)					下一场比赛 | 9月17日 vs. WAS
	火队 (FIRE)					下一场比赛 | 周六 @TOR
	星队 (STARS)					下一场比赛 | 9月6日 vs. NC

SKY

克劳德表示不会关注“无关紧要”的坎特·弗里登

道格·费恩伯格（Doug Feinberg）

美联社（ASSOCIATED PRESS）

天空队后卫纳塔莎·克劳德（Natasha Cloud）在8月23日于温特鲁斯特竞技场（Wintrust Arena）对阵发烧队的比赛中，与前NBA中锋埃内斯·坎特·弗里登（Enes Kanter Freedom）发生争执。NAM Y. HUH / AP

纽约——纳塔莎·克劳德在周六准备芝加哥天空队对阵纽约自由队的比赛时，表示不想浪费时间和精力去谈论埃内斯·坎特·弗里登。

在克劳德看来，弗里登并不重要。

“我不会谈论任何与无关紧要的人相关的事情，”克劳德在天空队以85-66落败的比赛前说道，“我将关注的是在2026年的当下，真正影响女性和儿童的事情。”

随后，克劳德将家庭暴力、性侵犯和粮食不安全列为影响女性最严重的三个问题。

周日，在天空队于温特鲁斯特竞技场对阵印第安纳发烧队的比赛期间，克劳德与弗里登发生了冲突。这位前NBA球员当时坐在底线附近，穿着一件黑衬衫，上面写着“女性（名词）：成年人类女性”。在第三节还剩1:22时，克劳德在内线得分，发烧队随后请求暂停。克劳德与队友艾莎·库利巴利（Aicha Coulibaly）击胸庆祝，随后转身向弗里登的方向走去。

克劳德，34, 在靠近弗里登时开始对他大喊大叫并指指点点。弗里登站起身，张开双臂走上球场，安保人员和几名天空队球员迅速介入两人之间。

“我不会谈论一个对我们的生活而言无关紧要的威胁，因为事实就是如此，”她说，“我想谈论女性面临的真实问题，而不是我们的跨性别人类，也不是我们的变装皇后，更不是我们的同性恋群体。有一类特定的人群，你通常可以搜索到。只需在谷歌上简单搜索一下，目前在2026年的美利坚合众国，对女性和儿童最大的威胁是什么。”

天空队老板迈克尔·阿尔特（Michael Alter）禁止弗里登参加未来任何天空队的主场比赛。克劳德对管理层此举以“保护球员”为目的的行为表示赞赏。

“这就是整体保护的样子。我希望每个人都能听到这一点，”她说，“这就是来自右翼的保护样子。”

弗里登和另一位前NBA球员罗伊斯·怀特（Royce White）已宣布参加WNBA选秀，称他们认同自己是女性。但一名熟悉该决定的人周一告诉美联社，他们没有资格参加。由于情况敏感，该人士在要求匿名的条件下发表评论。

WNBA近期一直处于关于跨性别女性（出生时被指定为男性，后通过过渡使其与性别认同一致的人）是否应被允许参加联赛的争论中心。WNBA此前从未出现过这样的球员。

尽管联赛的集体谈判协议规定WNBA仅限于女性，但它

克劳德希望人们讨论的是WNBA在球场上取得的惊人赛季以及强劲的收视率——对阵印第安纳的那场比赛吸引了330 万名观众，这是自1997年联赛成立赛季以来的最高纪录。

“刚才这里有一位认同自己是跨性别的球迷对我哭泣，这就是为什么我要做我现在在做的事，”克劳德说，“这一切都不是表演。我不想一直让自己处于火线之中。我不想成为那个总是必须发声的人。但总得有人（脏话）去做这件事。”

“我们不会允许我们的联赛成为右翼想要的任何政治或文化战争的棋子，”克劳德说，“我们绝对不会。这个联赛一直坚持原则和我们的人道主义努力。”

其中不包含更多关于性别认同或出生时指定性别的具体语言。

在周日下午5点前将阵容削减至53名球员是芝加哥熊队已经准备好的事情，但这并不会让任务变得简单。

使情况复杂化的是一个

萨利文（SULLIVAN） 接第C1页

他们原定于周六午夜左右才返回哈拉斯大厅（Halas Hall），而管理层和教练组将在第二天一早立即投入工作，开始漫长的一天：首先做出最终决定，然后开始召集数十名球员并将其裁掉。

威廉姆斯、李·史密斯、弗吉·詹金斯和安德烈·道森。当二垒手莱恩·桑德伯格（Ryne Sandberg，已故）的名字被宣布且其照片显示在视频板上时，现场响起了最热烈的掌声。前小熊队球员克里斯·布莱恩特（Kris Bryant）目前在科罗拉多落基山队处于伤病名单（IL）中，他的受欢迎程度可能紧随其后。

琼斯有机会适应环境。他需要更有效地利用长臂来击打防守端。这将有助于他更好地应对力量。特拉皮洛（Trapilo）需要恢复健康，也许到赛季结束时，熊队在展望 2027 年时会对该位置有更清晰的认识。

马杜克斯投出了仪式性的第一球，球飞得又高又偏，逗笑了所有人。他顺道去了新闻席，与计分板操作员“快手里克”·富斯（"Quick Rick" Fuhs）交谈。马杜克斯记得富斯曾在球场维护团队工作，当时在 1988 年 8 月 8 日瑞格利球场首场夜赛因雨延迟期间，马杜克斯在防水布上表演了著名的“腹部拍水”动作。

在第一局下半场，克罗-阿姆斯特朗以他的首支本垒打开局。索萨此前告诉他，想看到他打出“三支（本垒打）”。

少数几起伤病。谁将在伤病预备名单（IR）中开始赛季？哪两名球员将被移至 IR / 指定回归？谁将从活跃的身体无法执行（PUP）名单移至预备 PUP 名单？谁预计能及时恢复健康并在第一周出战？最后，谁可能在赛季前两周准备就绪，从而避免进入 IR 阶段（这将导致他们至少缺席到第五周）？

熊队对哪些球员属于哪个类别有相当清晰的了解，但除了安全卫科比·布莱恩特（Coby Bryant）的时间表——他将缺席至至少 12 月，并可能错过整个赛季——之外，他们分享的信息很少。

克罗-阿姆斯特朗在第二局击出了一支两分本垒打，在第七局击出了一支三分本垒打，完成了职业生涯首场单场三支本垒打的比赛。他最终 6 打 4，贡献 6 分打点并跑回 4 分。

“我喜欢这类东西，”他在谈到索萨的挑战时说道，“这比赛里总会发生这种奇怪的（事）。这话出自一个我不知道做过多少次这种事的人之口，而且我们都知道他有多少支本垒打。我想他今天感觉也相当不错。”

“作为防守方，你几乎想把他留在口袋区（pocket），因为他的机动性太强，移动起来非常危险。他有点像巅峰时期的亚伦·罗杰斯。……

小熊队在赛前播放了一段 150 周年致敬视频，配乐由布鲁斯·斯普林斯汀提供，视频涵盖了伟大时刻的集锦以及瑞格利球场的照片，人物涵盖了从阿尔·卡彭、川野芳（Yosh Kawano）、罗纳德·里根到贝比·鲁斯和埃迪·韦德（Eddie Vedder）的所有人。在介绍环节之后，球员们聚集在小熊队的套房中，在“比赛传奇”视频播放后出现在屏幕上时，再次赢得了掌声。在卡德纳尔（Cardenal）和瑞安·登普斯特（Ryan Dempster）的带领下，大家在第七局休息时间共同歌唱，现场再次响起掌声。

顺便一提，索萨在职业生涯中这样做过 6 次。是的，他感觉相当不错。索萨重新开始飞吻并拍心，仿佛回到了 1998 年。他与该组织之间长达 20 年的隔阂在去年夏天结束，现在已成往事。

在赛季开始时处于弃权顺序（waiver order，基于前一年排名）第九位的一年后，熊队现在排在第 25 位。去年，他们从全联盟庞大的裁员名单中签下了两名球员：线卫 D'马科·杰克逊（D'Marco Jackson）和角卫杰伦·琼斯（Jaylon Jones）。这两次签人都很成功，杰克逊在防守端发挥作用，而琼斯则回归成为特勤队的骨干球员。

芝加哥熊队今年是否会在弃权名单（waiver wire）中寻找角色球员仍有待观察。如果这样做，可能会是在出现伤病的位置上。如果出现一个他们认为适合进攻端和特勤队的球员，他们是否会寻求升级 3 号跑卫？这值得思考。

只需知道，周日晚上公布的名单到赛季揭幕战开始时将会有所不同。在初期总会有几次人员变动。

“迦勒可以避开边缘压力，但缺乏一个稳固的中路，他可能不是那种球员——至少他在进入联盟前不是——能够处理有人直接冲到身前的情况，”总经理说道。“他没有那么高，而稳固的中路至关重要，因为这能为你提供清晰的视野通道。对于像他这样具有运动能力的球员，如果我必须做出某种妥协，我会说，‘让我稍微在边缘上让步，他可以通过旋转摆脱出来。’”

比格斯（BIGGS）

在今年的选秀中排名第25位，芝加哥熊队并不处于能够选择一个明确的未来之星的位置，尤其是考虑到他们认为特拉皮洛（Trapilo）有机会成为一名优秀球员。因此，他们制定了一个计划，让琼斯、杰德里克·威尔斯二世、基兰·阿梅加吉（Kiran Amegadjie）和西奥·贝内迪特（Theo Benedet）再次在左截锋位置上展开公开竞争。特拉皮洛预计回归竞争的时间比球队在他在1月份受伤时所想象的要早。

左截锋将继续是一个热点并获得大量关注。中锋位置经常被忽视，即使在运行顺畅的时候也是如此。对于芝加哥熊队来说，最好的情况是他们能够比一年前更有效地管理左截锋位置。

（接自 C1 页）

在登场比赛之前，需要根据琼斯（或任何其他在该位置上的球员）最近的比赛录像进行评估并做出决定。

当我从宏观角度与另一支球队的总经理讨论这种情况时，他认为对于像威廉姆斯这样具有运动能力的四分卫来说，中锋的优先级高于左截锋是有道理的。在自由球员市场中，顶尖的左截锋很难找到且极其昂贵。

周六在瑞格利球场举行的芝加哥小熊队 150th 周年纪念队仪式上，萨米·索萨被介绍出场。约翰·J·金 / 《芝加哥论坛报》照片

本知道这一点，这也是许多对手对阵迦勒的方式。……将他笼罩住，守住边缘，让他处于你的掌控之中，然后向他合围。

“这并不一定会让左截锋的工作变得更容易，你也不会忽视那边发生的情况。但稳固的中路已成为许多进攻体系中至关重要的一环。你必须有一个你信任的中锋才能将其变为现实。”

“这就像婚姻一样，”索萨说。“有时你会对妻子生气然后离开，但随后你会回来并爱她。所以，嘿，你把一切抛在脑后，向前看。所以我觉得（很好），他们对待我的方式。我很高兴我们能够（达成和解），保持在一起并放下分歧，现在我们很开心。”

哦，当然还有输球。在庆祝活动期间，这一点没有被过多提及。

在 150 年中的前 69 年里，小熊队赢得了 16 次国家联盟冠军旗，但仅获得两次总冠军，分别在 1907 和 08.。最后的 80 年则相当艰难——仅在 2016 年获得一次国家联盟冠军旗和一次总冠军。

在与莱奥·杜罗彻和弗兰克·钱斯一同被选入 150 年纪念队的三位历史最佳主帅中，乔·马登因之前的约定而缺席。一些显而易见的小熊队历史球员未能入选，包括 2016 年世界大赛MVP本·佐布里斯特，以及在球队历史三振榜上排名第二的卡洛斯·赞布拉诺。

今年，芝加哥小熊队具备重返季后赛的实力，而克劳-阿姆斯特朗正经历一个MVP级别的赛季。就纯粹的市场号召力而言，他确实是索萨的接班人；如果现在进行投票，他无疑会入选那支包含队友伊恩·哈普和尼科·霍纳在内的历史最佳阵容。

里佐表示，在瑞格利球场庆祝小熊队历史最佳阵容当天，克劳-阿姆斯特朗开启本垒打狂潮，这简直是完美的剧本。

索萨表示，他希望“Big Z”也能入选最终名单。

克劳-阿姆斯特朗在又一次全场起立鼓掌中离场，随后挥动头盔以示致意。他目前拥有 36 支本垒打和 32 次盗垒，有可能成为小熊队历史上首位达成 40-40 的球员。他的 9.1 fWAR 位列小熊队历史第五高，在剩下的 26 场比赛中，他将尝试追赶罗杰斯·霍恩斯比在 1929 年创下的 11.0 WAR 纪录。

“但嘿，这不是关于我们的，”索萨说道。

在第八局，克劳-阿姆斯特朗面对捕手何塞·特雷维诺上场，有机会创造小熊队历史。他承认当时在想本垒打。但特雷维诺向克劳-阿姆斯特朗投出的全部是指球，最终以一个二垒滚地球将其出局。

嗯，事实上，这确实是关于他们的。球员们——以及这座球场——将小熊队打造成为一个在棒球历史上独一无二的特许经营球队。

“是的，这是一个神奇的地方，”里佐说。

“现在每个人都开始问很多关于 WAR 的问题，”他说，“我不知道我对 WAR 怎么看。”

WAR？它有什么用？或许能赢得一个 MVP 奖项，尽管克劳-阿姆斯特朗说他没有关注这类讨论。共有 11 名小熊队球员获得过 MVP 奖项，其中 6 位是在 1958 年之后获得的：厄尼·班克斯（1958 年和 '59 年）、桑德伯格（1984 年）、道森（1987 年）、索萨（1998 年）和布莱恩特（2016 年）。

说到这里，索萨在小熊队历史上的其他伟大球员中处于什么位置？

“在天堂里，”他回答道，并对自己这个笑话哈哈大笑。

索萨没有具体说明自己的位置，但表示他很“高兴（球迷们）认可我确实是一个每天都上场比赛”且努力工作的人。

“所以今天，我很感激能与这些伟大人物并肩，”他说。

其他小熊队的伟大球员们也表示赞同。

“成为小熊队历史的一部分是一项巨大的荣誉，”里佐说，“在我之前的球员们为我们搭建了舞台，我们为尼科和伊恩搭建了舞台，而他们正在为 PCA 和下一代搭建舞台。所以能像这样与这么多代人在一起，真的很酷。”

格雷格·马杜克斯（中右）在周六于瑞格利球场比赛前的仪式性首投（球脱离好球区）后，听取了其他前小熊队投手的评论。

小熊队 17, 红人队 5

PCA轰出职业生涯新高3支本垒打，助力球队大胜

作者：安迪·马丁内斯（Andy Martinez） 供《芝加哥论坛报》使用

小熊队中外野手皮特·克劳-阿姆斯特朗（Pete Crow-Armstrong）在周六于瑞格利球场对阵红队（Reds）的第七局击出三分本垒打后，在绕垒时向队友示意。这是他本场比赛的第三支本垒打。约翰·J·金（JOHN J. KIM） / 《芝加哥论坛报》

小熊队中外野手皮特·克劳-阿姆斯特朗在准备周六于瑞格利球场对阵辛辛那提红队的比赛时感到有些紧张。

这并非正常的赛前忐忑，也不是面对左投先发球员的焦虑，而是在他于“友好禁区”（Friendly Confines）下方的打击笼中练习挥棒时，一群小熊队的偶像人物就在周围忙碌，等待着一场旨在纪念150周年纪念球队的赛前仪式。

“如果说有什么最让人紧张的，那就是在萨米·索萨（Sammy Sosa）和比利·威廉姆斯（Billy Williams）面前进行赛前例行准备，”克劳-阿姆斯特朗说道。

随后，仿佛为了给这位24岁的球员增加压力，职业生涯击出609支本垒打的强力击球手索萨将他拉到一边。

“我们刚才在打击笼里又聊了起来，他说：‘我今天想从你这里看到三支（本垒打）。我需要三支，’”克劳-阿姆斯特朗说。

这对克劳-阿姆斯特朗来说并非负担。事实上，这似乎赋予了这位小熊队球星力量。

克劳-阿姆斯特朗在面对的第二颗球时就击出了一支本垒打，一局后又击出一支，随后在第七局击出一记三分球，在小熊队以17-5大胜红队的比赛中抢尽风头。

这是克劳-阿姆斯特朗职业生涯首次单场击出三支本垒打，也是本赛季小熊队击球手的第三次此类表现，此前在7月1日由丹斯比·斯旺森（Dansby Swanson）达成，8月12.日由亚历克斯·布雷格曼（Alex Bregman）达成。他还以4次安打和6次打点追平了职业生涯最高纪录。

这次表现进一步增强了他竞争国家联盟MVP奖的筹码。

“我不知道他当时传达给了我什么，但这种奇怪的事情在比赛中确实会发生，”克劳-阿姆斯特朗说。“这话出自一个——我不知道他做过多少次这种事的人。我们都知道他有多少支本垒打。我想他今天感觉也相当不错。”

第一支是面对左投安德鲁·阿博特（Andrew Abbott）击出的435英尺远球，开启了第一局的三分攻势，这也是他本赛季的第七支领先本垒打，与队史第二高纪录持平。

“我觉得很有趣，赛前仪式很棒——而皮特确实让这种氛围延续了下去，”小熊队经理克雷格·康塞尔（Craig Counsell）表示。

一局后，克劳-阿姆斯特朗再次将阿博特的球击出场外，以一支375英尺远飞向右外野的本垒打为另一个三分局画上句号。

然而，最令人难忘的是第七局，他击出了一记毫无疑问的左中外野三分本垒打。克劳-阿姆斯特朗在身前将球棒一甩，旋转，走两步，然后开始绕垒奔跑，在接近三垒并看向小熊队休息区时，举起了三根手指。

当克劳-阿姆斯特朗在第八局上场击球时，他有机会成为MLB历史上第22位单场击出四支本垒打的球员。瑞格利球场的观众纷纷起立，希望看到他在红队捕手何塞·特雷维诺（Jose Trevino）投球的情况下创造历史。

当被问及是否在尝试击出本垒打时，克劳-阿姆斯特朗说：“是的，当然。面对那样的人，没有其他选择。”

他击出了一个二垒地滚球出局，但当他走下球场时，现场39,597名观众起立为他鼓掌，他也对此表示感谢。这是他在这场表演中的最后一幕，而这场表演足以与在场的一些偶像在职业生涯中所展现的成就相媲美。

“是的，那真的太酷了，”克劳-阿姆斯特朗说。“太棒了。我能做的就是微笑并脱帽致意。那是一件非常特别且具体的事情。”

克劳-阿姆斯特朗的三支本垒打将其总数提升至36支，加上他的32次盗垒，使他具备了挑战“40-40赛季”的条件。这是一个仅由六名球员组成的精英俱乐部，其中包括前小熊队球员阿尔丰索·索里亚诺（Alfonso Soriano），他也是此次球队周年纪念球队的受邀嘉宾之一。

“我得稍微表现得像个迷弟，因为我终于第一次见到了阿尔丰索·索里亚诺，”Crow-Armstrong说道。

周六的表现是那种可以成为MVP争夺战中点睛之笔的比赛。当然，他本赛季也有过许多这样的表现。他在6月15日完成了循环击球（hit for the cycle），在六场比赛中同时击出本垒打并盗垒，并且是首位连续两个赛季达成30次本垒打、30次盗垒的小熊队球员。

这场三本垒打的比赛将他的fWAR提升至9.1，这是小熊队球员单赛季的第五高纪录，仅次于罗杰斯·霍恩斯比（11.1, 1929）、索萨（9.9, 2001）、厄尼·班克斯（9.7, 1959）和罗恩·桑托（9.5, 1967）。

“再次强调，那些都是传奇人物，但现在每个人都开始对WAR（胜场贡献值）提出很多疑问，所以我不知道该如何看待WAR，”Crow-Armstrong说道。“我最关心的是我能做任何事情来赢得比赛。那（四位）只是每个人都知道是名人堂成员的名字，所以这很酷。”

这不仅让周六变得特别，也让Crow-Armstrong整个2026赛季的表现变得卓越。这样的赛季并非每年都会出现。

“观看这一切非常有趣，”康塞尔说道。“对我来说，一个很好的例子是（板凳教练）瑞安·弗拉赫蒂，比赛中他经常站在我身边，不停地摇头，不敢相信眼前发生的一切。你见过球员这样做，但这并不常见，但这就是那种人们会铭记的赛季，我们很幸运能成为其中的一部分。”

“我认为无论是看台上的球迷，还是队友，或是教练组，看到有人这样表现都是一件很特别的事情。”

笔记

左投手霍比·米尔纳在周六比赛后被指定转让（DFA）。在接受阑尾切除手术后，他自7月29日起一直处于康复训练中。

右投手爱德华·卡布雷拉（右手中指水泡）计划于下周开始康复训练。

WHITE SOX 3, TWINS 2

本宁滕迪包揽所有进攻，白袜队取得四连胜

作者：LaMond Pope / 《芝加哥论坛报》

明尼阿波利斯 —— 周六，白袜队共有三次安打 —— 全部由安德鲁·本宁滕迪（Andrew Benintendi）完成。

在塔格特球场（Target Field）28,310名观众的见证下，这足以让白袜队以 3-2 击败明尼苏达双城队。

本宁滕迪 3-for-4，并在第六局击出了一记打破僵局的个人独跑本垒打。白袜队（72-63）凭借此役取得四连胜，且胜率高于 50% 的场数达到赛季最高，领先 9 场。

“我觉得我的击球状态相当不错，”本宁滕迪说道。

排名第一的白袜队继续扩大在美联中区与竞争对手的距离。他们领先第二名克利夫兰守护者队（68-68）4 1 / 2 场，领先第三名双城队（64-72）8 1 / 2 场。

本宁滕迪在周六的表现领跑全队，距离达成“循环击球”（cycle）仅差一次三垒安打。他贡献了两分打点并两次得分。

“他一直表现出色，”先发投手埃里克·费德（Erick Fedde）表示。“他是我们的领导者之一，也是我们的资深球员。大家都知道他在塔格特球场表现极强，我想双城队可能也知道。但观看他的表现很有趣。他今天太棒了。”

在塔格特球场的 46 场职业生涯比赛中，本宁滕迪击出了 14 支本垒打，贡献 40 分打点，打击率 .352（64-for-182）。

“我一直很喜欢在这里击球，”本宁滕迪说。“我不知道为什么在这里能看清球，所以这里是个再次与球队会合的好地方。”

贡献在周六早早开始，他在第一局用一次单打将萨姆·安东纳奇（Sam Antonacci）送回本垒得分。

双城队在第一局通过乔什·贝尔（Josh Bell）向右外野的牺牲飞球，由卢克·基肖尔（Luke Keaschall）得分将比分扳平。第二局，凯伦·库尔佩珀（Kaelen Culpepper）在野手选择（fielder's choice）中得分，双城队以 2, 1 领先。

白袜队在第四局利用库尔佩珀的一个失误将比分扳平。本宁滕迪以一次二垒安打开启该局。布拉登·蒙哥马利（Braden Montgomery）击球出局至二垒，本宁滕迪推进至三垒。科尔森·蒙哥马利（Colson Montgomery）在内野防守时击球出局，两出局后轮到蔡斯·梅德罗斯（Chase Meidroth）击球。

库尔佩珀在处理向游击手的击球时出现失误，本宁滕迪得分。

第六局，本宁滕迪击出一支 1-2 计数下的切球本垒打，这是他本赛季的第 14 支本垒打，让白袜队取得领先。

“（双城队救援投手安德鲁·莫里斯）球速非常快，且有一些强力的变速球，”本宁滕迪说。“我想在 0-2 计数时，面对同样的球种（切球），我能够将其击出界外。我觉得我第一次看到了它，然后能够将其挑起。”

“老实说，那是一个好球。”

在本系列赛的前两场比赛中，本宁滕迪贡献了五次安打和四分打点。

救援投手布莱恩·哈德逊（Bryan Hudson，左）和捕手杰克·罗杰斯（Jake Rogers）在周六明尼阿波利斯的塔格特球场庆祝白袜队 3-2 战胜双城队。DAVID BERDING / GETTY

“他表现得太惊人了，”经理威尔·维纳布尔（Will Venable）说。“显然他很喜欢在塔格特球场击球。本宁滕迪的表现太棒了。”

这是自 2006 年 6 月 22, 2006. 以 1-0 击败圣路易斯红雀队以来，白袜队首次在仅一名球员贡献全部安打的情况下获胜。在那场比赛中，吉姆·索姆（Jim Thome）贡献了白袜队唯一的安打，即第七局的一支本垒打。

“（本宁滕迪）很清楚自己在击球区做什么，他有计划并能将其执行，”维纳布尔说。“这就是顶级击球手的特质，而且他经验丰富，他明白投手在投手丘上想对他做什么，并且有应对方案。”

“（本宁滕迪）再次挺身而出，他就是那种让你信任的球员，看到这一点很令人欣慰。”

费德获得胜投，他在五局中仅允许三次安打，失两分，并有四次三振和两次保送。

“我们在后期开始采用更好的球种组合，”费德说。“我和（捕手杰克·罗杰斯）达成共识，开始更好地混合球种，让对方球员失去节奏，在最后三局的表现更好了一些。”

这是自 8 月 21, 肖恩·伯克（Sean Burke）在率球场（Rate Field）对阵纽约大都会队投满六局以来，首次有白袜队先发投手投满至少五局。

“费德表现出色，”维纳布尔说道。“他让我们在比赛中保持了竞争力。我认为他的球种组合得非常好，在面对拥挤的垒包情况时处理得不错。这正是我们一直以来在费德身上看到的特质。他很清楚如何攻击击球手，而且如果某种球路不起作用，他能够迅速切换到其他球种，所以表现得非常出色。”

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红袜 6, 洋基 0

波士顿< / td><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>Avg< / >< / tr><><>J.Jones dh< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>.208< / >< / ><><>Rafaela cf< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.286< / >< / ><><>Abreu rf< / ><>5< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.254< / >< / ><><>Contreras 1b< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>.275< / >< / ><><>Durbin 3b< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.256< / >< / ><><>Rutschman c< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.240< / >< / ><><>Monasterio ss< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.253< / >< / ><><>Sogard 2b< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.264< / >< / ><><>White lf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.233< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>36< / ><>6< / ><>9< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>8< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>纽约< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>Avg< / >< / ><><>Goldschmidt 1b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.244< / >< / ><><>Rice dh< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.253< / >< / ><><>Rosario 2b-3b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.220< / >< / ><><>Ramos rf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.241< / >< / ><><>a-Grisham ph-cf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.215< / >< / ><><>Bellinger lf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.254< / >< / ><><>Lombard ss< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.247< / >< / ><><>Caballero 3b< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.233< / >< / ><><>b-García ph< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.283< / >< / ><><>Chisholm 2b< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>.226< / >< / ><><>S.Jones cf-rf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.230< / >< / ><><>Sánchez c< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.246< / >< / ><><>c-Wells ph-c< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.178< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>31< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>9< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>BOS< / ><>100< / ><>010< / ><>004< / ><>-< / ><>6< / ><>9< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>NYY< / ><>000< / ><>-< / ><>0< / ><>4< / ><>1< / >< / table>

a-第7局替代Ramos地滚出局。b-第7局替代Caballero地滚出局。c-第8局替代Sánchez三振出局。E: White (1), Durbin (10), Rosario (9); LOB: 波士顿 7, 纽约 4; 2B: Sogard (10), Ramos (18); HR: Abreu (23), 对阵Rodón; RBI: Abreu (70), Monasterio 2 (40), Sogard (11), Rafaela (67). 得分圈留垒人数：波士顿 4 (Rafaela 2, Monasterio, Contreras)。纽约 2 (Goldschmidt, Bellinger); RISP: 波士顿 8次中3次。纽约 5次中1次。推进跑者：Monasterio。

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纽约< / td><>IP< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / tr><><>罗东< / ><> $4^{2} / {3}$ < / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>5< / ><>88< / ><>3.20< / >< / ><><>德洛斯·桑托斯< / ><> $1 / {3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>5< / ><>1.42< / >< / ><><>托帕< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>21< / ><>6.95< / >< / ><><>亚伯罗< / ><>3< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>60< / ><>3.91< / >< / table>

继承跑者得分：德洛斯·桑托斯 3-0；触身球（HBP）：罗东 (J.Jones)；胜投（WP）：亚伯罗；捕逸球（PB）：鲁特什曼 (0)，桑切斯 (2)。挑战判罚（ABS Challenge）：罗东（坏球 $\rightarrow$ 改判好球），威尔斯（好球 $\rightarrow$ 改判坏球），索加德（-维持原判），亚伯罗（-改判为 ），赖斯（-改判为 ），赖斯（-改判为 ），莫兰（-维持原判）。

裁判：主审，亨特·温德尔斯特；一垒，费利克斯·尼昂；二垒，尼克·伦茨；三垒，埃德温·莫斯科索。 比赛时间：2:52；观众人数：47,314 (47,309)。

芝加哥白袜队 3，明尼苏达双城队 2

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<><>明尼苏达< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>Avg< / >< / ><><>基肖尔 rf< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.271< / >< / ><><>李 3b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.246< / >< / ><><>克莱门斯 2b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.239< / >< / ><><>贝尔 dh< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.253< / >< / ><><>刘易斯 1b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.235< / >< / ><><>拉纳克 lf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.266< / >< / ><><>b-杰弗斯 ph< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.269< / >< / ><><>卡尔佩珀 ss< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.313< / >< / ><><>卡拉蒂尼 c< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.222< / >< / ><><>詹金斯 cf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.333< / >< / ><><>总计< / ><>31< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>7< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>CHW< / ><>100< / ><>101< / ><>000< / ><>-< / ><>3< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>MIN< / ><>110< / ><>000< / ><>-< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>1< / >< / table>

a-在第8局被Antonacci接杀出局。b-在第9局被Larnach接杀出局。E：Culpepper (2)；LOB：芝加哥 7，明尼苏达 5；2B：Benintendi (21), Keaschall (22), Jenkins (1)；HR：Benintendi (14)，由Morris投出；RBI：Benintendi 2 (69), Bell (81), Jenkins (1)；SB：Jenkins (1)；SF：Bell。留在得分圈的跑者：芝加哥 3 (Doyle, C.Montgomery, B.Montgomery)。明尼苏达 3 (Keaschall, Culpepper, Lee)；RISP：芝加哥 11次机会中成功1次。明尼苏达 7次机会中成功0次。

跑者推进：Vargas, B. Montgomery, Lee, Keaschall。

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<><>明尼苏达< / ><>局数(IP)< / ><>安打(H)< / ><>得分(R)< / ><>自责分(ER)< / ><>保送(BB)< / ><>三振(SO)< / ><>投球数(NP)< / ><>防御率(ERA)< / >< / ><><>Ober< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>80< / ><>4.37< / >< / ><><>Morris< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>27< / ><>3.82< / >< / ><><>Minter< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>20< / ><>1.82< / >< / ><><>Gómez< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>25< / ><>3.72< / >< / table>

胜：Fedde 7-8；败：Morris 4-7；救援：Hudson 7-10

ABS挑战：Murakami (好球 $\rightarrow$ 改判为坏球), Fedde (坏球 $\rightarrow$ 改判为好球), Ober (- $\rightarrow$ 改判为好球), Clemens (好球 $\rightarrow$ 改判为 ), Minter (- 维持原判), Minter (- 维持原判)。

裁判：主审 Lance Barrett。一垒审 Malachi Moore。二垒审 Alfonso Marquez。三垒审 Mike Estabrook。 比赛用时：2:35；观众人数：28,310 (38,544)。

MLB 日程表

9月1日：活跃名单扩大至 28 人——在组织中以获得季后赛资格的最后期限，美国东部时间中午。 9月27日：常规赛结束。

美国联盟领先者

截至周五比赛

打击< / td><>场次(G)< / ><>打数(AB)< / ><>得分(R)< / ><>安打(H)< / ><>打击率(AVG)< / >< / tr><><>Alvarez, 休斯顿< / ><>133< / ><>478< / ><>89< / ><>152< / ><>.318< / >< / ><><>Simpson, 坦帕湾< / ><>126< / ><>472< / ><>53< / ><>146< / ><>.309< / >< / ><><>Diáz, 坦帕湾< / ><>129< / ><>510< / ><>77< / ><>154< / ><>.302< / >< / ><><>DeLauter, 克利夫兰< / ><>113< / ><>419< / ><>52< / ><>121< / ><>.289< / >< / ><><>Witt, 堪萨斯城< / ><>117< / ><>458< / ><>76< / ><>132< / ><>.288< / >< / ><><>Rafaela, 波士顿< / ><>129< / ><>512< / ><>67< / ><>147< / ><>.287< / >< / ><><>Caglianone, 堪萨斯城< / ><>124< / ><>448< / ><>62< / ><>127< / ><>.283< / >< / ><><>Caminero, 坦帕湾< / ><>134< / ><>511< / ><>82< / ><>143< / ><>.280< / >< / ><><>Aranda, 坦帕湾< / ><>131< / ><>494< / ><>62< / ><>138< / ><>.279< / >< / ><><>Clement, 多伦多< / ><>132< / ><>505< / ><>54< / ><>141< / ><>.279< / >< / table>

打点 (RBI)：Alvarez, 休斯顿, 91; Alonso, 巴尔的摩, 91; Caminero, 坦帕湾, 85; Rice, 纽约, 83; Dingler, 底特律, 82; Bell, 明尼苏达, 80; Adell, 克利夫兰, 80。 投球：S. Gray, 波士顿, 16-4; Ras

三振：Cease, 多伦多, Cease, 多伦多, 217; G.Williams, 克利夫兰, 204; Schlittler, 纽约, 201; Detmers, 洛杉矶, 174; Bradley, 明尼苏达, 169。

小熊队 17, 红人队 5

<><>辛辛那提< / ><>打数(AB)< / ><>得分(R)< / ><>安打(H)< / ><>打点(BI)< / ><>保送(BB)< / ><>三振(SO)< / ><>打击率(Avg)< / >< / ><><>Rodríguez 右外野< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.228< / >< / ><><>De La Cruz 游击< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>.269< / >< / ><><>I.Johnson 二垒< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.067< / >< / ><><>Stewart 一垒< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.265< / >< / ><><>Bleday 左外野< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.217< / >< / ><><>Stephenson 指定打击< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.248< / >< / ><><>Banfield 捕手< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>Suárez 三垒< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>.207< / >< / ><><>b-Arroyo 代打-三垒< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.242< / >< / ><><>Trevino 捕手-投手< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.230< / >< / ><><>Friedl 中外野< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.167< / >< / ><><>McLain 二垒-游击< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.189< / >< / ><><>总计< / ><>33< / ><>5< / ><>7< / ><>5< / ><>4< / ><>11< / ><>< / >< / table>

芝加哥< / td><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>Avg< / >< / tr><><>Crow-Armstrong cf< / ><>6< / ><>4< / ><>6< / ><>0< / ><>.282< / >< / ><><>Conforto rf< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>.229< / >< / ><><>Suzuki dh< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>.277< / >< / ><><>Bregman 3b< / ><>5< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.255< / >< / ><><>Busch 1b< / ><>6< / ><>0< / ><>.241< / >< / ><><>Hoerner ss< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.260< / >< / ><><>1-Arias pr-pr-ss< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>.234< / >< / ><><>Shaw rf< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.250< / >< / ><><>a-Happ ph-lf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.218< / >< / ><><>Taylor lf-rf-cf< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.271< / >< / ><><>Ramirez 2b< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.292< / >< / ><><>Kelly c< / ><>4< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>.260< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>43< / ><>17< / ><>19< / ><>16< / ><>5< / ><>4< / ><>< / >< / table>

防御率 (ERA)：Schlittler，纽约，2.09；Cease，多伦多，2.34；Messick，克利夫兰，2.50；S.Gray，波士顿，2.82；N.Martinez，坦帕湾，2.93；Rasmussen，坦帕湾，2.95。三振：Cease，多伦多，Cease

<><>CIN< / ><>022< / ><>010< / ><>000< / ><>-< / ><>5< / ><>7< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>CHC< / ><>330< / ><>130< / ><>43x< / ><>-< / ><>17< / ><>19< / ><>0< / >< / table>

投球：S.Gray，波士顿，16-4；Rasmussen，坦帕湾，14-5；N.Martinez，坦帕湾，13-4；Schlittler，纽约，12-6；G.Williams，克利夫兰，12-7。

本垒打：Alvarez，休斯顿，36；Rice，纽约，35；Caminero，坦帕湾，35；Alonso，巴尔的摩，32；Murakami，芝加哥，29；M. Vargas，芝加哥，29；C. Montgomery，芝加哥，28。

a-第4局代替Shaw被击球出局。b-第8局代替Suárez飞球出局。1-第7局代替Hoerner跑垒。2-第7局代替Arias跑垒。 失误 (E)：De La Cruz (16)；留在垒上的跑者 (LOB)：辛辛那提 6，芝加哥 8；二垒安打 (2B)：Stephenson (18), Taylor (11), Kelly (13), Bregman (26)；本垒打 (HR)：Suárez (20)，面对 Gausman；Stewart (30)，面对 Gausman；Crow-Armstrong 2 (35)，面对 Abbott；Bregman (20)，面对 Abbott；Kelly (9)，面对 Garcia；Crow-Armstrong (36)，面对 Santillan；Suzuki (23)，面对 Trevino；打点 (RBI)：Suárez 2 (59), Stewart 2 (104), Bleday (52), Crow-Armstrong 6 (89), Bregman 3 (73), Kelly 4 (49), Hoerner (60), Suzuki 2 (79)；盗垒 (SB)：De La Cruz (24)；牺牲飞球 (SF)：Bleday。 得点圈跑者：辛辛那提 2 (Rodríguez, Bleday)。芝加哥 5 (Busch, Kelly 2, Happ 2)；得点圈安打 (RISP)：辛辛那提 5次中1次。芝加哥 15次中6次；推进跑者：Stewart, Kelly, Crow-Armstrong。

<><>辛辛那提< / ><>IP< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / ><><>Abbott< / ><>3< / ><>8< / ><>7< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>68< / ><>4.49< / >< / ><><>Garcia< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>38< / ><>3.47< / >< / ><><>Moll< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>11< / ><>4.55< / >< / ><><>Santillan< / ><> $\frac{2}{3}$ < / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>32< / ><>6.95< / >< / ><><>P.Johnson< / ><> $\frac{1}{3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>4.42< / >< / ><><>Trevino< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>3< / ><>0< / >< colspan="2">2227.00< / >< / table>

芝加哥< / td><>IP< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / tr><><>Gausman< / ><>5< / ><>6< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>7< / ><>102< / ><>4.52< / >< / ><><>Zeferjahn< / ><> $1\frac{1}{3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>19< / ><>3.98< / >< / ><><>Rolison< / ><> $^{2} / _{3}$ < / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>20< / ><>2.79< / >< / ><><>Rea< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>26< / ><>4.48< / >< / table>

胜：Gausman 8-11；负：Abbott 6-10。 继承跑者得分：Garcia 1-1, P.Johnson 2-0；触身球：Santillan (Bregman)。 ABS挑战：Bleday (好球 $\rightarrow$ 改为坏球), Gausman (坏球 $\rightarrow$ 改为好球), Hoerner (好球 $\$ 改为坏球), Rolison (坏球 $\$ 维持), Bregman (好球 $\$ 改为坏球)。 裁判：主审 Chad Whitson。一垒 Brian Walsh。二垒 Chad Fairchild。三垒 Bill Miller；用时 T: 2:48；观众 A: 39,597 (41,363)。

国民队 5, 马林鱼队 4 (10)

<><>迈阿密< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>Avg< / >< / ><><>Stowers 1b< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>.243< / >< / ><><>Hernández lf< / ><>5< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.235< / >< / ><><>Edwards 2b< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.283< / >< / ><><>Conine dh< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>.249< / >< / ><><>Lopez ss< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.306< / >< / ><><>Marsee cf< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>.209< / >< / ><><>Sanoja 3b-rf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.281< / >< / ><><>Caissie rf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.222< / >< / ><><>a-Jiménez ph-3b< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.208< / >< / ><><>Mack c< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.233< / >< / ><><>b-Ramírez ph< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.228< / >< / ><><>Navarreto c< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.114< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>35< / ><>4< / ><>6< / ><>4< / ><>5< / ><>17< / ><>< / < / >< / table>

<><>华盛顿< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>Avg< / >< / ><><>Abrams dh< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>.269< / >< / ><><>Ortiz 1b< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.235< / >< / ><><>Tena lf< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.229< / >< / ><><>Lile rf< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.252< / >< / ><><>Crews cf< / ><>5< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.223< / >< / ><><>K.Ruiz c< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.280< / >< / ><><>House 3b< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.237< / >< / ><><>Vivas 2b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.236< / >< / ><><>Nuñez ss< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.214< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>37< / ><>5< / ><>9< / ><>3< / ><>7< / ><>< / < / >< / table>

<><>MIA< / ><>000< / ><>400< / ><>0< / ><>-< / ><>4< / ><>6< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>WAS< / ><>004< / ><>000< / ><>1< / ><>-< / ><>5< / ><>9< / ><>0< / >< / table>

决胜分得分时处于两出局状态。 a-第7局替代 Caissie 安打上垒。b-第7局替代 Mack 保送上垒。

E：麦克 (8)；留在垒上的跑者 (LOB)：迈阿密 9，华盛顿 8；二垒安打 (2B)：斯托尔斯 (23)，莱尔 (26)，维瓦斯 (10)；全垒打 (HR)：埃尔南德斯 (22)，由洛德投球；打点 (RBI)：斯托尔斯 2 (54)，埃尔南德斯 2 (58)，豪斯 (37)，维瓦斯 (25)，克鲁斯 (34)；盗垒 (S)：希门尼斯，维瓦斯；得点圈留有跑者：迈阿密 4 (麦克 2, 埃尔南德斯, 马西)。华盛顿 5 (艾布拉姆斯 2, 努涅斯, 克鲁斯 2)；得点圈表现 (RISP)：迈阿密 10 次机会 3 次得手。华盛顿 10 次机会 3 次得手。

迈阿密< / td><>局数 (IP)< / ><>安打 (H)< / ><>失分 (R)< / ><>自责分 (ER)< / ><>保送 (BB)< / ><>三振 (SO)< / ><>投球数 (NP)< / ><>防御率 (ERA)< / >< / tr><><>阿尔坎塔拉< / ><>6< / ><>8< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>94< / ><>3.46< / >< / ><><>拉尔斯顿< / ><> $1\frac{1}{3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>15< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>埃克内斯< / ><> $1\frac{2}{3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>19< / ><>1.45< / >< / ><><>彼得森< / ><> $\frac{2}{3}$ < / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>19< / ><>3.42< / >< / table>

<><>华盛顿< / ><>局数 (IP)< / ><>安打 (H)< / ><>失分 (R)< / ><>自责分 (ER)< / ><>保送 (BB)< / ><>三振 (SO)< / ><>投球数 (NP)< / ><>防御率 (ERA)< / >< / ><><>卡瓦利< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>8< / ><>70< / ><>3.12< / >< / ><><>托尔曼< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>25< / ><>0.00< / >< / ><><>科斯格罗夫< / ><> $2\frac{1}{3}$ < / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>20< / ><>6.32< / >< / ><><>洛德< / ><> $2^{1 / 3}$ < / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>27< / ><>3.75< / >< / ><><>里巴尔塔< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>18< / ><>3.86< / >< / table>

承接跑者得分：洛德 1-1；故意保送 (IBB)：由洛德投球 (斯托尔斯)；触身球 (HBP)：卡瓦利 (科宁)。ABS挑战：爱德华兹 (好球 $\rightarrow$ 改为坏球)，卡瓦利 (坏球 $\rightarrow$ 维持)，阿尔坎塔拉 (坏球 $\$ 改为好球)，科宁 (好球 $\$ 维持)，埃克内斯 (坏球 $\$ 维持)，彼得森 (坏球 $\$ 维持)；投球计时违规：洛德 (投手)，埃尔南德斯 (击球手)。

裁判：主审，埃德温·希门尼斯。一垒，埃里希·巴克斯。二垒，克里斯·塞加尔。三垒，拉兹·迪亚兹；比赛用时 (T)：2:59；观众人数 (A)：32,055 (41,376)。

国家联盟领先者

防御率 (ERA)：Misiorowski，密尔沃基，1.73；Sale，亚特兰大，2.06；E.Rodriguez，亚利桑那，2.50；Yamamoto，洛杉矶，2.56；C.Sánchez，费城，2.62。

三振：Misiorowski，密尔沃基，222；Luzardo，费城，203；C. Sánchez，费城，194；Sale，亚特兰大，177；Skenes，匹兹堡，175。

本垒打：Schwarber，费城，40；Olson，亚特兰大，37；Goodman，科罗拉多，36；Crow-Armstrong，芝加哥，33；Wood，华盛顿，30；Ohtani，洛杉矶，30。打点 (RBI)：S.Stewart，辛辛那提，102；

截至周五比赛 大都会 6，太空人 2

休斯顿< / td><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>Avg< / >< / tr><><>Peña dh< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.282< / >< / ><><>Y.Alvarez lf< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.320< / >< / ><><>Paredes 3b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.259< / >< / ><><>Altuve 2b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.246< / >< / ><><>Varsho cf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.232< / >< / ><><>Walker 1b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.229< / >< / ><><>Trammell rf< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.203< / >< / ><><>Allen ss< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>.260< / >< / ><><>Vázquez c< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.212< / >< / ><><>a-Wade ph< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.204< / >< / ><><>Diaz c< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>.261< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>30< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>6< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>纽约< / ><>AB< / ><>R< / ><>H< / ><>BI< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>Avg< / >< / ><><>Lindor ss< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.234< / >< / ><><>Soto dh< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.283< / >< / ><><>Bichette 3b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.260< / >< / ><><>Benge rf< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.279< / >< / ><><>Young 1b< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.272< / >< / ><><>Semien 2b< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.219< / >< / ><><>Ewing cf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.236< / >< / ><><>Baty lf< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.223< / >< / ><><>1-Pache pr-lf< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>.000< / >< / ><><>b-Robert ph-lf< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.228< / >< / ><><>F.Alvarez c< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.233< / >< / ><><>Totals< / ><>34< / ><>6< / ><>11< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>6< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>HOU< / ><>100< / ><>000< / ><>010< / ><>-< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>NYM< / ><>100< / ><>030< / ><>02x< / ><>-< / ><>6< / ><>11< / ><>1< / >< / table>

a-在第8局替换Vázquez被三振出局。b-在第8局替换Pache高飞球出局。1-在第6局为Baty跑垒。

Burleson，圣路易斯，99；J.Walker，圣路易斯，97；Abrams，华盛顿，92；Crow-Armstrong，芝加哥，83；Schwarber，费城，81。

投球：C.Sánchez，费城，16-4；Burns，辛辛那提，14-3；E.Rodriguez，亚利桑那，14-4；Misiorowski，密尔沃基，14-5；Ashby，密尔沃基，13-2。

E: Baty (8); LOB: 休斯顿 5, 纽约 7; 2B: Peña (16), Altuve (18), Lindor (9), Baty (17), F.Alvarez (12); 3B: Young (3); HR: Y.Alvarez (37), off Duarte; RBI: Y. 2 (93), Young 3 (35), Soto (53), F. 2 (33); SB: Semien (10); SF: Y.; S: Ewing.

得点圈留垒人数：休斯顿 1 (Trammell)。纽约 5 (Baty, Lindor 2, Semien 2)；得点圈打击率 (RISP)：休斯顿 3次0安。纽约 12次4安。

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<><>纽约< / ><>IP< / ><>H< / ><>R< / ><>ER< / ><>BB< / ><>SO< / ><>NP< / ><>ERA< / >< / ><><>McLean< / ><>7< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>4< / ><>93< / ><>3.06< / >< / ><><>Duarte< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>21< / ><>1.50< / >< / ><><>Senga< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>11< / ><>7.50< / >< / table>

W. McLean 10-8, L. Javier 1-3. 承接跑者得分：Javier 2-0. ABS挑战：Sousa (坏球 $\rightarrow$ 改判为好球), Varsho (好球 $\rightarrow$ 改判为坏球).

投球计时违规：Javier (投手)。裁判：主审 Carlos Torres。一垒审 Nate Tomlinson。二垒审 Mark Wegner。三垒审 Jacob Metz。

光芒队 7, 教士队 6

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<><>坦帕湾< / ><>打数< / ><>得分< / ><>安打< / ><>打点< / ><>保送< / ><>三振< / ><>打击率< / >< / ><><>Díaz dh< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.304< / >< / ><><>1-Mateo pr-dh< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.232< / >< / ><><>Aranda 1b< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.279< / >< / ><><>Caminero 3b< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.280< / >< / ><><>Hicks c< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.287< / >< / ><><>a-Vilade ph< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.261< / >< / ><><>Piper c< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>.222< / >< / ><><>Simpson lf< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.311< / >< / ><><>DeLuca rf< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.267< / >< / ><><>Palacios 2b< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.226< / >< / ><><>Mullins cf< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.206< / >< / ><><>Walls ss< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.221< / >< / ><><>总计< / ><>34< / ><>7< / ><>11< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>7< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>圣迭戈< / ><>001< / ><>002< / ><>300< / ><>-< / ><>6< / ><>10< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>坦帕湾< / ><>101< / ><>001< / ><>40x< / ><>-< / ><>7< / ><>11< / ><>0< / >< / table>

a-在第7局被三振，由Hicks替代。 1-在第7局为Díaz跑垒。2-在第9局为Mach- ado跑垒。

失误：Rengifo (7)；残垒：圣迭戈 8, 坦帕湾 6；二垒安打：Cronenworth (11), Díaz (22)；全垒打：France (19), 对阵 Martinez。Aranda (17), 对阵 Buehler。Caminero (36), 对阵 Buehler；打点：Cronenworth (26), France 2 (58), Machado 2 (74), Hicks (74), Aranda (79), Caminero (86), Díaz (75), Simpson (30)；盗垒：Harris (5), Machado (4), Tatis (31)。

得分圈残垒：圣迭戈 5 (France, Rengifo, Cronenworth, Sheets 2)。坦帕湾 3 (DeLuca 2, Mateo)；得分圈打击：圣迭戈 10次中2次。坦帕湾 11次中4次。

推进跑者：Machado；双杀：Díaz。

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胜：凯利 6-3；败：罗德里格斯 3-3, BS, 2-7；救援：贝克 39-42

接手跑者得分：莫雷洪 1-1，凯利 3-3；故意保送：凯利 (梅里尔)，莫雷洪 (卡米内罗)；野球：松井。ABS挑战：坎普萨诺 (好球-确认)，布勒 (坏球-改为好球)，马丁内斯 (坏球-改为好球)，贝克 (坏球-确认)。投球计时违规：凯利 (投手)；莫雷洪 (投手)。

裁判：主审，詹森·维斯孔蒂。一垒，泰勒·琼斯。二垒，科里·布莱泽。三垒，安迪·弗莱彻。 用时：2:43：观众：25 621 (25 025)

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奥克兰运动队< / td><>打数(AB)< / ><>得分(R)< / ><>安打(H)< / ><>打点(BI)< / ><>保送(BB)< / ><>三振(SO)< / ><>打击率(Avg)< / >< / tr><><>Bolte 中外野< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.269< / >< / ><><>McNeil 二垒-一垒< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.265< / >< / ><><>Gelof 三垒-左外野< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.258< / >< / ><><>Butler 右外野< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.228< / >< / ><><>White 一垒< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.270< / >< / ><><>b-Walton 代打-二垒< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.278< / >< / ><><>Muncy 指定打击< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.221< / >< / ><><>Cortes 左外野< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.256< / >< / ><><>1-Stefanic 代跑-三垒< / ><>0< / ><>0 < / ><>.429< / >< / ><><>Heim 捕手< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.210< / >< / ><><>Williams 游击< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.261< / >< / ><><>总计< / ><>37< / ><>3< / ><>9< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>7< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>巴尔的摩< / ><>020< / ><>000< / ><>2< / ><>-< / ><>4< / ><>6< / ><>0< / >< / ><><>奥克兰< / ><>000< / ><>110< / ><>1< / ><>-< / ><>3< / ><>9< / ><>1< / >< / table>

<>< rowspan="2" colspan="2">投手< / >< rowspan="2">时间< / >< ="2">胜-负< / >< ="2">防御率(ERA)< / >< ="2">记录< / >< colspan="3">2026 对阵对手< / >< colspan="3">近3场先发< / >< / ><><>胜-负< / ><>局数(IP)< / ><>防御率(ERA)< / ><>胜-负< / ><>局数(IP)< / ><>防御率(ERA)< / >< / ><><>迈阿密< / ><>Junk (右)< / ><>< / ><>6-8< / ><>4.21< / ><>9-10< / ><>0-0< / ><>10.2< / ><>4.22< / ><>1-1< / ><>15.2< / ><>2.30< / >< / ><><>华盛顿< / ><>Alvarez (左)< / ><>11:15a< / ><>2-6< / ><>3.72< / ><>4-8< / ><>0-0< / ><>4.2< / ><>1.93< / ><>0-3< / ><>15.1< / ><>3.52< / >< / ><><>科罗拉多< / ><>Adams (右)< / ><>< / ><>0-0< / ><>2.25< / ><>1-0< / ><>0-0< / ><>0.0< / ><>0.00< / ><>0-0< / ><>4.0< / ><>2.25< / >< / ><><>亚特兰大< / ><>Mahle (右)< / ><>12:35p< / ><>5-10< / ><>4.41< / ><>8-14< / ><>1-0< / ><>11.1< / ><>3.18< / ><>2-1< / ><>17.2< / ><>2.04< / >< / ><><>匹兹堡< / ><>Ashcraft (右)< / ><>< / ><>13-5< / ><>3.59< / ><>18-8< / ><>1-1< / ><>11.1< / ><>5.56< / ><>2-0< / ><>23.0< / ><>1.17< / >< / ><><>圣路易斯< / ><>Liberatore (左)< / ><>1:15p< / ><>5-12< / ><>5.44< / ><>13-13< / ><>0-0< / ><>4.2< / ><>7.71< / ><>0-3< / ><>15.1< / ><>7.63< / >< / ><><>辛辛那提< / ><>Burns (右)< / ><>< / ><>14-3< / ><>2.77< / ><>18-7< / ><>0-0< / ><>0.0< / ><>0.00< / ><>1-1< / ><>15.2< / ><>4.02< / >< / ><><>芝加哥小熊< / ><>Imanaga (左)< / ><>6:20p< / ><>8-9< / ><>3.78< / ><>14-12< / ><>1-1< / ><>11.0< / ><>1.64< / ><>0-0< / ><>12.2< / ><>5.68< / >< / table>

a-在第6局为Franklin击出二垒安打。b-在第8局为White击出飞球出局。1-在第9局为Cortes代跑。2-在第10局为Alonso代跑。

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失误(E)：Lopez (3)；残垒(LOB)：巴尔的摩 9, 奥克兰 8；二垒安打(2B)：Cowser (6)；全垒打(HR)：Heim (12)，由Young投球；打点(RBI)：Beavers (32), Mayo (52), Encarnacion-Strand (28), Heim (41), Butler (42), Gelof (38)；盗垒(SB)：Mayo (3), Gelof (10)；盗垒失败(CS)：Cowser (4)；救援成功(S)：Gelof。留在得分圈的跑者：巴尔的摩 4 (Taveras 2, Narváez 2)。奥克兰 3 (White, Walton, Heim)；得分圈跑者击球(RISP)：巴尔的摩 4 for 11. 奥克兰 2 for 8.

巴尔的摩< / td><>局数(IP)< / ><>安打(H)< / ><>得分(R)< / ><>失分(ER)< / ><>保送(BB)< / ><>三振(SO)< / ><>投球数(NP)< / ><>防御率(ERA)< / >< / tr><><>Young< / ><>7< / ><>5< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>91< / ><>3.38< / >< / ><><>Garcia< / ><> $\frac{2}{3}$ < / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>11< / ><>3.28< / >< / ><><>Cano< / ><> $\frac{1}{3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>3.19< / >< / ><><>Kittredge< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>14< / ><>3.27< / >< / ><><>Hoppe< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>14< / ><>4.46< / >< / table>

<><>奥克兰< / ><>局数(IP)< / ><>安打(H)< / ><>得分(R)< / ><>失分(ER)< / ><>保送(BB)< / ><>三振(SO)< / ><>投球数(NP)< / ><>防御率(ERA)< / >< / ><><>Lopez< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>3< / ><>6< / ><>100< / ><>4.82< / >< / ><><>Blewett< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>26< / ><>2.21< / >< / ><><>Medina< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>18< / ><>3.58< / >< / ><><>Harris< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>13< / ><>3.55< / >< / ><><>Basso< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>16< / ><>4.67< / >< / table>

赛果，赛程

胜：Kittredge 3-3；负：Basso 0-1；救援：Hoppe 1-1 承接跑者得分：Cano 1-0；故意保送：Blewett (Beavers), Basso (Alonso)；触身球：Lopez (Mayo), Garcia (Bolte)；野球：Blewett。

ABS挑战：Alonso (好球 $\rightarrow$ 改判为坏球), Holliday (好球 $\rightarrow$ 改判为坏球), Cortes ($\$ 改判为坏球), Taveras ($\$ 改判为坏球), Narváez ($\$ 维持原判), Williams ($\$ 维持原判), Hoppe (坏球 $\$ 维持原判)；投球计时违规：Blewett (投手), Basso (投手)。 裁判：主审 Emil Jimenez。一垒审 Gabe Morales。二垒审 Doug Eddings。三垒审 Mike Muchlinski；比赛用时：2:56；观众人数：7,228。

周五晚间：费城 5, 天使 3

<><>费城< / ><>打数(AB)< / ><>得分(R)< / ><>安打(H)< / ><>打点(BI)< / ><>保送(BB)< / ><>三振(SO)< / ><>打击率(Avg)< / >< / ><><>Schwarber dh< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.245< / >< / ><><>Turner ss< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.241< / >< / ><><>Harper rf< / ><>5< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.266< / >< / ><><>Arraez 2b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.320< / >< / ><><>Bohm 1b< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.245< / >< / ><><>De La Cruz lf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.357< / >< / ><><>a-Crword ph-cf< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.266< / >< / ><><>Stott 3b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.261< / >< / ><><>Realmuto c< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.223< / >< / ><><>Hill cf-lf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.241< / >< / ><><>c-Marsh ph-lf< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.272< / >< / ><><>d-Sosa ph-lf< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>.235< / >< / ><><>总计< / ><>35< / ><>5< / ><>11< / ><>5< / ><>3< / ><>5< / ><>< / >< / table>

洛杉矶< / td><>打数< / ><>得分< / ><>安打< / ><>二垒安打< / ><>保送< / ><>三振< / ><>打击率< / >< / tr><><>Neto ss< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>.236< / >< / ><><>Trout cf< / ><>4< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.241< / >< / ><><>Meckler lf-rf< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.288< / >< / ><><>Grissom 1b< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.246< / >< / ><><>Ballesteros dh< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.207< / >< / ><><>Moore 2b< / ><>4< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.171< / >< / ><><>Lowe rf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.213< / >< / ><><>b-Siri ph-lf< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.241< / >< / ><><>Guzman 3b< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>.221< / >< / ><><>e-Frazier ph< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>.250< / >< / ><><>Heineman c< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.171< / >< / ><><>总计< / ><>29< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>9< / ><>< / >< / table>

<><>费城< / ><>000< / ><>010< / ><>004< / ><>-< / ><>5< / ><>11< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>洛杉矶< / ><>300< / ><>000< / ><>-< / ><>3< / ><>0< / >< / table>

a-第7局，代替De La Cruz地滚出局。b-第7局，代替Lowe飞球出局。c-第8局，代替Hill代打。d-第9局，代替Marsh击出本垒打。e-第9局，代替Guzman三振出局。 失误：Arraez (7)；留在垒上的跑者：费城 7，洛杉矶 5；本垒打：Sosa (6)，投手Peralta；打点：Hill (26), Sosa 4 (39), Meckler (21)；盗垒：Grissom；留在得分圈的跑者：费城 1 (Harper)，洛杉矶 2 (Frazier, Lowe)；得分圈安打：费城 8次中3次，洛杉矶 5次中1次；推进跑者：Stott；线外双杀：Arraez；地滚双杀：Bohm, Grissom；双杀：费城 1 (Arraez, Bohm)，洛杉矶 2 (Moore, Grissom, Neto)。

今日投手

费城< / td><>局数< / ><>安打< / ><>得分< / ><>失分< / ><>保送< / ><>三振< / ><>投球数< / ><>防御率< / >< / tr><><>Painter< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>3< / ><>6< / ><>94< / ><>5.95< / >< / ><><>Alvarado< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>19< / ><>5.81< / >< / ><><>McFarlane< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>21< / ><>1.08< / >< / ><><>Bowlan< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>25< / ><>2.77< / >< / table>

<><>洛杉矶< / ><>局数< / ><>安打< / ><>得分< / ><>失分< / ><>保送< / ><>三振< / ><>投球数< / ><>防御率< / >< / ><><>Detmers< / ><>6< / ><>8< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>86< / ><>3.54< / >< / ><><>Fermin< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>15< / ><>3.33< / >< / ><><>Watson< / ><> $\frac{2}{3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>17< / ><>4.38< / >< / ><><>Saucedo< / ><> $\frac{1}{3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>6< / ><>4.26< / >< / ><><>Joyce< / ><> $\frac{2}{3}$ < / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>26< / ><>3.24< / >< / ><><>Peralta< / ><> $\frac{1}{3}$ < / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>15< / ><>6.10< / >< / table>

洛杉矶道奇 2, 底特律 1 堪萨斯城 3, 克利夫兰 0 坦帕湾 9, 圣迭戈 4 多伦多 8, 西雅图 1 休斯顿 3, 纽约大都会 1 纽约洋基 1, 波士顿 0 密尔沃基 6, 德克萨斯 1 芝加哥白袜 7, 明尼苏达 4 费城 5, 洛杉矶天使 3 巴尔的摩 4, 奥克兰 3 (10)

胜：McFarlane 4-1；败：Joyce 0-2, H, 2；救援：Bowlan 2-5

周六赛果 G1：波士顿 6, 纽约洋基 0 底特律 2, 洛杉矶道奇 1 芝加哥白袜 3, 明尼苏达 2 多伦多 4, 西雅图 3 纽约大都会 6, 休斯顿 2 堪萨斯城 8, 克利夫兰 3 坦帕湾 7, 圣迭戈 6 密尔沃基 5, 德克萨斯 3 G2：波士顿客场对阵纽约洋基，晚些时候进行 巴尔的摩客场对阵奥克兰，晚些时候进行 费城客场对阵洛杉矶天使，晚些时候进行

周一赛程

承接跑者得分：Saucedo 1-0, Peralta 3-3；触身球：Joyce (Bohm), Bowlan (Grissom)；失分投手：Painter(2), Joyce。ABS挑战：Harper (好球-确认), Fermin (坏球-确认), Turner (好球-确认), Joyce (坏球-确认)；裁判：主审 Shane Liven-sparger，一垒审 Dan Merzel，二垒审 Dan Bellino，三垒审 Mark Ripperger。用时：2:56；观众人数：34,951 (45,517)。

周六赛果

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纽约大都会客场对阵坦帕湾，下午 5:40 西雅图客场对阵波士顿，下午 5:45 底特律客场对阵明尼苏达，下午 6:40 奥克兰客场对阵德克萨斯，晚上 7:05 芝加哥白袜客场对阵休斯顿，晚上 7:10 巴尔的摩客场对阵科罗拉多，晚上 7:40 纽约洋基客场对阵洛杉矶天使，晚上 8:38

周五赛果

■ 皇家队：Josh Rojas 职业生涯第二次在单场比赛中贡献四分打点，Salvador Perez 击出两支二垒安打，皇家队以 8-3 击败守护者队，在 13 场比赛中取得第 12 场胜利。 ■ 勇士队：Michael Harris II 在第八局击出两出局、两分二垒安打，带领勇士队以 2-1 战胜落基山队，这也是国家联盟东区领头羊勇士队的六连胜。

赛场快讯

■ 道奇队：大谷翔平在周五的牛棚训练中感到膝盖不适，因此周日对阵老虎队的比赛将不会登板投球。道奇队经理戴夫·罗伯茨在周六 2-1 失利前表示，大谷的膝盖仍未完全摆脱疼痛，且他的二头肌也出现了一些轻微问题，此前在局中就曾受到困扰。赛后，罗伯茨表示大谷不会在对阵老虎队的比赛中被使用，其下次登板时间尚不确定。

■ 红袜队：红袜队在周六迎来牛棚关键成员的回归，救援投手加雷特·惠特洛克在 10 天伤单短期休整后被激活。……塞丹内·拉法埃拉在第四局因误判中外野飞球后迅速调整，在一次跑垒出局次日成功在接球处将跑者封杀，并在第九局四分大爆发中击出了一支打点单打，帮助红袜队在周六双赛的首场比赛中 6-0 击败洋基队。

■ 大都会队：大都会队强棒胡安·索托在对阵太空人队的比赛前从 10 天伤单中恢复，周六在阵容中担任第二棒及指定击球手。索托此前因左小腿 2 级拉伤缺席 31 场比赛，现已回归这支排名垫底的大都会队。

周六赛果 底特律 2, 洛杉矶道奇 1 匹兹堡 6, 圣路易斯 2 芝加哥小熊 17, 辛辛那提 5 第一场：亚利桑那 7, 旧金山 1 纽约大都会 6, 休斯顿 2 坦帕湾 7, 圣迭戈 6 华盛顿 5, 迈阿密 4 (10) 亚特兰大 2, 科罗拉多 1 密尔沃基 5, 德克萨斯 3 第二场：亚利桑那 对 旧金山，晚些时候进行 费城 对 洛杉矶天使，晚些时候进行

国家联盟

周一赛程

■ 国民队：迪伦·克鲁斯在第 10 局两出局的情况下击出一支打点单打，帮助国民队在周六以 5-4 击败马林鱼队。马林鱼队的投手此前连续解决了 21 名国民队球员，直到迈克尔·彼得森 (3-4) 在第 10 局保送了何塞·特纳和戴伦·莱尔，将自动跑者纳西姆·努涅斯推进至三垒。随后，克鲁斯击出单打，球飞过飞身拦截的二垒手哈维尔·爱德华兹身侧，锁定胜局。国民队先发投手凯德·卡瓦利在四个局无安打后离开赛场，此前他被哈维尔·萨诺哈 93 mph 的地滚球击中右脚踝。卡瓦利在受伤后仍成功将萨诺哈封杀，随后跛步回到休息区。球队表示，这位右投手有右小腿不适。

旧金山 对 亚特兰大，5:05 p.m. 纽约大都会 对 坦帕湾，5:40 p.m. 圣迭戈 对 辛辛那提，5:40 p.m. 迈阿密 对 华盛顿，5:45 p.m. 密尔沃基 对 芝加哥小熊，6:40 p.m. 巴尔的摩 对 科罗拉多，7:40 p.m. 费城 对 亚利桑那，8:40 p.m.

■ 老虎队：哈维尔·巴埃兹在第九局的防守和进攻端都做出了关键贡献，为凯文·麦戈尼格尔的绝杀单打铺平了道路，老虎队在周六以 2-1 击败道奇队。

周五赛果

辛辛那提 10, 芝加哥小熊 8 华盛顿 9, 迈阿密 2 洛杉矶道奇 2, 底特律 1 坦帕湾 9, 圣迭戈 4 休斯顿 3, 纽约大都会 1 亚特兰大 6, 科罗拉多 4 密尔沃基 6, 德克萨斯 1 圣路易斯 4, 匹兹堡 1 费城 5, 洛杉矶天使 3 亚利桑那 10, 旧金山 6

■ 蓝鸟队：亚历杭德罗·柯克在第六局两出局时击出单打，打入打破平局的得分，蓝鸟队在周六以 4-3 击败水手队。何塞·索里亚诺 (11-7) 在七局中投出六次三振，在最近三次先发中第二次获得胜场。

■ 海盗队：拉斐尔·弗洛雷斯二世击出一支三分本垒打，布兰登·洛韦补上一支独跑本垒打，帮助海盗队在周六以 6-2 战胜红雀队。

历史上的今天：8月30日

1905年：泰·科布（Ty Cobb）完成了大联盟首秀，在老虎队5-3获胜的比赛中，他击中了纽约高地人队杰克·切斯布罗（Jack Chesbro）的一记二垒安打。

1916年：波士顿红袜队的达奇·伦纳德（Dutch Leonard）在对阵圣路易斯布朗队的比赛中投出了一场无安打比赛，以4-0获胜。

1912年：圣路易斯布朗队的厄尔·汉密尔顿（Earl Hamilton）在底特律对阵老虎队时投出了一场5-1的无安打比赛。

1918年：纽约巨人队1-0击败布鲁克林道奇队，整场比赛仅用时57分钟。

1941年：圣路易斯红雀队的隆·沃内克（Lon Warneke）在对阵辛辛那提红人队的比赛中投出了一场2-0的无安打比赛。全场仅有三颗球被击入外野。

1960年：在双赛首场比赛的15局较量中，皮特·伦内尔斯（Pete Runnels）7次击球中获得6次安打，帮助波士顿红袜队险胜底特律老虎队。伦内尔斯在第二场比赛中又增加了三次安打。

1966年：皮特·罗斯（Pete Rose）在左右两个击球区均击出本垒打，带领辛辛那提队以6-4战胜圣路易斯队。

1987年：明尼苏达队的柯比·帕克特（Kirby Puckett）6次击球全部命中，贡献4分打点，并击出两支本垒打和两次二垒安打，带领双城队以10-6战胜密尔沃基队。

1999年：纽约大都会队的埃德加多·阿尔方佐（Edgardo Alfonzo）6次击球全部命中，击出三支本垒打，贡献5分打点，并在17-1大胜休斯顿队的比赛中跑回6分，追平了大联盟纪录。

2006年：柯特·席林（Curt Schilling）在红袜队7-2负于奥克兰队的比赛中，于第一局三振了奥克兰队的尼克·斯威舍（Nick Swisher），成为大联盟历史上第14位达到3,000次三振的投手。

■ 光芒队：扬迪·迪亚兹（Yandy Diaz）在第七局击出满垒安打，打入三分；随后钱德勒·辛普森（Chandler Simpson）击出打破僵局的打点安打。光芒队在周六的比赛中反超并以7-6击败教士队。在比赛中，教士队二垒手路易斯·伦吉福（Luis Rengifo）因右膝扭伤被担架抬离球场。

2015年：杰克·阿里耶塔（Jake Arrieta）投出了本赛季大联盟的第六场无安打比赛，也是10天内第二次对阵洛杉矶道奇队投出无安打，带领芝加哥小熊队以2-0获胜。阿里耶塔三振了本赛季最高的12人（距离其职业生涯最高纪录仅差1次），并有一次保送。在第三局中，阿里耶塔得到了官方记录员的一次有利判定，当时基克·赫尔南德斯（Kike Hernandez）因二垒手斯塔林·卡斯特罗（Starlin Castro）的接球失误而上垒。赫尔南德斯击出的一记低平球飞向卡斯特罗，后者试图在球弹起瞬间接球，但球从他身上弹开。该球被判定为失误，但判定结果原本可能两种皆可。

2020年：芝加哥小熊队：MLB历史上首次出现三名首发外野手——伊恩·哈普（Ian Happ）、凯尔·施瓦伯（Kyle Schwarber）和贾斯汀·海沃德（Justin Heyward）全部击出本垒打的情况。在10-1大胜红人队的比赛中，三人每人都击出了两支本垒打。

比分板

NFL季前赛

美联

东区

< / td><>胜< / ><>负< / ><>平< / ><>胜率< / ><>得分< / ><>失分< / >< / tr><><>布法罗< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1.000< / ><>88< / ><>48< / >< / ><><>新英格兰< / ><>1< / ><>.500< / ><>50< / ><>71< / >< / ><><>纽约喷气机< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.333< / ><>39< / ><>47< / >< / ><><>迈阿密< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / ><>22< / ><>63< / >< / table>

南区

<><>< / ><>胜< / ><>负< / ><>平< / ><>胜率< / ><>得分< / ><>失分< / >< / ><><>杰克逊维尔< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.667< / ><>60< / ><>54< / >< / ><><>田纳西< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>0< / ><>.667< / ><>53< / >< / ><><>印第安纳波利斯< / ><>0< / ><>2< / ><>1< / ><>.167< / ><>35< / ><>72< / >< / ><><>休斯顿< / ><>0< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>.000< / ><>40< / ><>65< / >< / table>

北区

<><>< / ><>胜< / ><>负< / ><>平< / ><>胜率< / ><>得分< / ><>失分< / >< / ><><>巴尔的摩< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1.000< / ><>78< / ><>13< / >< / ><><>辛辛那提< / ><>3< / ><>0< / ><>1.000< / ><>73< / ><>36< / >< / ><><>克利夫兰< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.333< / ><>54< / ><>78< / >< / ><><>匹兹堡< / ><>1< / ><>2< / ><>0< / ><>.333< / ><>55< / ><>54< / >< / table>

国家联盟

南区

北区

第3周

周六赛果

底特律 25, 印第安纳波利斯 16 芝加哥 24, 田纳西 15 周五赛果

周五赛果 巴尔的摩 41, 华盛顿 3 亚特兰大 17, 迈阿密 12 卡罗来纳 16, 休斯顿 13 杰克逊维尔 19, 坦帕湾 0 纽约巨人 23, 纽约喷气机 6 辛辛那提 30, 费城 13 格林贝 42, 亚利桑那 38 新奥尔良 27, 达拉斯 24 西雅图 9, 堪萨斯城 9 丹佛 34, 明尼苏达 6 周四赛果 布法罗 28, 匹兹堡 27 克利夫兰 37, 新英格兰 13 旧金山 18, 拉斯维加斯 12 洛杉矶公羊 20, 洛杉矶闪电 18

常规赛

第一周 1

9月9日，星期三

新英格兰 对阵 西雅图 (NBC)，晚上 7:20 9月10日，星期四 旧金山 对阵 洛杉矶公羊（墨尔本）

9月13日，星期日

芝加哥 对阵 卡罗来纳，中午 坦帕湾 对阵 辛辛那提，中午 新奥尔良 对阵 底特律， 布法罗 对阵 休斯顿， 巴尔的摩 对阵 印第安纳波利斯， 克利夫兰 对阵 杰克逊维尔， 亚特兰大 对阵 匹兹堡， 纽约喷气机 对阵 田纳西， 亚利桑那 对阵 洛杉矶闪电，下午 3:25 迈阿密 对阵 拉斯维加斯，下午 3:25 格林贝 对阵 明尼苏达，下午 3:25 华盛顿 对阵 费城，下午 3:25 达拉斯 对阵 纽约巨人 (NBC)，晚上 7:20 9月14日，星期一 丹佛 对阵 堪萨斯城 (ESPN)，晚上 7:15

棒球

少棒世界系列赛

周六赛果

国际冠军赛

威廉斯塔德 (库拉索) 4, 东京 (日本) 0 美国冠军赛

亨德森 (内华达州) 12, 汉密尔顿 (俄亥俄州) 2 周日比赛

周日比赛

东京 (日本) 对阵 汉密尔顿 (俄亥俄州) 世界系列赛冠军赛，下午 2:00 (ABC) 威廉斯塔德 (库拉索) 对阵 亨德森 (内华达州)

赛车

NASCAR 杯系列赛：

周五排位赛后；周六晚举行正赛；地点：佛罗里达州代托纳海滩，代托纳国际赛车场。单圈长度：2.50英里

排名< / td><>车号< / ><>车手< / ><>车型< / ><>时速(MPH)< / >< / tr><><>1.< / ><>1< / ><>罗斯·查斯坦 (Ross Chastain)< / ><>C< / ><>184.396< / >< / ><><>2.< / ><>17< / ><>克里斯·布舍尔 (Chris Buescher)< / ><>F< / ><>184.204< / >< / ><><>3.< / ><>33< / ><>奥斯汀·希尔 (Austin Hill)< / ><>C< / ><>184.188< / >< / ><><>4.< / ><>60< / ><>瑞安·普里斯 (Ryan Preece)< / ><>F< / ><>184.121< / >< / ><><>5.< / ><>35< / ><>赖利·赫伯斯特 (Riley Herbst)< / ><>T< / ><>183.763< / >< / ><><>6.< / ><>97< / ><>谢恩·范·吉斯伯根 (Shane Van Gisbergen)< / ><>C< / ><>183.602< / >< / ><><>7.< / ><>88< / ><>康纳·齐利施 (Connor Zilisch)< / ><>C< / ><>183.599< / >< / ><><>8.< / ><>2< / ><>奥斯汀·辛德里克 (Austin Cindric)< / ><>F< / ><>183.408< / >< / ><><>9.< / ><>22< / ><>乔伊·洛加诺 (Joey Logano)< / ><>F< / ><>183.397< / >< / ><><>10.< / ><>5< / ><>凯尔·拉森 (Kyle Larson)< / ><>C< / ><>183.367< / >< / ><><>11.< / ><>67< / ><>科里·海姆 (Corey Heim)< / ><>T< / ><>183.296< / >< / ><><>12.< / ><>19< / ><>蔡斯·布里斯科 (Chase Briscoe)< / ><>T< / ><>183.284< / >< / ><><>13.< / ><>24< / ><>威廉·拜伦 (William Byron)< / ><>C< / ><>183.236< / >< / ><><>14.< / ><>54< / ><>泰·吉布斯 (Ty Gibbs)< / ><>T< / ><>183.214< / >< / ><><>15.< / ><>43< / ><>埃里克·琼斯 (Erik Jones)< / ><>T< / ><>183.150< / >< / ><><>16.< / ><>41< / ><>科尔·卡斯特 (Cole Custer)< / ><>C< / ><>183.135< / >< / ><><>17.< / ><>45< / ><>泰勒·雷迪克 (Tyler Reddick)< / ><>T< / ><>183.132< / >< / ><><>18.< / ><>71< / ><>迈克尔·麦道尔 (Michael McDowell)< / ><>C< / ><>183.117< / >< / ><><>19.< / ><>12< / ><>瑞安·布莱尼 (Ryan Blaney)< / ><>F< / ><>183.098< / >< / ><><>20.< / ><>48< / ><>亚历克斯·鲍曼 (Alex Bowman)< / ><>C< / ><>183.016< / >< / ><><>21.< / ><>6< / ><>布拉德·凯塞洛夫斯基 (Brad Keselowski)< / ><>F< / ><>182.912< / >< / ><><>22.< / ><>9< / ><>蔡斯·埃利奥特 (Chase Elliott)< / ><>C< / ><>182.808< / >< / ><><>23.< / ><>7< / ><>丹尼尔·苏亚雷斯 (Daniel Suárez)< / ><>C< / ><>182.778< / >< / ><><>24.< / ><>21< / ><>乔什·贝里 (Josh Berry)< / ><>F< / ><>182.622< / >< / ><><>25.< / ><>51< / ><>科迪·韦尔 (Cody Ware)< / ><>C< / ><>182.548< / >< / ><><>26.< / ><>23< / ><>巴巴·华莱士 (Bubba Wallace)< / ><>T< / ><>182.445< / >< / ><><>27.< / ><>42< / ><>约翰·H·内梅切克 (John H. Nemechek)< / ><>T< / ><>182.426< / >< / ><><>28.< / ><>77< / ><>卡森·霍塞瓦尔 (Carson Hocevar)< / ><>C< / ><>182.423< / >< / ><><>29.< / ><>3< / ><>奥斯汀·狄龙 (Austin Dillon)< / ><>C< / ><>182.397< / >< / ><><>30.< / ><>11< / ><>丹尼·汉姆林 (Denny Hamlin)< / ><>T< / ><>182.334< / >< / ><><>31.< / ><>10< / ><>泰·狄龙 (Ty Dillon)< / ><>C< / ><>182.330< / >< / ><><>32.< / ><>47< / ><>里基·斯滕豪斯二世 (Ricky Stenhouse Jr)< / ><>C< / ><>182.278< / >< / ><><>33.< / ><>34< / ><>托德·吉兰德 (Todd Gilliland)< / ><>F< / ><>182.231< / >< / ><><>34.< / ><>38< / ><>赞恩·史密斯 (Zane Smith)< / ><>F< / ><>182.179< / >< / ><><>35.< / ><>20< / ><>克里斯托弗·贝尔 (Christopher Bell)< / ><>T< / ><>181.873< / >< / ><><>36.< / ><>16< / ><>AJ·奥门丁格 (AJ Allmendinger)< / ><>C< / ><>181.873< / >< / ><><>37.< / ><>4< / ><>诺亚·格拉贡 (Noah Gragon)< / ><>F< / ><>181.818< / >< / ><><>38.< / ><>62< / ><>凯西·米尔斯 (Casey Mears)< / ><>C< / ><>181.745< / >< / ><><>39.< / ><>78< / ><>丹尼尔·戴 (Daniel Dye)< / ><>C< / ><>181.616< / >< / ><><>40.< / ><>44< / ><>乔伊·盖斯 (Joey Gase)< / ><>C< / ><>180.242< / >< / ><>< colspan="5">未能获得资格< / >< / ><><>41.< / ><>66< / ><>格雷·高尔丁 (Gray Gaulding)< / ><>F< / ><>179.791< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / >< colspan="3">C-雪佛兰 (Chevrolet); F-福特 (Ford); T-丰田 (Toyota)< / >< / table>

赔率

MLB

美国联盟

热门球队< / td><>盘口< / ><>冷门球队< / >< / tr>< / table>

<>< colspan="2">美国联盟< / ><>周日< / >< / ><><>波士顿< / ><>-120 / -103< / ><>客场对阵 纽约扬基< / >< / ><><>西雅图< / ><>-135 / +110< / ><>客场对阵 多伦多< / >< / ><><>客场对阵 克利夫兰< / ><>-193 / +156< / ><>堪萨斯城< / >< / ><><>客场对阵 明尼苏达< / ><>off / off< / ><>芝加哥白袜队< / >< / ><><>巴尔的摩< / ><>-157 / +126< / ><>客场对阵 奥克兰运动者< / >< / table>

国家联盟

<><>迈阿密< / >< colspan="2">-116 / -106 客场对阵 华盛顿< / >< / ><><>客场对阵 亚特兰大< / ><>-233 / +186< / ><>科罗拉多< / >< / ><><>匹兹堡< / ><>-120 / -102< / ><>客场对阵 圣路易斯< / >< / ><><>客场对阵 芝加哥小熊队< / ><>-145 / +118< / ><>辛辛那提< / >< / table>

<><>客场对阵 坦帕湾< / ><>-175 / +142< / ><>圣迭戈< / >< / ><><>洛杉矶道奇< / ><>-168 / +135< / ><>客场对阵 底特律< / >< / ><><>客场对阵 密尔沃基< / ><>-171 / +138< / ><>德克萨斯< / >< / ><><>休斯顿< / ><>-123 / +100< / ><>客场对阵 纽约大都会< / >< / ><><>费城< / ><>-193 / +156< / ><>客场对阵 洛杉矶天使< / >< / table>

WNBA

东部赛区

<><>球队< / ><>胜< / ><>负< / ><>胜率< / ><>落后场数< / >< / ><><>x-印第安纳< / ><>26< / ><>14< / ><>.650< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>x-亚特兰大< / ><>25< / ><>14< / ><>.641< / ><> $\frac{1}{2}$ < / >< / ><><>x-华盛顿< / ><>24< / ><>16< / ><>.600< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>x-纽约< / ><>24< / ><>16< / ><>.600< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>芝加哥< / ><>15< / ><>25< / ><>.375< / ><>11< / >< / ><><>多伦多< / ><>11< / ><>28< / ><>.282< / ><> $14\frac{1}{2}$ < / >< / ><><>康涅狄格< / ><>10< / ><>29< / ><>.256< / ><> $15\frac{1}{2}$ < / >< / table>

西部赛区

<><>球队< / ><>胜< / ><>负< / ><>胜率< / ><>落后场数< / >< / ><><>x-明尼苏达< / ><>31< / ><>8< / ><>.795< / ><>—< / >< / ><><>x-金州< / ><>28< / ><>11< / ><>.718< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>x-拉斯维加斯< / ><>27< / ><>13< / ><>.675< / ><> $4\frac{1}{2}$ < / >< / ><><>x-达拉斯< / ><>23< / ><>16< / ><>.590< / ><>8< / >< / ><><>波特兰< / ><>16< / ><>23< / ><>.410< / ><>15< / >< / ><><>洛杉矶< / ><>14< / ><>25< / ><>.359< / ><>17< / >< / ><><>菲尼克斯< / ><>13< / ><>26< / ><>.333< / ><>18< / >< / ><><>西雅图< / ><>8< / ><>31< / ><>.205< / ><>23< / >< / table>

x-已锁定季后赛席位

周六赛果 纽约 85, 芝加哥 66 多伦多客场对阵 菲尼克斯，晚间

周日赛程 明尼苏达客场对阵 亚特兰大，下午 2 点 洛杉矶客场对阵 西雅图，下午 4 点 金州客场对阵 波特兰，下午 6 点 康涅狄格客场对阵 达拉斯，晚上 7:30

9 月 17 日，周四 康涅狄格客场对阵 亚特兰大，晚上 6:30 华盛顿客场对阵 芝加哥，晚上 7 点 洛杉矶客场对阵 达拉斯，晚上 7 点 菲尼克斯客场对阵 波特兰，晚上 9 点 拉斯维加斯客场对阵 西雅图，晚上 9 点

周五赛果 波特兰 101, 亚特兰大 83 印第安纳 111, 康涅狄格 91 拉斯维加斯 93, 多伦多 73 洛杉矶 88, 华盛顿 82

足球

MLS

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胜场3分；平局1分

周六赛果 芝加哥 2, 西雅图 2

夏洛特FC 2, 亚特兰大 0 洛杉矶FC 0, 华盛顿特区联 0 迈阿密 7, CF蒙特利尔 1 费城 3, 纽约红牛 1 纽约城FC 1, 多伦多FC 1 圣何塞 客场 对阵 休斯顿，晚些时候 温哥华 客场 对阵 堪萨斯城, 晚些时候 奥兰多城 客场 对阵 明尼苏达, 辛辛那提 客场 对阵 纳什维尔, 皇家盐湖城 客场 对阵 科罗拉多, 奥斯汀FC 客场 对阵 波特兰, 洛杉矶银河 客场 对阵 圣迭戈FC,

周日赛程

新英格兰 客场 对阵 哥伦布, 下午3:30 达拉斯FC 客场 对阵 圣路易斯城, 下午6:00

9月4日，星期五

纳什维尔 对阵 纽约城FC，下午6:30 9月6日，星期六 休斯顿 对阵 夏洛特FC，下午6:30 华盛顿联 对阵 辛辛那提，下午6:30 科罗拉多 对阵 哥伦布，下午6:30 亚特兰大 对阵 迈阿密，下午6:30 圣迭戈FC 对阵 奥兰多城，下午6:30 蒙特利尔CF 对阵 费城，下午6:30 芝加哥 对阵 多伦多FC，下午6:30 圣何塞 对阵 奥斯汀FC，晚上7:30 堪萨斯城 sporting KC 对阵 达拉斯FC，晚上7:30 纽约红牛 对阵 西雅图，晚上7:30 新英格兰 对阵 洛杉矶银河，晚上8:30 洛杉矶FC 对阵 皇家盐湖城，晚上8:30 明尼苏达 对阵 波特兰，晚上9:30 圣路易斯城 对阵 温哥华，晚上9:30

NWSL

俱乐部< / td><>胜< / ><>负< / ><>平< / ><>积分< / ><>进球< / ><>失球< / >< / tr><><>哥谭< / ><>13< / ><>3< / ><>6< / ><>45< / ><>27< / ><>14< / >< / ><><>犹他< / ><>12< / ><>7< / ><>4< / ><>40< / ><>29< / >< / ><><>圣迭戈< / ><>12< / ><>7< / ><>3< / ><>39< / ><>32< / ><>25< / >< / ><><>波特兰< / ><>11< / ><>6< / ><>5< / ><>38< / ><>36< / ><>30< / >< / ><><>华盛顿< / ><>11< / ><>6< / ><>4< / ><>37< / ><>30< / ><>19< / >< / ><><>北卡罗来纳< / ><>11< / ><>8< / ><>3< / ><>36< / ><>40< / ><>33< / >< / ><><>堪萨斯城< / ><>10< / ><>8< / ><>4< / ><>34< / ><>35< / ><>31< / >< / ><><>西雅图< / ><>8< / ><>4< / ><>28< / ><>25< / ><>26< / >< / ><><>丹佛< / ><>7< / ><>8< / ><>6< / ><>27< / ><>26< / >< / ><><>奥兰多< / ><>8< / ><>12< / ><>3< / ><>27< / ><>34< / >< / ><><>天使之城< / ><>7< / ><>8< / ><>5< / ><>26< / ><>27< / ><>22< / >< / ><><>休斯顿< / ><>7< / ><>9< / ><>5< / ><>26< / ><>28< / ><>29< / >< / ><><>路易斯维尔< / ><>7< / ><>13< / ><>2< / ><>23< / ><>34< / ><>43< / >< / ><><>湾区< / ><>6< / ><>10< / ><>4< / ><>22< / ><>21< / ><>27< / >< / ><><>波士顿< / ><>5< / ><>11< / ><>5< / ><>20< / ><>24< / ><>34< / >< / ><><>芝加哥< / ><>5< / ><>16< / ><>1< / ><>16< / ><>12< / ><>42< / >< / table>

星期六赛果

胜一场得3分，平一场得1分

堪萨斯城 3, 北卡罗来纳 2 犹他皇家FC 2, 奥兰多 1 芝加哥 对阵 丹佛峰会FC，晚场

星期日赛事

湾区FC 对阵 华盛顿，上午11:30

星期一赛事

9月1.4，星期五 波士顿FC 对阵 犹他皇家FC，晚上8:30 堪萨斯城 对阵 湾区FC，晚上9点

9月4日，星期五

9月6日，星期日

9月5日，星期六

9月6日，星期日 哥谭FC 对阵 丹佛峰会FC，下午1点 华盛顿 对阵 波特兰，下午3点 北卡罗来纳 对阵 芝加哥，下午3点 休斯顿 对阵 奥兰多，下午6点 圣迭戈 对阵 西雅图，晚上8点 星期五赛果 波特兰 1, 哥谭FC 1 圣迭戈 3, 路易斯维尔 2

英超联赛

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周六赛果

利物浦 2, 诺丁汉森林 2 伯恩茅斯 1, 埃弗顿 1 赫尔 1, 考文垂 0 纽卡斯尔 2, 托特纳姆热刺 0

周日赛事 切尔西 vs. 布莱顿, 8 a.m. 利兹 vs. 布伦特福德, 8 a.m. 桑德兰 . 富勒姆, 8 a.m. 曼联 . 伊普斯维奇, 10:30 a.m.

周一赛事 阿斯顿维拉 . 阿森纳, 2 p.m.

周五赛果 曼城 4, 水晶宫 1

大学足球

开赛周赛程

（可能会有变动）

东部

布莱恩特 24, 斯通希尔 6

霍华德 . 亚拉巴马 A&M, 南部晚场

亚拉巴马州立 30, 南方大学 17 坎贝尔 49, 东田纳西州立 (ETSU) 37 汉普顿 45, 弗吉尼亚林奇堡 0 摩根州立 17, 北卡罗来纳 A&T 7 诺福克州立 56, 温斯顿-塞勒姆 0 里士满 35, 巴克内尔 14 南卡罗来纳州立 87, 萨凡纳州立 0 弗吉尼亚 34, 北卡罗来纳州立 8 沃福德 42, 城堡学院 14 斯蒂芬 F. 奥斯汀 在 麦尼斯州立, 晚场 迈尔斯 在 阿尔科恩州立, 东德克萨斯 A&M 在 默瑟, 东肯塔基 在 西卡罗来纳, 新墨西哥州立 在 佛罗里达州立, 蒙茅斯 (新泽西) 在 田纳西理工, 北亚拉巴马 . 萨姆福德, 奥尔巴尼州立 (佐治亚) 在 佛罗里达 A&M, 克拉克亚特兰大 在 格兰布林州立, 杰克逊州立 在 田纳西州立,

中西部

巴特勒 27, 乔治敦 (肯塔基) 23 代顿 43, 费尔蒙特州立 20 东密歇根 28, 萨克拉门托州立 17 北达科他州立 33, 杰克逊维尔州立 7 南达科他 59, 中康涅狄格州立 (CCSU) 20 瓦尔帕莱索 59, 劳伦斯理工 13 东南密苏里 23, 印第安纳州立 21 斯特森 在 南达科他州立, 圣弗朗西斯 (伊利诺伊) 在 伊利诺伊州立,

西南部

北卡罗来纳 15, TCU 10

北卡罗来纳中央 在 德克萨斯南方, 俄克拉荷马 Panhandle 州立 在 圣言大学, 阿比林基督教 在 拉马尔, 阿肯色-派恩布拉夫 . 莫尔豪斯, 德克萨斯 Derming Basin

在 德克萨斯里奥格兰德河谷大学, 普雷里维尤 在 塔莱顿州立, 西部

爱达荷州立 38, VMI 10

北亚利桑那 34, 东华盛顿 27 南加州 42, 圣何塞州立 26 加州大学戴维斯分校 31, 波特兰州立 24 夏威夷 在 斯坦福, 南犹他 在 蒙大拿, 孟菲斯 在 内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校 (UNLV), 蒙大拿州立 在 犹他理工。

周五赛果

奥尔巴尼 (纽约州) 28, 新罕布什尔 14 科尔盖特 24, 福特汉姆 14

纽黑文 22, 马里斯特 21

罗德岛 34, 梅里马克 7

威廉与玛丽 35, 维拉诺瓦 32 南区

莱诺尔-赖恩 45, 弗吉尼亚联盟 3 西区

加州理工 38, 爱达荷 34

韦伯州立 30, 北科罗拉多 29

周四赛果 东区

特拉华州立 41, 斯通布鲁克 34 拉法耶特 对阵 乔治敦, 比赛取消

奥斯汀皮 35, 加德纳-韦伯 17 中阿肯色 36, UIT 马丁 24

查塔努加 24, 西乔治亚 10 康科德 41, 戴维森 35

东伊利诺伊 28, 默里州立 14 伊隆 42, 格伦维尔州立 7

狮队 42, 格伦维尔州立 7 弗曼 20, 安德森 (南卡罗来纳州) 3

休斯顿基督教 34, 东路易斯安那 28 拉学院 42, 西北州立 37 尼科尔斯 44, MVSU 10

俄亥俄多米尼加 42, 莫尔黑德州立 40 (3次加时) 长老会 47, 弗吉尼亚-怀斯 37

西佛罗里达 34, 南伊利诺伊 31 中西部

林登伍德 (密苏里州) 20, 查尔斯顿南部 17 北达科他 42, LIU 布鲁克林 21

圣托马斯 (明尼苏达州) 15, 威诺纳州立 9 南达科他矿业 38, 德雷克 35

南达科他矿业 38, 德雷克 35 西伊利诺伊 65, 西北 (爱荷华州) 14 扬斯敦州立 42, 马罗赫斯特 10

西伊利诺伊 65, 西北 (爱荷华州) 14 扬斯敦州立 43, 默西赫斯特 10

网球

ATP 温斯顿-塞勒姆公开赛

周六于北卡罗来纳州温斯顿-塞勒姆，韦克森林大学；室外，硬地

3 伊格纳西奥·布塞 胜

4 亚瑟·费里, 6-3, 6-2.

男单，半决赛

本杰明·邦齐, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. #4 亚瑟·费里 胜

詹姆斯·达克沃斯, 6-4, 1-2, 退赛.

蒙特雷公开赛

周六于墨西哥蒙特雷，索诺马俱乐部；室外，硬地 女单，决赛

2 埃莉斯·梅尔滕斯, 6-4, 0-6, 6-3.

尼古拉·巴图科娃, 6-1, 6-4. 迪安·帕里 胜 #5 安·李, 7-6 (7), 6-4.

WTA 费城公开赛

周六于费城，汉林网球中心；室外，硬地 女单，决赛

女单，决赛

#6 凯蒂·沃利内茨 胜

3 特蕾莎·瓦伦托娃 胜

朱莉娅·格拉布纳, 6-3, 6-1.

6 凯蒂·沃利内茨 胜

9 奥克萨娜·塞莱赫梅特娃, 6-3, 7-6 (6).

美网种子选手

于纽约市，USTA 比利·简·金国家网球中心；室外硬地 男单 ATP

1. 亚历山大·兹维列夫, 德国 2
2. 卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯, 西班牙 3
3. 费利克斯-奥热-阿里亚西姆, 加拿大 4
4. 诺瓦克·德约科维奇, 塞尔维亚 5
5. 弗拉维奥·科博利, 意大利 6
6. 亚历克斯·德米纳尔, 澳大利亚 7
7. 丹尼尔·梅德韦杰夫, 俄罗斯 8
8. 本·谢尔顿, 美国 9
9. 泰勒·弗里茨, 美国 10
10. 亚瑟·菲尔斯, 法国 11
11. 弗朗西斯·蒂亚福, 美国 12
12. 拉斐尔·乔达尔, 西班牙 13
13. 洛伦佐·穆塞蒂, 意大利 14
14. 莱纳·蒂恩, 美国 15
15. 亚历山大·布勃利克, 哈萨克斯坦 16
16. 布兰登·中岛, 美国 17
17. 雅库布·门希克, 捷克 18
18. 约里·莱赫茨卡, 捷克 19
19. 卡斯珀·鲁德, 挪威 20
20. 汤米·保罗, 美国 21
21. 卢西亚诺·达尔代里, 意大利 22
22. 瓦伦丁·瓦谢罗, 摩纳哥 23
23. 安德烈·鲁布列夫, 俄罗斯 24
24. 弗朗西斯科·塞鲁多洛, 阿根廷 25
25. 亚历杭德罗·塔比洛, 智利 28
26. 亚瑟·林德克内什, 法国 29
27. 托马斯·马丁·埃切维里, 阿根廷 31
28. 亚历山大·布洛克斯, 比利时 32
29. 卡梅伦·诺里, 英国 33
30. 马特奥·阿纳尔迪, 意大利 34
31. 齐祖·贝格斯, 比利时 35
32. 伊格纳西奥·布塞, 秘鲁 36

SD. 女子单打

1. 阿里娜·萨巴伦卡，白俄罗斯 1
2. 埃琳娜·赖巴金娜，哈萨克斯坦 2
3. 杰西卡·佩古拉，美国 3
4. 科科·高夫，美国 4
5. 米拉·安德烈耶娃，俄罗斯 5
6. 琳达·诺斯科娃，捷克 6
7. 卡罗琳娜·穆霍娃，捷克 7
8. 伊加·斯维亚特克，波兰 8
9. 埃琳娜·斯维托丽娜，乌克兰 9
10. 阿曼达·阿尼西莫娃，美国 10
11. 玛尔塔·科斯秋克，乌克兰 11
12. 贝琳达·本西奇，瑞士 12
13. 大坂直美，日本 13
14. 伊娃·约维奇，美国 14
15. 戴安娜·施耐德，俄罗斯 16
16. 索拉娜·奇鲁斯特亚，罗马尼亚 17
17. 亚历山德拉·埃拉，菲律宾 18
18. 叶卡捷琳娜·亚历山德罗娃，俄罗斯 19
19. 贾斯敏·保利尼，意大利 20
20. 玛雅·赫瓦林斯卡，波兰 21
21. 安娜·卡林斯卡娅，俄罗斯 22
22. 麦迪逊·基斯，美国 23
23. 埃莉斯·梅尔滕斯，比利时 24
24. 安娜斯塔西娅·波塔波娃，奥地利 25
25. 玛丽·布兹科娃，捷克 26
26. 艾玛·纳瓦罗，美国 27
27. 巴博拉·克雷吉科娃，捷克 28
28. 萨拉·贝杰莱克，捷克 29
29. 李安，美国 30
30. 叶莲娜·奥斯塔彭科，拉脱维亚 31
31. 莱拉·费尔南德斯，加拿大 32
32. 玛丽亚·萨卡里，希腊 33

高尔夫

PGA联邦快递杯季后赛决赛：巡回赛冠军赛

东湖高尔夫俱乐部（East Lake GC）；亚特兰大；4轮中的第3轮；7,440码；标准杆：70 周六第三轮

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LPGA FM 冠军赛

TPC波士顿赛第4轮中的第3轮；马萨诸塞州诺顿市；6,533码；标准杆：72 周六第三轮

殷若宁......71-65-68—204 - 12

金世英......64-74-67—205 - 11

金孝周......68-67-70—205 - 11

Jenny Bae......68-68-72—208 - 8

Somi Lee......66-72-70—208 - 8

Allisen Corpuz......68-67-74—209 - 7

Lauren Coughlin......68-71-70—209 - 7

Lindy Duncan......70-69-70—209 - 7

Nataliya Guseva......69-68-72—209 - 7

Jin Hee Im......70-70-69—209 - 7

Morgane Metraux......71-65-73—209 - 7

安奈凛......72-72-66—210 - 6

柳海兰......68-70-72—210 - 6

山下美由......65-70-75—210 - 6

张晓佳 (Rose Zhang)......72-68-70—210 - 6

崔惠珍......72-66-73—211 - 5

刘嫣......74-70-67—211 - 5

Brooke Matthews......72-69-70—211 - 5

Emily Pedersen......65-72-74—211 - 5

Mao Saigo......72-70-69—211 - 5

Jeeno Thitikul......72-68-71—211 - 5

Lottie Woad......68-73-70—211 - 5

Ashleigh Buhai......70-71-71—212 - 4

Amanda Doherty......70-69-73—212 - 4

Aki Iwai......74-66-72—212 - 4

Megan Khang......73-69-70—212 - 4

Nanna Koerstz Madsen......73-71-68—212 - 4

Patty Tavatanakit......71-68-73—212 - 4

Hailee Cooper......72-68-73—213 - 3

Olivia Cowan......73-71-69—213 - 3

Karis Davidson......70-73-70—213 - 3

畑岡奈紗 (Nasa Hataoka)......71-70-72—213 - 3

Minami Katsu......71-73-69—213 - 3

Gaby Lopez......68-72-73—213 - 3

Arpichaya Yubol......68-75-70—213 - 3

Laetitia Beck......72-71-71—214 - 2

Hannah Green......74-67-73—214 - 2

Charley Hull......71-70-73—214 - 2

Minji Kang......73-70-71—214 - 2

Sophia Schubert......70-72-72—214 - 2

Suvichaya Vinijchaitham......73-65-76—214 - 2

Yana Wilson......71-72-71—214 - 2

黄亚楠......69-70-76—215 - 1

Ariya Jutanugarn......75-67-73—215 - 1

Dongeun Lee......71-71-73—215 - 1

Anna Nordqvist......74-68-73—215 - 1

Linnea Strom......73-67-75—215 - 1

Ina Yoon......74-70-71—215 - 1

Pajaree Anannarukarn......73-70-73—216 E

Daniela Darquea......77-67-72—216 E

Isi Gabsa......73-69-74—216 E

Nelly Korda......72-72-72—216 E

Manon De Roey......72-72-73—217 + 1

Aphrodite Deng......73-71-73—217 + 1

Nastasia Nadaud......72-68-77—217 + 1

Dewi Weber......75-69-73—217 + 1< / td>< / tr> < colspan="2">Aditi Ashok......71-71-76—218 + 2< / >< / ><>< ="2">Ana Belac......73-70-75—218 + 2< / >< / ><>< ="2">Robyn Choi......73-70-75—218 + 2< / >< / ><>< ="2">Wei-Ling Hsu......75-68-75—218 + 2< / >< / ><>< ="2">Carolina Melgrati......74-70-74—218 + 2< / >< / ><>< ="2">Ryann O'Toole......75-67-76—218 + 2< / >< / ><>< ="2">Kiara Romero......71-73-74—218 + 2< / >< / table>

冠军赛：盟友挑战赛

3轮中的第2轮；地点：密歇根州格兰布兰克，沃里克山高尔夫乡村俱乐部 (Warwick Hills G&CC)；全长：7,085码；标准杆：72；周六第二轮

Michael Block....66-65-131-13 Steven Alker....68-65-133-11 Padraig Harrington....65-69-134-10 Ricardo Gonzalez....66-69-135-9 Vaughn Taylor....63-72-135-9 Ángel Cabrera....68-68-136-8 Chad Campbell....68-68-136-8 Greg Chalmers....67-69-136-8 Thongchai Jaidee....71-65-136-8 John Rollins....64-73-137-7 Michael Wright....67-70-137-7 Stewart Cink....67-71-138-6 Brett Quigley....69-69-138-6 Bo Van Pelt....69-69-138-6 Y.E. Yang....68-70-138-6 Stephen Ames....69-70-139-5 David Bransdon....71-68-139-5 Brandt Jobe....67-72-139-5 Zach Johnson....68-71-139-5 Mike Weir....68-71-139-5 Ryan Armour....70-70-140-4 Retief Goosen....71-69-140-4 Paul Goydos....66-74-140-4 Søren Kjeldsen....69-71-140-4 Timothy O'Neal....72-68-140-4 Tag Ridings....70-70-140-4 K.J. Choi....68-73-141-3 Steve Flesch....69-72-141-3 J.J. Henry....70-71-141-3 Mario Tiziani....72-69-141-3 Boo Weekley....72-69-141-3 Mark Wilson....71-70-141-3 Jason Bohn....71-71-142-2 Jason Caron....69-73-142-2 Ken Duke....70-72-142-2 Scott Hend....67-75-142-2 Justin Hicks....73-69-142-2 Tim Petrovic....68-74-142-2 Henrik Stenson....68-74-142-2 Chris Devlin....69-74-143-1 Bob Estes....70-73-143-1 Harrison Frazar....71-72-143-1 Mark Hensby....69-74-143-1 Rob Labritz....73-71-144E Steve Allan....69-76-145+1 Joe Durant....70-75-145+1 Jeff Maggert....70-75-145+1 Tom Pernice....71-74-145+1 Vijay Singh....75-70-145+1 Heath Slocum....71-74-145+1 Steve Stricker....74-71-145+1 Stuart Appleby....72-74-146+2 Richard Green....72-74-146+2 George McNeill....71-75-146+2 Rod Pampling....72-74-146+2 Corey Pavin....72-74-146+2 John Senden....75-71-146+2 Paul Stankowski....74-72-146+2

DP世界巡回赛：

DP世界巡回赛：胡斯qvarna英国大师赛

4轮中的第2轮；地点：英国萨顿科尔德菲尔德，贝尔弗里-布拉巴宗球场 (The Belfry - Brabazon Course)；全长：7,363码；标准杆：72；第二轮已结束

Marco Penge	69-65-134 10
Daniel Hillier	69-66-135 9
Nacho Elvira	65-71-136 8
Tom McKibbin	68-68-136 8
Shaun Norris	67-69-136 8
Matthew Jordan	66-71-137 7
Ewen Ferguson	67-71-138 6
Thorbjørn Olesen	71-67-138 6
Fabrizio Zanotti	69-69-138 6
Davis Bryant	66-73-139 5
Ross Fisher	70-69-139 5
Niklas Nørgaard Møller	71-68-139 5
Jacob Skov Olesen	67-72-139 5
Maximilian Steinlechner	69-70-139 5
Tom Vaillant	70-69-139 5
Joe Dean	67-73-140 4
Oihan Guillamoundeguy	71-69-140 4
Harry Hall	71-69-140 4
Marcus Helligkilde	71-69-140 4
Angel Hidalgo	70-70-140 4
Yuto Katsuragawa	71-69-140 4
Frederic Lacroix	72-68-140 4
Matthieu Pavon	70-70-140 4
Yurav Premlall	68-72-140 4
Shubhankar Sharma	69-71-140 4
Bernd Wiesberger	70-70-140 4
Adri Arnaus	69-72-141 3
Albin Bergstrom	70-71-141 3
Kazuma Kobori	70-71-141 3
Joakim Lagergren	72-69-141 3
Oliver Lindell	69-72-141 3
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra	69-72-141 3
Joost Luiten	67-74-141 3
JC Ritchie	72-69-141 3
Antoine Rozner	68-73-141 3
Jayden Trey Schaper	70-71-141 3
Matt Wallace	71-70-141 3

高尔夫巡回赛冠军赛

霍夫兰发力取得1-shot lead

道格·弗格森 (Doug Ferguson) 美联社

亚特兰大 —— 维克多·霍夫兰（Viktor Hovland）在周六的巡回赛冠军赛中终于拉开了些许差距，而他所做的仅仅是连续完成六个7英尺或更长的推杆，以5-under 65完赛。这让他在这场竞争极其激烈的赛季收官战中取得了1杆的领先优势。

其中四个推杆是为了抓鸟，两个是为了保帕，在东湖球场（East Lake）即将进入最后一轮且每一杆都至关重要的时刻，这些推杆都至关重要。

得分感觉较低。由于部分球洞旗杆位置的原因，得分并不轻松。罗里·麦克罗伊（Rory McIlroy）和路德维格·阿伯格（Ludvig Aberg）都提到了与PGA锦标赛期间的阿罗尼明克（Aronimink）球场的相似之处，当时在第三轮中途，28名球员之间的差距仅为两杆。

目前只有29名球员进入东湖球场，且所有人都低于标准杆。

霍夫兰在最后阶段连续推进两个8英尺的抓鸟推杆，使他的总成绩达到15-under 195, 领先巡回赛冠军赛的新面孔瑞安·杰拉德（Ryan Gerard）1杆，后者在没有出现博基（bogey）的情况下打出66。

斯科蒂·舍夫勒（Scottie Scheffler，66）和克里斯·戈特鲁普（Chris Gotterup，67），今年共获得了5项PGA巡回赛冠军，他们以12-under 198. 落后3杆。人气选手、46岁的亚当·斯科特（Adam Scott）和阿伯格也位列其中。两人均打出65，力争在今年获得首胜。

罗里·麦克罗伊同样在竞争之列，他出现了两个博基，在标准杆5杆的最后一洞保帕，最终打出63以将差距缩小至5杆。卡梅伦·扬（Cameron Young）也位列其中，他在第10洞打出双博基，导致他在68的一轮比赛中陷入被动。

“在低于标准杆11- 和 12-under par 附近的人非常密集，”霍夫兰说。“我的意思是，你已经看到有人打出62s了。得分是可以压得很低的。所以能拉开一点距离感觉很好，尤其是面对那一组分数相近的球员。他们明天有可能打出nothing。所以这给了我明天的一点缓冲。但我仍然需要打出一场出色且稳健的比赛。”

周日争夺的是$10 million的冠军奖金，这是高尔夫单场赛事中最高的官方奖金，以及随之而来的、包含五年PGA巡回赛豁免权的联邦快递杯（FedEx Cup）冠军头衔。

BLACKHAWKS

科钦斯基签署2-year, $2.65M合同

卡伦·伦普金斯 (Kalen Lumpkins) 《芝加哥论坛报》

黑鹰队周六宣布，球队已与后卫凯文·科钦斯基（Kevin Korchinski）签署了一份为期两年、价值$2.6500 万的合同。

此次签约带来的薪资上限占用为$1,3.25 亿，使得后卫伊森·德尔·马斯特罗（Ethan Del Mastro）成为球队最后一名受限自由球员。

22, 岁的科钦斯基是凯尔·戴维森（Kyle Davidson）任期内的首位选秀球员，于2022, 年以第7顺位被选中，开启了这位总经理对黑鹰队的全面重建。科钦斯基在2023-24赛季的新秀年出战了76场比赛，但在周围球队表现平平、缺乏支持的情况下表现挣扎。他平均每场上场时间为19分37秒，最终获得15分（5个进球，10次助攻），正负值为-39。

在过去的两个赛季中，他在罗克福冰猪队（Rockford IceHogs）度过了相当长的一段时间以提升防守。在他职业生涯的109场AHL比赛中，他获得了53分（5个进球，48次助攻），正负值为-38。

后卫的成长可能是断断续续的，戴维森表示他并不认为在罗克福的时间是一种降级。尽管如此，科钦斯基在冰猪队延长的时间仍让人们对其在球队的未来产生了一些疑问。

IN BRIEFS

北卡罗来纳大学以胜利开启比利奇的第二个赛季

新闻服务

北卡罗来纳大学的新四分卫比利·爱德华兹二世（Billy Edwards Jr.）传球码数达到232码，艾伦·布雷尔（Aeron Burrell）踢进两个射门。在爱尔兰举行的一场雨中的 Aer Lingus Classic 比赛中，塔希尔队（Tar Heels）以 15-10 战胜 TCU，开启了主教练比尔·比利奇（Bill Belichick）的第二个赛季。TCU 在前两次进攻中取得 10-3 的领先之后便再未得分。号角蛙队（Horned Frogs）随后又获得了 8 次进攻机会，但在最后两次进攻中，他们在塔希尔队阵地深处的一次四档短距离进攻中被拦截。

现年 74 岁的比利奇曾在执教新英格兰爱国者队期间赢得六次超级碗冠军，去年他在塔希尔队的大学执教首秀战绩为 4-8。那个赛季在劳动节的黄金时段以主场 48-14 负于 TCU 而开始。

“我只是为球员们感到高兴。他们非常努力，”比利奇说。“用积极的结果来支撑这些努力，能进一步强化这种动力。我认为他们一直相信我们所做的事情，但我想这次胜利让每个人更加坚信，我们必须继续构建。”

■ 杰登·迈亚瓦（Jayden Maiava）传球 286 码并贡献两次达阵，且通过跑球获得另一次得分。排名第 14 的南加州大学在周六以 42-26 击败圣何塞州立大学，开启了一个充满高期待的赛季。

LLWS：杰米尔·马蒂纳（Jaymiëll Martina）使 12 名击球手出局，并贡献了一次打入得分的双击球。库拉索在周六以 4-0 击败日本，该国历史上第六次晋级少棒世界系列赛（Little League Baseball World Series）决赛。

FIRE 2, SOUNDER 2

抽签帽子赛保持不败的八月

美联社

西雅图 —— 德扬·约韦尔季奇（Dejan Joveljić）在为西雅图首秀的上下半场各进一球，但马伦·海勒-塞拉西（Maren Haile-Selassie）和罗伯特·莱万多夫斯基（Robert Lewandowski）为芝加哥队做出回应，海湾者队与火焰队在周六以 2-2 战平。

当约韦尔季奇在第 12 分钟进球时，西雅图取得了领先，这次进球得益于新秀塞巴斯蒂安·戈麦斯（Sebastian Gomez）的助攻（他的首次）以及后卫卡拉尼·科萨-里恩齐（Kalani Kossa-Rienzi）的助攻（他的第二次）。这是约韦尔季奇本赛季的第九个进球，他是在本周通过一笔 600万美元 的球员现金交易从堪萨斯城体育会加盟的。

火焰队在第 38 分钟由海勒-塞拉西打入其第五个进球扳平比分，这距离他的职业生涯最高纪录仅差一个。莱万多夫斯基在首七场联赛中贡献了第四次助攻，后卫安德鲁·古特曼（Andrew Gutman）则拿到了本赛季的第五次助攻。

约韦尔季奇在下半场开始 3 分钟后再次进球，使海湾者队 2-1 领先。阿尔伯特·鲁斯纳克（Albert Rusnák）获得了他的第八次助攻，19 岁的斯奈德·布鲁内尔（Snyder Brunell）获得了第二次助攻。

莱万多夫斯基在第 82 分钟利用头球打入其第五个进球，将比分扳平。海勒-塞拉西获得了他的第八次助攻，追平了他在过去两个赛季中分别创下的职业生涯最高纪录。新秀普索·迪特贾内（Puso Dithejane）拿到了他的首次助攻。

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球在他们手中

辛纳缺席，阿尔卡拉斯刚回归且萨巴伦卡陷入苦战，美网公开赛再次感觉机会均等

作者：布莱恩·马奥尼（Brian Mahoney） / 美联社

纽约 —— 卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯（Carlos Alcaraz）和亚尼克·辛纳（Jannik Sinner）让去年的美网公开赛感觉就像是两周的消磨时间，直到不可避免的结果出现。

他们在法网和温网决赛中相遇，将自己与男子网球界的其他所有人区分开来。

他们将连续第三次会师决赛似乎已成定局，而事实也确实如此。

随着排名第一的辛纳缺阵，阿尔卡拉斯在缺席四个月后才刚刚回归捍卫冠军，而诺瓦克·德约科维奇（Novak Djokovic）或许终于显露出了年龄的痕迹，美网公开赛再次让人感觉，嗯，机会均等（open）。

但不要将这意味着比赛变得更容易。

“对话内容是一样的，”美国球员弗朗西斯·蒂亚福（Frances Tiafoe）说。“无论你怎么分析，仍然得击败七个人。”

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萨巴伦卡夏季状态下滑威胁其顶尖地位

女子组同样面临着诸多疑问。两届美网冠军阿里娜·萨巴伦卡在温布尔登网球锦标赛第四轮出局，且在随后参加的两项硬地赛事中均告负，这使得她对世界第一排名的掌控陷入危机。

多位女选手的排名都有机会触及顶尖位置，而年度最后一项大满贯赛事的冠军奖杯同样触手可及。世界排名第三的杰西卡·佩古拉表示：“现在并没有一两个超级强势的球员，让你觉得必须得等他们输球你才有机会。”

“在我看来，某种程度上竞争似乎更加开放，因为，我不知道，机会更多了，”佩古拉补充道。她在2024年决赛以及去年的半决赛中均输给了萨巴伦卡。

比赛将于周日开始，佩古拉将参加亚瑟·阿什球场的揭幕战，德约科维奇将领衔夜场比赛，随后是46岁的维纳斯·威廉姆斯对阵索菲亚·肯宁。

伤病为其他球员提供了机会

阿尔卡拉斯多出了一天准备时间。他自4月起因右腕受伤而缺阵，并于上周决定准备在这次他曾七次获得大满贯冠军中的两次的赛事中回归。

最近的一次是在澳大利亚公开赛，但他在赛后不久便退出了。亚历山大·兹维列夫在法网赢得了他的首个大满贯冠军，在温网决赛中输给了辛纳，随后在法拉盛草地（Flushing Meadows）成为了 1 号种子，因为辛纳判定自那次胜利以来一直让他缺阵的膝伤尚未完全痊愈。

“现在已经有几个月的情况都差不多了：充满了不确定性，一些顶尖球员要么受伤，要么没有参赛。这次情况类似，所以我们看到很多不同的球员在挺身而出，很多不同的机会正等待被抓住，”来自澳大利亚的 6 号种子亚历克斯·德米纳尔说道。

2021 年美网冠军丹尼尔·梅德韦杰夫指出了兹维列夫和阿瑟·菲尔斯等球员，后者在来到纽约之前击败了蒂亚福赢得了辛辛那提公开赛冠军，这些球员知道机会就在眼前，他们不想浪费。

“对他们来说，他们可能在考虑这件事，不是以一种糟糕的方式，而是觉得，如果没有扬尼克，而且也许卡洛斯还没有恢复到 100% 的状态，我们就有更好的机会，” 7 号种子梅德韦杰夫说道。

德约科维奇在辛辛那提赛的第一场比赛中出局，随后提到了一种在高温环境下困扰他的未指明健康问题。这可能会让这位 39 岁、拥有 24 次大满贯单打冠军的球员在纽约很难再次进行一次漫长的冲刺。

美国男选手们仍试图结束自 2003 年美网安迪·罗迪克以来的大满贯冠军荒。本·谢尔顿在蒙特利尔获胜，随后蒂亚福在辛辛那提获得亚军，而泰勒·弗里茨在 2024 年的纽约决赛中输给了辛纳。

“我会说这是一个黄金机会，”ESPN评论员帕特里克·麦克恩罗说道。“显然，如果阿尔卡拉斯回归并经过几场比赛后状态良好，他将迅速成为热门。我的意思是，他现在就是热门，但他会迅速成为一个更热门的候选人。毫无疑问，由于他自春季以来没有参赛，加上辛纳缺席，这是一个巨大的机会。”

在澳大利亚公开赛决赛中击败萨巴伦卡的叶莲娜·里巴金娜、佩古拉以及 4 号种子科科·高夫都在追求世界第一的排名。根据其他比赛结果，萨巴伦卡即使成为自 2012-14 年小威廉姆斯以来首位连续三次赢得美网冠军的球员，也可能会失去这个排名。

“我会尽我最大的努力，看看这次比赛结束时会发生什么，”萨巴伦卡说道。

她可能处于弱势，但阿尔卡拉斯或许更加如此。在 2025, 年，似乎只有一个人能击败他。而这一次，名单可能会很长。

卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯（左）与小威廉姆斯在周二纽约美网的一场混双比赛期间在球场上交谈。YUKI IWAMURA / AP

圣母大学四分卫教练吉诺·吉杜格利在 8 月 6. 印第安纳州南本德的爱尔兰体育中心训练期间，注视着大三球员CJ·卡尔进行钻研训练。ANDY LAVALLEY / 为《芝加哥论坛报》拍摄

圣母大学跑卫安内亚斯·威廉姆斯在 11 月 29. 对阵斯坦福大学攻入达阵后，与接球手以利亚·伯雷斯一同庆祝。GODOFREDO A. VÄiSQUEZ / AP

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CJ·卡尔回归领导协调员迈克·登布罗克的进攻端，而众多球星则助力协调员克里斯·阿什的防守端，包括季前AP全美最佳阵容成员伦纳德·摩尔（第一队）、金斯顿·威廉姆斯-阿萨和布劳恩泰·约翰逊（均为第二队）。

他们能否帮助“爱尔兰人”最终结束长达 38 年的全国冠军荒？在他们开启追求之旅之际，这里有五个问题。

1. 在没有杰雷米亚·洛夫（Jeremiyah Love）和贾达里安·普赖斯（Jadarian Price）的情况下，爱尔兰人的跑球进攻表现如何？

圣母大学跑卫教练贾胡安·赛德（Ja'Juan Seider）在 2024 年大学橄球季后赛期间，从对方场边目睹了安内亚斯·威廉姆斯（Aneyas Williams）的实力。当时赛德在半决赛中执教宾州州立大学，而威廉姆斯在那场比赛中总计接球 5 次，获得 66 码，其中包括第三节刚开始时的一次 36 码接球。

在圣母大学以 27-24 获胜的那场比赛中，赛德在评价威廉姆斯的表现时说：“简直把我给虐哭了。”

威廉姆斯在圣母大学的前两个赛季大部分时间都排在 2026 年 NFL 选秀首轮热门杰雷米亚·洛夫和贾达里安·普赖斯之后。他在两个赛季中总计获得 679 码进攻码数并贡献 7 个达阵，但去年因肘部受伤而受到限制，并在休赛期接受了手术。不过，赛德表示，威廉姆斯已经证明自己能够在关键时刻挺身而出。

“他可能是我接触过的最自信的孩子，”赛德说。“即使是教练第一次站在房间里讲话，在进入状态之前也会经历一些（考验）自信的时刻。而他从一开始就充满自信。”

“这些正是你所寻找的特质，因为在比赛胜负攸关之时，我知道在这种情况下我可以依靠这个孩子。为什么？因为他已经证明了这一点。”

威廉姆斯的任务是帮助填补由洛夫（上赛季海斯曼奖投票排名第三）和普赖斯离队留下的巨大空白。赛德表示，威廉姆斯通过训练方式赢得了教练和队友的信任，在不参与进攻回合时，他总是紧盯着球。

在他之后的球员群体，包括大二的诺兰·詹姆斯二世（Nolan James Jr.）、大三的凯德伦·杨（Kedren Young）以及大一的新生乔纳兹·沃尔顿（Jonaz Walton）和贾维安·奥斯本（Javian Osborne），经验更加匮乏，但赛德对他们充满信心。

“如果我们（作为一支球队）想在年底以我们想要的方式去比赛，我们就必须做好自己的工作，”赛德说。“我很自信地说，这个位置的球员会证明自己。这里不会成为弱点。”

2. CJ 卡尔会冲击海斯曼奖（Heisman Trophy）吗？

卡尔目前所处的位置与一年前截然不同。

在 2025 年训练营结束时，他才刚刚在与肯尼·明奇（Kenny Minchey）的竞争中被任命为首发四分卫。而现在，他刚刚结束了一个赛季，在那场赛季中，他的传球完成率达到 $66.6\%$，传球码数 2,741 码，传球达阵 24 次，被拦截 6 次，传球效率评分为 168.1，创下项目纪录。

在卡尔作为首发球员的第二个赛季开始之际，圣母大学的教练们表示，由于他对比赛有着如此深刻的理解，他在场上的表现就像另一名教练一样。卡尔也表示，他在上赛季积累的经验以及在练习中对抗圣母大学防守线所获得的经验，都提升了他的竞技水平。

“你面对的是全美最顶尖的防守线之一，”四分卫教练吉诺·吉杜格利（Gino Guidugli）说道，“有时这会让人感到沮丧。在训练营期间，你会看到所有可能的防守阵型，而当我们进入赛季时，一切都会变得简单。随着训练营的推进，不会有任何你没见过的情况，也不会有我们无法应对的问题。所以，所有这些最终都会让他们受益。”

卡尔在进入 2026 赛季时，出现在了众多季前奖项观察名单和 NFL 选秀预测榜单中。到 8 月中旬，他已成为海斯曼奖赔率中的热门人选之一，与德克萨斯大学的四分卫阿奇·曼宁（Arch Manning）和迈阿密大学的四分卫达里安·门萨（Darian Mensah）并列。

吉杜格利表示，正如弗里曼（Freeman）所教导的那样，卡尔并不在意这些炒作。

“关键在于 CJ 的进步，在于我们进攻端的进步，”吉杜格利说，“他想要理解防守足球，想要理解进攻足球，想要理解情境足球。”

“我认为他没有听到那些嘈杂的声音。我认为他如此专注于明天会带来什么，以及眼前摆在面前的任务，以至于他没有那样看向遥远的未来。现在的重点是训练营，接下来的重点将是威斯康星大学。”

3. 爱尔兰人（The Irish）防守线的上限在哪里？

安全卫阿登·舒勒（Adon Shuler）将效力于圣母大学防守线比作在电子游戏中对抗哥哥。他希望每个对手都产生这样的想法：“噢，我得面对他们？”

“这周我们要对阵圣母大学？无论我们把球带到哪里，总会有一个球员在那里等着处理，”舒勒在谈到对手的心态时说道，“这就是防守线的目标。无论你去哪里，防守线都没有弱点。我们会攻击你。”

爱尔兰人的防守线确实聚集了许多能改变比赛局势的球员，其中三人入围了年度最佳防守球员——贝德纳里克奖（Bednarik Award）的观察名单：舒勒、角卫摩尔（Moore）和防守端锋布巴卡尔·特拉奥雷（Boubacar Traore）。

摩尔在上赛季的 10 场比赛中完成了 5 次拦截、7 次击飞传球并造成一次掉球，他领导着一支经验丰富的后防线，其中还包括安全卫约翰逊（Johnson）、镍卫克里斯蒂安·格雷（Christian Gray）、来自科罗拉多大学的转会球员 DJ 麦金尼（DJ McKinney）以及来自密歇根大学的转会球员杰登·桑德斯（Jayden Sanders）。

爱尔兰人通过转会门户投资于防守端，增强了由回归的端锋特拉奥雷（去年 11 场比赛中贡献 61½ 次擒杀、10 次造成损失的擒击、8 次击中四分卫并造成一次掉球）和布莱斯·杨（Bryce Young）支撑的防线。来自匹兹堡的转会球员弗朗西斯·布鲁（Francis Brewu）和来自俄勒冈的转会球员蒂奥内·格雷（Tionne Gray）是截锋位置上最重要的两名新援。

线卫德雷克·鲍恩（Drayk Bowen）和维利亚穆-阿萨（Viliamu-Asa）把守中路，两人上赛季合计贡献 115 次擒击、12 次造成损失的擒击和 6½ 次擒杀。

在阿什（Ash）担任协调员的第一年，防守线在 2025 年初因赛季开局遭遇两连败而受到了一些质疑，因此在本赛季面对最大考验时，他们应该会更有动力去证明自己。

4. 除了乔丹·费森，谁将成为卡尔的主要目标？

费森在2025年成为了卡尔最依赖的两名接球手之一，总计接球49次，获得640码并完成四次达阵。随着费森在休赛期退出长曲棍球以专注于足球，有理由相信这种情况在2026年将得以延续。

“他对所做的一切都有着令人难以置信的感知力，”卡尔说道。“你在长曲棍球场上能看到，在乒乓球桌上能看到，在足球场上能看到，在打高尔夫球时也能看到。他理解空间，并且拥有极佳的身体控制力和意识，没有什么事是他做不到的。”

“所以当你向外投掷屏幕传球时，你会信任他。我们看了去年和前年的录像。就像是，没有一个防守队员能截住他。他能多跑5（码）。他能晃过两个人。普通球员能跑的4码，在他手里会变成10码。”

但除了费森，圣母大学失去了接下来的四名接球手——马拉基·菲尔兹、埃利·拉里登、洛夫和威尔·保林——他们都去了NFL。爱尔兰人队确实迎回了杰登·格雷特豪斯，由于腿筋受伤，他在2025年仅限于接球4次，获得73码。在2024年冲击全国冠军赛的过程中，他是圣母大学的领先接球手，获得了592码。

卡尔表示，他观看了格雷特豪斯那个赛季的录像，并意识到他去年是如何受到伤病困扰的。他说格雷特豪斯在回归训练营时的表现“令人难以置信”。

“你来到这里，他做了几件事，你会觉得，‘噢，我的天啊’，”卡尔说道。“对我来说，这就像是又多了一层覆盖。我不会用人盯人战术来对付我们。不管对方派谁上来。你有费森，有JG——我们在球场各处都有爆发性的武器。”

迈卡·吉尔伯特在总计接球9次、获得93码后也回归了，弗里曼表示他已经“有了巨大的进步”。爱尔兰人队通过转会门户招募了前俄亥俄州立大学的接球手迈兰·格雷厄姆和昆西·波特，但据弗里曼称，波特一直在从膝盖手术中恢复，并在8月进行了一次“小手术”，预计这将使他还需要一段时间才能回归。

弗里曼对这些球员之外的深度也表示信心。

“我们的外接手阵容很深，也许他们还没有在真实比赛的情况下在场上完成那些关键球，”弗里曼说道。“但他们确实向我们教练组证明了他们正在进步。”

5. 爱尔兰人能否将上赛季的失望转化为冲击全国冠军的动力？

鲍文表示，在冬天观看大学橄榄球季后赛（CFP）时心情很沉重，因为他深知如果情况稍有不同，爱尔兰人本可以参与竞争。但弗里曼在整个休赛期一直向球员们强调，爱尔兰人需要靠自己的努力在这一赛季重新进入 CFP。

圣母大学上赛季前两场比赛分别输给了迈阿密大学和德克萨斯 A&M 大学，总共仅输了 4 分。随后，爱尔兰人在面对较弱的对手时取得了 10 连胜，场均分差为 29.7 分。

但这波连胜还不够，CFP 委员会在最终排名中将圣母大学排在第 11 位，距离 12 支球队季后赛的最后一个外卡名额仅差一个名次。

“归根结底，就像弗里曼教练说的那样，我们没有让自己处于能够赢得那个名额的位置，”鲍文说。“所以虽然这很艰难，但除了你自己，你不能责怪任何人。”

由于一项协议规定，如果圣母大学最终排名在前 12 位即可获得 CFP 名额，因此他们今年的晋级之路会更容易。但仅仅获得季后赛资格可能无法满足爱尔兰人。他们的球员和教练拥有足够的才华和经验，足以让他们坚信自己能够发起冲击。

主要的障碍可能不会在早期出现，不过爱尔兰人会希望警惕在揭幕战中轻视威斯康星大学。被圈出的关键对决始于 10 月 17 日客场挑战排名第 14 的 BYU 队，随后是 11 月 7 日主场对阵排名第 7 的迈阿密大学，以及 11 月 21 日主场对阵排名第 19 的 SMU 队。

“千万不要把结果交给评委，”舒勒说。“我们知道每一次进攻、每一次上场练习或参加会议的机会，我们都必须目标明确。”

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让我感到沮丧。您有什么建议吗？

R. 埃里克·托马斯 “请教埃里克” (ASKING ERIC)

亲爱的埃里克：我工作的公司每年都会鼓励员工休一天假，与同事们共度，并将其冠名为“心理健康日”。

对我来说，如果我们平时在工作中没有花这么多时间在一起，这本没有问题。我每周与这些人共事 40 小时。我每天与他们在一起八小时，而与家人在一起的时间只有大约六小时。

我们都有家庭、孩子和其他责任。我喜欢我的同事，我们相处得很好，但我认为，拿掉一天本可以陪伴家人、打扫房屋、单纯享受远离工作的时间来获得心理放松，而实际上却基本上在谈论工作，这有点过分了。

这样做反而让我压力更大。我喜欢我的同事，也喜欢在工作之余与他们共度时光。夏天和周末，我们会聚在一起吃几次午餐。

但我不喜欢这种被强迫的感觉。你怎么看？

—— 为“心理健康日”感到压力的人

亲爱的“压力者”：虽然你公司的意图可能是好的（或者中立的），但这在我看来并不像是一个心理健康日，而更像是强制性的团队建设。

其目标可能是为了让员工队伍运作得更好。但如果没有针对心理健康的具体重点——例如关于冥想的研讨会或关于职场压力的反馈会议——那么这种意图往好里说会变得模糊，往坏里说则会完全失效。

为了你自己的心理健康，换一种方式思考这些日子可能会有所帮助。假设这些日子是你通常需要工作的日子，而不是周末或其他假期，试着不要把它们看作是从家人或个人生活中抢走的时间。这只会导致怨恨。

如果有人负责这项工作，你可以与他们谈谈其意图，看看他们是否愿意接受反馈。

现在，如果这些日子实际上占用的是你的个人时间，那就是另一回事了。在这种情况下，你可以询问这是否被视为工作要求，如果是，公司可以提供什么样的补偿，以弥补要求你投入的额外时间。

根据你的雇佣结构和合同，这可能起作用也可能不起作用，但值得进行一次沟通。

亲爱的埃里克：我是一名 59 岁的女性，没有孩子。我从未结婚，也没有兄弟姐妹。我患有一些需要就医的疾病。我的父母在很多年前就去世了。

我想请教你的是：当我不再能够照顾自己时，谁会陪在我身边？

我没有好朋友。我 20 多岁时的那些朋友并不像我想象中那么美好。我们最终分道扬镳。我发现我是被排除在圈子之外的两个人之一。在我 35 岁时，我的母亲陷入了一些麻烦。那些朋友像扔掉烫手山芋一样抛弃了我。我知道通过社交媒体，他们现在依然在分享彼此的生活。

我以前太忙于享乐，而现在不再有趣了。我担心自己最终会进养老院。这让我感到恐惧，而且

不想孤独终老

亲爱的“孤独者”：虽然我承认并理解你所处的境地令人恐惧，但我鼓励你将眼前的道路视为一个部分意义上的新开始。你的生活不再像以前那样，但你的生活还没有结束。

你目前缺乏的是与他人有意义的联系。你可能无法以年轻时那样的方式或结构找到它，但这是有可能的。社交团体、宗教组织、社区中心和互助小组都能为你提供联系与支持。

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关于前 NBA 球员计谋的争论错失了重点

跨性别运动员的支持者 8 月 22 日在纽约市巴克莱中心，在纽约自由队与印第安纳狂热队的比赛前举牌。狂热队的索菲·坎宁安（Sophie Cunningham）曾表示支持禁止跨性别运动员参赛。ELSA / GETTY

海蒂·史蒂文斯（Heidi Stevens） 平衡之举

我不认为自己是“随他们去”（Let Them）理论的信徒。这一理论由自助专家梅尔·罗宾斯（Mel Robbins）推广，主张通过允许他人随心所欲地表现得迟钝或古怪，来保护自己的内心平静——反正对自己没有损失。

在我看来，这有点过于简化了。有点在逃避冲突。在某些时候，这可能是健康的；但在其他时候，这近乎于情感上的懒惰。

但该死的是，每当我读到关于前 NBA 球员要求获得 WNBA 参赛资格的新闻时，我发现自己总是在低声嘀咕“随他们去”。

他们想争取加入一个只有不到一半的球队拥有自己训练设施的联盟？随他们去。

他们想在一次 No. 1 选秀球员今年基本年薪为 $500,000 的选秀中要求参赛资格？随他们去。相比之下，NBA 今年的状元在四年内的收入将达到 $69？随他们去。

他们想在球员必须低头躲避被扔到脚下的成人玩具的球场上比赛？随他们去。

他们想利用自己的时间和才华来煽动文化战争的火焰？随他们去。

他们想为 WNBA 30 年来最好的收视率做出贡献？随他们去。

但我意识到事情并非如此简单。（稍后详述。）

首先，回顾一下：前 NBA 球员埃内斯·坎特·弗里登（Enes Kanter Freedom）和罗伊斯·怀特（Royce White）在过去几周里公开要求参加明年春季举行的 2027 年 选秀。他们的灵感似乎源于

一场关于 是否接纳跨性别运动员的激烈争论。不过，需要明确的是，目前没有已知的跨性别女性曾在 比赛，也没有跨性别女性尝试加入该联盟。

除非你把怀特算在内，他最近告诉福克斯新闻（Fox News）：“我是女性。我认定自己有时为了篮球的目的而认同为女性。”

怀特最近在明尼苏达州美国参议院共和党初选中落败，他表示如果被拒绝参赛资格，他将采取法律行动。

与此同时，弗里登已经提交了参加 选秀的文件，并表示他认识其他计划加入他的前 NBA 球员。

“如果仅仅声明你是谁就是全部要求，那么我符合在 竞争所需的每一个要求，”埃内斯·弗里登 8 月 7 日在 X 上写道。“我和我的团队仔细研究了 关于自我认同和包容性的参赛资格标准及管理框架。”

为什么这一切起初会成为一个问题？

没有关于跨性别运动员参赛资格的政策。最近的集体谈判协议仅规定“只有女性球员才有资格在 比赛”。

但印第安纳狂热队的后卫索菲·坎宁安—— 最大的球星之一——最近告诉 ESPN，她支持禁止跨性别女孩和女性参加女孩和女性体育赛事，称“生物学上的男性”不应与女性竞争。

她的言论引发了一些抵制，抗议者在狂热队的比赛外举行集会，支持跨性别权利。

而且，因为跨性别运动员和所有跨性别个体一样，往往被视为替罪羊和政治棋子而非人类，一场文化战争由此诞生。

在怀特和弗里登宣布打算加入该联盟几天后，一个由球队总裁和总经理组成的 工作组开会讨论了这个问题。他们没有制定出新的参赛资格规则，但发布了以下声明。

“今天的会议涵盖了广泛的话题，包括关于跨性别运动员的持续讨论，以及针对球员在网络上持续存在的仇恨和谩骂。在接下来的几周和几个月里，我们将继续与联盟的所有利益相关者进行沟通。我们将以审慎的态度对待这些重要的对话，并使其与我们联盟的价值观保持一致。”

也许这些对话确实很重要。而且，如果没有过去几周的一些闹剧，也许这些对话根本不会发生。也许在这种特定情况下，“随他们去”是有其道理的——

但声明继续写道：“目前没有影响 WNBA 的紧迫资格问题，我们强烈谴责那些试图利用这些话题来贬低或边缘化他人的恶意行为。”

而这里的关键就在于这种贬低和边缘化。正是这种贬低和边缘化，使得这件事比单纯的“对噱头不予理会”更具影响。

因为我们围绕跨性别运动员和跨性别权利的讨论中，充斥的红鲱鱼（干扰项）和错位的委屈越多，我们就越少地讨论那些真正值得我们关注的问题。

例如，根据美国疾病控制与预防中心的数据，每年约有 26% 的跨性别学生尝试自杀。大约 40% 的人在学校面临欺凌。跨性别青少年报告的住房不稳定和无家可归率更高。跨性别者成为暴力犯罪受害者的可能性是顺性别者的四倍。

只要我们主要将跨性别者视为某种对女性体育运动的阴险威胁，而不是一个应当享有尊严、权利和理解的人类群体，我们就没有抓到重点。

重点在于，让我们彼此对立或许能赢得一场选举、一场文化战争，或者我想，一份 WNBA 合同，但这永远不会引领我们走向一个更好、更健康、更安全、更友善、更包容、更具创造力、更公正、更平等方向。

如果这算是一场胜利，那也是一场空洞的胜利。

海蒂·史蒂文斯（Heidi Stevens）是论坛报内容机构（Tribune Content Agency）的专栏作家。您可以通过 heidikstevens@gmail.com 与她联系，在 X 上关注 @heidistevens13，或加入她的“海蒂·史蒂文斯的平衡行为”（Heidi Stevens' Balancing Act）脸书（Facebook）小组。

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Pelah Kitchen 的店主 Jenneh Kaikai（中）在 7 月 16 日于纽约市布鲁克林区主持一场蛋糕装饰课。MILA DE LA TORRE / THE NEW YORK TIMES 蛋糕装饰课提供了一种不落俗套的独处方式。MILA DE LA TORRE / THE NEW YORK TIMES

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周一下班后上萨尔萨舞课。周二参加国际象棋俱乐部。周三练拳击。

这仅仅是 Tylo Laidlaw 一周的前半部分。因此，当话题转向约会时，他的回答很简单：最近，他花在兴趣爱好上的时间比约会更多。

在 2024 年最后一段感情结束之后，Laidlaw 意识到自己变得停滞不前且像机器人一样。尽管他遵循着大学毕业、找工作、存钱的既定轨迹，但他说，“有些东西缺失了”。他觉得无法与真实的自我建立联系。

30 岁的 Laidlaw 尝试了不同的爱好。对他而言，关键在于保持好奇心，并将自己置于那些原本不会接触的环境中。现在，他觉得自己变得更全面了。例如，国际象棋让他结识了新朋友，并教会了他关于策略和责任感的人生课题。

“我的生活如此充实，以至于我知道合适的人自然会出现，”居住在伦敦的创意指导自由职业者 Laidlaw 说道，“但我并没有在刻意寻找。”尽管他是一个向往恋爱的人——他说，“我想在房子外面拿着大收录机（追求对方）”，指的是 1989 年经典电影《至死不渝》（Say Anything）中的一个场景——但他发现自己不再那么在意约会，因为他在其他方面得到了丰富。

“我对现状非常满意，”他说，这样“能量就会变得具有感染力”。

你可以将其称之为“爱好之爱”（hobby-amory）：Laidlaw 是越来越多强调多种爱好而非约会的单身人士之一。这些单身人士不再花数小时在软件上滑动和发消息，而是将时间、精力和可支配收入投入到攀岩、蛋糕装饰和蓝晒法版画等热爱的事物中。他们表示，无论是否有浪漫伴侣，他们的社交日程都很满，朋友圈在扩大，生活感觉很丰富。

西北大学临床心理学家兼兼职教授 Alexandra Solomon 表示，年轻人正在以其他世代未曾有过的方式优先考虑自己的福祉和幸福感。Solomon 说：“这一代中的许多人正在对这种朝九晚五的资本主义工作模式提出重要质疑。他们试图创造一种更具灵活性和适应性的生活，真正重视那些超越赚钱的人生体验。”

他们也是一代对人工智能感到被剥夺感、且不倾向于饮酒的群体，这使得健康、创意和触觉活动更具吸引力。在网上，“hobby-maxxing”（追求尽可能多的爱好）等词汇开始流行。根据 TikTok 的数据，2026 年至今，美国 #hobbies 标签的帖子数量比去年增长了近 15%，而 #grandmahobbies（奶奶辈的爱好）则增长了 400% 以上。

“Side quest”（支线任务）这个最初用于游戏的术语在网上获得了新生：它描述了人们在常规生活之外参与的活动和冒险，旨在为生活增添奇思妙想。根据 TikTok 的数据，今年美国使用“side quest”一词的帖子数量比去年同期增长了 210% 以上。

莉莎·基村（Lisa Kimura），31岁，一名在纽约市工作的用户体验设计师，已经精通了“支线任务”的艺术。

去年年初，受纽约市布什威克（Bushwick）社区繁荣的音乐场景启发，她学习了DJ，因为她觉得那里需要更多女性。

去年她还参加了一门家谱课程并开始构建自己的家族树，随后又学习了日语书法。不过，她最持久的热情是纤维艺术。她说，她从事编织，并尝试几乎所有她能接触到的纤维工艺，包括钩编、挂毯编织、地毯簇绒、刺绣和十字绣。

基村在2023年搬到纽约，对那里的约会环境充满期待。但作为一个内向的人，她发现这种经历让她精疲力竭。自去年夏天以来，她还没有约会过。

她说：“我意识到，当我处于一段关系中，或者有时仅仅是在一个男人面前时，很难听到我内心的声音。我成长在一个非常传统、典型的移民家庭，那里的父权制度根深蒂固。”

爱好帮助基村感到更加安全并找到了自己的声音，部分原因是她的许多爱好最终都能产生一件成品，给她带来成就感。与家族中前几代以结婚生子为中心的女性不同，她感到自己有能力去追求那些能给她带来幸福的活动。

“我觉得我可以设计自己的未来，”她说。至于浪漫关系，基村表示她并没有永久关闭约会的大门。“我只是觉得不再那么匆忙了。”

约会教练、《单身之外：如何更聪明地约会并创造持久的爱》（Unsingle: How to Date Smarter and Create Love That Lasts）一书的作者艾米·陈（Amy Chan）表示：“人们出现了约会疲劳。他们对约会软件如此失望，以至于其中一些人根本不再约会。”

对于那些倾向于在关系中迷失自我的客户，陈建议将重心从寻找约会对象转移到首先建立丰富的个人生活上。“这实际上就是，让我们构建一个充实的生活，这样你就不会处于一种匮乏的状态，也不会像饥饿一样去约会，”她说，并补充道，建立独立性会在他们重新开始约会时产生积极的连锁反应。

所罗门（Solomon）补充道：“在过去10年里，约会软件一直是约会的中心，而现在人们在约会方式上出现了一种集体性的修正，”而解决方案就是投资于现实世界的体验。

她说，只要这不是出于情感退缩或逃避，这不一定是件坏事，并补充道：“让自己走进现实世界，与真实的人接触，参与真实的艺术项目、创意活动或社区活动——这是一种非常健康的适应。”而且这些尝试甚至可能引导他们遇到具有共同兴趣的新浪漫对象。

Pelah Kitchen的所有者詹妮·凯凯（Jenneh Kaikai）在纽约举办蛋糕装饰课程，这些课程在单身人士中很受欢迎。“很多人参加是为了进行‘单人约会’，将其作为约会软件之外的替代活动，”她说。“我认为现在人们想要从事这类活动正处于一个爆发期——一些具有创意、触感，且不以饮酒为中心的活动。”

对于住在英国剑桥并从事市场营销工作的迈克尔·法苏洛（Michael Fasulo）来说，这包括了桨板冲浪、公开水域游泳和烘焙。在与长期伴侣分手后，他在1月份开始了这些活动。他有两个正处于青春期的孩子，他们变得更加独立，并有了自己的社交圈。这两个因素共同作用，让42岁的法苏洛进行了大量的内心探索。

他说，这一切是从小步尝试开始的。“我只是尝试做一些事情来找回我的激情，提升我的心情，给自己找点事做。”

“我认为我过去可能出错的地方在于，我某种程度上将幸福定义为一段成功的关系，”法苏洛说。不过，他的定义此后发生了改变。

“我越自信，越充实，社交圈越扩大，”他说，“未来我就能成为更好的伴侣，也更有可能找到合适的伴侣。”

我的宠物世界

在带猫上路前，先从短途驾驶开始

凯西·M·罗森塔尔（Cathy M. Rosenthal）写道，带猫进行公路旅行需要一些规划。DREAMSTIME

作者：凯西·M·罗森塔尔 论坛报内容 机构

亲爱的凯西：我想请教您关于带两只约 15 个月大的猫一起旅行的建议。我的丈夫处于失智症的早期阶段，这两只猫已经成为了他的精神支柱。第一天的车程大约 12 小时，第二天大约 6 小时。此外，我们正尝试让他们习惯穿胸背带以便带他们散步，但到目前为止完全没有进展。

辛迪，密苏里州圣路易斯

亲爱的辛迪：带猫进行公路旅行是可行的，但需要一些规划。首先，将航空箱留在家里并保持开启状态，在里面放上柔软的垫子和零食，这样航空箱就会变成一个熟悉且安全的地方，而不是那种只在去宠物医院开车前才会出现的东西。

接下来，先开始几次绕街的短途驾驶，逐渐增加每次行程的长度。这有助于你的猫习惯在车内乘坐，并让你知道它们是否容易晕车或焦虑。如果它们有这种情况，你的兽医可以为旅程开具药物。此外，还有一些非处方类镇静产品可能有所帮助。如果你决定使用其中任何一种，请在出发前几天尝试，以便了解你的猫对此会有什么反应。

在出发前，准备好猫平时吃的食物、水、药物、猫砂盆、猫砂、最喜欢的毯子或玩具，以及任何带有家里气味的东西。熟悉的气味在减轻压力方面大有裨益。

车辆行驶时，请务必将猫安全地固定在航空箱内。绝不要让它们在车内自由走动，因为它们可能会受惊或分散驾驶员的注意力。大多数猫在旅途中大部分时间都会在睡觉。

在长途旅行日，请定期停下来提供水、食物以及使用猫砂盆的机会，但只能在安全地点进行，例如你的酒店房间，或是在所有车门和窗户都关闭的停泊车辆内。有些猫在当天的行程结束前不会吃太多东西，这完全正常，尽管它们可能仍然需要使用猫砂盆。每当你的猫离开航空箱时，请与它们一起留在车内，在它们安全回到航空箱之前，不要打开任何车门或窗户。

至于胸背带训练，不要放弃。许多猫在第一次穿上胸背带时，表现得就像忘记了怎么走路一样。首先让你的猫在室内穿几分钟胸背带，同时提供零食或进行游戏。一旦它们看起来适应了——这可能需要几天时间——就系上牵引绳，在你的监督下让它们在屋里拖着绳子走，然后再由你牵着它们散步。有些猫能很快适应胸背带，而有些猫则从未真正喜欢过，这没关系。目标只是在它们以后需要穿胸背带时，能帮它们感到舒适和安全。

亲爱的凯西：我从小和狗一起长大，但我一直想要一只猫，所以在我 13 岁父母离婚后，我母亲领养了一只猫。几个月后，结果显示我对猫过敏。于是，她把猫送到了其他人家，这让我非常沮丧。

几十年后，在孩子们成长期间，我的丈夫和我养了狗。在那些年里，我经常去有猫的朋友家。因为过敏，我刻意避免与它们互动。但无论如何，那些猫总会跑来寻求我的关注。

我以前认为它们本能地知道我非常喜爱它们，但最终我意识到，它们其实是在对我“忽视它们”这一事实做出反应！

— （另一位）凯西，康涅狄格州埃文

亲爱的凯西：确实如此。猫经常会被房间里唯一一个没有试图抚摸它们的人所吸引。这是因为许多猫很看重由它们来发起第一次接触的自由。一个没有直接目光接触、没有向它们伸手或没有侵入它们空间的人，看起来威胁较小，这能给猫信心，让它们按照自己的意愿靠近。

通常，赢得猫的信任并结交朋友最快的方法就是假装你对此不感兴趣。如果你希望一只猫离你远点，那么，祝你好运。猫似乎有一种非凡的天赋，能精准地找到那个最不希望引起它们注意的人。

当然，我想认为那只猫感觉到，在你刻意的冷淡之下，是一个真正热爱猫的人。

凯西·M·罗森塔尔（Cathy M. Rosenthal）是一位动物权益倡导者、作家、专栏作家及宠物专家。请将您的问题、故事和建议发送至 cathy@petpundit.com。请附上您的姓名、城市和州。您可以通过 @cathymrosenthal 关注她。

社交礼仪

父亲及其新妻破坏前妻为女儿准备的演唱会惊喜

作者：詹·布莱克斯通 (Jann Blackstone) 论坛新闻服务 (TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE)

问：我告诉前夫的新妻子，我一直在攒钱，准备带女儿去看一场我知道她很想去的演唱会。门票非常贵，但我为了给她一个惊喜，已经攒了六个月的钱。昨天是我女儿的生日。她从父亲家回来时，手里拿着一张那场演唱会的门票。显然，她的父亲和他的妻子现在决定带她去。

我心碎了。我不知道该如何处理这件事。在这种情况下，良好的“前任礼仪”应该是怎样的？

答：哎，太心痛了。

我能理解你为什么感到受伤。

首先要记住的是，你的女儿没有做错任何事。在她的视角里，她收到了父亲送的一份令人兴奋的生日礼物。不要让你的失望感削弱这份喜悦。

即便如此，如果前夫及其妻子知道你为了实现这个愿望已经攒了几个月的钱，那么他们就破坏了你为女儿创造特殊回忆的努力。他们错失了一个支持女儿与你之间关系、并真正将孩子放在首位的机会。

法院在决定监护权时考虑的一个因素是，哪一方父母更有可能促进孩子与另一方父母的关系。破坏对方与孩子的关系不仅令人心碎，而且违背了法院对父母在维护孩子最大利益时所期望的行为。

但有些共同抚养者选择竞争而非合作。他们试图胜过对方，认为谁能送出最贵的礼物或制造最大的惊喜，谁就某种程度上“赢了”。

孩子们无法从这种竞争中获益。当父母双方都尊重对方与孩子之间的关系时，孩子才能获益。当父母的行为可预测且彼此尊重时，孩子会感到安全和稳妥。而当一方故意破坏另一方时，孩子会变得焦虑且不安。他们失去了关于什么是充满爱与尊重的关系的榜样。

在做出影响孩子的决定之前，请停下来问问自己：“如果我的共同抚养者对我这样做，我会怎么想？”这正是“良好前任礼仪”第 7 条——“在解决问题时运用共情能力”的核心所在。

换句话说，请设身处处为另一方父母着想。如果前夫及其妻子这样做，他们可能会选择另一件礼物，让你和女儿共同分享你如此努力创造的特殊回忆。

简单地告诉共同抚养者发生了什么以及这如何影响了你。提出一个非常简单的要求：相互尊重。解释说，如果你知道他们正在计划一些特别的事情，你会支持而不是与之竞争，并且你希望对方也能这样做。

继续为女儿树立她应当看到的行为榜样。这就是良好的前任礼仪。

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高校将内容创作者列入专业名单

内容创作者艾莎·比斯利（Aiesha Beasley）于8月13日在亚利桑那州钱德勒拍摄自己品尝玛格丽塔酒的视频。REBECCA NOBLE / AP

旨在让学生为当今职业做好准备的教育机构

作者：凯特琳·胡阿马尼（Kaitlyn Huamani） 美联社

如果你问一个青少年长大后想做什么，成为一名影响力人物（influencer）很有可能就在其名单之中。

数字媒体及其主演人物在青少年的整个成长过程中一直是文化主轴，因此创作社交媒体、视频或播客内容似乎是一条自然但非传统的职业路径。

现在，他们可以在该领域获得大学学位。

亚利桑那州立大学（Arizona State University）最近推出了一个新的内容创作学士学位，由其沃尔特·克朗凯特新闻与大众传播学院（Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication）提供。该课程与亚利桑那州立大学的大众传播和媒体研究学位有所重叠，主要区别在于一系列关于播客制作、演播室制作和镜头前表现的专业选修课。

亚利桑那州立大学的这一公告迅速遭到了各方的批评——从认为内容创作不是一项正规职业的人，到质疑大学学位在开启社交媒体职业生涯方面具有何种价值的人。

但亚利桑那州立大学的项目并非此类首创。

而这所大学（它拒绝了关于新项目的采访请求）也不是第一家提供内容创作课程的学校。

为了在不断缩减的学生群体中竞争，各大学正在推出旨在让学生为当今职业做好准备的新专业。至于这些专业是否能引导学生获得工作，仍有待讨论。

内容创作课程激怒批评者

在过去几年中，许多高等教育机构开始提供专注于蓬勃发展的内容创作产业的课程，其中一些机构还设有证书或辅修项目。雪城大学（Syracuse University）、奎尼皮亚克大学（Quinnipiac ）和科罗拉多州立大学（Colorado State ）提供辅修课程，圣波纳文图尔大学（St. Bonaventure ）则在去年冬天宣布设立内容创作专业。

在康奈尔大学（Cornell ）的传播学教授布鲁克·埃琳·达菲（Brooke Erin Duffy）看来，这些大学项目代表了一个转折点。达菲表示，在过去一年中，教育机构及其他机构已经承认内容创作是一条可行的职业路径——即便“影响力人物”这个词本身可能会触动某些人的神经。

因为即使是粉丝量相对较少的影响力人物也拥有忠实的受众，品牌方也经常付费让他们宣传产品。

达菲说，典型的影响力人物形象通常是一个“拍自拍的年轻女孩，而且似乎没做什么就获得了巨大的回报”。

但这并非许多内容创作者的真实情况，他们需要处理媒体制作、受众留存策略、品牌合作以及与在线影响力相关的商业关系。

“这是一项耗时且劳动强度大的工作，而且通常报酬不高——至少在起步阶段是这样，”达菲说。“但很多细节都被掩盖在……这种认为它是‘梦想职业’的假设之后。”

并非所有人都能发财

即便有人具备在内容创作领域取得成功的技能，想要闯入这个行业也并非易事。

Emarketer 负责研究创作者经济的主席分析师马克斯·威伦斯（Max Willens）表示，社交媒体已经是一个拥挤的领域，而且在未来几年竞争将更加激烈。

Emarketer 预测，今年美国社交媒体创作者的收入将攀升至 200 亿美元 billion 以上，但威伦斯表示，将这一数字置于个体创作者的语境下理解至关重要。

他说：“绝大多数资金并没有进入创作者的口袋，”尽管他们的内容和粉丝构成了这个利润丰厚领域的基石。

影响力者（Influencers）可以通过奖励高互动率的社交媒体平台赚钱，有些人如果促成他人购买其推广的产品，还能获得佣金。但影响力者收入的最大份额来自赞助内容——即通过谈论某个品牌或产品来获取报酬。威伦斯表示，他预计品牌在分发和放大创作者内容上花费的金额，最终将超过创作者制作内容所赚取的金额。

威伦斯说，认为一个专业的大学学位能“突然将人们变成病毒式传播的内容机器”这一想法，需要面对现实。

达菲指出，成为影响力者通常被错误地视为一条快速致富的路径。达菲表示，开设内容创作学位的大学可能希望吸引那些在寻找“一份有回报的工作”的新学生及其家长。“至于是否真的有回报，则是另一回事了。”

学位的价格也是一个因素：在亚利桑那州立大学（ASU），亚利桑那州居民的基础学费约为每学年 $12,000（不含奖学金），但在计入食宿和其他费用后，总就读成本可能超过 $37,000。对于亚利桑那州以外的学生，学费超过 $35,000，在奖学金之前的总就读成本约为 $60,000。

创作者认为此类项目具有价值与技能

虽然许多内容创作专业的学生可能希望成为爆红人物，但总部位于凤凰城的创作者艾莎·比斯利（Aiesha Beasley）表示，即使是对那些没有此类梦想的人来说，像 ASU 这样的项目也可能很有价值。

比斯利说：“如今，拥有数字化存在感和个人品牌非常重要。”

她说，建立平台并在网上分享个人品牌可以帮助一个人建立人脉，并进入他们原本可能无法接触的环境。

比斯利在从事十多年的网络发布后，已经成为一名全职内容创作者三年了，她与小型企业合作，帮助优化其社交媒体存在感。她指出，ASU 的课程将教授传播和营销等领域中几种可迁移的技能。

内容创作者兼演员萨米·克里斯特纳（Sammy Cristerna）今年春天从亚利桑那州立大学毕业，获得了社会学和政治学学位，但他表示，如果当时有内容创作项目，他“绝对”会选修相关课程并考虑将其作为主修专业。

克里斯特纳说，这些课程在学习如何谈判品牌交易、最大化变现机会以及培养并留住观众方面将非常有用。他补充说，其中一些技能可以通过经验自学。尽管如此，“拥有这种正式教育还是很不错的。”

克里斯特纳表示，他唯一不确定能否在课堂上转化为教学内容的是个性。

他说，要在镜头前产生共鸣，一个人需要有“良好的能量”。“这是很难教授的。”

减轻口袋负担

由于手机体积增大和钱包臃肿，口袋塞满的情况变得更加普遍。DREAMSTIME

艾伦·沃伦（Ellen Warren） 解答天使

亲爱的解答天使艾伦：在最近的一场棒球比赛中，我看到很多男人穿着短裤，口袋鼓得厉害——装着手机和塞得满满的钱包——物品的重量把他们的裤子拽得那么低，以至于能看到他们的肚子甚至更多。

这不只是一个人，而是很多人！请告诉这些男士们如何减轻负担。—— 麦洛迪·L.（Melody L.）

亲爱的麦洛迪：如果我对这些“裤子下垂”的家伙指手画脚，那我就是个伪君子，因为我自己也不习惯轻装简行——哪怕只是去趟药店！我的手提包经常看起来像是我要去度周末假期一样。

为他们辩护一下，手机正变得越来越大，而且对我们中的一些人来说，钱包也是如此。此外，许多体育场馆、音乐会现场、博物馆等不允许携带背包或其他较大的容器——无论男女。塞满口袋成了首选。

这里有几个建议，虽然没有一个是非常完美的： ■ 为了避免意外露出的一截光肚皮：系上腰带，并穿一件下摆足够长的衬衫来遮住腹部。 ■ 将钱包精简到仅保留必需品——在手机上添加“触碰支付”功能。

这个季节，各种体型和身材的男女露出腰腹的情况随处可见。这是一种流行的风格。希望这个趋势不要持续太久。

亲爱的解答天使艾伦：我非常喜欢我那双白色的全橡胶人字拖，但它们很快就会变脏。我不确定该如何清洗它们才能让它们重新闪亮。我尝试过用洗洁精浸泡，但没什么效果。

亲爱的珍妮：你可能会惊讶于有些东西只要放在洗碗机的顶层架子上就能洗干净。你的拖鞋就是绝佳的候选对象，那些耐用的厨房橡胶手套和发臭的洗碗海绵也是如此。

其他选择：使用神奇海绵（Magic Eraser），或者用小苏打和温水以 50-50 的比例调制成糊状，然后用软刷刷洗。

天使读者

来自曼迪·M.（Mandi M.）：“只是想给那些想要布置宿舍或公寓的大学生提供另一个建议。如果他们附近有店，宜家（IKEA）是一个很棒的选择！多年来在我没多少钱可花的时候，我经常去那里逛。他们的一款床架让我用了 20 年，经历了多次搬家！”

罗达·P.（Rhoda P.）建议关注 Nextdoor 等本地网站或附近的 Freecycle：“令人惊讶的是，有些人为了处理掉东西或因为搬家，会免费赠送很多东西。”

读者吐槽

Deborah P. 写道：“你们刊登的读者 Alexis D. 的来信让我头疼。她正在寻找布置新家的物品，她刚大学毕业，却在信中写道：‘Me and my roommates are looking...’（我和我的室友们正在寻找……）。难道她会说‘Me is looking’吗？她在工作面试时也是这么说话的吗？”来自 Bruce L. 的反馈：“你本可以帮 Alexis D. 一个忙，把‘Me and my roommates’改为‘My roommates and I’。”来自 Ellen：我欢迎各种各样的问题。许多像 Alexis 这样的读者写信给我时，就像我们正端着咖啡聊天一样，这完全没问题。

来自 Elizabeth B.：“在您最近的专栏中，读到‘卷曲发’被描述为‘不整洁’且‘糟糕透顶’，我感到很失望。我不需要遵守您‘不要那样做’的告诫，因为我天生卷发，早已处于那种状态。我们很多人天生卷发，并不为此感到羞耻，也不觉得必须去纠正它。许多女性需要将时间和金钱花在比美发预约、昂贵产品和繁琐的早晨护发流程更重要的事情上。”

Nancy D. 表示：“我不敢相信您竟然建议‘脚趾丑’的人不要穿凉鞋。难道一个人因为‘笨手笨脚’就不该跳舞，或者因为‘五音不全’就得禁歌？或者因为身材丰满就不该穿泳衣吗？”来自 Ellen：我仍然认为封闭式脚趾凉鞋是一个不错的选择，但谢谢你的来信，Nancy。

请将您关于风格、购物、时尚、化妆和美容的问题与吐槽发送至 answerangelellen@gmail.com。

普通的就寝习惯导致兄妹 / 姐弟争吵

朱迪思·马丁 礼仪小姐

亲爱的礼仪小姐：我姐姐 / 妹妹家的实木地板正在重新翻新，所以我说让她在我的一居室公寓的沙发床上睡四个晚上没问题。我知道她对噪音非常敏感，所以提醒她带上耳塞。

晚上 10 点 15 分左右，她告诉我她听到了我电视的声音（我已经把音量调得比平时低得多），而且她正试着入睡。她说我应该要么关上卧室门，要么关掉电视。

我告诉她我计划在 11 点之前睡觉。我问她是否戴了耳塞，她说没有，因为她不喜欢戴着耳塞睡觉。接着她说她早上得去上班，在电视声中无法入睡。

我拒绝关上卧室门，因为我的猫整晚都会进进出出。它需要使用猫砂盆和水碗。

我们发生了争吵，我告诉她可以去住酒店。她只是盯着我看。这时，我们都各自上床睡觉了，她最终得到了她想要的安静。

我认为她本可以戴上耳塞，而不是在我自己的家里给我两个选择。我帮她省了大约 $600 的酒店费用。接下来的三个晚上情况没那么糟糕，因为我们最终在差不多相同的时间睡觉。作为客人，她错了？还是作为主人的我错了？

亲切的读者：对于你来说，戴上耳机看电视是否是一个过于显而易见的解决方案？

礼仪小姐认为，同情与责备应该是均等的。戴着耳塞睡觉确实不舒服，而且你认为的“低音量”可能与你姐姐 / 妹妹认为的不同。另一方面，没错，你是在帮她，你应该被允许坚持自己的就寝习惯。做一个好主人确实需要照顾客人的需求——但仅限于一定程度。既然本案的解决方案是默默地生气或在同一时间睡觉，听起来你们需要第三个选择。也许你的姐姐 / 妹妹可以买一台带耳机的电视送给你，以示感谢。

亲爱的礼仪小姐：我很高兴受邀参加我女儿的婴儿洗礼派对（baby shower），由她的两个朋友主办。我感谢了她们的慷慨，并询问是否需要我带任何东西。我还询问她们是否想要我女儿婴儿时期的照片。她们同意了，于是我发送了五张照片（没有裸露或尴尬的照片），之后就没再想这件事。

主办者一定是对我女儿说了什么，因为她责备了我，并让我停止（STOP）提出帮她筹备派对。

我对我女儿愤怒的爆发感到受伤，并试图将其归结为她的焦虑和激素影响。我为让她尴尬而道歉，但现在我觉得参加派对很尴尬。我不想做任何会削弱她这段特殊时光的事情。

郑重声明，我认为我在其他方面完全没有咄咄逼人。我们居住地相隔数小时车程，我们双方都不希望我在分娩时在场，甚至在直到她和丈夫准备好接待客人之前，不希望我去探访。我尽力给他们隐私和空间，

而且我们在其他方面的关系很好。我甚至没有询问宝宝的名字。

我已经送给他们一件他们挑选的非常昂贵的物品，我计划在派对上只带一些婴儿书籍——没有什么招摇的东西来出风头。我提出这些小小的帮助是否越界了？这是我自找的吗？

亲切的读者：是的，但原因并非你所想。你的女儿在虐待你。而你允许这种情况发生，是因为你似乎接受了这样一个想法：你在各方面都是她的负担——以至于你竟然可怜地感激能被邀请参加一个庆祝你孙辈出生的派对。

如果你希望与上述孙辈建立关系，现在可能是时候制定一些基本原则了。你女儿的焦虑情绪和激素波动在好转之前会变得更加糟糕。请拿出勇气告诉你的女儿，她不能那样跟你说话。她的朋友们似乎想要那些照片，如果她不想给，那没关系，但你不能因此被责骂。你们可以共同协商未来的探访条款之类的事情，但你不能生活在担心冒犯她的恐惧之中。

此外，你可以向她指出，在不久的将来，她可能需要你的帮助，而且她没有资格把一个充满爱心、心怀好意（而且免费！）的祖父母提供的育儿帮助给吓跑。而且她应该展望未来，届时她绝不会希望自己的孩子那样对待她。

如需向由朱迪思·马丁（Judith Martin）、尼古拉斯·伊沃·马丁（Nicholas Ivor Martin）和雅各比娜·马丁（Jacobina Martin）组成的“礼仪小姐”（Miss Manners）团队发送问题，请访问 missmanners.com 或写信至 c / o Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106。

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一只北极熊在格陵兰岛的冰山上攀爬。作为世界上最大的捕食者，北极熊正面临灭绝威胁。VERENA WOLFF / DPA PHOTOS

冰原之行 船上乘客在格陵兰岛令人惊叹的冰冻景观中目睹北极熊、狐狸和野兔 冰原生活

哈雷峡湾（Harefjord）的苔原呈现出令人惊讶的明亮秋色。

作者：Verena Wolff / DPA

向北极进发，你会听到冰山在青绿色的海水中起伏时发出的嘎吱声和碎裂声。

它们大小不一，缓缓飘过，有的形状像鸟，有的像云，有的像动物。冰山在水面上漂浮，时而呈蓝色，时而呈乳灰色。当冰川的一块碎片脱落，大量微小的冰屑被抛入水中时，会发出像枪击一样的一声巨响。

我们乘坐着“斯皮茨卑根号”（MS Spitsbergen）邮轮，在格陵兰岛的伊托科托米特（Ittoqqortoormiit）目睹了这场北极自然奇观。

随后，我们发现了一只青少年北极熊，起初它在远处的冰山上只是一个淡黄色的小点。它正忙着利用浮冰和冰块向船只靠近。

起初它很害羞，保持在几百米开外。但船只在冰川前静静停靠的时间越长，这只熊就变得越好奇。

它在冰山之间攀爬，在水中抄近路，在利用浮冰移动时搅动着平静的水面。

突然，它就来到了探险船的船头附近。在甲板上站着的几十名乘客的低语声中，冰块碎裂的声音几乎听不见。他们都想一睹世界上最大陆地捕食者的风采。这些动物正面临灭绝威胁，因此能在我们面前看到一只青少年北极熊，令我们倍感激动。

北极熊的美味点心

“它可能是在期待鲸鱼的残骸，”被称为 JJ 的约尔吉内·托比亚森（Jørgine Tobiassen）说道。当地原住民偶尔会乘船来到斯科斯比湾（Scoresbysund），在这个世界上最长的峡湾中猎鲸。

“动物直接在船上被处理；残骸被扔回海里。”这对北极熊来说就是美味的点心。

JJ 是船上的厨师，负责自助餐每天供应的格陵兰式菜肴，以及宾客可以额外预订的格陵兰式菜单。

她在格陵兰岛西部的卡苏特（Qaarsut）出生并长大。在多次举办的“微型讲座”（Tiny Talks）期间，她在船上的酒吧里讲述同胞们的习俗。

来自剑桥的环境科学家利亚姆·诺斯菲尔德（Liam Northfield）是“斯皮茨卑根号”雇佣的科学团队成员，负责与乘客分享知识，他讲述了关于自然的内容。

他说，位于格陵兰岛东海岸的斯科斯比湾是世界上最大的峡湾系统，全长 187 英里，最宽处达 31 英里。

在西北方向，它分叉成较小的峡湾。格陵兰人称之为 Kangertittivaq，意为“伟大的峡湾”。我们今天使用的名称可以追溯到 19 世纪初航行于斯科斯比湾的英国捕鲸者威廉·斯科斯比（William Scoresby）。

由于斯科斯比湾的人类活动极少，这里在数千年中发展出了一个独特的生态系统。最后一个定居点是伊托科托米特，就位于峡湾的入口处。

村里居住着 300 多人，这里只有一条铺设沥青的道路和许多碎石路，当地人驾驶 4-by-4s 和全地形车在路上往来。

短暂的抵达

在夏季的雨中，雪地摩托车散落在村庄各处，各种尺寸的船只和狗拉雪橇也同样如此。

当成年雪橇犬被拴在一个小石岛上时，幼犬们仍在村里犹豫地走动。它们似乎对那些刚刚从探险船上登岸的大批游客感到困惑。

这里有一座博物馆、一家商店、一座路德教会教堂——以及一个游客信息中心，尽管后者被锁上了，让那些希望进一步了解这个可能是世界上最偏远定居点之一之生活的乘客们大失所望。

一年中只有两到三个月可以通过船只抵达伊托科托尔米伊特（Ittoqqortormiit）。在一年中的其余时间里，水道都被冻结了。

“峡湾会完全冻结，只有在海冰冻结较慢的地方才会留下小水池，”MS Spitsbergen号科学团队成员佐伊·沃克（Zoe Walker）说道。

每天，船上的科学团队至少会进行一次演讲，描述冰是如何形成的，冰川冰与海冰有何不同，以及在康格蒂蒂瓦克（Kangertittivaq）这里的格陵兰海不同深度中生存着什么样的生物。

公民科学

例如，来自荷兰的鲸鱼科学家海琳·米德尔（Heleen Middel）做了一场关于迷人的格陵兰鲨的演讲，这种鲨鱼看起来像北极海牛，但威胁性大得多。我们了解到，它需要18年才能完成一次妊娠。

佐伊与科学考察船上的乘客一起，从北极海域采集了水样，以便在几天后检查浮游生物，并将样本发送给在该领域进行研究的海洋生物学家。

这种“公民科学”是指公众成员通过收集数据、进行观察并记录发现，从而为科学项目做出贡献。在这次航行中，这构成了船上活动计划的一部分。

佐伊是一位来自育空地区的加拿大人，她的硕士论文是关于桡足类动物的——这种微小的水下生物在样本采集几天后，会被放在船上科学中心的显微镜下观察。

它们看起来像龙虾，但尺寸仅有几毫米。佐伊说，它们对北极海洋生态系统至关重要，因为它们处于食物链的最底端。“它们将浮游植物吸收的太阳能转化为生物量，进而为更大的鱼类和鲸鱼提供食物，”她说。

麝牛与雪兔

然而，在这次航行中，大多数体型庞大且壮观的海洋生物并未现身。海象、海豹、港海豹和行踪诡秘的格陵兰鲨更有可能在冬季被发现。但正如斯韦雷·鲁德（Sverre Rud）船长所指出的，在一年中的那个时节，没有船只能够航行到北纬70度这么北的地方。

发现鲸鱼的最佳机会是在靠近冰岛的航段，那是MS Spitsbergen号驶向康格蒂蒂瓦克的起点。然而，这一天的海况如此恶劣，以至于大多数游客都在关注其他事情。

但在陆地上，一些乘客乘坐橡胶艇分小组登陆，动物们确实出现了。在海岬和岛屿上，他们发现了分布在名为Sydkap、Rødepynt、Rypenæs或Bjørne ∅er等地的生物——麝牛、北极狐，偶尔还有一只雪兔。

这一切都处于一片广袤且色彩出奇绚丽的景观之中。在9月初的这个时节，红砂岩和灰色花岗岩以及低矮的植物闪耀着秋天的色彩。

“在这里的苔原上没有灌木，甚至没有树木，”对地质学充满热情的环境科学家利亚姆（Liam）说道。由于苔原存在多年冻土，无法形成深根，因此没有任何植物能够长高。

在这里，无论是在陆地上还是在水中，高度都由山脉提供。格陵兰海中的冰山仅在水面之上的高度就可达295英尺。

即使对于一只青少年时期的北极熊来说，这也是一个令人印象深刻的背景。

MS Spitsbergen号经过格陵兰岛附近一座巨大的冰山。

骑行阿姆斯特丹，唤醒游客的感官

在阿姆斯特丹租一辆自行车是欣赏这座城市的景观、气味和整体氛围的最佳方式之一。DOMINIC ARIZONA BONUCCELLI

里克·斯蒂夫斯（Rick Steves）

观光不仅仅是“看”。要完整地体验一个地方，你需要去感受、聆听、品尝并嗅闻它。在最近一次访问阿姆斯特丹期间，我特意将重点放在感官旅行上……因为这座城市正是为了调动所有感官而建的。

我在这里总是租自行车。我想感受两轮之下的砖块和路面。这里没有山丘，且拥有顶级的自行车道基础设施，使得骑行变得轻而易举。租赁店的店员一定厌倦了向人们解释为什么在这片平原上不提供山地车。当我询问时，他以典型的荷兰式直率回答道：“在荷兰骑山地车完全没有意义。当一只狗排便时，我们就有了一座新‘山’。你骑车绕过它……而不是骑上去。没问题的。”

我沿着闪闪发光的湿润鹅卵石路骑行，我的阿姆斯特丹体验被黑色自行车的车把框定。我被经过的自行车碰撞，也通过按铃来请求超车。在自行车铃声这件事上，没有语言障碍。为了自身安全，我希望自己能有更广的视野。阿姆斯特丹非常拥挤，汽车、电车、骑行者和行人似乎在沉默中从四面八方飘过……在两轮穿梭于这座梦幻之城的白噪音中迷失。

到达红灯区后，我停下来使用一个经典的旧街角小便池。它被漆成深绿色，设计旨在让使用者从脖子到膝盖拥有足够的隐私，同时又能看到一抹阿姆斯特丹的风景。大麻烟雾和他人尿液的刺鼻气味与运河的潮湿气味相互竞争。我想起了一个刚学到的关于阿姆斯特丹的新事实：每年有少数人在运河中溺水。当他们的尸体被打捞上来时，通常拉链是拉开的。他们醉得很厉害，没有像我一样使用文明的小便池，而是使用了运河……哗啦一声……成了他们最后的错误。

在车道对面，一名身材丰满、穿着陈词滥调内衣的女性在红框窗户中对我投以诱惑的目光。我心想：“这大概是我一生中去小便池最难忘的一次旅程了。”

重新骑上车，我继续前往一个名为博物馆广场（Museumplein）的地方，阿姆斯特丹的三大艺术博物馆都聚集在这里。我停下来片刻，审视这个广场。我意识到，阿姆斯特丹的很多地方看起来仍像三四世纪前——在荷兰黄金时代，当时这里是世界上最富有的城市。

排长队的情况困扰着充满荷兰大师作品的国家博物馆（Rijksmuseum）和梵高博物馆（Van Gogh Museum）——这两家博物馆的受欢迎程度可以理解（请提前预约）。但在市立博物馆（Stedelijk Museum）几乎不需要等待，由于其现代建筑的独特形状，它被昵称为“浴缸”。馆内收藏有20世纪的宠儿（达利、毕加索、康定斯基）以及疯狂的当代艺术。我并不是抽象风格的忠实粉丝，但市立博物馆的艺术品真的很有趣（如果你对大麻感兴趣，可能会觉得非常、非常有趣——这座城市的许多“咖啡馆”都带着微笑在出售这种东西）。

城市最大的绿地冯德尔公园（Vondelpark）只需短距离骑行即可到达。我骑车经过，耳边掠过片段式的荷兰语对话——带着孩子的家庭、浪漫的情侣、散步的老人，以及分享毯子和啤酒的嬉皮士。

此时，我的味觉准备好接受关注了。昨晚我享用了一顿丰盛的 rijstafel（字面意思是“米桌”），这是荷兰游客的仪式性菜肴。它并非真正的印度尼西亚餐，而是一种荷兰式的创新，旨在突出其前殖民地的最佳美食——具体是为了

展示所有那些在某种程度上最初驱动了殖民时代的香料。这顿晚餐包含 20 道菜肴和五彩缤纷的香料，配上白米饭，在你的盘中和味蕾上交融碰撞。在体验这一美味过程的同时，你就能明白为什么荷兰人将印度尼西亚称为“香料群岛”。

今晚，我想尝试一些更具荷兰历史特色的食物。我选择了一份配有酸黄瓜和洋葱的鲱鱼小吃——以及两杯荷兰金酒。

骑车回酒店的路上，我经过那些距离浑浊运河仅几英寸之遥的闪亮鹅卵石路，车身发出咔哒咔哒的声音——我很庆幸自己拒绝了卖鱼人提供的第三杯金酒。

我在一座横跨水面的风景优美的桥顶停了下来。我确认好拉链已经拉好，然后俯视运河。运河两旁种满了树木，停着汽车，系着船只，当地人正愉快地聊天——这一切共同构成了阿姆斯特丹的感官魅力。

一声轻微的提示音提醒我还在自行车道上，于是我重新骑上车回家。

里克·斯蒂夫斯（Rick Steves，网址：www.ricksteves.com）撰写欧洲旅行指南，并在公共电视台和公共广播电台主持旅行节目。可通过电子邮件 rick@ricksteves.com 与他联系，或在脸书（Facebook）上关注他的博客。

旅途塑造的格莱美提名者

名人旅行

作者：Jae-Ha Kim 论坛报内容机构（TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY）

格莱美提名萨克斯演奏家戴夫·科兹（Dave Koz）通过其年度 Somma 邮轮之旅，继续将他对表演和旅行的热爱结合在一起。今年秋天的七日行程将带领音乐迷游览希腊、意大利、黑山和克罗地亚，届时将包括他本人的演出，以及大卫·贝诺伊（David Benoit）和乔纳森·巴特勒（Jonathan Butler）等其他艺术家的表演。

“我们的 Somma 邮轮之旅将于（11月）举行，届时我们将访问亚得里亚海一些最美丽的停靠港口，”科兹说道。

科兹在洛杉矶和索萨利托（Sausalito）之间两地生活。

本次对科兹的采访经过编辑以确保清晰度和篇幅。

问：旅行对人们来说有多重要？ 答：旅行对我来说非常重要。它在某种我甚至无法理解的方式上塑造了我作为一个人类的特质。我们即将准备前往亚洲巡演——中国、日本、印度尼西亚——对我来说，吸收我们所处环境的文化，并将这种体验在夜晚带到舞台上，一直是非常酷的事情。邮轮之旅为我们提供了……一个非常特别的机会去环游世界，看到那些我平时不会看到的城市，并与我们的客人一起前往。

问：你还计划了哪些其他行程？ 答：今年夏天我将在意大利的一个地区普利亚（Puglia）休假，我对那里非常期待。

格莱美提名萨克斯演奏家戴夫·科兹渴望在卡内基音乐厅进行完整的演出。摄影：COLIN PECK

问：在你尚未演出的场地中，你的“愿望清单”之首是哪里？

答：我不能说我从未在（卡内基音乐厅）演出过，但在一次多艺术家活动中，我只演奏了一首歌中的八个小节，而且那大概是在 30 年前的事了。我记得我母亲专门从洛杉矶飞到纽约市，就为了听我演奏一首歌的八个小节，这件事一直让我记忆犹新。但如果能真正地在卡内基音乐厅举办我的个人演出，那将是梦想成真。

问：你是否曾因为工作访问过某些地方，觉得那里太棒了而再次前往旅行？ 答：是的，绝对有。我记得第一次去开普敦演出。不知为何，我的音乐在那里超级受欢迎，我简直爱上了这座城市。大约六个月后，我就立即以游客的身份回去了。

问：有哪些人们应该知道的尚未被充分开发的目的地？ 答：在我们的 Somma 邮轮之旅中有一个城市：克罗地亚的杜布罗夫尼克。那里是你在《权力的游戏》中看到的许多景观的背景。我认为它是欧洲该地区一个被低估的瑰宝。它如此美丽，有如此多值得探索的东西，但它有点远离常规旅游路线。

问：你在旅行中学到的最重要的事情是什么？ 答：我可能学到了最多关于自己的事情。我认为旅行是审视自己的最佳方式，因为你走出了自己的舒适区。你会意识到，我的文化处理事情的方式并不是唯一的方式，这扩展了你作为一个人的格局。

问：你最喜欢的五个城市是哪些？

答：如果说美国的话，我会说纽约市、芝加哥、新奥尔良、迈阿密。如果你处于派对心情，我会说博尔德（Boulder）。

问：有哪些你从未去过但想去的地方？

答：南美洲对我来说是一个尚未探索的世界，我想更好地了解那里。

问：你最好和最坏的度假回忆是什么？ 答：讽刺的是，我最坏的回忆是我第一次和兄弟、姐妹以及父母一起参加的邮轮旅行。那是一次墨西哥邮轮之旅，完全不合我的口味。所以我觉得很讽刺，我现在竟然成了一个邮轮爱好者，并为我们的客人开发了这些邮轮体验。而最棒的度假回忆很有趣，是和全家人一起去中东。几年前我们进行了一次家庭度假，全部去了以色列和几个邻国。那是与家人共同分享的一次非常特别的经历。

旅行问题解答

达美航空降低夫妇舱位，并拒绝支付其住宿费用

作者：克里斯托弗·埃利奥特 / TRIBUNE 内容机构

问：您在旅途中最无法抗拒的享受是什么？ 答：我是个咖啡迷。我喜欢寻找很棒的咖啡馆。你可以通过一家城市的咖啡馆真正感受到这座城市的个性。

我和妻子最近乘坐达美航空（Delta Air Lines）从康涅狄格州哈特福德飞往爱达荷州博伊西。我们预订了凌晨 6 点飞往亚特兰大的航班，因此我们在凌晨 2 点就起床了，以确保有足够的时间办理登机手续。哈特福德当时发生了风暴。我们在上午 6:10 从登机口推离，但直到 7:15 才起飞。即便如此，我们在亚特兰大的中转看起来还是可行的。

然而，一旦抵达亚特兰大，我们为了等待一个空闲登机口地等待了 35 分钟。由于这次等待，我们最终错过了上午 10 点飞往博伊西的衔接航班。达美航空的客服人员很热情，但别无选择，只能将我们改签到晚上 8 点飞往博伊西的航班。我们收到了餐饮券，但由于我们不符合资格，工作人员拒绝让我们进入天际俱乐部（Sky Club）。

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我们两人都超过 75 岁了。在机场的奔波，加上凌晨 2 点的起床，让我们精疲力竭。代表建议我们利用航站楼内的 Minute Suites 休息室进行休息。她告诉我们，达美航空“可能”会给我们报销。我们采纳了她的建议，昏睡了两个小时。

在晚上 8 点的航班上，由于所有 Comfort+ 座位已被订满，达美航空将我们购买的 Comfort+ 座位降级为经济舱。我通过 Delta.com 提交了 Minute Suites 的报销申请和 Comfort+ 座位的退款申请。该网站不允许填写任何解释，航空公司拒绝了这两项申请。

我很沮丧。该网站没有提供任何申诉途径，也无法解释我们的年龄以及长时间延误的情况。您能帮我把钱拿回来吗？—— 约翰·费舍尔，康涅狄格州韦瑟斯菲尔德

答：达美航空本应自动为您降级的座位办理退款。同时，它还应该明确说明是否涵盖您在 Minute Suites 的住宿费用。

我们先来看降级问题。您支付了 Comfort+ 的费用，但乘坐的是经济舱。这是一个显而易见的问题。根据美国交通部的规定，如果航空公司将您降级到较低的服务等级，必须退还差价。您不需要谈判或填写表格，这应该是自动完成的。达美航空拒绝您的座位差价退款申请，表明其系统出现了故障，或者审核人员没有仔细查看。

Minute Suites 的费用则比较复杂。航空公司通常不承担因天气原因导致延误的酒店或睡眠住宿费用。您在哈特福德的延误是由风暴引起的，而飞机的晚到意味着没有可用的登机口。从技术上讲，这属于“不可抗力”，而达美航空的运输合同（您与公司之间的法律协议）规定其对此不承担责任。

该工作人员使用“可能”这个词非常不恰当。在旅游业中，“可能”通常意味着“不行”。如果代表建议您产生某项费用，请获取书面证明。在柜台要求提供代金券。如果他们无法提供代金券，请要求他们将该承诺记录在您的乘客记录（PNR）中。如果没有这些书面凭证，您就只能听凭一名匿名审核员（通常是 AI）的处置，对方看到天气延误代码后就会点击“拒绝”。

您保留收据并写信给航空公司是正确的做法。当自动化系统失效时，您可以升级您的投诉。我在我的消费者权益倡导网站 Elliott.org 上列出了达美航空高管的姓名、电话和电子邮件。给其中一位发送一封简短且礼貌的电子邮件通常能解决这些故障。

我非常喜欢这个案例的结局。你在我的网站上找到电子邮件后，自行联系了达尔塔航空（Delta）的高管。你礼貌地指出了舱位降级以及代理人关于 Minute Suites 的建议。航空公司迅速审查了你的案例。一名代表随后跟进，提供了获取 Minute Suites 报销以及座位降级退款的指示。达尔塔航空还向你们两人的账户中各添加了 10,000 飞行里程（SkyMiles）作为诚意表示。

克里斯托弗·埃利奥特（Christopher Elliott）是埃利奥特倡导组织（Elliott Advocacy）的首席倡导官，该组织是一家帮助消费者解决问题的非营利机构。可通过 elliott.org / help 或 chris@elliott.org 与其联系。

华盛顿州旨在纠正历史错误的项目助力曾遭受歧视的购房者后裔

蒂亚拉·卡托（Tiara Cato）于6月25日与女儿一同出现。她利用该贷款项目在华盛顿州塔科马市购买了她的首套房。卡托表示：“能够说自己是一名房主，这种感觉太美妙了，我简直无法用语言来形容。” 摄影：CHONA KASINGER / THE NEW YORK TIMES

作者：苏珊·谢恩（Susan Shain） 《纽约时报》

在成长过程中，蒂亚拉·卡托从未有机会选择自己房间的颜色。

她的六个兄弟姐妹、母亲、祖母或曾祖母也一样。她的家族长期以来一直是租房者，而卡托——一名育有一个孩子且正怀着第二个孩子的单身母亲——原以为她的女儿也将面临同样的命运。

直到她听说了华盛顿州的“契约购房计划”（Covenant Home-ownership Program），这是一个旨在弥补历史上种族歧视性房地产惯例的开创性尝试。该计划为符合条件的居民提供零利息首付款贷款，前提是其祖先在1968, 年《公平住房法》通过之前就居住在该州。

在证明其曾祖母于20世纪60年代搬到西雅图（当时黑人居民被禁止进入许多社区且缺乏融资选择）后，在市住房局工作的卡托利用该计划的贷款，为她的首套房支付了$20 首付款：这是一套位于塔科马市、经过翻新的三居室房屋，带有一个院子和一个小池塘，售价$509,000.

当她们在5月初搬进去时，她5岁的女儿在走廊里飞奔。

“看到她脸上的惊喜，带来了巨大的、巨大的快乐，”卡托说，“能够说自己是一名房主，这种感觉太美妙了，我简直无法用语言来形容。”

在该计划推出后的两年里，这一契约项目已帮助1,500 多名像卡托这样的人（其中大多数是黑人）购买了他们的首套房。

丽莎·赖斯（Lisa Rice）领导着国家公平住房联盟（National Fair Housing Alliance），这是一个倡导组织，其研究为契约计划提供了参考。她表示，此类举措至关重要。

她说：“如果不采取刻意行动来解决社会中存在的歧视，我们看到的差距只会继续扩大。”

这些种族差距是数百年积累的结果。在最高法院

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市长候选人威尔逊以 520万美元 买下卢普区公寓

2025 年 3 月 13 日，威利·威尔逊（Willie Wilson，居中）在位于卢普区的家中举行新闻发布会后与教会领袖交谈。他支付了 $5.200 万，全款买下了他过去几年一直租住的这套公寓。EILEEN T. MESLAR / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

作者：Bob Goldsborough 为《芝加哥论坛报》撰写

芝加哥市长候选人兼商人威利·威尔逊在 7 月支付了 $5.200 万，全款买下了他过去几年一直租住的位于卢普区 49 层的公寓。

现年 78 岁的威尔逊在 8 月 5 日确认，在之前三次尝试失败后，他将第四次竞选 2027 年的芝加哥市长。此前，他还曾尝试竞选美国参议员和美国总统，但均未成功。

威尔逊凭借经营麦当劳特许经营店以及创办一家医疗供应公司积累了财富。他以在竞选期间通过其慈善基金向选民发放资金而闻名，还通过赠送汽油的方式来争取那些深受通货膨胀之苦的选民。这些赠礼总计高达数百万美元。

威尔逊还经常在《芝加哥论坛报》的评论版块撰写评论文章。

在卢普区，威尔逊的公寓此前并未上市，而是通过私人交易售出，因此具体细节尚未公开。不过，库克县评估员对该公寓的估值为 $4.6.15 亿。包含在 $5.200 万 购买价格中的一个独立停车位被评估为 $47,400.

“过去三、四、五年我一直租这里，那是浪费钱，”威尔逊告诉 Elite Street。“这是一种投资，你知道的。如果我不是在竞选市长，你们就不会给我打电话了。”

威尔逊的公寓在 2025 纳税年度的房产税账单为 $95,836。停车位的房产税账单为 $985。

前芝加哥公牛队后卫兼高管约翰·帕克森以近 100万美元 出售诺斯布鲁克住宅：前芝加哥公牛队后卫兼高管约翰·帕克森（John Paxson）及其妻子卡罗琳（Carolyn）于 7 月 14 日以 $995,000. 的价格售出了他们在诺斯布鲁克的一栋拥有三间卧室、3,089 平方英尺的联排别墅。

现年 65 岁的帕克森在 1985 年至 1994, 年期间效力于公牛队，期间最著名的表现是在 1993 年 NBA 总决赛第六场结束前投进了一个绝杀 3 分球，帮助公牛队夺得连续第三个 NBA 总冠军。

在球员生涯结束后，帕克森曾担任助理教练和播报员，随后进入公牛队管理层，从 2003 年到 2009 年担任总经理，之后从 2009 年到 2020 年担任篮球运营副总裁。

在诺斯布鲁克，帕克森夫妇于 2019 年以 $675,000 买下了这栋位于 Meadow Ridge 封闭式社区的联排别墅。该别墅建于 2010, 年，拥有 $2\frac{1}{2}$ 个卫生间，客厅设有壁炉，一楼设有带定制内置家具和高天花板的办公室，以及一个配备定制橱柜、石英岩台面、玻璃瓷砖背板以及 Monogram 和 Sub-Zero 电器的翻新厨房。

其他特点包括开放式平面布局，客厅和用餐区有一整墙的定制内置家具，楼上设有健身房，并附带一个双车库。

挂牌代理人凯西·多伊奇（Cathy Deutsch）拒绝就此次交易发表评论，但在她的挂牌备注中写道，这栋联排别墅是“令人向往的 C 型房，面积超过 3,000 平方英尺，感觉和居住体验就像一栋单户住宅。”

该联排别墅在 2025 纳税年度的房产税账单为 $17,137。此外，每月还需支付 $1,024 的业主协会费用。

Goldsborough 是一名自由记者。

插接式太阳能电池板在后院悄然兴起

7月24日，在加利福尼亚州桑尼维尔，亚历克斯·奥托博尼展示了他公寓阳台上的太阳能电池板。POPPY LYNCH / THE NEW YORK TIMES

无需电工，居民即可轻松省钱

作者：伊万·彭（Ivan Penn）和克莱尔·布朗（Claire Brown） 《纽约时报》

在观看了一段关于可直接插入普通电源插座的太阳能电池板的 YouTube 视频后，梅拉尼·杰克逊（Melani Jackson）在她在盐湖城的家中后院放置了四块电池板。

在随后的六个月里，她的电费总共降低了约 $77。虽然金额不大，但她很高兴能通过几乎无需费力的操作省下这笔钱。

“我非常欣赏这种能够采取行动，哪怕只是在能源账单上省下几美元，并让自己变得更加环保的想法，”杰克逊说道。

随着各州开始允许房主和租户在阳台、后院及其他地方安装插接式太阳能电池板，数百万担心能源成本上涨的美国人可能很快会效仿她的做法。插接式系统的规模比屋顶安装系统小得多，价格也更便宜——有些电池板单块成本仅为几百美元。在允许使用这些系统的州，不需要办理许可证，人们通常可以自行安装。

犹他州去年成为第一个将插接式太阳能系统合法化的州。包括新泽西州、弗吉尼亚州和科罗拉多州在内的另外九个州已经加入其中，而加利福尼亚州、马萨诸塞州、纽约州、宾夕法尼亚州以及其他几个州的立法者也在考虑采取类似行动。

科罗拉多州今年颁布了最广泛的插接式太阳能法律之一。该法案的发起人、州众议员莱斯利·史密斯（Lesley Smith）表示，她最初是在访问德国期间看到这项技术的，德国是该技术的先驱。当她在一次市政厅会议上讨论插接式太阳能系统时，她说，“每个人都开始鼓掌。”

当然，家用太阳能电池板已经存在很多年了。但传统的屋顶系统成本可能高达 $36,000，而且在许多美国城市和城镇，获得所需许可证可能需要数月时间。此类系统在近年来也失去了财务吸引力，因为在电力公司的敦促下，各州降低了房主通过电池板向电网输送多余电力所能获得的账单抵免额。

插接式系统规避了传统屋顶太阳能的许多麻烦。但尽管人们对这项技术充满热情，目前还没有任何插接式太阳能系统在美国被认证为使用安全。那些通过法律允许销售此类系统的州，要求它们必须经过 UL Solutions 等组织的认证，该公司负责对各种产品进行测试、验证并制定标准。

结果就是，人们对插接式太阳能的热情与已证明安全的产品供应之间，差距正在扩大。

UL Solutions 工程副总裁肯尼斯·博伊斯（Kenneth Boyce）表示，该公司预计很快将认证至少一种可在美国使用的插接式太阳能系统。他警告说，人们应避免使用未经认证的产品，因为它们可能会导致电击，或损坏电气设备并引发火灾。

目前，一些美国人正利用模糊的认证现状，在网上为他们的住宅、公寓和单元房购买插接式系统。

在旧金山湾区，住在公寓里的亚历克斯·奥托博尼（Alex Ottoboni）购买了两块电池板，尽管他知道加利福尼亚州尚未通过插接式太阳能法律。这些电池板悬挂在他的阳台上，产生的电量足以让他每月省下 $5 到 $7。他的电费通常在 $400 左右，但在冬季最高曾达到 $680。

“我不喜欢依赖电力公司，”32 岁的奥托博尼说，他从事软件工作。他补充说，他的电力服务并不稳定，而且“每年都在变得更加昂贵”。

Bright Saver 是一家加利福尼亚州的非营利组织，近期开始按成本价销售插件式太阳能套件，这意味着该组织在销售中不赚取任何利润。其目标是扩大太阳能系统的普及率，并促使其他公司降低价格。其两块面板、360瓦的系统规模大致足以驱动一台冰箱，售价为 $414.17。

该组织的联合创始人科拉·斯特赖克（Cora Stryker）表示，这些系统规模太小，不会构成任何安全风险。即便如此，由于缅因州、纽约州和佛蒙特州的政策更为严格，这些州的法律仍要求此类系统必须经过认证。

“我们知道人们需要这些产品——而且现在就想要，”斯特赖克说。“电价正在飞涨，人们非常担心气候变化。”

EcoFlow 和 Craftstrom 销售规模更大的系统，价格在 $1,300 到 $2,600 之间。EcoFlow 向犹他州和马里兰州的地址发货，这两个州已通过允许使用插件式太阳能的法律；而 Craftstrom 则利用认证标准向全部 50 个州销售。两家公司均表示，计划寻求 UL Solutions 的全面认证。

Craftstrom 的创始人兼首席执行官斯特凡·谢雷尔（Stephan Scherer）表示，随着各州立法者通过插件式太阳能系统的立法，过去一年的销售额增长了 50%。他说，公司有望实现每年销售数千套的目标。

美国的电力公司高管表示担心，这些系统产生的电力可能会回馈到电网中，给那些认为电线未带电而在此工作的线路工人带来危险。

南加州爱迪生电力公司（Southern California Edison）的母公司爱迪生国际（Edison International）总裁兼首席执行官佩德罗·J·皮萨罗（Pedro J. Pizarro）表示，他支持插件式太阳能技术的理念，但他的公司反对加利福尼亚州议会提出的将此类系统合法化的立法。他表示，该法案在保护电力工人方面做得不够。

“它必须是安全的，不仅是对消费者，对我们的工人也是如此，”皮萨罗说。“它不应该获得不公平的补贴。除此之外，我们完全支持。”

但销售插件式系统的公司认为，安全风险极小或根本不存在。谢雷尔表示，Craftstrom 的系统不会电击电力工人，因为在电力中断或电网停电后的一秒钟内，它们会自动关闭。

UL Solutions 的博伊斯（Boyce）表示，只有在面板不对消费者或电力工人构成风险的情况下，他的公司才会对其进行认证。

插件式太阳能技术的支持者表示，安全问题很快将得到解决，而且更多的州应该将其合法化，以帮助人们应对不断上涨的能源成本。

“全国各地的政治家都在焦虑不安，想要在能源可负担性方面采取行动，”专注于健康与安全的非营利组织环境工作组（Environmental Working Group）高级副总裁伯纳黛特·德尔·基亚罗（Bernadette Del Chiaro）说。“这就是一个即时的答案。”

重新涂抹密封胶是一种提高效率和舒适度的经济方法。DREAMSTIME

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窗户可能是导致您家中电费上涨的罪魁祸首

作者：安吉·希克斯 (Angie Hicks) 咨询安吉 (ASK ANGI)

窗户在您家居的舒适度和能源效率中起着至关重要的作用。在温暖的月份里识别出小问题，可以帮助房主降低目前的制冷成本，并为即将到来的寒冷天气做好准备。

随着气温升高，许多房主预计空调的工作强度会增加。但如果您的家中似乎始终无法降温，某些房间总是比其他房间更热，或者您的电费持续攀升，那么问题可能出在窗户上，而非您的暖通空调（HVAC）系统。

窗户是家中能源流失最大的来源之一，尤其是那些较旧或未得到妥善维护的窗户。

幸运的是，房主并不总是需要更换每一扇窗户来提高效率。在季节变换之前，通过快速检查可以帮助识别小问题，防止它们演变成更大且更昂贵的麻烦。

房主首先应该检查的是漏风情况。即使窗户关闭，磨损的密封条、开裂的填缝剂或窗框周围的小缝隙也会导致冷空气流失，同时让室外热空气渗入。

这会迫使您的空调运行更长时间以维持舒适的温度，从而增加暖通空调系统的磨损并推高能源成本。更换密封条或重新涂抹填缝剂通常是提高效率和舒适度的一种经济实惠的方法。

此外，检查窗户的运行状况也很有必要。如果窗户难以开启或关闭、无法正常锁定，或者玻璃窗格之间出现水汽凝结的迹象，它们可能已无法发挥预期功能。双层玻璃窗之间的冷凝水可能表明密封失效，从而降低了窗户的隔热能力。在某些情况下，修理窗户就足够了，而对于较旧或损坏严重的窗户，更换可能是更好的选择。

每年的这个时候也是检查窗户外部的理想时机。检查是否有填缝剂开裂、油漆剥落、装饰条损坏或可能导致水分最终渗入内部的缝隙。现在解决这些问题可以帮助防止水损害，提高绝缘性能，并让您的家更好地应对秋季的降雨和低温。

虽然更换窗户可以提高能源效率，但并不总是需要一次性更换所有窗户。许多房主选择先进行维修，或者优先更换那些阳光直射最多或磨损迹象最明显的窗户。今天所做的小改进可以提供即时的舒适感，同时帮助房主在一段时间内分摊较大的投资。

如果您发现尽管定期维护暖通空调，但制冷费用仍在增加，那么您的窗户可能需要仔细检查。合格的窗户专业人员可以检查您家现有的窗户，识别能源流失区域，并根据您家的需求和预算推荐维修或更换方案。

窗户的作用远不止于引入自然光。它们有助于调节室内温度，提高舒适度，抵御自然元素，并提升家居的整体能源效率。

花一点时间进行检查和维护，可以帮助房主现在住得更舒适，降低能源成本，并以更强的信心迎接秋季。

请使用标签 #AskingAngi 推特发送您的家居护理问题，我们将尝试在未来的专栏中为您解答。

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使用密封剂翻新木桌

作者：蒂姆·卡特 (Tim Carter) 论坛内容机构 (TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY)

几周前，我正在清理我所在业主协会（HOA）海滩上的 10 张野餐桌之一的桌面和长凳座面。我住在新罕布什尔州中部的温尼斯夸姆湖（Lake Winnisquam）岸边，这些桌子从日出到傍晚一直暴露在阳光下。太阳的紫外线严重损害了这些经过处理的木材桌子。

所有的桌子状况都很糟糕。一周前，我曾和孙女一起去海滩游泳。业主协会的一位董事会成员向我自我介绍，随后我们开始讨论我对社区的许多观察。

我坐在其中一张桌子上说：“这就是我感到沮丧的另一个例子。在我看来，我们付费请来管理 HOA 资产的管理公司一直在犯一个又一个错误。他们要么是忽视了这些桌子，要么就是不知道如何正确保养它们，才能让它们维持数十年之久。”

那位董事会成员说：“嗯，这些桌子是用处理过的木材制成的，几乎不需要保养。”我低头看向桌子，木材呈现出战舰灰，且布满裂缝，到处都是霉菌。

我向董事会提出做一个实验。“我想尝试只清理一张桌子的桌面和长凳，然后用一种灰色有色密封剂对木材进行密封。这些水平表面状况最糟糕。下面的支撑结构状况良好，只是因为太阳紫外线的影响而呈现出较浅的灰色。”

该董事会成员将我的提议转达给了其他董事会成员。他们认为我的想法很好。一周后，董事会主席送来了一加仑我选定的木材密封剂。而木材清洁剂由我提供。

我清理室外木材已有数十年经验。根据我的经验，在阴凉处工作效果最好。这样可以让水基清洁剂在木材表面及内部发挥作用，且蒸发量最小。我绝不会使用高压水枪冲洗室外木材来去除旧色漆和受紫外线损坏的木纤维。

高压冲洗会对木材造成破坏。高压水流会侵蚀夏季木材深色纹带之间较浅色的柔软春季木材。我更倾向于使用一种我研发了数十年的特制氧漂白粉。将这种粉末与温水混合并搅拌至溶解。溶解后，您可以将此溶液放入花园手压喷雾器中，喷涂在任何水平或垂直的木材上。

我让氧漂白溶液起泡并产生嘶嘶声约 10 或 15 分钟。如果木材状况太差，导致初次喷涂的溶液被完全吸收，我会增加溶液量。您需要让溶液在木材上形成积水，以便进行深层清洁。

在停留时间结束之后，我用标准的尼龙刷刷洗木材。我发现刷洗时加入少量清水可以以最少的劳动力获得最佳效果。几分钟之内，木材诱人的天然棕色便重新显现。我用清水冲洗木材，以去除所有旧密封剂、污垢和受阳光损坏的木纤维。

一些网站建议使用氯漂白剂作为清洁剂。这是最糟糕的建议。氯漂白剂（或次氯酸钠）的侵蚀性极强，会破坏木材的天然颜色。它还会分解将木纤维结合在一起的木质素。氯漂白剂还可能杀死附近的植被。

我为这次实验选择了完美的一天。湖面上吹来一阵微风。这使得清洁后的木材在不到 90 分钟内就干了。通常情况下，我会等待 24 小时后再对木材进行密封。我希望木材完全干燥，以便水基密封剂能尽可能深地渗透进去。

我回家取密封剂并休息了一会儿，喝了一大杯冰柠檬青柠水。距离晚餐还有充足的时间，让我可以将密封剂涂在桌子上。而且我知道，在那么晚的时间，没有其他业主协会（HOA）的成员会去海滩。

我使用了一种灰色颜料的水基密封剂。颜料的作用就像防晒霜一样，能够阻挡紫外线照射到木材上。这种灰色与桌子底盘的灰色木材颜色非常接近。

一把宽3英寸的刷子让我能将密封剂刷入裂缝中。这张桌子的状况如此糟糕，以至于第一层涂料立即渗入了木材中。在刷完一块木板几分钟后，我就回去涂了第二层。

成品效果非常好。业主协会的董事会成员对测试结果非常满意。

在劳动节后的那一周，我和少数几名志愿者将开展一次“闪电战”行动，对其他九张桌子进行清理和密封，以便它们为下一个赛季做好准备。

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6月25.，蒂亚拉·卡托（Tiara Cato）位于华盛顿州塔科马的家。卡托利用华盛顿州“契约住房所有权计划”（Covenant Homeownership Program）的贷款购买了她的首套房，但该贷款计划旨在解决历史性的种族歧视问题，目前正面临新的法律挑战。CHONA KASINGER / THE NEW YORK TIMES

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在1917, 禁止按种族划分区域后，许多房地产经纪人和开发商开始推动“种族契约”，在房产契据中加入条款，规定该房产只能出售给或由白人居住。

“通过各种机制——如房地产经纪人拒绝带看房产、邻居对搬入者表现出敌意或暴力——社区在种族基础上受到限制，而这种契约将其纳入了法律框架，”华盛顿大学“种族限制契约项目”主任詹姆斯·格雷戈里（James Gregory）表示。

这种做法在全国范围内十分普遍，仅在华盛顿州就有近80,000处受契约限制的房产。尽管最高法院在1948, 从技术上禁止各州执行此类契约，但房主在随后的二十年里仍可合法地添加这些条款。

格雷戈里表示，二战后的那些年至关重要。当时新建筑的激增和30年期抵押贷款让许多白人家庭能够买房并积累财富，随后将其传给子孙。

歧视性的法律和做法将有色人种家庭排除在同样的机会之外。

“错过住房所有权成为国家优先事项且价格非常低廉的那个时期至关重要，”格雷戈里说。“这段历史至今仍影响着我们，体现在人们居住地的地图分布以及住房所有权的比例中。”

如今，在华盛顿州，只有约三分之一的黑人家庭拥有自己的住房，而白人家庭的比例则超过三分之二。即使在控制收入变量的情况下，这种差距依然存在。

一项综合研究将如今的种族财富差距追溯到华盛顿州在登记限制性契据以及拒绝向某些社区居民提供抵押贷款方面所扮演的角色，该研究为这项契约计划奠定了基础。

为了获得资助，申请人的收入必须低于该县中位收入的$120%，并且必须能够证明其本人或其父母、祖父母或曾祖父母在1968年之前居住在该州。

当时居住在华盛顿州的人员还必须属于曾受到契约限制且目前住房自有率仍然不成比例地较低的种族或族裔。

符合这些要求的居民最高可获得房屋成本20%的资金——最高限额为$150,000——用于支付首付款及结项费用。他们仅在出售、重新融资、搬迁或30年后才需要偿还贷款。低收入买家可以在五年后获得贷款豁免。该计划的资金来源于自2024, 1月起对该州每笔房地产交易征收的$100费用，目前已累计筹集超过1.75亿美元，且几乎全部已发放完毕。

肯特市的贷款员杰西卡·塔尔顿及其身为房地产经纪人的丈夫完成了该州的第一笔契约交易。此后，她已帮助250多名契约买家购买房屋；她表示，其中大多数人如果不是因为该计划覆盖了首付款和结项费用，将无法购房。

但塔尔顿强调，买家在信用评分、收入和债务方面仍必须符合抵押贷款的资格。

“这些人并非不负责任，而我们在给他们钱，”她说，“这给了人们一个公平的竞争环境。”

就在华盛顿州的契约计划启动几个月后，非营利组织“全民公平”（Fair for All）起诉监管机构涉嫌歧视。该组织执行主任莫妮卡·哈里斯表示，她支持政府帮助首次购房者，但不认为使用种族来决定资格符合宪法或明智。

“关于歧视的问题在于，如果它被选择性地用于推进某个群体的需求，那么它也可以被选择性地用于损害另一个群体，”身为黑人的哈里斯说道，“我的祖先经历过平等保护被选择性应用时会发生什么。”

哈里斯认为，契约计划开创了一个危险的先例，最终可能会伤害有色人种。她希望华盛顿州修改该计划，使其向所有低于特定收入门槛的人开放。

美国住房与城市发展部（HUD）在3月下旬宣布对其契约计划展开调查，并在声明中表示：“基于种族的非法歧视在道德上是可鄙的，在社会上是反常的，并且是对美国多元化政体的破坏。”

密苏里大学法学院专门研究宪法和公平住房问题的教授里格尔·奥利弗里对这些挑战并不感到惊讶。但她认为华盛顿州有充分的理由。

“法院一直认可在一种情况下考虑种族是恰当的，那就是政府在补救其自身近期的歧视行为时，”她说，“这不仅仅是‘哦，我们在识别某个偏好种族并给他们施舍’。这是将其与针对他们所实施的实际历史错误紧密联系在一起。”

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REITs 提供稳定收入但伴随风险

作者：莫里·巴克曼 (Maurie Backman) KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE

退休人员通常被建议在保持投资组合多样化的同时，重点关注能够产生稳定收入的资产。房地产投资信托基金（REITs）在这两方面都能提供帮助。

，即房地产投资信托基金，是指经营房地产组合的公司，这些资产可以是数据中心、购物中心、配送中心、医疗设施或住宅综合体。它们使退休人员能够涉足房地产领域，而无需实际拥有或维护作为投资的实物房产。

根据美国房地产投资信托基金全国协会的数据，截至 2024 年初，$50% 的美国住户持有 。对于退休人员来说， 提供了几项显著优势。

倾向于支付高于平均水平的股息，因为它们被要求每年将其应纳税收入的至少 90% 分配给股东。 还具有内在的抗通胀保护能力。它们可以通过提高租金并将该收入传递给股东。这些更高的股息可以帮助退休人员应对不断上涨的生活成本。

虽有优势，但有代价

Wealth Guide Financial 的创始人迈克·麦克拉肯 (Mike McCracken) 表示，虽然 可以作为退休人员稳定收入的来源，但并非没有风险。

“ 可以作为多样化退休投资组合的一部分，但我认为它们并不像许多人想象的那么安全，”麦克拉肯说道。

“客户告诉我，他们喜欢持有房地产但又不想面对租客或维修等麻烦的想法，而他们认为 可以满足这种需求。在 2021, 年之前可能是这样，但过去几年利率的上升导致 的表现逊于低成本股票投资组合，”麦克拉肯说。

Avance Private Wealth Management 的注册理财规划师 (CFP) 兼管理合伙人亚当·维加 (Adam Vega) 警告说， 的流动性未必像你想象的那么高。

“公开交易的 是在交易所交易的，就像任何普通股票一样。你今天可以买入，明天可以通过公开市场卖出。而私人 不在交易所交易。没有公开市场可用，所以如果你今天买入，何时能卖出将取决于发行方，”他说。

维加提醒道：“对于私人 ，可能需要数年时间才能找到合适的买家。这本身并不是坏事，但这一点应当被理解，因为缺乏流动性通常正是帮助私人 价格保持更稳定的原因。”

另一个需要考虑的因素是 对利率非常敏感。

“从 1985 年到 2021 年，利率总体呈缓慢下降趋势，这为投资 提供了相当不错的安全性，”麦克拉肯说。“当利率上升时，（）的股价通常会下跌，因为与债券相比，它们的高股息收益率变得不再那么有吸引力。”

也无法免疫于特定行业的崩盘。正如麦克拉肯指出的，办公类 在疫情期间及之后在出租率方面陷入困境，当时远程办公风靡一时，公司不愿续签租约并将员工接回办公室。

REITs 是否变得更受欢迎了？

尽管存在风险，麦克拉肯表示，他看到越来越多的退休人员将资金投入 REITs。“在过去的 10 到 15 年里，人们对 的兴趣有所增加，主要是因为与拥有实际房地产相比，它们更容易买卖，”他说。

但麦克拉肯表示，他的许多持有 的客户对过去五年的回报感到失望。

“他们中的许多人如果投资于简单的低成本股票指数基金，情况会更好，”他说。

维加表示，尽管 在“2025 年表现艰难”，但他看到人们对其兴趣在增加。

“较高的利率放缓了该行业的发展，而作为一种表现不佳的资产，这使其重新回到了人们的视线中，成为一个值得考虑的机会。对于那些寻求收入和多元化投资的人来说，它开始再次具有吸引力，”他说。

储蓄策略的转变

FIRE 运动被视为通往独立而非提前退休的路径

作者：佩奇·塞鲁利（Paige Cerulli）

KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE

最初的“财务独立，提前退休”（Financial Independence, Retire Early，简称 FIRE）运动通过激进的储蓄和极端的节俭，铺就了一条提前退休的道路。如今，许多人将 视为获得财务独立和灵活性的方式，而非尽可能早地退休。

许多早期的 倡导者目标是储蓄其收入的 50% 到 75%，旨在退休前积累约 25 倍的年支出。

但在如今房价高企、通货膨胀和医疗成本上升的世界里， 运动可能让人觉得无法实现。虽然有些人可能通过 运动实现了财务独立，但该运动以及人们对待财务独立的方式正在发生转变。

为什么 运动在发生变化

运动在 1990 年代流行起来，但如今的经济环境已截然不同，讨论的重心已从提前退休转向了财务灵活性。

以住房市场为例。根据美国全国房地产经纪人协会（National Association of Realtors）的数据，1995 年现有房屋销售的中位价为 \$114,600。到 2023 年，中位价已攀升至 \$389,800。现在仅仅是买一套房子就需要占用更多的薪水，这使得在传统的 策略下储蓄 75% 的收入变得困难得多。

通货膨胀造成了额外的财务压力，而关税和地缘政治紧张局势导致某些商品的成本更高。

医疗成本也大幅飙升。根据使用美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services）数据的 Peterson-KFF 医疗系统追踪器显示，1990 年，年人均医疗支出平均为 \$2,835，经通货膨胀调整后为 \$5,864。到 2024 年，年人均支出平均为 \$15,474。

简而言之，美国人在支付住房、食物和医疗等必需品后，薪水所剩无几。在许多情况下，消费者越来越优先考虑财务稳定性，而非规划提前退休。

Coast FIRE 与传统 FIRE 的区别

运动存在多种变体。传统的 策略侧重于构建一个庞大的投资组合，以便能够完全资助你的提前退休，这要求你采取激进的储蓄方式，并可能需要改变生活方式以符合提前退休的目标。

Coast 策略则采取一种更为温和的方式，在早期储蓄足够的资金，使你的投资组合能够通过复利增长并支撑你的退休生活。一旦积累了足够的储蓄，你可能会继续工作以支付生活开支，但提前退休通常不是首要目标。由于你不会过早地从投资组合中提取资金，Coast 策略可能是一个更保守的选择，因为它不依赖于在传统退休年龄之前的数十年提取投资。

如果你选择追求 Barista 策略，你将致力于积累储蓄并最终辞去传统工作。之后，你将把兼职工作与储蓄相结合。许多追求 Barista 的人选择降低开支，使兼职收入足以覆盖生活成本。鉴于自由职业和零工经济的普及，这种策略对某些人来说可能是一个可靠的选择，但你需要考虑在没有全职工作的情况下，获取医疗保险的局限性和费用。

要想让工作变成可选，需要多少钱？

让工作变成可选所需的资金数额取决于从生活方式到地理位置以及年龄的所有因素。

许多人使用 25 法则来确定退休所需的投资额。一个常用的指导原则建议积累约等于年支出的 25, 倍的投资。该准则是基于广为人知的 $4% 原则，该原则认为退休人员每年可以从多元化投资组合中提取约 4% 的资金，尽管这不能保证在每一种市场环境或退休场景中都有效。

根据 25 法则，如果你年入 $100,000，你大约需要 $2,500,000 的投资才能让工作变成可选。在这种情况下，该准则建议的初始年提取额约为 $100,000.

应急储蓄和退休资产也发挥着作用。建议在应急储蓄中至少保留三到六个月的生活费。你的退休资产同样重要。除了建立 401(k) 和 Roth IRA 账户外，还应考虑其他资产（如健康储蓄账户和租赁房产）在停止工作后如何为你提供财务支持。

确定资产的正确平衡以及退休所需的理想资金数额可能非常复杂，因此请考虑咨询财务顾问。

为什么许多人在实现财务独立后仍选择继续工作

实现财务独立并拥有退休的选择听起来很有吸引力，但许多财务独立的人选择继续工作。

这是因为有些人热爱自己的职业，并从中获得成就感。有些人渴望职业带来的社交参与感，而另一些人则可能更倾向于获得他们能够创造的额外收入。

即使你选择继续工作，能够按照自己的意愿选择退休，也可以是一个令人安心的里程碑。

对于平均收入者来说，财务独立现实吗？

虽然平均收入者实现财务独立可能需要更长的时间，但许多人可以通过持续的储蓄、投资和控制支出取得实质性进展。

为了实现财务独立，你可能需要在职业生涯早期就开始规划，并且愿意过简朴的生活。重点是持续向退休账户注资，并在高收益储蓄账户中积累应急储蓄，使你的资金能够获得最大利息。

采取措施增加收入也会有所帮助。寻找晋升和加班机会，并考虑从事一份兼职，利用你的技能来赚取额外资金。

或许最重要的是，制定预算并严格执行。预算可以帮助你找到削减开支和省钱的方法。通过持续地生活在自己的经济能力范围之内，你可以让资金为你工作，并铺就通往财务独立之路。

财务独立意味着不仅仅是退休

实现财务独立并不一定意味着你会提前退休。相反，它赋予了你决定是否工作、何时工作以及如何工作的自由。财务独立提供的不是专注于达到某个特定的退休年龄，而是更大的灵活性、安全感和内心的平静——这些益处与提前退休的前景一样具有激励作用。

领养美国儿童 (Adopt US Kids)

我问阿米娜想要什么样的家庭。她说：“像你们这样的家庭。”就在那时，我知道我必须领养她。

丹尼斯，领养了17岁的阿米娜

了解 青少年领养 你无法想象 其中的回报

成功

工作期间小睡可提高员工的专注度和生产力

作者：Bruce Crumley / INC.

反复出现的疲劳，甚至严重的睡眠不足已成为职场关注的重大问题。研究表明，工作时的疲劳会导致职业倦怠、产量下降以及可避免错误的增加。现在，许多员工正在采取措施缓解这种困倦。最近的一项调查显示，绝大多数员工表示他们在工作日经常进行短暂的恢复性小睡以提高绩效——但大多数人仍然向同事和老板隐瞒这一习惯，因为他们担心这会被视为偷懒。

员工担心在工作中打盹可能会在职场中受到负面评价，这是可以理解的，因此那些偷偷小睡的人应该从相关数据中获得宽慰：他们并非唯一在偷空打盹的人。床垫公司 Early Bird 对 917 名员工进行的一项新调查发现，高达 $91% 的受访者表示他们在工作周期间经常小睡。

然而，尽管在白天休息小睡的员工人数占据绝对多数，但该群体中近 60% 的人表示，他们继续向同事和经理隐瞒这些停顿。

在会议室、车内，甚至厕所里打盹

这些员工是如何掩盖他们的睡眠时间的？约 70% 的受访者表示，他们会离开工作区域去打盹，有些人蜷缩在闲置的会议室或用餐区。另有 38% 的研究参与者表示，他们躲在车里小睡片刻。

与此同时，社交媒体平台 Reddit 上的证据表明，在工作日补觉的员工人数确实高于人们的预期——而汽车则是最不令人发笑的吊床替代品之一。

在一个讨论如何应对工作疲劳的 Reddit 帖子中，一名贡献者写道：“我刚才在公司的厕所隔间里睡了 30 分钟。”但并非所有人都认可厕所这个选项。

有人警告说，除非你确定自己不打呼噜，否则不要太自信能瞒天过海。

比预期中更不容易被发现打盹——尤其是现在有这么多人选择在工作日补觉。

其他各项调查结果表明，打盹的员工可能无需过于担心。

由竞争对手 Each Night 床垫公司发布的一项独立民调同样发现，超过 70% 的受访员工表示，他们每晚的睡眠时间少于维持“最佳状态”所需的时长。

三分之一的参与员工还表示，他们曾因疲劳在工作中犯错——在 Z 世代中，这一比例上升至 45%。

Early Bird 关于这些发现的报告称：“这与关于午睡时长和职场结果的同行评审研究一致。一项利用中国面板数据的 2025 年纵向研究发现，午间休息时间对职场评估有积极影响，但这种影响是微妙的：午睡时间不足或过长都会削弱其益处，最佳时间窗约为 20 到 30 分钟。”

近 40% 的人表示，他们将“睡眠不足视为职业生涯的一种代价”。

“懒汉”式午睡能提高专注力和生产力

Early Bird 发现了其他理由，可以让目前对午间打盹持反感态度的老板或同事改变看法。

在习惯在职场睡眠的受访参与者中，近 87% 的人表示这有助于提高睡后的专注力，83% 的人将生产力的提高归功于这些停顿。

与此同时，在工作时间打盹所花费的时间可能会被休息后员工更好的表现所抵消——甚至超越。职场小睡平均每周约 38 分钟，约 80% 的受访者表示他们每周打盹一次到三次。同时，超过 83% 的人表示，有限的休息时间能提高随后的专注力和产出，同时降低压力和职业倦怠的风险。

Early Bird 还发现了另一个可能反映职场短时睡眠益处的指标。在表示每个工作日都打盹的员工中，有三分之一的人报告在过去一年中获得了晋升；而在每周打盹三到四天的员工中，近四分之一的人获得了类似的职级提升。

所有这些因素可能就是为什么越来越多的企业设立了放松和休息区，允许员工在工作日期间减压——甚至睡觉。事实上，约 11% 的受访者表示他们经常使用这些房间小睡片刻，这在那些坦然面对该习惯的人群中是一个受欢迎的选项。

尽管如此，对同事反应的担忧导致大多数人继续隐藏这些停顿——尤其是高薪员工。调查发现，对小睡的坦诚程度随薪资水平的提高而降低：掩盖该习惯的员工年平均收入为 $81,700，而那些对此毫不掩饰的人年收入约为 $69,000 或更低。

不要错过前配偶的社会保障福利

许多人惊讶地发现，其他人可以在法律上根据他人的社会保障工作记录领取福利。而且，这并不会减少领取者自身的福利。

Terry Savage THE SAVAGE TRUTH

例如，如果你是前配偶，在满足某些条件的情况下，你可以合法地根据前配偶的记录领取福利。如果你是生存配偶——即寡妇或鳏夫——你同样有资格领取，但适用的是一套不同的要求。如果你不了解这些规则，你可能会损失掉数万甚至数十万美元的终身社会保障福利。

这些规则在多年前社会保障制度创建时就已制定，当时家庭中通常只有一名男性在工作。其主要目标是防止老年单身女性（以及受抚养子女）陷入贫困——即使她们从未工作到足以获得自己的社会保障退休金。

现在，只要符合资格规则，这些规则同样适用于离婚或幸存的男性和女性。

社会保障生存者福利

以下人员有权获得生存者福利：

■ 60岁或以上的生存配偶，或50-59岁且有残疾的生存配偶

■ 任何年龄且正在照顾16岁以下子女，或在22岁前残疾的生存配偶

■ 前配偶，前提是与死者结婚至少10年且目前未婚（或在60岁后再婚）

■ 未婚且18, 岁以下的子女；如果是全日制高中生，则可延长至19岁；如果在22岁前残疾，则不限年龄

■ 62岁或以上且一半生活来源依赖于死者的受抚养父母

生存配偶可以选择在领取自己的退休金之前先领取寡妇 / 鳏夫福利，反之亦然。这个决定很复杂，因为在达到法定退休年龄之前领取生存者福利或退休金会导致福利金额减少。如果你的已故配偶提前申请了退休，这种减额同样适用。

请参考以下示例。

简（Jane）是一位60岁的寡妇，相对于她的已故配偶，她的覆盖收入较低。她最好的选择可能是自己在62岁时领取退休金，尽管由于提前领取，金额将减少$30% ，然后在稍晚的年龄领取金额更高的生存者福利，直到其达到最大值。如果她的已故配偶没有提前领取退休金，那么最大值将在她的法定退休年龄（67岁）达到。

但如果简是高收入者，她最好的选择可能是从60岁开始领取生存者福利，尽管由于提前领取，金额将减少28.5%。然后她在70岁时领取自己的退休金，届时该金额将达到最大值，比她在62岁时开始领取要高出76%。

符合条件的生存前配偶拥有相同的生存者福利——前提是婚姻持续10年或更久。此外，无论婚姻时长如何，如果他们正在照顾前配偶16岁以下的亲生或合法收养子女，或者子女虽在16岁或以上但在22岁前残疾，则可获得额外福利。

社会保障局有六种不同的生存者福利计算公式，极其复杂且取决于多种因素。因此，请不要猜测。下文提到的一个低成本软件工具可以提供精确答案。

社会保障离婚配偶福利

前配偶可以在满足某些标准的情况下，根据前配偶的工作记录领取离婚配偶福利：

■ 年满 62 岁。

■ 其前配偶有资格领取（尽管不一定已经在领取）社会保障退休或残疾福利。 ■ 离婚已满两年，或者其前配偶已经开始领取其自身的退休福利。

做出这一决定不仅仅是满足这些资格条件那么简单。

当你申请离婚配偶福利时，你将被要求同时申请你自己的退休福利。你将获得两者中较高的一项：要么是你前配偶福利的一半，要么是你自己的全额福利。此外有一个警告：如果你在达到法定退休年龄之前领取离婚配偶福利，该金额将会减少。如果你在 62, 开始领取，你的退休福利将减少 $30 和你的超额配偶福利将减少 $35 。

如果在未来的某个时间点你的前配偶去世，你可以领取全额的离婚幸存者福利。

只要你满足所有标准，你的前配偶无法阻止你领取这些福利。而且你的前任甚至不会知道你已经申请领取。但你在提交申请并确定资格时需要其社会保障号码。再次强调，你的款项不会减少你前任的福利，也不会减少其现任配偶的福利。

从工作量过载的社会保障电话代表那里获取建议并不靠谱。我强烈推荐由经济学家（也是我的《社会保障恐怖故事》合著者）拉里·科特利科夫（Larry Kotlikoff）创建的网站。只需支付 $49, 的单次费用，你就可以在 www.MaximizeMySocialSecurity.com 确定你的最高福利和最佳申请策略。

未能正确申请社会保障福利是一个代价昂贵的错误。这就是“萨维奇真相”（Savage Truth）。

特里·萨维奇（Terry Savage）是一名注册投资顾问，也是四本畅销书的作者，其中包括《关于金钱的萨维奇真相》。特里在其博客 TerrySavage.com 上回答问题。

退休人员可以通过预付这些标准账单来立即节省开支

作者：唐娜·富斯卡尔多（Donna Fuscaldo） KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE

在退休生活中，现金至上，在投资组合中保留更多现金始终是首要任务。幸运的是，省钱并不总是需要削减开支。有时，只需要改变支付方式。

通过预付某些日常开支，你可以获得显著的折扣。月付包含处理费、行政管理开销以及供应商的交易风险，因此许多供应商会奖励那些全额预付的客户。

从房产税到年度订阅，预付这五项经常性账单可以在不改变生活方式的情况下带来可观的节省。

年度房产税

即使你已经还清了抵押贷款，你仍然需要缴纳年度房产税，而且根据你居住的州，价格可能很高。例如，有 18 个州的年度房产税在 $4,000 或更多。新泽西州排名最高，年度房产税为 $7,580.

在包括佛罗里达州在内的一些州，如果你一次性预付年度房产税，可以获得折扣，因为这省去了每月的处理费。在佛罗里达州，根据支付的早晚，该折扣最高可达 4%。

草坪护理与害虫防治

预付草坪维护和害虫防治服务可以节省约 5% 的费用，但这通常会将你锁定在年度合同中。

在与供应商签约之前，请确保你了解取消条款、服务保证和自动续订条款。如果你使用当地承包商，请询问他们是否为全额现金预付全年费用提供额外折扣。

流媒体订阅与会员

如果你已经习惯使用某些流媒体服务、仓储式会员店或健身房，并计划全年继续使用，那么这一策略最为有效。通过将每月账单改为年度计划，你可以获得 10% 到 25% 不等的折扣。

以 Amazon Prime 为例：支付 $139 的年费而非每月支付 $14.99，每年可为你节省 $40 以上，而这仅仅是一项服务。将此方法应用于所有订阅服务，节省的金额将相当可观。

牙科及择期医疗护理

如果你资金充足，对于牙科或择期护理，提出预付全款而非使用分期付款计划，可以获得 5% 到 15% 不等的折扣。

如果你拥有健康储蓄账户（HSA），则具有更大的优势。自掏腰包支付可以让 HSA 余额在免税状态下增长，且由于报销没有截止日期，你可以保留收据，在日后退休时再免税提取这些资金。

长期护理保险保费

按年而非按月支付保险保费可以节省大量费用，长期护理保单也不例外。大多数保险公司在将年单分为月付时会增加 3% 到 8% 的附加费，但一次性开具支票可以免除这些额外费用。根据你的承保公司和保单规模，改为年付每年可轻松为你节省数百美元。

谨慎提醒

只有在手头有额外现金的情况下才预付这些费用。如果一次性支付迫使你在市场低迷期间出售投资，你将面临序列回报风险，这可能会导致日后退休金不足。但如果你能够负担得起，预付这五项日常账单是节省数百美元最简单的方法之一。

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适合具备沟通能力的外向型人士的小型创业点子

外向的人不介意人群——并且渴望人际互动。这为他们开启了广泛的小型创业机会，而这些机会对于倾向于内向的创始人来说可能缺乏吸引力。

活动策划业务

招聘

如果你是一个擅长组织的外向型人士，活动策划（甚至是婚礼策划）业务可能是一项有利可图的投资。这是一个涉及协调多个客户和供应商需求的创业点子。商业智能公司 Grand View Research 写道，全球活动管理行业预计将从 2024 年的 12 亿美元 billion 增长到 2033 年的 20 亿美元 billion 以上，而美国是一个主要市场。“随着企业日益寻求增强品牌知名度、提高员工参与度、发布产品以及促进合作伙伴关系，专业活动服务被越来越多地承包用于处理物流、制作和参会者体验。”

外向的人天生拥有广泛的联系人名单。这可以通过利用人脉来帮助寻找合格新员工的公司，以及希望寻求职业变动的专业人士，从而随着时间的推移实现货币化。初创公司是一个很好的专业领域，因为许多公司没有配备内部招聘人员。就像他们可能接受兼职首席财务官（fractional CFO）一样，他们也可能欢迎招聘顾问。除了你自己的联系人集，你还可以利用 LinkedIn 和 AngelList 等网站寻找候选人。佣金最高可达候选人首年薪资的 20%。

美国健康与养生教练的市场规模去年估计达到了 44 亿美元 billion。麦肯锡表示，人们在养生静修、营养指导和冥想等体验上的支出正在增加。这为外向的人协调此类企业团建活动提供了机会。这类创业公司的最佳客户是年轻的千禧一代和 Z 世代。该市场预计每年增长 4 到 5%。

来源：Chris Morris, Inc.

导游业务

各种各样的人。成功的秘诀在于想出一个其他旅行社尚未发现的角度，无论是美食探索、鬼屋之旅还是越野之旅。最初可以使用 Facebook、Upwork 和 Viator 等平台来推广自己。联系当地旅行社也是个不错的主意。一些导游表示，他们每次行程平均收入在 $100 和 $300 之间，通常赚得更多。

成功

咨询 KIP

转换 Roth IRA 的最佳时间是什么时候？

作者：Adam Shell

KIPLINGER 个人理财

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问：在市场低迷时进行 Roth IRA 转换有什么好处？ 答：看着你的退休投资组合遭受损失是很痛苦的，但这提供了一份意外的礼物：降低你未来的税单。在市场低迷期间转换为 Roth IRA 可以让你现在就针对低迷的股价缴纳税款，从而将市场损失转化为多年的免税增长。

Kiplinger 的投资专家预计 2026 年下半年将保持强劲。与此同时，有迹象表明某些资产类别或行业（如 AI）可能会陷入困境，这可能为精明的投资者提供机会，去转换那些出现大幅下跌的持仓。

在市场下跌期间进行 Roth 转换的好处

由于 Roth 转换所支付的税款是基于转换的美元金额，因此账户余额较低意味着您向美国国税局（IRS）支付的税款将更少。

“由于账户价值较低，转换时的税款支出将会减少，”Janus Henderson Investors 旗下 Specialist Consulting Group 的财富战略师本·里祖托（Ben Rizzuto）表示。

在转移特定头寸时，较低的账户余额并不意味着您转换到 账户的股票数量会减少。在市场下跌期间，股票、共同基金或交易所交易基金（ETF）的价值可能会下跌，但您仍然能够转换相同数量的份额。

市场下跌期间 转换的运作方式

假设您计划转换 $100,000. 的传统 IRA 余额。但您在退休账户中持有的资产（例如一家 AI 内存芯片制造商）下跌了 20%，使您的余额减少到 $80,000. 。股价的大幅下跌意味着您可以将所有份额转换为 IRA，而仅需确认 $80,000 在应纳税收入。

您转换到 账户的这些低价份额将在免税的 框架内从最终的市场回升中获益。其优势在于，与在退休时按普通收入纳税的传统 IRA 相比，这些转换份额的未来增长将拥有更长的复利增长空间，且无需缴纳美国国税局（IRS）的税款。

进行 转换的最佳时机是当两种财务力量同时对您有利的年份。

第一点如上所述，是市场回调（从高点下跌 5% 至 9.99%）、修正（下跌 10% 至 19.99%）或熊市（下跌 20% 或更多）。或者，即使市场保持强劲，您也可能利用某个行业或资产类别的价格下跌。

第二点是当您的应纳税收入低于正常水平时。在申报收入较低的年份，您可以以较低的税率将更多美元转换为 账户。

“这是一个双重好处，”Conners Wealth Management 的创始人兼总裁史蒂文·康纳斯（Steven Conners）表示。您最终转换的美元金额更少，且适用的税率更低。

如何判断这种 Roth 转换策略是否适合您

然而，财务顾问强调，退休储蓄者在进行 Roth 转换之前，不应将市场大跌作为唯一考虑因素。根据市场状况来把握 转换的时机，类似于试图把握股票的买入或卖出时机。

在决定是否进行 转换时，迄今为止最重要的因素是整体的税务影响。财务专家表示，在市场低迷期间进行转换以节省部分税款，并不一定意味着这次转换是稳操胜券的。您必须审视在任何给定纳税年度中所面临的整体税务状况。

如果您的当前所得税率低于退休后的预期税率，那么进行 转换就最有意义。其核心思路是在现在以较低的税率支付转换税，而在未来预期税率较高时，提取资金无需缴纳任何税款。

因此，里祖托（Rizzuto）表示，如果您认为退休后的税率可能低于现在，那么即使市场低迷使转换成为一个更具吸引力的选项，您可能仍希望推迟转换。

另一个需要考虑的因素是，在市场低迷期间将更大金额的资金转换为 账户，是否会导致收入增加到足以将您推入更高且成本更高的税率档位。这是您需要避免的情况，尤其是如果转换金额使您面临从 22% 或 24% 税率档位跳升至 32% 档位的风险。

“您需要考虑将多少传统 IRA 资金进行转换，以及这次转换是否会将您推入更高的税率档位，”里祖托说道。

避开更高税率档位的一种方法是在单个纳税年度仅转换传统 IRA 的一部分。仅转换足够的金额以保持在更高档位的阈值之下，然后随着时间的推移重复此过程。“转换可以分批进行，”里祖托说。

康纳斯（Conners）补充道，一旦您确定转换的税务方面对您有利，那么利用市场低迷期进行转换就非常有意义。

如果您持有遭受重创的科技股或其他商业模式和未来增长前景依然完好的公司股票，情况尤其如此。如前所述，将可能反弹的定价错误资产转移到免税的 账户中，从长远来看可能会使您受益。

“使用 账户，您所有的提取都将免税，因此在科技股从高点下跌 15% 到 25% 时作为起点进行转换会更好，”康纳斯说。“这是一个更安全的切入点，去买入一个（即 账户）能在未来为您提供免税收益的产品。”

执行此策略时需要注意的事项

避免导致您进入更高税率档位的 转换。“咨询您的会计师并询问：‘在不提高我的税率档位的情况下，我可以转换多少传统 IRA 资金？’”康纳斯建议。

确保您有足够的现金来支付税单。您不希望通过出售 IRA 中的资产来支付转换税单，因为这会减少您可以转换为 账户并享受免税提取的份额数量。 转换的目标是将尽可能多的份额移至免税伞下，以从长期增长中获益。

请记住，如果账户持有者未满 59 $\frac{1}{2}$ 岁，使用 IRA 资金支付税单将触发额外的 10% 提前支取罚金。

避免产生过多收入并支付 Medicare 罚金。 IRA 转换会增加您当年的应纳税收入，如果您的修正后调整总收入（MAGI）超过收入阈值（单身申报者为 $109,000，联合申报者为 $218,000），由于 B 部分和 D 部分的 IRMAA（与收入相关的每月调整金额）附加费，可能会导致您在两年后的保费上涨。在进行此计算时，美国国税局（IRS）会追溯两年前的收入。因此，2026 年的 MAGI 将影响 2028 年的 Medicare 保费。

市场下跌并不意味着此时总是进行 Roth 转换的好时机。但如果税务部分对你有利，那么股市的熊市是将传统退休资产转移到 Roth 账户的绝佳时机。

DREAMSTIME

Z世代在招聘过程中的“人间蒸发”始于职位发布

作者：Victoria Salves / INC.

Z世代因其沟通方式，或者更准确地说，是缺乏沟通而受到了网络上的大量批评。

根据 Resume.org 在 2025 年对 1,100 多名招聘经理进行的调查，据《福布斯》（Forbes）报道，54% 的 Z 世代求职者在收到录取通知（offer）后选择了“人间蒸发”（ghosted）。

招聘经理报告称，在这些 Z 世代候选人中，27% 的人接受了录取通知，但没有完成必要的步骤，例如提交正式的文件。26% 的人实际上填写了文件，但没有在入职第一天出现；29% 的人在入职前几天出现了，但最终在没有通知的情况下离职。

反之亦然。75% 的雇主承认在招聘过程中也采取了“人间蒸发”的行为。

罗格斯大学（Rutgers University）专业实践副教授马克·比尔（Mark Beal）告诉 Inc.：“不同世代的雇主和申请者正越来越多地对彼此采取‘人间蒸发’的方式。”

他说：“我听许多 Z 世代的学生说，他们已经通过了面试过程中的好几轮，甚至进入了最后一轮，结果却被雇主‘人间蒸发’了。”

比尔的研究和发表的作品涵盖了关于 Z 世代作为消费者和员工的主题。他表示，“自 2020 年以来，职场的方方面面都发生了显著变化。向远程和混合办公的转变，导致沟通方式从主要基于面对面建立关系的互动，转变为非人格化的沟通。”

他表示，像 Slack、Teams 和 Zoom 这样的企业沟通平台，以及人工智能（AI）的兴起，进一步加剧了雇主与员工之间沟通的非人格化特质。

“人间蒸发”并非在雇主与潜在求职者取得联系后才开始。它在职位发布到招聘板的那一刻起就开始了。

据《福布斯》报道，Clarify Capital 在 2025 年的一项研究中分析了 175,000 多个美国的职位列表，结果发现大约每 7 个发布职位中就有 1 个实际上是“幽灵职位”（ghost jobs）。这个词被用来描述那些发布时间超过 30 天，但雇主实际上并没有意图填补该职位的招聘信息。

比尔说：“随着雇主、申请者和新员工之间的关系变得越来越不私人化，‘人间蒸发’将在所有世代的雇主和申请者双方中变得更加普遍。”

他补充说，解决方案是回归“H.I.”，即人类互动（human interaction），以扭转这种“人间蒸发”的趋势。

否则，他说，这种趋势将在“不到十年后 Alpha 世代进入职场时变得司空见惯”。

LinkedIn用户通过添加AI关键词美化过往工作经历

作者：Sarah Bregel / FAST COMPANY

网络上出现了一种名为“LinkedIn时空旅行”的新趋势，这与德罗宁（DeLorean）跑车毫无关系。

这一做法是指该职场社交网站的用户修改其之前的工作经历，主要目的是让自己在招聘经理面前显得更有竞争力。根据美国国家经济研究局（National Bureau of Economic Research）和Revelio Labs的一份研究报告（该报告分析了数千万个个人资料），这一趋势似乎非常普遍。

研究发现，19.7%的用户在离开某个岗位很久之后，仍会修改该职位的头衔或描述，以提高自己在市场上的吸引力。平均而言，这种修改发生在离职约四年后。其他做法还包括添加AI关键词，以便在AI时代显得更具可雇佣性；另一些用户则删除了与DEI（多样性、公平和包容）相关的词汇，因为目前这些努力仍处于政治攻击之中。

这一趋势在年轻求职者中最为常见。30岁以下人群进行“时空旅行”的比例为38.1%，考虑到年轻人目前面临的就业市场挑战极其巨大，这在情理之中。不同职位类型的数字差异也很大：AI领导岗位、设计和定性研究人员经常进行“时空旅行”，这些职位的个人资料中出现了56.6%的修改。在UX（用户体验）研究岗位中，修改比例略高，为59.2%。但最依赖这种资料编辑的两种求职者是技术岗位人员。按教育程度划分，MBA持有者的参与度最高，为29.3%。

但这种做法与简单地更新简历有什么区别？

斯坦福大学研究员、该论文的共同作者吉迪恩·斯洛卡姆·摩尔（Gideon Slocum Moore）表示，“时空旅行”比在被裁员后或久未更新而微调简历要深入得多。因为“时空旅行”可能涉及公然添加在员工就职期间并不存在的职责。

摩尔说：“假设你在2013年至2017年期间在亚马逊从事推荐系统工作，并在简历上将其列为‘机器学习工程师’。到了2023年，就业市场开始奖励‘AI’技能，于是你回去将亚马逊工作的描述改为‘机器学习与AI工程师’。”

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摩尔继续说道：“到2023年，你早已离开了亚马逊的工作；这意味着你的工作职责不可能发生改变。唯一改变的是你选择如何对其进行营销——这就是我们所谓的‘时空旅行’。”

这就是为什么LinkedIn的“时空旅行”不仅仅是简历造假或夸大过往职责这种陈旧习惯。这其中存在一种根本性的不诚实，而当招聘人员在互联网最大的社交网站上搜寻特定关键词时，这种行为可能会获得回报。

此外，这一趋势也是时代的一个标志。在个人资料中添加AI词汇的同时，DEI词汇正在消失。摩尔表示，这反映了自唐纳德·特朗普总统就任以来商业环境的近期变化。

“我们看到的数字骤降与特朗普总统任期的开始相吻合，”摩尔解释道，并指出那些“将DEI项目视为歧视且使其失去联邦合同资格”的指令负有特别责任。

这位研究员继续说道：“如果员工认为在这些变化之后，市场对DEI专业知识的需求降低，那么他们将此类语言从专业资料中删除也就不足为奇了。”不过，并非所有人都在进行“时空旅行”。在这项研究的名单末尾是像脊椎按摩师这样的健康从业者，他们修改过往工作的比例仅为3.3%。牙科医生和正畸医生的比例最低，为2.4%。

尽管如此，在工作保障感比以往任何时候都更脆弱的时刻，这么多求职者竭尽全力让自己脱颖而出并不令人意外——即便这意味着要在社交媒体网站上操纵时空连续体。

乘车

第 7 页 / G 版 / 2026 年 8 月 30 日，星期日 / CHICAGOTRIBUNE.COM

格拉索的车库

'26款宝马XM成为混合动力SUV之王

宝马XM充满了舒适感与时尚感。MARC D. GRASSO / 波士顿先驱报（BOSTON HERALD）

作者：Marc D. Grasso 波士顿先驱报（BOSTON HERALD）

在2026年，宝马XM是德国市场消费者的旗舰SUV，凭借其坚韧、动力和风格，XM在竞争中脱颖而出。

这款全轮驱动混合动力车搭载了4.4升双涡轮增压32气门发动机和集成电机，保守地说，它的表现令人惊叹。

宝马XM提供30英里的纯电续航里程，其内燃机端拥有577马力和553磅-英尺的扭矩，

2026款宝马XM LABEL

厂商建议零售价（MSRP）：$159,600；测试车价格：$163,275 MPGe（等效油耗）：混合动力 47 / 纯汽油 14 / 测试实测 28.7

而电机端则额外提供194马力和206磅-英尺的扭矩。

两者同时运作时，综合动力可达738马力和738磅-英尺的扭矩。

说宝马XM Label是一头“怪兽”都显得保守了。然而，它同样充满了舒适感与时尚感，散发出七系轿车的气场。实际上，这令人印象深刻。

我们测试了一周的这款XM Label采用了哑光饰面的冷冻坦桑蓝金属漆，提供三种驾驶模式，配备22英寸M双辐双色轮毂，并提供大量标准配置，此外还额外支付了$2,500购买了M驾驶员套件。

安全特性、互联功能以及出色的操控和制动是我们关注到的几个亮点，而Bowers & Wilkins钻石环绕声系统则堪称完美。 尽管价格昂贵， 但宝马XM Label在人群中依然出类拔萃。它提供了其他任何SUV都无法比拟的动力与风格，且在任何方面都没有妥协。宝马在最近几十年里确实保持了领先地位，并继续在多个类别中满足消费者的需求。虽然是一款对驾驶者友好的车型，但XM Label也践行了宝马“终极驾驶机器”的座右铭。

“格拉索的车库”（Grasso's Garage）为您服务！您是否正打算买新车？我很乐意提供我的诚恳建议。您只需给我发送电子邮件即可：marc.grasso@bostonherald.com。

让您的资金发挥最大价值

这些策略有助于降低2026年购买新车的成本

作者：Josh Jacquot / EDMUNDS

随着新车价格在历史高点附近徘徊，每月还款额在家庭预算中占据的比例日益增加，许多购物者正在寻找让每一分购车资金都发挥最大价值的方法。而且，由于在购买地点、时间和方式上有充足的选择，实现这一点并不困难。Edmunds的汽车专家总结了五大顶级策略，旨在帮助降低您下次购车的总成本。

考虑二手车

拓展搜索范围至非全新车型，是节省预算最简单的方法之一。诚然，新车提供最新的技术功能并享有完整的保修，但其价格也高得不成比例。

在二手市场中，您会发现更高的性价比，尤其是购买仅使用几年的车辆时。一辆轻微使用过的车辆通常能提供与新车型许多相同的特性，同时能避开贬值最剧烈的时期。根据Edmunds的交易数据，2026年6月，一辆3年车龄的二手车平均价格为$32,553，而新车则为$48,899。

扩大搜索范围与贷款选择

将搜索范围仅限于附近的经销商可能会不必要地减少你的选择。愿意前往更远地方的购物者通常能发现更丰富的库存和更具竞争力的价格。根据当地的供需情况，价格在不同县之间可能会有显著差异。

贷款方面也是如此。不要等到进入经销商的财务办公室才考虑贷款。除非你能从汽车制造商的金融公司获得促销利率，否则信用合作社提供给你的利率很有可能比经销商合作银行的利率更优惠。

相反，你应该先从银行、信用合作社或在线贷款机构获得预审批，并将其与经销商提供的最佳贷款方案进行比较。根据消费者金融保护局的数据，对贷款进行比价通常可以在整个贷款期限内节省数千美元。

最大化当前车辆的折价换购价值

你目前的车辆价值可能比你想象的要高，而最大化其价值可以显著减少你需要融资的金额。在前往经销商之前，请获取多份折价换购报价。在线评估工具和二手车零售商可以提供基准估值，帮助确定车辆的市场价值。手中持有几份报价可以增强你的谈判地位，并防止在不知情的情况下接受较低的折价换购价值。

考虑私人销售也是值得的。虽然自行出售车辆需要更多的时间和精力，但其回报通常高于折价换购。选择这条路线的买家应收集保养记录，彻底清洁车辆，并处理可能影响感知价值的轻微外观问题。

关注总成本，而非月供

当销售人员开始询问你认为舒适的月供金额时，很容易忽略大局。但不要因此分心。调整为较低的月供看似很有吸引力，但这通常是以延长贷款期限为代价的，从而导致更多的利息支出和更高的贷款总还款额。

最好的办法是审查整个融资方案，包括首付款、折价换购金额、利率、贷款期限和总成本。一个月供略高但期限较短的贷款可以节省数千美元的利息。基于此标准而非仅凭月供来比较融资方案，能更清晰地反映真实支出。

防止负资产

疫情期间虚高的车辆价格、更长的贷款期限以及急于购车的消费者，增加了出现“负资产”（negative equity）的风险，即借款人欠车辆的款项超过了车辆本身的价值。

根据 Edmunds 的数据，2026 年上半年，在购买新车进行折价换购时，30.9% 的车辆处于负资产状态。将负资产转移到新贷款中可能会使购车成为可能，但这会增加贷款金额，并使得在更换的新车中积累资产变得更加困难。

Edmunds 认为，更好的策略是等到你能支付 10% 到 15% 的首付款。如果你渴望换新车，但目前欠款超过车辆价值，那么更明智的做法是延长持有时间，在折价换购前还清部分贷款余额。这种耐心的做法有助于防止债务在车辆更换过程中循环累积。

Edmunds 表示：在 2026 年想要让购车资金发挥最大效用，需要关注标价之外的内容。在签署任何文件之前，要求查看所有费用的明细。如果你发现任何不熟悉的费用或服务，务必询问销售人员。否则，你可能会忽略一些从长远来看代价昂贵的内容。

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26款车型外观升级，延续全地形传奇

2026款日产探路者（Nissan Pathfinder）采用了重新设计的格栅和全新保险杠。这款SUV搭载的3.5升V-6发动机通过九速变速箱输出284马力和259磅-英尺的扭矩。日产汽车公司照片

探路者配备了一块12.3英寸的信息娱乐触摸屏，支持标准无线Apple CarPlay、无线Android Auto以及无线智能手机充电面板。

日产并未能完全救赎探路者，但设计有所更新

作者：Larry Printz 论坛新闻服务（TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE）

如果你年龄足够大，可能会记得日产探路者曾经是一款传统意义上的SUV：泥泞、粗犷，且带着一丝威胁感。它看起来像是早餐喝柴油，以用头撞巨石为乐。

随后在2013, 年，日产将探路者变成了一场“滚动中的道歉”。它脱掉了钢头靴和Carhartt夹克，换上了乐福鞋和开襟羊毛衫。由于前日产首席执行官卡洛斯·戈恩（Carlos Ghosn）的操作，任何目的感都烟消云散了，而他成功地同时激怒了爱好者、经销商以及几个国家的政府。

坦率地说，这是一种才华，尽管方向有些偏差。

尽管如此，自2022年重新设计以来，探路者就像一个穿着皮裤参加高中同学聚会的中年男人一样，对着自己粗犷的过去眨眼。它拥有了一些更强悍的外观，配备了真正的自动变速箱而非那款糟糕的CVT，以及赋予其能力假象的地形模式。但在本质上，它仍然是一款搭载V-6发动机的前轮驱动SUV，而非一台拥有咆哮V-8发动机的真正非承载式车身猛兽。

日产似乎认为，提升这款三排座“孩子车”的最佳方式不是增加动力、能力或任何能让成年男人露出笑容的东西。不，他们把它送到了整形医生那里。它得到的是一次“隆鼻”手术：重新设计的格栅和全新的前后保险杠；全新的灯光元件；而且，因为这是现代汽车工业，它还换了一套新轮毂，大概是因为旧的不再流行了。

内饰方面，配备了一块全新的12.3英寸信息娱乐触摸屏，支持标准无线Apple CarPlay、无线Android Auto以及带有集成冷却功能的无线智能手机充电面板。

简而言之，它没有节食，没有学习新语言，也没有开始举重。它只是做了脸，买了几件新衣服，并重新装修了客厅。

探路者的3.5升V-6发动机通过九速变速箱将284马力和259磅-英尺的扭矩传递至前轮。勾选正确的选项，它将驱动四个轮子，这立刻让它感觉像是穿上了靴子而非洞洞鞋。它拥有一套包含运动（Sport）、经济（Eco）、雪地（Snow）和牵引（Tow）模式的地形系统；如果你仅驱动两个轮子，其牵引额定值为3,500磅。不过，一旦选择全轮驱动，它突然就认为自己成了越野英雄，增加了沙地（Sand）和泥地 / 车辙（Mud / Rut）模式，并将牵引上限翻倍至6,000磅。动力norfleeth

动力完全

2026款日产探路者（NISSAN PATHFINDER） 起售价：$38,995 发动机：3.5升 DOHC V6 马力 / 扭矩： 284马力 / 259磅-英尺扭矩 EPA综合油耗：23 mpg 牵引能力： 3,500-6,000磅

足够。当你深踩油门准备超车时，会有一个短暂的停顿，此时变速箱在查阅它的日程表，决定自己的心情如何，然后才进行降档。运动模式增强了转向并激活了油门响应，但换挡逻辑依然像之前一样迟缓。最好使用方向盘换挡拨片手动操作，这样会带来令人满足的竞速感。

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转向轻盈，车身不会突然倾斜。相反，侧倾是逐渐增加的，能给你充足的预警。你能感觉到颠簸，但它们不会像重击一样冲击你的脊椎，因为悬挂系统经过了恰到好处的软化，足以应对偶尔脱离铺装路面的行驶。即便如此，很明显这辆车更偏好沥青路而非冒险之旅。一旦进入土路，其巨大的转弯半径（典型的日产前驱车特征）会让你觉得像是在运河里掉头一艘渡轮。

尽管如此，只要你不尝试任何涉及巨石、绞盘或拍摄 YouTube 频道的行为，把它开在碎石小路上，它也能毫无怨言地应对。在整个过程中，车内依然保持着令人印象深刻的安静，路噪被有效隔绝。

视野总体良好，除非你直接向后看，那里密集的头枕会遮挡你的视线。座椅舒适，第二排空间宽敞。第三排较为局促，但只要乘客之间关系和谐，仍有足够空间容纳三名体型正常的成年人。进入后排比大多数车型更方便，且独立座椅之间由一个可拆卸的中控台分隔，该中控台设计周到，单手即可将其取出。

虽然在 SUV 的世界里，它并没有达到什么顶尖水平，但其牵引数据达到了标准，内饰感觉成熟，且看起来比它所取代的那辆臃肿的“儿童推车”更有目的感。它记起了自己应该成为的样子，在借鉴日产现款皮卡一些干练设计元素的同时，追溯了老款 Pathfinder 的风格。

这一点至关重要，因为这款车在郊区停车场的荒芜之地徘徊了太久，被遗忘且不被喜爱。不，它不再是曾经那个能攀岩、能扭断车轴的猛兽。而且，这款 Pathfinder 依然为了迎合主流的平庸而抛弃了个性。

它救赎了吗？并不完全是。它只是变成了一款没那么令人困惑的 SUV，让你觉得它更像是一辆长了高跷的稳重轿车，而非其名字曾经承载的那个“无处不去”的传奇。但至少，它的外表像那么回事。

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秋季荧屏指南

本周日在 A+E 版中，我们将开始年度特别板块系列，致力于报道繁忙的秋季艺术季。本期重点关注所有荧屏内容，并展望即将到来的内容。

A+E 版后续预告：评论家精选的芝加哥戏剧和舞蹈最重磅的首演之夜。各类音乐中不容错过的音乐会。此外还有博物馆和艺术展、现场喜剧以及秋季新书季。

电影

10 部秋季精选，包括索金关于脸书（Facebook）的续作

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克里斯托弗·诺兰的《奥德赛》是这个夏天的代表作。在电影院上映不到一个月，其票房就突破了 10 亿美元 billion 大关，成为全球票房最高的 R 级电影。看到观众们讨论电影的主题以及诺兰对荷马原著的改编，是一件很有趣的事情。

秋季电影季的日程表中可能没有同样具有唯一性的电影，但有 2 个大系列将回归。那就是《沙丘：第三部分》和《复仇者联盟：末日》，这两部电影将在 12 月 18. 同一天上映，展开正面交锋。您已经知道其中是否有您感兴趣的，所以请记住这个日期——或者相反，您可以计划在那个周末将票房资金投入到其他影片中，让制片厂知道您对其他类型的电影也感兴趣。

几部关于芝加哥的纪录片即将推出，不过是在电视上。芝加哥本地人 Mr. T 凭借在《洛基 3》和《

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罗伯特·帕丁森在《Primetime》中饰演《捕捉捕食者》主持人 Chris Hansen。A24

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艾米·波勒新喜剧，以及《慢马》回归

尼尔·布朗二世（左起）、汤米·戴维森、温迪·拉奎尔·罗宾逊、米娜·夸特曼和蒂姆·钱塔朗苏在《瓦内尔·希尔秀》中。派拉蒙+（PARAMOUNT+）

作者：尼娜·梅茨（Nina Metz） 《芝加哥论坛报》

秋季电视季迎来了网络剧集的回归，它们在夏季休整后重新上线。在传统的广播电视端，共有 32 部剧集和季度首播，许多观众仍然在观看，其中包括 NBC 的“One Chicago”系列，该系列将于 10 月 7 日在周三时段回归。但许多热门剧集被推迟到了季中播出，数量比我记得的往年都要多，包括 Fox 的《鲍勃的大汉堡》（Bob's Burgers）、ABC 的《高潜力》（High Potential）和《威尔·特伦特》（Will Trent），以及 CBS 的《马特洛克》（Matlock）和《幽灵》（Ghosts）。至少《幽灵》在此期间计划了两场一小时的节日特辑：10 月 29 日播出万圣节集，12 月 10 日播出以《虎胆龙威》为主题的圣诞特辑。

以下是今年秋季更多节目预告，按时间顺序排列：

《瓦内尔·希尔秀》（THE VARNELL HILL SHOW） 90年代情景喜剧《马丁》（Martin）的衍生剧

这部职场喜剧由汤米·戴维森主演，他饰演一名长期主持深夜脱口秀的主持人，正努力维持自己的影响力。“在渴望让节目现代化的网络高管、混乱的编剧室、名人嘉宾、家庭剧以及他自己过大的自尊心之间，瓦内尔很快发现，维持一个电视帝国可能比最初建立一个更难。”（9 月 1 日在 Paramount+ 上线）

《慢马》（SLOW HORSES）

杰克逊·兰姆——这位爱放屁、口无遮拦、脾气暴躁且鄙视基础卫生的间谍主管，在第六季中带着他那群英国情报局的非正规军回归了。这一次的目标似乎是斯劳屋（Slough House）的所有员工。此外，一个据称在第一季中被写死的角色也回来了。兰姆只是耸了耸肩：“我们每个人在某个时候都伪造过自己的死亡。”（9 月 16 日在 Apple TV 上线）

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麦基·麦迪逊在《社交清算》（The Social Reckoning）中饰演脸书（Facebook）举报人弗朗斯·豪根，杰里米·艾伦·怀特饰演《华尔街日报》记者杰夫·霍维茨。哥伦比亚影业（COLUMBIA PICTURES）

杰里米·斯特朗在《社交清算》中饰演马克·扎克伯格，该片是亚伦·索金在 2010 年《社交网络》剧本之后的续作。哥伦比亚影业（COLUMBIA PICTURES） 安德鲁·加菲尔德主演《起义》（The Uprising）。焦点娱乐（FOCUS FEATURES）

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电影

“A队”（他仍在南环维持着一个住所），他是 9 月 8 日在 Netflix 首播的《先生 T：我可怜那个傻瓜》（Mr T: I Pity the Fool）的主角。而在 PBS 上，芝加哥本土的乔弗雷芭蕾舞团（Joffrey Ballet）在 Kartemquin Films 的一部纪录片中成为焦点，该片讲述了一场为期两周的编舞比赛，来自巴西、印度、波多黎各、布鲁克林和芝加哥的艺术家们“与时间赛跑，将个人故事”转化为编舞。《乔弗雷芭蕾舞团：下一个动作》（Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement）将于 9 月 18 日首播。

在电影节方面，Reeling：芝加哥 LGBTQ+ 国际电影节将于 9 月 17-27 日举行，第 62 届芝加哥国际电影节将于 10 月 14-25 日举行。

以下是即将上映的院线电影（按发行日期排列，除一部流媒体作品外）：

《实用魔法 2》（PRACTICAL MAGIC 2）

1998 年由桑德拉·布洛克和妮可·基德曼主演的原创女巫浪漫喜剧最初是个失败之作，但最终成为了邪典经典。布洛克和基德曼在这次续集中回归——你没想过我们能度过一个没有几部让你看得眼花缭乱的翻拍片的秋天吧？——故事发生在现在这个时间点左右，她们面临着关于魔法能力的全新危机。该片导演是苏珊娜·比尔，她上次与基德曼合作的是 Netflix 的轻快剧集《完美伴侣》（The Perfect Couple）（9 月 10 日）。

《起义》（THE UPRISING）

安德鲁·加菲尔德在片中饰演一名14世纪的英国农民。在妻子和孩子死于鼠疫，且国王要求缴纳不合理税款之后，他发起了一场反抗——毕竟，忍无可忍，无需再忍。这次事件后来被称为1381年的农民起义。该片由保罗·格林格拉斯编剧并执导，他告诉《人物》（People）杂志，这是一个早期的普通人成为主角的例子，当时“历史不再仅仅关于国王、女王以及富人和权贵”。（9月11日）

《黄金时段》（PRIMETIME）

对于罗伯特·帕丁森来说，这是忙碌的一年。他重返大银幕，饰演一名曾经在小荧幕上经常出现的人物：克里斯·汉森，《捕捉捕食者》（To Catch a Predator）的主持人。该节目是21世纪初最臭名昭著的电视现象之一。他的电视伏击行动是为了揭露恋童癖的真诚尝试，还是说这一使命次于为镜头捕捉那些令人瞠目、带有剥削色彩的瞬间？可以期待帕丁森将他那极具层次感的古怪特质带入这个角色。（9月25日）

《挖掘者》（DIGGER）

汤姆·克鲁斯重返大银幕，而且他饰演的不再是伊森·亨特。这本身就足以让人产生好奇。在亚历杭德罗·冈萨雷斯·伊纳里图执导的一部讽刺黑色喜剧中，他饰演挖掘者·罗克韦尔（Digger Rockwell），一名古怪的石油大亨，其公司引发了一场生态灾难。在过去十年左右的时间里，特技动作一直占据克鲁斯作品的主导地位，但这次请期待他脸上贴满的各种假体。说实话，看到克鲁斯尝试一些超出他近期作品中典型英雄范畴的东西令人兴奋。除了作为一名电影明星，他也是一名真正的演员，很高兴知道他仍然愿意打破预期。演员阵容还包括里兹·艾哈迈德、约翰·古德曼和桑德拉·惠勒。（10月2日）

《社交清算》（THE SOCIAL RECKONING）

作为2010年《社交网络》的续作，这部电影由亚伦·索金编剧并执导，杰里米·艾伦·怀特饰演一名《华尔街日报》记者，麦基·麦迪逊饰演一名试图揭露公司最糟糕秘密的脸书（Facebook）举报人。在标题中使用“清算”（reckoning）一词绝对是一种选择。这是真诚的还是讽刺的？由于现实世界中举报人的挺身而出，Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格（由杰里米·斯特朗饰演）经历了什么样的清算？当好莱坞大片试图探讨“当今时代议题”时，一个问题总是值得思考：电影制作者究竟想表达什么（如果他们真的想表达什么的话）？希望

《火柴盒：电影版》（MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE）

索金能给观众提供一些真正有实质内容的思考素材。（10月9日）

如果乐高和芭比都能有自己的电影，为什么火柴盒（Matchbox）不能？我不确定这部由约翰·塞纳主演的电影在基调上会如何呈现，该片被描述为一部“充满动作的环球冒险故事，讲述一群从小一起长大的朋友，在一名长期失踪的领导者——一名美国中央情报局（CIA）卧底特工——回到他们的小镇后，生活被彻底颠覆，并无意中被卷入一场拯救世界的疯狂国际追逐之中”。而我还以为这会是一部关于……火柴盒小车的电影。（10月9日在Apple TV上线）

《另一个妈妈》（OTHER MOMMY）

在一个完美的世界里，没有人比母亲更值得信赖。但如果家里出现了一个母亲的分身——一个带着令人毛骨悚然、写满了“AI”字样笑容的分身——并且在恐吓她的幼女和丈夫，那会怎样？这就是这部由杰西卡·查斯坦主演的恐怖电影的前提，该片改编自乔什·马勒曼2024年的小说《屋内的事件》（Incidents Around the House）。（10月9日）

《如何抢银行》（'HOW TO ROB A BANK'）

一部由尼古拉斯·霍尔特、克里斯蒂安·斯莱特、约翰·C·赖利和佐伊·克拉维茨主演的动作喜剧抢劫电影。讲述了一群银行抢劫犯在社交媒体上吹嘘自己的战绩，因为他们的犯罪动机是为了反抗一个被操纵的体制。但这也就意味着他们不可能在不被察觉的情况下行动（“让我们制作一些内容”是他们的口号），而联邦调查局（FBI）正紧追不舍。但显然这种权衡是值得的。一名角色问道：“你知道什么比金钱更有力量吗？”“观众。”（11月13日）

《我演洛基》（'I PLAY ROCKY'）

一部关于西尔维斯特·史泰龙以及让他家喻户晓的1976年电影《洛基》的传记片。在20多岁时，史泰龙很难获得角色。即便得到了，也被定型为打手。于是他写了一个关于底层拳击手的剧本。这部电影大获成功并改变了他的生活，但他的成名之路，嗯……相当坎坷（rocky）。制片厂喜欢这个剧本并想将其拍成电影——但主角绝不能是史泰龙。这个男人急需一份薪水，本可以拿钱走人，但他坚持自己的原则，剩下的就成了历史。安东尼·伊波利托饰演史泰龙。（11月20日）

《福克岳父》（'FOCKER-IN-LAW'）

长长的、长长的、长长的叹息。抱歉，我是应该写点关于电影本身的内容吗？我并不喜欢2000年的《遇见我的父母》，但随便吧。之后又有了两部电影：2004年的《遇见福克一家》和2010年的《小福克一家》。所以现在到了2026年，这个系列迎来了第四部作品，本·斯蒂勒继续饰演那个有个严厉岳父的男人，岳父由罗伯特·德尼罗饰演。这一次，是下一代在介绍新的伴侣。（11月25日）

乔丹·亚伦·霍尔（左起）、康奈尔·杨四世、奇布伊肯·乌切和达桑·弗雷泽在重启版《一个不同的世界》中。NETFLIX

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《火力线》（'LINE OF FIRE'）

如果没有彼得·克劳斯领衔主演，电视节目还能叫电视节目吗？从《体育之夜》到《六尺之下》，再到《为人父母》和《9-1-1》，几十年来，这个男人一直是电视荧幕上可靠的存在。这一次他饰演一名特勤局特工。事实上，他的整个家庭简直是执法人员的聚集地，他们放下个人分歧，共同处理联邦调查局（FBI）、美国法警局、特勤局和美国司法部（DOJ）的案件——直到一起案件搞砸了，现在整个家庭都……处于火力线之下。这部剧显然回答了那个迫切的问题：一部剧集到底能迷恋多少个执法机构？（9月21日在NBC播出）

《兄弟》（'BROTHERS'）

伍迪·哈瑞森和马修·麦康纳主演，饰演虚构版本的他们自己，两人发现他们可能是兄弟。“当伍迪为了追求真相而把（麦康纳的）牧场翻个底朝天时，马修发现自己陷入了完全不同的身份危机：可能会竞选德克萨斯州州长。”麦康纳曾公开表示过他对竞选公职感兴趣，所以如果他利用这部剧来为这些努力增加筹码的同时还能领薪水，那么，苹果公司配合他这件事真是太丢脸了。（9月23日在Apple TV播出）

《一个不同的世界》（'A DIFFERENT WORLD'）收拾行李，我们要前往希尔曼学院。对于任何看过这部设定在历史性黑人学院的校园喜剧原版的人来说，这个虚构的高等教育机构都很熟悉。这部多机位情景喜剧从1987年播到1993年。重启版放弃了多机位拍摄方式，

艾米·波勒主演《挖掘》（"Dig"），一部关于在希腊工作的考古学家的全新喜剧。PEACOCK

但一些熟悉的面孔回归了，包括饰演惠特利的贾斯敏·盖。（9月24日在Netflix播出）

《战争》（WAR）

一部来自大洋彼岸的法律剧，讲述伦敦最有权势的律师们在“一个野心即货币、背叛即策略、赢家通吃”的残酷世界中激烈交锋的故事。核心案件围绕一名科技大亨（多米尼克·韦斯特 饰）与其电影明星妻子（西耶娜·米勒 饰）之间一场“爆炸性”的离婚案展开。（10月1日在HBO播出）

《踮起脚尖》（TIP TOE）

艾伦·卡明和戴维·莫里西主演这部由罗素·T·戴维斯（《神秘博士》）创作的英剧。故事讲述曼彻斯特的两名邻居——一名电工和一名酒吧老板——他们的平凡郊区生活被谎言和暴力彻底颠覆。（10月2日在Starz播出）

《永远属于你》（ETERNALLY YOURS）

这部喜剧的前提基本上就是《见家长》，只不过这里的父母是吸血鬼，他们

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布劳在《琐事》中将平凡化为迷人

7月15日，创作者诺亚·布劳在纽约市拍摄艾塔娜·多伊尔准备参加驾驶员考试的场景。该场景出自节目《琐事》（Errands），该节目在社交媒体上赢得了一小批但极其狂热的追随者。LANNA APISUKH / THE NEW YORK TIMES

电影制作人通过网络节目 记录朋友们执行任务的过程

作者：亚历克斯·瓦杜库尔（Alex Vadukul） 《纽约时报》

在纽约市布鲁克林区一条布满汽车修理店的死胡同里，26, 岁的电影制作人诺亚·布劳（Noah Blau）将他的索尼摄像机对准了艾塔娜·多伊尔（Aitana Doyle）。多伊尔是一名有志于成为演员的餐厅服务员，此时她正焦虑地练习驾驶员考试。

布劳正在为他的小众 Instagram 节目《琐事》（Errands）拍摄一集。该节目记录他的朋友们在城市中执行各项任务，其拍摄手法将这些平凡的任务升华为“英雄之旅”。之前的剧集包括一次挂窗帘的远征，以及一次更换损坏滑板的旅程。

布劳在多伊尔租用的雪佛兰车外采访了她，她当时正沿着这条荒凉的街道练习平行停车。“艾塔娜，向我解释一下现在的情况，”布劳说。

“今天我要参加驾驶员考试，”23, 岁的多伊尔说。“我两年前就开始学习了，但我总是感到害怕，然后退缩。但现在我需要它。因为我接的演艺工作经常需要开车，而我一直谎称自己有驾照。”

“要么我稳操胜券，”她补充道，“要么我就得惨败。”

布劳递给她一个作为节目标题卡的黄色法律便笺本，上面写着“我（心形表情）琐事”。他拍摄了她举起便笺本的样子。

多伊尔紧张地进入车内，缓缓驶入车位。随后她打开车门，得意地评估了车辆与路缘的距离。

“诺亚的节目帮助人们感激生活中的小胜利，”多伊尔事后说道。“他节目里的人不像《地铁访谈》（Subway Takes）里那样是名人。”

“他们是过着平凡生活的普通人。有时候你一整天除了办一件琐事之外什么也没做，但那同样很重要。”

自从布劳在 10 个月前发布《琐事》的第一集——讲述一名叫玛塔（Marta）的朋友寻找粉色假发的故事——以来，在算法驱动的纽约社交媒体内容以及《地铁访谈》之后的时代，该节目赢得了一小批但极其狂热的追随者。

该节目采用低保真（lo-fi）风格拍摄，并配以迷幻的爵士长笛配乐，将琐事处理得如同城市奥德赛。其中一集讲述了一位名叫伯纳德（Bernard）的诗人将损坏的 CD 播放机送到唐人街的一家电器维修店。另一集则讲述一名叫杰里米（Jeremy）的演员寻找他丢失的猫。

杰里米最终没有找到他的猫，“失败”是该节目的一大主题。另一集讲述了一位名叫德克兰（Declan）的 DJ 前往交通法庭，希望就他认为不公正的骑行罚单提出申诉，结果却遇到了一位毫无同情心的法官。“我们赢了一些，输了一些，”德克兰事后一边抽烟一边说道。

“失败率实际上非常高，”布劳说。“起初我以为这会是个问题，但事实证明这对节目非常有益。这个节目的核心是：‘我打算去做某件事，我完成了吗？’所以无论这件琐事多么平凡，每个人都能理解那种感觉。”

他说，该节目吸引人的另一个元素在于它对日常生活中平庸时刻的窥视。

“所有伟大的电影在某种程度上都是窥视性的，”布劳说，“而现在我们都在网上进行窥视。人们在被看到拎着卫生纸回家时会感到尴尬。但为什么会这样？我们都知道你用卫生纸。看到有人在公共场合做私密的事情，有一种吸引力且禁忌的感觉。”

在布劳与室友合租的布什威克区公寓里，软木板上钉着来自《差事》（Errands）外拍的纪念品，比如在一集关于一名为教会采购物资的牧师的节目中获得的一片无麸质圣餐饼。那里还贴着一张拉斯·冯·特里和约根·莱斯执导的《五个障碍》的小海报。

他点击浏览了标记为“强尼”、“克里斯塔尔”、“德鲁”和“乌玛”的电脑文件。

“我用摄像机跟踪人们已经很久了，”他说，“真的，我的一辈子都在这么做。”

布劳在巴尔的摩长大，成长于一个新闻从业家庭。他的父亲是《巴尔的摩太阳报》的编辑，母亲是《芝加哥论坛报》的美食作家。

在他 6 岁时，布劳用数码相机拍摄了一只瓢虫，并将视频上传到 YouTube（获得了 100 次观看）。10 岁时，在记录姐姐的成年礼（bat mitzvah）期间，他最终拍摄了她与祖父关于大屠杀的访谈。

在纽约大学就读期间，布劳沉迷于弗雷德里克·怀斯曼和罗斯·麦克埃尔维等真实电影（cinéma vérité）导演的作品，同时也潜心研究约翰·卡萨维茨和马丁·斯科塞斯等纽约电影经典。

“斯科塞斯的《午夜惊魂》就像是终极的‘差事’，”他说，“那将是我梦寐以以求的一集——让某人在办差事时被如此地带偏，以至于像电影里那样被愤怒的暴民在苏豪区追赶。”

大约在 2025 年他发布第一集节目的时候，《地铁访谈》（Subway Takes）在社交媒体算法中频繁出现。其主持人卡里姆·拉赫马最初是在颠簸的火车上采访纽约的年轻创意人士。随着该谈话节目爆红，他开始邀请凯特·布兰切特和詹妮弗·洛佩兹等名人，并与谷歌等公司合作发布赞助帖子。

当被问及是否希望《差事》能以类似方式走红时，布劳思考了一会儿才回答。

“我喜欢《地铁访谈》，我的节目也存在于一个‘后《地铁访谈》’的世界里，但我不想让这个节目变成一个宣传站点，”他说，“如果我邀请泰勒·斯威夫特参加《差事》，那可能会是发生在这部作品上的最糟糕的事情。”

“我认为人们喜欢我的节目，是因为它没有花钱制作，也没有赚钱，”他补充道，“我认为这有助于保持它的纯粹。”

在最近的一个周三，布劳坐在多伊尔租来的雪佛兰车旁，拍摄她开车前往弗拉特布什区参加驾驶员考试的过程。他提醒她经过减速带时要减速，并询问她各种道路标志的含义。

“千万别问我纽约的限速是多少，”多伊尔说，“因为我不知道。”

在一条面对着墓地的安静道路上，她停在了一排怠速等待的学生驾驶员后面。等待时间很长。多伊尔在座位上不安地扭动。直到一名穿着黄色背心的车辆管理局（DMV）考官走过来，告诉她考试被重新安排时间后，她的紧张情绪才终于缓解。

面对又一次差事出岔子的前景，布劳显得有些局促。但在冷静下来后，他重新打开摄像机，询问多伊尔对这次挫折的感受。她在回答他的问题时抽了一根烟。

最后，布劳收起摄像机，望着那片杂草丛生的墓碑地。

“我做这件事的时间越长，就越觉得一切都是一种‘差事’，”他说，“我现在做的事情是一项差事。分解并变成一棵树是一项差事。死亡是一项差事。”

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伍迪·哈瑞尔森（左）和马修·麦康纳主演《兄弟》。APPLE TV

在得知女儿在与一个人类约会后并不太高兴：“他们与自己古怪的女巫集会生活在当今的西雅图，陷入了永恒的死循环——直到他们女儿那真诚的人类男友意外进入他们的生活，迫使他们面对自己的爱是否能永恒生存……或者永恒是否是一场终身监禁。”（10 月 8 日在 CBS 播出）

《慢马》（Slow Horses）第六季中的杰克·洛登（左）和加里·奥德曼。苹果电视（APPLE TV）

《库比蒂诺》（CUPERTINO）

泰勒·布鲁姆（Taylor Bloom）、彼得·克劳斯（Peter Krause，左起）和汤米·奥布莱恩（Tommy O'Brien）在《火力线》（Line of Fire）中。NBC

又一部法律剧，太棒了！这部剧出自《好妻子》（The Good Wife）的创作者罗伯特·金（Robert King）和米歇尔·金（Michelle King）之手。故事背景设定在硅谷，一名经验丰富的律师（迈克·科尔特饰）与一名新人（瑞秋·凯勒饰）联手，为那些面对强势科技巨头庞大资源而陷入困境的客户辩护。（10月8日在CBS播出）

《外交官》（THE DIPLOMAT）

这部机智的Netflix剧集回归第四季。凯莉·罗素（Kerri Russell）再次饰演美国驻英国大使，试图阻止国际舞台上的局势崩溃，而她的丈夫（鲁弗斯·塞维尔饰）不可避免地让这项任务变得更加复杂。他们的命运——无论好坏——都与总统（艾莉森·詹妮饰）及其丈夫（布拉德利·惠特福德饰）紧紧绑定。正如剧集创作者德博拉·卡恩（Debora Cahn）所言：“他们就像两对夫妇被绑在同一辆车里，在一部摇摇欲坠的过山车上。”（10月15日在Netflix播出）

《新婚夫妇》（NEWLYWEDS）

蒂亚·莱奥尼（Téa Leoni）和蒂姆·戴利（Tim Daly）在这部关于性格迥异之人的喜剧中主演——她是个自由灵魂，而他则循规蹈矩——两人在相识相爱后不久便结婚了。听起来像《达玛和格雷格》（Dharma & Greg）。有人在听吗？麦克风开着吗？这里还有一个额外的看点：莱奥尼和戴利在现实生活中也是一对情侣。（10月23日在NBC播出）

《夜曲》（NOCTURNE）

利夫·施伯（Liev Schreiber）和扎齐·比茨（Zazie Beetz）主演这部改编自拉尔斯·凯普勒（Lars Kepler）犯罪小说《拉撒路》（Lazarus）和《沙之人》（The Sandman）的剧集。讲述一名警察侦探从费城搬到宾夕法尼亚州的一个小镇，寻求更平静的生活。可惜那里有一个连环杀手，于是侦探与他以前的学生（现为FBI特工）联手。（10月30日在Apple TV播出）

《球杆》（STICK）

我很喜欢由欧文·威尔逊（Owen Wilson）和马克·马龙（Marc Maron）主演的第一季，其风格像极了罗恩·谢尔顿（Ron Shelton）在《铁杯》（Tin Cup）时期的作品。这是一部冷幽默的体育喜剧，讲述一个寻求微小救赎的落魄之人，威尔逊饰演一名过气的职业高尔夫球手，他发现了一名青少年天才，并决定指导他走向辉煌。在第二季中，这个孩子不再是无名之辈，现在他必须真正地达到所有人的预期。与此同时，威尔逊饰演的角色决定发起回归挑战，试图成为赢得大满贯赛年龄最大的高尔夫球手。里亚·西霍恩（Rhea Seehorn）加入演员阵容。（11月4日在Apple TV播出）

《利他主义者》（THE ALTRUISTS）

这部共8集的剧集围绕加密货币衍生品交易所FTX的创始人萨姆·班克曼-弗里德（Sam Bankman-Fried）和加密货币交易公司Alameda Research的首席执行官卡罗琳·埃利森（Caroline Ellison）展开——两人都因其商业交易而被判定欺诈罪。据共同剧集负责人杰奎琳·霍伊特（Jacqueline Hoyt）称：“我认为观众会发现这两个动机在道德上存在冲突的人之间极其私密的故事非常迷人，并最终能更好地理解他们为什么那样做。”最后一点可能是判断这部剧是否适合你的一个好指标：你是否真的有兴趣了解他们为什么那样做？如果是，请坐稳扶好。（11月19日在Netflix播出）

《挖掘》（DIG）

艾米·波勒（Amy Poehler）和休·劳里（Hugh Laurie）在这部喜剧中主演，讲述考古学家带领一群大学生在希腊进行考古挖掘。根据宣传资料，“他们对一件稀有文物的发现，让他们开启了一场终生难忘的冒险。”（11月23日在Peacock播出）

里克·科根（Rick Kogan）

鲍勃·丹农（Bob Danon）8月4日在位于埃文斯顿的丹农画廊内。TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES / CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS

现已年过八旬，Danon Gallery 的店主会再次重塑自我吗？

埃文斯顿 Danon Gallery 墙上挂着的装裱艺术品。

鲍勃·丹农（Bob Danon）的人生已悄然步入第八个十年，但此前几十年中贯穿始终的活力、创造力、政治意识、俏皮感和雄心壮志，至今未曾消减。

“我正准备——希望能——向奥巴马基金会提交提案，不过这里得加一个巨大的下划线，写上‘也许’，”周日下午他告诉我。此时，阳光洒在他最新的职业据点——位于埃文斯顿中央街 1808 号的 Danon Gallery 门外的街道上，这是一个布置得温馨且略显凌乱的空间。

这是丹农最近的目标之一。在许多有趣的艺术品中，他向我展示了一幅极具感染力的埃米特·蒂尔（Emmett Till）油画肖像。蒂尔是来自芝加哥的 14 岁黑人少年，1955 年他在密西西比州遭遇的残酷私刑帮助点燃了民权运动。

“我认为这幅画应该被收藏在新的奥巴马总统中心，”他说，“而且我拥有许多关于芝加哥和美国的非常重要且具有历史意义的作品。它们应该属于博物馆。而且在大多数情况下，这些艺术作品是由不同的当地艺术家创作的。”

他一直拥有宏大的想法和广泛的兴趣。在我 50 多年前第一次见到他时便是如此，当时我们都被一家名为《芝加哥人》（The Chicagoan）的新杂志聘用。他是发行经理，我是记者。

我很快了解到，丹农在海德公园出生并长大，就读于雷小学（Ray Elementary School）和海德公园高中（Hyde Park High School），在高中最后一年离校加入了美国海军，在那里他承担了许多职责，其中一项是游泳教练。

该杂志在出版 18 个月后停刊，随后他管理了两年名为“奶奶的收据”（Grandma's Receipts）的餐厅，这是一家位于克拉克街与戴弗西公园大道交汇处、以世纪之交为主题的流行餐厅。

他已经收集艺术品一段时间了，并在 1976 年做出了飞跃，在阿米蒂奇大道、Park West 对面开设了彩虹河画廊（Rainbow River Gallery）。他销售艺术品并提供装裱服务，他对此充满热爱。

他还爱上了一名护士，结婚并生了一个女儿，随后搬到了科罗拉多州的埃弗格林（Evergreen），在那里开了一家装裱店和画廊，以及一家名为“最后的红热恋人”（Last of the Red Hot Lovers）的热狗“餐厅”。但这段婚姻很快破裂，他带着女儿凯特（Kate）的唯一监护权回到了这里。他们住在罗杰斯公园的一套公寓里，他说，他开始“打很多份兼职，这样我才能成为一名全职父亲”。

其中一份工作是为《海德公园先驱报》（Hyde Park Herald）撰写每周专栏“1+1”，详细记录他作为单身父亲的“冒险”经历。（他后来创建了一个专注于政治的博客，名为 BrokenNews.Press）。

随后在 1993 年，他接手了人生中最重要的工作之一。丹农被选中为一家备受瞩目的新企业——位于北拉萨尔街 500 号的迈克尔·乔丹餐厅（Michael Jordan's Restaurant）的墙壁装裱并悬挂艺术品和照片。

这是一项巨大的工程，在 10 周内悬挂了 400 多件作品，包括体育相关照片、《体育画报》封面以及公牛队官方摄影师比尔·史密斯（Bill Smith）的作品。同样吸引用餐者目光的，还有一幅由芝加哥著名艺术家埃德·帕什克（Ed Paschke）创作的乔丹巨幅鲜艳肖像，帕什克是芝加哥意象主义（Chicago Imagists）运动的领军人物。此外，墙上还设有迷人的空间，专门展示来自世界各地儿童和粉丝寄来的原画。

1996 年，丹农在威尔梅特（Wilmette）中央大道 1126 号开了一家装裱店，两年后扩展到了隔壁空间，并将其转变为一家画廊。

生意很红火，但丹农毕竟是丹农，在2004年夏天，他将画廊改造成了“查理咖啡馆”（Charlie's Coffee House），以他心爱的英格利什·斯普林格·西班牙猎犬命名。店里提供各式汤品、糕点和三明治。几个月后，随着他启动名为“周五之夜现场”（Friday Night Live）的每周音乐会系列，店里响起了音乐，演出嘉宾包括埃德·霍尔斯坦、科基·西格尔、唐·斯蒂恩伯格和梅根·麦克多诺等明星。

他成功地与镇政府抗争，争取到了供应葡萄酒和啤酒的权利。他还开设了开放麦克风之夜和喜剧之夜。尽管该场所的容量仅为25人，但对于许多特定年龄段的人来说，这里温暖地唤起了他们对 Earl of Old Town、Quiet Knight、Orphans 以及其他那些陪伴我们度过无数夜晚的伟大城市俱乐部的回忆。

2010年，他将经营场所搬到了目前的空间，生意随之兴旺，尽管他很怀念之前的音乐活动。现在访问丹农的店铺，不仅是为了欣赏大量不同尺寸和风格的艺术品，也是为了结识一位极具吸引力的讲述者。他可能会一边向你展示墙上的地图，一边告诉你为什么他在2019年前往克里特岛沿岸进行皮划艇之旅，为芝加哥Shriners儿童医院筹集资金。

这是他第四次开展此类筹款划船活动。其中一次是为了纪念一名来自威尔梅特的13岁女孩，为当时被称为儿童纪念医院（Children's Memorial Hospital）的儿科癌症研究筹款。

“我早在1995年就爱上了皮划艇，”他说，“将其用于公益对我来说成了一件特别的事情。”

在克里特岛之旅后，他曾计划关闭店铺并搬到堪萨斯州的劳伦斯。丹农说，他的女儿凯特在堪萨斯大学毕业后在那里生活并担任护士，嫁给了一个“叫布莱恩的非常优秀的小伙子”。

但新冠疫情来袭，计划发生了改变，他依然留在埃文斯顿的店铺里，看起来快乐且活跃，部分原因是他在这个行业深耕50年后，与许多客户建立了深厚的关系。

其中一位客户是唐娜·拉·皮耶特拉，她在提到她的丈夫兼商业伙伴比尔·库蒂斯时告诉我：“作为一名在iPhone出现之前的资深摄影师，比尔一直制作实体照片。我们相信应该将那些承载着某个地点、事件或报道故事的特殊记忆进行装裱。这些照片被挂在我们生活和工作场所的墙上。在装裱照片与记忆这项特殊工艺上，很少有人能像鲍勃·丹农那样熟练。”

现在，丹农心中有一个潜在的新客户，他会告诉你很久以前他在海德公园的一次派对上与巴拉克·奥巴马有过短暂的会面。“他不可能记得这件事，”丹农微笑着说，“但你永远不知道会发生什么。”

rkogan@chicagotribune.com

朋克偶像帕蒂·史密斯重返芝加哥

这位歌手将为了领取一项文学奖并参加 Riot Fest 音乐节而回归，她表示自己能写童年“是因为我从未离开过它”

帕蒂·史密斯及其乐队 2023 年在芝加哥 Salt Shed 演出。TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES / CHICAGO TRIBUNE

作者：Mary Wisniewski 为《芝加哥论坛报》撰写

作家、艺术家兼朋克偶像帕蒂·史密斯（Patti Smith）表示，她一直对家乡芝加哥持有“非常浪漫”的情怀，并且能背诵卡尔·桑德堡（Carl Sandburg）的诗作《芝加哥》中的诗句。

“那是我迈出第一步的地方，是我说出第一个词的地方，也是我受洗的地方，”史密斯在一次采访中说道，“我一直为出生在芝加哥而感到自豪。”

史密斯于 1946 年 12 月 30 日出生在林肯公园的格兰特医院（Grant Hospital），早年生活在洛根广场（Logan Square）。她记得曾与波兰移民的孩子们一起玩耍，并在亨博尔特公园（Humboldt Park）第一次看到了天鹅。

史密斯将于 9 月 10 日回到这里，在联盟俱乐部（Union League Club）领取哈罗德·华盛顿文学奖（Harold Washington Literary Award）。该奖项之前的获得者包括斯图尔特·戴贝克（Stuart Dybek）和桑德拉·西斯内罗斯（Sandra Cisneros）。随后在 9 月 20 日，史密斯及其乐队将自 2021 年以来首次在 Riot Fest 音乐节上演出。

史密斯表示，尽管她曾因回忆录《仅仅是孩子》（Just Kids）获得 2010 年国家图书奖，并获得过许多音乐奖项，但收到华盛顿奖仍让她感到“非常惊讶”。

“这非常令人鼓舞，因为对我来说最重要的追求是写作，”史密斯说。她在 20 世纪 70 年代开始朗诵自己的诗歌，“由于我强烈的能量，我的表演规模不断扩大，最终与摇滚乐融合。这从未在我的计划之中，甚至从未在我的梦想之中。它确实将我推向了一种完全不同的公众使命。但最终，写作始终是我的初恋。”

一部回忆录

史密斯的著作包括《M列车》（M Train）和《猴年》（Year of the Monkey），以及她近期出版的回忆录《天使之面包》（Bread of Angels），书中深入探讨了她的童年、艺术生涯以及与 MC5 吉他手弗雷德·“索尼克”·史密斯（Fred "Sonic" Smith）的婚姻。她讲述了早期与艺术的接触——例如聆听普契尼的《蝴蝶夫人》以及第一次看到毕加索的作品。她还写到了弗雷德在 46 岁时突然去世，随后是她的哥哥托德（Todd）在 42 岁时离世。

史密斯说，如果这本书有一个主题，那就是感恩。

“在我的一生中，我遇到了许多非凡的人，他们在沿途帮助我，指导我或引导我。……我必须忍受失去亲人的震惊与悲痛，但对于他们每一个人，我都心怀感激，”史密斯说。

她回忆起父母如何应对贫困以及她童年时严重的疾病，包括肺结核和猩红热。这部回忆录包含了一些惊人的细节——例如帕蒂因为在与一只古老而庄严的拟鳄龟交流而上学迟到。

当被问及为何能如此清晰地记得童年时，史密斯说：“我想是因为我从未离开过它。我的意思是，说实话，那是我生命中最珍贵的时光。”她与托德以及妹妹琳达（Linda）年龄相仿，他们热爱一起讲述往事。

在接近 80 岁之际，史密斯说她觉得自己能活着很幸运。但她对特朗普政府造成的破坏感到担忧，并认为气候变化应该是世界的“头号关注点”。

在最近与教皇利奥（Pope Leo）会面期间，史密斯说他们讨论了世界现状以及个人的责任，尤其是对年轻人的责任。他们还聊到了棒球——众所周知，教皇是白袜队的粉丝，而她支持小熊队。“所以我们对此付之一笑。”她称利奥是芝加哥“最模范的公民”之一。

“我不是天主教徒，但我对他充满信心，并尊重他是我们最重要的全球发声者之一，”她说。

史密斯说，成为一名艺术家一直很艰难。路德维希·凡·贝多芬曾面临过羞辱

——威廉·布莱克在贫困中去世。但史密斯表示，如果艺术家有话要说，他们总会找到表达的方式，而且在当下有足够多值得回应的事情。

“成为一名艺术家或活动人士，其代价的一部分总是包含一定程度的痛苦，被践踏然后再次崛起。这并不容易……”史密斯说。“人们真正能做的，就是尽力而为。”

“我知道绝望是什么感觉，”史密斯说。“我经历过很多次。”但随后她深吸一口气并思考，“我不想停留在原地。我想积极地做我能做的一切，以达到另一个层次。但这需要努力……我每天都在努力。”

帕顿的歌曲库中蕴含着动人的故事

这位传奇音乐巨星创作并录制了经得起时间考验的经典之作

作者：Maria Sherman 美联社（ASSOCIATED PRESS）

多莉·帕顿（Dolly Parton）不仅仅是一位音乐家、演员、作家、慈善家或主题公园企业家。最近去世、享年 80 岁的帕顿在我们的全球文化想象中占据着一个特殊的位置——她是美国神话中的一个符号，最贴切的描述是“传奇人物”，甚至超越了传奇本身。

但从一开始，在她所取得的一切成就的核心，她首先是一名词曲作者。

在跨越数十年的音乐作品中挑选几首歌无异于徒劳，但以下是一些出类拔萃的经典之作。

《仅仅因为我是女人》（JUST BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN）

帕顿长期以来因其音乐中贯穿的女性主义主题而受到赞誉。这种进步的社会政治立场在她职业生涯之初就已显现，当时正值女性解放运动的兴起。在 1968 年的乡村经典歌曲《仅仅因为我是女人》中，帕顿笔下的女主角提醒她的伴侣，他无需因为她曾有过其他性伴侣而评判她——毕竟，他也曾有过。“我的错误并不比你的更糟糕，”她唱道，“仅仅因为我是女人。”她表示，这首歌的灵感来自与已故丈夫卡尔·迪恩（Carl Dean）的一次对话，当时他问她两人相识前是否与过其他男人。

《五彩外套》（COAT OF MANY COLORS） 帕顿作为讲故事高手的 典型代表是 1971 年的

1983 年的多莉·帕顿与肯尼·罗杰斯。他们的合唱曲《溪流中的岛屿》（Islands in the Stream）在同年成为热门歌曲。DOUG PIZAC / AP

《五彩外套》。这是一个关于她母亲的自传体故事，她的母亲用碎布为帕顿缝制了一件外套。她曾因此被其他孩子嘲笑，但她明白这件衣服的价值。“现在我知道我们没有钱，但我却感到无比富有，”她唱道，“穿着我妈妈为我缝制的五彩外套。”

《乔琳》（JOLENE）

1973 年的《乔琳》不仅是帕顿最著名的热门歌曲之一，也是有史以来最著名的乡村音乐歌曲之一。《乔琳》的灵感来自迪恩；帕顿在 2008 年告诉美国国家公共广播电台（NPR），这首歌是关于一名似乎对他感兴趣且爱调情的银行出纳员而写的。“她对我丈夫产生了可怕的迷恋，”她说。“而他非常喜欢去银行，因为她给了他很多关注。这在我们之间就像一个长期的笑话——我会说：‘天哪，你在银行花这么多时间，我不信我们有那么多钱。’所以，这其实是一首纯洁的歌，但听起来像是一首可怕的歌。”

《我将永远爱你》（I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU）

作为帕顿第 13 张录音室专辑的第二支单曲，1974 年的《我将永远爱你》最广为人知的是惠特尼·休斯顿（Whitney Houston）的演绎版本。但帕顿的原作是为波特·瓦格纳（Porter Wagoner）而写，当时她即将离开《波特·瓦格纳秀》（The Porter Wagoner Show）。（她于 1974 年离开，此前自 1967 年起一直与他合作。）这首歌有多个版本，但没有一个能像休斯顿在 1992 年为电影《保镖》原声带录制的版本那样引起共鸣。

《你又来了》（HERE YOU COME AGAIN） 帕顿写了一首

帕顿创作了绝大多数的热门歌曲，这使得 1977 年的《你又来了》成为了一个有趣的特例。这首歌由巴里·曼（Barry Mann）和辛西娅·韦尔（Cynthia Weil）执笔，最初由 B.J. 托马斯（B.J. Thomas）录制，最初构思是让布伦达·李（Brenda Lee）来演唱。这首歌传到了帕顿手中，并成为了这位乡村艺术家在流行跨界领域的一首支柱性热门单曲。但请不要误会——帕顿确保了钢吉他的声音响亮且自豪地被听到。

《9 TO 5》

接下来是好莱坞明星帕顿。歌曲以打字机的声音开场。（那咔哒咔哒的声音？是帕顿最初通过将她长长的亚克力指甲互相敲击而构思出来的。）充满活力的《9 to 5》是为1980年同名电影创作的，该片由简·方达、莉莉·汤姆林以及迎来演艺生涯首秀的帕顿主演。这首歌也收录在她的专辑《9 to 5 and Odd Jobs》中。

在歌词方面，它赞美了职场女性，并成为了争取薪酬平等的战斗号角；这首歌为帕顿赢得了她的首次奥斯卡提名。

《ISLANDS IN THE STREAM》

到了20世纪80年代，帕顿已将自己塑造成为一名主流名人。在1983年的热门单曲《Islands in the Stream》（与肯尼·罗杰斯合唱）中，她清亮的高音形成了完美的和谐。这并不令人惊讶，但接下来的内容或许会：这首歌是由比吉斯（Bee Gees）创作的。歌曲传到了帕顿和罗杰斯手中，接下来的故事众所周知。它也提醒人们，R&B与乡村音乐之间有着不可分割的联系。

《WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKIN' LIKE THAT》

在这次回归大写字母C定义的乡村音乐（capital-C country music）的辉煌之旅之前，她曾一度深陷于80年代那种大量使用鼓机的流行音乐中。但随后的1989年专辑《White Limozeen》中的《Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That》值得称颂，其中包含了钢吉他、班卓琴、曼陀林、Pedabro以及由里基·斯卡格斯（Ricky Skaggs）演奏的激烈小提琴——与此同时，帕顿用俏皮的眨眼戏谑地将一名男性客体化。

《THE GRASS IS BLUE》

“我必须想出一种生存的方法，”帕顿在1999年专辑《The Grass Is Blue》的同名主打歌中开篇道。她说这首蓝草民谣是在拍摄电视音乐剧《Blue Valley Songbird》（讲述一名女性试图离开虐待她的伴侣）的午休期间，用30分钟写成的。歌曲采用了她的粗糙人声（scratch vocals）——这是一个旨在为最终录音提供蓝图的演示版本——为这首充满极致痛苦的歌曲增添了一抹原始感。“天空是绿色的 / 而草地是蓝色的，”她唱道，“而且我不爱你。”

《LITTLE SPARROW》

如果说帕顿那压倒性的知名度曾出现过任何类似下滑的情况，那是在90年代，当时乡村音乐听众转而拥抱夏奈亚·特温和利安·赖姆斯那种光鲜的流行乡村风。在那个年代末期以及接下来的十年里，一次转型到来了，当时

读者被她的轻松之作所吸引

狮子（Lion）俏皮的“日记”助力布劳尔在自出版领域成名

作者：Courtney Runn 《纽约时报》

2019年11月5日，《艾玛·M·狮子未选日记》（The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion）的前两卷悄然问世。

这些书籍与作者贝丝·布劳尔（Beth Brower）典型的奇幻小说截然不同，而是讲述了一个机智且具有文学素养的孤儿在1883年伦敦一个虚构社区中，处于成年边缘时的日常生活冒险与沉思。

布劳尔只去过一次伦敦，但她在脑海中能清晰地看到艾玛的世界——古怪的邻居、离奇的传统、幻想般的舞会、温馨的茶馆，以及无法解释的幽灵事件。可以将其想象成维多利亚时代的英国版《吉尔莫女孩》（Gilmore Girls）。

布劳尔的营销仅限于在Instagram上发布一条公告并收到少量祝贺评论，但她相信正确的读者会找到这些书。

七年之后，随着六卷书的出版，粉丝们确实找到了艾玛，并且对此痴迷不已。

在布劳尔推进那些情感更沉重的工作时，《艾玛·M·狮子未选日记》本应是一个轻松的消遣；然而，它却让她在自出版领域名声大噪，并且最近与英国的布鲁姆斯伯里出版社（Bloomsbury Publishing）以及其他17家国际出版社达成了更传统的出版协议。（她尚未与美国出版社签约，事实上还拒绝了一份很有前景的邀约，尽管她表示自己对此仍持开放态度。）

第一卷在Goodreads上已获得超过100,000条评论。脸书（Facebook）群组和图书博主们每天（如果不是每小时的话）都在产出新的粉丝理论。

现在，布劳尔在居住的犹他州奥勒姆（Orem）经常被认出来。在一次这样的遭遇后，她带着好笑的歉意转向丈夫。

她在最近的一次采访中回忆道：“我担心，我们余生都要在谈论艾玛中度过了。”

奥勒姆也是43岁的布劳尔成长的地方，她是11个孩子中的第五个。在一个富有创造力的家庭中，在艺术、音乐、体育和书籍的环绕下，她培养了丰富的内心世界以及在任何环境下都能写作的能力。

对于她来说，出版第一部小说只是时间问题，而不是是否能出版的问题。她曾将传统出版路径浪漫化，但拒信迫使她审视梦想背后的驱动力：是为了出现在每家书店里，还是为了寻找能与她的作品产生共鸣的读者？她选择了后者，并于2016年创立了Rhysdon出版社。

《艾玛·狮子》系列书籍的口碑成功在很大程度上归功于这个瞬间就能赢得好感的英雄角色。艾玛可能拥有像安妮·雪莉（Anne Shirley）那样阳光的好奇心，但她的机智和现代感则是纯粹的伊丽莎白·班内特（Elizabeth Bennet）。“我承认我违背了大多数社交礼仪，”艾玛在第二卷中解释道，“我曾被指责扔过茶壶，不出多久你肯定也会听到这件事。”

布劳尔像创作长篇电视剧一样构思这些书；每一卷涵盖艾玛生活中的两个月，而每个日历年代表一个“季”。第9本书计划于今年出版，粉丝们正密切关注她的每一次数字化动态，以寻找可能的发布线索。

这些书籍是布鲁姆斯伯里贸易公司（Bloomsbury Trade）负责人亚历克西斯·基尔施鲍姆（Alexis Kirschbaum）收购的第一套系列作品，也是第一部自出版作品。她说：“作为一名出版商，我喜欢复杂的女性角色，”而其“想象力的真正原创性”以及对“伦敦精神”精准的捕捉，使得这次冒险变得轻而易举。

阿拉巴马州亨茨维尔独立书店“墙上的蜗牛”（Snail on the Wall）的共同所有者史密斯女士在一名顾客的要求下，于1月首次进货该系列。现在，她每周补货一次，并表示第一卷已售出近100本。

这些书设定在伦敦一个名为圣克里斯皮安（St. Crispian's）的虚构角落，虽然包裹在一种低调的亲英魅力之中，但读者们欣赏布劳尔敢于探索角色阴暗面的勇气。

在第 5 卷中，年轻的霍克斯（Young Hawkes）是一位不循常规的牧师，他在讲坛上引用诗歌的可能性比引用经文更大。当艾玛在新年临近之际面对悲痛时，他向她提出了一个挑战：“在熟悉了失去之后，要信任未来需要极大的勇气。”

对于来自印第安纳州钱德勒（Chandler）的 27 岁女子托里·福斯特（Torri Foster）来说，这种情感是一剂受欢迎的慰藉。在一次流产后的第二天，她开始阅读《艾玛·莱恩》（Emma Lion）系列丛书。当她失去女儿时，该系列的世界成为了一个安全的避风港，让她感到被深深地理解。“艾玛给了我一个不需要回话的朋友，”福斯特说，“这不仅仅是一本书。”

布劳尔（Brower）非常感激粉丝们的热情，但她为圣克里斯皮安（St. Crispian's）及其秘密设定了严格的界限——她不会在 Reddit 讨论帖中潜水寻找情节建议。她确认该系列总共将包含 25 本书，记录艾玛直到 1887 年的生活。

卢卡斯·佩奇（Lucas Page）住在

作者贝丝·布劳尔（Beth Brower，见于 7 月 22 日的伦敦）已确认《艾玛·M·莱恩未选日记》（The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion）总共将包含 25 本书。CHARLOTTE HADDEN / THE NEW YORK TIMES

佐治亚州麦克多诺（McDonough），他从教会的朋友那里听说了这些书。“我是一个 35 岁的男人，已婚，两个孩子的父亲，但我能产生共鸣，”他说。他将这些书推荐给了他 86 岁的祖母，她用三周时间读完了整个系列，并开玩笑说希望自己能活得足够久，直到看到该系列完结。

该系列似乎具有广泛的吸引力：它拥有足够的文学价值来取悦那些自诩为“书呆子”的人；它抵制了驱动其他 BookTok 热潮的露骨场景，但仍为浪漫主义粉丝提供了预测最终结局的素材；它包含细腻的精神思考，但既没有疏远非宗教读者，也没有陷入过于甜腻的境地。

（对于那些猜测艾玛的冒险经历过于现代化而不够准确的粉丝，布劳尔有一个简单的反驳：“19世纪的英国发生过相当多有趣的行为。”）

虽然布劳尔坚持认为艾玛并非自传式人物，但吸引读者被该角色吸引的现实主义与乐观主义的平衡，根植于作者自身的性格。

在大学期间，布劳尔发现自己在园艺方面有天赋。她非常热爱这个新爱好，以至于成为了一名专业人士，在犹他州帕克城（Park City）外一座受《指环王》启发而建的名为“瑞文戴尔”（Rivendell）的庄园担任了七年的首席园丁，直到慢性疾病迫使她离开。

“我们必须足够勇敢地去面对黑暗的事物，”她说。

“对生活抱有希望或信念需要毅力。这需要诚实地面对一个人所遇到的阴影。”

现在健康状况好转，布劳尔拥有了更稳定的写作计划以及前往伦敦旅行的能力。布鲁姆斯伯里（Bloomsbury）版本最近在英国出版；随之而来的是她的第一次传统图书发布会。（她对由大卫·曼（David Mann）设计的封面感到非常高兴，这些封面看起来像“20世纪40年代出版的19世纪经典小说版本”。）

她一直与英国和法国的出版商会面并共进晚餐。在巴黎，她悄悄溜进法国零售连锁店 Fnac 购买了自己的书

——“对我以及我的角色来说，这是一个胜利时刻，”她说，“我想与他们分享这一刻。”

书评

童话引导迷途学者

丹尼尔·梅森（Daniel Mason）的《乡村之人》（Country People）旨在带来愉悦。书中塑造了二十多个喧闹的角色，每个人都风趣幽默、心怀善意且试图做出最佳选择（尽管其中许多人——包括“空心地球论者”和有机农业骗子——充其量只是执迷不悟）。随着一名叫迈尔斯（Miles）的迷途学者带着教授妻子和两个年幼的孩子从加利福尼亚搬到佛蒙特州的一个小镇，全书的基调显得明快且宽容。

这是梅森的第一部不被归类为历史小说的作品，但与他之前的作品一样，本书非常愿意在叙事中穿插离题的议论和冗长的闲谈，以至于读起来感觉介于小说和故事集之间。

这些离题的内容包括：对一场小学版《仲夏夜之梦》排练的迷人窥视；与一群对世界运行方式持有古怪想法的当地人的会面；迈尔斯多次尝试确定他研究了12年的博士论文主题；以及在迈尔斯新家发现的“鼠道”（Rat-Lines）——关于这一点，越少说越好。

为了分散孩子们的注意力，不让他们在意老鼠问题，迈尔斯编造了一些睡前故事，将孩子们的恐惧融入其中，并希望以此安抚他们。讲故事是《乡村之人》的核心关注点，迈尔斯以一种幽默且充满好奇心的口吻讲述着这一切。

不要对情节抱有太高期望，但可以期待一位宽厚且具有冷幽默感的叙述者，他的风格让人想起一个更温婉的戴维·塞达里斯（David Sedaris），而他对新家奥秘的好奇心近乎孩童。他听到并讲述的童话引导他走向一个更健康、更有成效的方向，在那里他意识到“也许我们的世界和家庭已经足够神奇了”。

就像《乡村之人》中的其他一切一样，这是一个微小的、甚至带有居家气息的启示。但它也极好地提醒我们，我们的生活是由可以追溯到时间之初的故事组成的。而且，人类以及围绕我们的自然并非一堆零散的小故事，我们共同构成了一个宏大的故事。 ——克里斯·休伊特（Chris Hewitt），《明尼苏达星论坛报》

'COUNTRY PEOPLE' 丹尼尔·梅森著；Random House，320页，$30.

乔·哈金（Jo Harkin）那部令人惊叹且诙谐的小说《冒充者》（The Pretender）现已出版平装本。该书讲述了约翰·科兰（John Collan）的旅程：他从一个乡村小村庄中默默无闻的少年，变成了自称爱德华·金雀花（Edward Plantagenet）并觊觎英国王位的人。从未有农民能如此之快地攀登至如此之高的高度。

故事背景设定在15世纪80年代，当时亨利七世在玫瑰战争后登基。《冒充者》开篇于约翰在田园之乐中的生活，他是一个爱做梦的10岁孩子，那些恶作剧和琐碎麻烦就是他所需的所有世界。

当一名绅士将他带往牛津时，他的乡村生活被打破了。我们得知他的亲生父亲——阴险的已故克拉伦斯公爵——曾将他与他人调换，以保护他的脖子免于被砍头。

爱德华成长为一个精致的人格，成为约克家族平息都铎威胁的最后一计。哈金像玩万花筒一样不断调整这位年轻

'THE PRETENDER' 乔·哈金著；Vintage， 496页，$19.

领主的身份，但爱德华依然是那个脾气温顺、富有同情心的农家男孩。

《冒充者》既赞颂又颠覆了历史小说的传统。其影响显而易见——希拉里·曼特尔（《狼厅》）、乔叟的“巴斯妇”、亚瑟王传说、萨莉·鲁尼（Sally Rooney）、性喜剧——然而这部小说以其独特的古怪能量推进。

哈金将拉丁语系和法语系的词汇及拼写与现代俚语融合在一起。在描写爱德华那位“高贵”（gentil）的表哥兼偶像时，她写道：“他的剑术是一场技术奇迹。而且当然，女士们对他，怎么说呢，非常痴迷。”

随着情节的推进，爱德华被送往由基尔代尔伯爵、其夫人以及他们的六个女儿和一个幼子统治的爱尔兰边区。此时 13 岁的爱德华被早熟且美丽的琼所吸引。

随着哈金不断升级动作戏，并以灵动且戏谑的笔触操纵文字，爱德华和琼联手应对。节奏强烈的句子、括号式的插叙、现代主义的意识流，以及一段像剧本一样记录的章节。这一切共同构成了一种不可抗拒的叙事风格，使这部作品成为一部时髦、粗俗且令人捧腹的读物。——汉密尔顿·凯恩，《明尼苏达星论坛报》

弗林为了研究新书而陷入“固有风险”的境地

作者：埃里克·佩德森 (Erik Pedersen) 《橙县登记报》(ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER)

卡尔·弗林 (Cal Flynn) 为了研究她的著作《野蛮景观：我们如何创造荒野》(The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness) 而在全球旅行了数万英里。她前往非洲、南极洲和亚马逊的偏远地区，沿途遇到了携带 AK-47 的男子、孤立的原住民社区、大猎手、波涛汹涌的大海、野生动物以及一座正在喷发的火山。哦，还有一次地面在她脚下塌陷，她掉进了一个冰洞。

“我让自己陷入的一些境地具有固有风险，”弗林在最近一次于其苏格兰家中接受的采访中说道，“这就是荒野的一部分；它是我们感知为野蛮、感知为具有威胁的东西。”

然而，《野蛮景观》并不是一个肾上腺素成瘾者的日记；它是一部无畏的非虚构研究和报道作品，尽管在弗林描述那些情境时，你的手心可能会开始出汗。

作为一名作家和记者，弗林还是 2021 年出版的图书《被遗弃之岛：后人类景观中自然的反弹》(Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape) 的作者，该书生动地审视了被战争、气候变化、工业和人类破坏的地方。

如果说前一本书探讨的是灾难后的景观，那么在《野蛮景观》中，弗林则顺流而下进入巴西的亚诺马马原住民领地，在护卫下徒步进入刚果盆地，并潜行绕过障碍物，接近冰岛一座喷出浴缸大小熔岩块的火山。她调查了保护工作、对原住民社区的对待方式，以及实现既定环境目标最有效的方法。

《野蛮景观》(THE SAVAGE LANDSCAPE) 作者：卡尔·弗林；Viking 出版社，448 页，$35.

弗林将这本书描述为通过 10 次旅程讲述的荒野历史，她将报道与自己的反思相结合。她严肃地审视了人类在维持一个宜居地球方面所做的选择，对她而言，这意味着不能再执着于纯净或未被触及的景观。

“寻找完全不受人类影响的地方几乎是不可能的，”弗林说，“就像‘完美的自然’这个概念实际上并不存在一样。”

在质疑当前的保护政策和策略时，很明显她并不是在建议我们减少保护环境的力度。“我们需要保护。我们需要对如何使用和开发自然世界设定限制，”她说，“我认为这一点是毋庸置疑的。”

她前一本书的研究也让她意识到，那些曾经被认为被毁或无法挽回的土地，可能拥有尚未被发掘的潜力。

“如你所知，我写了很多关于我所描述的‘后人类景观’的内容，”她说，“我从中发现，许多这类景观实际上可能具有极高的价值。”

这种价值可能来自于研究生态系统如何应对并可能从人类产生的压力源中反弹。弗林还反对将某些地方宣布为毫无希望的观点。

“这种关于纯净环境的观念正日益被拆解，也许没有什么东西是真的纯净的，”她说，“这是我们在讨论气候变化时一直在进行的一场重大对话。”

弗林表示，她曾纠结于如此频繁旅行的必要性，但最终认为，在探讨全球性议题以及特定地区的具体文化环境时，意味着必须前往这些地点进行自己的报道和研究。

在书中的过程中，她陷入了一些具有挑战性的境地，这引发了一个问题：像她那样经常独自旅行是否审慎。

“主要是我一个人，然后在某些地方，例如会有一个协调员或向导，”她说，并提到她在亚马逊的向导所做的努力至关重要，“如果没有他，那将毫无希望。”

但她也探索了独自拥抱一个地方的陌生感所带来的可能性，比如她尝试近距离接触一座正在喷发的火山。

“在冰岛，当我主要独自旅行并独自徒步进入禁区时，那是我真正想要深入体验的一部分，因为我认为许多人在想到荒野时，会想到那种孤独的方面，以及这种迷失和孤身一人的感觉，”她说。“因此，我试图在处理物流问题的同时，

……并保留一部分那种孤独的元素。”

科技亿万富翁彼得·蒂尔（Peter Thiel）过去关于未来世界秩序的言论，是吉尔·杜兰（Gil Duran）新书论点核心。GETTY

BIBLIORACLE

《极客帝国》探讨科技行业亿万富翁对民主的影响

作者：约翰·沃纳 (John Warner)

为《芝加哥论坛报》撰写

如果要描述记者兼播客主持人吉尔·杜兰 (Gil Duran) 的新书《极客帝国：硅谷法西斯主义与民主之战》(The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy) 的论点，听起来就像是一部阴谋论作品。

其核心观点是：一小群科技行业亿万富翁在 20 世纪 90 年代出版的一本冷门书籍的理论启发下，组织起来旨在破坏并最终终结美国的民主统治——要么通过社会崩溃，要么通过建立他们自己的“主权国家”来实现。之后，他们将利用其压倒性的财富和对先进技术的掌控来主导全球事务。

到 2026 年，随着不可追踪且无需负责的数字货币的兴起，结合在政府最高层（包括美国副总统）拥有的显著政治影响力及绝对权力，该群体在实现其目标的道路上已经取得了重大进展。

不幸的是，这绝非阴谋论，而且杜兰无需进行任何重大或秘密的调查工作就能揭露这一运动。他所需要做的，仅仅是阅读“极客帝国”中关键人物的著作和声明，并就他们对于一个摆脱民主的未来所抱有的目标和梦想，信以为真。

《极客帝国》的核心论点结构如同锁链一般，其源头可追溯到科技亿万富翁彼得·蒂尔 (Peter Thiel) 以及他对 1997 年出版的一本书的痴迷。该书名为《主权个人：如何在福利国家崩溃期间生存与繁荣》(The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State)，作者是詹姆斯·戴尔·戴维森 (James Dale Davidson) 和威廉·里斯-莫格 (William Rees-Mogg)。书中设想了一个由“少数天才”统治的未来世界，这些人利用其卓越的头脑和对强大技术的掌控来积累资源，从而使政府变得“过时”。

这本质上是一种法西斯观点，蒂尔在过去数十年中一直信奉此观点，并多次公开且自豪地表达，包括宣称有意义的民主时代的终结是在女性获得选举权之前的 20 世纪 20 年代。

21 世纪初，蒂尔与一名使用笔名、右翼倾向的博主 Mencius Moldbug（真名为柯蒂斯·亚文 Curtis Yarvin）建立了联系，后者成为了蒂尔日益壮大的运动中的某种“宫廷哲学家”。亚文是一名白人至上主义者，他认为美国如果由一名类似摄政王的独裁者统治会更好。

随后，书中向我们介绍了巴拉吉·斯里尼瓦桑 (Balaji Srinivasan)，另一位富有的科技人物。他领导着“网络国家”运动，该运动涉及这些富有的科技精英蓄意脱离现有国家，进入独立的飞地——这些飞地可能会设在公海的大型平台上（即所谓的“海上定居” seasteading）。

好吧，即便是在总结这本书时，这听起来也开始变得疯狂了，但可怕的部分在于，这场运动已经如此深地渗透进美国普通民众的日常生活中。数以十亿计的加密货币正直接流入白宫；埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 的政府效率部——一个纯粹凭借其巨额财富影响力而获得保障的计划——旨在蓄意削弱并摧毁政府能力，而这正是蒂尔愿景的核心原则之一。副总统 J.D. 万斯 (J.D. Vance) 几乎肯定会成为 2028 年总统竞选的主要候选人，他与蒂尔关系深厚（蒂尔基本上资助了万斯最初的参议院竞选），并且与亚文这样令人厌恶的人物关系亲密。

尽管杜兰所整理的证据让人感到局势严峻，但在阅读过程中，我发现自己感到越来越有希望。是的，这些人——用一个科学术语来说——是疯子，而且他们极其富有，对我们的政治体系拥有过大的影响力，但直到此刻，我们人民仍然通过我们的声音和选票掌握着权力。如果我们希望拒绝这样的未来，我们有能力做到这一点。

我们很快就会看到结果如何。

约翰·沃纳（John Warner）著有包括《不只是文字：AI时代如何思考写作》（More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI）在内的多部书籍。您可以在 biblioracle.com 找到他。

周日观看指南

August 30, 2026

所有时间均为中部时间。开始时间可能因有线 / 卫星供应商而异。请在屏幕指南上确认时间。

网球：美国网球公开赛：第一轮 ABC, ESPN & ESPN2, beginning at 11 a.m. 直播

年度最后一项大满贯赛事在纽约皇后区的USTA比利·简·金国家网球中心举行。卡洛斯·阿尔卡拉斯和阿里娜·萨巴伦卡是卫冕冠军。ESPN, ESPN2和ABC将播出该赛事直至Sept. 13.

NTT IndyCar系列赛：Snap-On Milwaukee Mile 250, FOX, noon 直播

在密尔沃基一英里赛道举行的一场IndyCar赛车周末将以Snap-On Milwaukee Mile 250收官，车手们将在此尝试在积分榜上进行最后的冲刺。本赛季将于下周末在加利福尼亚州的WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca结束。

ADULT SWIM

MLB棒球

NBC, beginning at 2 p.m. 直播 NBC将播出周日下午休斯顿太空人队客场对阵纽约大都会队的比赛，随后是“周日夜棒球”，由辛辛那提红人队对阵芝加哥小熊队。

少棒世界系列赛：冠军赛

ABC, 2 p.m. 直播

美国冠军和国际冠军今天将在宾夕法尼亚州威廉斯波特的霍华德·J·拉马德体育场展开对决，争夺2026年少棒世界系列赛冠军头衔。

经典回顾

星空之夏：乔尔·麦克里亚

TCM, beginning at 5 a.m.

乔尔·麦克里亚是一位低调的主演，能游刃有余地在精致喜剧、冒险片和西部片之间切换，他是今日“星空之夏”致敬活动的焦点。节目单包括两部由普雷斯顿·斯特吉斯执导的伟大喜剧：一部是《萨利文的旅行》(1941)，麦克里亚在片中饰演一名试图亲身体验艰辛的导演；另一部是1942年的《棕榈滩故事》（如图），麦克里亚与克劳黛特·科尔伯特共同出演了斯特吉斯最犀利的浪漫闹剧之一。阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克则在《异国特派员》(1940)中执导了麦克里亚，这是一部以第二次世界大战风雨欲来为背景的悬疑惊悚片。

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《机器人鸡》Adult Swim 25th Anniversary Special Adult Swim, 11 p.m.

由共同创作者塞斯·格林和马修·森赖希打造的定格动画喜剧系列《机器人鸡》，将通过对该频道角色、剧集和经典时刻的戏仿，庆祝Adult Swim成立25周年的里程碑。Adult Swim历史上所有标志性角色都乘坐在一艘庆祝播出四分之一世纪的游轮上，但随着派对演变成一场泰坦级别的灾难，祝酒声变成了尖叫声。《微笑之友》、《饥饿力量》、《金属天启》、《冒险兄弟》以及数十部其他节目的明星们是否会迎来水底的毁灭？

书籍推荐来自“书之神谕” (BIBLIORACLE)

约翰·沃纳 (John Warner) 将根据你最近阅读的五本书为你推荐读物。

1. 尼尔·盖曼 (Neil Gaiman) 的《美国众神》

2. 丽贝卡·韦斯特 (Rebecca West) 的《士兵回归》

3. 诺薇奥莱特·布拉瓦约 (NoViolet Bulawayo) 的《荣耀》

4. 伊莎贝尔·阿连德 (Isabel Allende) 的《幽灵之家》

5. 安东尼·多尔 (Anthony Doerr) 的《云雀之国》—— Marcelo C.，格雷斯莱克 (Grayslake)

这是一本相当残酷的读物，但我认为 Marcelo 能承受得住：娜娜·夸梅·阿杰伊-布伦亚 (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah) 的《囚徒全明星》(Chain-Gang All-Stars)。

1. 克劳迪娅·皮涅罗 (Claudia Piñeiro) 的《大教堂》
2. 朱利安·博格 (Julian Borger) 的《我寻找一个善良的人：我的父亲、七个孩子以及帮助他们逃离大屠杀的广告》
3. 艾伦·列维 (Allen Levi) 的《黄金之城的西奥》

4. 夏洛特·伍德 (Charlotte Wood) 的《石院祷告》

5. 凯蒂·伊 (Katie Yee) 的《玛吉：或一个男人和一个女人走进酒吧》 —— Cyndy，道纳斯格罗夫 (Downers Grove) 为 Cyndy 推荐的是艾伦·霍林赫斯特 (Alan Hollinghurst) 那部描写宏大三角恋的小说《陌生人的孩子》。

6. C.J. 阿彻 (C.J. Archer) 的《晚餐派对谋杀案（克利奥帕特拉·福克斯系列 #8）》

7. 埃林·希尔德布兰德 (Elin Hilderbrand) 的《五星周末》
8. 哈利·拉鲁 (Harley Laroux) 的《失败者：第一部分》
9. 艾莉森·埃斯帕奇 (Alison Espach) 的《婚礼之辈》
10. 凯特·奎恩 (Kate Quinn) 的《玫瑰密码》 —— Amy M.，威斯康星州，基诺沙 (Kenosha, Wisconsin) 杰斯·沃尔特 (Jess Walter) 的《美丽的废墟》在时间跨度和情感动荡方面涵盖了惊人的范围，我认为这很适合 Amy。

获取 “书之神谕”的阅读推荐 请将你最近阅读的五本书的清单 以及你的家乡发送至 biblioracle@gmail.com。

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不断成长的 ARC 音乐节传承芝加哥 House 音乐遗产

作者：Jessi Roti

为《芝加哥论坛报》撰写

如果说蓝调被视为芝加哥的心脏，那么 House 音乐就是它的脉搏。

ARC 音乐节目前已进入第六年，是这座城市规模最大的 House 音乐沉浸式聚集活动之一。今年，该音乐节扩展至四天，将于 9 月 4-7 日在联合公园（Union Park）举行。此前，由文化事务与特别活动部于本周末在千禧公园举办的 House 音乐节与会议刚刚落下帷幕。作为“ After Dark”系列活动的一部分， 还将在劳动节周末在全市范围内举办约 35 场派对，此外还包括在“ at the Lake”主题下于 Castaways 海滩俱乐部举行的演出，以及一次从杜萨布尔港（DuSable Harbor）出发的晚间巡航。

组织者认为，在不到十年的时间里成为一个目的地音乐节，证明了这一音乐流派的影响力。

“人们把它当作一次前往 House 音乐故乡的朝圣，”音乐节创始人约翰·库利（John Curley）在最近的一次电话采访中表示。“有这么多艺术家想要演出，而我们并不是一个规模巨大的音乐节，只有 4 个舞台。试图接纳这些令人兴奋的新艺术家确实非常困难，这是一个考量因素，但我们始终希望它能具有强烈的‘以芝加哥为中心’的感觉。芝加哥资深乐迷的聚集总是令人兴奋的。”

出行指南

音乐节于 9 月 4-7 日在联合公园（Union Park, 1501 W. Randolph St.）举行；门票及更多信息请访问 arcmusicfestival.com

库利在埃文斯顿长大，他接触到 House 音乐本地根源的契机来自已故的戴夫·“美杜莎”·谢尔顿（Dave "Medusa" Shelton），后者是已关闭的 Lakeview 俱乐部 Medusa's 的老板，并给了库利他的第一个 DJ 常驻机会。谢尔顿向年轻的库利讲述了 House 先驱弗兰基·纳克尔斯（Frankie Knuckles）以及那些坦率的酷儿空间的故事，库利至今仍将谢尔顿视为引导他接触这一文化的人，而当时他年纪太小，无法亲身体验。

他在 2020 年与尼克·卡鲁诺斯（Nick Karounos，曾是 React Presents 的合伙人，该公司在 2021 年前制作 Spring Awakening 音乐节）、乔·夸德（Joe Quade）和斯图尔特·哈克利（Stuart Hackley，现已不再参与）共同创立了 Auris Presents。该公司的场馆，包括 Radius、Concord Hall 和 Prysm，在 COVID-19 疫情导致业务停摆前仅举办了少量演出。 的计划在停业期间成形，到 2021 年，其首届活动填补了这座城市音乐节版图的空白，因为 EDM 音乐节 North Coast 在同年晚些时候迁至郊区的布里奇维尤（Bridgeview）。

许多首届参与的艺术家，包括德里克·卡特（Derrick Carter）、Honey Dijon、Green Velvet（又名 Cajmere 或 Curtis Jones），以及 DJ Heather 和 Lady D（今年将与 Colette 和 Dayhota 以 SuperJane 之名演出，时间为 9 月 5 日下午 2 点在 Area909 舞台），今年全部回归，使节目编排深深植根于芝加哥的黑人及酷儿舞蹈文化中。

今年活动的新增内容是 The Midway 舞台。该舞台旨在向 Midway Plaisance（举办过 Radio WAAH House Summer Beatdown 等多个公共舞蹈活动）以及弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特（Frank Lloyd Wright）短暂存在的 Midway Gardens 等空间致敬。据库利介绍，其主要灵感来自中途岛机场（Midway Airport），旨在突出那些在 2026 年通过全球视角传承并重塑传统的艺术家。

“这种增长感觉是无限的，”每年都参加演出的 DJ Heather 表示。她将 与底特律的 Movement Fest、迈阿密的 Ultra 以及巴塞罗那的 Sonar 进行对比，并补充道：“在我们的后花园举办这件事很特别。有这么多人为这场运动做出了贡献，而进化并让这份遗产延续下去则取决于我们。”

虽然 Lollapalooza、前述的 North Coast 甚至 Lyrical Lemonade 的 Summer Smash 这些音乐节多年来都在其舞台上为 techno 和 EDM 艺术家创造空间，但 希望其在历史、地理位置和声音扩张之间更具意识的连接能使其体验脱颖而出。在某种程度上，库利认为这些价值观体现在 观众的平均年龄上，他们更倾向于 30 岁及以上的粉丝，而 Lolla、North Coast 和 Summer Smash 则吸引了更年轻的群体。

“我们并不想把它变成某种封闭的圈子，”柯利开玩笑说，“但我想，我们的预订方式吸引的是更成熟或非典型的观众。

我们鼓励所有人前来，但我们也知道这并不适合每个人。重要的是我们要继续启发人们，吸引他们来到这里，向他们介绍这些艺术家，介绍新艺术家，并尽可能保持广泛的影响力，但你在这里看不到纯粹的流行音乐。”

对于那些在俱乐部里通常要到深夜或凌晨才开始演出的艺术家来说，一场全天候的工艺展示至关重要，它在像 Lil' Louis（9月5日晚上8:30在 Area909 舞台与 The Blessed Madonna 共同演出）这样的创始人与下一代之间搭建了一座桥梁。

山村裕子（Hiroko Yamamura，9月7日晚上8:30在 Area909 舞台与 Boys Noize 共同演出）每年都参加这个音乐节，她表示联合公园（Union Park）更“亲密”的音乐节规模让“你最崇拜的英雄”变得触手可及。“我个人会站在最前排观看 Will Clarke（9月6日下午4点在 The Midway 舞台）以及 Serafina 和 Fumi（9月7日晚上7点在 The Midway 舞台与 Adrián Mills 共同演出）。”

虽然柯利和 Auris Presents 的其他成员经常被问到是否会将 ARC 搬到其他地方，但他们表示，如果不在芝加哥，那就不是 ARC。

“（联合公园）距离最初的 Warehouse 只有几个街区……即使是搬到郊区，对于这个音乐节真正的特质来说也是一种亵渎，”柯利在提到位于西环（West Loop）社区的传奇场馆时说道，“我们非常敬畏我们所处的空间。人们对这种源自酷儿和黑人男性的音乐及其文化的态度，花了数十年时间才发生改变。”

关于音乐节的未来，像山村裕子和 DJ Lady D 这样长期主张将浩室音乐（house music）视为一种亚文化运动的艺术家希望，随着活动的继续，能够致力于探讨社区协作的下一步该如何走。

“看到这样一个音乐节的成功，”DJ Lady D 说，“我们可以更多地关注影响力——公平地发展这个行业，利用我们的历史和才华来增加当地经济的收入，特别是对于我们的 BIPOC（黑人、原住民和有色人种）创作者。浩室音乐的故事是独属于芝加哥的。”

Journey乐队告别巡演，奏响人们生命中的原声带

共同创始人兼主吉他手尼尔·肖恩（Neal Schon）在谈到这支摇滚乐队将于今年秋季结束的告别巡演时表示：“这就是我想和Journey乐队一起呈现的演出类型。” DAVID DERMER / AP 2022

作者：马克·肯尼迪（Mark Kennedy） 美联社（ASSOCIATED PRESS）

标志性的摇滚乐队Journey的成员们再次被漫长的旅途召唤。这会是该乐队最后一次共同出征吗？

这场被冠以“告别巡演”之名的最后一段行程将于Sept. 12在洛杉矶开启，并于Nov. 28在旧金山以一场回归故里的演出收官。

“我确信这会有些令人激动，因为那里是所有这一切开始的地方，”共同创始人兼主吉他手尼尔·肖恩说道，“我知道观众们会陷入疯狂。”

在最终场演出之前，乐队还有很多场演出，而巡演的最后一站将使他们今年的演出总数超过100场。乐队的演出时长通常超过两小时，除了像《Faithfully》这样可靠的热门金曲外，还会加入一些冷门曲目——例如70年代初空灵且富有旋律感的《Of a Lifetime》，以及80年代专辑《Raised on Radio》中的歌曲。

“我很喜欢这样，因为这就是我想和Journey乐队一起呈现的演出类型，”肖恩说道。当乐队被与REO Speedwagon、Styx或Foreigner等其他80年代乐队混为一谈时，他会感到沮丧。

“我一直觉得，尽管所有那些乐队都贡献了一些很多人喜欢的东西，但我们截然不同。我认为在音乐上，我们可以走向任何我们想去的地方。而现在，我们终于做到了。”

Journey曾在公告牌（Billboard）单曲榜上拥有六首Top 10热门歌曲——包括《Open Arms》和《Who’s Crying Now》——并在Billboard 200,专辑榜中拥有八张Top 10专辑，其中包括1981年的No. 1《Escape》。

粉丝们可以期待听到这些热门歌曲，以及Journey经久不衰的赞歌《Don't Stop Believin》。这首歌由肖恩与键盘手乔纳森·凯恩（Jonathan Cain）以及当时的主唱史蒂夫·佩里（Steve Perry）共同创作。这首曲子曾出现在百老汇剧目《摇滚年代》（Rock of Ages）、《黑道家族》（The Sopranos）黑屏收尾的结局、电视剧《欢乐合唱团》（Glee）、布拉德·皮特的电影《点球成金》（Moneyball）、电影《怪物》（Monster）以及2024年民主党全国代表大会的点名环节中。在经历了《Don’t Stop Believin’》在世界杯以及纽约尼克斯队赢得NBA冠军时被播放的夏天之后，Journey再次踏上旅途。

“《Don’t Stop Believin’》超出了我们的预期，”凯恩说，“每个乐队都希望拥有一首这样的歌，而我们恰好有一首。所以，我想这就是我们的‘Hey Jude’式名片。我们对此很满意。”

除了肖恩和凯恩，巡演中的Journey阵容还包括歌手阿内尔·皮内达（Arnel Pineda）、键盘手杰森·德拉特卡（Jason Derlatka）、鼓手迪恩·卡斯特罗诺沃（Deen Castronovo）和贝斯手托德·詹森（Todd Jensen）。在某些歌曲中，凯恩、德拉特卡和卡斯特罗诺沃会拿起麦克风，让皮内达稍作休息。

乐队成员表示，他们看向观众席，能看到五代人参加他们的演出。

“我喜欢说，Journey是不确定时代中的某种确定音乐，”凯恩说，“Journey是许多人生命中的原声带。”

这支诞生于黑胶唱片时代的旧金山乐队，经历了音乐产业的巨大变革——从CD、Napster到数字化和流媒体。

曾在卡洛斯·桑塔纳（Carlos Santana）乐队磨练技艺的肖恩记得，Journey在早期曾为Kiss、杰夫·贝克（Jeff Beck）以及奇奇和冲冲（Cheech and Chong）担任开场嘉宾。

由于每首流媒体歌曲只能为他们赚取不到一分钱，巡演似乎成了大多数乐队赚钱的唯一途径。Journey全力投入巡演，有时一天要跑三个城市。

“我对新一代感到遗憾，”凯恩说，“我记得当我收到一张金额巨大的版税支票时，电台里播放着我们的歌，而发行新专辑意味着你能卖出更多门票。现在不再是那样了。”

11月的终点将至，但乐队并不确定那一晚会包含什么内容。“在那儿结束肯定是很合适的，”凯恩说，“谁知道谁会出现？我不知道。也许会有某种形式的重聚，我希望如此。”

在那之后，乐队并不确定。“未来在某种程度上仍然悬而未决，”凯恩说。

肖恩表示赞同，但还没准备好做出预测。

“我想做的事情还远没有完成，”他说，“我认为未来有很多绝佳的机会。至于是否与现在在场的每一个人在一起，我不确定。”

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纵向 1 电小提琴 2 连接 3 橙色寿司 4 顶料 3 冰球巨星 5 Bobby 4 像一场糟糕的分手 5 _ Guinness 爵士 6 减轻焦虑的 7 某些……的特征 8 测试 7 在某种方式下再次检查 8 方式 8 曾经被称为 corselet 的服装- 10 峡谷 9 由冰晶引起的光学效应 10 晶体 10 协助盗窃 11 丢失羊的女孩 11 羊 12 道德纯洁 13 纯素牛奶选项 14 深地毯 15 揭露一切 16 裙装形状 17 裤子 18 笨拙地行走 19 之字形或之字形 20 与三文鱼相似的颜色 21 三文鱼 22 组织 23 令人打哈欠的 24 尽可能轻 25 身体护理店的特惠？ 26 身体护理店 26 任天堂虚拟人格 27 人格

36 一点水分 39 知识上的死板者 40 世俗的 41 大平原居民 43 随意定居在别处 46 辣椒爱好者的聚会？ 49 绿茶（Nokcha 或 sencha） 51 _ fade：两侧剃光的发型 52 划船工具 54 嘈杂的迁徙鸟类 55 弯曲的 57 军事心理战 58 [Not my error] 59 以上皆非 60 灿烂地微笑 61 面对面 / 准备好 62 《最后生还者》（The Last of Us）中的 Pascal 64 民间乐器 69 优雅精致 71 Clearasil 的竞争对手 73 哥谭市英雄 76 《星际迷航》（Star Trek）中曲速驱动的动力源 78 离线，在线 80 “不在工作岗位”的字母 82 选角需求 84 促销样品 85 Lyft 的替代品 87 “你说得对！” 90 试驾，或许 92 结果不足 93 土豆 95 有獠牙的猪 97 根据圣经击倒 98 比如刚玉 100 黑客马拉松参与者 102 纸浆废料 103 磨牙覆盖物 104 通过裂缝进入 106 覆盖大量地面？ 107 特殊场合 108 竹林中的熊 111 化妆品行业的 Lauder 113 帮一把 115 用 Charmin 纸巾恶作剧 117 华盛顿特区的棒球运动员 119 “就是那个人！” 120 Minecraft 方块 121 数独中的最小数字 122 选角需求 123 即将毕业的校友

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131

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上周的答案可以在今天的“Puzzle Island Solutions”中找到。

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字母拼词 (Jumble)

将六组乱序字母重新排列（每个方格一个字母）以组成六个单词。然后根据这幅漫画的提示，将圈出的字母重新排列，得出惊喜答案。

请在下方的圆圈中填写您的答案

本周答案可在今日的“谜题岛解决方案 (Puzzle Island Solutions)”中找到。

作者：David L. Hoyt 和 Jeff Knurek。© 2026 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 保留所有权利。PlayJumble.com

数独 (Sudoku)

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完成网格，使每一行、每一列以及粗线框出的每个 3x3 宫格都包含 1 到 9 的所有数字。

难度等级：1234

5< / td><>< / ><>< / ><>6< / ><>1< / ><>9< / ><>< / ><>3< / >< / tr><><>< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>< / >< / ><><>3< / ><>< / ><>1< / ><>< / ><>9< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>7< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>4< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>< / ><>8< / ><>< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>< / ><>1< / ><>< / ><>8< / >< / ><><>< / ><>< / ><>8< / ><>< / >< / ><><>1< / ><>< / ><>3< / ><>9< / ><>2< / ><>< / ><>5< / >< / table>

上周答案可在今日的“谜题岛解决方案 (Puzzle Island Solutions)”中找到。

作者：The Mepham Group © 2026。由 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 分发。保留所有权利。

引用-藏头谜 (Quote-Acrostic)

1. 根据提示定义答案，将单词写在带有数字下划线的“单词”列中。
2. 将字母填入图表中对应的数字方格内。
3. 当图案完成时，可从左至右阅读引文。向下阅读填入单词的首字母将组成一个藏头诗，揭示引文的作者及其主题。

向下 单词

A. 购物中心所在地< / td><>43< / ><>115< / ><>83< / ><>99< / ><>159< / ><>106< / ><>140< / ><>41< / ><>142< / ><>74< / >< / tr><><>B. 新闻主播库珀< / ><>63< / ><>13< / ><>33< / ><>78< / ><>105< / ><>51< / ><>124< / ><>40< / ><>< / >< / ><><>C. 英语或拉丁语< / ><>129< / ><>104< / ><>121< / ><>136< / ><>133< / ><>90< / ><>59< / ><>8< / ><>< / >< / ><><>D. 派对动物？< / ><>144< / ><>1< / ><>111< / ><>18< / ><>6< / ><>97< / ><>< / >< / ><><>E. 其他< / ><>137< / ><>141< / ><>7< / ><>93< / ><>134< / ><>95< / ><>24< / ><>143< / ><>39< / ><>< / >< / ><><>F. 撕裂< / ><>102< / ><>67< / ><>25< / ><>80< / ><>53< / ><>91< / ><>2< / ><>< / >< / ><><>G. 狄更斯的《德鲁德》< / ><>100< / ><>48< / ><>3< / ><>87< / ><>116< / ><>< / >< / ><><>H. 跳伞术语：2个单词< / ><>148< / ><>155< / ><>64< / ><>101< / ><>145< / ><>84< / ><>71< / ><>55< / ><>128< / ><>< / >< / ><><>I. 强健的< / ><>161< / ><>56< / ><>31< / ><>79< / ><>152< / ><>15< / ><>< / >< / ><><>J. 喜爱< / ><>135< / ><>54< / ><>9< / ><>35< / ><>47< / ><>< / >< / table>

K. 谚语 157 4 85 20 151 29 L. 逃跑 130 19 14 62 98 69 132 45 M. 放松 11 146 68 120 139 94 N. 斯滕格尔的最后一支球队：3个单词 61 89 149 156 16 30 92 27 107 23 37 O. 笨拙的 57 117 22 38 123 P. 包装用品 112 86 138 58 114 Q. 无法阅读 103 36 52 10 66 73 109 R. 古怪的 108 127 160 76 82 S. 这是一个舞会 34 125 77 44 12 26 T. 第一位在椭圆形办公室办公的总统 72 65 21 42 U. “正如我刚才所说……” 49 32 119 96 75 158 V. 英国工人阶级青年：2个单词 70 126 147 154 131 113 81 50 W. 假人，例如 150 88 17 60 122 28 X. 肮脏的，像烟囱一样 5 118 110 46 153

上周的答案可在今日的“谜题岛解决方案”中找到。

作者：Cornelia Paws。编辑：Debbie Manber Kupfer。 © 2026 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. 保留所有权利。

耐心，耐心

作者：查尔斯·普雷斯顿 (CHARLES PRESTON)

横向 1 流行天后 5 被嘲笑的 9 埃及基督徒 13 贝都因人 14 爪哇附近的一座岛 15 _ 乌兰巴托 16 流传 17 今天的波斯 18 联盟 19 耐心等待 22 起诉 23 阴森的电视家庭 26 纱笼材料 29 半径位置 31 入口 32 世纪植物 33 钱包插页 34 后代 35 屋顶延伸部分 36 保龄球手的目标 37 使大吃一惊 38 塞纳河畔的季节 39 像某些借口一样 40 3-time winning Olympic skater 41 _ Na Na

42 健壮的表亲 43 像某些正式上装一样 44 之字形移动 47 与 up 或 off 搭配的词 48 耐心等待 53 快速帆 54 1 / 10 ephah 55 茶叶中的名字 57 一个特纳 (Turner) 58 单簧管振动片 59 走开！ 60 战神 61 完成 62 “____ 的德伯维尔家族”

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纵向 1 胡说八道 2 BA 的一部分 3 拖步或蹒跚 4 砂纸 5 容忍 6 光之城 7 对生活的热爱 8 女演员梅里尔 9 爱神之弓

10 饰演查理·陈的人 11 像准父亲一样等待 12 炸药首字母 20 快速升温 21 从联邦调查局逃跑 24 “_ 贪婪者” 25 顶嘴 26 最朴素的 27 赫尔丘勒的创造者 28 耐心等待 29 漆用树脂 30 Coty 或 Lacoste 33 天秤座的宝石 34 最可靠的 37 床罩 39 饰演天使的谢丽尔 43 范戴克胡须 45 希腊方言 46 菲茨杰拉德等人 47 被逼入绝境 49 开球时的呐喊 50 例如风暴信天翁 51 香料 52 著名的时期 53 铁路车站 56 军事离职

上周的答案可以在今天的“谜题岛解决方案”中找到。© 2026 Creators News Service.

上周的纵横字谜

“首都城市”

“X世代”

“好人？”

上周的引用填字游戏

T. CHEVALIER：《作家与猫》；我的猫 Treacle 不是一个伟大的读者，但她经常从她的沙发走到我的沙发边，那时我正蜷缩在那里。Treacle 会挤到我的腿上，坐在我的膝盖上，盯着我的笔记本看。

上周的数独

9< / td><>1< / ><>6< / ><>3< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>4< / ><>8< / ><>7< / >< / tr><><>3< / ><>8< / ><>7< / ><>9< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>6< / ><>2< / ><>5< / >< / ><><>2< / ><>5< / ><>4< / ><>8< / ><>7< / ><>6< / ><>1< / ><>9< / ><>3< / >< / ><><>7< / ><>4< / ><>2< / ><>5< / ><>9< / ><>8< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>6< / >< / ><><>1< / ><>6< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>4< / ><>3< / ><>9< / ><>7< / ><>8< / >< / ><><>8< / ><>3< / ><>9< / ><>7< / ><>6< / ><>1< / ><>5< / ><>4< / ><>2< / >< / ><><>5< / ><>9< / ><>3< / ><>1< / ><>8< / ><>7< / ><>2< / ><>6< / ><>4< / >< / ><><>4< / ><>2< / ><>8< / ><>6< / ><>3< / ><>9< / ><>7< / ><>5< / ><>1< / >< / ><><>6< / ><>7< / ><>1< / ><>4< / ><>5< / ><>2< / ><>8< / ><>3< / ><>9< / >< / table>

本周的字母拼图

BENIGN URGING COUPON BOTANY AGENCY MINGLE 当商店打折出售棒球时，它们—— 即将售罄， 已售罄

星座运势

如果 8 月 30 日是你的生日：2026 年接下来的时间应该比之前更轻松，这可能会让你感到宽慰。你的思维在 9 月可能会比平时更活跃，你的心态可能会演变成某种更强大、更有能力的状态。

白羊座（3 月 21 日-4 月 19 日）：接下来的几天可能会出现剧烈的起伏，尽力保持冷静。此外，不要根据那些可能非常短暂的情绪采取行动。

金牛座（4 月 20 日-5 月 20 日）：触发点揭示了等待处理的内在工作——一旦完成，触发点就再也没有依附之物，会随风而逝。这使得自我提升变得非常有价值。

双子座（5 月 21 日-6 月 20 日）：如果今天能完成，就去做。周一的当日得分勉强高于零，下周其余时间则处于低谷，且几乎得不到宇宙的帮助。

巨蟹座（6 月 21 日-7 月 22 日）：接下来的两到三天可能是外界或职场的一次冒险。保持平和的能量，不要对氛围和方向的快速变化做出反应。

狮子座（7 月 23 日-8 月 22 日）：影响力人物可能无处不在，在给予信任前先观察一段时间，并非每个光鲜的短视频都代表真实情况。下周星象下滑，这些日子不适合进行财务操作。

处女座（8 月 23 日-9 月 22 日）：无论对方在推销什么，一周左右的时间内，答案大概应该是“不”，你的某个财务领域在几天内将充满混乱，随后星象将剧烈下滑。

天秤座（9 月 23 日-10 月 22 日）：避免与伴侣、室友或亲近的人争论或处理某个问题。情绪可能会迅速转变，且可能根本不需要去应对。你现在很容易被吸引进入内心世界。

天蝎座（10 月 23 日-11 月 21 日）：在接下来的几天里，处理日常琐事可能会感觉像是在进行某种寻宝游戏或意志力测试，降低预期可以避免一些挫败感。

射手座（11 月 22 日-12 月 21 日）：如果周日可以操作，那么今天进行职业变动可能比下周任何一天都更有效。创作者在接下来的几天里可能会觉得自己在进行一项不可能完成的任务。

摩羯座（12 月 22 日-1 月 19 日）：你的居住空间在几天内可能会带来挑战——氛围转变之快，可能会让你感到眩晕。

水瓶座（1 月 20 日-2 月 18 日）：沟通出现混乱几乎可以被视为一种“最佳情况”，请仔细检查所有内容以确保计划清晰。下周全程搁置复杂或敏感的话题。

双鱼座（2 月 19 日-3 月 20 日）：抵制进行大宗消费的诱惑，你的想法可能不够清晰——甚至有可能某些信息被误导，且星象正在下滑。至少等待一周。

—— Magi Helen, Tribune Content Agency

桥牌

Q.1—非弱势方，作为南家，你持有： ♠ AK10 6 ♥ 8 4 3 2 ♦ A3 ♣ J4 3 南家 西家 北家 东家 1♣ 过 1♦ 过

你会如何叫牌？

Q.2—北家弱势方，作为北家，你持有： ♠ AQ 10 72 ♥ K 6 5 ♦ 3 ♣ J 8 7 3 西家 北家 东家 1♦ 2♣ 过 ?

你会如何叫牌？

你会如何叫牌？ Q.3—北家弱势方，作为北家，你持有： ♠ 543 ♥ 54 ♦ AQ765 ♣ A32 北家 东家 西家 1NT 3♣ ?

Q.4—双方均弱势，作为南家，你持有： ♠ A9 ♥ AQ10 5 ♦ Q732 ♣ AK5

你会如何叫牌？答案见周一的漫画页。

Bob Jones, Tribune Content Agency

文字游戏

这个游戏挑战你在一个主词中，尽可能快地找出尽可能多的单词。

SELDOM (SEL-dum)：罕见地。

你能从 SELDOM 中找到 17 个或更多单词吗？

平均得分：13 个单词 时间限制：20 分钟 准备好一把尺子

1. 单词必须由四个或更多字母组成。 2. 通过添加“s”而达到四个字母的单词（如“bats”和“cats”）不计入。 3. 动词仅使用一种形式——要么用“pose”，要么用“posed”，不能两者都用。 4. 不使用专有名词和俚语。

文字游戏答案：

sled; sloe; solid; sole; some; lode; lose; demo; does; dole; dome; dose; meld; mode; model; mold; mole

— Kathleen Saxe, 由 Andrews McMeel Syndication 为 UFS 分发 www.shermanslagoon.com

Dustin 作者：Steve Kelley 和 Jeff Parker

The Lockhorns 作者：Bunny Hoest 和 John Reiner

“我没法抱怨……就中年危机而言，这次的开销出奇地低。” ©2026 WM. HOEST ENTERPRISES, INC. 由 Andrews McMeel Syndicat 分发

“如果你读一下那些细则，我觉得是在他们把价格提高 200% 之后，打 20% 的折扣。”

“我没法把它们拉开。”

“勒罗伊尝试计算卡路里，但没法搞定那些数学题。”

Mutts 作者：Patrick McDonnell

《米德尔顿一家》作者：拉尔夫·杜纳金和达娜·萨默斯

SUMMERS

-沃尔特·赖默中尉

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《刺刺城》作者：马歇尔·拉姆齐

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The hot corner

ONE WRIGLEYVILLE SPOT HANGS ON TO ITS ROOTS AND BALLHAWKS AS THE CUBS MARK THEIR 150TH ANNIVERSARY

By Andrew Carter | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

n the last day of June, the flags danced in a stiff wind above Wrigley Field and Moe Mullins arrived more than three hours before first pitch, just like usual. He set up his camping chair under the ash tree at the corner of Waveland and Kenmore, across the street from the back of the left field bleachers, and the neighborhood slowly came to life.

In time, the street vendors appeared and the merchandise stands opened and the patio at Murphy's, a block away, started to fill in. Soon, the spectators gathered along the brick wall and waited for the bleacher gates to open. For a while, though, it was quiet, and the last refuge of old Wrigley, and its old neighborhood, belonged to Mullins.

He is the unofficial mayor of Waveland and Kenmore avenues, the elder statesman among the characters who give it character. The Chicago Cubs this weekend are celebrating their 150th anniversary as a National League member. They've spent 110 of those years at Wrigley, where the corner just beyond left field remains old-school, a small throwback in the middle of ever-expanding change.

The Cubs have bought up many of the nearby buildings. The rooftops are a little less organically charming and a lot more expensive. Trendy bars and restaurants have moved in all over. Even Wrigley's iconic marquee comes with a corporate sponsor, and has for more than a decade.

The corner, though, remains the corner. Lawn chairs. Lifers. Good banter, some of which is even suitable for children. The most prominent ad there is handwritten, for the Gatorade that Dave Davison sells out of a cooler: \$3 for Cubs fans and \$4 for Cards fans, with the \$5 for White Sox fans crossed out and replaced with "stay thirsty."

Davison, like Mullins, has been on the corner for a long time. It's home to an eclectic collection of oddballs, super fans, ballhawks, townies, Cubs workers, dog walkers (free treats) and the occasional and keen-eyed, curious tourist, who can sense good company when they

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Above: Moe Mullins tosses a baseball as he and Mary Ellen Gourley hang out at corner of Waveland and Kenmore avenues outside Wrigley Field before the Cubs host the White Sox on Aug. 17. EILEEN T. MESLAR/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

SPECIAL REPORT

'That's taxpayer money'

Illinois ignores rules and red flags as ‘servant leader’ runs up \$100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals

By Joe Mahr and Lisa Schencker CHICAGO TRIBUNE

In a region already struggling to keep hospitals open, the Chicago area was at risk of losing two more — during a pandemic — when Dr. Manoj Prasad convinced state officials he was just the man to save them.

Prasad said he'd spent decades as a “servant leader” fixing struggling hospitals and clinics. He could trim budgets. Boost staff morale. Maintain quality care. And he had found a partner willing to finance it all.

All Prasad needed was for the state Health Facilities and Services Review Board to allow him and his business partner to buy West Suburban Medical Center and Weiss Memorial Hospital, both owned by the same company. The board gave them the green light.

Over the next several years, the hospitals received more than \$24 million in state grants while racking up debts of roughly \$100 million in state loans and unpaid taxes. Then they closed, eliminating more than 400 beds, erasing roughly 1,400 jobs and cutting neighborhood residents off from valuable medical care.

Along the way, state officials missed red flags while failing to follow rules designed to prevent something like this from happening, a Tribune investigation has found.

Records suggest the health facilities review board did little to vet Prasad and his partner before agreeing to let them take over the hospitals in Oak Park and Uptown in 2022. Then, when Prasad resurfaced with pleas for taxpayer dollars, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services handed over tens of millions in loans while doing little to track how the money was being spent.

The hospitals also received state grants from another agency, the Illinois Department of Public Health, that required them to submit third-party audits under a state law meant to ensure tax dollars are spent responsibly. There is no record of the state receiving any such audits, yet the department kept sending cash — even as its own inspectors documented the hospital buildings' deterioration.

Meanwhile, the for-profit firm operating the hospitals, led by Prasad, broke

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History of his own

Pete Crow-Armstrong crashed the Cubs' 150th anniversary party at Wrigley Field on Saturday with three home runs in front of a who's who of all-time franchise greats. Sports

War emboldens Iran

After six months of war, Iran's leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics who are ready for a long confrontation with the U.S. Nation & World, Page B5

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Solutions elusive for a ‘rapid kill’ soybean disease

Little known about fungus found at Pike County farm

By Finnegan Belleau CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Reagan Hoskin considers herself a rule follower by nature.

After graduating high school in 2018, she spent the summer monitoring crops for her father, carrying out his instructions to a T: Zigzag along soybean fields. Scan the crops at vantage points. Note anything that looks out of place.

Then one day, at the very edge of the family's Pike County farm in western Illinois, she spotted a patch of yellow plants.

"I'm like, 'Aw man, the rest of the field had looked fine,'" Hoskin said. "Now I'm gonna have to actually walk down there and look at it."

She previously learned how to identify soybean diseases and suspected this was sudden death syndrome, a severe but manageable ailment.

Ron Hoskin, an attorney and farmer, sits on a tank at his farm on Aug. 13 in Pittsfield, Illinois. Hoskin's daughter, Reagan Hoskin, was the first to discover red crown rot while out surveying the family's soybean fields in 2018. Hoskin and surrounding farmers are frustrated by the spread of the fungus since then. STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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Lobbyist: Ethics watchdog breached confidentiality in Benton investigation

By Jeremy Gorner CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Illinois Legislative Inspector General Michael McCuskey, speaks in 2014 in Normal. ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/TRIBUNE

When Illinois Legislative Inspector General Michael McCuskey last month released his report substantiating sexual harassment allegations against former state Rep. Harry Benton, one of the victims listed in the report — a female lobbyist — issued a statement accusing McCuskey of inaccurately characterizing her side of the story.

McCuskey, 78, a former longtime state and federal judge, denied there were any inaccuracies and said, “My judgments have never been attacked by an individual doubting my credibility!”

But the lobbyist has doubled down on her criticism of McCuskey in a recent letter to Illinois' four top legislative leaders and obtained by the Tribune. In the four-page letter, the lobbyist says McCuskey "violated the confidence of other victims and me, broke standard investigative norms, and made inappropriate comments" to her during their interview and in other interactions with her about her allegations against Benton.

“Specifically, he shared the names of the other victims and other confidential information about their cases with me without prompting, among other inappropriate statements and missteps,” the lobbyist wrote to Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, House Republican Leader Tony McCombie, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon and Senate Republican Leader John Curran. The Tribune is not identifying the female lobbyist because she is a victim of sexual harassment.

The lobbyist's latest complaints about McCuskey's demeanor come after he concluded in his July 31 report that Benton, a Democrat from Plainfield, engaged in a "pattern and practice" of sexual harassment against the lobbyist and two other women. Benton resigned on July 3. They also come amid a firestorm that has focused on Welch's handling of the Benton case and raised questions about why the speaker didn't discipline him in 2023 when one of the three women are female Rentey staffers.

— a female Benton staffer — notified the speaker's office that he sexually harassed her on the job.

On Friday, after reading the lobbyist's latest letter, McCuskey said, "All of the allegations that have been made against me are always discussed and will be discussed in confidence with the Legislative Ethics Commission, who I report to each month." He declined to comment further.

Still, the two Senate caucuses recognized the concerns raised by the lobbyist.

"I have sincere concerns about deficiencies in the Legislative Inspector General's investigative process highlighted in the victim's letter," Curran of Downers Grove said in a statement. "It is important that the Legislative Ethics Commission review and address this complaint in a timely manner. The legislature must provide an impartial and independent, investigative process for all harassment complaints that is thorough, comprehensive and maintains strict confidentiality to prohibit any threat of retaliation to victims coming forward."

“Victims and witnesses need to know that when they come forward to report incidents that they will be treated with respect, confidentiality and professionalism. That is a foundational element of our ethics laws and the responsibility of the Legislative Ethics Commission and the office of the legislative inspector general,” said John Patterson, a spokesman for Harmon, a Democrat from Oak Park. “If that’s not happening, then something needs to change.”

Spokespeople for Welch of Hillside did not return requests for comment, and a spokesperson for McCombie of Savanna declined to comment.

Earlier this month, McCuskey raised eyebrows in Springfield political circles during a radio interview with political commentator Patrick Pfingsten, in which he discussed the sensitivities of the Benton case and his job and acknowledged that he hadn't taken notes while interviewing the lobbyist. The lobbyist has also said it didn't appear McCuskey recorded the interview, a claim he has not denied out of concern that it could deter other victims from coming forward in similar cases.

The Tribune last month first revealed the details of the allegations against Benton when the former Benton staffer and the lobbyist discussed how they were victims of his sexual harassment, the ex-staffer in 2023 and the lobbyist earlier this year. Another woman also accused Benton of sexual harassment after he touched her back in a “creepy” way at a Springfield bar last year, according to McCuskey’s report.

Welch did not remove Benton from his committee assignments and other caucus duties until February. That was after, according to the lobbyist, the speaker's office learned she accused Benton of making lewd comments to her and showing her pictures of women after the two ran into each other at a bar in Chicago's River North. The lobbyist has said she told McCuskey about those photos in her interview, though McCuskey didn't include those details in his report.

But in the lobbyist's latest letter, dated July 31, she outlined more of her criticisms about McCuskey.

She accused him of breaching her confidentiality by contacting her business partner and mother and sharing information with them while trying to reach her. She also alleged McCuskey shared information with her that appeared to breach the other victims' confidentiality.

“He began talking about one of the other women who was sexually harassed by Benton. He gave me detailed information about the woman and her interactions with Benton, and read me an email that she had sent previously,” the lobbyist said.

The lobbyist said McCuskey told her the names of the former Benton staffer and the woman from the Springfield bar. She also alleged he told her the bar's name, which was redacted in McCuskey's public report about the Benton case.

During her hourlong interview with McCuskey, the lobbyist also said she was taken aback by his comments about her physical appearance, which she found “highly inappropriate and concerning.”

“LIG McCuskey interrupted the interview to ask me if I knew that I did not look as old as I am. He told me that I look very young, that his son was 32, that he is well aware of what 30-year-olds look like, and I look like his son's friends,” the lobbyist wrote.

The lobbyist also described another instance in which she felt McCuskey could have jeopardized her confidentiality when she asked him to ensure no one was walking past his Springfield office before she left.

"As I left, I saw a state representative walking down the hall with a large group of people. I was deeply disturbed that the LIG either did not know who the representative was, or had knowingly put me in the position to be seen by a legislator," the lobbyist wrote.

Republican state Rep. Jeff Keicher of Sycamore, who chairs the Legislative Ethics Commission, provided a statement addressing McCuskey's radio interview with Pfingsten and the lobbyist's letter, saying the issues raised "are being taken seriously," but declined to get into specifics, citing the commission's confidential nature. The eight-member body consists of four Democratic and four Republican legislators, including Keicher.

After an earlier version of this Tribune story was published online Friday night, state Rep. Mary Beth Canty, who heads the House Democratic Women's Caucus, called for McCuskey to step down or for the Legislative Ethics Commission, which oversees his work, to remove him from his post. McCuskey is in the middle of a five-year term that expires June 30, 2028, and state law allows the commission to remove him “only for cause.”

"These latest reports raise additional serious concerns about LIG McCuskey's conduct, both during and since the Benton investigation," Canty, an Arlington Heights Democrat, said on the social media platform X. "He has shown repeatedly that he lacks the temperament and approach the job requires."

Ill. to spend Meta settlement cash on social media harms

By Olivia Olander CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Illinois will use its share of a multibillion-dollar legal settlement with Meta to help fix the problems the company's social media platforms caused for children, state Attorney General Kwame Raoul told the Tribune, arguing that calls for specific spending were “premature” after a prominent teachers union pushed for the money to fill in education funding gaps.

In what Raoul has called a “monumental victory for online safety,” Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to \$18 billion and add stronger safety measures for kids on its two top social media platforms — Facebook and Instagram. Illinois’ share of the settlement is up to about \$768 million, ending a case targeting the role Meta’s platforms played in undermining kids’ mental health.

The majority of the money will go toward addressing youth mental health problems, social media overuse and other harms the dozens of states, Washington, D.C., and several U.S. territories said Meta caused, according to the Illinois attorney general's office. That could include funding for suicide hotlines, training for medical providers on social media use and body dysmorphia, or programming that promotes youth mental health, the office said.

Raoul's comments were, in part, a response to a statement on Wednesday from the Illinois Federation of Teachers that urged the money be used to fund schools across the state. The IFT and Chicago Teachers Union have been fighting for greater state funding for schools statewide, including \$150 million that Chicago Public Schools board members recently budgeted, which exceeds what state lawmakers allocated in Illinois' annual spending plan.

"People hear of money and they want to spend it real fast, but one of the things I need to make and want to make clear to all who are sort of salivating is that we were very intentional," Raoul said in an interview Thursday. "It'll be restricted towards abating the problem caused by social media addiction and other harms caused by social media."

According to the settlement, the money to states could be used for a wide range of programs to promote youth mental health, including after-school programs, “outdoor activities,” phone-free zones in schools, related litigation efforts, or grants to schools or local governments that accomplish the settlement’s goal of remediation for kids.

Asked about the specific mental health uses laid out by the settlement agreement and the attorney general, an IFT spokesperson doubled down, arguing that better public schools would be the best way to remediate harm done to Illinois children.

"The Governor (JB Pritzker) has said he supports more funding for education but didn't know where it would come from. The settlement with Meta just made that answer even easier," IFT and CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said in a statement.

But in comments on Thursday, Pritzker seemed more aligned with Raoul than Davis Gates, whom he's sparred with, as the governor was skeptical of handing over the newfound Meta money to broadly help fund education.

While speaking in Springfield, the governor said using the Meta settlement money for education could amount to “using all of this one-time money for an ongoing need,” according to a video posted by a Capitol News Illinois reporter. “The question is: How do we fill the ongoing need? And that’s what I would like to focus on,” rather than spending the one-time funding from the settlement, he said.

The Illinois settlement is part of the broader nationwide deal Meta reached to resolve claims that the company built Facebook and Instagram to be addictive to kids and misled the public about the risks. The settlements could include some \$17.6 billion in payments to dozens of states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, plus \$459 million to resolve separate claims tied to the Cambridge Analytica data scandal.

Meta, which did not admit to wrongdoing, has agreed to a default two-hour daily time limit for teens across Facebook and Instagram combined, a nighttime “Night Mode” and restrictions during school hours, commitments set to last a decade. Part of the payout is contingent on whether YouTube and TikTok impose similar protections for children.

The first two payments from the Meta settlement will come in the next five to six months, with payments made annually for eight years after, according to the attorney general's office. Under the terms of the deal, the payments are being made to the states and territories that sued, not individual residents of those states and territories.

The settlement stemmed from a federal trial in California, where state attorneys general had accused Meta of intentionally designing features, including an infinitely scrolling feed, algorithmic recommendations and frequent notifications, to hook kids and teens. The attorneys general also accused the social media giant of misleading the public about the risks its platforms posed to young people.

The Illinois attorney general's office is specifically looking to avoid repeating how states spent funds from the tobacco settlement in the 1990s, when much of the money went to helping shore up state budgets rather than directly to prevent tobacco use. In 2000, Illinois used part of its \$9.1 billion share of the funds for hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks, some mailed directly to taxpayers shortly before the November 2000 election.

The Meta settlement plan echoes the intentions of Illinois' opioid remediation fund, which seeks to use the majority of the state's more than \$1 billion share of payouts from a settlement with prescription painkiller businesses to directly mitigate harms from the opioid crisis.

It would be premature to say whether the money from the Meta settlement could eventually be allocated through a similar process, Raoul said Thursday.

And while “this is a big fish,” Raoul’s office is also engaged in litigation with other social media platforms, he noted.

"We're not done," he said.

The Associated Press contributed.

Safety net health system facing financial pressures

Cook County Health CEO Dr. Erik Mikaitis listens to Raul Garza, CCH board chair, at a budget meeting on Friday. ARTHUR MAIORELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Federal cuts lead to growing burden on county taxpayers

By A.D. Quig CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Facing a “perfect storm” of financial pressures thanks largely to federal cuts, Cook County’s sprawling safety net health system is counting on the county board to fill a budget gap of \$40 million this year.

Without the subsidy, the leaders of Cook County Health — which runs Provident and Stroger hospitals and more than a dozen clinics across the county — said layoffs are on the table, along with community health center closures, specialty service cancellations and cuts to social safety net programs related to housing, food and behavioral health. Up to 154 people could lose their jobs.

The money the health system requires was part of the initial \$550 million preliminary gap announced earlier this summer, the largest in more than a decade. That shortfall included a \$214 million CCH deficit, which has since been cut down to \$40 million after various belt-tightening measures.

“This is one of the most challenging budgets Cook County Health has faced in many years, and I want to make it clear it’s not because we have failed to prepare,” CCH Board Chair Raul Garza said at a meeting earlier this month when the budget was introduced. “The reality is that we’re facing unprecedented federal funding reductions that will have significant consequences for safety net healthcare providers nationwide ... it won’t compare to anything since the creation of Medicaid some 60 years ago.”

The health system's proposed \$4.7 billion budget, which must be approved by county commissioners as part of Cook County's overall 2027 budget process this fall, is already \$439 million less than this year. The public health system also operates the hospital at the Cook County Jail and oversees the county's public health efforts.

A series of changes to Medicaid eligibility and Affordable Care Act subsidies are hitting hospitals across the country. With its high percentage of Medicaid patients and as an operator of a Medicaid managed care organization called CountyCare, CCH is particularly vulnerable to the cuts.

This past January, federal pandemic-era tax credits for people shopping for insurance through the ACA marketplace fell away. In October, certain immigrant populations like refugees, asylum-seekers and victims of domestic violence and trafficking will no longer be eligible for Medicaid. And at the start of next year, new work requirements and twice-annual eligibility checks will kick in for Medicaid patients.

Those three changes could knock an estimated 400,000 off of some form of insurance across Illinois, according to the state's Department of Healthcare and Family Services. Roughly half are in Cook County.

Even patients that are eligible in spite of the changes risk loss of coverage because they are not aware the changes are coming or will be delayed by red tape: An April survey of nearly 2,000 Medicaid enrollees across the country from the Health Management Academy found 55% were unaware of the new work requirements — that enrollees would need to demonstrate they completed at least 80 hours of work, job training, education or community service per month to qualify. It found that 85% did not know eligibility determinations would take place every six months instead of every year.

CountyCare loses about 10% of its enrollees during the typical redetermination cycle

of those, about 70% lose coverage because of administrative issues, said Dr. Erik Mikaitis, CCH's CEO.

"It's not that they're not eligible; it's that the state didn't have an updated address or they didn't get their paperwork back in time. So imagine what that does when you add a new procedure and work requirements, and you double the cadence of the existing process already. Then you are in a situation where most people don't know that that's happening, right? It's going to be very, very bad," Mikaitis said.

CCH has helped set up a website, getmedicaidfacts.com, to distribute FAQs and connect people with the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services.

CCH's historic mission has been to accept all patients regardless of their ability to pay. It has historically been the largest provider of charity care in Cook County. With so many people expected to lose coverage, the system is counting on lower total reimbursements from insurers and the federal government and more patients that can't afford to pay out of pocket coming to the county for help.

Adding to the financial burden: Without coverage, patients are also less likely to seek preventive care, meaning when they do show up, it would more likely be in the emergency room when they are sicker and more expensive to care for.

"You screen for colon cancer; it's \$1,500 to \$2,000 to do a colonoscopy. But treating stage-four colon cancer is like \$130,000 per person. I mean, it's mind-boggling the difference of the cost," Mikaitis said. "That cost, unfortunately, because of these changes, gets pushed down to local governments and the safety net to figure out how to handle."

County officials also fear those same pressures will contribute to the closures of other safety net hospitals already on the financial brink. Two such hospitals — Weiss and West Suburban — recently shuttered.

CCH is projecting it will lose \$138 million in patient revenue and shoulder more than \$100 million in new charity care costs next year. They expect those costs to continue climbing during the rest of President Donald Trump's term. CCH leaders already instituted a hiring freeze, cut agency staffing and are scaling back ICU and mental health stabilization units, which leaders said are being underutilized.

The projected downturn is a blow to a system that has seen its finances steadily improve over the last decade. That success is due in large part to CountyCare, which turned CCH from not just a provider of care but to an insurer as well. One worry, Mikaitis acknowledged, is that CountyCare will have more liabilities than revenues — risking payments to other providers.

“We’ve unfortunately seen a little bit of that this year, and the CountyCare team has been doing a lot to right the ship, and they’re right now on a trajectory to get on the right side of their budget for this year. But that’s exactly I think the challenges that we’re anticipating,” he said.

The passage of the Affordable Care Act and expanded subsidies cut the percent share of “uncompensated” patients down to 13.1% in 2023. Next year, however, that share is supposed to climb to 30%.

“We’re going backwards and we could be where we were 10 years ago,” said former County Commissioner Larry Suffredin, who served on the board from 2002 to 2022 and watched the health system grow from a worrisome financial burden on county taxpayers to becoming largely self-sufficient. The federal changes “will take the hospital from being a cash cow to the county and not make it a liability, but make it a financial concern for the county.”

So far, Mikaitis said CCH leaders “remain cautiously optimistic and exceedingly grateful” that both President

Toni Preckwinkle and county board members have signaled they are willing to pay for the extra allocation. To drive his point home, Mikaitis said he has given commissioners a “hypothetical list” of clinics and service lines that would be cut without it, but did not share it.

The ultimate solution is in Congress, said CCH board finance Chair Bob Reiter, president of the Chicago Federation of Labor, and Commissioner Bill Lowry, who sits on both the health system board and the county board. CCH board members and Preckwinkle are scheduled to visit lawmakers in Washington, D.C., in mid-September, Lowry told the Tribune.

Reiter said he expects bipartisan pushback to the Medicaid rollbacks to crop up around the country next year, potentially leading to the restoration of coverage.

"A lot of this is going to proportionally hit people in states that are dominated by Trump's base and it's going to have a big impact on everybody," Reiter said. "Congressmen from Republican states are going to start getting screamed at by everybody in their community, so I don't know how that shows up in terms of being able to turn around and fix this, but it's not a crisis we're going to deal with in a vacuum."

Late payments threaten business license of Chicago body removal contractor

Workers with Wallace-Harris Funeral Home transport a body near a Chicago Fire Department station at 250 North Breakwater Access after a person was pulled from the water near Oak Street Beach earlier in the day on May 15. ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

By Sam Charles CHICAGO TRIBUNE

The small funeral home company that holds the lucrative contract for the city's body removal services may soon be dissolved due to its failure to pay business license fees to the state — a potential default on the \$4.4 million contract that remains at the center of an ongoing lawsuit.

Records from the Illinois secretary of state's office show Wallace-Harrison Funeral Home Inc. provided an “unacceptable payment” to the state in late July. If the payment is not resolved within 60 days, “the entity is subject to involuntary dissolution,” according to a spokesperson for the secretary of state's office.

Company President Nakia Wallace-Harrison couldn't be reached for comment.

In a brief interview with the Tribune earlier this year, Wallace-Harrison said her company's work with the city has "gone great," despite the lawsuit from a competitor that challenges her company's ability to handle the high volume associated with the city work.

Procurement records show the company has so far been paid more than \$475,000 for body removal services, with the contract to run through 2030.

The designation by the secretary of state's office came on July 29 – just days before dozens of bodies were found improperly stored in a South Side funeral home. Wallace-Harrison Funeral Home Inc. is not linked to that scandal, which has put a spotlight on such businesses.

Last year, Wallace-Harrison saw her funeral director and embalmer license suspended by the Illinois Department of Professional and Financial Regulation over her failure to pay state income taxes. IDPFR records show Wallace-Harrison's license was suspended from November 2025 until May 2026.

The body removal agreement stipulates that the contract holder “must pay all taxes and obtain all licenses, certificates, and other authorizations required in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder, and Contractor must require all Subcontractors to also do so. Failure to do so is an event of default and may result in the termination of this Contract.”

Further, the contract states, "Failure to have and maintain all professional licenses required by law to perform the Services" will "constitute an event of default."

Mayor Brandon Johnson's office didn't respond to a Tribune inquiry on the contract.

Wallace-Harrison Funeral Home Inc., which formerly operated inside Rago Brothers Funeral Home at 7751 W. Irving Park Road, was awarded the \$4.4 million contract in 2025 to transport deceased remains to the Cook County medical examiner's office. The contract was previously held by Allied Services Group, which filed a lawsuit earlier this year challenging the contract award.

John Scheflow, an attorney for Allied Services Group, said in a statement to the Tribune: “Unfortunately, Allied Services Group is not surprised to learn of the status of Wallace Harrison Funeral Home’s registration — it is in keeping with the feedback we are hearing from those it is supposed to be providing services. Allied Services Group, with its owner, John Stamps, remains ready and willing to assume its contract with the City.”

Allied's lawsuit alleges the city terminated its contract with Allied more than a month before it was set to expire. Further, Allied claims the city awarded the contract to Wallace-Harrison despite “obvious” failings in its bid, including a skeleton crew staff, a failure to hold insurance and noncompliance with city rules governing women- and minority-owned businesses.

Allied alleged its contract with the city lasted until mid-August 2025, but Allied was “prevented” from performing body removal services after July 1.

“(Wallace-Harrison Funeral Home’s) Affidavit provided that the transportation of deceased persons for the entire City of Chicago will be carried out by 5 individuals employed at (Wallace-Harrison Funeral Home), with no subcontractors identified,” the suit alleges.

"As a result of Defendant selecting WHFH when its inability to perform under the project was apparent from the deficiencies in the information it submitted as part of its bid, the City of Chicago is being underserved in the transportation of dead bodies to the medical examiner's office."

The next hearing in the case is scheduled for mid-October, records show.

Ballhawk Moe Mullins helps a customer at his friend Dave Davison's vendor cart at the corner of Waveland and Kenmore avenues outside Wrigley Field on June 30 before the Cubs host the Padres. EILEEN T. MESLAR/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS

Roberto Ramos, aka Captain Cubbo, stands in the food line at the 13th annual barbecue that longtime season ticket holders and bleacher fans Bob Krause and Ken Keefer throw for Cubs fans and workers at the corner of Waveland and Kenmore avenues.

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Among the regulars are Ken Keefer, 68, who lives in the first house on the corner. And Bob Krause, 54, who lives just down Kenmore. And Mary Ellen Gourley, 67, who's been sitting in the bleachers for 50 years. They all walk from the corner and across the street to their seats, game after game.

There's a sense, though, that even the corner isn't immune to change. Its most prominent occupants, Wrigley's venerable ballhawks, are dwindling. Mullins, 75, and Davison, who'll only confess to being in his 50s, are the last of the old guard. A younger generation has not emerged. A decades-old Wrigley tradition isn't dying, necessarily, but it's not quite what it was.

While Mullins had the corner to himself for a time, a voice from above broke the silence. A man giving a stadium tour. He'd led his group to the balcony behind the bleachers, and from where they stood they could look down upon Waveland.

"You'll see people standing on the street," the guide said. "And what are they doing?"

As the guide gave his talk he looked toward the corner and noticed the man standing there. The man who'd presided over that corner for decades; who first came to know it in 1958, when he was 8 years old and learned he could sell the baseballs he collected for 50 cents and turn that into a hamburger at O'Henry's. The guide's voice rose in excitement:

"Everybody – Chicago street legend, Moe Mullins." "How many baseballs do you have?" the guide asked, yelling toward the corner.

"Over 6,400," Mullins yelled back.

"And he had to miss a year to go to 'Nam," the guide told his group.

The Padres were in town and so many on the tour were visiting fans, and some wore Trevor Hoffman jerseys. They reacted in awe when Mullins shared his count.

"I don't take 'em home anymore," he yelled again, and Mullins liked to tell anyone who'd listen that he no longer cared all that much about catching baseballs. That his knees were shot and he couldn't give chase like he used to. But then after a pause he couldn't resist sharing. Bragging, a little.

“Two-hundred and forty-six game homers,” Mullins shouted. “More than anybody in the world.”

And it was clear that, yes, he still cared. That he couldn't change who he was, bad knees and all.

He was a ballhawk.

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Like a retired manager who looks back with a sense of what-if, ruminating over the defeats, Mullins still carries the weight of the baseballs that got away. He stood in the exact right spot for Ernie Banks' 400th — “in the middle of the street, in front of that pole,” he said recently, pointing it out — until a rival swooped in “and snagged it in front of me.”

He had Sammy Sosa's 62nd home run in that delirious summer of '98 in his grip, under a pile of people who thought they were after a million-dollar ball, until he felt someone bite his hand. Mullins can still see where Dave Kingman's 530-something footers landed — the first way down Kenmore and the second on the front steps of the third house on the right.

He can recite the grand slams. And some of the career-firsts. And he knows random trivia because of his small role in those moments. He knows, for instance, that on Aug. 17, 1990, Shawon Dunston hit two home runs onto Waveland, and he knows that because he caught both. Mullins has them at home, where he keeps three large aquarium tanks filled to the rim with baseballs.

Now there are far fewer of them available for the chase. The giant video board the Cubs put up in left field in 2015 is the most obvious cause, but hardly the only one. The bleachers have expanded, with extra rows and a concourse and a big, block-lettered ad. The old chain link fence, raggedy and unpretentious and once the final barrier between the stadium and street, is a fading memory.

Even during batting practice, days can go by without a ball reaching Waveland. An entire homestand, or two, or three, can pass between a real, live game home run making it onto the street. Mullins still brings his old Mizuno, anyway, even though there's not much of a need for it anymore. He keeps it on the arm of his chair, at the ready, just in case.

He has had that glove for who knows how long. Since the early '80s, maybe? Back then there used to be a rotating cast of ballhawks. A group of a dozen regulars who'd come to Waveland and Kenmore with their gloves and their hopes — always in daytime, then — and wait while some in the bleachers turned around and chided them, playfully, about getting a job.

Ballhawks Trent Weyermuller, left, and Shawn Fitzgerald try to catch a batting practice ball that flew out onto Waveland Avenue outside Wrigley Field on Aug. 17 before the Cubs host the White Sox.

To which the hawks would yell: right back at you.

The art of ballhawking, and there is an art to it, was passed down from one generation to the next. Ballhawks learned to see the game without actually seeing it. They could tell from the sound of the bat whether a ball might have a chance, and by the reaction of the crowd. Now there are fewer who know these things. Among the long-timers, some have moved and some have died.

Others show up less and less often. A once-robust fraternity continues to shrink.

“Well,” Mullins said, his voice softening, “they haven’t been coming around much anymore.”

Some nights, it's just Mullins and Davison. "Super

Moe Mullins in his basement in Elmwood Park on Aug. 18 with some of some of the 6,433 balls he has hawked outside Wrigley Field.

Dave," as Mullins calls him. The nickname came when Davison beat Mullins out for a Derrek Lee grand slam.

"I just got robbed," Mullins said, and in listening to his retellings, it's easy to come to the conclusion that he was robbed of every home run he ever lost. This one sounds credible, though, because "Dave came across behind me, and grabbed it. Because he was super.

“That was just when he first started. He was super fast.” Super fast. Super Dave.

The night of June 30, Davison parked his van along Kenmore about two and a half hours before first pitch. He unloaded his cooler and then a cart with baseballs and baseball cards and homemade baseball jewelry. At home, Davison has covers of 20 balls ready to be cut and encased in resin.

It was a hot night, one of the hottest of the summer, and the wind was blowing out at almost 20 mph, with stronger gusts. Davison set out a comically large glove near the corner, like something from a cartoon. He'd brought his normal-size glove, too, and the blue leather was faded and loose. In his cart he keeps an old bobblehead doll of himself.

"There was 125 of them made, for some strange reason," he said, though his had seen better days.

"I'm missing the arm. I don't know where the hell that went. The head falls off.

"The Waveland sign is gone."

At the base it said, "Ballhawk Dave," and with his blue glove he'd caught a couple thousand balls and about 100 game home runs. Now he looked up at the flags and they were stiff in the wind.

"You don't really get too many nights like this during

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Wally Scott, center, shares donuts with his friends, longtime season ticket holders Ken Keefer, left, and Bob Krause in the left field bleachers before the Cubs game against the Dodgers at Wrigley Field on Aug. 5.

Season ticket holder and bleacher fan Cecile Marbella leaps to catch a ball that was thrown out before the Cubs game against the Cardinals at Wrigley Field on July 5.
Longtime season ticket holder Mary Ellen Gourley cheers in the left field bleachers as Pete Crow-Armstrong hits a home run during the Cubs game against the Dodgers at Wrigley Field on Aug. 5. EILEEN T. MESLAR/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS

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the year," he said. "You might get five or 10 a year like this, where the ball is just flying."

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It came on the fifth pitch of the game and on a 2-2 count, an 80 mph changeup from Cubs lefthander Matthew Boyd. Fernando Tatis Jr., the Padres leadoff man, connected with the pitch just as it began breaking low and inside. The crowd hushed. A baseball sailed toward the street. It took one bounce before the crosswalk at Kenmore and landed in Trent Weyermuller's glove.

At 32 he is the youngest of the regulars. And the only regular, really, who'd be described as young.

“That’s the seventh one out this year,” Davison said, and if not for the video board and the expanded bleachers there might’ve been 20 or 25 Waveland home runs by what was the Cubs’ 42nd home game of the season. Weyer-muller had caught balls before. He’d managed to procure the first two batting practice home runs of the season.

But this was the real deal. Weyermuller's first game home run, after years of coming to the corner. He lives in the neighborhood and something about Waveland and Kenmore drew him in. He learned it was kind of like Cheers, where everybody knows your name.

“We’ve been to each other’s weddings,” said Mario Irizarry, a one-time ballhawk who returned for a visit from Florida. “And, I hate to say, a few funerals.”

The few remaining regulars build their lives around their days and nights at the corner. Mullins is retired now but worked for a long time at the airport, loading cargo planes, and drove trucks. Davison keeps a flexible schedule at his job at Target. Weyermuller is a freelance photographer.

As he held the home run, turning it over in his hands, Mullins returned. He runs a daily pool in which participants try to guess the final score and he was making his rounds at the fire station and with the vendors.

“I missed everything,” he said, with some sadness, about the Tatis home run.

Davison prodded Weyermuller, who's active on social media, to post the news.

"All seven of your fans want to know what the hell just happened," Davison said, laughing.

The corner is many things and, among them, it's home to first-ballot hall of fame banterers and storytellers. It takes thick skin and a bit of a twisted sense of humor to belong. And patience.

"I call it, 'watching a brick wall,'" Weyermuller said. "I just tell people, like, have you ever fished before?"

There was a brief debate about whether to throw the home run back into the bleachers, where, presumably, someone would complete its journey back into the field. But Davison, who has been a regular since the early 1990s, quashed that idea.

It never made any sense to him.

"If he threw that ball back, I would've beat him, personally, in the street," Davison said, laughing. "You don't throw a home run ball back. That's the dumbest (stuff) in the world."

The leadoff home run proved to be an omen. Dansby Swanson hit two of his own. Alex Bregman hit one. So did Michael Busch and Pete Crow-Armstrong. Tatis homered again. The Cubs and Padres combined for nine home runs. A season-high for Wrigley.

Only the first made it out onto the street. And so the ballhawks mostly listened to the spectacle and kept their eyes high at the crack of the bat and the roar, just in case.

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The corner extends on a plane to the top row of section 503, where Keefer and Gourley and Krause have sat together for years. The bleachers remain general admission but the longtimers all have their places, and this is theirs, atop Waveland.

They are fans but caretakers, too. Keefer lives in that first house, where Mullins sets up his chair, and Krause isn't far. Keefer and Krause have come to host a summer cookout that has grown from a small gathering to 200 strong, and after a day game in mid-July people lined Kenmore for a plate.

The menu changes, but the star is always the corn, delivered fresh from a farmers market outside the city. Krause swears it's the best corn anybody will ever taste, and that upon tasting it the reaction is always the same:

"Like holy (expletive expletive). That's an ear of corn."

The cookout, to Keefer and Krause, is a way to give thanks to the stadium workers, many of whom show up. It has become a small part of the culture of the corner, an annual summer rite and a way to honor the community that has defined their little slice of Wrigleyville.

The bleachers, like their surroundings, have changed. Some of the soul was lost in the expansion.

When they took out the old seats “it was like watching your neighborhood get razed,” Gourley said, and she keeps scans of old photos from the '70s on her phone to remind herself of what it was like back then. She’s the longest-tenured of the group, and has been a bleacher lifer since her teenage years. She loved Steve Stone and took many pictures.

"We all had scrapbooks on all of our individual players," she said. "I still have mine," and she scrolled through the past in her pictures: the sparsely filled bleachers when the Cubs weren't such an attraction; close-ups of players with '70s haircuts; a glassy-eyed Darold Knowles, a relief pitcher back then, "always looking hungover every morning," she said with a laugh. Compared to then, the bleachers have grown up and gotten all fancy.

“Progress is progress,” Gourley said. “Let’s put it this way: I’m blessed to have been here when it was a little ballpark and more of a neighborhood.”

There's still plenty of charm. Keefer for years during pregame warm-ups caught a ball in his beer, and gained some level of viral internet fame with the trick, which "ain't easy to do," he said. "I don't drink anymore, but I loved my Budweiser."

Sometimes he tells people he lives right behind Wrigley and they ask him what he means.

"I mean, I look out my kitchen window when I'm doing the dishes, and I see the brick wall on the back of the field," he tells them.

"I'm so freaking lucky," he said, and they all feel that way, even if it's not quite what it was.

"I think that's one of the bad things about getting old, is you think it's getting worse, you know?" Krause said. "I don't think it's getting worse. I think it's just getting different."

It was a perfect summer night. Clear. A little cool. The Cubs in front. Behind them, down on the street, Mullins and Davison had the corner to themselves.

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Mullins has this vision of what he's going to do with his baseballs one day. This dream, of sorts. He's going to load them in the back of a pickup truck and he's going to put the word out for kids to come to Waveland, to line up on either side. And then he's going to drive slowly, with the tailgate open, "and drop 6,000 baseballs on the street."

In his vision, kids will chase after the balls. They'll pick up all they can handle. It will be like Christmas morning, because what's better when you're a kid than to come out to Wrigley and leave with a baseball? Mullins was such a kid once, in the days of Ernie Banks and Billy Williams — his favorite player — and one day when he was 8 he got a ball. And then another.

And then he was hooked. And though he did sell some he kept most, and he started to write dates and names on the ones that were home runs.

He showed his collection one day in mid-August. At home in Elmwood Park, he went downstairs and turned on the lights and there they were: the three large tanks with baseballs, below walls of old pictures and mementos from 67 years in ballhawking. Sixty-six, with the year in Vietnam.

Before he left for Vietnam, in September 1970, he spent one last day at Wrigley. And the ballpark was one of his first visits when he returned a year later. Not long after, he married his wife, Donna, and after 54 years she still gets the same question:

"How'd you put up with him going to all those ball-games over the years?"

She encourages it, for one. Occasionally Mullins feels like staying home. Watching on TV.

“I push him to go,” Donna said. “I go, ‘Please. Why are you staying? Get out there.’”

And usually he listens.

Atop one of the fish tanks, Mullins keeps a stack of old pocket Cubs schedules, going back decades. Every little square contains the record of how many balls he caught on a particular day. Some of the schedules are coming apart at the folds, and he opened one from 1990 and sure enough remembered the day Dunston hit two out. Other dates, he can no longer read.

"I don't know what the hell that says," he said, squinting.

"Do you want your glasses?" Donna asked.

On the wall above there was a black-and-white picture of the old ballhawks. Seven of them, including Mullins. He was on the right, with a mustache and no shirt and a bit of a cocky grin. He had his glove on. They all had their gloves. It's from sometime in the late 1970s, and about 50 years later Mullins is the only one, in that group, who's still a regular.

But "you see me" out there, he said.

"I just sit in my chair," and he figured that if he was

Longtime season ticket holders Ken Keefer and Bob Krause hang a cowbell on the rail in the left field bleachers in honor of their deceased friend, George Wiseman, before every Cubs game. Wiseman was a longtime bleacher fan who had throat cancer, so in order to cheer, he would use a cowbell because he couldn't use his voice.

meant to get a ball, the ball would find him.

He'll do it as long as he can, and Davison says the same thing. They'll do it if the Cubs expand the bleachers again or if they put a second deck somewhere up there. They'll keep going even if fewer balls make their way out than they already do, because it long ago stopped being about baseballs.

The Cubs were at home that night and Mullins likes to get there early. And so after awhile he headed back upstairs and out toward his car, and he made his way toward the corner.

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As a new CTA board is seated in September, the current chair positions himself to stay in mix

He maintained he rode the CTA around once a week.

Lester Barclay, Chicago Transit Board chairman, speaks alongside Nora Leerhsen, acting CTA president, on Wednesday during an RTA Ad Hoc Committee on NITA Transition meeting at the Old Post Office. BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

By Talia Soglin CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Next month, the seven members of the Chicago Transit Authority's new governing board will take their seats in the agency's West Loop boardroom. One of their first tasks will be to elect a chair.

Lester Barclay, who has served as chair of the current and soon-to-be-defunct CTA board since he was appointed by former Mayor Lori Lightfoot five years ago, remained coy in conversations with the Tribune this month about his leadership ambitions, but made it clear he saw himself staying in the mix as the new board takes shape.

"If asked, I wouldn't mind serving," Barclay said when asked about the prospect of staying on as chair. "But I think that's up to the board. I respect the process."

The board shakeup is just one part of the broad governance reforms mandated by the state's transit funding legislation, which consolidates power in a central governing authority and raises more than \$1 billion for public transit annually. On Sept. 1, all current transit board members' terms expire and new members will take their places, although some members have been reappointed. As the deadline approaches, transit insiders are jockeying for power within the new governance structure.

Barclay is a controversial figure in the realm of Chicago transportation politics, viewed by some as a member of the old guard in a world where lawmakers have ordered change. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson this summer appointed him to both the new CTA board and to the board of the Northern Illinois Transit Authority – the governing body that is supposed to act as a more powerful and less broke version of the Regional Transportation Authority, which will go kaput on Tuesday.

Barclay faced heat during his appointment process this summer from advocates who slammed his past criticism of transit reform, his leadership under former, embattled CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. and his ridership on the CTA, which has been less frequent than they'd like. He ultimately got himself through a City Council gauntlet and onto both the CTA and NITA boards, although his confirmation vote was split.

But when it comes to who serves as chair of the new CTA board, some advocates want to see new leadership.

"The mandate of the (transit reform legislation) is to start new, is to turn a new page and build the kind of transit system that riders want and that Chicagoans deserve," said Kyle Lucas of the group Better Streets Chicago, a transit advocacy organization that slammed Barclay's appointment to the NITA board earlier this summer.

"If we're maintaining existing leadership, I think that they need to prove that they're prepared and willing to take us to the next level," Lucas said.

Ald. Matt Martin, 47th, who voted against Barclay's appointment last month, echoed that sentiment.

“We’ve made a decision in Chicago and the entire state to chart a new course,” Martin told the Tribune last week.

“I do think that new leadership is needed,” Martin added. “Again, someone who has real expertise in transportation as well as someone who can stitch together a coalition of activists and experts to help chart that course for Chicago.”

Juan Sebastian Arias, the executive director of transit-oriented development group Elevated Chicago, said he did “see some value in having the next CTA board chair have some experience, and some knowledge of how the CTA operates.”

“I also see a lot of value in someone who can bring a new vision and new approach to match the opportunity that’s ahead,” he said.

The new CTA board will be less powerful than it was before state-mandated reforms that require increased oversight by NITA, but the board will still have influence over the CTA's operations, and some say over the appointment of a president for the agency, which has been under interim leadership for a year and a half. The board members will earn salaries between \$15,000 and \$25,000 depending on whether they serve just on the CTA board or on the NITA board too.

The other incoming CTA board members include returning members Michael Eaddy and Neema Jha as well as nonprofit executive Nedra Sims Fears and Columbia College Associate Vice President Ann Kalayil. They'll be joined by RTA board members Oswaldo Alvarez and Tom Kotarac, the latter of whom has emerged as a key figure in the NITA transition, presiding over transition committee meetings.

The next chair of the Chicago Transit Board will be selected by the majority of the board and must be approved by the Illinois Senate. The chair will be selected after the more powerful NITA board selects its own leader, which is expected to happen Sept. 10.

State Sen. Ram Villivalam, a Chicago Democrat and key architect of the transit reform legislation, said he hadn't been pitched by anyone hoping to become chair of either the CTA or NITA boards.

Villivalam said lawmakers “have made it clear that we’re looking for leadership that will hold the agencies accountable to providing safe, reliable, accessible and integrated” transit service.

Barclay, whom transit advocates have repeatedly hammered for riding the CTA infrequently, invited the Tribune to ride the Green Line recently on the city's South Side, including through the Englewood neighborhood where he grew up. Barclay, a family law attorney by trade and the consul of Jamaica in Chicago, cast himself as a supporter of development near public transit, pointing out vacant lots that abutted the train's route. "When I was a kid," he said, "all this was commerce."

Barclay maintained he's on board with transit reform despite a Tribune op-ed he wrote last fall in which he questioned the increased power NITA officials have over CTA decision-making. "This funding victory comes with a price for the city of Chicago and the CTA," he wrote at the time.

"I love the fact that we're talking about regional coordination. I think that's good for the citizens of our city and this region," Barclay told the Tribune this month. "But I expressed concerns about how we were going to go about that."

Asked whether he was concerned about the suburbs and collar counties having too much of a say over issues affecting the CTA, Barclay said that “remains to be seen.”

During the appointment process, activists hammered Barclay for riding the CTA infrequently. Transit advocate Nik Hunder, who files public records requests for ridership numbers on CTA employee and board members' company Ventra cards, fired at Barclay during the public comment portion of one appointment hearing, saying Barclay swiped onto the system only 49 times last year.

Barclay offered an explanation to the Tribune that was similar to one given in the past by the CTA on behalf of former CTA president Carter — who faced similar criticism — saying he is sometimes recognized as the board chair and ushered through the fare gates. Barclay also said he sometimes uses his own personal Ventra card.

“I don’t think it’s unfair,” Barclay said, about whether he thought activists’ focus on the metric was justified, but added that he didn’t think they were seeing the “total picture,” noting his legal clients pay him by the hour, including for his transportation time. “I don’t have the luxury of always waiting to get to Maywood Courthouse on public transportation and bill that to my client,” he said.

Barclay equivocated when asked if his work on the board would change if he rode the CTA more frequently.

"I could see things that I didn't see the next day, or I could see ... the same things that I saw the day before. I think it's situational," he said.

Barclay said he had taken Metra once since he was named to the NITA board, and had not taken Pace.

He pushed back against the implication from some critics that he doesn't have transit experience, pointing to years he spent working as outside counsel for the CTA, during which he worked on labor arbitration issues, as well as stints in summer jobs at the CTA in the late 1970s.

Barclay has helmed the board under two CTA presidents — first under Carter, who faced widespread public discontent over unreliable CTA service in the pandemic and post-pandemic years, and now under Carter's former chief of staff, Nora Leerhsen, who took over the agency when Carter stepped down under pressure in early 2025. Barclay has defended the board's leadership under Carter, saying it held CTA leadership accountable. Leerhsen has become popular with transit advocates but hasn't received a nod from the mayor to take the job on permanently.

In the past, only CTA board approval was needed to fill the president's seat. Now, the approval of the NITA board is required too, and the NITA board chair and executive director must be included in the search process.

"I've heard names outside the state, I've heard names inside the state," Barclay said when asked about potential candidates for permanent CTA leadership. "I just wait until the process yields itself to the direction that we should go in," he said.

"It's Chicago," Barclay added. "Anything can happen."

CALUMET CITY

Aldermen to sue for mayor's city credit card receipts

By Olivia Stevens DAILY SOUTHTOWN

After nearly a year of requesting receipts for expenses incurred by or at the request of Mayor Thaddeus Jones, all seven Calumet City aldermen voted Monday to take legal action to receive documentation for \$76,000 of spending.

“We’re just asking questions, really,” 3rd Ward Ald. DeAndre Tillman said Wednesday. “It didn’t have to come to this.”

Since Jones racked up \$44,000 on a city credit card in September, much of which was during the Congressional Black Caucus' 54th annual legislative conference in Washington, aldermen say they have regularly requested documentation tying expenses to city business. The mayor no longer possesses the credit card, but the City Council is still without the receipts, despite hiring its own legal counsel in December.

Tillman said he was inspired to take look deeper into Jones' spending after the mayor promised to reimburse the city for \$25,000 spent during the Washington conference. The check Jones provided came from a local business that already owed the city the money, he said.

“No council member was happy with that — it felt like a blatant lie," Tillman said. "If a person is that desperate to try to get this swept under the rug, what else is out there?"

Calumet City Mayor Thaddeus Jones at a City Council meeting on Nov. 9, 2023. TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/TRIBUNE

Meanwhile, Jones said he sent aldermen the requested receipts in July and the City Council vote “is about politics.” He forwarded pages of receipts for 2024 and 2025 as well as “non-receipt justification statements” for items without them.

“They got the receipts, and they got everything,” Jones said. “They just want to continue this so you keep reporting on it.”

He said the City Council approving his past expenses "just shows that they're part of it too." Aldermen say much of the spending they're questioning was unauthorized.

Aldermen plan to meet again on Sept. 8 to select an independent firm to represent them in litigation against Jones.

Calumet City has operated in budget deficits ranging from \$2.8 million to \$4.7 million since 2023, with the City Council in June agreeing to a five-year bond to pay more than \$8 million in overdue bills. The city also laid off 46 people, including 13 union public works employees, May 22.

Second Ward Ald. Monet Wilson says she understands that suing the mayor will further cost taxpayers but believes residents, along with other aldermen, have grown more concerned about city spending over time.

While Jones has said wasteful spending is not responsible for large budget deficits, Wilson countered that “when taxpayer money is spent, every dollar has to be accounted for.”

"It all adds up when we have storms like we've had and we have had people have their basements flooded, their alleys flooded, their garages flooded, trapped in their homes by falling trees — and we just don't have the money to fix it immediately," Wilson said.

She said when a resident questioned whether Wilson was calling the mayor a criminal, she made clear that is not the City Council's intention.

“But we do want to be able to have checks and balances, and we just want to hold him accountable,” she said.

The mayor holds that the City Council lacks authority to even retain its own attorneys, which is subject of a lawsuit he brought to prevent Evergreen Park-based firm Odelson, Murphey, Frazier & McGrath from representing aldermen as legislative counsel.

Pritzker appoints Montgomery to head Illinois natural resources

By Olivia Olander CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Gov. JB Pritzker's newly appointed head of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources previously led a state conservation department in Massachusetts — but most recently served in an executive position to help the Illinois Prisoner Review Board after it faced calls for change.

Jim Montgomery, whose IDNR appointment takes effect Monday but won't be permanent until state Senate confirmation, served as a director and commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation until 2021, according to the governor's office and a LinkedIn profile.

In 2024, Pritzker appointed Montgomery, who was previously a Massachusetts sheriff's office official and Illinois mayor, to the newly created position of executive director of the Prisoner Review Board, with a mandate to expand domestic violence training for board members. The appointment followed the PRB's controversial decision to allow a man to be released from state custody just a day before he stabbed a pregnant woman with whom he had recently rekindled a relationship and killed her 11-year-old son, Jayden Perkins, in Chicago.

Criticism of the PRB has not reached that same fever pitch since the chair and a board member resigned, and Pritzker appointed Montgomery in 2024. But the controversies that preceded

Montgomery's appointment were still fresh on the minds of some state senators this spring as they considered the appointment of new PRB members. "Jim is an excep-

Montgomery

"Jim is an exceptionally qualified candidate to lead Illinois' conservation work, as he brings a deep wealth of experience in public leadership and operations," Pritzker said in a statement Friday. A spokesperson for the governor declined to comment further on Montgomery's PRB tenure or why he was chosen to lead IDNR. A spokesperson for the PRB did not respond to requests for comment.

Montgomery was elected mayor of the downstate Taylorville in 1997 and remained in that post until 2005. In addition to his time at the conservation department in Massachusetts, he also served as the director of administrative services with the sheriff's department of Suffolk County, Massachusetts.

At the time of Montgomery's appointment to the PRB, the board and Pritzker faced intense criticism after allowing Crosetti Brand to be released from state custody just before he attacked Laterria Smith and fatally stabbed Jayden. Brand was convicted and sentenced to life in prison last year.

In addition to expanding domestic violence training for board members, Montgomery was tasked with organizing the board's "equity-based" training, overseeing its administrative functions and reducing the board chair's workload. He was not considered a board member.

IDNR's previous director, Natalie

Phelps Finnie, departed at the end of June and was replaced by an interim director, Renee Snow, according to the governor's office. The director's role includes overseeing legislative affairs, land management and mines, among other responsibilities, according to IDNR.

Like many other parts of Illinois government, IDNR has clashed with the administration of President Donald Trump in recent years — perhaps most notably over an infrastructure project to build defenses against invasive carp at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines River in Joliet.

As director, Montgomery may also oversee the implementation of Illinois' new law recognizing the conservation tactic of "rewilding" land. "As a native central Illinoisan with a lifelong passion for conservation and outdoor recreation, I'm thrilled to accept Governor Pritzker's invitation to lead the Illinois Department of Natural Resources," Montgomery said in the statement from the governor's office Friday. "I look forward to working with staff, constituents, the governor, lawmakers, and other stakeholders to ensure IDNR continues to be the best natural resources agency in the nation."

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For Chicago State, ‘a historic moment’

Melody Smith hugs her son, Chicago State University wide receiver Arshawn Powell, after CSU's first football game, played against the Roosevelt Lakers in Bridgeview on Saturday. ARTHUR MAIORELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS

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First football game could be a sign of ‘great things’ ahead

By Lila Hempel-Edgers CHICAGO TRIBUNE

As the Chicago State University Cougars geared up for the first football game in the university's history, fans poured into a dusty Bridgeview parking lot Saturday morning with truckloads of meat and coolers of beer. Tailgating wasn't just appropriate for the occasion, they said, but a requirement for a city welcoming its first Division I college football program.

“This is a historic moment,” said Luther King, 44, an alumnus who fired up the grill hours ahead of the noon kickoff. “It’s galvanizing the community, and I couldn’t miss it.”

King was one of dozens who gathered outside Seat-Geek Stadium, eager to watch the Cougars face Roosevelt University and kick off an 11-game season. Without a dedicated football field on its Far South Side campus, Chicago State will play all five home games at the Bridgeview arena, where thousands of parking spaces across multiple lots leave plenty of room to celebrate.

On Saturday, sausages sizzled atop portable grills as fans danced to upbeat music. Many wore the school's signature green. Bean bags flew toward slanted wooden boards, with cornhole competitors pausing to scarf down homemade tacos or welcome incoming friends.

Kevin Waco, who brought his son to watch the game, said he hadn't expected to see tailgaters. So he was surprised to find the parking lot filled with fans, and even more surprised when multiple groups offered him food.

“They’re trying to create something out of nothing, and I would like to support that,” said Waco, 52, a 1997 DePaul graduate. “It’s much more exciting than I ever expected.”

Chicago State University took formal steps towards adding football in 2023, forming a committee and launching fundraising efforts to help cover the costs.

That December, the university announced it would join the Northeast Conference, and a little more than a year later, it began searching for its first head football coach.

But for CSU alumni, Saturday's game was the culmination of a conversation that began long before any university announcement. Dion Brown, a 2009 graduate, remembers students talking about bringing football to campus while he was still in college.

"We've been hearing about the prospect of football for over 20 years, so to see it coming to fruition is a surreal experience," said Brown, 41, who flew from North Carolina for Saturday's game. "This is indicative of great things to come."

Under Head Coach Bobby Rome II, the Cougars spent this summer training on the school's turf baseball field, built in 2014 for a program that was discontinued in 2020. The university did, however, build a new weight room and plans to open a larger training room.

Athletic director Monique Carroll told the Tribune earlier this month that although administrators hoped to play closer to the school's South Side campus, SeatGeek Stadium was the closest facility with both a home locker room for players and a press box large enough to accommodate coaches and media. Still, Saturday's fans seemed unfazed by the 13-mile trek from campus to Bridgeview.

"This is right in our own backyard," said Tameca Simmons, 42, who lives in Riverdale. "I don't even have to leave Chicago to go to a big Division I game; now I can do that right here."

Simmons remembers classmates transferring to Chicago State while she was in college with the expectation that they would play on a football team that never materialized. That history makes this season especially meaningful, she said, not only for those who waited decades for a team, but also because the broader community had shown up to embrace it.

“Football on the South Side means everything,” said Simmons, who graduated in 2006. “We need something positive like that; we need our kids to see something positive like that.”

Starting in the FCS, the Cougars are Chicago's first Division I football team since the University of Chicago dropped the sport in 1939. The university says the program will forge a new sports identity for the predominantly Black institution, which has long struggled with low graduation rates, according to the US

Department of Education.

That ambition was evident among fans Saturday, many of whom saw the inaugural game as only the beginning. For Carl Newman, 39, a CSU alumnus and proud new season ticket holder, the moment felt “full circle.”

Newman paused to take in the crowd of tailgaters, pointing out former classmates he hadn't seen since he graduated in 2011. Past generations of alumni have gone on to accomplish remarkable things, he said, but they remain connected by a shared love for the place where they started.

“Chicago State is a part of me,” he said. “It’s something that allows me the opportunity to do the things I love to do, and I can’t do anything but support.”

Trump to attend Presidents Cup as honorary chairman

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President Donald Trump said Saturday he will be coming to the Chicago area in September after being named the honorary chairman of the Presidents Cup golf tournament, which is being held at Medinah Country Club in the western suburbs.

The PGA Tour announced that the president had accepted the invitation, and Trump posted on his Truth Social account that he would attend the tournament, which features 24 of the world's top golfers — 12 from the United States versus 12 golfers from around the world, excluding Europe.

"This will be a particularly exciting event. Both teams are 'loaded' with Talent. I look forward to being there, and greeting all of these fantastic athletes, on both teams," Trump posted. "See you in Chicago!"

The Medinah course is located in the unincorporated community of Medinah, which is bordered by Itasca, Roselle and Bloomingdale. The tournament is scheduled from Sept. 22-27. Trump did not say which days he will attend.

It will be Trump's first public appearance in the Chicago region since he was elected to his second term in 2024. It will also come a little more than a year after the president threatened the city in a Truth Social post with the meme titled “Chipocalypse Now” and declaring, “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” along with stating, “I love the smell of deportations in the morning.”

The meme was a play on the 1979 Vietnam War movie "Apocalypse Now," showing Trump in a U.S. Army uniform modeled after actor Robert Duvall. It presaged the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz enforcement mission in the Chicago area last fall.

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Naperville will have enough salt on hand this winter for when the snow starts falling, but because of procurement issues, it's going to come at a much higher price, officials say. CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Naperville will have enough road salt for the coming winter despite state procurement issues, but could be paying nearly twice as much per ton as it did last year, Public Works Director Dan Randolph says.

Naperville typically secures its road salt through the Illinois Department of Central Management Services' statewide procurement program. Under that system, local governments obtain salt through the state, which pools together all of the requests received to solicit more competitive bids from vendors.

Historically, that program has produced the lowest costs per ton of salt for municipalities, Randolph said.

This year, however, a large salt supplier chose not to participate in the bidding process, resulting in gaps in salt procurement for some locations, state spokesperson Cynthia Johnson wrote in an email.

As a result, dozens of communities in Illinois — including Naperville — are scrambling to find supplies so they can ensure they'll have enough on hand before the snow starts to fall.

For the past 10 years, Naperville has used an average of 11,400 tons of salt for the winter. Because it went through only 7,400 tons last winter, the city has roughly 10,000 tons in storage. This year Naperville requested 9,000 tons of salt through the state procurement process but received only 3,000.

Under the state system, local governments make salt tonnage requests for individual salt storage domes. About 260 salt dome locations in Illinois did not receive a bid through the procurement process, according to an email Randolph received from the state.

One of them was in Naperville. The salt dome on Plainfield-Naperville Road received its request but the dome on Fort Hill Drive did not, Randolph said.

It's not known why the Fort Hill request was not filled, he said, but he's aware that there is a broader supply chain issue and demand for road salt is outpacing the available supply, driving prices up and leaving some vendors hesitant about making bids.

For the salt it did receive through the state process, the city expects to pay about \$144 per ton compared with \$69 per ton last year, according to an unofficial notice from the state.

That the price would end up being “well above \$100 per ton” was a surprise to the city staff, Randolph said.

“That would be the highest salt unit price in my experience at a wholesale rate,” he said.

Due to its contract agreement with the state, the city is obligated to purchase at least $80\%$ of the salt tonnage it requested through the state's procurement process.

After Naperville received notice of the shortfall, it contacted major suppliers like Cargill and Morton Salt about purchasing salt directly from them, but neither supplier could provide a firm price or explain what factors were contributing to their price uncertainty, Randolph said.

Now the city is buying 4,000 tons from Midwest Salt, a third-party vendor, for about \$113.50 per ton.

The state is working on an emergency salt procurement to help communities that did not have their initial request fulfilled. Naperville plans to participate in that to try to obtain an additional 5,000 tons of salt so the city has enough salt to refill its domes by the end of the winter season, Randolph said.

Johnson did not respond to requests for additional details about the state's salt procurement issues, but Randolph said his conversations with state officials indicate there are two overarching reasons for the price surges.

"One was that last winter the East Coast used a lot of salt, so a lot of the salt storage out east was used up. And then the second factor was that there was kind of these unclear labor issues at salt mines," he said.

He did not have any further information on the labor issues, he said, but emphasized that despite the salt procurement issues, he is not worried about the city's winter supply.

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Matt Montgomery, an agronomy education lead at Beck's Hybrids, records data while standing in a soybean test field on Aug. 13 in Pike County, Illinois. The lighter colored soybean plants are infected with red crown rot. Montgomery is searching for a way to eradicate it. STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Matt Montgomery digs out a soybean plant infected with red crown rot in farmer Calvin Koeller's fields on Aug. 13 in New Canton, Illinois. STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Matt Montgomery holds two soybean pods from farmer Calvin Koeller's fields on Aug. 13. The one on the left is infected with red crown rot and the other one is healthy. STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Reagan Hoskin sits alongside the Chicago River in the Loop on Wednesday. Hoskin was the first person to discover red crown rot in the Midwest at her family's farm in Pike County. EILEEN T. MESLAR/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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But something looked off with the leaves.

"I'm looking at this; there's just a big patch of yellow on the leaf that's crossing the big veins," recalled Hoskin.

Eight years later, little is still known about the fungus Hoskin found in what became the first confirmed appearance of “red crown rot” in the Midwest. What is known, experts say, is that the disease can reduce soybean yields by as much as 60% in severe cases.

The commodity crop generates billions of dollars annually in revenue for Illinois, the top producer of soybeans in the U.S. As trade wars and tariffs make growing soybeans less profitable, diseases like red crown rot can cripple farmers' livelihoods.

Hoskin's father, Ron, said it was not until 2024 when the fungus showed up in other parts of Illinois and other Midwest states that it began garnering significant attention.

“Nobody has really cared about this disease because Pike County did not, you know, Pike County just didn't matter in the grand scheme of things,” he said.

Currently, Illinois, Missouri and Indiana have red crown rot in more than 10 counties, according to the Crop Protection Network map. Minnesota's first case was observed in August 2025 and Wisconsin's a few days later.

After years of watching the fungus spread through his farm and kill off soybean plants, Ron Hoskin said he contacted an expert referred to him through a seed seller.

That expert was Matt Montgomery, a scientist who calls agriculture his vocation. He got involved with red crown rot a few years earlier when a farmer reached out to his former employer with questions.

Armed with a cowboy hat and notepad, Montgomery, who lives in Chatham, visits farmers and surveys fields infected with diseases. He said he met Hoskin and later conducted tests on his farm, which he called “patient zero.”

"This disease, in those areas where it has landed and really taken off, has hit beans in a way that most of us haven't seen before," Montgomery said.

In July, Ron Hoskin told the Tribune he was pinning his hopes on a new seed treatment rolled out in the U.S. for this year's planting season. If the treatment fails, he said, his family may switch to planting just corn.

WHAT IS RED CROWN ROT?

The fungus causing red crown rot has infected soybeans and peanuts in parts of the South since the 1970s.

One could assume it traveled north after decades. But according to genetic research published this month by the American Phytopathological Society, Illinois' samples of red crown rot were "most likely not" due to the spread of fungi from the southeastern U.S.

Experts don't yet agree on how the disease travels. Some suspect it might be transferred by air, others by contaminated soil. But research is still in the early stages.

Since 2018, the disease appears to have spread to soybean fields throughout the Midwest from Pike County, said Montgomery, agronomy education lead at Beck's Hybrids. Indiana-based Beck's is the largest family-owned retail seed company in the United States, according to its website.

"We've not seen something in most soybean-producing regions that has quite the impact that this disease does," Montgomery said. "We've had in some cases 70-bushel, 80-bushel soybean fields that have been reduced down into the teens for bushels by this disease. It's a very rapid kill."

Midwestern red crown rot was thought to be exclusive to west and central Illinois following its discovery, he said, but the fungus “really expanded its footprint since 2025.”

A changing climate may play a factor in the disease's rise, according to Damon Smith, a University of Wisconsin at Madison professor whose research focuses on biology, epidemiology and field crop diseases. The fungus likes warm soil and moist air. As the Midwest gets warmer earlier in the year, Smith said conditions become more favorable for fungi like the one causing red crown rot.

New weather patterns also mean some crop diseases are moving north. Smith gave the example of tar spot, a fungal illness traditionally found in Mexican and Latin American corn. Warming weather contributed to the disease's rise in the Midwest over the past decade.

Smith said parts of the region get less consistent rainfall than they used to. Instead of having an inch or so every week, he said, entire months are very wet or very dry.

"The warming is one thing, but also, from a pathology perspective, the way the moisture comes is also very important," he said. "So like getting these big dumps (of rain) influences pathogens along the way."

Red crown rot symptoms typically show near the start of August, although Montgomery said many farmers observed the disease in mid-July this year, potentially due to heavy rains.

The fungus is thought to linger in the soil year-round and attack the roots of growing soybean plants, Smith said. He compared this to removing the foundation of a house, which would cause the whole building to crumble. If plants do survive, significantly fewer soybeans can be harvested.

Soybean plants infected with red crown rot can have yellow leaves and may start turning brown prematurely, he said. Looking even closer, he said, the bases of infected plants may be covered in red, "pimple-like" structures.

Fields with the fungus remain infected even when there's no crops. As the disease spreads across a farm, it often does so in patches.

"You'll have a bunch of dead plants surrounded by green plants that are still alive," Smith said.

AN INITIAL CURIOSITY

As a seventh-generation farmer, Ron Hoskin, 62, grows corn and soybeans on a 1,600-acre plot. Because he “loved to go to school,” he also has a law degree. People like to joke that he’s not really an attorney, he said. He sees his law firm, which specializes in estate planning, probate and real estate, as a way to supplement his farming income.

Ron Hoskin had hoped his daughter would become a crop scientist. Although she did not pursue agriculture research, she did follow in his footsteps. Now 26, Reagan Hoskin lives in Chicago and works remotely for her father's law firm.

She still frequently visits Pike County to help out her father and younger brothers on the farm. One day, she wants to move back.

“We’ve been there for eight generations, and all eight generations have farmed there,” Reagan Hoskin said. “Those are some really deep roots.”

And she has confidence in her family's ability to adapt.

After Reagan Hoskin discovered the disease, she said identification took a while.

Ron Hoskin said an expert from the Farm Service Agency, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that helps farmers with financing and disaster relief, had never seen it before. The case winded through numerous layers of government, and experts from the University of Illinois finally diagnosed the fungal disease.

Ron Hoskin said the family initially approached the diagnosis from a place of mostly scientific interest.

“We’ve dealt with numerous plant diseases over the years,” he said. “So we didn’t, you know, the effect of it did not set in in the first year by any means. It was more of a curiosity.”

In 2020, the next year Ron Hoskin planted soybeans in affected fields, he realized red crown rot was something more. Only 21 bushels of soybeans were harvested in a field where he needed 60 bushels to break even.

“It was clear that we weren’t going to be able to afford to grow soybeans if we had red crown,” he said.

The family began searching for ways to treat the disease.

To start, the University of Illinois set up a test plot on the Hoskin's farm to study the fungus. But Ron Hoskin said communication with researchers was poor, so little progress was made.

It was not until the fungus spread to more Illinois counties and other states in 2024 that it garnered significant attention, Hoskin said.

Smith observed the first confirmed Wisconsin case in September 2025. He said there was a 10-foot diameter circle of affected crops in the middle of a field without any indication as to where the fungus came from. It took until June to confirm the sighting and publish the findings.

"One problem with not having a particular disease in your state is that you don't get to work on that disease until it actually shows up," Smith said. "That was one of the reasons why we went through the whole process to publish the first report, because that then allows us to be able to say, 'All right, it's established here; we'd like to work on this thing.'"

He logged Wisconsin's second case on the Crop Protection Network map earlier this month. It was along the state's border with Minnesota – several counties

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Red, spherical perithecia form on the roots of Ron Hoskin's soybean plants at his farm on Aug. 13 in Pittsfield. These small red seedlike structures are one of the signs of red crown rot. STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

'CORN BELT LEVEL DISEASE'

About five years ago, Montgomery was driving through the countryside surveying infected crops. That's when he began to realize how dangerous the disease might be.

"To just see the number of hillsides and fields that were turning in a way that I had never seen before, that was a really poignant moment for me," he said.

Someone in Pike County reached out to his previous employer with questions about red crown rot. Montgomery decided to visit the fields to see for himself.

From that point on, the fungus took on an increasingly important role in his work.

Montgomery specializes in crop and soil management. He always hoped his agricultural work would leave the world better off than he found it, but he said red crown rot threatens that mission.

Last year, Montgomery said, the fungus became a “Corn Belt level disease,” spreading from a pocket of Illinois to other farms in the Midwest region where corn and soybeans are the main crops.

Still, he said he is optimistic that researchers will find effective treatments.

“Five years ago, I had nothing to lay on the table but pure guesswork on how we might manage this thing,” he said. “To at least have plots and trials and some things that look like potential tools, even if they’re not completely perfect tools, is just light-years beyond where we’ve been.”

Montgomery said prevention moving forward is a “three-pronged approach.”

First are seed treatments. These are thin chemical coats applied to seeds before they're planted to protect against insects and diseases, Montgomery said.

Secondly, experts search for certain soybean varieties that are more resistant to diseases. Smith said no known varieties are fully resistant to red crown rot. One goal, he said, is to find partially resistant varieties that delay the onset of symptoms until after plants are harvested.

And third, Montgomery said managing stressors on soybeans could be important for taming the disease. That might mean addressing soil fertility or not planting seeds too shallow.

“That’s real preliminary,” he said. “It doesn’t mean that managing other stress in the field will eliminate red crown rot, but it means it might be part of an overall strategy that we want to employ.”

Researchers also want to know how the fungus spreads. Smith said red crown rot is thought to travel through contaminated soil, such as by riding on equipment. But Montgomery said infection patterns may point to its ability to be carried by wind.

HOLDING OUT HOPE

Red crown rot has forced the Hoskin family to reevaluate a lot.

After farming soybeans most of his life, Ron Hoskin said he would look “real serious” at only planting corn next year if red crown rot surfaced again. This would not be ideal, though, as alternating between corn and soybeans helps maintain soil health. Hoskin said if he goes all-in on corn, it will probably require strip tilling.

Hoskin said he hadn't tilled for soybeans since 1986, and his family tried the practice for the first time last year hoping it would help with red crown rot. It didn't.

Montgomery compared tilling to rolling over soil in a garden. Gardeners often mix up soil to get rid of weeds and ensure better contact with seeds. Farmers do a similar thing in their fields, but he said it's also important to leave the ground alone when possible to preserve soil health.

That's where strip tilling comes in. Farmers till soil in narrow strips without disturbing the whole farm. However, Ron Hoskin said he receives subsidies from the federal government. To qualify, he follows certain conservation practices on the farm. One of them is to

limit tilling.

Even if he did without those subsidies, Ron Hoskin said strip tilling is expensive. "I mean, we're looking at, if we have to do that, we're looking at 300 grand just for the equipment," he said.

This year, Hoskin expressed some hope. He planted soybeans with Victrato, the first federally labeled seed treatment for red crown rot, according to Syngenta's website. The Switzerland-based Syngenta Group bills itself as the world's largest agricultural technology company by revenue.

Montgomery said scientists may have developed Victrato to protect against sudden death syndrome and another soybean disease. Its promising results on red crown rot were a fortunate coincidence, he said.

Researchers across the country log counties where the fungus is identified. Boris Camiletti, professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, reported many Illinois cases on the Crop Protection Network map.

Camiletti said his group of scientists also trains AI models to detect infected fields using satellite imagery. Researchers take images of already identified fields and manually mark which areas have red crown rot. AI models then train on this data to identify affected areas.

"If I get a call from a farmer that tells me, 'Hey, I have confirmed red crown rot in my field. Can you check how severe it is?' We can go just with a satellite, collect imagery, apply the model and get the map without visiting the field," Camiletti said.

'RESPECT

BUT DON'T PANIC'

Pike County farmer Calvin Koeller said red crown rot spread to his neighbors' fields two years ago. It showed up on his farm last year. This season, it became significantly worse.

Some leaves drooped over, crumpled and dying. Others barely stood upright with bright yellow and brown splotches. When seen from above, Koeller's farm looked to have yellow patches strewn throughout.

Koeller said the fungus has significantly affected yields in fields where it's present, meaning less money to pay off loans and offset increased costs for labor and fuel.

While red crown rot can severely damage farmers' profits, Montgomery cautioned against undue hysteria. He worries people will misdiagnose other diseases as red crown rot.

"I want to make sure that we respect but don't panic

— get it identified correctly," he said. "And then, when it comes, make sure you're really tuned in, because if you are a grower and it does come into your part of the world, we are really going to want to think about management."

For farmers such as Koeller, management means considering Victrato.

“We’ll definitely use it next year with what we’ve seen, especially if our neighbors and this first year trial is coming back good,” he said.

In early August, Ron Hoskin drove a tractor through a soybean field he passes every day. He said the farm had beautiful beans: the best in years. But that day the tops of a few plants appeared yellow.

He found red crown rot in a few spots on the farm, leading him to conclude Victrato only delayed symptoms.

Harvest is still weeks away.

Harvest is still weeks away. On Thursday, Ron Hoskin said red crown rot had manifested in only five fields. If conditions remain constant, he said he'll plant soybeans again next year.

“Even though we’ve got it in a few fields, I think we’ve got some hope that we can continue to grow beans,” he said. “Every day that goes by, it gets us closer to the finish line without a disaster.”

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promises to start paying back the money it owed on state loans and years of past-due taxes, while doctors and nurses increasingly complained of worsening conditions that left them worried about how they'd keep patients safe.

By mid-2025, state and federal agencies had begun losing their patience. The state demanded more information and firmer promises before it considered any more loans, while federal Medicare officials said they were so concerned about conditions at Weiss that they would stop paying for services there. Soon the Uptown hospital closed, followed some months later by West Suburban, and since then Prasad has been fighting in court with his business partner, Reddy Rathnaker Patlola, over the facilities' future.

The hospitals' collapse illustrates what can go wrong in a state that largely relies on — and subsidizes — the private sector to run so-called safety-net hospitals, whose leaders have long complained they make little to no money serving vulnerable patients. That's a balancing act set to become even more difficult with looming federal cuts to Medicaid, a main income source for those hospitals.

Prasad's partner-turned- foe is now asking a judge to enforce a settlement agreement that would remove Prasad as CEO or to appoint a receiver over the hospitals. The Patlola firm's lawsuit initially accused Prasad of misappropriating public funds, but a judge said no evidence had been submitted to prove that. In a later filing, Patlola's lawyers noted that nearly \$2.2 million was transferred from a hospital-related account to a Prasad-tied Michigan consulting firm before the second hospital closed.

In Prasad's correspondence with the state, and his later public statements, he has consistently portrayed himself as a well-meaning hospital management expert who took over hospitals so dysfunctional and deep in debt that — despite infusions of state cash — they couldn't perform consistent audits, make tax remittances or pay back loans.

He said he paid himself fairly, wasted no money and remains committed to reopening both facilities. “I am fighting to prevent the much-needed community hospitals from being wiped out of existence like so many hospitals Chicago has already lost,” Prasad said in written responses to questions from the Tribune.

State officials did not respond to some of the Tribune's questions but sent written responses defending their actions.

The health facilities board told the Tribune it approved the change in ownership based on requirements set by state law. The administration of Gov. JB Pritzker said the other agencies had to consider the benefits of maintaining healthcare for vulnerable people as well as the need for fiscal stewardship, and that it's since beefed up oversight of grants while tightening limits on loans.

“Illinois is protecting access to care while making clear that safety-net hospitals must pay what they owe, and the State now has the expanded ability and increased authority to make sure they do,” the administration said in a statement.

Former West Suburban and Weiss workers said they watched the facilities crater under Prasad and they question why the state hasn't dug deeper into what happened to the tens of millions his firm received.

hospitals in the Chicago area that serve large numbers of patients on Medicaid, which typically pays far less than private policies, and uninsured people who often cannot pay much if anything. To help these safety-net hospitals stay afloat, they get enhanced Medicaid payments, at times supplemented with grants, loans and, in some cases, taxes that go unpaid.

As a nod to the public interest in competently run hospitals, Illinois requires that those who wish to buy hospitals provide proof to the Health Facilities and Services Review Board that they're "fit, willing and able." When seeking to buy West Suburban and Weiss, Prasad and Patlola formed a company called Resilience Healthcare and hired a legal firm to pitch their confident plan.

The reams of paperwork the partners submitted over three months in 2022 portrayed them as near-perfect for the job.

They described Patlola as a successful East Coast entrepreneur who had access to cash and was eager to help the less fortunate. His firm would buy the properties for \$92 million, then lease them to Resilience, controlled by Prasad. A Michigan-based healthcare executive and consultant, Prasad once told a podcaster he'd "perfected" reviving struggling facilities "so that in a year's time, I can do a turnaround and stabilization."

The application material submitted to the review board said Prasad got his medical degree in India and then pursued healthcare management in America, with his résumé listing nearly two dozen places where he held executive roles or served as a consultant. It called him “a servant leader whose skills and experience have been earned during a career resuscitating struggling healthcare organizations of all sizes, types and locations.”

The board did not answer questions from the Tribune about what it did specifically to vet Prasad's background. Documents the Tribune obtained through a records request show board staffers did request additional information about his work history, including asking for a list of hospitals he had "turned around," but there was no evidence of phone calls, emails or internet searches to verify the details provided.

Had they dug deeper, they could have found information that raises questions about some of Prasad's assertions.

For example, state records show Prasad cited his time running a suburban Detroit hospital in the late 1990s as an example of his turnaround expertise. But the Tribune found a man who later bought the hospital filed a lawsuit in 2002 that alleged the previous owner had failed to disclose financial issues dating to Prasad's tenure.

When the Tribune asked about the lawsuit, Prasad said he did turn around the hospital and contended the buyer was trying to squeeze money from the prior owner. The suit was settled before trial.

The paperwork Prasad's team submitted also stated he "served as Executive Director of a 378-bed tertiary teaching hospital" in Flint, Michigan. That hospital, now called McLaren Flint, told the Tribune "at no time was Dr. Manoj Prasad president, CEO, or executive leader" of the hospital.

Asked about the apparent discrepancy, Prasad told the Tribune he was executive director of surgical services at the hospital, as well as overseeing orthopedic and neurological rehabilitation. Under the “clinical service line model in our industry,” he added, he was the “CEO of those service areas” and “as the ED I was not over the entire hospital but certainly over two thirds of it.” The hospital declined to comment further.

Prasad also sent the Tribune a 2002 letter from a surgeon at the Flint hospital that praised his performance as director of surgical services, as well as a 2001 letter of reference from the former owner of the suburban Detroit hospital. The latter described Prasad as “an extremely intelligent person who completed the assignment of taking the hospital from its position of substantial financial losses to a position resulting in attracting the interests of outside investors to participate in the hospital.”

Two decades later, Prasad was asking Illinois officials to trust him to work similar management magic with two hospitals then owned by Pipeline Health System.

Weiss and West Suburban, each with about 230 beds as of 2024, had already been sold twice in a decade — and Pipeline said it was continuing to lose money — when Prasad and Patlola began working to buy the hospitals.

In his 2022 pitch to the state review board, Prasad noted the hospitals' troubles in switching to a new electronic medical record system, known in hospital lingo as EMR. Because of their role in billing, these systems are arguably the most critical business function in a hospital. Prasad told the state an EMR switchover could be "a disaster if mishandled" but he had deep IT experience, including designing such systems and “complex revenue cycle management process redesigns.”

“Let me assure you,” Prasad told the review board, “this is a problem I can fix.”

Those familiar with both hospitals know how the story ends. Three years later, Prasad's correspondence with the state blamed another "disastrous" EMR switchover – this time on his watch – for preventing the hospitals from collecting on bills.

When the Tribune asked him how such a failure could occur given his stated expertise, Prasad wrote that his initial upgrade plan fell through, forcing him to try another vendor and then another while struggling to keep two hospitals afloat.

“Yes, I am an expert at designing and deploying EMRs, but not while I am also operating two flat-lining hospitals overseeing almost 1,400 employees,” he wrote.

Leaving aside Prasad's professional history, records from the review board show concern that he and Patlola lacked an effective plan to turn around hospitals with twice as many liabilities as assets.

Community members wrote letters to the board expressing worry that Prasad had not proved he had the qualifications to keep the hospitals running. After a follow-up Zoom meeting with the two men, their attorneys and board staffers, board Administrator John P. Kniery summarized the issue, using capital letters, in an email sent to colleagues that the Tribune obtained through a records request.

It said: “We NEED THIS APPLICANT TO PROVIDE A PLAN TO SHOW HOW WE ARE CONNECTING THE DOTS TO TURN-AROUND THE HOSPITALS.”

Kniery did not respond to the Tribune's questions, but the records the Tribune reviewed included no such plan. Fifteen days after his email, in June 2022, the board approved the hospital deal.

In a statement to the Tribune, the board said it examined the applications, reviewed public comments, listened to the applicants' proposals and asked questions – but state law required it to approve the change in ownership once the application material was “deemed complete.”

When asked to clarify what power it had to decide if potential buyers were fit, willing and able – beyond them submitting the right paperwork – the board did not directly respond, instead saying it approves proposals

Dr. Manoj Prasad, who addressed reporters April 1 about the closure of West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, had presented himself to state officials as an expert in hospital turnarounds. BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Dr. George Naratadam, a nephrologist who worked at West Suburban Medical Center, stands outside an ambulance bay at the closed Oak Park hospital on Aug. 20. STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

SENDING MILLIONS

“if the information submitted meets the requirements set forth in the law and rules.”

Kniery's concerns would prove prophetic. In May of this year, Prasad acknowledged in court testimony that he and his partner "didn't have reliable financials" when he was seeking the board's approval. In fact, he testified, the pair didn't start "serious due diligence" until afterward.

Only then did they discover the two hospitals were so deep in debt that no lender would offer them a loan for the purchase, according to Prasad's testimony.

When Prasad and Patlola's original deal with Pipeline fell through, the company looked for other buyers but said in court records that it ultimately decided to reach a new agreement with the two men. By then, Pipeline had filed for bankruptcy.

Under the new deal, which closed in December 2022 with the bankruptcy court's approval, Prasad would run the hospitals while Patlola's firm would pay Pipeline most of the purchase price over time, like a mortgage.

That arrangement later collapsed, leading to a series of legal battles between Pipeline, Patlola and Prasad. Patlola this month, through a representative, cited his ongoing legal dispute with Prasad as the reason he would not answer questions from the Tribune.

Not long after the deal closed, Prasad was again communicating with the state, this time about financial help.

In Prasad's telling of events — relayed to reporters this spring at a news conference

- it was the state that reached out first. He “got a very nice call” from a deputy governor who thanked him for “saving” the hospitals, and Prasad let her know the hospitals were in such debt – roughly \$80 million – that he wasn’t sure how they’d “move forward,” he said.

So, according to Prasad, the deputy governor offered the hospitals \$20 million in state money.

“She was very kind and said, ‘You know what? Why don’t we put an advance so that you guys can pay this down,’” Prasad recalled to assembled reporters. “And I said, ‘Look, it’s not going to be something that I can pay down and return to you. ... There’s no coming back.’”

Pritzker's office told the Tribune it had no record of such a conversation occurring.

“It’s totally unaccounted for, and to our knowledge, it’s not being looked at, at all,” Dr. George Naratadam, who worked at West Suburban, told the Tribune earlier this year. “Nothing is fixed (in the hospitals), and now we have this big healthcare gap in the area. And that money is gone.”

HANDING OVER THE KEYS

When Prasad and Patlola got involved with West Suburban and Weiss, they entered a segment of the healthcare industry rife with financial challenges.

Generations of demographic and economic shifts have left a group of aging

Prasad also sent a three-page form on the hospitals' finances, noting that his chief finance officer was on vacation so he did it himself. He asked the department to "kindly excuse any imperfec-

See HOSPITALS on Page A13

According to records from the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Prasad is the one who reached out in December 2022, sending a two-page letter “humbly” asking the agency for a loan of \$40 million that the hospitals “would gladly pay back” starting in summer 2023. There was no mention of a conversation with a deputy governor.

STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Weiss Memorial Hospital, left, in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood and West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park were struggling financially when the state approved a change in ownership of both hospitals in 2022.
ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Pamela Wade, shown on April 1, said elevator breakdowns at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park sometimes made it harder to receive her dialysis treatment. BRIAN CASSELLA/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Reddy Rathnaker Patlola, left, who has been battling with business partner Manoj Prasad over the fate of their two Chicago-area hospitals, leaves a Daley Center courtroom on May 29. ANTONIO PEREZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Weeds have grown tall next to a sign for Weiss Memorial Hospital along the 4600 block of North Marine Drive in Chicago, shown on Aug. 20. STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

HOSPITALS

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tions."

Under the state code in effect at the time, that's all he needed to submit, and the department gave him a \$20 million loan. The agreement stated that if Prasad's operation didn't make required payments, the state would refuse any additional loan request.

By April 2025, Resilience had missed 12 straight payments and had not returned a dime of the loan to the state. Both hospitals also owed nearly \$60 million to the state in past-due taxes and penalties.

Yet that month Healthcare and Family Services lent Weiss Hospital another \$10 million.

State records show that before getting the second loan, Prasad told the state that Weiss was so in debt and strapped for cash that it could barely make payroll.

In a statement, the department told the Tribune that granting the second loan was “not an easy decision” given the money owed, but officials believed it was justified based on concern the hospital could close without financial assistance. More broadly, in a separate statement, the department said it must try to balance being a “responsible steward of public funds” while “supporting widespread healthcare access in underserved Illinois communities.”

"The goal of providing the advances was to avoid a disruption in healthcare services, and therefore harm to Medicaid customers," the statement said.

CASH NOT TRACKED

Prasad told the state he needed the first \$20 million to pay down inherited bills and the next \$10 million to help Weiss bridge what he described as short-term woes surrounding the record system switchover. But he wasn't required to prove that's how he spent the money.

Questions about the hospitals' spending have since emerged in the legal dispute between Prasad and Patlola.

In May, Prasad's former chief financial officer, Irena Dumanis, testified that state loan money went into a special account that Prasad did not let her access. She also told the court he ordered her to transfer an additional \$25,000 to \$30,000 into the same account about every two weeks, saying it was to cover credit card payments and “supplement his payroll.”

In his responses to the Tribune, Prasad wrote that the hospitals “did not ever cover my personal expenses.” Instead, he said, because the hospitals had such poor credit, employees often used his personal credit card for hospital purchases.

Questions also remain about how much Prasad paid himself to run the hospitals. He testified in court in May that he received \$90,000 a year. But the proposed legal settlement in the dispute with Patlola notes that, over three months last fall and winter, nearly \$2.2 million went from that special account to a then-recently formed consulting business with the same Michigan address as Resilience.

When the Tribune asked Prasad why more than \$2 million was transferred, he said it was “part of my contracted compensation due that I had not previously collected.”

Patlola, in his May testimony, said he went to state inspectors general earlier this year to share his concerns over what happened to the tens of millions in state money sent to Prasad's operation over the years, but he's not sure if they acted on those concerns.

"I want OIG (the Office of Inspector General) to see what's happening with the money, and if OIG feels everything is fine, everything's fine, I don't care," Patlola testified, "but ... that's the people's money, that's taxpayer money."

In late May, a lawyer for Patlola's company, Ramco Healthcare Holdings, acknowledged in court that, after digging through the hospitals' finances, it appeared “a significant amount” of money that Ramco had previously alleged was misappropriated “went back to the hospitals.”

Healthcare and Family Services declined to respond to Tribune questions about what, if anything, has been done to track what happened to the \$30 million it lent to Prasad, saying it wouldn't comment on "ongoing litigation" even though the department is not a defendant in the case.

Unlike the loans, annual audits were required for another stream of cash the hospitals received — yearly grants awarded by the General Assembly and issued through the Illinois Department of Public Health. Records show Resilience's hospitals got more than \$24 million in grants from that department during the company's tenure.

The audits were due each April, covering the prior fiscal year. But when the Tribune asked for records related to the grants, the department did not provide records on any audits that were turned in.

In response to Tribune questions, Prasad wrote that he submitted data to the state on how the money was spent. But he said the struggling hospitals he took over hadn't had audits in years and their books were missing key records, which made doing timely audits much harder.

Under the state's administrative code, the Department of Public Health must “immediately” put any recipient who fails to file an audit on a formal state “Stop Payment List” that withholds grant money until the rules are followed. Had that been done in this case, grants to Resilience would have been cut off at least as early as July 2024.

But records show the department sent more grant money to Resilience for two more fiscal years.

Not until November 2025 did the department put Resilience on the Stop Payment List, recording that it lacked timely audit reports for multiple grants stretching back at least to Resilience's first year running the hospitals.

The department did not directly respond to Tribune questions about the delay, instead issuing a broader statement that noted in part: "Over the last three years, IDPH has implemented new standard operating procedures and restructured personnel in an effort to more effectively oversee grants."

'NOT SAFE'

For roughly as long as Resilience owned West Suburban, Pamela Wade had been going to a dialysis clinic set up on the fifth floor of an adjoining building, three times a week, to keep her alive.

By 2025, though, the building's elevators had broken down several times, forcing dialysis patients in a weakened condition to go to a different dialysis center or find an elevator in the sprawling hospital to lift them to the third floor, then make it up stairs to the fifth floor.

Wade said she did that once with the help of a staffer, taking breaks with her walker to catch her breath. “I pushed myself because I knew I needed the dialysis,” she said.

Another time, she recalled, elevators broke down during her dialysis treatment at a time she was using a wheelchair after foot surgery. She said she waited 1½ hours, then called 911 for help. She said firefighters strapped her into a special chair to carry her down the steps.

The hospital's woes were no secret to the Department of Public Health, which — in addition to issuing grants — inspects hospitals for compliance with federal health and safety standards.

Those inspection records, along with recollections of former doctors and nurses — suggest that the problems at West Suburban went far beyond glitchy elevators. Among the concerns: Thin staffing. Unpaid bills. Broken equipment. Scarce supplies. Overflowing trash. Ignored staff complaints.

Doctors complained to the Tribune that quality-control efforts suffered under Prasad. One doctor, Vishnu Chundi, told the Tribune he quit leading West Suburban's infection-control committee because "it became a farce, and I said I won't be part of that farce."

Erratic heating and air-conditioning systems also did little at times to tame Chicago's seasonal temperature swings, leaving rooms frigid in the winter and sweltering in the summer.

"It wasn't a safe situation, though we did go to work every day and did the best we can," Sylvia Williams, who oversaw nurses in two departments, told the Tribune this year.

"We had fans. We had heat-ers. We had all sorts of things just to make sure that patients got safe care. But it was not a safe environment."

Prasad told the Tribune that reports of problems at West Suburban were “mostly untrue and sensationalized to support a certain agenda.”

Still, when inspectors from the Department of Public Health responded to a complaint about conditions in June 2025, they found the intensive care unit at 81 degrees.

The labor and delivery section topped 85 degrees.

One floor's inpatient wing hit 89 degrees.

And West Suburban was in better shape than Weiss. Earlier in June, many Weiss patients were evacuated to West Suburban after Weiss' air-conditioning units failed, forcing its main building to close. A makeshift Weiss emergency room was set up in a nearby medical building with working AC, but it still "lacked critical emergency medical equipment and supplies," state officials found. The medical director of the emergency department joined another doctor in telling state inspectors the makeshift ER simply was "not safe" for patients.

Chundi, who also had worked at Weiss, recalled "heaps of garbage" festering in the hospital's hot hallways: "It was miserable. It was like something out of Central Africa, in a field hospital."

Prasad told the state he was fixing the concerns at Weiss, but federal regulators had heard enough. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Weiss would no longer receive Medicare dollars — basically a death-knell for a hospital that relies on government funding

— and Prasad closed it down last August.

Over time, Prasad and Patlola's relationship had soured — arguing in court over who should pay for repairs and how much rent was due. Patlola later testified that he had come to doubt Prasad's trustworthiness, saying: "It's all lies any time." In February of this year, Patlola met with Healthcare and Family Services to seek help in keeping West Suburban open, and the agency launched its most aggressive effort yet to assess Prasad's management capabilities.

The department hired a team of private consultants who toured West Suburban, looked through its records and spoke with Prasad and others there. The consultants' report to the department questioned Prasad's management of the hospital, including his ability to fix the records systems, and found West Suburban was losing patients, still couldn't properly bill for services and lacked a realistic plan to turn things around.

Prasad closed the Oak Park hospital a month later, in late March, then held an awkward news conference where he said he could reopen it by July. A state representative in attendance was more cautious, saying “a lot of work” was needed to open the facility and Prasad had not made the case that Prasad could pull it off by then.

Today, the hospital is still closed, as is Weiss. To try to recoup some of the money owed, the state told the Tribune it has stopped paying Medicaid claims from either hospital, withholding more than \$13 million to date.

Patlola and Prasad's companies continue to battle in a Daley Center courtroom over the hospitals' futures. In court documents, Ramco's attorneys have said Prasad has been stalling on finalizing an agreement in which he would allow another firm to take over, step down as CEO and earn \$100,000 to work as a consultant for the hospitals for up to six months.

Court records show an attorney for Resilience has contended that Ramco is trying to include more in the deal than originally agreed upon. The judge recently agreed to allow Prasad to join the case in a personal capacity after his attorney said in a filing that Prasad “has a distinctive drive to defend himself” against “false accusations of serious misconduct.”

In response to Tribune questions, Prasad broadly blamed the legal battle for delaying West Suburban's reopening. He said he aims to restore “all services later this year.” As for Weiss, the hospital appealed federal regulators’ decision to stop payments, and the initial appeal was dismissed, according to a document submitted to the board in July. The hospital is now “weighing its remaining options,” the document states.

If the hospitals do reopen, it will be harder for them to get any more state loans.

Under legislation pushed this year by the Pritzker administration, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services starting next year must follow stricter rules when lending money to hospitals, including a ban on new loans to any hospital that has overdue loan or tax repayments. Hospitals also must submit certain financial reports to the state each year, and if they get a state loan the department can require them to provide audits on their operations, though it's not a must.

As for what may happen to Weiss and West Suburban, the Chicago Medical Society has joined hospital doctors in pushing the Pritzker administration to get involved. But the administration has largely remained on the sidelines, describing the hospitals as privately operated facilities that state agencies did their best to help.

For anyone still seeking care at West Suburban, a handwritten sign is taped to its main entrance, reading: "This hospital is closed. No doctors. No nurses. No clinic here." Weeds have begun to overtake the grounds, and thick gray tape covers parts of the signs that used to direct patients.

Eight miles northeast, steps from the lakefront, are the even weedier grounds of Weiss, now closed for more than a year. Enormous banners still hang on the vacant structure, boasting of industry accolades received in better days. Closer to ground level, peeling tape on one sign reveals what's left of the word "Emergency."

Tribune reporter Cam'Ron Hardy contributed to this story.

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Key Daley liaison with city's Black community

By Bob Goldsborough FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Charles "Chuck" Bowen on Nov. 28, 2003, at the Chicago Military Academy in Bronzeville. ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/TRIBUNE

Charles R. “Chuck” Bowen spent decades in Chicago’s political scene as a Cook County commissioner, a legislative aide and a key liaison between Black church leaders and the administrations of Mayors Richard M. Daley and Rahm Emanuel.

"He loved the city, and he loved being in the midst of making sure that people had a seat at the table," said Sandi Lewis, Bowen's City Hall assistant. "To be the person to bring calm out of chaos, there was no one other than Chuck who could pull that off."

Bowen, 92, died of heart failure on July 31 at his home, said his wife, Soraya Sheppard-Bowen. He had been a longtime resident of the South Side's Bronzeville neighborhood.

Born in Atlanta, Bowen moved to Chicago with his family around the age of 12. He soon returned to Atlanta before coming back to Chicago around age 14, said his son Chuck. After graduating from Corpus Christi High School on the South Side, Bowen attended what is now Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta before returning to Chicago.

As a young father, Bowen worked for several years as a glass inspector for a glass firm in Chicago. He also took a great interest in politics. At age 21 in the mid-1950s, Bowen worked as an organizer for the Democratic Party and became the youngest precinct captain in Chicago's 2nd Ward. Imbued with plenty of hustle and moxie, Bowen juggled jobs in the private sector with political and government positions, including working to support U.S. Rep. William Dawson, who was a member of the U.S. House for 27 years and was a key figure in building Chicago's first Black political machine.

Other roles followed throughout the 1950s and 1960s, including as a gambling and vice investigator for the Cook County state's attorney's office, and for the Cook County Highway Department. Around 1970, he also took a job as a regional marketing manager supervising sales and advertising at Loop-based liquor importer Somerset Importers. By the mid-1970s, Bowen was an administrative assistant for then-Cook County Board member William Harvey.

In 1975, Bowen unsuccessfully ran for 8th Ward alderman, losing to longtime Ald. William Cousins Jr. By 1982, Bowen was on Ald. Edward R. Vrdolyak's staff, and that year, he was tapped by the local Democratic committee to run for Cook County commissioner, replacing a candidate who had withdrawn. Bowen won the election, and during his lone term on the Cook County Board, he helped create the county's first affirmative action initiative to expand contract opportunities for women and minorities. He also served as the board's deputy clerk and chaired the board's committee on construction and maintenance.

In 1983, Bowen helped campaign for then-Mayor Jane Byrne in her race for reelection. After she lost the Democratic primary, Bowen sponsored a reception for the primary winner, Harold Washington, who went on to become Chicago's first Black mayor.

“Going against Harold was one of the hardest things I ever had to do,” Bowen told the Tribune’s David Axelrod in 1983. “You know we’ve been friends for 30 years. He calls my mother ‘Mama.’”

While on the County Board, Bowen butted heads with then-board President George Dunne, particularly after he forged an alliance with Republicans on the board that undercut Dunne's power as the county's chief executive. As a result, Bowen was not slated by the Democratic Party to run for reelection in 1986.

Undeterred, Bowen filed in December 1985 to challenge Dunne as an independent but lost. Later, Bowen took a job as a deputy clerk in the office of then-Cook County Clerk Stanley Kusper.

In 1989, Bowen backed Richard M. Daley's successful mayoral campaign. After his victory, Daley appointed Bowen as an executive assistant tasked with liaising between the mayor's office and Chicago's Black clergy.

"The political organization that I knew has dissipated, but the church has remained," Bowen told the Tribune's Andrew Martin in 1999. "I'm there to say, 'Hey, I'm here to help. And when I need you to help, I want you to help.'"

Bowen also played a key role in persuading Daley's administration not to demolish the Eighth Regiment Armory building at 35th Street and Giles Avenue in Bronzeville, which was the first armory built in the U.S. for an African American military regiment. Today the building is a public military high school.

"Chuck was one of those dramatic characters you see in dramatic films and TV shows, who was right in the middle of everything — he was Daley's guy, and he was the liaison for your top-shelf Black businesspeople and the clergy and all of that. He got things done," said historian Nate Thompson, who is working on a book about Bowen. "He came up through the ranks and he just made it all work for him and he tried to maintain balance. But he got things done."

Bowen remained at City Hall throughout Daley's time as mayor, and he also worked for a time for Emanuel before stepping down. He never retired from working, however, continuing to consult with ministers and politicians until he died, his son said.

Outside of work, Bowen was an avid art collector, and he and his second wife started an art gallery called Color Me Africa Fine Arts. He also was one of the founding board members of the Africa International House, which operates the long-running Africa Festival of the Arts.

Angela Ford, the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Obsidian Collection, a Chicago-based Black media archive, recalled Bowen regularly meeting with her and regaling her with tales of the history of Black political power in Chicago.

"He would just tell me stories. I'm a storyteller, and he would give me the details about Black Chicago that I just never would have gotten without him," she said. "He cared about Black Chicago."

Bowen's early career formed the basis of a recently staged play, “Machine Made,” which was performed in October and November 2025 at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Lincoln Park. He is also the subject of a recently completed documentary that was directed by Michael N.J. Wright, “Citizen Bowen.”

Bowen's first wife, Verna, died in 2012. In addition to his wife and son, Bowen is survived by two other sons, Gene and Mario; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

A visitation will take place at 9 a.m. Sept. 26 at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, 4543 S. Princeton Ave. A memorial service at the church will follow at 10 a.m.

Bob Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.

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In 30 B.C. by some estimates, the seventh and most famous queen of ancient Egypt known as Cleopatra committed suicide.

In 1862 Union forces were defeated by the Confederates at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Va.

In 1905 Ty Cobb made his major league debut as a player for the Detroit Tigers, hitting a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders. (The Tigers won, 5-3.)

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In 1967 the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court, making him the court's first black justice.

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Brekke, Nancy C.

Nancy C. Brekke, 82, of Chicago, passed Aug 8, 2026. Born Nov 19, 1943. Retired Sears employee. Active in Church of the Spirit, SGI Buddhist community, and astrology groups. Survived by cousins and dear friends. For more info on the Sept. 26th memorial service and full bio see www.NeptuneSociety.com

Broccolo, Gerard Thomas Jerry

Gerard T. (Jerry) Broccolo was born in Chicago, IL on June 14, 1939. On July 4, 1939, he was baptized as a member of God's holy people at Holy Rosary Parish in Chicago. Yearly, he celebrated this event as the foundation of his life and ministry in the Church.

He spent his high school years at Quigley

Preparatory Seminary, the Chicago minor seminary high school, and did his philosophy studies at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, IL. In 1961, Jerry was chosen from his seminary classmates in Chicago to do theology studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome with a residence at the North American College. His four years of preparation for priesthood coincided with the sessions of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965).

Ordination to the priesthood took place at St Peter's Basilica in December, 1964. Graduation from the Gregorian took place in the summer of the following year. Time back home in Chicago was brief, as Jerry was chosen for graduate studies in liturgy at the Pontifical Institute of Liturgy of St. Anselm in Rome. This finished in 1970 with a dissertation on the prophetic role of the lay people in the eucharistic assembly.

These studies, especially new thinking and practice in liturgy from the documents of the recent Council, were the foundation for a teaching career at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary (1968-1972). The classroom expanded to a host of events and programs in the Archdiocese that profited from Jerry's expertise in liturgy and spirituality.

In 1991, Jerry found that his gifts filled a need in Catholic hospitals and health care systems. He moved from Chicago to Pittsburgh, working with the Mercy Sisters in developing mission and vision directives to make their health care system a better witness to the good news of the Second Vatican Council. He thrived in the work and in 1997 was invited to a larger responsibility with a move to the corporate headquarters of Catholic Health Initiatives in Denver, CO where he has resided until his recent death.

Jerry died peacefully at home on Monday August 10, 2026 at 87 years of age. He is preceded in death by his father, John Broccolo, his mother, Raepheal Broccolo (Ziccarelli), his dear brother John Carmen Broccolo, and sister, Sr. Mary Therese Broccolo, SSND. A funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be held in Chicago on Friday, October 2, 2026, at 4pm at St. Francis Xavier Parish in LaGrange, IL. The Mass will be Live streamed as Jerry has many friends residing in Colorado. He will be interred with his brother John at the Broccolo Family mausoleum in Mount Carmel Cemetery at a later date.

Jerry is remembered with immense affection by a wide circle of friends.

Daly, RSM, Sister Mary Jayne

Sister Mary Jayne Daly, RSM, Beloved Sister of Mercy for 65 years. Devoted daughter of the late Rose nee Kelly & Alexander Daly. Loving sister of Maureen (the late William) Geimer, & the late James (La Donna) Daly. Proud aunt & great aunt of many. Prayer Service and Visitation Wednesday September 2nd, 9:00 am until 10:15 am at Mercy Hall, Illinois Room, 10044 S. Central Park in Chicago. Mass of Christian Burial following at 10:30 at Mercy Chapel. Inurnment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Sisters of Mercy, 10024 S. Central Park, Chicago, IL 60655 would be greatly appreciated. Arrangements entrusted to Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home.

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DelGiudice, Irene T. Moskal

Irene T. Moskal DelGiudice passed away peacefully on August 24, 2026, at the age of 97.

Irene was born on March 21, 1929, and grew up in the Chicago and Ashland Avenue area. She was the dearest daughter of the late Zofia (Grzyb) and the late Jozef Moskal. Irene and her family lived above her parents' bar and

catering business, where she learned from an early age the values of hard work, independence, and dedication to family.

Irene attended St. John Cantius grammar school and went on to attend Holy Family Academy. Always fiercely independent, Irene began working at the age of 14 because she wanted to earn her own money and not depend on her parents. She later worked in the accounting department at the Palmer House, where she met her future husband, James V. DelGiudice, who was a salesperson in the men's clothing department. They married on August 5, 1950, and began their married life in a three-flat owned by Irene's parents. Through hard work and perseverance, they eventually were able to purchase a home of their own.

In 1958, Irene and James moved to Schiller Park, where they built a life together and raised their son, James "Jimmy" DelGiudice. Irene was a devoted wife and mother. She later accepted a position at Lincoln School so that she could have her summers off and spend that special time with her son. She took great pride in her home and loved her garden, flowers, and backyard sanctuary. She was happiest surrounded by the things she had carefully tended and loved. She also loved Christmas and never missed an opportunity to beautifully decorate her home for the holiday season.

Irene and James were married for 37 years before James passed away from cancer in 1987. Irene's Catholic faith was at the center of her life. She was a devoted Catholic who prayed faithfully, with a particular love and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. She was a member of the Parish Council at Holy Virgin Martyrs Parish and volunteered often at church, always willing to lend her time and support to her parish community.

Irene donated a statue of the Blessed Mother to St. Beatrice Church (now Holy Virgin Martyrs Parish) and, every Sunday, brought flowers to place at the statue. Her love and devotion to the Virgin Mary inspired her to travel to Fatima three times.

Irene loved to travel, visiting Rome, Spain, Portugal, and making a yearly trip to Naples, Florida. Wherever she traveled, her faith traveled with her. She never missed Mass while on vacation and visited countless churches and cathedrals. She especially enjoyed meeting the priests she encountered along the way, often taking photographs with them and sending the pictures to the local newspaper to be published.

Irene dedicated much of her life to public service and to making her community a better place. She worked for the Illinois Secretary of State in the Driver's License Division during George Ryan's tenure, where she helped bring justice to people who had been harmed by dishonest actions within the department.

Public service was a family tradition. Irene's brother, the late Edward Moskal, served for many years as President of the Polish American Congress and the Polish National Alliance. Irene worked tirelessly to continue his legacy and preserve her family's commitment to the Polish-American community.

She served two terms as President of the Polish American Congress Illinois Division. She was also a member and former President of School District #81 in Schiller Park, where she was instrumental in obtaining soundproofing for the district's three schools.

Irene served as a Trustee of the Triton College Board for more than 20 years and as a Trustee for the Village of Schiller Park. In each of these positions, she was a strong advocate for the community and always made sure that citizens' tax dollars were spent wisely. She was also a member of the Polish National Alliance and PAPA — the Polish American Police Association.

Politically active throughout her life, Irene was never afraid to speak her mind. She fought for what she believed was right and was especially passionate about standing up for the "little guy." She supported the people she believed in and those whom she felt would do good for their communities. She had a remarkable ability to make friends with just about anyone who was willing to listen to her.

Those who knew Irene will remember not only her accomplishments, but the person she was. She was honest, helpful, smart, loving, kind, and generous. She was always impeccably dressed, neatly groomed, and polished. Her generosity often came in simple, thoughtful gestures. If someone was kind to her, Irene was likely to return that kindness with candy, donuts, or a helping hand.

Every Sunday after Mass, Irene brought two donuts to the crossing guards who directed traffic outside the church — simply because they said hello to her and smiled. She volunteered often at church and was always willing to help others. She enjoyed bringing food to her neighbors and sharing what she had with those around her.

Independent until the end, Irene remained true to the values that had guided her throughout her life: work hard, stand up for what is right, help others, remain faithful, and always take care of your family.

Irene was the beloved wife of the late James V. DelGiudice and the loving mother of James G. "Jimmy" DelGiudice. She was the dearest sister of Chester (Joan) Moskal and the late Stanley (the late Lucille) Moskal, the late Jean (the late Edward) Adams, the late Stephanie (the late Walter) Lezon, the late Anthony (the late Florence) Moskal, the late Joseph Moskal, and the late Edward (the late Wanda) Moskal.

She was a fond aunt, great-aunt, great-great-aunt, and great-great-great-aunt to many. She was a friend to many.

Most of all, Irene loved her family. Her greatest joy was being a devoted wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend. She leaves behind a legacy of love, faith, independence, public service, Polish-American pride, and an unwavering commitment to doing what she believed was right.

Irene will be deeply missed by her family, friends, neighbors, and the many people whose lives she touched throughout her remarkable 97 years. Her memory will live on in the people she loved, the community she served, and the countless acts of kindness she gave so freely.

Visitation Monday, August 31, 2026, from 3:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Cumberland Chapels 8300 W. Lawrence Ave., Norridge, IL. The funeral will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, at the funeral home, and will then proceed to St. Beatrice Church (Holy Virgin Martyrs Parish) in Schiller Park for Mass at 10:00 a.m. The interment will follow at Saint Adalbert Cemetery in Niles. For more information www.cumberlandchapels.com or call (708)456-8300.

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Dellaria, Jr., Charles G.

Charles G. Dellaria, Jr., beloved husband of the late Annette T. Dellaria (nee Muzzupappa); loving father of Joseph Sr. (Karen) Dellaria, Daniel Dellaria (Jenette Mata), the late Michele Dellaria, and Peggy Dellaria; devoted grandfather of Joseph Jr. (Lauren), Jac and Daniel Dellaria, cherished great grandfather of Joseph III Dellaria; dear brother of Janet (Dellaria/Evens) Esposito; fond uncle, great uncle and friend to many. Barber extraordinaire! Visitation will be held on Friday, September 4, 2026 from 2:00 -7:00 pm. with a Prayer Service beginning at 5:00 pm. at Salerno's Galewood Chapels, Sciaraffa Funeral Directors, 1857 N. Harlem Avenue, Chicago, IL 60707. For information call (773) 889-1700.

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Gehrke, Katherine A.

Katherine "Kitty" Gehrke, age 87, nee Byrne; beloved wife of the late Albert; fond sister of Mary Geraldine and the late James P. Byrne; loving mother of Gregory (Liz), Griffith, Geraldine, Heather (Gregg) Rusk, Kate (Mike) Bogan; proud grandmother of Albert (Jacqueline), Peter (Cheyenne), Gabriella (Mark) Roth, Nicholas (Diana), Veronica, William, Joseph and the late Mary Carroll; great grandmother of Caleb, Lydia and Luca and loving aunt and friend of many. Visitation Monday, August 31st, 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Colonial Wojciechowski Funeral Home 8025 W. Golf Rd. (1/2 mile East of Milwaukee Ave.) Niles, IL. Funeral Tuesday, September 1st at Queen of All Saints Basilica, 6280 N. Sauganash Ave. Chicago, IL. Mass 10:00 am. Interment All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL. In lieu of flowers donations to Benedictine Sisters of Chicago, www.osbchicago.org/donate. For full obituary and streaming information please go to Colonial's web site www.colonialfuneral.com. 847-581-0536.

Grassi, Reverand Dominic J

Reverend Dominic J. Grassi, age 79, of Chicago, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Beloved son of the late Ruffo and Emma Grassi; dear brother of Felix "Phil" (Donna) Grassi, Anthony (Bonnie) Grassi, the late Joseph Grassi, and the late Anna Maria Grassi. Loving uncle of Annamario

Loving uncle of Annamane (Stan) Spera, Kristen (Robert) Epley, Gina Grassi-Kubacik, Lisa Pirone, and Laura Grassi. Cherished great-uncle of Jessica, Joseph, the late Ellis, Darius, Emma, Grace, Faith, Dominic, John David, Emelia, and Vincent.

Father Grassi was a devoted priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago, ordained in 1973, and spent more than five decades faithfully serving the Church and the people of Chicago. He was a faculty member at Quigley Seminary (South), was named Pastor of St. Josaphat Parish, and subsequently Pastor of St. Gertrude Parish. Upon retirement, he proudly served as Pastor Emeritus of St. Josaphat Parish.

Beyond his priestly ministry, Father Grassi was a renowned author and lecturer, a gifted chef, storyteller, and a devoted friend of labor. His warmth, wit, wisdom, and remarkable ability to bring people together touched countless lives throughout his years of ministry. Whether from the pulpit, around a table, through the written word, or in conversation with a friend, Father Grassi had a gift for connecting with people and making them feel welcomed, heard, and valued.

Above all, Father Grassi lived a life rooted in faith, service, family, friendship, and community. His legacy will live on in the parishes and communities he served, the people he taught and counseled, the family he loved, and the many friendships he cultivated throughout his life.

Father Grassi will lie in state at St. Josaphat Parish, 2311 N. Southport Avenue, Chicago 60614, on Friday, September 4, 2026, from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm, and on Saturday, September 5, 2026 from 8:30 am to 9:30 am. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, September 5, 2026, at 10:00 am, with His Eminence Blase Cardinal Cupich presiding. Private Interment will follow at Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Father Grassi's memory to Misericordia Home, 6300 N. Ridge Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, referencing #6292A.

May his generous spirit, enduring faith, and many stories continue to live in the hearts of all who knew and loved him.

Herman, Jack J.

Jack J. Herman, born March 10, 1926 in Gary, Indiana. Married for 68 years to the late Bluma (née Bornstein), father of William Herman (Emily Lifton), Daniel "Tommy" Herman (Jennifer Moran), and Dr. Betsy Herman. Grandfather of six and great-grandfather of four. Combat infantryman during the Battle of the invasion of Germany in . Graduate of the

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1951 to 1996, arbitrator for the Cook County Circuit Court and FINRA. Services were held. Arrangements by Chicago Jewish Funerals - Skokie Chapel, 847.229.8822, www.cjfinfo.com.

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Indovina, Carmen M.

Carmen M. Indovina (nee Carluccio) Age 102, passed away on August 27, 2026. She was the devoted wife of the late Joseph Indovina; loving mother of Marilyn Williams, Joseph (Donna) Indovina, Peter (Karen) Indovina and the late Leonard Indovina; beloved grandmother of Mary, Kimmy, Nicki (Jason), Cara, Lisa (Eric), Missy, Joe (Dana), Mia, Kate, Joey, and Mark. She was a cherished great-grandmother to Cassie (Norm), Reina, Joey (Kali), Gabby (Pedro), Gianna, Malena, Evie, Mila, Rocky, and Lilly; treasured great-great-grandmother to Natalia and Normie; loving sister to her brother Rocco (Rosemary) and favorite aunt to many loving nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Tuesday at Salerno's Rosedale Chapels, Sciaraffa Funeral Directors, 450 W. Lake Street, Roselle, 60172 from 3:30-9:00 p.m. Funeral Wednesday with family and friends meeting directly at St. Isidore Church, 427 W. Army Trail Road, Bloomingdale, 60108 for Mass at 10:45 a.m. Entombment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. For more information visit the funeral home website at www.salernofuneralhomes.com or call (630) 889-1700.

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Kaysen, Herbert R.

Herbert R. Kaysen, age 88, beloved husband for 68 years to Carol Kaysen, nee Olson. Loving father of Michael (Susan) Kaysen, Patty (Samuel) Vartanian and Debra (late James) Thome. Cherished grandfather of Kathleen (Sam) Ellis, Daniel (Kristi) Bolbat, Laura Bolbat, Ryan (fiancee Kelly) Thome, Thomas Kaysen, Carly (Bryce) Gorman and Tom Vartanian. Dearest great-grandfather of eight. Dear brother of Michael (Kathy) Kaysen, Sharon (Jim) Kehoe, Claude Jr. (late Doris) Kaysen and the late Claudette (Ken) Golden and the late Bernard Kaysen. Fond uncle of many nieces and nephews. He was also preceded in death by his beloved dog, Sammy. A proud union member of Pipefitters Local 597 for 60 years, Herb took great pride in his work and the relationships he formed over the years. He lived for his grandkids and great-grandkids and was a lifelong Chicago Cubs and Bears fan. Visitation Monday, August 31, 2026 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 7800 W. McCarthy Road, Palos Heights, IL from 10:00 a.m. until time of Funeral Service 11:00 a.m. Interment Chapel Hill Gardens South, Oak Lawn, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorials to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741 or Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2211 North Oak Park Ave., Chicago, IL 60607-3392 are appreciated. Express your thoughts and condolences at colonialchapel.com

Kelly, Joyce V.

Joyce V. Kelly, nee McCarthy, age 92, beloved wife of the late Philip; loving daughter of the late Justin and Veronica, nee Weidemann; dear sister of the late James; also survived by many nieces, nephews and friends. Joyce worked at Curtis Candy, Coder Taylor, Belli and Belli and Eckland Consultants. Joyce enjoyed her many adventures with Phil, particularly to Door County and Sanibel Island. She was always grateful for the many blessings in her life. Funeral Mass Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church, 111 N. Cass Avenue, Westmont. Arrangements by Modell Funeral Home for info 630 852-3595 or www.modelldarien.com

Kunz, George A.

George A. Kunz, 88, of Chicago, Illinois passed away on August 27th. Faith, family, friends, fishing, and selfless concern for others is how he will be remembered by many. Beloved husband of Christine "Krysia" nee Nycz. Loving father of Debbie (Ken) Morton, Steve (Bev), Cindy Savaiano, Linda (Al) Kolbe and Brian. Cherished grandpa of Kevin (Becky), Ryan (Alyssa), Tommy (Nicole), Christopher (Cassidy), Katherine, Joe, Matthew, Lucas, Chase and Ava. Adored brother of the late James (the late Caroline). Dear son of the late George and Anna, nee Furey. Fond uncle, cousin and friend to many. George loved Notre Dame football, Cubs baseball, fishing for walleyes (but happy catching anything that swims), appreciating God's majesty through the beauty of nature, Handel's Messiah (played at high volume), poring over the Sun-Times every morning, and enjoying a gourmet meal nearly every weekend prepared by his son Brian. No matter the crowd he was in, he never missed an opportunity to plant a seed of his faith. Friday, September 4th visitation 3-7pm at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago IL 60646. Saturday, September 5th prayers 9:30am from the funeral home to Queen of All Saints Basilica, 6280 N Sauganash Ave, Chicago, IL 60646, for a funeral mass at 10am. In

Lurie, Gloria L.

Gloria L. Lurie (nee Schultz) of Deerfield, IL, formerly of Park Forest and Arlington Heights, passed away peacefully on August 18, 2026. Beloved wife of the late Iran "Joe" Lurie, sister of the late Laverne Schultz, devoted mother of Michael (Jacqueline) Lurie and the late Alan Lurie, cherished grandmother of

Bradford (Samantha), Blaire, and Sheridan, great-grandmother of Margot, dear aunt and great-aunt to many, and fond in-law of the Scanlon family. Born and raised in Chicago, Gloria began working and supporting herself from a very young age, experiences which shaped her independent spirit and resilient personality. She held a variety of jobs over the years, most notably as an account executive at R.H. Donnelley for nearly 20 years. Gloria delighted in spending time with her grandchildren, cooking for her family, sharing a good laugh with friends, and recounting stories of her beloved Skipper (the world's smartest and most well-behaved dog). She was a voracious reader of biographies and highly knowledgeable about the English Tudor period. She was a passionate Cubs fan, fun loving, a quick learner, and a fierce competitor who excelled at mahjong, card games, and games of chance of all kinds. Graveside services are private. For information email luriefuneral@gmail.com. In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes memorial contributions to CJE SeniorLife at CJE.net./waystohelp/donate/

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Natzke, Carol

Carol (Gloor) Natzke was born December 16, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois to the late William Sr. and Mildred (Groth) Gloor. She passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on August 22, 2026. Born and raised on the Northwest side of Chicago, Carol formed lifelong friendships during her years as a Rainbow

Girl and at Roosevelt High School. She and her closest friends, many of them majorettes, treasured their time together, famously gathering for "Club" a bond of friendship that endured through the years. Carol met the love of her life, Louis Natzke, just before he deployed to Korea. Upon his return they married, and began their beautiful life together. Lou and Carol lived in Bensenville, where they raised their 3 children and became active, devoted members of Peace Church, now Faith Community. Carol taught confirmation classes and volunteered many hours giving back to the church community. She cherished the active social life she and Lou built, the crazy Marshall Road parties, travel adventures with friends, playing games and cards, memorable family weekends boating in Douglas, Michigan. Above all, Carol's greatest joy was her role as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Carol is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, Louis Natzke; her children, Michael Natzke (Annette Eaves), Kathy (Natzke) Hansen (David), and Jennifer (Natzke) Nelson (Scott); her cherished grandchildren, Rachel (Natzke) Romaine (Stephen), Jace Natzke (Kaitlin), Morgan Hansen (Joshua), Carli Hansen (Jorge), Sarah Hansen, Zoe Nelson, Trinity Nelson, and Joshua Nelson; and six great-grandchildren, all of whom brought immense light into her life. Her warmth, steadfast love for Lou, devotion to her Chicago Cubs team, sense of humor and quickness to gather family and friends around her will be deeply missed by all who knew her. A Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Memorial donations may be made to Bensenville Wood Dale Food Pantry, 192 S. Center St. Bensenville, IL 60106, (630) 766-9382. https://www.bwdfp.org/

Pantone, Marie

Marie Pantone of Cicero, age 91. Beloved aunt, sister, and friend who leaves behind several nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly. Marie was an avid Cubs fan and a natural caregiver. Services are private. Arrangements entrusted to Conboy-Westchester Funeral Home. The full obituary can be found at www.conboywestchesterfh.com. Info 708-F-U-N-F-R-A-I

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Peterson, Scott Alfred

Scott Alfred Peterson, age 62, passed away August 20, 2026, after a seven-year battle with younger-onset Alzheimer's disease. Scott was born July 13, 1964, to Alfred and Phyllis Peterson. A graduate of Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, he joined his family's commercial construction company, Alps Construction, immediately after graduation. Under his leadership, Alps grew into a company undertaking projects across the country and around the world. Scott was a gifted businessman and entrepreneur who took immense pride in his work and truly loved what he did. Scott was passionate about cars, traveling, cigars, and, above all, his family. He was the devoted husband of Tracy and a proud father who cherished time with his daughters. Scott is survived by his wife of 32 years, Tracy Carballo Peterson; daughters Madelyn Peterson Berube (Drew) and Audrey Peterson; grandson Henry Berube; father Alfred Peterson; sister Susan McCurdy (Ralph); and many beloved extended family members. He was preceded in death by his mother, Phyllis Peterson. Scott's life was defined not by Alzheimer's, but by the family he loved, the work he built, and the many friendships, adventures, and memories he created. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 4, 2026, at St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church, Hinsdale, IL. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Scott's memory to the Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation. Please leave a memory for the family on Scott's Tribute Wall; your stories will bring comfort to his family. www.sheehyfh.com 708-857-7878

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Pinto, Constance

Constance Langmann Pinto was born in Bronxville, New York on June 19, 1928. She grew up in Manhattan and Scarsdale and enjoyed her summers at her family's summer home in the Adirondack Mountains in Keene, New York. Connie attended the Spence and Scarsdale schools and graduated from the

Brearley School. She attended Vassar College and graduated from Syracuse University, majoring in music and voice studies. Following graduation, she continued pursuing her lifelong love of music in New York, launching a singing career in summer stock productions and concertizing in opera workshops. Constance had starring roles in productions of "Carousel" and "Song of Norway." Her biggest opera role was as Constanze in Mozart's "Abduction of the Seraglio." In 1955, she met her husband, Richard A. Pinto, at a wedding in Rochester, New York. They were married on April 7, 1956, at St. Thomas More Church in New York City and subsequently lived in Rochester for the next five years. In 1961, she moved with her husband and family to Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, where they lived for the next 12 years. During this period, when her children were young, Mrs. Pinto continued her interest in music by becoming involved, and ultimately president, of Tik-Tok in Ridgewood, New Jersey, an organization devoted to bringing music in all its forms to young children through an annual concert series. She also helped with the musical education of her youngest daughter Mary, who became an operatic vocal coach and piano accompanist. In 1973, they moved to Chicago, where they settled in the Hinsdale area. In addition to caring for her children and supporting her husband in his business career, she became involved with the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Connie was an annual subscriber for many years and became heavily involved in volunteer work for Lyric. She became president of her local Lyric Opera chapter, then president and chair of the Lyric Opera chapters board of directors. Connie also participated in the Lyric Lecture Corps for a number of years. In later years, she became a coordinator for the Love Christian Clearinghouse, an organization that provided support and housing for abused women and needy families. In addition to her youngest daughter Mary, Connie had two other children, whom she loved very much: artist/photographer son, James, and writer/teacher daughter, Cecilia Harriman. She was also very proud and fond of her sons-in-law, James Harriman and Mitchell Krugel. Connie had four grandchildren, Henry and Grant Harriman and Brittany and Samuel Krugel, who were the lights of her life. A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday September 1, 2026 at 10am at St Isaac Jogues Church, 4th and Clay St, Hinsdale, IL 60521. Interment will follow at Bronswood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asks donations to be made to the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center or the St. Brendan Church in Keene, New York. Arrangements by Brian Powell Funeral Directors of Hinsdale. For more information 630-703-9131 or www.powellfuneraldirectors.com.

Robbins, Shelley

Shelley Robbins, age 72, of North Oaks, MN, born September 3, 1953, Chicago, IL and passed away August 21, 2026, St. Paul, MN. Funeral services were held. Complete notice at: www.hodroffepstein.com

Rogers, Frances M.

Frances M. Rogers, born in August 1928, in Houston, Texas, passed away on August 9, 2026, just shy of her 98th birthday. Frances was the beloved daughter of John and Jessie (LaBauve) Harwas.

(LaBauve) Har Waer. Frances and her late husband, Curtis Rogers, shared a 55-year-long marriage which began in 1954, in their hometown of Houston. Curtis, a USAF Korean War veteran and a Captain for TWA, shared with Frances a passion for travel and adventure. Together they raised a family of five in Schaumburg, IL, creating memories on annual ski trips and snorkeling excursions in the Caribbean. Frances was a woman of many talents and accomplishments which extended beyond her role as mom and homemaker. She earned a BA and MA in Fine Arts at the University of Houston and was also a beauty queen in her youth. As a young mother, she possessed great energy and enthusiasm. Her children fondly remember her orchestrating a neighborhood talent show, complete with staging and hand sewn costumes for all of the child participants. Throughout her life she was always busy, from tackling the next home improvement project, to creating art or honing her photography skills. A lifelong enthusiast of skiing and tennis, Frances delighted in annual skiing adventures with her two eldest children, Bruce and Celeste, even into her late eighties. She played competitive tennis well into her seventies. Of all her varied interests and pursuits, Frances always said her greatest joy was in her children.

She was a loving mother to Bruce, Celeste (James Brennan), Lisa (Cheryl Busking), Wayne (Melinda Stricker), and Leslie (Luis Ebratt). Mom also took immense pride in her four grandchildren, Kyle (Valencia) Brennan, Patrice Brennan (Kevin) Bussey, Hayden (Alissa) Rogers and Wesley Rogers, as well as her great-grandchildren Emerson, Jaxon and Quinn. Those who knew Frances speak of her radiant beauty, both inside and out. Her children will remember her as a model of kindness, stability, generosity, and integrity. We cherish the memories of her as a fun-loving and devoted mother whose warmth will endure in our hearts forever.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

A memorial visitation will be Sunday, September 20th 2026 from 2pm - 5pm at Willow Funeral Home 1415 W. Algonquin Rd. Algonquin IL 60102. Inurnment will be held privately.

Rudnick, Kenneth J

Kenneth J Rudnick Arlington Heights

Kenneth Rudnick was born April 15, 1939 in Chicago. He died peacefully on Monday, August 24, 2026 in his home at Luther Village.

Ken worked hard- his career spanned over 40 years in banking and teaching. He continuously shared his expertise in finance through the multiple organizations he volunteered with during his life. Ken also played hard- he was an avid sports fan. You could find him on a softball pitching mound, basketball court or golf course near or far.

His time, talents and treasures were shared generously with everyone he met. A private Catholic service will be held by the family who loved Dad, K-man, Papa dearly.

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Scanlan, Robert B. "Bob"

Robert B. "Bob" Scanlan, age 76, Vietnam Era U.S. Marine Corps reservist, a resident of Plainfield, IL since 2007, formerly of Chicago Ridge and Oak passed away on Thursday, August 27, his home. He was born on November in Chicago, IL.

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Schmit, Mary D.

Mary D. Schmit of Chicago, passed away August 24 at 91 years old. Preceded in death by her beloved husband Walter. Survived by her sons John and Joe (Sheri), grandchildren Nicole (Jonathon) Stanley and Ryan (Rachel), and great grandchildren Patrick and Ella Stanley. Visitation Wednesday, September 2, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral home, 6150 N. Cicero Ave., Chicago, from 4pm to 7pm with a prayer service at 6:30pm. Interment will be private. For info, 773-736-3833 or www.smithcorcoran.com

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Sikorovsky, Patricia

Patricia "Pat" O'Byrne Sikorovsky died peacefully on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 surrounded by loving family members. She will be remembered as a beautiful and unstoppable force of positive energy, wit, intelligence, and loving leadership. Beyond her many accomplishments and community leadership positions, Pat was known for her generosity of spirit and her ability to quickly recognize and appreciate the special gifts of each person she encountered, no matter their age or circumstances. She had a remarkable way of galvanizing others in worthy endeavors, with a sense of purpose and impact. Pat was deeply devoted to her family and friends, her church, and the many worthy causes that she served. Pat loved welcoming her dear friends, neighbors and the wider community to her home and garden. She was born December 1, 1930, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to Nathan Hale and Rob Ben O'Byrne. As the oldest of four children growing up amidst the historic Oklahoma drought and later the onset of WWII, Pat witnessed firsthand the impact that instability and uncertainty can have on vulnerable communities. She and her family embodied the grit, determination, humor and love needed to pull through challenging times. Pat was an exceptional student and secured a full scholarship to Wellesley College, graduating with a BA in English Language and Literature/Letters in 1952. While at Wellesley, she met her beloved future husband, Eugene "Gene" Sikorovsky, who was attending Harvard Law School at the time. They were married in July, 1953 in Kansas City, Missouri. Pat and Gene first lived together in Rhode Island where Gene was commissioned in the U.S. Naval Reserve as an active-duty lieutenant and Pat was a schoolteacher. After Gene's military duty, Pat and Gene moved to New York City, where Gene joined the law firm of Cahill Gordon & Reindel and they began to raise their family. In 1969, Pat and Gene moved their family to Richmond, Virginia, where they raised their five children and became active members of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. During these years, Pat pursued her graduate studies, ultimately earning a Master's in Rehabilitation Counseling from Virginia Commonwealth University. In 1977, Gene and Pat moved with their family to Lake Forest, Illinois. The family quickly became deeply committed to the Church of the Holy Spirit. After serving on the Building Committee and Vestry, Pat became Senior Warden in the mid-1980s, the first woman in that position. Pat and Gene shared a deep love of music, and much of their family and civic life revolved around musical endeavors and advocacy. Pat became active with Ravinia Festival, where she served on the Women's Board and as Board Chair. Pat was named to the Ravinia Board of Trustees and later was named Life Trustee. Pat was a member of numerous other area organizations, including Know Your Chicago, The Shedd Aquarium, Infant Welfare and the Lake Forest Coterie. In 2010, at the age of 80, Pat - and Gene-founded Bravo Waukegan with a simple but powerful belief: that every child should have the opportunity to experience the joy and lifelong benefits of music, regardless of their circumstances. At a time when the future of music education in the Waukegan Public Schools was uncertain, Pat's tireless advocacy for the families and wider school community in Waukegan has made an indelible mark. Since its founding, Bravo has impacted many thousands of students, including the provision of more than 3,000 instruments and 10,000 private music lessons, and the creation of a Mariachi program, summer camp and other performance and enrichment opportunities. Pat's great wish was for the work of Bravo to continue to flourish. She is preceded in death by her husband Gene, and survived by her five children Paul Sikorovsky, Charles Sikorovsky, Catherine Lachenauer, Elizabeth Sikorovsky and Emily DiMiceli; sons-in-law Robert Lachenauer and Joe DiMiceli; granddaughters Alexandra Goulet, Rebecca Evans, Anna Lachenauer, Elena Lachenauer, Sophia Lachenauer, Julia DiMiceli and Elisa DiMiceli; grandsons-in-law Casey Goulet and Colby Evans; and great-grandson Wesley Goulet. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, September 3 at The Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest. Prelude music begins at 3:45, followed by the memorial service at 4:00. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations in Pat's honor may be made to: Bravo Waukegan (www.bravowaukegan.org) and The Church of the Holy Spirit (https://www.chslf.org), 400 East Westminster Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045. For information: Wenban Funeral Home (847) 234-0022.

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Slaughter, Jay M.

Jay M. Slaughter, age 87, of Naperville, IL, passed away peacefully on August 18, 2026 at The Springs of Monarch Landing. A memorial visitation will be Friday, September 4, 3:00-7:00 PM at the Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 44 S. Mill St., Naperville, 60540. For information call 630/355-0213 or visit www.friedrich-jones.com for a complete obituary.

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Stiritz, Karen

Karen Anne Stiritz, 68, of Chicago, Illinois, died on August 20, 2026 after a brief illness. Karen was born September 21, 1957. She spent most of her adult life in Chicago. A graduate of New Trier High School, Karen attended Arizona State University. She worked in the Service Industry and was an avid needlepointer. Karen is survived by her sister Kathleen Darling of Saint Charles, Illinois, her brothers; Kevin Stiritz of Saint Charles, Illinois, Kent Stiritz of Quincy, Massachusetts and a niece and nephews; Joshua Stiritz, Harland Stiritz, Ben Stiritz, Karen Darling and Mikell Darling. Karen was preceded in death by her parents, Joanne and Harland Stiritz.

For more information, please call Yurs Funeral Home of St. Charles, 630-584-0060.

Sullivan, Sheila

Sheila Sullivan, 67, passed away August 23; beloved wife of Walter Wren; loving mother of Emily Wren; sister of Maureen (Tom) Waldron, Bernadette (Mark) Krzmarzick, Eileen (Mike) Kobida, and the late Patricia Nelligan; fond aunt of many nieces and nephews; Family and friends will gather at 11 AM for a Memorial Mass, Friday September 4, at Most Holy Redeemer Church, 9525 Landdale Ave., Evergreen Park. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research. Arrangements entrusted to Gibbons Family Funeral Home. For info 773-777-3944 or www.GFFH.com

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Sullivan, Stephen P.

Stephen Paul "Sully" Sullivan, 75, passed away peacefully at his home in Winnetka, Illinois on August 26th, 2026 surrounded by his family. Born in Glenview, Illinois Steve was the son of the late Virginia Campbell Sullivan and Thomas Edward Sullivan Jr. He graduated from Glenbrook South High School and Colorado

State University.

Steve enjoyed a long and successful career as a commodities trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. He was known for his quick wit and tremendous generosity.

A lifelong Chicago Bears and Cubs fan, Steve was well acquainted with patience, loyalty and frequent heartbreak.

Steve is survived by his wife Marie, his five children, Jennifer, Meredith, Reed, Wesley, Zachary and his son-in-law Eric; and his two grandchildren Madison and Parker. He is also survived by his brother Bryan Sullivan, sisters-in-law Joana Sullivan, Bina Sullivan, and Mary Sullivan; nieces Katharine M Flood (John), Anne S. Cotton (Peter), Rebecca S. Conley (Brendan) and Emily J Cosgrove (Eoghan), and nephew, Joseph Sullivan and in-laws Gregory and Michele Blaschko.

He was preceded in death by his parents Virginia and Thomas Sullivan, and his brothers Thomas E. Sullivan III, Larry Sullivan and niece Molly Roamer.

A public visitation will take place Saturday, September 5th from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m. at N.H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home located at 1240 Waukegan Road in Glenview, Illinois. 60025 (847) 998-1020. Internment will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society or Chick Evans Scholars in memory of Steve.

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Summers, Diana S.

Diana S. Summers, née Brodman, beloved wife of James C. Summers III and her pet and best friend Theodore Joseph. One of the founders of the Corvair Society of America, Corsa. Visitation Wednesday, September 2nd, 3:00 to 8:00 PM. Funeral Service Thursday, September 3rd 10:30 AM at Adams-Winterfield & Sullivan Funeral Home, 4343 Main Street (one block South of Ogden) Downers Grove. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Memorials to Tree House Humane Society: www.treehouseanimals.org Arrangements Adams-Winterfield & Sullivan, (630)968-1000 or please visit www.adamswinterfieldsullivan.com.

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Wagner, Helene

Helene Wagner, nee Kaplan, age 91, beloved wife for 57 years of the late Milton Wagner; loving mother of Sheri (Mark) Bartelstein and Barbara (Tom) Weil; adored grandmother of Josh (Sydney) Bartelstein, Morgan (Jake) Scholl, Courtney (Max) Levine, Kirby Bartelstein, Ryan Weil, and Noah Weil; proud great-grandmother of Brynn Scholl; devoted daughter of the late Pauline and the late David Kaplan; dear sister and best friend of the late Shirley (late Joe) Isen and the late Molly

Gold. Treasured best friend with a group of 6 who have stayed friends for life.

Helene exuded kindness wherever she went. Whether you were family, a friend, or a stranger on the street, she treated you with a warmth and respect that is so rare. She had a way of making people feel seen and cared for, and simply being around her made your day a little brighter. She was an amazing cook. She loved sharing her beloved Jewish recipes and traditions with her children and grandchildren. She was a devoted wife to her late husband, Milt. Their relationship was an example of what true love and mutual respect looks like. Helene was immensely proud of her daughters and the families they built. She was a devoted and adoring grandmother and great-grandmother, celebrating every milestone and everyday moment in her grandchildren's lives. Nothing concerning her family was ever too small and she made each of them feel important and loved. Her memory will live on through her family, the traditions she passed down, and the small acts of kindness we will carry forward every day in her memory.

Service Sunday, 1:30 p.m. at Am Shalom, 840 Vernon Ave, Glencoe, IL 60022. The service will be livestreamed on Helene's page at www.goldmanfuneralgroup.com. Interment Shalom Memorial Park, Arlington Heights. In lieu of flowers, contributions should be made to Brothers for Life, www.brothersforlife.com/donate/. Info: Goldman Funeral Group (847) 478-1600

Wasserman, Richard

Richard Wasserman beloved husband of the late Irene Susan Wasserman, nee Odesser. Loving father of David (Bridget) Wasserman. Graveside service Monday, 2:00PM at Shalom Memorial Park, 1700 W. Rand Road, Heights. In lieu of flowers, nces to American Humane Society,icanhumane.org would be d. Arrangements entrusted to Ner Funerals 847-504-7336 ornerals.com

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Wright, Garry Lee

Garry Lee Wright, 74, passed away peacefully on August 14, 2026, surrounded by the love of his family, of which he was fiercely proud. He was preceded in death by Laurie Neu, his wife of 33 years and the great love of his life. He is survived by his children, Jason (Jenny) Wright, Amanda (Tarsicio) Duran Wright, and Kelsey (Bryan) Parrish; grandchildren (both fur and skin), Ollie, Wrigley, Emme, Wilson, Austin, and Lucy; his sister, Bobbi (Chuck) Minchew; and a remarkable collection of special friends.

Born September 27, 1951, Garry landed in Chesterton, Indiana, where friends remember gathering in the Wright basement to debate politics, religion, music, art and whatever else a group of smart, idealistic and slightly cynical teenagers believed they could solve. Garry would listen until he found precisely the right moment to deliver the line that cracked up the room.

He had found his audience.

Eventually, that audience got considerably larger.

Garry found his calling in broadcasting and became a familiar voice to Chicago listeners. His career spanned eleven radio stations, including WXRT and WGN. Along the way, he performed stand-up, wrote an award-winning satire column, co-founded businesses, and self-published Happiness for Beginners.

Radio suited him. Garry was funny, certainly, but his gift wasn't simply being funny. He paid attention. He was an observer and storyteller who could talk to nearly anyone, remember the details of their lives and make people feel as though they belonged.

Somewhere between the airwaves and comedy clubs, Laurie entered the story. Family lore has it that she "won him in a contest" while he was working at WXRT. They took off for New York, built a life and started a family, Bruce Springsteen providing much of the soundtrack.

Fatherhood gave Garry another audience. He taught his children to cook from scratch, keep score by hand, listen to music rather than simply hear it. And perhaps most importantly, he gave them permission to be curious, embrace what made them different, and become entirely themselves.

More than fifty years ago, Garry wrote a song called "Labeled Boxes." Its premise was simple: a person is more than the categories we use to make sense of them.

Garry certainly was.

He was brilliant and ridiculous, gregarious and deeply private, seemingly indestructible and surprisingly fragile. He was a dreamer. He was wildhearted. He could be satirical, sardonic and sarcastic, but also extraordinarily tender. Life gave him plenty of chances to test his apparent indestructibility. Still, he adapted and reinvented. His best advice: don't give up. Second best: don't take yourself too seriously.

The show goes on, of course.

But the room is arranged differently now.

And somewhere in it, if we're lucky, somebody is still laughing.

Zylke, Joyce Gladys Gertrude Kistenmacher

Joyce Gladys Gertrude (nee Kistenmacher) Zylke, age 96, died on August 24 after a brief hospitalization

hospitalization, surrounded by cherished family. Born in Milwaukee to Charles Kistenmacher and Ruth Zielke, she was raised by her mother after the premature death of her father. After graduating from high school, she worked as a secretary before marrying Ralph Zylke, who preceded her in death. The couple settled in Glenview, where they raised 4 children (Jody, Jill, Wade, Julie). Joyce was an active member of the Glenview Community Church, where she served as the church secretary for 25 years. Her professional dedication was matched by a vibrant social life. She shared countless laughs and strategic card plays with her bridge groups and indulged her passion for food as part of a local “gourmet club.” A fantastic cook, Joyce famously guarded the recipes for her signature dishes—especially her legendary cheesecake. Known for being kind, helpful, generous, and frequently stubborn, Joyce balanced a deep grace with a wicked sense of humor. She leaves behind a legacy of love as a devoted grandmother of 7 (Adam, Eric, Emily, Peyton, Jack, Lauren, Andrew) and great-grandmother of 3 (Griffin, Calvin, Oscar). In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Glenview Community Church.

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Gertie's greatest joy in life was spending time with her four grandchildren, Timothy, Maddie, Jack, and Charlie. A longtime resident of Evanston, Gertie loved going shopping in Downtown Evanston and taking her grandchildren to the beach. An animal-lover, Gertie leaves behind her two cats, Fiona and Ray, and her dog, Sammy. Gertie loved to read and ran a weekly book club in the neighborhood open to anyone interested. Gertie will certainly be missed in the kitchen, where she spent

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Bose SoundLink Max: During testing, we dropped this speaker onto turf three times, floated it in water, pulled it out soaking wet and — to our surprise — music was still playing, and it sounded terrific. The Bluetooth range was about 25 yards, and the built-in USB-C port charged our tablet about 15% in just 20 minutes. The one bit of irony is that, despite the rugged features, the SoundLink Max actually sounds better indoors, as the bass thins out if there are no walls for the sound to bounce off of.

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Sonos Era 300: This speaker impressed our tester with its rich, vibrant audio so much that he had to buy one for himself. We love its ability to link with any Sonos or Apple home product via AirPlay 2, which gives you perfectly synced audio throughout your home. At \$479, it's certainly an investment, but one that most audiophiles will find worth it for how easy it is to use and the Dolby Atmos sound quality it delivers.

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Soundboks Mix: This one both looks and performs like a concert amp. In fact, it's the loudest speaker we have ever tested. At full blast, it was so incredibly loud that the floors shook. The handle keeps it portable, and the battery pops out to charge separately (via USB-C). If you have a large space and you like

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Sonos Arc Ultra: The Sonos Arc Ultra is not a traditional speaker, but rather a sound bar packed with tons of premium features. With AirPlay 2, you can use it in your Sonos ecosystem, but the sound-bar-quality audio is the real selling point. We tested this model with no woofer, and it produced more bass than a midtier rival sound bar with a woofer turned all the way up! We loved how clear voices sound both in music and on TV broadcasts. The Arc Ultra looks, feels and sounds expensive, because it is. The \$1,099 price point is steep, but if you want a device that can really fill your living space with rich

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At the turn of the century, Mayor Richard M. Daley created World Business Chicago, a nonprofit public-private entity funded mainly by corporate donations. Its purpose was to market Chicago to outside business people, investors and even young, talented workers from elsewhere as a place to grow and invest.

In the years since, WBC largely has stuck to this important mission.

So it's disturbing to see the agency appearing to be acting as a tool of Mayor Brandon Johnson's as-yet undeclared reelection campaign as the mayoral election nears and targeting its messages to those already here.

At issue are a series of promotional spots, which began running on social and streaming media earlier this month, that feature the mayor narrating his “strategic investments in every neighborhood.” “We’ve invested over \$6 billion of economic activity in every corner of the city,” the mayor claims in each of the spots, which use essentially the same text but lay out statistics applying to various parts of Chicago such as the South Side, the Northwest Side and the West Side.

“Let’s keep building better together,” the mayor concludes after a series of still shots of Johnson in economic-development settings. One is a groundbreaking, another is Johnson wearing a hard hit at a construction site — you get the idea.

Who is the target of that last message? Clearly, it's those who already live here.

And vote here.

The interestingly timed promotional campaign caught the attention of state Rep. Curtis J. Tarver II, who represents a South Side district and has been critical of Johnson's dealings with Springfield. He dispatched a letter, dated Aug. 25, to WBC CEO Philip Clement asking for detailed information on costs of the campaign, the intended audience and coordination if any with the mayor's office, among other requests.

The new marketing campaign's timing, Tarver noted in his letter, "adds to the sensitivity."

The release of what look and sound just like political ads just as Johnson's campaign is circulating petitions to put him on the ballot "raise(s) legitimate questions about whether the communications could be perceived as political promotion or create the appearance of a potential conflict of interest, depending on who requested and approved them, how they were funded, and how and where they were distributed," Tarver wrote.

We agree.

World Business Chicago's revenue in 2024 was \$9.8 million, \$8.6 million of which came from grants and contributions, according to the filing it made to the Internal Revenue Service in that year to justify its nonprofit status. The

city and state provide a portion of WBC's funding; Tarver references \$1.5 million in the state budget for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2026, and another \$1.35 million for the current fiscal year.

But the majority of the WBC resources come from donations made by corporate Chicago, which has a vested interest in promoting the city as a good place to do business but isn't generally supportive of this mayor, who after all regularly disparages Chicago's largest employers for opposing his call to tax them based on how many people they employ in the city.

Johnson likes to make unflattering reference to what he calls “the corporate caucus” of the City Council, which he does not intend as a term of endearment.

While the mayor always chairs WBC and appoints the CEO, its credibility depends on being above politics as much as possible. Yes, an appropriate role of the mayor is to be a cheerleader for

Chicago as a business destination. But this messaging to our minds crosses the line and sounds more like a call to endorse his policies and above all continue them.

When we asked them to respond, WBC said in a statement, “Promoting Chicago’s economy and highlighting the billions of dollars in investment happening across the city is core to World Business Chicago’s mission.”

“Mayor Johnson, as the city’s elected leader, is an appropriate spokesperson, alongside the business, civic, community and entrepreneurial leaders who are featured across World Business Chicago’s content platform,” WBC added.

Johnson had just \$631,000 in his campaign fund as of the end of June. At the same point in her ultimately unsuccessful campaign for reelection in 2023, his predecessor Lori Lightfoot had \$2.5 million.

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who has announced a run for Chicago mayor even as he's running for reelection to his current office, had more than \$20 million in his campaign kitty as of June 30.

In other words, this mayor, should he choose to run, can use every bit of free messaging help he can find.

At the time Johnson appointed Clement as World Business Chicago CEO in 2024, we said that in that moment of post-pandemic torpor for Chicago's economy WBC also should make the case to unconfident Chicagoans themselves in addition to outsiders about this city's virtues.

We stand by our words back then, but timing is everything in life. In politics. And in economic development.

Two-plus years later, Chicago's economic stagnation isn't a byproduct of a pandemic. COVID-19 is no longer an excuse for our lagging performance. The lack of confidence in the city's prospects comes far more from poor fiscal management (not to mention constant anti-business rhetoric from the mayor) that makes job creators wonder how much their taxes will soar in the future if they invest here.

Yet growing Chicago's pie is crucial to providing economic opportunity for more city residents and improving the fiscal fortunes of a city government facing yawning budget deficits every year.

WBC's principal mission now is to turn up the oven and help the dough rise.

It is certainly not to dispense campaign advertisements designed to get those who already live and work here to endorse the status quo.

Why Illinois should not let elected officials hold multiple public offices

A favorite topic among Chicago mayoral candidates is to dog anyone running for two offices at once. Everyone knows who they mean this time around: Alexi Giannoulias, who is running for mayor of Chicago and secretary of state simultaneously.

Hedging your bets is one thing. But what of elected officials who actually hold two separate offices at the same time? Wouldn't that be even more problematic?

Yes. And Illinois is riddled with such examples.

First up, Harry Benton.

The disgraced former state representative held his job as a state lawmaker while also serving as the Wheatland Township highway commissioner, a job from which he has not yet resigned, despite the township board passing a resolution in July calling on him to step down. This one's particularly interesting, because as Township Supervisor Michael Crowner said in an email to us, the board can't remove him. Benton earns \$72,000 a year, with health benefits, in this post. His pay

as a state lawmaker was about \$96,000. Benton resigned his post in the General Assembly in July amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

Speaking of state lawmakers who moonlight as local officials, we can't leave off Thaddeus Jones, mayor of Calumet City and a Democratic state lawmaker. After concerns were raised about some of Jones' spending habits, WGN Investigates this April reviewed his Calumet City credit card transaction history, and alleged, among other things, a total of more than \$35,000 spent at restaurants, including Chicago Cut Steakhouse and Hooters. Records also showed he paid over \$17,000 for a trip to Washington, D.C., as well as excursions to Las Vegas, Miami and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Jones brings in about \$225,000 in salary from his two elected offices.

There's also state Rep. Brad Stephens, R-Rosemont, who is also the mayor of his hometown, a position he has held since 2007. He succeeded his father, Donald, who held the post for nearly 50 years, during which time he faced two federal trials for bribery and fraud, and was acquitted both times. Still, Rosemont has a long history of corruption allegations and controversies.

We cannot forget Tiffany Henyard. The former embattled mayor of Dolton and Thornton Township supervisor may have packed up and headed to Fulton County, Georgia, but for many years she held two taxpayer-funded jobs here. To say that didn't go well is an understatement. Unofficially dubbed “the worst mayor in America,” she faced plenty of scrutiny during her tenure in Illinois, including an FBI investigation examining allegations of financial mismanagement and possible misuse of public funds. She spent lavishly on travel and questionable contracts, and took her village’s general fund from a \$5.6 million surplus in April 2022 to a \$3.6 million deficit by May 2024, according to an investigation headed by former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

See the trend?

We smell a correlation between how many public offices a person holds and his or her proximity to trouble.

It's hard to see how state lawmakers, especially, can reasonably hold two public posts at the same time. Yes, it's technically a part-time gig, but the pay is not and neither is the workload. Not to mention that state lawmakers preside over decisions such as how to distribute funds to local governments.

Illinois already has some rules around what types of roles public officials can hold simultaneously, with limits such as mayors not being able to hold other offices in the same municipality. Judges are barred from holding multiple offices while on the bench.

The guiding principle in these rules is incompatibility: If holding two public offices presents an insurmountable conflict, no can do. Quite right too.

But to our minds in Illinois, there are plenty of incompatibilities that the current rules do not catch.

Quotes of the week

“Dolly opened doors not just for me, but for her entire family to reach the potential we didn’t even know was possible. Dolly also opened doors for generations of singers, songwriters, musicians, and dreamers from every walk of life and across every continent. By her example, we believed that anything was possible. She never saw a door she couldn’t open, and the doors she opened made and changed history.”

BRYAN SEAVER, in tribute to his aunt Dolly Parton

"What a funny, sexy, original he was. But what I loved about him most was his heart. Even wheelchair bound he continued to be so sweet and generous with his fans. Thank you Tim for meaning so much to so many people. Love you, S"

SUSAN SARANDON, in tribute to Tim Curry, her "Rocky Horror Picture Show" costar

"Local governments need to learn to do more with less, particularly in these precarious economic times. And taxpayers need to vote. Residential taxes in the north and northwest suburbs increased at pace more than triple that of the inflation rate." COOK COUNTY TREASURER MARIA PAPPAS

"You're at war when you get attacked. We got attacked."

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER MARK CARNEY, in reference to the Trump administration's tariffs

"I'm starting to realize life's too short to try to build in places that people don't appreciate what you're bringing."

BUC-EE'S CO-FOUNDER ARCH "BEAVER" APLIN III, explaining his philosophy on choosing states in which to expand

OPINION

How Chicago's housing policies can better support public safety

By Jens Ludwig SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE

Chicago police officers work the scene where four people were shot near the 5100 block of South Calumet Avenue in the Washington Park neighborhood on July 16. ARMANDO L. SANCHEZ/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

We have a mayoral election coming up. Whoever runs the city next will have little money to throw at solving the top concern of Chicago voters: gun violence. In a recent op-ed, my team at the University of Chicago Crime Lab outlined four ideas that would cost little and together could cut the city's number of shootings by up to half. Here's another idea: Reorient Chicago's housing policies to better support public safety.

American housing policy for the poor is guided by two quite natural intuitions. The first is that housing is expensive. The second is that there are many families with low incomes, year after year, that will struggle to afford a place to live.

The result has been housing policies that give people benefits that are very generous by the standards of U.S. social policy (the average housing voucher subsidy in Chicago is nearly \$15,000 per year), to solve the problem of how expensive housing is. And to solve the problem of many families being persistently poor, these vouchers, unlike social programs such as the state-run Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, aren't time-limited; people can keep them for as long as their incomes are low enough. Plus, federal rules require cities to prioritize housing help for the poorest families.

There's been some debate about whether this is the best way to help low-income Americans with their housing. Given the limited housing dollars, nationwide only around 1 in 4 poor families get any help with their housing. We could in principle give each low-income family a smaller subsidy in order to give help to a much larger share of the poor.

But I want to focus on a different concern with the current approach: The biggest housing programs, such as vouchers, don't seem to do much to improve public safety. We could — perhaps counterintuitively — get more public safety benefit by focusing a larger share of housing dollars on short-term help to people who aren't necessarily the poorest of the poor, or the persistently poor, but instead are suffering from

more time-limited budget problems.

For example, research by the Lab for Economic Opportunities at the University of Notre Dame looked at what happened with people who received assistance several years ago from Chicago's Homelessness Prevention Call Center. The HPC C helped people suffering from “a significant but temporary crisis” make rent and keep their utilities on, for example.

The result? People going through an unemployment spell, divorce or short-term cash crunch caused by an unexpected expense or emergency were prevented from becoming homeless, and the rate at which people were arrested for a violent crime fell by fully 51%. The lesson is that being doubled up by living on someone else's couch or living in a tent on the street exposes people to situations in which violence is much more likely.

A second example is with victims of domestic violence, which surged during the pandemic here in Chicago. Help with housing is one of the top needs of domestic violence victims. The fear is that many women stay with abusive partners for lack of anywhere else they can afford to go. Fast-turnaround, temporary housing assistance may allow many more women to escape from dangerous situations more quickly. Changing the balance of our housing dollars a bit and better connecting housing programs to other social service entry points that work with domestic violence victims could potentially save many lives.

For example, our research team at the University of Chicago linked data from medical records with police records and found that there are subtle signals in medical data such as X-ray images that doctors and nurses miss but that indicate domestic violence victimization — that is, these subtle signals help predict whether someone will go on to report domestic violence to the police in the near future. Having social workers in the emergency room connect victims to short-term housing help is just one example of a low-cost way to potentially save many lives.

The problem isn't that we're not doing any of this right now, but rather that we don't seem to be doing nearly enough of it. For example, statewide, there seems to be a shortage of tens of thousands of shelter beds plus other sorts of short-term housing help for people all across Illinois. Here in Chicago specifically, we are seeing a growing number of calls by people to 211 for quick turnaround help to avoid homelessness. While federal rules impose real constraints on how much we can repurpose federal dollars, Chicago does have some extra flexibility given that we're one of the cities that's a Department of Housing and Urban Development "Moving to Work" program site.

A city drowning in money would have lots of options for reducing gun violence. But Chicago is not drowning in money right now, nor are we likely to suffer from that problem anytime soon. We need to be thinking of concrete, actionable, evidence-based ways to get more public safety from existing city dollars — including, as I argue here, getting more of a public-safety double dividend from our housing programs.

Jens Ludwig is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman distinguished service professor at the University of Chicago, Pritzker director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and author of “Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence.”

Netanyahu doesn't have to trust Hamas to accept peace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot in Jerusalem on Aug. 17 in his Likud party primary election ahead of Israel's general election in October. OHAD ZWIGENBERG/AP, POOL

By John Aziz and Eli J. Finkel SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE

The dilemma confronting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — whether to pursue peace with an adversary he loathes and distrusts — is hardly new. Since at least 1948, Israeli and Palestinian leaders have had to decide which risks are more tolerable: the risks of escalation or the risks of de-escalation.

Netanyahu's dilemma is also a remarkable opportunity, caused by Hamas' agreement to the Board of Peace's proposal for the militant group's phased disarmament, including its stated commitment to cease all military activity. Despite years of demanding such disarmament, Netanyahu has refused the deal.

No doubt that he has every reason to distrust Hamas, which remains unrepentant about the atrocities it perpetrated on Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas spokesman Ghazi Hamad promised in 2023 to repeat Oct. 7 “again and again” until Israel is annihilated. When asked in a recent interview if he would recant this threat, he declined to do so.

But accepting the current proposal would not rely on trusting Hamas. Under the Board of Peace road map, Israel would not have to withdraw from any area of Gaza until that area has been verified as free of weapons. According to the board's negotiator, Nickolay Mladenov, once that occurs, Israel will withdraw — and the International Stabilization Force, led by an American general, will move in to secure it. The process would then be repeated, sector by sector, until Hamas is completely disarmed and Israel has completely withdrawn from Gaza.

To be sure, Netanyahu would prefer that Hamas disarm completely throughout Gaza before Israel begins any withdrawal (just as Hamas would prefer that Israel withdraw completely before it begins any disarmament). But refusing the compromise is risky because it can contribute to a narrative of intransigence. For decades now, Palestinians have been reminded: "Israel offered you peace before

— at Camp David — and Yasser Arafat walked away. Why should we take you seriously as a peace partner?"

Whether or not one finds this narrative credible — the Palestinian side of the argument is that the deals on the table were not sufficient for a viable state — it has become an Israeli cudgel against taking any further risks for peace.

Netanyahu now risks gifting Hamas a similar weapon. If Netanyahu refuses the Board of Peace deal, then Hamas can say: "We offered Israel disarmament — the thing they claimed they wanted. They refused. Now why should we offer to disarm again in the future?"

With Israel's international reputation cratering, it can ill afford to give Hamas this public relations coup.

Rather than seeking to end the conflict through a negotiated resolution — as Israeli leaders such as Yitzhak Rabin, Ehud Barak and Ehud Olmert tried

— Netanyahu has been widely seen instead as having sought to manage the conflict by focusing on security measures and ratcheting up pressure on Palestinians through military occupation and settlement construction. After Oct. 7, however, the notion that this conflict can be managed is in tatters.

In geopolitical conflict, every behavior tilts the conflict in the direction of peace or in the direction of war. The consequences of any given behavior may be small and probabilistic, but the general trajectory — toward peace or toward more war — matters.

As accurately depicted in “The Brink of War,” a new movie about the 1986 nuclear summit in Reykjavik, both Mikhail Gorbachev (Jared Harris) and Ronald Reagan (Jeff Daniels) surprised each other with ambitious and generous offers toward denuclearization. That summit closed without a deal, but the bold steps the two leaders took in the direction of peace paved the way for the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty the following year.

The Israel-Hamas conflict is a graveyard of missed opportunities. The leaders who rejected opportunities for peace in the past contributed, in their own small way, to the horrors endured by Israelis and Palestinians in recent years. Arafat's rejection of the opportunity available at Camp David in 2000 increased the risk of future catastrophe for Palestinians. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's failure to seriously pursue the Arab Peace Initiative in 2002 increased the risk of future catastrophe for Israelis.

For Netanyahu, giving Hamas a chance to disarm in exchange for reciprocally returning Gaza to the Palestinian people would be a meaningful step in the direction of peace, one that is likely to reduce the odds of another Oct. 7.

Nothing is guaranteed, of course, and military hawks can always offer internally coherent arguments for why the risks of de-escalation are too great. What such arguments tend to discount are the risks of refusing to de-escalate.

The status quo is horrific. The death and carnage in Gaza since 2023 beggars comprehension, and human decency requires that the Palestinian people have an opportunity to return to a more humane existence. Meanwhile, Hamas remains the dominant — and well-armed — governing faction in Gaza.

It takes tremendous courage for a leader to stand up to the most hawkish voices on their own side, as Gorbachev and Reagan were willing to do in Reykjavik. And this is a moment for courage: From Israel's perspective, it is self-defeating to refuse a deal that holds real potential not only to disarm Hamas but also to push Israelis and Palestinians in the direction of peace, dignity and self-determination for both peoples.

Accepting the deal entails risk. But so does refusing it — and Israelis and Palestinians have already learned the terrible cost of believing that the status quo is the safer choice.

Peace does not require Netanyahu to trust Hamas. This proposal requires something harder and more realistic: that each side take a verifiable step. And then another.

For decades, Israeli and Palestinian leaders have had to choose between the risks of escalation and the risks of de-escalation. Netanyahu now faces that choice himself. The greater risk is standing still.

John Aziz is a writer, analyst and peace advocate. Eli J. Finkel is a professor at Northwestern University and founding co-director of the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement.

In Cook County, politics are being pursued, not justice

Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke presents a progress report on her first year in office at a City Club of Chicago luncheon on Dec. 2, 2025. E. JASON WAMBSGANS/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

A man whose only intention was to protect public safety now carries a fresh felony conviction — because the price of insisting on his innocence at trial was the risk of dying in prison. That is not mercy. Neither is it justice. Instead, this is the machine working as designed.

By Otis Moss III, Michael Pfleger, Seth Limmer and Ciera Bates-Chamberlain SPECIAL TO THE TRIBUNE

On a recent Monday morning, in a courtroom in Bridgeview, Nakia Smith pleaded guilty to a felony. His crime: walking into the Calumet District police station on East 111th Street carrying a gun he intended to hand over to police. One of his workers had found the weapon cleaning out a property, and Smith — who has spent the 13 years since his release from prison mentoring young people, tending community gardens in Roseland and volunteering with the anti-violence organization Chicago CRED — did what we tell our neighbors to do. He turned the gun in to the authorities.

For that, Smith was arrested, spent seven months in Cook County Jail, wore an ankle monitor and, facing six to 30 years in prison in the event of a conviction, accepted a deal. He pleaded guilty, accepted “time served” and went home.

Some will see this outcome, a deal for time served, as mercy. Look closer: A man whose only intention was to protect public safety now carries a fresh felony conviction — because the price of insisting on his innocence at trial was the risk of dying in prison. That is not mercy. Neither is it justice. Instead, this is the machine working as designed.

The overwhelming majority of criminal cases in this country never reach a jury; they end in pleas, and the decision to plead out turns less on truth than on what a defendant can afford to risk. There is an old saying in our neighborhoods, and the Smith case once more proved it true: You are better off being guilty and rich than poor and innocent.

The Book of Deuteronomy, sacred to the traditions we serve, lays out a divine blueprint for the justice system. Judges must “show no partiality” and take no bribe, “for bribes blind the eyes of the discerning.” Those empowered by the system must “hear out low and high alike,” and should harbor neither fear nor awe for any party.

Most importantly, Deuteronomy charges: “Justice, justice shall you pursue.” Scripture does not repeat itself idly. Justice named twice is justice that must be the same twice over — the same on the North Shore as in Roseland, the same for the defendant in a tailored suit as for the one in a work coat. A court that weighs ZIP code, income and complexion has already accepted a bribe; it has collected payment in something other than cash.

Consider other cases. Ivy Kelly has insisted for more than two decades that he is innocent of the 1999 killing of the man he called his best friend. After an appeals court found his trial flawed, prosecutors offered him immediate freedom — if he would confess. He refused to buy liberty with a lie, so this 51-year-old man sits today in a maximum security division of Cook County Jail, punished for telling the truth.

And consider Jaime Rios, convicted at 20 of a 1989 murder after being investigated by Reynaldo Guevara, the disgraced now-former detective accused of framing dozens of Chicagoans. Rios spent 17 years in prison; in February, a federal jury awarded him \$750,000 – roughly \$44,000 per stolen year. The detective

whose misconduct put him there collects a pension of more than \$91,000 a year. In this county, framing a man pays better, annually, than having been framed.

Remuneration is becoming rarer. Whereas the previous state's attorney's office objected to about 1 in 4 certificates of innocence sought by the exonerated, the current office fights 4 out of 5, forcing people who already lost decades to spend months more proving what judges have already found.

Two years ago in these pages, after current State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke won her primary by fewer than 1,600 votes, we wrote about the puzzle of her candidacy — a promise to preserve reform wrapped in tough-on-crime packaging.

The puzzle has been answered.

Detention requests are up, and the jail holds hundreds more people than before she took office. The exonerated are contested. Kelly waits. And Smith, warrior for peace, is a felon once more. From our perspective, it seems as if politics are being pursued, not justice.

We do not write to condemn one official; we write because Deuteronomy commands the whole community to pursue justice. In Chicago, pursuit of justice today means correction. Correction, in this case, is not complicated. It does not require new courts or new laws to begin, only a change of practice by the people already empowered to act.

So let the state's attorney remember that prosecutorial discretion exists precisely for cases such as these. The law that charged Smith as an armed habitual criminal did not require that charge; a prosecutor chose it, and a prosecutor could as easily have not chosen it. The same is true regarding Kelly: Nothing in the statute forces the office to keep contesting a case an appellate court has already called into doubt, nor to

treat a refusal to falsely confess as evidence of danger. Let our justice system cease fighting the innocent and the honest alike, and let mercy become policy rather than an accident that depends on the political proclivities of a prosecutor.

May we pursue justice doubled: the same for rich and poor, the same for low and high, so that the doubling Deuteronomy commands are no longer just words we read but a practice our county lives. May we protect those who do good rather than prosecute them. May we tell the truth about our courts, and having told it, repair them.

And may the day come soon when doing right in Cook County costs nothing at all.

Chicago faith leaders Rabbi Seth Limmer, the Rev. Otis Moss III, the Rev. Ciera Bates-Chamberlain and the Rev. Michael Pfleger joined the Tribune's opinion section in summer 2022 for a series of columns on potential solutions to Chicago's chronic gun violence problem. The column continues on an occasional basis.

Voice of the People

Answers for northwest Indiana For about two weeks, families across northwest Indiana endured extraordinary hardships. Homes went dark. Food spoiled. Businesses and schools were disrupted. Thousands of our neighbors waited day after day for their power to return.

I know something of that experience. My own power was out for 10 days.

The Aug. 11 storm was catastrophic. We should recognize the magnitude of the damage and thank the line workers, first responders, municipal employees, volunteers and neighbors who have worked tirelessly throughout this recovery.

Nearly two weeks without power is simply too long.

Gov. Mike Braun has called for an investigation into NIPSCO's preparation for and response to this disaster. I not only support that investigation but have asked Braun to expand it and ensure ratepayers in Northwest Indiana are protected. The people of northwest Indiana deserve clear answers and real solutions.

Our engagement on utility issues did not begin with this storm. In April, I participated in discussions with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in Gary as residents raised concerns about utility costs, reliability and accountability. Those questions matter even more today.

We need to know how prepared our system was, whether vegetation and rights of way were adequately maintained, and whether infrastructure and reliability investments paid for by ratepayers delivered what was promised.

I have also spoken with the chair of the Indiana Senate Utilities Committee about what we can learn from this catastrophe and what measures we should examine when the Indiana General Assembly reconvenes, to make our communities better prepared for the next major storm.

I do not want to prejudice those answers. I want us to find them.

And when the final home is reconnected, our work cannot end. We owe northwest Indiana more than restored power. We owe our people answers, accountability and a better prepared system for whatever comes next. — Indiana state Sen. Mark Spencer, D-Gary

Campaigns' social media videos

When I was running for mayor, one of our more successful social media endeavors involved me eating shrimp. A video at Haire's Gulf Shrimp at 75th and Vincennes — a great, family-run small business — drew hundreds of thousands of views.

People started asking me a pretty reasonable question: Why the hell are you doing this? Aren't you running for mayor?

The answer was that I wanted to show the more human side of a campaign — a normal Chicago guy celebrating some of Chicago's best food. I wanted to highlight a great small business. And, of course, I wanted to build followership.

Because if someone followed me for the shrimp, maybe the next day they'd see a video about why it takes too long to get a business license. Or housing. Or public safety. Or the city's finances.

That's the needle politicians everywhere are trying to thread. The best political content looks and feels like regular social media, but it also informs, educates or persuades people about something of substance.

There's nothing wrong with that. Politics could use a little more personality and joy. Not every interaction with someone running for office needs to be a six-minute explanation of pension liabilities. If a video gets someone who normally couldn't care less about local government to pay attention, you might bring them into the conversation.

The problem comes when attention becomes the whole point — or when campaigns blur the line between political advertising and organic content.

Campaigns are increasingly working with paid influencers who have built audiences of their own. Paying a creator to reach an audience isn't inherently more sinister than paying for a television commercial, but there is an important difference.

When you see a campaign ad, you know it's a campaign ad. When a creator you follow suddenly starts praising a candidate, you may have no idea if they mean it or if they're getting paid.

The fix is pretty simple. If political content is paid for, it should be disclosed clearly. Illinois should also make those payments easy for voters to find.

Social media can show you Chicago. It can't replace Chicago.

So I encourage candidates to make the videos. Have some fun. Bring more people into the conversation. Just be transparent about who's paying for what, have something worthwhile to say — and don't forget to put the phone down and go meet the people you're asking to represent.

Liam Stanton, Chicago

Get to work, Mayor Johnson

Our mayor is spending time and energy issuing executive orders versus spending time and energy on real issues: why it costs three times as much as one suburb to remove lead pipes, underfunded pension plans, police overtime levels, the CTA and school funding.

While Brandon Johnson's executive orders are legal (unlike many of the president's), they are not doing much to make Chicagoans' lives better.

Get to work, Mr. Mayor. — Lee Berenbaum, Chicago

DNR's handling of lake water

The Aug. 27 editorial about the suburban challenge to Chicago's monopoly on Lake Michigan water fails to mention one fact (“A suburban challenge to Chicago's monopoly on Lake Michigan water makes major waves”). The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is responsible for the allocation of Lake Michigan water under the Level of Lake Michigan Act, and the DNR has not been serving the public interest for

decades. The suburban frustration with Chicago is a direct result of DNR's mismanagement of our precious resource.

Each year, as much as 25 billion gallons of water are lost through leaking, aged water mains in numerous municipalities because the DNR hasn't enforced its own rules for water conservation.

Dick Lanyon, Evanston

Actions to take for the climate

The orange haze that has blanketed the Chicago skyline over recent summers is a stark reminder that climate disasters do not carry passports. Record-breaking wildfires across Canada have turned our shared air into a seasonal public health crisis, triggering frequent air quality alerts and aggravating health conditions for thousands of local residents.

This cross-border crisis presents a powerful, urgent opportunity for shared American action. The science is simple. A warming planet dries out our landscapes, stretching fire seasons into year-round threats.

We are not helpless spectators. By aggressively cutting carbon emissions right here in the U.S., we can directly prevent these wildfires from getting worse on both sides of the border. Shifting rapidly toward clean energy and tightening emission standards directly cool the global climate engine driving these mega-fires.

Without urgent action to curb rising temperatures, wildfires will continue to spiral out of control. The catastrophic summers we endure today will become the norm tomorrow and a future that nobody wants to live in.

Readers can call or email their representatives and urge support for clean energy subsidies, carbon pricing and stricter industrial emission limits.

— Joseph Reitmeyer, Mount Prospect

Blown tires at O'Hare, Midway

In the month of August, at least four jets at O'Hare International Airport and one at Midway International Airport have sustained blown tires. My absolute amateur opinion is that the runways and taxiways may suffer from the same malady affecting our highways.

I drive on the Kennedy and the Edens expressways frequently, and since the spring, the pavement has been horrible; it's like driving on rumble strips for miles. I have been driving for over 50 years and have never experienced these conditions.

I have wondered if it may have a negative impact on my tires, too.

— Paula J. Schneiderman, Chicago

Parents' conflict over vaccines

Thank you to Dr. Barbara Hendrickson for her letter regarding vaccines in the Aug. 26 edition (“Why vaccinating kids matters”). As a nurse, I was aware of some of the complications of a measles infection. I was not aware of the continued risk to immunity or subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. Parents want to do their best to protect their children, but mistrust and false information regarding vaccines that have been provided for decades are leaving parents conflicted. The decision regarding vaccine administration should be between the parents and their pediatrician/medical provider.

Patricia Bonk, Midlothian

Note to readers

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A new electrified train, decorated for the occasion, begins to glide along the Illinois Central Railroad tracks on Aug. 7, 1926. CHICAGO HERALD AND EXAMINER

Enjoying the ride

FIRST ELECTRIC COMMUTER TRAINS IMPROVED THE AIR, SPURRED SOUTH SIDE DEVELOPMENT

Alan Boyd, president of Illinois Central Railroad, rides in the balcony over the rear door of a new double-decker electric coach in 1971. CHICAGO TODAY

By Marianne Mather CHICAGO TRIBUNE

"The Illinois Central Railroad's suburban service had been electrified!" the Tribune exclaimed a day after four modern steel electric trains smoothly and noiselessly pulled into the Roosevelt Street depot in August 1926.

The exuberance didn't stop there, with the newspaper calling the electric rail service “the beginning of the realization of Chicago's dream of greatness” and “an accomplishment of such inestimable value to the present and the future of Chicago as to be considered as one epoch in our history.”

The Illinois Central Railroad, often called the I.C., first laid tracks in 1850. The city OK'd trains running along the lakefront because the railway helped protect the shore from erosion.

That decision would soon backfire as Chicago's front yard became plagued with soot, smog and noisy steam locomotives. To address the problem, the city required the I.C. to electrify the line.

At the time, electricity was a newer industry, having made a splash at the 1893 World's Fair. The buzzing of electric streetlights became commonplace in the early 1900s, and homes were getting in on the convenience. But to electrify a heavy train carrying passengers? That was something altogether new for the city. The I.C. became the first of the steam railroads to inaugurate electrical service, helping return the lakefront to its former beauty.

On July 22, 1926, the Tribune reported on the first train to glide along the tracks, which took passengers a day earlier from the south suburbs to Randolph Street, a distance of 30 miles.

"In contrast with the jerking, jolting start of the steam engines, it started at two stations with an even smoothness and accelerated so gradually that passengers hardly noticed it," the Tribune reported. "The reduction in the noise added more comfort to the ride. There was considerably less noise on this train than from the dirty, puffing tea kettles which pull the present suburban trains. Also there was much less noise than from an elevated train."

Workers splice an overhead wire on the South Chicago commuter line at 64th Street and Dorchester Avenue in 1975. The railroad was then called Illinois Central Gulf after a merger. ROY HALL/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Two weeks after the trial run, the city held a party featuring parades on both Michigan Avenue and Lake Michigan and the crowning of “Miss Transportation” in front of the Field Museum. “Ten mayors of Illinois cities, thirty-eight railroad presidents and heads of 116 business and civic organizations will be passengers on the first train formally inaugurating the Illinois Central’s electric suburban service on Aug. 7,” the Tribune wrote.

People living near the I.C. tracks, who had protested for years against the smoke, soot and cinders, were especially pleased, as their homes soon became more livable. "Many of the women organizations which have protested most

vigorously in days gone by were prominently represented in the celebration," the Tribune reported on Aug. 8, 1926. In addition to smoother rides and cleaner air, the electrification also benefited development of the South Side and south suburbs, where residents expected the new service would accelerate home buying and building in the region.

The rail line is still in operation today. Metra acquired it in 1987, renaming it the Metra Electric.

"This line has played an influential role in the history of Chicago and the south suburbs," said Metra Executive Director/CEO Jim Derwinski, "and its electrification in 1926 had a dramatic impact on Chicago's economic development and quality of life."

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Iran leaders use time to harden reign

Former Revolutionary Guard chief Mohsen Rezaei, seen voting in Tehran, is now Iran's secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. He and other hardened leaders rose to power after Iran's leaders died in the war. VAHID SALEMI/AP 2024

In 6 months of war, core rulers cement grip, thwart US goal

By Lee Keath and David Rising ASSOCIATED PRESS

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – After six months of war, Iran's leadership has coalesced around a hard core of military generals and clerics long entrenched in the ruling theocracy. They are ready for a potentially long confrontation with the U.S. and determined to prevent any unrest at home.

It's a far cry from President Donald Trump's initial hopes of toppling the Islamic Republic and his subsequent claims that "regime change" had brought more compromising officials to the fore.

Iran's new leaders show little faith in any agreement with Trump – after coming under attack twice while holding talks – and they may be bracing for another assault once the U.S. replenishes its supplies of interceptors. They also have threatened to escalate the war as a continuing American blockade and Trump's plans for new sanctions threaten to suffocate Iran's already worsening economy.

"If (Trump) wants to do something, we will retaliate in a seismic manner," the new secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, said last weekend. In a post on X, he said that "if the economic war continues, not a single drop of oil will be exported" from the Persian Gulf.

Rezaei's appointment came in a recent set of decrees by the supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba

Khamenei, that formally set Iran's new senior leadership, including top military posts. Khamenei's father and much of the highest echelons were killed in the bombing campaign launched by the U.S. and Israel on Feb. 28.

Perhaps most telling was the newly named head of the Basij, the Revolutionary Guard's volunteer street force, which played a major role in crushing January's nationwide protests, when thousands were killed. That post went to Hossein Taeb, 63, a hard-line cleric and longtime intelligence chief who led one of the first major crackdowns on protests, in 2009.

His appointment is seen as a sign that the leadership is intent on preventing any new unrest as discontent over the economy spreads.

The 56-year-old Khamenei has not been seen in public, or even appeared in video or audio, since Israeli strikes killed his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who had been Iran's supreme leader for some 37 years. The younger Khamenei is believed to have been wounded in the strikes. His public absence could reflect the depth of security surrounding him, since he is likely in Israel's sights, or the extent of his wounds.

With the appointments announced Aug. 11 and 12, he has surrounded himself with longtime personal allies, like Rezaei and Taeb.

They are “a clique of older senior officers who've served together over the last decades," said Sascha Bruchmann, an analyst with the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Middle East office in Bahrain.

Rezaei, 71, led the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard during its formative years, through the entire 1980-1988 war with Iraq and until 1997. He has run for president as a hard-line candidate multiple times since 2009.

Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, 68, was confirmed as head of the Guard, where he has been acting commander since his predecessor was killed along with the elder Khamenei. Also confirmed in their posts were the acting commander of the Guard's naval forces,

Gen. Ali Ozmaei, and the military chief of staff, Gen. Ali Abdollahi.

Bruchmann, who pointed out that Rezaei was Vahidi's commander for many years, said the emphasis appears to be on ensuring unity. "It looks like internal cohesion, as in hard core people are being pulled into the inner circle," he said.

Homayoun Falakshahi, the top oil analyst for the global commerce information firm Kpler, wrote that the appointments of Rezaei and Vahidi show “greater influence for officials associated with a tougher stance.”

Still, escalation is not inevitable, and Iran could find it difficult to “escalate enough to restore deterrence without triggering retaliation that leaves it worse off," he said.

A ceasefire deal reached in June quickly fell apart amid exchanges of strikes. Iran has demanded the release of billions in frozen assets as called for under the deal — as well as formal authority over the Strait of Hormuz.

President Masoud Pezeshkian is one of the most prominent voices still calling for a negotiated solution. His allies argue Iran risks overplaying its hand by continuing the war as its economy suffers.

"It would be better to bring the war to an end, since today we enjoy power and dignity and the entire world approved our victory, and the U.S. is hated," Pezeshkian said last week. He has also defended the June ceasefire deal against hard-liners' accusations that it conceded too much.

In contrast to ultra-hardliners who reject any talks, Rezaei has held out the possibility of a deal — if the U.S. backs down. On Monday, he told Pakistani mediator Gen. Asim Munir that the U.S. should “change its attitude and take practical action about implementing the conditions” of the ceasefire deal.

Tehran-based political analyst Ahmad Zeidabadi said there are “serious differences over the future path of the country.”

Hard-liners oppose normalization with the U.S. because “their survival depends on the existence of conflict and hostility,” he wrote in the newspaper Hammihan, which backs Pezeshkian.

So far there has been no sign of new protests even as Iranians find it harder to afford basic staples.

Ruling cites CIA torture in 9/11 confessions to FBI

Military judge tosses figure's admissions as not made voluntarily

By Carol Rosenberg THE NEW YORK TIMES

In a blow to the U.S. case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the man accused of plotting the Sept. 11 attacks, a military judge ruled Friday that the prisoner's confessions to FBI agents were not voluntary and cannot be used against him at trial.

Prosecutors have described Mohammed's interrogations in 2007 at the U.S. Navy base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as the government's most crucial evidence in the long-running death penalty case.

But his confessions have always been challenged because the government used torture to question him in secret CIA prisons years before he was charged.

The ruling, just before the 25th anniversary of the attacks, could further delay the start of a trial if prosecutors decide to appeal to reinstate it.

Aging survivors and families of victims have said they worry they may never see a final resolution to the case.

Just last week, the judge set a trial date of June 5, 2028.

Mohammed is accused of being the

Mohammed

accused of being the mastermind of the hijacking attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon.

He was brutally interrogated by the CIA in overseas prisons after his capture in 2003 and held incommunicado until his transfer to Guantánamo in 2006. Prosecutors excluded statements from those interrogations, which included 183 rounds of waterboarding, from the case.

But the trial judge, Lt. Col. Michael Schrama, went further, concluding that Mohammed's subsequent interrogations in 2007 at Guantánamo were also inadmissible.

"The prosecution has failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Mr. Mohammad's statements to the FBI were voluntarily given," Schrama wrote in the conclusion of his 45-page ruling, which was not immediately released to the public but whose unclassified contents were confirmed by several lawyers who had seen it.

Smoke billows from the twin towers at the World Trade Center in New York. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is accused of being the architect of the 9/11 attacks. GENE BOYARS/AP 2001

Schrama cited several factors, including an “unbroken continuation of the CIA’s psychological conditioning and severe coercion” at the time of Mohammed’s questioning at Guantánamo in 2007.

He also found that FBI agents intentionally failed to explicitly tell Mohammed that he had a right to be silent and to consult a lawyer, and that what he told them could be used against him at a trial.

The chief prosecutor, Rear Adm. Aaron C. Rugh, said his team would review the ruling “and will make a decision on whether to appeal in the near future.”

Under the rules, prosecutors have five days to decide whether to appeal but can request an additional five days.

Defense lawyers had argued that Mohammed was essentially conditioned by the

CIA through torture coupled with years of isolation and solitary confinement to later tell the FBI what it wanted to hear. He was not allowed to consult a lawyer until long after he had confessed and was charged.

Mohammed's lawyer, Gary Sowards, said the judge's decision "serves as a civics lesson for why the government shouldn't engage in such shameful conduct."

Without the confessions, prosecutors would need to rely on documents, telephone intercepts and transcripts of other conversations to put him on trial. Some of those are also at issue in the case.

But under Guantánamo's detention doctrine, the United States believes it can hold Mohammed forever, even without trial and conviction, as part of its war against terrorism.

The purpose of the trial is to lay out how 19 hijackers from the Middle East reached the United States to carry out the worst terrorism attack on its soil in U.S. history.

Mohammed is accused of dreaming up the plan in the 1990s, pitching it to Osama bin Laden and helping to select and train the hijackers.

Schrama has yet to rule on the confessions of two other defendants in the Sept. 11 case, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi. An earlier judge, Col. Matthew McCall, threw out the confessions of Mohammed's nephew, Ammar al-Baluchi, who is accused of helping some of the 19 hijackers with finances and travel arrangements.

A different judge, Col. Lanny Acosta, suppressed the confession of the defendant in the USS Cole bombing case, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, in an explicit finding that he had been tortured by the CIA. His death penalty trial in the 2000 attack, which killed 17 U.S. sailors, is scheduled to start in October.

The Sept. 11 case has been mired in pretrial proceedings since arraignment in 2012.

Hegseth blocks promotions of 4 Army officers with ties to ousted generals

By Greg Jaffe, Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper THE NEW YORK TIMES

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotions of four Army officers selected for promotion to one-star rank, a highly unusual move that appears to be targeting officers who worked for generals he does not like, current and former defense officials said.

This year Hegseth has removed at least 45 officers, selected by boards of peers, from promotion lists. More than half of those officers have been female or Black.

Hegseth's actions appear to violate the rules governing a promotion system that is meant to be merit-based.

Some of the Army officers pulled from the latest list appear to have worked recently for Gen. Randy George, the former Army chief of staff, whom Hegseth fired without explanation in April. The others have ties to Gen. Christopher Donahue, the top U.S. Army commander in Europe, who was forced to leave the Army this summer, defense officials said.

Typically, Army one-star promotion lists consist of about three dozen officers.

George and Donahue led the Army's push to adapt to a future battlefield dominated by drones and artificial intelligence, and the officers pulled from the recent lists played key roles in shaping their modernization vision.

An officer whose promotion was blocked commanded one of the Army's first “transformation in contact” brigades, officials said. These 3,000-soldier units were encouraged to experiment with new drone and AI technology, even as they trained for war.

His idea was adopted by all of the Army's infantry brigades.

The officer was also targeted because of an essay he wrote in a graduate program on the implications of political polarization on the Army's ability to recruit and retain talent, said officials familiar with the list. It is unclear why Hegseth or members of his team found the essay objectionable.

In March, Hegseth struck four officers from an Army one-star promotion list that had consisted of 34 officers. Two of the officers targeted by Hegseth were Black men and two were women, prompting some senior military officials to question whether the officers were singled out because of their race or gender.

Hegseth also has fired or forced out a half-dozen senior officers — a generation of the Army's most combat-hardened leaders — thinning the service's top ranks for the next several years, officials said.

The Army has not had a chief of staff since Hegseth fired George in April, and there are no signs that he is close to filling the position, said current and former officials.

Vote monitors pay a visit to Wyoming

GOP governor objects to the ‘very odd’ behavior of DOJ observers

By Tim Balk

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Two election monitors from the Justice Department tried to interview voters and examine voting machines at polling places during Wyoming's primaries this month, local officials said, drawing pushback from the state's Republican governor.

The federal election monitors arrived at a polling site in Cheyenne, Wyoming's capital and its largest city, without advance notice around 7 a.m. Aug. 18, said the Laramie County clerk, Debra Lee.

They asked to interview voters and inspect the machines, but were denied, officials said.

"It was aggressive, unexpected, disruptive – certainly didn't seem to show respect for the state," Gov. Mark Gordon of Wyoming said in an interview last week. "We're going to get to the bottom of it as best we can."

The Justice Department often monitors polling sites during elections. But the visits to Wyoming came amid President Donald Trump's ongoing fixation with finding evidence of fraud and vote tampering.

Trump and his allies made fantastical claims that voting machines had switched votes for him to his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden in 2020, and he has failed to find evidence of widespread fraud or vote tampering ever since.

Trump has often returned to such conspiracy theories in his second term, arguing that widespread fraud could affect this year's elections.

As president, he has deployed the resources of the federal government, notably the Justice Department's, to investigate his unsubstantiated claims, sowing more doubt in the nation's elections and raising alarm among state officials about whether he will try to intervene if Republicans lose their congressional majorities in November.

Gordon, a low-key, term-limited Republican who leads one of the country's most conservative states, said at a meeting with state election officials last week that he had been concerned by the behavior of the election observers.

“I feel very strongly about the federal government coming in and taking our guns — I don’t like that,” Gordon said at the meeting. “And I don’t like the federal government coming in and taking our votes either.”

The monitors ultimately visited six polling places, showing their credentials only when asked for them, Gordon said in the interview, describing their behavior as “very odd.”

He said he had asked the state attorney general, Keith Kautz, to investigate the matter.

The observers had cited statutes related to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Civil Rights Act, Gordon said.

This year, the Justice Department's observers have visited polling places in other states, including politically tense regions such as the Minneapolis area.

The agency said last week that it had sent 80 monitors to seven states during primary season.

But the requests to interview voters and gain access to machines in Wyoming were unusual. And they come at a moment when the Justice Department has been locked in an intense legal battle with 30 states, demanding their private, unredacted voter rolls in a hunt for evidence of noncitizen voting.

In early July, the Justice Department sent letters to every state and Washington, warning that top election officials would be criminally prosecuted if they allowed ballots to be cast by noncitizens.

The monitors in Wyoming said they had been sent to assess whether the election was in compliance with federal civil rights and voting rights laws, Lee said. But their questions appeared to be “outside the scope of federal voting rights laws,” she said in a statement.

“They included questions about the nature, length and timing of poll worker training,” Lee said. “Monitors requested training guides, asked how our new election equipment was acquired and wanted to examine our tabulators.”

Their conduct, Lee said, displayed a “complete disregard for our state laws and administration of our elections.”

Trump has filled the Justice Department and other federal agencies with officials sympathetic to his baseless claims about the 2020 election.

In Georgia, the focus of many of Trump's efforts to reverse the 2020 election, the FBI this summer assigned a team to examine 2020 records seized from Fulton County, home of Atlanta.

The office of the U.S. attorney in Wyoming, Darin D. Smith, did not immediately respond to questions about the election monitors' appearance.

But in a statement provided by the Justice Department's Washington office, Smith said that voters deserved “absolute confidence that their ballots are secure and their voices are heard without interference.”

“We are working alongside local officials to ensure every lawful vote is protected,” Smith said in the statement.

At the meeting Wednesday, Gordon told Chuck Gray, the Wyoming secretary of state, that he did not believe the U.S. attorney's office in Wyoming was aware that the Justice Department observers would be visiting.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said he was concerned by the DOJ election observers who visited a polling station in Cheyenne, the capital. HAIYUN JIANG/THE NEW YORK TIMES 2025

But Gray, who once claimed the 2020 presidential election was “illegitimate,” told the governor that he understood that Smith had been given advance notice about the observers.

Gray said, “Wyoming election law does provide for observation.”

A spokesperson for the Justice Department, Kiersten Pels, said Smith had been given advance notice.

Lee, the county clerk, said in her statement that a Justice Department official had told her the decision to deploy monitors to Wyoming was made on short notice.

The Justice Department issued a statement on the day of the state's primary saying that it was deploying observers to Wyoming and Florida to ensure “transparency, ballot security and compliance with federal law.”

Although many of the Justice Department's monitoring efforts have been uneventful, a letter it sent in June to election officials in Wayne County, Michigan, which includes Detroit, became a flashpoint.

The letter described polling sites with machines that were not working and at least one site with a shortage of provisional ballots.

It drew a scathing response from Janice Winfrey, the Detroit city clerk.

"It is important to address election performance based on facts rather than falsehoods that lead to baseless conclusions," Winfrey said in a letter sent to Justice Department officials in July.

She said the DOJ's assertions form “a baseless conclusion that then becomes the pretext for additional monitoring of Detroit elections.”

An elderly woman mourns as she sits with her belongings Saturday at a makeshift camp in Nuwakot, Nepal. The death toll from the catastrophe rose to 676. RITESH SHUKLA/GETTY

US families cling to hope kin survived Nepal-Tibet disaster

By Sudhin Thanawala and Josh Kelety ASSOCIATED PRESS

Mukti Patel has huddled with family and friends at her parents' Richmond, Virginia, home since her dad, sister and two other relatives went missing in the catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border.

She knows the hotel they were staying in was swept away. But as she shared memories of them Friday, she caught herself.

“I shouldn’t talk in past tense yet,” she said. “We don’t know anything.”

As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal-China border entered their fourth day Saturday, authorities were still finding survivors.

Nepali authorities said the combined toll in Nepal and Tibet rose to 676 dead and nearly 3,000 people missing. China has reported seven deaths and more than 550 missing, while Nepal's disaster agency said the death toll had climbed to 669 with 2,426 people missing.

Family members of some of the missing were still holding out hope that their loved ones survived.

Patel's family was in a tour group run by the Himalayan Glacier Adventure and Travel Co. when the floods struck. About 90 Americans are among those unaccounted for, according to the U.S. State Department.

On a Zoom call Thursday night, some family members wanted to know if they could reach the site and whether a relative might be trapped inside an air pocket, said Sanket Pandey, managing director of Himalayan Glacier Adventure.

The tour group, which has an office in Baltimore, had organized a two-week excursion with 40 guests and seven tour guides. All of them are missing, Pandey said.

Their families are desperate for any information.

“It’s really difficult to have nothing,” he said.

Patel, 27, said her dad, Umesh Kumar, 56, had wanted to make the trip for years and traveled through India to Nepal, where he was joined by her sister, Akanksha, 32, and her sister's husband, Ishan, 32.

Ishan's mom, Shilpa, 59, was also on the trek. Ishan and Shilpa Patel have dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship while Umesh Kumar and Akanksha Patel are Canadian citizens.

Akanksha Patel is a psychiatrist who wants to break stigma around mental health problems, her sister said.

“Everything I’ve done in life has been off the blueprint of my sister,” Mukti Patel said between tears in a phone interview. “There’s no ounce of meanness in her.”

Her father is a joyous person who helped victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, and her brother-in-law, an orthopedic surgeon, has brought happiness to her sister's life, she said. Ishan Patel turned 32 Wednesday, and the family called to wish him a happy birthday. That was their last contact.

Jiwan Jyoti, who has U.S. citizenship, also was traveling with Himalayan Glacier and was listed by the group as missing. The group had stopped in Timure, Nepal, before they were set to leave for a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others, her longtime friend Manmeet Singh Meet said.

Jyoti, 50, of Lexington, Massachusetts, called her family Wednesday as she was preparing to cross into Tibet.

Meet said the phone call ended “at around 8:40 a.m. local time in Nepal, and then I think around 8:45, this flash floods came, and then our world turned upside down.”

2 air traffic workers at LaGuardia reportedly left early before crash

By Josh Funk ASSOCIATED PRESS

A wrecked Air Canada jet sits on the runway at LaGuardia Airport on March 23 after colliding with a fire truck upon landing in New York. Its two pilots died. RYAN MURPHY/AP

Two air traffic controllers could be fired for leaving the tower at New York's LaGuardia Airport about an hour early the night an Air Canada jet smashed into a fire truck crossing the runway, killing both pilots, according to a government official familiar with the investigation.

The official was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter due to the ongoing National Transportation Safety Board investigation of the March 22 crash and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity Friday.

Because the two controllers left work early that night, there were only two people left in the tower to direct an unusual flurry of flights while dealing with an emergency on another plane on the ground. Several emergency vehicles were responding to a strong odor that was making flight attendants feel ill aboard a departing United Airlines jet. The controllers who left could have provided crucial backup when the tower got busy if they had remained at the airport until the end of their shifts because they were scheduled to be there past when the crash happened, the official said.

The Federal Aviation Administration is pursuing disciplinary action against the two controllers who left early — up to firing them, the government official said.

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association said in a statement the union is “discussing these allegations with FAA leadership.”

Experts and retired officials said leaving the airport early when a required break falls at the end of a shift is a common practice nationwide known as an “early shove.” The FAA is also in the midst of negotiating an new contract with the air traffic controllers union that the agency hopes will include an agreement on a new scheduling model.

The FAA said in a statement that the agency “is committed to holding employees accountable, and we will not compromise the safety or efficiency of the national airspace system.”

Tom Lintner saw early departures repeatedly during his decadeslong career at the FAA that included a stint as a LaGuardia controller before going on to oversee all air traffic control investigations, but he said it shouldn't be allowed to continue.

“None of that excuses the issue about when you get paid for eight hours, you’re supposed to be there for eight hours. Seven and a half doesn’t count,” Lintner said.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said this amounts to timecard fraud.

"The vast majority of air-traffic controllers are great patriots — they show up for work, complete their full shift, and come back and do it all again," Duffy said in a statement. "But when a small percentage of individuals take advantage of the American taxpayer, unfairly add additional work to their fellow controllers, and impact the airspace — we have no choice but to act."

The NTSB declined to comment on the news about the controllers leaving early. The agency expects every organization involved in an investigation to remain silent while experts work to determine what caused the crash and how to prevent similar tragedies in the future. Air Canada and union officials across the industry did not respond to questions.

Right away, investigators had questions about staffing in the tower, but they have also identified a number of other factors that likely contributed to the crash. The official cause won't be clear until the NTSB publishes its final report, likely next year.

The firefighters whose truck collided with the plane heard an air traffic controller say “stop, stop, stop” but didn’t initially know who the warning was for, according to a preliminary report by the NTSB released in April.

Just seconds earlier, a controller had cleared the fire truck to cross the runway, but the truck started moving while warning lights that act as a stop sign for crossing traffic were still lit.

Because the truck lacked a transponder, a surface monitoring system in the control tower was unable to reliably determine its position, "did not predict a potential conflict" with the landing plane and did not generate an audio or visual alert, the April NTSB report said.

But Air Canada Express Flight 8646 was already landing and speeding toward the fire truck.

Details murky in US-Venezuela deal

A pedestrian passes a mural featuring oil wells Saturday in Caracas, the Venezuelan capital. PEDRO MATTEY/AP

Agreement opens door to 65B barrels of oil, Trump says

By Collin Binkley and Juan Pablo Arráez ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – Besides a social media post from President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY” in Venezuela.

Trump said the agreement announced Friday night would give the United States a stake in Venezuela's vast oil reserves, a step toward his goal of extracting energy from the country after U.S. forces captured then-President Nicolás Maduro in a middle-of-the-night raid in January and brought him to New York to face federal drug trafficking charges.

Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, described the deal as a step toward economic recovery that will modernize the country's oil industry.

But the answers to questions such as how soon the reserves could be drilled and who will pay to make it happen were not immediately clear. No text of any agreement has been released.

WHAT ARE THE TERMS?

The U.S. government and an unnamed private operator in Venezuela formed a new private company that was given the rights to vast, untapped oil fields for 100 years.

A statement from Rodríguez said the deal involves the development of 17 fields with a proven potential of 65 billion barrels. It said the agreement could draw \$100 billion in investment into Venezuela's oil industry and yield over \$209 billion in taxes for Caracas.

Trump said the agreement was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Rodríguez.

The deal gives the United

States 55% effective output of the new private company, including an ownership stake and rights to buy oil at cost. American purchases of the oil will go toward the U.S. strategic oil reserves along with the military, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The company would be the second largest corporate holder of proven reserves after Saudi Aramco, according to the official.

WILL GAS PRICES DROP? Probably not soon.

Trump says the deal will help lower gas prices for Americans. That is an important objective for the Republican president as the Iran war slows the shipping of Persian Gulf oil and keeps prices elevated months before November elections in the United States.

But experts have repeatedly warned that Venezuela's dilapidated oil infrastructure will take years and billions of dollars to repair.

A substantial boost in production is not expected to happen quickly.

The deal could be “helpful in the long run, but it’s not going to do anything to change the price of gasoline at the retail station for Labor Day weekend,” said Amy Myers Jaffe, director of the Energy, Climate Justice and Sustainability Lab at New York University.

Neither side made clear who would pay for infrastructure investments and at what cost.

The average price of gas in the U.S. stood at about \$4.08 a gallon Saturday, according to AAA. The average price was \$3.20 at the same time last year.

Kevin Book, managing director at ClearView Energy Partners, urged caution because so few details are known about the deal. He said Venezuela has room to build on its oil production — in the past it produced more than 2.5 million barrels a day above current levels — but this kind of investment does not come quickly.

"It doesn't happen all at once. It's going to take time — many years — to deploy that much capital and produce the kind of incremental results that history suggests possible," Book said.

VENEZUELANS REACT

Some in Venezuela consider it a betrayal of what their government has stated repeatedly for decades: Venezuelan resources are for Venezuela and that leaders would not allow the U.S.

government to lay a hand on those resources.

At a market in eastern Caracas on Saturday, Douglas Borjas said he was upset about the announcement.

“I think they’re doing it to cling to power,” he said of Venezuela’s leaders. “It’s like, ‘I’m giving you a vast amount of petroleum as long as you leave me alone here in power.’ ... The Venezuelan people deserve better. Venezuela has resources that can be exploited, but for the benefit of the people, not for the benefit of the corrupt elite.”

Harvard University professor Ricardo Hausmann, a former Venezuelan planning minister, called it a “shameful deal.”

“Venezuelans will not respect this illegitimate deal and no major US oil company will take it seriously because they know it will not last," Hausmann said on social media, adding that Rodríguez "has no legitimacy or constitutional power to commit Venezuela to any such deal."

QUESTIONS REMAIN

Many important details remain unclear, including the identity of the private operator, who will cover necessary investments and how America's stake in the company breaks down.

The U.S. will get $55\%$ of the company's effective output, but it was not clear what portion of that comes from the ownership stake and how much comes from the right to buy oil at cost.

It also is unclear how the industry will react. Persuading big American oil companies to return to the region could prove a challenge given the political uncertainty and damaged infrastructure.

NEWS BRIEFING

Judge rules US cannot deport noncitizens for bashing Israeli actions

FROM NEWS SERVICES

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel's war in Gaza and others as part of the Trump administration's quest to deport noncitizens who it says disrupted college campuses while expressing their views.

Judge Noël Wise, in a ruling Friday, delivered a victory for The Stanford Daily, the student newspaper at Stanford University, which has said some international students were afraid to speak out because of the deportation threat.

“Freedom of speech is illusory if we are only ‘free’ to express complementary views about the government and its leaders,” the judge wrote.

The decision largely piggy-backs on findings from nearly a year ago by a U.S. district judge in Boston, who ruled that the Trump administration violated the Constitution when it targeted people who are not citizens for deportation solely for supporting Palestinians and criticizing Israel.

Wise wrote that the freedoms of speech and the press are “foundational to America’s enduring democracy.”

The judge cited free speech and vagueness flaws that violate the First Amendment and Fifth Amendment as she struck down portions of the provisions that the federal government follows regarding deportations.

Wise cited retaliation in March 2025 by U.S. immigration authorities against people who engaged in speech supporting the Palestinians and against Israel's actions — which a growing number of experts, including those commissioned by a U.N. body, have said amount to genocide. The judge also cited retaliation against people who were critical of Charlie Kirk after the Turning Point USA co-founder was assassinated last September.

Russia-Ukraine war: A destroyed car lies amid the ruins of buildings Saturday after a Russian drone hit a warehouse storing ammunition in Myla, a village in the Bucha district west of Kyiv, the Ukraine capital. At least 37 people died in the war's deadliest attack this year in Ukraine. Russia launched an invasion of its neighbor Feb. 24, 2022. DAN BASHAKOV/AP

The Justice Department did not respond Saturday to a message seeking comment on the decision.

George Porteous, editor-in-chief of The Stanford Daily, responded to the ruling by saying on X: "The reporters in our newsroom shouldn't have to fear that writing a story will result in their deportation. Today's victory means they won't have to."

Conor Fitzpatrick, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which brought the lawsuit, praised the ruling.

"In America, free speech doesn't just belong to the people who say things the government agrees with," Fitzpatrick said.

Netanyahu slams settlers: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned criminal acts by a “handful of rioters” in the occupied West Bank that he said do injustice to the “law-abiding settler public.”

His statement Saturday follows over two weeks of unrest in the town of Qusra, where settlers have surrounded several homes including one owned by a Palestinian American.

In an unusually sharp statement, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers as “terrorists,” a word U.S. officials usually reserve for Palestinian militants.

Earlier Saturday, Israel's military and police said Israeli rioters arrived in the Qusra area and violent clashes followed. They said dozens of rioters barricaded themselves in a Palestinian home while residents were

inside.

They said the groups were separated and rioters' vehicles were confiscated.

Haitian violence: Six children and seven women were released by a gang in Haiti that had kidnapped more than 50 people after launching a deadly attack on a community near the capital, Port-au-Prince, about a week ago, according to UNICEF.

The United Nations children's agency said late Friday that among those released are three children under the age of 2, a 7-year-old and two teenage girls.

Gangs killed at least 47 people during the attack Aug. 23 in Kenscoff, a once-peaceful farming community nestled in the hills above Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince.

US deports commentator: British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom after his arrest by American immigration authorities, U.S. officials said Saturday.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Yiannopoulos was returned to his home country Friday after being accused of overstaying after entering the U.S. legally in May 2019. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal July 22 after he failed to show up for an immigration hearing, a Homeland Security spokesperson said.

Yiannopoulos was arrested Thursday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Yiannopoulos is a well-known champion of conservative causes and has frequently taken provocative public positions criticizing feminism, Islam and immigrants. He has been especially supportive of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement policy, aimed at people in the country illegally.

Teleprompter operator: A former White House tele-prompter operator accused of using inside knowledge to make bets on the prediction market Kalshi has been ordered to turn over more than \$100,000 in profits and pay a \$65,000 fine as part of a settlement with federal authorities.

The settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, announced Friday, also dealt Gabriel Perez a three-year trading ban. Perez was placed on unpaid leave from his job at the White House after reports emerged that he used his position to make bets on what President Donald Trump would say in speeches.

The White House did not immediately comment on the settlement. A White House official said in July that Perez was no longer in his position but did not say if he had been fired or resigned.

The commission found that Perez made \$107,500 on prediction markets by betting on words and phrases that would appear in Trump's speeches between December 2025 and February 2026.

FBI's prostitution rule: The FBI is dropping a categorical hiring ban on applicants who have had sexual encounters with prostitutes and will instead consider in a more holistic manner at least some candidates who have engaged in the practice in the past, according to people familiar with the matter.

The move away from an automatic disqualification falls along a continuum of evolving recruitment standards within federal law enforcement and at the buttoned-up bureau, which several years ago relaxed its approach to candidates' past marijuana use and has drawn more recent concern among some current and former agents about a perceived loosening of recruitment requirements as it seeks to replenish its ranks.

The practical impact is not immediately clear since many who have engaged in prostitution may still be either immediately disqualified or weeded out upon further scrutiny from FBI polygraphers and security officials.

Linda J. Spilker, from left, Kareem Badaruddin, Nshan Kazarian and Sun Matsumoto on June 3 at the NASA facility in Pasadena, Calif. ARIANA DREHSLER/THE NEW YORK TIMES PHOTOS

UNCHARTED TERRITORY

From billions of miles away, NASA hatches ‘Big Bang’ plan to extend Voyagers’ space exploration

A full-size model of the Voyager spacecraft is displayed at the NASA facility. A reworking of its power systems could extend the missions of the nearly 50-year-old Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 into the early 2030s.

Jupiter's Great Red Spot as observed by Voyager 1 in 1979. Working with the spacecraft takes ingenuity, doggedness and Zen-like patience. NASA

By Kenneth Chang THE NEW YORK TIMES

Nshan Kazaryan, the NASA engineer responsible for communicating with the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 space probes, is younger than the space probes, is younger than the spacecraft he talks to.

At 25, Kazaryan is among a new generation of engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California working to keep the geriatric but resilient spacecraft going.

“Every time I talk about Voyager, I kind of treat it like my parents,” he said. “As a human gets older, they have all these problems. A spacecraft is similar. The older it gets, the more problems.” (Even Kazaryan’s parents were not yet born when the Voyagers launched in 1977.)

Working with the aging spacecraft requires ingenuity, doggedness and Zen-like patience.

Each time Kazaryan sends a command to one of the Voyagers, he has to wait a couple of days for a response.

That is how long it takes a radio signal to make the round trip. Voyager 1 is almost 16 billion miles away; Voyager 2 is a bit closer — about 13.3 billion miles. But that is still more than four times the distance to Pluto.

It has been decades since the heyday of the Voyagers, when they flew past the giant planets, sending back photographs of kaleidoscopic wonderlands, including the reddish clouds swirling around the Great Red Spot on Jupiter and the delicate, shimmering rings of Saturn.

Now, speeding away at more than 30,000 mph, the twin spacecraft have traveled the farthest of any human creation. Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in 2012, and Voyager 2 crossed over six years later.

Space scientists want them to continue collecting unique observations about what lies between stars for as long as possible. There will not be another spacecraft venturing that far out anytime soon.

But that endeavor is becoming harder and, within a few years, will be impossible as the energy from the spacecraft's plutonium batteries diminishes. To keep the spacecraft alive, the engineers have to take risks that other missions would not dare.

“We’re like pirates,” Kareem Badaruddin, the Voyager mission manager, said. “Nobody likes to be this close to the edge, but we’ve gotten quite comfortable with it because it’s our only choice.”

In a triumph last month, the team pulled off what it calls the “Big Bang” on Voyager 2 — a juggling of the electrical systems that saved about 10 watts of power. That tiny boost, enough to power a lightbulb or two, could extend the mission by about two years, well into 2031.

In the coming weeks, the engineers will finish the rejuvenation process on Voyager 1, hoping it can last until 2030.

A couple more years may not seem like much, but each day offers the possibility of a new discovery. Compared with the particles that the sun spews out into our solar system, interstellar space contains “a different mixture of gas out there and different behavior,” said Jamie Rankin, a space scientist at Princeton University who now serves as the deputy project scientist.

The engineers know they can only postpone the inevitable demise of the Voyagers, but they remain hopeful — and creative.

“Who knows?” Badaruddin said. “Maybe we’ll come up with something else.”

But, he added, "This is, I think, the best we can do."

DISEASES OF OLD AGE

Three chronic conditions are slowly killing the Voyagers.

One is that the fuel lines are clogging up with residue dissolved from a silicone bladder that pushes propellant — a liquid known as hydrazine — out of the tank to the spacecraft thrusters.

Think of it as the spacecraft equivalent of cholesterol-clogged arteries.

If too many thrusters on a Voyager fail, it would be unable to keep its antenna pointed at Earth. With communications severed, it would be lost.

To slow the buildup of silicone, the thrusters have been fired less often over the past few years — the antenna is now allowed to drift farther out of alignment before being nudged back in the direction of Earth — and the lines that the propellant flows through are periodically switched.

A second challenge is keeping the fuel lines warm enough. Frozen hydrazine would also block the propellant lines and break the thrusters. There are heaters on the spacecraft designed to prevent that, but they require electrical power.

And that — in the Voyagers' third chronic condition — is something the spacecraft are running dangerously low on. The plutonium batteries (what NASA calls radioisotope thermoelectric generators, or RTGs) generate the energy that the Voyagers run on by converting heat from the radioactive decay of plutonium into electricity.

The RTGs originally produced about 470 watts for each Voyager. As the plutonium decayed and power dwindled over the decades, one scientific instrument after another was turned off on the probes.

On Voyager 2, which is down to 216 watts, only three of the 10 instruments are still collecting data. On Voyager 1, which is subsisting on slightly less power, there are just two.

The mission team investigated ways to cut back on power. For example, the digital tape recorder on Voyager 1 broke decades ago, but engineers kept it on because it fortuitously warmed nearby propellant lines.

The designers of the Voyagers included a heater to keep the recorder warm in case it needed to be turned off. Why not turn off the broken tape recorder and turn on the heater, which uses fewer watts?

That carried some risks. The tape recorder had never been turned off, and the heater had never been turned on. More crucially, the heater produced less heat than the tape recorder. Analysis indicated that a thruster might become too cold for hydrazine to flow.

"It wouldn't really help us," Badaruddin said.

'PATH OF LEAST REGRET'

Out of necessity, the Voyager team had to contemplate something far more ambitious.

An engineer named David Woerner suggested that since piecemeal changes would fail, making a slew of such changes at once could keep the heat and power requirements in balance while reducing the spacecraft's power consumption.

This undertaking became the Big Bang, and after nine months of analysis, the Voyager engineers became convinced it could work. They decided the benefits outweighed the potential pitfalls.

“Voyager is basically the path of least regret,” Bruce Waggoner, the mission assurance manager, said. “There’s no really right answer.”

They started with Voyager 2, because it is healthier power-wise. The operation was performed in three steps, to minimize the danger of losing the spacecraft.

"There's always that concern that it might not go correctly," said Suzanne Dodd, who has served as the project manager for Voyager since 2010.

First, in May, the spacecraft was told to switch to the new configuration for 40 minutes. That was to ensure that systems like the heater near the tape recorder, which had never been turned on before, indeed worked.

A month later, Voyager 2 remained in the new configuration for six hours to check that the temperature predictions were accurate. Finally, last month, the change was made permanent.

The 50th anniversary of their launches is just over a year away. "I'm pretty confident that they both make it," Dodd said.

'I WANT TO BE THERE'

While the Voyagers no longer capture colorful photographs the way they did while flying past the planets – the last images were taken by Voyager 1 in 1990 of a “family portrait” of the solar system – they are still making discoveries in the uncharted territory of interstellar space.

In the middle of 2020, Voyager 1 observed a large change in the magnetic field in that region of interstellar space, with a large change in the density of the plasma of charged particles around it. That change has persisted through now. "We don't know why," Rankin said. "That's like a really strange thing."

That is just one of the mysteries that the additional years of exploration might help unravel.

With the power boost from the Big Bang, the engineers and scientists are considering turning back on some of the spacecraft's inactive scientific instruments to collect additional insights, even if just briefly.

But that, as with everything they do, could put the spacecraft in peril. One possibility is to wait until after the 50th anniversary.

“We haven’t decided yet,” said Dr. Linda J. Spilker, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “You might lose the mission.”

Spilker was part of the mission when it launched, her first job out of college. She shifted to NASA's Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn for 13 years, before returning to Voyager.

When asked what she would do after the 50th anniversary, she said she was undecided. “I have like 10 wonderful grandchildren and other things I like to do and travel and so on,” she said.

She has already reduced her hours to part time, which helps fit the continuing operations for the Voyagers within a \$5 million annual budget, a shoestring compared with many other NASA missions.

The next day, Spilker followed up with an email saying the question had caught her off guard.

"After sleeping on it, I realized that I want to be there when each Voyager goes silent, and we say our goodbyes as a team," she wrote. "Following up on Voyager's scientific discoveries has been a part of my life for my entire J.P.L. career, and I won't be happy if I leave before their final moments."

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September is almost here, and it's one of the two hiring surges throughout the year. The first is in January and February; the second is September and October. Hiring managers are back from their summer vacations, budgets have been approved for the next fiscal year and they want to fill open positions as quickly as possible. The question is: Are you ready?

One of the simplest ways you can prepare for the job hunt is to update your LinkedIn page. It’s the resource that most managers will examine at some point in the hiring process. Presenting yourself with outdated information or an underwhelming effort will not help you stand out from the pile of applicants.

In today's world, it's also important to show a bit of your human side.

As William Arrunda, an author and authority on personal branding, writes for Forbes: “Two important areas to consider while evolving your LinkedIn strategy are humanity and AI. As tech gets integrated into every aspect of business, your humanity is what helps you stand out and build meaningful relationships. That means your profile must show that you are clear, human, generous, empathic, and grounded in real experience, all the things AI and technology are not.”

It's an odd thing that showing that you're human is a tip for job applicants in 2026, but perhaps just as interesting is that you should also demonstrate that you're not afraid to interact with AI.

“At the same time, you need to showcase your skill and interest in AI,” Arrunda writes. “AI will impact virtually every role. Make it clear that you’re using AI thoughtfully and are committed to proactively developing AI skills to remain ahead of the curve. This can show up in how you describe your work, the content you share, and the tools or approaches you reference in your profile.”

Check the Facts

Go through and ensure that all the information is up to date and that you've accounted for your employment history through the present. Update your headshot to a current image that reflects who you are. Look to others that you admire in your profession to help craft the image. Some professions are expected to use professional headshots. Others reward people who show creativity.

Write a Good Headline

Most people simply state their current job title. But you have 220 characters to help tell your story beyond the job title. You should also think about search optimization and include words or titles that help you connect to people in your profession. If your current job turns heads, lean into the job title and company that you work for. If you'd rather not highlight other skills or ambitions, you can also do that here.

Help People Pronounce Your Name

If you have a name that may cause confusion, record and display your name pronunciation in your profile. They can hear you pronounce it so they will be more comfortable talking with you in person.

Prioritize the About Section

Here's your chance to really stand out from the crowd.

Tell the story of your career and aspirations in a way that lets your personality shine. Don't just list your jobs and skills – employers will find those on your resume. Use this space to highlight what makes you special and unique. Keep in mind that the first three lines are what a person sees on your profile page, so if you can grab them with an enticing intro, this is where to do it.

Use the Featured Section

Many people leave this blank, which is a wasted opportunity. It’s a section near the top of your profile (so very visible) where you can display images or videos that can help people get to know your work better. Put up examples of your work that you talked about in the About section, or create a short video that better tells your personal story. Keep things work-related (this is LinkedIn), but don’t be afraid to use the multimedia options to show off your technical skills.

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MILLIMAN, INC. Perform actuarial analysis for Financial Risk Mgmt. projects involving capital markets & hedging groups. Design & execute dynamic hedging programs using MG-Hedge & HedgeOps. Perform financial reporting & GAAP/statutory valuation of Variable Annuities. Conduct M&A due diligence involving Variable Annuity assumptions, risks & operations. Require: Master's Degree in Financial Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Science with conc. in Actuarial Science, or equivalent. Fellow of Society of Actuaries (FSA) certification reqd. Perm. US work auth. reqd. Contact: Milliman, Inc., 71 S. Wacker Dr., 31st Fl., Chicago, IL 60606, or ChicagoHR@milliman.com. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Salary range offered= \$51 to \$55 per hour. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, retirement, life/disability insurance.

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KELLOGG NORTH AMERICA COMPANY LLC Perform compensation analysis, develop/lead participant education, improve employee experience, & develop/lead compensation communications. Min Bach in Human Resources, Int'l Business or related & 5 yrs exp as Total Rewards Consultant, Compensation; Global Compensation Advisor; Global Equity & Recognition Specialist; North America Compensation Specialist; North America Total Rewards Team Lead or related. Salary: \$110-130k. Benefits: https://careers.mars.com/global/en/wellbeing-benefits. Apply to Kellogg North America Company LLC at work@kellanova.com w/ "Total Rewards Consultant, Compensation" in subject.

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THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC (Oak Brook, IL) seeks Business Analyst Lead to: Analyze biz ops. Produce executive-level vrbl & written analyses, insights, rppts. Apply stat & experimental methods. Extract, integrate, & analyze lrg datasets. Create dashboards & visualizations. Translate biz reqs into anlytl frameworks. Create tests to measure growth. Collab w/ cross-functional stakeholders. Lead proj. Analyze & intrpt cmplx data. Telecommuting allowed. Reqs: Bachelor's in Biz, Info Sys, Biz Analytics, Stats, Mathematics, Econometrics, Engg, or another rltd field w/ significant anlytl course work, & 5 yrs of exp in internal or external analytics cnslng. Req skills: Profic in SQL, incl exp w/ cmplx datasets, data extraction, & data manipulation. Salary: \$169,139/yr. E-mail CV to hrimmigration@chamberlain.com.

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ASOFT CONSULTING LLC has Multiple Openings in Aurora, IL. Business Analyst (\$111,530/yr): Determine, Analyze, Dev, Work, Research, Utilize, Manage, Prepare, Communicate, Create, Conduct hardware & software assessment for end-users. Computer Programmer (\$95,659/yr): Write, Impl, Create & update code libs. IT Security Analyst (\$120,765/yr): Monitor, Work, Dev, Research & Perform penetration testing. Programmer Analyst (\$120,765/yr): Monitor, Investigate, Install, Dev, Research & Perform penetration testing. Software Engineer (\$153,317/yr): Design, Research, Create & document detail design specifications. Sr. Software Developer (\$153,317/yr): Dev, Resolve, Conduct, Research, Provide, Troubleshoot & Serve as task leader. Sr. Software Engineer (\$153,317/yr): Design, Dev, Responsible, Maint, Work, Lead & mentor solution delivery team. Sr. Business Analyst (\$127,691/yr): Analyze, Improve, Work, Create, Oversee & Use variety of data analysis. Technical Project Manager (\$133,182/yr): Establish, Analyze, Assign, Determine, Research, Recruit, Execute, Update & Maint all production technologies. All positions req trvl/reloc to various unanticipated client locs U.S.-wide w/exp. employer paid. Std. benefits offered. Mail resume&position to President, Asoft Consulting LLC, 4255 Westbrook Dr., Unit 222, Aurora, IL 60504;hr-ops@asoftek.com. EOE.

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STRIPE, LLC Develop scalable computer systems that manage a large volume of information and use them to fulfill business goals for Stripe and its partners. Req. Bach's deg or frgn equiv in Comp Sci, Info Tech, or a rel fld + 4 yrs of exp in Soft Dvlpmnt or a rel occptn. Emplyr is willing to accept a 3 or 4 yr US or frgn dgre. 50% Telecommuting Permitted. Salary: \$173,000 - \$259,600/yr. Mult. Pos. aval. Add'l benefits may incl.: equity, co. bonus or sales comm./bonuses; 401(k); med., dent., & vis. benefits; wellness stipends. IL40. Please apply online at https://stripe.com/careers/listing/software-engineer/8137972?gh_jid=8137972 and click "Apply for this role" to submit your application.

Negotiating your salary

It's the part of the hiring process that makes everyone uncomfortable: negotiating a salary. It makes most people so uncomfortable that they don't even make a counteroffer. You'll never have more negotiating power than when you are offered the job in the first place. They've let you know that you are the top candidate. Isn't it at least worth a try to see if they're able to offer a higher salary? Here are some tips to consider before you accept an offer.

Come prepared with facts: Know the salary for comparable positions in the industry. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, which provides national average salaries for many professions, is a good place to start. Costs vary by region, however, so you may want to do some digging to find out what people are being paid locally. The job website Indeed also has online tools that help you determine the average salary for many occupations.

Make your case: Pitch the hiring manager on why you think you are worth the extra money. Talk about the experience you bring to the job, the additional skills you have, and any other reasons that you think merit a higher salary than offered. If you have to make a long commute, transfer from another area or work an unusual schedule, these are all reasons to ask for additional compensation.

Be prepared to negotiate: After you make the higher offer, expect the hiring manager to come back with a middle-ground compromise. Are you OK with that, or are you firm on the higher figure?

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DIGITALIS, INC. has multiple openings in Naperville, IL. Sr. Software Developer (\$153,317/yr): Dvlp, Wrt, Prfrm, Updte, Dsgn, Tst, Mntn&Imprv Prfmence of Extstng Software. Sr. Business Analyst (\$117,957/yr): Anlyz, Pin, Assess, Tst&improvise System operations. Software Engineer (\$153,317/yr): Dsgn, Dvlp, Resrch, Creat, Ensr all Bsns&Functional Req met. Network Engineer (\$163,238/yr): Dsgn, Wrk, Prfrm, Prvd, Trblsht&Prfrm device replacement on reg. basis for end-of-life devices. Programmer Analyst (\$95,659/yr): Dvlp, Wrt, Prfrm, Prvd, Monitr&Expand new purposes or Imprv workflow. Sr. Software Engineer (\$153,317/yr): Dsgn, Dvlp, Rspbl, Ld, Mntn, Wrk, Prtpcp&Rslv Cstmr System Isss Post Dplymnts. Systems Analyst (\$99,840/yr): Dvlp, Trblsht, Assess&Us Obj-Orendt Progmg languages. All positions req travel/reloc to var unanticipated client Locs U.S.-wide w/exp. employer paid. Std. benefits offered. Mail resume&position to President, Digitalis Inc, 1601 North Bond St, Ste 105, Naperville, IL 60563;radhi@digitalis-inc.com. EOE

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Decide in advance how hard you are going to negotiate for the higher salary. Are you willing to walk away from the job if they don't meet your demands? Are there other forms of compensation that can be used to make you happier?

PAYLOCITY CORPORATION seeks a Senior Data Scientist. The position reports to company headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois. Applicants may work from a home office anywhere in the United States. You will select features, build, and optimize models using machine learning techniques. The position requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, or a related field (or equivalent foreign education) plus 5 years of experience with demonstrated data science success OR a master's degree in computer science, data science, statistics, or a related field (or equivalent foreign education) with no experience. The wage offered is \$142,210 per year. Send resume to AskHR@paylocity.com and reference job # 22219.41.7.

Think beyond money: Other forms of compensation include vacation days, contributions to a retirement account, job titles and management responsibilities, flexible work schedules and other office perks. Think about which are most important to you. Also keep in mind that it's easier for a hiring manager to approve items that cost the company little to no money, like job titles. Vacation days are also easiest to negotiate at this time. Many companies are happy to give you more time off if you're willing to accept more responsibilities with the job.

Let the company make the first offer: Some companies like to put the onus on the worker to start with a salary figure. Ask them to go first to make sure that you don't price yourself too low. Also, when the salary is first mentioned in the interview process, don't commit to that exact number. An answer like "I'm comfortable in that range" gives you more room to negotiate.

Use your current compensation if it helps: It's acceptable to reference your current compensation package if it will help you in negotiations. "I'm already making X per year, and I'd like to make more than that if I'm going to make a change."

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U.S. BANK Senior Software Engineer-C#/.NET, Full-Time sought by U.S. Bank (Multiple openings) in Chicago, IL. Duties: Modernize & support iManage, iTax & NewTaxWF apps with focus on integrating AI powered tools for biz analysts & users working with mortgage-backed securities & tax workflows. Must have Bach. degree/equiv in Comp Sci/Eng/Info Sys & 5 yrs of rel. sw dev. exp. using C# and .NET. Employer will accept a 3-yr or 4-yr bach. degree. U.S. Bank is subject to & conducts background checks consistent with the regulatory reqs applicable to our industry & ops. Based on role, locatn, hrs: med.; den.; vision; basic term and optional life ins.; short & long-term dibl.; preg. dsbl. & parntl. lv; 401(k) & emplr.-fun. retirmt plan.; paid vac.; hold.; adop. asst.; sick. & safelv. To apply go to https://careers.usbank.com or email recruiting.excellence@usbank.com, include job req. #2026-0025851 in subject line. Salary: \$165,693 to \$182,900/year.

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ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP Technology Consulting, Customer Technology - Salesforce, Solutions Architect (Manager) (Multiple Positions) (1738383), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL. Provide clients with a unique business perspective on the need for continuing innovation to remain competitive. Requires travel up to 50%, including international travel up to 10% to serve client needs. Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training, or experience. \$165,693.00 per year. For complete job description, list of requirements, and to apply online, go to: ey.com/en_us/careers and click on "Careers - Job Search", "See All", then "Experienced Professionals" (Job Number - 1738383).

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Senior Software Engineer Chicago, IL Apply by Email

OKTA INC. has opening in Chicago, IL (may telecommute): Senior Software Engineer (Job# 8-1059). Define, evolve, and enforce standard software development practices, primarily for integrations between SaaS applications such as Salesforce, NetSuite, Workday, and Anaplan using Boorni Cloud in a secure manner with Okta's development standards. For California, Colorado, New York and Washington, the per year base salary range is \$175,000 to \$214,000.

Above is the base salary range for these positions in California (separately for San Francisco), Colorado, New York and Washington. Your actual base salary will depend on factors such as your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Okta offers equity (where applicable), bonus, and benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), flexible spending account, and paid leave (including PTO and parental leave) in accordance with our applicable plans and policies. To learn more about our Total Rewards program please visit our website. To apply, send resume to Attn: Julianna Ortiz at submitresume@okta.com. Must reference Job #.

Research Scientist III Chicago, IL

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AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC., AN AMAZON.COM COMPANY - Perform all psychometric aspects of exam devt, operations, & research including but not limited to automated test assembly, item & test analyses, optimal item bank design, job task analysis, standard setting, quality assurance, & project planning. Salary Range: \$164,697/year to \$215,300/year. Job Number: AMZ9674099. Multiple job openings. Standard company benefits available. Apply online: www.amazon.jobs – search by Job Number. EOE.

Statistician III Chicago, IL

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NORC - Hybrid work permissible (Mult pos) Prvde sttistical exptrate that leads to imprntn insights for a prtfl of NORC prjcts, bsness dev opprtnts, & crprte srtrgc inttives. Salary: \$114,000 to \$131,000/yr. Req Mstrs degr frgn eqv in Stats, Math, Cmptt'nl Anlyss, or rltd fld & 3 yrs of wrk exp in the job offrd or in a sttstcl anlyss pos. Submit Cover letter and Resume via our Careers website: https://careers.norc.org/en-us/job/503924. No calls. EOE

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SENSIRION, INC. Key Account Manager - Mobile & Consumer Electronics (Chicago, IL) - Execute sales strategies for leading tech companies, and OKRs for Mobile and Consumer Electronics (MCE). Manage key accounts focusing on indoor air quality. Collaborate with Global MCE vertical market team. Travel to Switzerland 2 times per year. \$98,197 to \$108,000 per year. Benefits summary at https://partners.sensirion.com/share/ cc611wHlHyxZtVTDxnHIY/assets/61738. Resumes to Sensirion, Inc., 11 E. Adams Street, Ste 220, Chicago, IL 60603.

Manager, Emerging Technologies Multiple Positions

Mount Prospect, IL Apply online or by email CAREMARK LLC, A CVS HEALTH COMPANY, is hiring for the following roles in Mount Prospect, IL: Manager, Emerging Technologies (R1010785) to Enable data-driven strategic decision-making and identify opportunities for existing product improvement and new product development. 10% travel required within the U.S. for meetings, design reviews, project implementations, with internal stakeholders and external vendors. Pay Range: \$95410.00/year to \$145860.00/year. Multiple Positions. Related degree &/or experience &/or skills &/or license required for all positions. The Company offers a full range of benefits. For more detailed information on available benefits, please visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits. Apply online at http://jobs.cvshealth.com/. Or send resume to istappintake@cvshealth.com. Must reference job title, location, and Req ID.

Manager, Guidewire BA Lead Chicago, IL Apply by Email

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY SERVICES LLC Help clients harness technology systems in financial services focusing on areas such as insurance, sales performance management, asset management, and banking and capital markets. Req. Bach's deg or frgn equiv in Bus Admin, Mgmt, Engg, MIS, Comp Sci or a rel fld, + 5 yrs of pstbach's prgrssv rel wrk exp; OR a Mstr's deg or frgn equiv in Bus Admin, Mgmt, Engg, MIS, Comp Sci, or a rel fld, + 3 yrs of rel wrk exp. 50% telecommuting permitted. Must be able to commute to the designated local office. Domestic and/or international travel up to 80% is required. Mult. Pos. aval. Sal. range: \$194,000 - \$204,000/yr + may be elig. for ann. discr. bonus. Benefits incl.: med., dent., vis., 401K, holl. pay, vaca., & more. Info: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance. Please apply by sending your resume to US_PwC_Career_Recruitment@pwc.com, specifying Job Code IL4979 in the subject line.

Managing Director – Product Solutions Chicago, IL Apply by Email

CATALYST FUND ADMINISTRATION Set strategies for portfolio, accounting, investor services for hedge/private equity funds. Develop statistical methods for portfolio, risk management, securities trading, market valuation. Manage team performing portfolio, general ledger, investor services. Telecommuting permitted. Salary \$195,314/yr. Health care, retirement and PTO offered. Job is at Catalyst Fund Administration, 222 S. Riverside Plaza, Ste. 1500, Chicago, IL 60606. Send CV to catalystjobopenings@gmail.com

Have a great first week

Starting a new job is sure to cause a bit of anxiety. You're in a strange environment, meeting a new group of people and anxious to get up to speed as quickly as possible. We all want to make a good first impression. Here are ideas to think about as you plan for your first week on the job to help things go smoothly.

Introduce yourself: Be outgoing and let people know who you are. You're going to be learning a lot of new names, and try your best to get them down. Repeat their names back to people to be sure you get it right and help you remember. Keep the company organizational chart handy to match names to positions and help you make sense of everything.

Write down questions: You're going to have lots of questions this week. Write them down so that you can make sure you get the information. Some may need to be answered immediately (What's the WiFi password?), but others that aren't as time-sensitive can be asked in groups so you're not constantly interrupting yourself or others.

Set priorities: At the start, talk with your manager to understand the week's priorities. What's the most important thing for you to be doing? Should you be setting up meetings to introduce yourself to other employees, or are there important tasks that need to be done immediately? At a new job, it's hard for you to know the critical work, so ask for help to know how to spend your time.

Create a to-do list: You'll have lots of HR tasks on the agenda this week, but also think about what you'd like to accomplish. Make a list of things you'd like to get done the first week. Organize your work calendar. Personalize your desk. Send out an introduction email to key coworkers and clients. If you're unsure about any items, share them with your manager for additional input.

Accept lunch invitations: Make an effort to spend time with colleagues during lunch or over coffee. The first day is often lunch with your manager, but try to involve coworkers in your plans the rest of the week. Figure out the lunch routine and join others whenever possible. The faster you get to know people, the more comfortable you will be at the office.

Relax: Easier said than done, but try not to put too much pressure on yourself the first week. You're expected to ask a lot of questions and even make mistakes. Keep a good attitude and remember that it may take a week (or two), but you'll eventually get comfortable in this new situation.

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Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 34 percent

A big part of choosing a career is understanding its future. Of course, it's only one part of it, but most people like to think that the work they put into education won't be obsolete by the time they're ready to get paid. Resume Genius, an online platform that helps people build their resumes, produced its annual Wage Growth Report this year, which looks at national wage data and ranks occupations by median annual pay. It uses this number, along with projected job growth between 2024 and 2034, to highlight which fields are in the highest demand and are expected to see increases in pay moving forward.

It used this data to create its “10 Jobs Most Likely to See Pay Raises in 2026.” Here are the results, including the current median salary, projected annual salary growth and estimated job growth through 2034.

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Annual salary: \$161,700

Annual salary growth: 7.1 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 15 percent

2. Marketing manager Annual salary: \$161,030 Annual salary growth: 6.1 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 7 percent

3. Information security analyst Annual salary: \$124,910 Annual salary growth: 6.8 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 29 percent

4. Data scientist Annual salary: \$112,590 Annual salary growth: 3.7 percent

5. Registered nurse Annual salary: \$93,600 Annual salary growth: 6.5 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 5 percent

6. Electrical power-line installer and repairer Annual salary: \$92,560 Annual salary growth: 5.7 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 7 percent

7. Aircraft mechanic and service technician Annual salary: \$78,680 Annual salary growth: 6.4 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 4 percent

8. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurse Annual salary: \$62,340 Annual salary growth: 7.6 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 4 percent

9. Construction Equipment Operator Annual salary: \$58,320 Annual salary growth: 6.5 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 4 percent

10. Truck driver Annual salary: \$57,440 Annual salary growth: 5.9 percent Estimated job growth 2024-2034: 4 percent

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ABC7 Outlook:

A few storms in the morning, then gradual clearing in the afternoon. Muggy with highs in the upper 80s.

Chicago forecast

Sunday Conditions

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Chicago almanac

Saturday temperatures

	Average	Record
Saturday high: 81°	81°	98° (1953)
Saturday low: 65°	63°	43° (1982)

Local temperatures

through 6 p.m. Saturday			Average
Location	High	Low	High	Low
Aurora	$78^{\circ}$	$56^{\circ}$	$81^{\circ}$	$57^{\circ}$
Gary	$82^{\circ}$	$64^{\circ}$	$81^{\circ}$	$61^{\circ}$
Kankakee	$82^{\circ}$	$59^{\circ}$	$82^{\circ}$	$61^{\circ}$
Lansing	$81^{\circ}$	$60^{\circ}$	$81^{\circ}$	$61^{\circ}$
Midway	$81^{\circ}$	$66^{\circ}$	$81^{\circ}$	$65^{\circ}$
Romeoville	$82^{\circ}$	$55^{\circ}$	$81^{\circ}$	$61^{\circ}$
Valparaiso	$81^{\circ}$	$57^{\circ}$	$82^{\circ}$	$60^{\circ}$
Waukegan	$79^{\circ}$	$59^{\circ}$	$79^{\circ}$	$59^{\circ}$

	2026	2025	Normal
Saturday*	0.00"	Trace	0.14"
Month to date	4.23"	5.03"	3.97"
Year to date	30.18"	22.42"	26.43"

Saturday Precipitation
*24-hour period ending 4 p.m. Saturday
Source: Loyola Medicine via NAB

Trees	Grass	Weeds	Mold
Absent	Low	High	High

Air Quality Index

Saturday's reading
Moderate
Sunday's forecast
Moderate
Primary pollutant	ParticulatesSource: AirNow.gov

Cosmos

Sun and moon

	Sun.	Mon.
Sunrise	6:14 a.m.	6:15 a.m.
Sunset	7:28 p.m.	7:26 p.m.
Moonrise	8:25 p.m.	8:49 p.m.
Moonset	8:52 a.m.	10:02 a.m.

Last	New	First	Full
Sep 4	Sep 10	Sep 18	Sep 26

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Sunday's Planet Watch

	Rise	Set
Mercury	6:28 a.m.	7:41 p.m.
Venus	10:11 a.m.	8:52 p.m.
Mars	1:35 a.m.	4:45 p.m.
Jupiter	4:11 a.m.	6:28 p.m.
Saturn	8:57 p.m.	9:24 a.m.

Shown is Sunday's weather. Temperatures are Sunday's highs and Sunday night's lows with high and low RealFeel Temperatures shown below.

Sunday
Clouds and sun, a shower; breezy
Winds: SSW 8-16 mphPOP: 55%

Best viewing times today: Venus: 8 p.m.
Mars: 5:45 a.m. Jupiter: 5:45 a.m. Saturn: 5:45 a.m. Mercury: not visible

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Monday
Hot; a couple of morning showers
Winds: SSW 7-14 mphPOP: 60%

Tuesday
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Hot and humid with a stray thunderstorm
Winds: SW 6-12 mphPOP: 55%

Wednesday
	Night 74°
Mostly sunny; hot and humid
Winds: SW 7-14 mph POP: 15%

Friday
[ days]	Day 87°
Mostly sunny, warm and humid
Winds: SW 4-8 mph POP: 15%

Thursday
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Variably cloudy, very warm and humid
Winds: W 4-8 mphPOP: 25%

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Lake Michigan

Sunday

Wind from the south-southwest at 8-16 knots. Seas 2-4 feet. Visibility less than 3 miles in a shower. Water temperature: 72.

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Boating Index: 0-2: Poor; 3-4: Fair; 5-6: Good; 7-8: Very Good; 9-10: Excellent.

Monday

Wind from the south at 7-14 knots. Seas 1-3 feet. Visibility generally clear. Water temperature: 71.

National forecast

Shown are areas of precipitation and high temperatures for the day.

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Answer: In Chicago, September is the fourth warmest month with an average monthly temperature of 66.3 degrees. The average high on Sept. 1 is 80 degrees. The average high drops 10 degrees by the end of the month to 70 degrees on Sept. 30. The average low is 62 degrees on Sept. 1 and it drops to 51 degrees by Sept. 30. On average Chicago gets 3.19 inches of rain in September. On Sept. 1, sunrise is at 6:17 a.m. and sunset is at 7:25 p.m. On Sept. 30, sunrise is at 6:48 a.m. and sunset is at 6:35 p.m. The last 7 p.m. sunset is on Sept. 15. This year the autumn equinox, or the first day of fall is on Sept. 22.

World cities

	Sun.	Mon.
City	Hi/Lo/W	Hi/Lo/W
Fairbanks	53/43/sh	52/38/c
Fargo	84/64/t	85/55/s
Flagstaff	76/53/t	69/47/t
Fort Myers	92/76/t	93/75/t
Fort Smith	103/74/s	103/76/s
Fresno	93/63/s	93/58/s
Grand Junction	85/62/t	76/61/t
Great Falls	68/44/t	79/47/s
Harrisburg	85/70/pc	82/69/pc
Hartford	82/63/c	81/65/sh
Helena, MT	69/45/t	79/50/s
Honolulu	89/77/r	90/76/r
Houston	98/76/t	95/78/t
Int'l Falls	78/63/t	80/54/c
Jackson, MS	94/73/s	94/74/pc
Jacksonville	87/74/t	89/73/t
Juneau	59/51/sh	55/48/r
Kansas City	98/78/pc	101/76/t
Las Vegas	100/80/s	98/78/s
Lexington	90/70/s	92/71/s
Lincoln	97/71/t	95/71/t
Little Rock	98/73/s	97/75/s
Los Angeles	89/68/s	86/65/pc
Louisville	93/73/s	95/74/s
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Bears' ‘hot spot’ at left tackle remains

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Brad Biggs ON THE BEARS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Bears knew there would be a lot to work through at left tackle this summer. What they really wanted was to feel good about replacing center Drew Dalman.

It's a little counterintuitive to think the center is more important to an elite offensive line than the left tackle, where pay tops out at \$30.1 million annually for injured Washington Commanders tackle Laremy Tunsil. But Bears coach

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Ben Johnson puts a ton on the center in terms of communication with quarterback Caleb Williams and in the outside zone running scheme.

Johnson has consistently praised Garrett Bradbury, whom the team picked up in a trade with the New England Patriots after Dalman's surprising decision to retire was announced. The Bears are building for the future with rookie Logan Jones.

Johnson called left tackle a “hot spot” this past week, and he’s not wrong. He also proved last season that the offense could operate at a high level with a revolving door at the position, although the hope is the team doesn’t need to use four starters there again.

Braxton Jones entered training camp as the favorite, and barring something unexpected, he'll be the starter Week 1 and into the early part of the season. I thought Jones had a better showing in Thursday's joint practice with the Tennessee Titans than he did last week in Cincinnati.

When Ozzy Trapilo is ready

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Bears quarterback Caleb Williams takes a snap from center Garrett Bradbury during training camp at Halas Hall on Aug. 11 in Lake Forest. TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong reacts after hitting a three-run home run in the seventh inning against the Reds on Saturday at Wrigley Field. JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Stealing the show

PCA crashes 150th anniversary party with a historic day at Wrigley Field

Paul Sullivan IN THE WAKE OF THE NEWS

The first Cubs-Reds game in the National League was the start of a long and crazy rivalry.

The Cubs, then nicknamed the

White Stockings, scored seven runs in the top of the ninth inning of an 11-6 win on April 29, 1876.

"This game was by no means the perfection of fielding," the Chicago Tribune reported the next day. "But it was nevertheless one of the finest games ever played, as showing the power of sharp self-possessed ball-players to turn defeat into victory."

Fast forward 150 years, and a self-possessed player named Pete

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- Cubs 17, Reds 5: Pete Crow-Armstrong's first three-HR game fuels rout to snap three-game skid. Page 3

■ White Sox 3, Twins 2: Andrew Benintendi provides all the offense in fourth victory in a row. Page 3

Crow-Armstrong homered three times to power the Cubs to a 17-5 win over the Reds before a packed house at Wrigley Field and a who's who of all-time franchise greats.

It was not one of the finest games ever played, but it had a little bit of everything — nostalgia,

Crow-Armstrong, five Cubs home runs, a ball swallowed by the ivy and a dozens of ovations for heroes of the past and present.

Crow-Armstrong, 24, said he was intimidated by taking pregame batting practice with icons Billy Williams and Sammy Sosa around the cage, and also "got to geek out a little bit" by meeting one of his childhood heroes, Alfonso Soriano.

“Great vibes in the cage before the game, and all those guys were hanging out like they were back in the clubhouse and back in uniform,” Crow-Armstrong said. “Glad they all got to be back here.”

The day began with a dedication of a clock outside the park and continued with a pregame ceremony honoring the 150-year anniversary team, for which fans voted.

"It's like a pinch-me moment," former first baseman Anthony Rizzo said of being introduced alongside Williams, Sosa, Greg Maddux, Kerry Wood, Randy Hundley, José Cardenal and other all-timers.

The Cubs brought back many of the all-time players, including Hall of Famers Maddux,

See SULLIVAN on Page C2

NOTRE DAME FOOTBALL 5 QUESTIONS

Love's replacement, Carr's encore among top storylines for the Irish

By Colleen Kane CHICAGO TRIBUNE

As Notre Dame wrapped up training camp in late August, coach Marcus Freeman said he wanted his players to be aware of the noise they allow in their heads.

During the summer days of preseason award watch lists, polls and predictions, the Irish received a lot of love. Every couple of days a player was named a candidate to be one of the best players in the country at his position.

On Aug. 4, coaches ranked the Irish as the No. 5 team in their

SEASON OPENER No. 4 Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin At Lambeau Field in Green Bay 6:30 p.m. Sept. 6, NBC-5

preseason poll. On Aug. 17, they checked in at No. 4 in the Associated Press preseason poll. They've been included on analysts' lists of teams with legitimate chances to win the College Football Playoff.

Freeman hopes all of that talk is drowned out as his team prepares for the Sept. 6 opener against Wisconsin at Lambeau Field.

"The noise the coaches put in their heads has to be louder than something they're reading on social media," Freeman said. "It's great to hear people talking about us. But we have to be obsessed with being that thing. ... We can waste (our time) by listening to social media or what other people say about us, or we can go to work and really be obsessed with improvement."

The Irish always receive national attention, but expectations are heightened in Freeman's fifth season at the helm. Quarterback

See IRISH on Page C6

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman smiles before practice Aug. 6 in South Bend, Ind. ANDY LAVALLEY/FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

	Team	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
	BEARS					Next game | Sept. 13 @CAR
	CUBS	CIN | 6:20 p.m. | NBC-5	MIL | 6:40 p.m. | Marquee	MIL | 6:40 p.m. | Marquee	MIL | 6:40 p.m. | Marquee	MIL | 6:15 p.m. | Fox-32
	WHITE SOX	@MIN | 1:10 p.m. | CHSN	@HOU | 7:10 p.m. | CHSN	@HOU | 7:10 p.m. | CHSN	@HOU | 7:10 p.m. | CHSN	@HOU | 1:10 p.m. | CHSN
	SKY					Next game | Sept. 17 vs. WAS
	FIRE					Next game | Saturday @TOR
	STARS					Next game | Sept. 6 vs. NC

SKY

Cloud says she won't focus on 'irrelevant' Kanter Freedom

Doug Feinberg

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Sky guard Natasha Cloud argues with former NBA center Enes Kanter Freedom during a game against the Fever on Aug. 23 at Wintrust Arena. NAM Y. HUH/AP

NEW YORK — Natasha Cloud didn't want to waste time and energy talking about Enes Kanter Freedom on Saturday as she prepared for the Chicago Sky's game against the New York Liberty.

To Cloud, Freedom is unimportant.

"I won't be talking about anything that happened with an irrelevant person," Cloud said before the Sky's 85-66 loss. "What I will focus on is what actually affects women and children currently in 2026."

Cloud then went on to name domestic violence, sexual assault and food insecurities as three things that women are most affected by.

Cloud confronted Freedom on Sunday during the Sky's game against the Indiana Fever at Wintrust Arena. The former NBA player was sitting along the baseline wearing a black shirt that read "WOMAN noun. adult human female." The Fever called a timeout after Cloud scored inside with 1:22 left in the third quarter. Cloud then chest-bumped with teammate Aicha Coulibaly before turning around and walking in Freedom's direction.

Cloud, 34, started yelling and pointing at Freedom as she approached him. He stood, held his arms out and stepped onto the court as security and a handful of Sky players moved between the two.

“I will not talk about an irrelevant threat to our lives because that’s exactly what it is,” she said. “I want to talk about real issues that face women, and it’s not our trans human beings, and it’s not our drag queens. It’s not our gay community. There is a certain demographic of people that you can generally search. It’s a simple Google search of what is the greatest threat to women and children currently in 2026 in the United States of America.”

Sky owner Michael Alter banned Freedom from attending any future Sky home games. Cloud applauded the move by the front office to "protect the players."

“That’s what protection looks like on the whole. I want everyone to hear that,” she said. “That’s what protection looks like from the right.”

Freedom and Royce White, another former NBA player, have declared for the WNBA draft, saying they identify as women. But a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday that they are not eligible. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the situation.

The WNBA has been the subject of recent debates on whether transgender women — people assigned male at birth who transition to align with their gender identity — should be allowed to participate in the league. There has never been such a player in the WNBA.

Although the league's collective bargaining agreement says the WNBA is restricted to women, it

Cloud wished the talk was about the amazing season the WNBA has been having on the court with strong ratings — that game against Indiana drew 3.3 million viewers, which was the most since the league's inaugural season in 1997.

“I just had a fan who identifies as trans cry to me in here and this is why I do what I do,” Cloud said. “None of this is performative. I don’t want to put myself in front of fires all the time. I don’t want to be the one that always has to speak up. But somebody (expletive) has to do it.”

“We won’t allow our league to be used as a pawn for any political or cultural wars that the right wants,” Cloud said. “We’re absolutely not going to. This league has always stood on principle and on our humanitarian efforts.”

contains no more specific language about gender identity or sex assigned at birth.

WHITTLING THE ROSTER TO 53 PLAYERS BY 5 P.M. SUNDAY IS SOMETHING THE BEARS HAVE PREPARED FOR, BUT THAT WON'T MAKE THE TASK EASY.

Complicating matters is a

SULLIVAN from Page C1

They weren't scheduled to return to Halas Hall until about midnight Saturday, and the front office and coaching staff were going to be back at it first thing in the morning to work through a long day, beginning with final decisions and then the process of bringing in dozens of players to release them.

Williams, Lee Smith, Fergie Jenkins and Andre Dawson. Late second baseman Ryne Sandberg received the loudest ovation when his name was announced and his photo displayed on the video board. Former Cub Kris Bryant, currently on the IL with the Colorado Rockies, was probably a close second.

Jones has a chance to settle in. He needs to use his long arms more effectively to punch defensive ends. That would help him better handle power. Trapilo needs to get healthy, and maybe by season's end the Bears will have some clarity on the position as they look ahead to 2027.

Maddux threw the ceremonial first pitch, sailing it high and wide to provide everyone with a laugh. He stopped by the press box to confer with scoreboard operator "Quick Rick" Fuhs, whom he remembered from the grounds crew when Maddux performed his famous belly flop on the tarp during a rain delay at Wrigley's first night game Aug. 8, 1988.

In the bottom of the first, Crow-Armstrong led off with his first home run. Sosa told him beforehand he wanted “to see three (homers) out of you.”

handful of injuries. Who starts the season on injured reserve? Who are the two players who move to IR/designated to return? Who moves from the active physically unable to perform list to the reserve PUP list? Who is projected to be healthy and available in time for Week 1? And, finally, who might be ready in the first couple of weeks of the season to avoid an IR stint that would sideline them until at least Week 5?

The Bears have a pretty good idea which players fall in each category, but the information they have shared is thin, other than the timeline for safety Coby Bryant, who is out until at least December and could miss the entire season.

Crow-Armstrong obliged with a two-run shot in the second and a three-run blast in the seventh for the first three-home-run game of his career. He finished 4-for-6 with six RBIs and four runs scored.

"I love that kind of stuff," he said of Sosa's challenge. "Weird (s—) like that happens in this game. That's coming from a guy that I don't know how many times he's done that and we all know how many homers he's got. I guess he was feeling pretty good today too."

"As a defense, you almost want to keep him in the pocket because he's so mobile and he's so dangerous on the move. He's kind of like Aaron Rodgers in his prime. ...

The Cubs played a 150-year tribute video before the game with a Bruce Springsteen soundtrack, highlights of great moments and photos from Wrigley that included everyone from Al Capone to Yosh Kawano to Ronald Reagan to Babe Ruth to Eddie Vedder. After the introductions, the players gathered in a Cubs suite, receiving another ovation when shown on the board after the “Legends of the Game” video. Cardenal, with the help of Ryan Dempster, led the singing during the seventh-inning stretch, and more applause.

Sosa, by the way, did it six times in his career. And yes, he was feeling pretty good. Sosa was back blowing air kisses and doing heart taps like it was 1998 all over again. His 20-year exile from the organization that ended last summer was all water under the bridge.

A year after being ninth in the waiver order at the start of the season (it's based off the previous year's standings), the Bears are 25th. Last year they claimed two players from the massive list of cuts leaguewide: linebacker D'Marco Jackson and cornerback Jaylon Jones. Both were solid pickups with Jackson factoring on defense and Jones returning to be a core special teams player.

Whether the Bears will be hunting for a role player on the waiver wire this year remains to be seen. If so, it probably would be at a position where there's an injury. Would they seek an upgrade at No. 3 running back if there's one they deem a good fit for the offense and special teams? It's worth wondering.

Just know the roster released Sunday evening will look different by the time the season opener rolls around. There are always a handful of moves in the early going.

"Caleb can avoid edge pressure, but the lack of a firm middle, he probably is not the type of player, at least he wasn't coming out, that can handle someone in his lap," the GM said. "He's not that tall, and that firm middle is so important because it gives you the clean vision lane. For a guy that is as athletic as he is, if I am going to give something up, I'll say, 'Let me give a little on the edge and he can spin out of it.'

BIGGS

Picking 25th in the draft this year, the Bears weren't in position to select a clear future star, especially considering they believe Trapilo has a chance to become a good one. So they formulated a plan to have a wide-open competition at left tackle again with Jones, Jedrick Wills Jr., Kiran Amegadjie and Theo Benedet. Trapilo projects to be back in the mix earlier than the franchise could have imagined when he was injured back in January.

Left tackle will remain a hot spot and get a ton of attention. Center often gets overlooked, even when things are running smoothly. The best-case scenario for the Bears is they're able to manage left tackle more effectively than they did a year ago.

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to take the field, that's when a decision will be required with an evaluation of Jones (or whoever else is in there) from recent game tape.

With an athletic quarterback like Williams, the priority on center over left tackle made sense to a general manager for another team when I discussed the situation with him from a broad perspective. Elite left tackles are difficult to find in free agency and extremely expensive.

Sammy Sosa is introduced for the Cubs 150th anniversary team ceremony Saturday at Wrigley Field. JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS

Ben knows that, and that's how a lot of these opponents are playing Caleb. ... Cage him, stay on the edge, keep him on your hip pocket and then collapse it in on him.

“That doesn’t make it necessarily easier for the left tackle, and you’re not going to lose sight of what’s going on over there. But the firm middle has become such an important aspect for a lot of these offenses. You’ve got to have a center you believe in to make that a reality.”

"It's like a marriage," Sosa said. "Sometimes you get mad with your wife and you go away but then you come back and love her. So hey, you put everything behind you and move forward. So I feel (good), the way they're treating me. I'm glad that we've come to (a reconciliation) and stayed together and put our differences aside, and right now we're happy."

Oh, and the losing, of course. That wasn't mentioned much during the festivities.

The first 69 of those 150 years saw the Cubs win 16 National League pennants and only two championships, in 1907 and '08. The last 80 years have been kind of rough — one NL pennant and title in 2016.

Joe Maddon, one of three all-time managers voted onto the 150-year team along with Leo Durocher and Frank Chance, was absent because of a prior commitment. Some obvious all-time Cubs players weren't voted in, including Ben Zobrist, the 2016 World Series MVP, and Carlos Zambrano, who ranks second on the franchise's all-time strikeout list.

This year the Cubs are in position to get back to the postseason, with Crow-Arnstrong having an MVP-caliber season. He's truly the heir apparent to Sosa when it comes to sheer marketability and no doubt would've made the all-time team, which included teammates Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner, if the voting were conducted now.

Rizzo said it was perfect scripting for Crow-Armstrong to go on a home-run-hitting binge on the day the all-time Cubs were celebrated at Wrigley.

Sosa said he wished “Big Z” had made the final cut.

Crow-Armstrong walked off to another standing ovation, then waved his helmet in acknowledgement. He now has 36 home runs and 32 stolen bases and could become the first 40-40 player in Cubs history. His 9.1 fWAR is fifth-highest in Cubs history, with 26 games remaining to catch Rogers Hornsby's 11.0 WAR in 1929.

“But hey, it’s not about us,” Sosa said.

Crow-Armstrong came up in the eighth against catcher Jose Trevino with a chance of making Cubs history. He admitted to thinking home run. But throwing all knuckleballs at Crow-Armstrong, Trevino retired him on a grounder to second.

Well, actually it was all about them. The players — and the ballpark — made the Cubs into a franchise that's unique in baseball history.

"Yeah, it's a magical place," Rizzo said.

"Everybody is starting to ask a lot of questions about WAR now," he said. "I don't know how I feel about WAR."

WAR? What is it good for? Perhaps an MVP award, though Crow-Armstrong said he's not paying attention to such talk. Eleven Cubs have won an MVP award, including six since 1958: Ernie Banks (1958 and '59), Sandberg (1984), Dawson (1987), Sosa (1998) and Bryant (2016).

Speaking of which, where does Sosa slot in with the other greats in Cubs history?

“In heaven,” he replied, laughing at his own joke.

Sosa wouldn't say where he slotted in but said he was "happy (fans) recognized that I really was a person who played every day" and worked hard.

“So today I’m grateful to be among the greats,” he said.

The rest of the Cubs greats concurred.

"To be part of Cubs history, it's a great honor," Rizzo said. "The guys before me set up the stage for us, and we set up the stage for Nico and Ian, and they're setting up the stage for PCA and the next generation. So it's really cool to be around so many generations like that."

Greg Maddux, center right, gets comments from fellow former Cubs pitchers after throwing a ceremonial first pitch out of the strike zone before Saturday's game at Wrigley Field.

CUBS 17, REDS 5

PCA hits career-high 3 HRs to fuel rout

By Andy Martinez FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong gestures to teammates while rounding the bases after hitting a three-run home run in the seventh inning against the Reds on Saturday at Wrigley Field. It was his third home run of the game. JOHN J. KIM/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong felt jitters as he prepared for Saturday's game against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field.

They weren't normal pregame butterflies or anxiety of facing a left-handed starter, but as he took hacks in the batting cages underneath the Friendly Confines, a collection of Cubs icons toiled around, waiting for a pregame ceremony that would honor the 150th anniversary team.

"If anything, the most intimidating part of today was doing my pregame routine in front of Sammy Sosa and Billy Williams," Crow-Armstrong said.

Then, as if to seemingly add more pressure on the 24-year-old, Sosa, the slugger who clubbed 609 home runs in his career, pulled him aside.

“We were just in the cage talking again, and he was like, ‘I want three out of you today. I need three,’” Crow-Armstrong said.

It wasn't a burden to Crow-Armstrong. In fact, it seemed to empower the Cubs star.

Crow-Armstrong belted a home run on the second pitch he saw, another one an inning later and then a three-run shot in the seventh inning, stealing the show in the Cubs' 17-5 walloping of the Reds.

It was Crow-Armstrong's first career three-homer game and the third by a Cubs hitter this season, joining Dansby Swanson on July 1 and Alex Bregman on Aug. 12. He also tied career highs with four hits and six RBIs.

It was another performance to fortify his case for the National League MVP award.

"I don't know what he passed down to me there, but weird (stuff) like that happens in this game," Crow-Armstrong said. "That's coming from a guy that's — I don't know how many times he's done that. We all know how many homers he's got. I guess he was feeling pretty good today too."

The first was a 435-foot blast off left-hander Andrew Abbott that kick-started a three-run first inning and was his seventh leadoff home run of the season, tied for the second most in franchise history.

"I thought it was fun, great pregame ceremony — and Pete kept it going, for sure," Cubs manager Craig Counsell said.

Crow-Armstrong took Abbott deep an inning later, capping another three-run frame with a 375-foot shot to right field.

The most memorable, though, came in the seventh, when he uncorked a no-doubt three-run shot to left-center field. Crow-Armstrong flipped his bat just in front of him, spun, walked for two steps and then began his trot around the bases, holding up three fingers as he neared third base and glanced at the Cubs dugout.

Crow-Armstrong had a chance to become the 22nd player in MLB history to hit four home runs in a game when he came up to bat in the eighth. The Wrigley Field crowd rose, hoping to see him make history with Reds catcher Jose Trevino pitching.

"Yeah, of course," Crow-Armstrong said when he was asked if he was trying to homer. "There's nothing else to do against a guy like that."

He grounded out to second base, but as he trotted off the field, the 39,597 in attendance rose to their feet, giving him a standing ovation, which he acknowledged. It was his final act in a show that rivaled what some of the other icons in attendance had put on in their careers.

"Yeah, that was really cool," Crow-Armstrong. "It's awesome. I couldn't really do much but smile and tip my cap. That's a really special, specific thing."

Crow-Armstrong's three home runs raised his count to 36, and coupled with his 32 stolen bases, put him in position to challenge a 40-40 season, an exclusive club of six players, including former Cub Alfonso Soriano, who was honored as part of the franchise's anniversary team.

“I got to geek out a little bit because I finally met Alfonso Soriano for the first time,” Crow-Armstrong said.

Saturday's performance is the type of game that can be the crown jewel of an MVP campaign. Of course, he has had many of those performances this season too. He hit for the cycle June 15, he's had a home run and stolen bases in six games and is the first Cub with consecutive 30-home-run, 30-stolen-base seasons.

The three-homer game raised his fWAR to 9.1, the fifth-highest mark in a single season by a Cubs player behind Rogers Hornsby (11.1, 1929), Sosa (9.9, 2001), Ernie Banks (9.7, 1959) and Ron Santo (9.5, 1967).

“Again, those are legendary people, but everyone’s starting to ask a lot of questions about WAR right now, so I don’t know how to feel about WAR,” Crow-Armstrong said. “Whatever I can do to produce wins is really what I care about most. Those are just (four) names that everybody knows is Hall of

Famers, so that's cool."

It's what makes not just Saturday special but Crow-Armstrong's entire 2026 campaign remarkable. These seasons don't happen every year.

"It's a lot of fun to watch," Counsell said. "I think the great example for me is (bench coach) Ryan Flaherty stands next to me a lot of the game and he's shaking his head and can't believe it. You see guys do this and it doesn't happen a lot, but it's the seasons you remember somebody having and we're lucky to be a part of it.

"I think as a fan in the stands, for the teammates, for the coaching staff, watching somebody perform like this is something special."

NOTES

Left-hander Hoby Milner was designated for assignment after Saturday's game. He had been on a rehab assignment since July 29 after an appendectomy.

Right-hander Edward Cabrera (right middle finger blister) is scheduled to go on a rehab assignment next week.

WHITE SOX 3, TWINS 2

Benintendi supplies all offense in 4th straight win

By LaMond Pope | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

MINNEAPOLIS — The White Sox had three hits Saturday — all by Andrew Benintendi.

That turned out to be just enough to defeat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 in front of 28,310 at Target Field.

Benintendi went 3-for-4, with a tiebreaking solo home run in the sixth inning, as the Sox (72-63) won their fourth straight and improved to a season-high nine games over .500.

"I feel like I'm seeing it pretty well," Benintendi said.

The first-place Sox continued to distance themselves from the competition in the American League Central. They lead the second-place Cleveland Guardians (68-68) by 41/2 games and third-place Twins (64-72) by 81/2.

Benintendi led the way Saturday, coming within a triple of the cycle. He had two RBIs and scored twice.

"He's been great," starter Erick Fedde said. "One of the leaders, our veteran. Guy kills it at Target Field, we all know it and I think the Twins probably know it too. But it's fun to watch. He was great today."

Benintendi has 14 home runs and 40 RBIs with a .352 batting average (64-for-182) in 46 career games at Target Field.

"I always like hitting here," Benintendi said. "I don't know why I see the ball well here, so good place to meet the team again."

The contributions began early Saturday when he drove in Sam Antonacci with a single in the first inning.

The Twins tied the score when Luke Keaschall scored on Josh Bell's sacrifice fly to right field in the first inning. They went ahead 2-1 when Kaelen Culpepper scored on a fielder's choice in the second.

The Sox took advantage of a Culpepper error to even the score in the fourth inning. Benintendi began the inning with a double. He advanced to third on a groundout to second by Braden Montgomery. Colson Montgomery grounded out with the infield in, bringing up Chase Meidroth with two outs.

Culpepper booted his grounder to short, and Benintendi scored.

Benintendi put the Sox ahead with the home run in the sixth, his 14th of the season, on a 1-2 cutter.

“(Twins reliever Andrew Morris) throws really hard with some hard offspeeds,” Benintendi said. “And I think in 0-2, kind of same pitch (a cutter), I was able to foul it off. I feel like I saw it the first time and then was able to scoop it.

"It was a good pitch, to be honest."

Benintendi has five hits and four RBIs in the first two games of the series.

Reliever Bryan Hudson, left, and catcher Jake Rogers celebrate the White Sox's 3-2 win against the Twins at Target Field on Saturday in Minneapolis. DAVID BERDING/GETTY

“He’s been amazing,” manager Will Venable said. “Obviously he likes to hit at Target Field. So great stuff from (Benintendi).”

It's the first time the Sox have won with one player collecting all of their hits since a 1-0 victory against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 22, 2006. Jim Thome had the only hit for the Sox in that game, a home run in the seventh inning.

“(Benintendi) knows what he’s doing up there, and he has a plan and he executes it,” Venable said. “That’s what you get with a really good hitter, but also a guy that has experience, he understands what the pitcher on the mound is trying to do to him and he has a solution for it.

“(Benintendi) coming through again, and he’s just a guy that you trust, and it’s nice to see.”

Fedde earned the win, allowing two runs on three hits with four strikeouts and two walks in five innings.

“We just started getting a little better pitch mix there later on,” Fedde said. “Me and (catcher Jake Rogers) got on the same page and started mixing a little better and kept the guys off-balanced and did a little better there the last three innings.”

It was the first time any Sox starter went at least five innings since Aug. 21, when Sean Burke pitched six innings against the New York Mets at Rate Field.

“Fedde was great,” Venable said. “Kept us in the ballgame. Thought he just had a really good mix of stuff, working through some traffic there. Kind of what we’ve seen from Fedde, really all along. A good understanding of how to attack guys, and if something doesn’t work, he’s able to get to some other pitches, so a really nice job.”

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BASEBALL

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Runners moved up: Walker, F.Alvarez.
EAST DIVISION

	W	L	Pct	GB	WCGB	L10	Str	Home	Away
Tampa Bay	81	54	.600	—	—	6-4	W-3	45-23	36-31
New York	76	59	.563	5	$+8\frac{1}{2}$	6-4	L-1	35-31	41-28
Boston	74	61	.548	7	$+6\frac{1}{2}$	7-3	W-1	34-32	40-29
Toronto	67	70	.489	15	$1\frac{1}{2}$	5-5	W-2	36-35	31-35
Baltimore	66	69	.489	15	$1\frac{1}{2}$	5-5	W-1	34-34	32-35

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EAST DIVISION

	W	L	Pct	GB	WCGB	L10	Str	Home	Away
Atlanta	81	55	.596	—	—	7-3	W-6	47-23	34-32
Philadelphia	75	60	.556	$5\frac{1}{2}$	+3	8-2	W-2	38-30	37-30
Miami	68	68	.500	13	$4\frac{1}{2}$	4-6	L-2	42-27	26-41
Washington	65	73	.471	17	$8\frac{1}{2}$	4-6	W-3	31-38	34-35
New York	61	75	.449	20	$11\frac{1}{2}$	4-6	W-1	32-38	29-37

	W	L	Pct	GB	WCGB	L10	Str	Home	Away
Chicago	72	63	.533	—	—	7-3	W-4	41-27	31-36
Cleveland	68	68	.500	$4\frac{1}{2}$	—	7-3	L-2	31-36	37-32
Minnesota	64	72	.471	$8\frac{1}{2}$	4	3-7	L-4	35-33	29-39
Detroit	63	72	.467	9	$4\frac{1}{2}$	2-8	W-1	34-34	29-38
Kansas City	62	75	.453	11	$6\frac{1}{2}$	9-1	W-3	36-30	26-45

	W	L	Pct	GB	WCGB	L10	Str	Home	Away
Milwaukee	85	51	.625	—	—	7-3	W-4	47-24	38-27
Chicago	77	59	.566	8	$+4\frac{1}{2}$	4-6	W-1	39-28	38-31
St. Louis	68	69	.496	$17\frac{1}{2}$	5	3-7	L-1	34-37	34-32
Pittsburgh	66	71	.482	$19\frac{1}{2}$	7	5-5	W-1	34-32	32-39
Cincinnati	64	72	.471	21	$8\frac{1}{2}$	4-6	L-1	32-36	32-36

	W	L	Pct	GB	WCGB	L10	Str	Home	Away
Houston	68	68	.500	—	—	5-5	L-1	33-35	35-33
Texas	66	70	.485	2	2	4-6	L-4	36-29	30-41
Seattle	64	72	.471	4	4	5-5	L-3	37-31	27-41
Athletics	53	82	.393	$14\frac{1}{2}$	$14\frac{1}{2}$	4-6	L-1	25-42	28-40
Los Angeles	52	83	.385	$15\frac{1}{2}$	$15\frac{1}{2}$	3-7	L-5	29-40	23-43

	W	L	Pct	GB	WCGB	L10	Str	Home	Away
Los Angeles	81	55	.596	—	—	6-4	L-1	40-26	41-29
Arizona	73	64	.533	$8^{1/2}$	—	7-3	W-2	40-29	33-35
San Diego	72	64	.529	9	$1/2$	5-5	L-2	41-28	31-36
San Francisco	55	81	.404	26	$17^{1/2}$	3-7	L-2	32-36	23-45
Colorado	52	84	.382	29	$20^{1/2}$	2-8	L-3	27-38	25-46

BOX SCORES

Red Sox 6, Yankees 0

Boston	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
J.Jones dh	3	0	0	0	1	2	.208
Rafaela cf	5	0	1	1	0	0	.286
Abreu rf	5	1	1	1	0	1	.254
Contreras 1b	5	0	0	0	0	3	.275
Durbin 3b	3	1	1	0	1	1	.256
Rutschman c	4	2	3	0	0	0	.240
Monasterio ss	4	1	1	2	0	0	.253
Sogard 2b	4	1	2	1	0	0	.264
White lf	3	0	0	0	1	1	.233
Totals	36	6	9	5	3	8

New York	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Goldschmidt 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	.244
Rice dh	4	0	0	0	0	2	.253
Rosario 2b-3b	4	0	0	0	0	0	.220
Ramos rf	2	0	1	0	0	0	.241
a-Grisham ph-cf	2	0	0	0	0	0	.215
Bellinger lf	3	0	1	0	0	1	.254
Lombard ss	3	0	0	0	0	2	.247
Caballero 3b	2	0	1	0	0	0	.233
b-García ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.283
Chisholm 2b	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226
S.Jones cf-rf	3	0	1	0	0	1	.230
Sánchez c	2	0	0	0	0	2	.246
c-Wells ph-c	1	0	0	0	0	1	.178
Totals	31	0	4	0	0	9

BOS	100	010	004	-	6	9	2
NYY	000	000	000	-	0	4	1

a-grounded out for Ramos in the 7th. b-grounded out for Caballero in the 7th. c-struck out for Sánchez in the 8th. E: White (1), Durbin (10), Rosario (9); LOB: Boston 7, New York 4; 2B: Sogard (10), Ramos (18); HR: Abreu (23), off Rodón; RBI: Abreu (70), Monasterio 2 (40), Sogard (11), Rafaela (67). Runners left in scoring position: Boston 4 (Rafaela 2, Monasterio, Contreras). New York 2 (Goldschmidt, Bellinger); RISP: Boston 3 for 8. New York 1 for 5. Runners moved up: Monasterio.

Boston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Bennett	6	3	0	0	0	7	83	3.27
Guerrero	1	1	0	0	0	0	18	2.58
Whitlock	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	2.00
Morán	1	0	0	0	0	1	12	2.84

New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Rodón	$4^{2}/_{3}$	3	2	2	1	5	88	3.20
De los Santos	$1/_{3}$	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.42
Topa	1	2	0	0	0	1	21	6.95
Yarbrough	3	4	4	4	2	2	60	3.91

Inherited runners-scored: De los Santos 3-0; HBP: Rodón (J.Jones); WP: Yarbrough; PB: Rutschman (0), Sánchez (2). ABS Challenge: Rodón (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Wells (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Sogard (Strike-Confirmed), Yarbrough (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Rice (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Rice (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Morán (Ball-Confirmed).

Umpires: Home, Hunter Wendelstedt. First, Felix Neon. Second, Nic Lentz. Third, Edwin Moscoso. T: 2:52; A: 47,314 (47,309).

White Sox 3, Twins 2

Chicago	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Antonacci lf	2	1	0	0	1	1	.266
a-Grichuk ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.275
Doyle cf	1	0	0	0	0	1	.220
Murakami 1b	2	0	0	0	2	1	.221
Vargas 3b	3	0	0	0	1	1	.249
Benintendi dh	4	2	3	2	0	1	.252
BMtgomery rf	4	0	0	0	0	0	.229
CMtgomery ss	3	0	0	0	1	1	.213
Meidroth 2b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.271
Peters cf-lf	3	0	0	0	1	1	.279
J.Rogers c	4	0	0	0	0	2	.172
Totals	31	3	3	2	6	10

Minnesota	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Keaschall rf	4	1	1	0	0	1	.271
Lee 3b	4	0	0	0	0	2	.246
Clemens 2b	3	0	0	0	1	1	.239
Bell dh	3	0	1	1	0	1	.253
Lewis 1b	4	0	1	0	0	1	.235
Larnach lf	2	0	0	0	1	0	.266
b-Jeffers ph	1	0	0	0	0	0	.269
Culpepper ss	4	1	0	0	0	1	.313
Caratini c	3	0	1	0	0	0	.222
Jenkins cf	3	0	1	1	0	0	.333
Totals	31	2	5	2	2	7

CHW	100	101	000	-	3	3	0
MIN	110	000	000	-	2	5	1

a-flied out for Antonacci in the 8th. b-popped out for Larnach in the 9th. E: Culpepper (2); LOB: Chicago 7, Minnesota 5; 2B: Benintendi (21), Keaschall (22), Jenkins (1); HR: Benintendi (14), off Morris; RBI: Benintendi 2 (69), Bell (81), Jenkins (1); SB: Jenkins (1); SF: Bell. Runners left in scoring position: Chicago 3 (Doyle, C.Montgomery, B.Montgomery). Minnesota 3 (Keaschall, Culpepper, Lee); RISP: Chicago 1 for 11. Minnesota 0 for 7.

Runners moved up: Vargas, B. Montgomery, Lee, Keaschall.

Chicago	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Fedde	5	3	2	2	2	4	88	4.16
Newcomb	3	2	0	0	0	3	40	2.19
Hudson	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	3.16

Minnesota	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Ober	5	2	2	1	2	5	80	4.37
Morris	2	1	1	1	0	2	27	3.82
Minter	1	0	0	0	2	1	20	1.82
Gómez	1	0	0	0	2	2	25	3.72

W: Fedde 7-8; L: Morris 4-7; SV: Hudson 7-10

ABS Challenge: Murakami (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Fedde (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Ober (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Clemens (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Minter (Ball-Confirmed), Minter (Ball-Confirmed).

Umpires: Home, Lance Barrett. First, Malachi Moore. Second, Alfonso Marquez. Third, Mike Estabrook. T: 2:35; A: 28,310 (38,544).

MLB CALENDAR

Sept. 1: Active rosters expand to 28 players-last day to be in organization to be postseason eligible, noon EDT. Sept. 27: Regular season ends.

AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS

through Friday's games

BATTING	G	AB	R	H	AVG
Alvarez, Hou	133	478	89	152	.318
Simpson, TB	126	472	53	146	.309
Diáz, TB	129	510	77	154	.302
DeLauter, Cle	113	419	52	121	.289
Witt, KC	117	458	76	132	.288
Rafaela, Bos	129	512	67	147	.287
Caglianone, KC	124	448	62	127	.283
Caminero, TB	134	511	82	143	.280
Aranda, TB	131	494	62	138	.279
Clement, Tor	132	505	54	141	.279

RBI: Alvarez, Houston, 91; Alonso, Baltimore, 91; Caminero, Tampa Bay, 85; Rice, New York, 83; Dingler, Detroit, 82; Bell, Minnesota, 80; Adell, Cleveland, 80. Pitching: S. Gray, Boston, 16-4; Ras

Strikeouts: Cease, Toronto, Cease, Toronto, 217; G.Williams, Cleveland, 204; Schlittler, New York, 201; Detmers, Los Angeles, 174; Bradley, Minnesota, 169.

Cubs 17, Reds 5

Cincinnati	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Rodríguez rf	4	0	0	0	1	1	.228
De La Cruz ss	2	2	1	0	2	1	.269
I.Johnson 2b	1	0	0	0	0	1	.067
Stewart 1b	4	1	2	2	0	1	.265
Bleday lf	3	0	0	1	0	1	.217
Stephenson dh	4	1	1	0	0	2	.248
Banfield c	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Suárez 3b	2	1	1	2	1	1	.207
b-Arroyo ph-3b	1	0	0	0	0	0	.242
Trevino c-p	4	0	0	0	0	1	.230
Friedl cf	4	0	2	0	0	1	.167
McLain 2b-ss	4	0	0	0	0	1	.189
Totals	33	5	7	5	4	11

Chicago	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Crw-Armstrong cf	6	4	4	6	0	0	.282
Conforto rf	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
Suzuki dh	5	3	3	2	1	1	.277
Bregman 3b	5	1	3	3	0	0	.255
Busch 1b	6	0	0	0	0	0	.241
Hoerner ss	5	0	1	1	0	1	.260
1-Arias pr-pr-ss	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234
Shaw rf	1	0	0	0	1	0	.250
a-Happ ph-lf	3	0	0	0	0	1	.218
Taylor lf-rf-cf	5	3	4	0	0	0	.271
Ramirez 2b	3	3	2	0	2	0	.292
Kelly c	4	3	2	4	1	1	.260
Totals	43	17	19	16	5	4

ERA: Schlittler, New York, 2.09; Cease, Toronto, 2.34; Messick, Cleveland, 2.50; S.Gray, Boston, 2.82; N.Martinez, Tampa Bay, 2.93; Rasmussen, Tampa Bay, 2.95. Strikeouts: Cease, Toronto, Cease

CIN	022	010	000	-	5	7	1
CHC	330	130	43x	-	17	19	0

Pitching: S.Gray, Boston, 16-4; Rasmussen, Tampa Bay, 14-5; N.Martinez, Tampa Bay, 13-4; Schlittler, New York, 12-6; G.Williams, Cleveland, 12-7.

Home runs: Alvarez, Houston, 36; Rice, New York, 35; Caminero, Tampa Bay, 35; Alonso, Baltimore, 32; Murakami, Chicago, 29; M. Vargas, Chicago, 29; C. Montgomery, Chicago, 28.

a-grounded out for Shaw in 4th. b-flied out for Suárez in 8th. 1-ran for Hoerner in 7th. 2-ran for Arias in 7th. E: De La Cruz (16); LOB: Cincinnati 6, Chicago 8; 2B: Stephenson (18), Taylor (11), Kelly (13), Bregman (26); HR: Suárez (20), off Gausman. Stewart (30), off Gausman. Crow-Armstrong 2 (35), off Abbott. Bregman (20), off Abbott. Kelly (9), off Garcia. Crow-Armstrong (36), off Santillan. Suzuki (23), off Trevino; RBI: Suárez 2 (59), Stewart 2 (104), Bleday (52), Crow-Armstrong 6 (89), Bregman 3 (73), Kelly 4 (49), Hoerner (60), Suzuki 2 (79); SB: De La Cruz (24); SF: Bleday. Runners left in scoring position: Cincinnati 2 (Rodríguez, Bleday). Chicago 5 (Busch, Kelly 2, Happ 2); RISP: Cincinnati 1 for 5. Chicago 6 for 15; Runners moved up: Stewart, Kelly, Crow-Armstrong.

Cincinnati	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Abbott	3	8	7	7	2	1	68	4.49
Garcia	2	5	3	3	0	2	38	3.47
Moll	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	4.55
Santillan	$\frac{2}{3}$	2	4	4	3	0	32	6.95
P.Johnson	$\frac{1}{3}$	0	0	0	0	0	2	4.42
Trevino	1	4	3	3	0	0	2227.00

Chicago	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Gausman	5	6	5	5	2	7	102	4.52
Zeferjahn	$1\frac{1}{3}$	0	0	0	0	2	19	3.98
Rolison	$^{2}/_{3}$	1	0	0	1	0	20	2.79
Rea	2	0	0	0	1	2	26	4.48

W: Gausman 8-11; L: Abbott 6-10.
Inherited runners-scored: Garcia 1-1, P.Johnson 2-0; HBP: Santillan (Bregman).
ABS Challenge: Bleday (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Gausman (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Hoerner (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Rolison (Ball-Confirmed), Bregman (Strike-Overturned to Ball).
Umpires: Home, Chad Whitson. First, Brian Walsh. Second, Chad Fairchild. Third, Bill Miller; T: 2:48; A: 39,597 (41,363).

Nationals 5, Marlins 4 (10)

Miami	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Stowers 1b	4	1	1	2	1	3	.243
Hernández lf	5	1	1	2	0	2	.235
Edwards 2b	5	0	0	0	0	2	.283
Conine dh	3	0	0	0	1	2	.249
Lopez ss	5	0	1	0	0	2	.306
Marsee cf	4	0	0	0	1	3	.209
Sanoja 3b-rf	3	0	1	0	1	0	.281
Caissie rf	2	0	0	0	0	1	.222
a-Jiménez ph-3b	1	1	1	0	0	0	.208
Mack c	2	0	1	0	0	1	.233
b-Ramírez ph	0	1	0	0	1	0	.228
Navarreto c	1	0	0	0	0	1	.114
Totals	35	4	6	4	5	17

Washington	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Abrams dh	5	0	0	0	0	3	.269
Ortiz 1b	5	0	2	0	0	0	.235
Tena lf	4	1	0	0	1	0	.229
Lile rf	3	1	1	0	2	0	.252
Crews cf	5	1	2	1	0	2	.223
K.Ruiz c	4	0	1	0	0	1	.280
House 3b	4	1	2	1	0	0	.237
Vivas 2b	3	0	1	1	0	0	.236
Nuñez ss	4	1	0	0	0	1	.214
Totals	37	5	9	3	3	7

MIA	000	000	400	0	-	4	6	1
WAS	004	000	000	1	-	5	9	0

Two outs when winning run scored. a-singled for Caissie in the 7th. b-walked for Mack in the 7th.

E: Mack (8); LOB: Mia 9, Was 8; 2B: Stowers (23), Lile (26), Vivas (10); HR: Hernández (22), off Lord; RBI: Stowers 2 (54), Hernández 2 (58), House (37), Vivas (25), Crews (34); S: Jiménez, Vivas; Runners left in scoring position: Mia 4 (Mack 2, Hernández, Marsee). Was 5 (Abrams 2, Nuñez, Crews 2); RISP: Mia 3 for 10. Was 3 for 10.

Miami	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Alcantara	6	8	4	4	1	3	94	3.46
Ralston	$1\frac{1}{3}$	0	0	0	0	1	15	0.00
Ekness	$1\frac{2}{3}$	0	0	0	0	2	19	1.45
Petersen	$\frac{2}{3}$	1	1	0	2	1	19	3.42

Washington	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Cavalli	4	0	0	0	3	8	70	3.12
Tolman	2	1	0	0	0	2	25	0.00
Cosgrove	$2\frac{1}{3}$	2	3	3	1	1	20	6.32
Lord	$2^{1/3}$	2	1	1	1	4	27	3.75
Ribalta	1	1	0	0	0	2	18	3.86

Inherited runners-scored: Lord 1-1; IBB: off Lord (Stowers); HBP: Cavalli (Conine). ABS Challenge: Edwards (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Cavalli (Ball-Confirmed), Alcantara (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Conine (Strike-Confirmed), Ekness (Ball-Confirmed), Petersen (Ball-Confirmed); Pitch timer violations: Lord (pitcher), Hernández (batter).

Umpires: Home, Edwin Jimenez. First, Erich Bacchus. Second, Chris Segal. Third, Laz Diaz; T: 2:59; A: 32,055 (41,376).

NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS

ERA: Misiorowski, Milwaukee, 1.73; Sale, Atlanta, 2.06; E.Rodriguez, Arizona, 2.50; Yamamoto, Los Angeles, 2.56; C.Sánchez, Philadelphia, 2.62.

Strikeouts: Misiorowski, Milwaukee, 222; Luzardo, Philadelphia, 203; C. Sánchez, Philadelphia, 194; Sale, Atlanta, 177; Skenes, Pittsburgh, 175.

Home runs: Schwarber, Philadelphia, 40; Olson, Atlanta, 37; Goodman, Colorado, 36; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 33; Wood, Washington, 30; Ohtani, Los Angeles, 30. RBI: S.Stewart, Cincinnati, 102;

through Friday's games
Mets 6, Astros 2

Houston	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Peña dh	4	1	1	0	0	1	.282
Y.Alvarez lf	3	1	2	2	0	0	.320
Paredes 3b	3	0	0	0	1	0	.259
Altuve 2b	4	0	1	0	0	1	.246
Varsho cf	3	0	0	0	1	0	.232
Walker 1b	4	0	0	0	0	0	.229
Trammell rf	4	0	0	0	0	1	.203
Allen ss	2	0	0	0	1	2	.260
Vázquez c	2	0	0	0	0	0	.212
a-Wade ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.204
Diaz c	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261
Totals	30	2	4	2	3	6

New York	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Lindor ss	4	2	1	0	1	0	.234
Soto dh	4	1	1	1	0	0	.283
Bichette 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.260
Benge rf	3	1	1	0	1	1	.279
Young 1b	4	1	3	3	0	0	.272
Semien 2b	4	1	2	0	0	0	.219
Ewing cf	3	0	0	0	0	1	.236
Baty lf	3	0	2	0	0	1	.223
1-Pache pr-lf	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
b-Robert ph-lf	1	0	0	0	0	0	.228
F.Alvarez c	4	0	1	2	0	2	.233
Totals	34	6	11	6	2	6

HOU	100	000	010	-	2	4	0
NYM	100	030	02x	-	6	11	1

a-struck out for Vázquez in the 8th. b-popped out for Pache in the 8th. 1-ran for Batv in the 6th.

Burleson, St. Louis, 99; J.Walker, St. Louis, 97; Abrams, Washington, 92; Crow-Armstrong, Chicago, 83; Schwarber, Philadelphia, 81.

Pitching: C.Sánchez, Philadelphia, 16-4; Burns, Cincinnati, 14-3; E.Rodriguez, Arizona, 14-4; Misiorowski, Milwaukee, 14-5; Ashby, Milwaukee, 13-2.

E: Baty (8); LOB: Houston 5, New York 7; 2B: Peña (16), Altuve (18), Lindor (9), Baty (17), F.Alvarez (12); 3B: Young (3); HR: Y.Alvarez (37), off Duarte; RBI: Y.Alvarez 2 (93), Young 3 (35), Soto (53), F.Alvarez 2 (33); SB: Semien (10); SF: Y.Alvarez; S: Ewing.

Runners left in scoring position: Houston 1 (Trammell). New York 5 (Baty, Lindor 2, Semien 2); RISP: Houston 0 for 3. New York 4 for 12.

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Sousa	$2\frac{1}{3}$	1	1	1	2	0	22	6.52
Javier	$4\frac{1}{3}$	6	3	3	0	4	78	6.45
De Los Santos	2	1	0	0	0	2	20	4.52
Teng	1	3	2	2	0	0	19	4.42

New York	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
McLean	7	2	1	0	3	4	93	3.06
Duarte	1	1	1	1	0	2	21	1.50
Senga	1	1	0	0	0	0	11	7.50

W. McLean 10-8, L. Javier 1-3. Inherited runners-scored: Javier 2-0. ABS Challenge: Sousa (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Varsho (Strike-Overturned to Ball).

Pitch timer violations: Javier (pitcher). Umpires: Home, Carlos Torres. First, Nate Tomlinson. Second, Mark Wegner. Third, Jacob Metz.

Rays 7, Padres 6

San Diego	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Tatis rf	5	1	1	0	0	3	.284
Crnnwrth ss-2b	5	0	1	1	0	1	.226
Machado 3b	4	1	2	2	1	0	.214
2-Bowen pr	0	0	0	0	0	0	.165
France 1b	5	1	2	2	0	2	.287
Merrill cf	4	0	0	0	1	0	.239
Campusano c	3	0	0	0	1	1	.281
Sheets dh	4	0	1	0	0	0	.211
Rengifo 2b	2	1	0	0	1	0	.240
Bogaerts ss	1	0	0	0	0	1	.217
Harris lf	4	2	3	0	0	0	.283
Totals	37	6	10	5	4	8

BATTING	G	AB	R	H	AVG
Arraez, Phi	127	510	63	163	.320
Lopez, Mia	131	524	79	161	.307
Gonzales, Pit	127	478	66	146	.305
Moreno, Ari	105	376	57	114	.303
Freeman, LAD	131	497	65	150	.302
Harris, Atl	129	490	64	144	.294
McCarthy, Col	120	437	65	127	.291
Rumfield, Col	131	459	55	133	.290
Burleson, StL	135	514	78	149	.290
Walker, StL	132	514	85	149	.290

Tampa Bay	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Díaz dh	4	1	2	1	0	1	.304
1-Mateo pr-dh	1	1	0	0	0	1	.232
Aranda 1b	4	1	1	1	0	0	.279
Caminero 3b	3	1	1	1	1	0	.280
Hicks c	3	0	2	1	0	0	.287
a-Vilade ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.261
Piper c	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222
Simpson lf	4	0	2	1	0	0	.311
DeLuca rf	4	0	0	0	0	2	.267
Palacios 2b	3	1	0	0	1	1	.226
Mullins cf	3	1	1	0	1	0	.206
Walls ss	4	1	2	0	0	1	.221
Totals	34	7	11	5	3	7

SD	001	002	300	-	6	10	1
TB	101	001	40x	-	7	11	0

a-struck out for Hicks in the 7th. 1-ran for Díaz in the 7th. 2-ran for Mach- ado in the 9th.

E: Rengifo (7); LOB: San Diego 8, Tampa Bay 6; 2B: Cronenworth (11), Díaz (22); HR: France (19), off Martinez. Aranda (17), off Buehler. Caminero (36), off Buehler; RBI: Cronenworth (26), France 2 (58), Machado 2 (74), Hicks (74), Aranda (79), Caminero (86), Díaz (75), Simpson (30); SB: Harris (5), Machado (4), Tatis (31).

Runners left in scoring position: San Diego 5 (France, Rengifo, Cronenworth, Sheets 2). Tampa Bay 3 (DeLuca 2, Mateo); RISP: San Diego 2 for 10. Tampa Bay 4 for 11.

Runners moved up: Machado; GIDP: Díaz.

San Diego	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Buehler	5	7	3	3	0	3	71	4.66
Hart	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	3.90
Rodriguez	0	3	4	1	1	0	15	2.10
Morejon	1	1	0	0	1	2	13	2.59
Matsui	1	0	0	0	1	1	25	2.06

Tampa Bay	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Martinez	6	7	3	3	0	4	81	2.99
Cleavinger	$1/3$	2	3	3	1	1	18	4.28
Kelly	$1^{2}/_{3}$	1	0	0	2	2	19	1.98
Baker	1	0	0	0	1	1	16	1.53

W: Kelly 6-3; L: Rodriguez 3-3, BS, 2-7; SV: Baker 39-42

Inherited runners-scored: Morejon 1-1, Kelly 3-3; IBB: off Kelly (Merrill), off Morejon (Caminero); WP: Matsui. ABS Challenge: Campusano (Strike-Confirmed), Buehler (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Martinez (Ball-Overturned to Strike), Baker (Ball-Confirmed). Pitch timer violations: Kelly (pitcher); Morejon (pitcher).

Umpires: Home, Jansen Visconti. First, Tyler Jones. Second, Cory Blaser. Third, Andy Fletcher. T: 2:43: A: 25 621 (25 025)

INTERLEAGUE
Late Friday: Orioles 4, Athletics 3 (10)

Pitchers		Time	W-L	ERA	Rec	2025 vs Opp			Last 3 starts
						W-L	IP	ERA	W-L	IP	ERA
LA	Glasnow (R)		3-0	3.02	6-2	0-0	0.0	0.00	0-0	11.2	4.63
Det	Valdez (L)	12:40p	8-9	4.36	11-15	1-0	6.0	6.00	1-2	17.1	5.71
SD	Ray (L)		11-7	3.21	15-10	0-1	6.1	4.26	1-0	15.1	2.93
TB	Rasmussen (R)	12:40p	14-5	2.95	16-9	0-0	0.0	0.00	3-0	16.0	4.50
Tex	Rocker (R)		5-10	4.40	9-14	0-0	0.0	0.00	1-1	15.2	4.02
Mil	May (R)	1:10p	6-8	4.56	12-13	0-0	5.2	4.76	0-1	9.1	7.71
Hou	Pecko (R)		0-0	7.88	2-0	0-0	0.0	0.00	0-0	8.0	7.88
NYN	Thornton (L)	2:10p	3-4	2.88	4-6	0-0	0.0	0.00	0-2	17.0	3.71
Phi	Wheeler (R)		10-5	3.40	15-7	0-0	0.0	0.00	0-2	14.0	9.00
LAA	Kikuchi (L)	3:07p	0-4	6.25	1-7	0-0	5.0	3.60	0-2	12.0	7.50

Baltimore	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Alexander ss	5	0	1	0	0	0	.310
Alonso dh	4	0	0	0	1	1	.272
2-Hendrsn pr-dh 0		1	0	0	0	0	.219
Holliday 2b	5	0	0	0	0	3	.230
Mayo 1b	4	1	2	1	0	2	.216
Encrncn-Strnd 3b 4		0	1	1	1	2	.272
Taveras rf	4	1	0	0	1	2	.223
Franklin cf	2	0	0	0	0	1	.161
a-Cowser ph-cf	1	0	1	0	1	0	.227
Beavers lf	3	0	1	1	1	0	.249
Narváez c	3	1	0	0	1	1	.165
Totals	35	4	6	3	6	12

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Pitchers		Time	2025 vs Opp						Last 3 starts
			W-L	ERA	Rec	W-L	IP	ERA	W-L	IP	ERA
Bos	Suarez (L)		5-3	3.35	14-9	0-1	11.0	4.09	1-0	15.1	3.52
NYY	Warren (R)	12:35p	8-6	4.39	16-9	0-1	5.2	7.94	0-0	13.0	6.23
Sea	Gilbert (R)		11-7	3.36	17-9	1-0	7.1	0.00	3-0	16.0	2.81
Tor	Scherzer (R)	12:37p	1-7	7.02	3-9	0-0	0.0	0.00	0-3	14.0	6.43
KC	Lugo (R)		6-7	4.61	14-13	0-1	4.0	9.00	1-0	15.2	6.32
Cle	Messick (L)	12:40p	10-8	2.50	14-12	0-0	0.0	0.00	1-2	18.1	1.96
ChW	TBD		0-0	0.00	0-0	0-0	0.0	0.00	0-0	0.0	0.00
Min	Matthews (R)	1:10p	8-8	4.86	10-8	0-1	6.0	4.50	3-0	17.2	3.06
Bal	Bassitt (R)		5-4	4.74	7-6	1-0	6.0	1.50	1-0	17.2	3.06
Ath	Springs (L)	3:05p	3-12	6.08	8-16	0-0	0.0	0.00	0-2	14.1	5.02

Athletics	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Bolte cf	4	1	0	0	0	2	.269
McNeil 2b-1b	5	0	1	0	0	0	.265
Gelof 3b-lf	4	0	2	1	0	0	.258
Butler rf	4	0	1	1	1	1	.228
White 1b	3	0	1	0	0	1	.270
b-Walton ph-2b	1	0	0	0	0	0	.278
Muncy dh	4	0	2	0	0	0	.221
Cortes lf	4	0	1	0	0	1	.256
1-Stefanic pr-3b	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429
Heim c	4	1	1	1	0	1	.210
Williams ss	4	1	0	0	0	1	.261
Totals	37	3	9	3	1	7

BAL	020	000	000	2	-	4	6	0
ATH	000	000	110	1	-	3	9	1

Pitchers		Time	W-L	ERA	Rec	2026 vs Opp			Last 3 starts
						W-L	IP	ERA	W-L	IP	ERA
Mia	Junk (R)		6-8	4.21	9-10	0-0	10.2	4.22	1-1	15.2	2.30
Was	Alvarez (L)	11:15a	2-6	3.72	4-8	0-0	4.2	1.93	0-3	15.1	3.52
Col	Adams (R)		0-0	2.25	1-0	0-0	0.0	0.00	0-0	4.0	2.25
Atl	Mahle (R)	12:35p	5-10	4.41	8-14	1-0	11.1	3.18	2-1	17.2	2.04
Pit	Ashcraft (R)		13-5	3.59	18-8	1-1	11.1	5.56	2-0	23.0	1.17
StL	Liberatore (L)	1:15p	5-12	5.44	13-13	0-0	4.2	7.71	0-3	15.1	7.63
Cin	Burns (R)		14-3	2.77	18-7	0-0	0.0	0.00	1-1	15.2	4.02
ChC	Imanaga (L)	6:20p	8-9	3.78	14-12	1-1	11.0	1.64	0-0	12.2	5.68

a-doubled for Franklin, 6th. b-flied out for White, 8th. 1-ran for Cortes, 9th. 2-ran for Alonso, 10th.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

E: Lopez (3); LOB: Baltimore 9, Athletics 8; 2B: Cowser (6); HR: Heim (12), off Young; RBI: Beavers (32), Mayo (52), Encarnacion-Strand (28), Heim (41), Butler (42), Gelof (38); SB: Mayo (3), Gelof (10); CS: Cowser (4); S: Gelof. Runners left in scoring position: Baltimore 4 (Taveras 2, Narváez 2). Athletics 3 (White, Walton, Heim); RISP: Baltimore 4 for 11. Athletics 2 for 8.

Baltimore	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Young	7	5	1	1	1	4	91	3.38
Garcia	$\frac{2}{3}$	2	1	1	0	0	11	3.28
Cano	$\frac{1}{3}$	0	0	0	0	0	3	3.19
Kittredge	1	1	0	0	0	2	14	3.27
Hoppe	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	4.46

Athletics	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Lopez	5	3	2	1	3	6	100	4.82
Blewett	2	1	0	0	1	1	26	2.21
Medina	1	0	0	0	0	2	18	3.58
Harris	1	0	0	0	1	1	13	3.55
Basso	1	2	2	1	1	2	16	4.67

RESULTS, SCHEDULE

W: Kittredge 3-3; L: Basso 0-1; SV: Hoppe 1-1
Inherited runners-scored: Cano 1-0; IBB: off Blewett (Beavers), off Basso (Alonso); HBP: Lopez (Mayo), Garcia (Bolte); WP: Blewett.

ABS Challenge: Alonso (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Holliday (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Cortes (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Taveras (Strike-Overturned to Ball), Narváez (Strike-Confirmed), Williams (Strike-Confirmed), Hoppe (Ball-Confirmed); Pitch timer violations: Blewett (pitcher), Basso (pitcher). Umpires: Home, Emil Jimenez. First, Gabe Morales. Second, Doug Eddings. Third, Mike Muchlinski; T: 2:56; A: 7,228.

Late Friday: Phillies 5, Angels 3

Philadelphia	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Schwarber dh	4	0	2	0	1	0	.245
Turner ss	5	0	2	0	0	1	.241
Harper rf	5	0	1	0	0	2	.266
Arraez 2b	4	0	2	0	0	0	.320
Bohm 1b	3	2	1	0	0	0	.245
De La Cruz lf	2	0	1	0	0	0	.357
a-Crword ph-cf	1	1	0	0	1	0	.266
Stott 3b	4	0	0	0	0	1	.261
Realmuto c	3	1	0	0	1	0	.223
Hill cf-lf	2	0	1	1	0	0	.241
c-Marsh ph-lf	1	0	0	0	0	1	.272
d-Sosa ph-lf	1	1	1	4	0	0	.235
Totals	35	5	11	5	3	5

Los Angeles	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	Avg
Neto ss	2	1	0	0	2	1	.236
Trout cf	4	1	1	0	0	2	.241
Meckler lf-rf	3	1	1	1	1	0	.288
Grissom 1b	2	0	0	0	0	0	.246
Ballesteros dh	3	0	0	0	1	0	.207
Moore 2b	4	0	1	0	0	2	.171
Lowe rf	2	0	0	0	0	0	.213
b-Siri ph-lf	2	0	0	0	0	1	.241
Guzman 3b	3	0	0	0	0	2	.221
e-Frazier ph	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250
Heineman c	3	0	0	0	0	0	.171
Totals	29	3	3	1	4	9

PHI	000	010	004	-	5	11	1
LAA	300	000	000	-	3	3	0

a-grounded out for De La Cruz, 7th. b-flied out for Lowe, 7th. c-pinch hit for Hill, 8th. d-homered for Marsh, 9th. e-struck out for Guzman, 9th. E: Arraez (7); LOB: Philadelphia 7, Los Angeles 5; HR: Sosa (6), off Peralta; RBI: Hill (26), Sosa 4 (39), Meckler (21); S: Grissom; Runners left in scoring position: Philadelphia 1 (Harper). Los Angeles 2 (Frazier, Lowe); RISP: Philadelphia 3 for 8. Los Angeles 1 for 5; Runners moved up: Stott; LIDP: Arraez; GIDP: Bohm, Grissom; DP: Philadelphia 1 (Arraez, Bohm). Los Angeles 2 (Moore, Grissom. Neto).

TODAY'S PITCHERS

Philadelphia	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Painter	6	2	3	3	3	6	94	5.95
Alvarado	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	5.81
McFarlane	1	0	0	0	1	1	21	1.08
Bowlan	1	0	0	0	0	2	25	2.77

Los Angeles	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	NP	ERA
Detmers	6	8	1	1	0	2	86	3.54
Fermin	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	3.33
Watson	$\frac{2}{3}$	0	0	0	1	2	17	4.38
Saucedo	$\frac{1}{3}$	0	0	0	0	0	6	4.26
Joyce	$\frac{2}{3}$	0	3	3	2	0	26	3.24
Peralta	$\frac{1}{3}$	3	1	1	0	0	15	6.10

L.A. Dodgers 2, Detroit 1
Kansas City 3, Cleveland 0
Tampa Bay 9, San Diego 4
Toronto 8, Seattle 1
Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 1
N.Y. Yankees 1, Boston 0
Milwaukee 6, Texas 1
Chicago White Sox 7, Minnesota 4
Philadelphia 5, L.A. Angels 3
Baltimore 4, Athletics 3 (10)

W: McFarlane 4-1; L: Joyce 0-2, H, 2; SV: Bowlan 2-5

SATURDAY'S RESULTS G1: Boston 6, N.Y. Yankees 0 Detroit 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Chicago White Sox 3, Minnesota 2 Toronto 4, Seattle 3 N.Y. Mets 6, Houston 2 Kansas City 8, Cleveland 3 Tampa Bay 7, San Diego 6 Milwaukee 5, Texas 3 G2: Boston at N.Y. Yankees, late Baltimore at Athletics, late Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, late

MONDAY'S GAMES

Inherited runners-scored: Saucedo 1-0, Peralta 3-3; HBP: Joyce (Bohm), Bowlan (Grissom); WP: Painter(2), Joyce. ABS Challenge: Harper (Strike-Confirmed), Fermin (Ball-Confirmed), Turner (Strike-Confirmed), Joyce (Ball-Confirmed); Umpires: Home, Shane Liven-sparger, First, Dan Merzel. Second, Dan Bellino. Third, Mark Ripperger. T: 2:56; A: 34,951 (45,517).

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

AMERICAN LEAGUE

N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay, 5:40 p.m. Seattle at Boston, 5:45 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 6:40 p.m. Athletics at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Houston, 7:10 p.m. Baltimore at Colorado, 7:40 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at L.A. Angels, 8:38 p.m.

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

■ Royals: Josh Rojas had his second career game with four RBIs, Salvador Perez hit two doubles and the Royals defeated the Guardians 8-3 for their 12th win in 13 games. ■ Braves: Michael Harris II hit a two-out, two-run double in the eighth inning to lift the Braves to a 2-1 win over the Rockies, the sixth straight for the National League East leaders.

AROUND THE HORN

■ Dodgers: Shohei Ohtani will not pitch Sunday against the Tigers after experiencing knee discomfort during a Friday bullpen session. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before Saturday's 2-1 loss that Ohtani's knee still isn't pain free, and he's also having minor issues with the biceps muscle that troubled him earlier in the inning. After the game, Roberts said Ohtani would not be used against the Tigers and his next pitching outing is up in the air.

■ Red Sox: The Red Sox got a key piece of their bullpen back Saturday when they activated reliever Garrett Whitlock following a short stay on the 10-day injured list. ... Ceddanne Rafaela recovered from misjudging a fly ball to center field in the fourth inning to get a runner at the plate a day after making two outs on the bases, and he hit an RBI single in a four-run ninth as the Red Sox beat the Yankees 6-0 in the opener of a doubleheader Saturday.

■ Mets: Mets slugger Juan Soto batted second and served as the designated hitter Saturday after being reinstated from the 10-day injured list ahead of the team's game against the Astros. Soto returned to the last-place Mets after missing 31 games with a grade 2 strain of his left calf.

SATURDAY'S RESULTS Detroit 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Pittsburgh 6, St. Louis 2 Chicago Cubs 17, Cincinnati 5 G1: Arizona 7, San Francisco 1 N.Y. Mets 6, Houston 2 Tampa Bay 7, San Diego 6 Washington 5, Miami 4 (10) Atlanta 2, Colorado 1 Milwaukee 5, Texas 3 G2: Arizona at San Francisco, late Philadelphia at L.A. Angels, late

NATIONAL LEAGUE

MONDAY'S GAMES

■ Nationals: Dylan Crews hit an RBI single with two out in the 10th inning to give the Nationals a 5-4 win over the Marlins on Saturday. Marlins pitchers had set down 21 consecutive Nationals before Michael Petersen (3-4) walked José Tena and Daylen Lile in the 10th inning to push automatic runner Nasim Nuñez to third. Crews then singled to the left of diving second baseman Xavier Edwards to win it. Nationals starter Cade Cavalli left the game after four hitless innings after he was hit in the right ankle by a 93 mph grounder from Javier Sanoja. Cavalli recovered to throw out Sanoja but limped back to the dugout. The team said the right-hander had right calf discomfort.

San Francisco at Atlanta, 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay, 5:40 p.m. San Diego at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m. Miami at Washington, 5:45 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago Cubs, 6:40 p.m. Baltimore at Colorado, 7:40 p.m. Philadelphia at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

■ Tigers: Javier Báez made huge ninth-inning plays in the field and at the plate to set up Kevin McGonigle's game-ending single as the Tigers beat the Dodgers 2-1 on Saturday.

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

Cincinnati 10, Chicago Cubs 8
Washington 9, Miami 2
L.A. Dodgers 2, Detroit 1
Tampa Bay 9, San Diego 4
Houston 3, N.Y. Mets 1
Atlanta 6, Colorado 4
Milwaukee 6, Texas 1
St. Louis 4, Pittsburgh 1
Philadelphia 5, L.A. Angels 3
Arizona 10, San Francisco 6

■ Blue Jays: Alejandro Kirk drove in the tiebreaking run with a two-out single in the sixth inning and the Blue Jays beat the Mariners 4-3 on Saturday. José Soriano (11-7) struck out six in seven innings to win for the second time in three starts.

■ Pirates: Rafael Flores Jr. hit a three-run home run and Brandon Lowe added a solo shot to lift the Pirates to a 6-2 victory over the Cardinals on Saturday.

ON THIS DATE: AUGUST 30

1905: Ty Cobb made his major league debut, hitting a double off Jack Chesbro of the New York Highlanders in the Tigers' 5-3 victory.

1916: Dutch Leonard of the Boston Red Sox pitched a no-hitter against the St. Louis Browns for a 4-0 victory.

1912: Earl Hamilton of the St. Louis Browns pitched a 5-1 no-hitter against the Tigers at Detroit.

1918: The New York Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 1-0 in a game that took 57 minutes to play.

1941: Lon Warneke of the St. Louis Cardinals pitched a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds. Only three balls were hit to the outfield.

1960: Pete Runnels went 6-for-7 as the Boston Red Sox edged the Detroit Tigers in 15 innings of a doubleheader opener. Runnels added three hits in the second game. 1966: Pete Rose homered from both sides of the plate to lead Cincinnati to a 6-4 win over St. Louis.

1987: Minnesota's Kirby Puckett went 6-for-6 with four RBIs and connected for two homers and two doubles to lead the Twins to a 10-6 victory over the Milwaukee.
1999: Edgardo Alfonzo of the New York Mets went 6-for-6 with three homers, five RBIs and a major league record-tying six runs scored in a 17-1 win over Houston.
2006: Curt Schilling became the 14th pitcher in major league history to reach 3,000 strikeouts when he fanned Oakland's Nick Swisher in the first inning of the Red Sox's 7-2 loss to Oakland.

■ Rays: Yandy Diaz knocked in three runs with a bases-loaded single in the seventh inning and Chandler Simpson followed with a tiebreaking RBI hit as the Rays rallied to beat the Padres 7-6 on Saturday in a game in which Padres second baseman Luis Rengifo was carted off with a right knee sprain.

2015: Jake Arrieta pitched the sixth no-hitter in the majors this season and second against the Los Angeles Dodgers in 10 days, leading the Chicago Cubs to a 2-0 victory. Arrieta struck out a season-high 12 — one off his career high and walked one. Arrieta got the benefit of a close call for the official scorer in the third inning, when Kike Hernandez reached on a fielding error by second baseman Starlin Castro. Hernandez hit a one-hopper at Castro, who tried to play it on the short hop as the ball bounced off him. The play was ruled an error but probably could have gone either way.
2020: Chicago Cubs: For the first time in MLB history, all three starting outfielders, Ian Happ, Kyle Schwarber and Justin Heyward hit home runs. All three hit two home runs in a 10-1 win over the Reds.

SCOREBOARD

NFL preseason

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EAST DIVISION

	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
Buffalo	3	0	0	1.000	88	48
New England	1	1	1	.500	50	71
N.Y. Jets	1	2	0	.333	39	47
Miami	0	3	0	.000	22	63

SOUTH DIVISION

	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
Jacksonville	2	1	0	.667	60	54
Tennessee	2	1	0	.667	53	53
Indianapolis	0	2	1	.167	35	72
Houston	0	3	0	.000	40	65

NORTH DIVISION

	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
Baltimore	3	0	0	1.000	78	13
Cincinnati	3	0	0	1.000	73	36
Cleveland	1	2	0	.333	54	78
Pittsburgh	1	2	0	.333	55	54

	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
Denver	2	1	0	.667	74	46
L.A. Chargers	1	2	0	.333	62	68
Las Vegas	1	2	0	.333	48	65
Kansas City	0	2	1	.167	36	45

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
Dallas	2	1	0	.667	75	47
N.Y. Giants	2	1	0	.667	59	22
Washington	1	2	0	.333	36	65
Philadelphia	0	3	0	.000	41	78

SOUTH DIVISION

	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
Carolina	3	1	0	.750	97	89
Tampa Bay	2	1	0	.667	40	50
Atlanta	2	1	0	.667	58	45
New Orleans	1	2	0	.333	47	82

NORTH DIVISION

	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
Chicago	2	1	0	.667	67	52
Detroit	2	1	0	.667	56	45
Green Bay	2	1	0	.667	84	79
Minnesota	1	2	0	.333	22	57

	W	L	T	Pct	PF	PA
L.A. Rams	3	0	0	1.000	74	30
San Francisco	2	1	0	.667	72	48
Arizona	1	3	0	.250	108	123
Seattle	0	2	1	.167	32	45

WEEK 3

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

Detroit 25, Indianapolis 16 Chicago 24, Tennessee 15 FRIDAY'S RESULTS

FRIDAY'S RESULTS Baltimore 41, Washington 3 Atlanta 17, Miami 12 Carolina 16, Houston 13 Jacksonville 19, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Giants 23, N.Y. Jets 6 Cincinnati 30, Philadelphia 13 Green Bay 42, Arizona 38 New Orleans 27, Dallas 24 Seattle 9, Kansas City 9 Denver 34, Minnesota 6 THURSDAY'S RESULTS Buffalo 28, Pittsburgh 27 Cleveland 37, New England 13 San Francisco 18, Las Vegas 12 L.A. Rams 20, L.A. Chargers 18

REGULAR SEASON

WEEK 1

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9

New England at Seattle (NBC), 7:20 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 San Francisco vs. LA Rams in Melbourne

SUNDAY, SEPT. 13

Chicago at Carolina, noon
Tampa Bay at Cincinnati noon
New Orleans at Detroit, noon
Buffalo at Houston, noon
Baltimore at Indianapolis, noon
Cleveland at Jacksonville, noon
Atlanta at Pittsburgh, noon
NY Jets at Tennessee, noon
Arizona at LA Chargers 3:25 p.m.
Miami at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m.
Green Bay at Minnesota, 3:25 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 3:25 p.m.
Dallas at NY Giants (NBC), 7:20 p.m.
MONDAY, SEPT. 14
Denver at Kansas City (ESPN), 7:15 p.m.

Baseball

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

International Championship

Willemstad (Curaçao) 4, Tokyo (Japan) 0 U.S. Championship

Henderson (Nev.) 12, Hamilton (Ohio) 2 SUNDAY'S GAMES

SUNDAY'S GAMES

Tokyo (Japan) vs. Hamilton (Ohio) World Series Championship, 2 p.m. (ABC) Willemstad (Curaçao) vs. Henderson (Nev.)

Auto racing

NASCAR CUP SERIES:

After Friday qualifying; race late Saturday; At Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. Lap length: 2.50 miles

P	NO	DRIVER	MK	MPH
1.	1	Ross Chastain	C	184.396
2.	17	Chris Buescher	F	184.204
3.	33	Austin Hill	C	184.188
4.	60	Ryan Preece	F	184.121
5.	35	Riley Herbst	T	183.763
6.	97	Shane Van Gisbergen	C	183.602
7.	88	Connor Zilisch	C	183.599
8.	2	Austin Cindric	F	183.408
9.	22	Joey Logano	F	183.397
10.	5	Kyle Larson	C	183.367
11.	67	Corey Heim	T	183.296
12.	19	Chase Briscoe	T	183.284
13.	24	William Byron	C	183.236
14.	54	Ty Gibbs	T	183.214
15.	43	Erik Jones	T	183.150
16.	41	Cole Custer	C	183.135
17.	45	Tyler Reddick	T	183.132
18.	71	Michael McDowell	C	183.117
19.	12	Ryan Blaney	F	183.098
20.	48	Alex Bowman	C	183.016
21.	6	Brad Keselowski	F	182.912
22.	9	Chase Elliott	C	182.808
23.	7	Daniel Suárez	C	182.778
24.	21	Josh Berry	F	182.622
25.	51	Cody Ware	C	182.548
26.	23	Bubba Wallace	T	182.445
27.	42	John H. Nemechek	T	182.426
28.	77	Carson Hocevar	C	182.423
29.	3	Austin Dillon	C	182.397
30.	11	Denny Hamlin	T	182.334
31.	10	Ty Dillon	C	182.330
32.	47	Ricky Stenhouse Jr	C	182.278
33.	34	Todd Gilliland	F	182.231
34.	38	Zane Smith	F	182.179
35.	20	Christopher Bell	T	181.873
36.	16	AJ Allmendinger	C	181.873
37.	4	Noah Gragon	F	181.818
38.	62	Casey Mears	C	181.745
39.	78	Daniel Dye	C	181.616
40.	44	Joey Gase	C	180.242
Failed to Qualify
41.	66	Gray Gaulding	F	179.791
		C-Chevrolet; F-Ford; T-Toyota

Odds

MLB

American League

Favorite

Line

Underdog

American League		Sunday
Boston	-120/-103	at NY Yankees
Seattle	-135/+110	at Toronto
at Cleveland	-193/+156	Kansas City
at Minnesota	off/off	Chicago WS
Baltimore	-157/+126	at Athletics

National League

Miami	-116/-106 at Washington
at Atlanta	-233/+186	Colorado
Pittsburgh	-120/-102	at St. Louis
at Chi. Cubs	-145/+118	Cincinnati

at Tampa Bay	-175/+142	San Diego
LA Dodgers	-168/+135	at Detroit
at Milwaukee	-171/+138	Texas
Houston	-123/+100	at NY Mets
Philadelphia	-193/+156	at LA Angels

WNBA

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
x-Indiana	26	14	.650	—
x-Atlanta	25	14	.641	$\frac{1}{2}$
x-Washington	24	16	.600	2
x-New York	24	16	.600	2
Chicago	15	25	.375	11
Toronto	11	28	.282	$14\frac{1}{2}$
Connecticut	10	29	.256	$15\frac{1}{2}$

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Team	W	L	Pct	GB
x-Minnesota	31	8	.795	—
x-Golden State	28	11	.718	3
x-Las Vegas	27	13	.675	$4\frac{1}{2}$
x-Dallas	23	16	.590	8
Portland	16	23	.410	15
Los Angeles	14	25	.359	17
Phoenix	13	26	.333	18
Seattle	8	31	.205	23

x-clinched playoff spot

SATURDAY'S RESULTS New York 85, Chicago 66 Toronto at Phoenix, late SUNDAY'S GAMES Minnesota at Atlanta, 2 p.m. Los Angeles at Seattle, 4 p.m. Golden State at Portland, 6 p.m. Connecticut at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 Connecticut at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Washington at Chicago, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Dallas, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Portland, 9 p.m. Las Vegas at Seattle, 9 p.m. FRIDAY'S RESULTS Portland 101, Atlanta 83 Indiana 111, Connecticut 91 Las Vegas 93, Toronto 73 Los Angeles 88, Washington 82

Soccer

MLS

Eastern	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Nashville	15	2	4	49	43	17
Miami	12	4	6	42	56	41
Chicago	11	6	4	37	39	28
Charlotte	10	7	5	35	40	32
New England	10	7	4	34	33	26
Cincinnati	8	6	7	31	49	47
NYC FC	7	8	7	28	36	31
NY Red Bulls	7	10	5	26	32	46
D.C. United	5	7	10	25	28	36
Toronto FC	5	7	10	25	32	38
Orlando City	7	11	3	24	34	51
Philadelphia	6	10	6	24	34	39
Atlanta	6	13	3	21	25	38
Montréal	5	11	6	21	30	46
Columbus	5	11	5	20	30	36
Western	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Vancouver	12	4	4	40	45	18
Houston	12	7	2	38	30	26
LA FC	10	7	6	36	36	22
San Jose	10	8	3	33	39	33
Dallas	9	6	6	33	38	34
St Louis City	9	6	6	33	30	27
Colorado	9	11	1	28	30	28
Real Salt Lake	8	8	4	28	34	32
Portland	8	9	4	28	38	37
Minnesota	7	7	7	28	27	29
San Diego	7	8	6	27	37	32
Seattle	7	9	5	26	24	29
LA Galaxy	6	8	8	26	27	32
Austin	5	10	6	21	26	40
Kansas City	4	14	3	15	20	51

3 points for win; 1 point for tie

SATURDAY'S RESULTS Chicago 2, Seattle 2

Charlotte FC 2, Atlanta 0
Los Angeles FC 0, D.C. United 0
Miami 7, CF Montréal 1
Philadelphia 3, N.Y. Red Bulls 1
New York City FC 1, Toronto FC 1
San Jose at Houston, late
Vancouver at Sporting KC, late
Orlando City at Minnesota, late
Cincinnati at Nashville, late
Real Salt Lake at Colorado, late
Austin FC at Portland, late
LA Galaxy at San Diego FC, late

SUNDAY'S MATCHES

New England at Columbus, 3:30 p.m. FC Dallas at St Louis City, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4

Nashville at New York City FC, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPT. 6 Houston at Charlotte FC, 6:30 p.m. D.C. United at Cincinnati, 6:30 p.m. Colorado at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6:30 p.m. San Diego FC at Orlando City, 6:30 p.m. CF Montréal at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m. Chicago at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Austin FC, 7:30 p.m. Sporting KC at FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Red Bulls at Seattle, 7:30 p.m. New England at LA Galaxy, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles FC at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Portland, 9:30 p.m. St Louis City at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

NWSL

Club	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Gotham	13	3	6	45	27	14
Utah	12	7	4	40	40	29
San Diego	12	7	3	39	32	25
Portland	11	6	5	38	36	30
Washington	11	6	4	37	30	19
N. Carolina	11	8	3	36	40	33
Kansas City	10	8	4	34	35	31
Seattle	8	8	4	28	25	26
Denver	7	8	6	27	26	26
Orlando	8	12	3	27	27	34
Angel City	7	8	5	26	27	22
Houston	7	9	5	26	28	29
Louisville	7	13	2	23	34	43
Bay	6	10	4	22	21	27
Boston	5	11	5	20	24	34
Chicago	5	16	1	16	12	42

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

3 points for win, 1 point for tie

Kansas City 3, North Carolina 2 Utah Royals FC 2, Orlando 1 Chicago at Denver Summit FC, late

SUNDAY'S MATCHES

Bay FC at Washington, 11:30 a.m.

MONDAY'S MATCH

FRIDAY, SEP 1.4 Boston FC at Utah Royals FC, 8:30 p.m. Kansas City at Bay FC, 9 p.m.

FRIDAY, SEPT. 4

SUNDAY, SEPT. 6

SATURDAY, SEPT. 5

SUNDAY, SEPT. 6 Gotham FC at Denver Summit FC, 1 p.m. Washington at Portland, 3 p.m. North Carolina at Chicago, 3 p.m. Houston at Orlando, 6 p.m. San Diego at Seattle, 8 p.m. FRIDAY'S RESULTS Portland 1, Gotham FC 1 San Diego 3, Louisville 2

ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

Club	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pt
Man City	2	2	0	0	6	2	6
Hull	2	2	0	0	3	0	6
Newcastle	2	1	1	0	4	2	4
Everton	2	1	1	0	3	1	4
Brighton	1	1	0	0	4	0	3
Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	0	3
Brentford	1	1	0	0	3	0	3
Chelsea	1	1	0	0	3	2	3
Ipswich	1	1	0	0	2	1	3
Leeds	1	1	0	0	1	0	3
Liverpool	2	0	2	0	4	4	2
Bournemouth	2	0	1	1	2	3	1
Nottingham F.	2	0	1	1	2	3	1
Fulham	1	0	0	1	2	3	0
Sunderland	1	0	0	1	1	2	0
Man United	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	4	0
Coventry	2	0	0	2	0	4	0
Crystal Palace	2	0	0	2	1	6	0
Tottenham	2	0	0	2	0	5	0

SATURDAY'S RESULTS

Liverpool 2, Nottingham Forest 2 Bournemouth 1, Everton 1 Hull 1, Coventry 0 Newcastle 2, Tottenham 0 SUNDAY'S MATCHES Chelsea vs. Brighton, 8 a.m. Leeds vs. Brentford, 8 a.m. Sunderland vs. Fulham, 8 a.m. Man United vs. Ipswich, 10:30 a.m. MONDAY'S MATCH Aston Villa vs. Arsenal, 2 p.m. FRIDAY'S RESULT Man City 4, Crystal Palace 1

College football

OPENING WEEK SCHEDULE

(Subject to change)

East

Bryant 24, Stonehill 6

Howard vs. Alabama A&M, late South

Alabama St. 30, Southern U. 17
Campbell 49, ETSU 37
Hampton 45, Va. Lynchburg 0
Morgan St. 17, NC A&T 7
Norfolk St. 56, Winston-Salem 0
Richmond 35, Bucknell 14
SC State 87, Savannah St. 0
Virginia 34, NC State 8
Wofford 42, The Citadel 14
Stephen F. Austin at McNeese St., late
Miles at Alcorn St., late
East Texas A&M at Mercer, late
E. Kentucky at W. Carolina, late
New Mexico St. at Florida St., late
Monmouth (NJ) at Tennessee Tech, late
North Alabama vs. Samford, late
Albany St. (Ga.) at Florida A&M, late
Clark Atlanta at Grambling St., late
Jackson St. at Tennessee St., late
Midwest

Butler 27, Georgetown (Ky.) 23
Dayton 43, Fairmont St. 20
E. Michigan 28, Sacramento St. 17
N. Dakota St. 33, Jacksonville St. 7
South Dakota 59, CCSU 20
Valparaiso 59, Lawrence Tech 13
SE Missouri 23, Indiana St. 21
Stetson at S. Dakota St., late
St. Francis (Ill.) at Illinois St., late

Southwest

North Carolina 15, TCU 10

NC Central at Texas Southern, late Okla. Panhandle St. at Incarnate Word, late Abilene Christian at Lamar, late Ark.-Pine Bluff vs. Morehouse, late Texas Derming Basin

at UT Rio Grande Valley, late Prairie View at Tarleton St., late West

Idaho St. 38, VMI 10

N. Arizona 34, E. Washington 27
Southern Cal 42, San Jose St. 26
UC Davis 31, Portland St. 24
Hawaii at Stanford, late
S. Utah at Montana, late
Memphis at UNLV, late
Montana St. at Utah Tech, late

FRIDAY'S RESULTS

Albany (NY) 28, New Hampshire 14 Colgate 24, Fordham 14

New Haven 22, Marist 21

Rhode Island 34, Merrimack 7

William & Mary 35, Villanova 32 South

Lenoir-Rhyne 45, Virginia Union 3 West

Cal Poly 38, Idaho 34

Weber St. 30, N. Colorado 29

THURSDAY'S RESULTS East

Delaware State 41, Stony Brook 34 Lafayette at Georgetown, ccd.

Austin Peay 35, Gardner-Webb 17 Central Arkansas 36, UIT Martin 24

Chattanooga 24, West Georgia 10 Concord 41, Davidson 35

Eastern Illinois 28, Murray State 14 Elon 42, Glenville State 7

Lion 42, Grenville State 7 Furman 20, Anderson (SC) 3

Houston Christian 34, SE Louisiana 28 La College 42, Northwestern State 37 Nicholls 44, MVSU 10

Ohio Dominican 42, Morehead St. 40 (3OT) Presbyterian 47, Virginia-Wise 37

West Florida 34, Southern Illinois 31 Midwest

Lindenwood (Mo.) 20, Chas. Southern 17 North Dakota 42, LIU Brooklyn 21

St. Thomas (Minn.) 15, Winona State 9 South Dakota Mines 38, Drake 35

South Dakota Mines 38, Drake 35 Western Illinois 65, Northwestern (IA) 14 Youngstown State 42, Marrowhurst 10

Western Illinois 65, Northwestern (IA) 14 Youngstown State 43, Mercyhurst 10

Tennis

ATP WINSTON-SALEM OPEN

Saturday at Wake Forest University; Winston-Salem, N.C.; outdoors, hardcourt

3 Ignacio Buse d.

4 Arthur Fery, 6-3, 6-2.

MEN'S SINGLES, Semifinals

Benjamin Bonzi, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1. #4 Arthur Ferv d.

James Duckworth, 6-4, 1-2, ret.

ABIERTO MONTERREY

Saturday at Club Sonoma; Monterrey, Mexico; outdoors, hardcourt WOMEN'S SINGLES, Final

2 Elise Mertens, 6-4, 0-6, 6-3.

Nikola Bartunkova, 6-1, 6-4. Diane Parry d. #5 Ann Li, 7-6 (7), 6-4.

WTA PHILLY OPEN

Saturday at the Hamlin Tennis Center; Philadelphia, outdoors, hardcourt WOMEN'S SINGLES, Final

WOMEN'S SINGLES, Final

#6 Katie Volynets d.

3 Tereza Valentova d.

Julia Grabner, 6-3, 6-1.

6 Katie Volynets d.

9 Oksana Selekhmeteva, 6-3, 7-6 (6).

US OPEN TOP SEEDS

At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center; New York City; hardcourt outdoor SD. MEN'S SINGLES ATP

1. Alexander Zverev, Germany 2
2. Carlos Alcaraz, Spain 3
3. Félix Auger-Aliassime, Canada 4
4. Novak Djokovic, Serbia 5
5. Flavio Cobolli, Italy 6
6. Alex de Minaur, Australia 7
7. Danil Medvedev, Russia 8
8. Ben Shelton, U.S. 9
9. Taylor Fritz, U.S. 10
10. Arthur Fils, France 11
11. Frances Tiafoe, U.S. 12
12. Rafael Jódar, Spain 13
13. Lorenzo Musetti, Italy 14
14. Learner Tien, U.S. 15
15. Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan 16
16. Brandon Nakashima, U.S. 17
17. Jakub Menšík, Czech Rep. 18
18. Jírí Lehecka, Czech Rep. 19
19. Casper Ruud, Norway 20
20. Tommy Paul, U.S. 21
21. Luciano Darderi, Italy 22
22. Valentin Vacherot, Monaco 23
23. Andrey Rublev, Russia 24
24. Francisco Cerúndolo, Argentina 25
25. Alejandro Tabilo, Chile 28
26. Arthur Rinderknech, France 29
27. Tomás Martín Etcheverry, Argentina 31
28. Alexander Blockx, Belgium 32
29. Cameron Norrie, Great Britain 33
30. Matteo Arnaldi, Italy 34
31. Zizou Bergs, Belgium 35
32. Ignacio Buse, Peru 36

SD. WOMEN'S SINGLES

1. Aryna Sabalenka, Belarus 1
2. Elena Rybakina, Kazakhstan 2
3. Jessica Pegula, U.S. 3
4. Coco Gauff, U.S. 4
5. Mirra Andreeva, Russia 5
6. Linda Nosková, Czech Rep. 6
7. Karolina Muchová, Czech Rep. 7
8. Iga Swiatek, Poland 8
9. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine 9
10. Amanda Anisimova, U.S. 10
11. Marta Kostyuk, Ukraine 11
12. Belinda Bencic, Switzerland 12
13. Naomi Osaka, Japan 13
14. Iva Jovic, U.S. 14
15. Diana Shnaider, Russia 16
16. Sorana Cirstea, Romania 17
17. Alexandra Eala, Philippines 18
18. Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia 19
19. Jasmine Paolini, Italy 20
20. Maja Chwalinska, Poland 21
21. Anna Kalinskaya, Russia 22
22. Madison Keys, U.S. 23
23. Elise Mertens, Belgium 24
24. Anastasia Potapova, Austria 25
25. Marie Bouzková, Czech Rep. 26
26. Emma Navarro, U.S. 27
27. Barbora Krejčíková, Czech Rep. 28
28. Sára Bejlek, Czech Rep. 29
29. Ann Li, U.S. 30
30. Jelena Ostapenko, Latvia 31
31. Leylah Fernandez, Canada 32
32. Maria Sakkari, Greece 33

Golf

PGA FEDEX CUP PLAYOFF FINAL: TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

3rd of 4 rounds at East Lake GC; Atlanta; 7,440 yards; Par: 70 Saturday's third round

Viktor Hovland	64-66-65-195-15
Ryan Gerard	65-65-66-196-14
Chris Gotterup	64-67-67-198-12
Scottie Scheffler	65-67-66-198-12
Adam Scott	66-67-65-198-12
Ludvig Åberg	65-68-65-198-12
Rory McIlroy	68-69-63-200-10
Cameron Young	70-62-68-200-10
Jacob Bridgeman	68-67-66-201-9
Sam Burns	66-68-67-201-9
Russell Henley	70-65-66-201-9
Min Woo Lee	62-73-66-201-9
Matt Fitzpatrick	66-67-69-202-8
Si Woo Kim	69-68-65-202-8
Justin Rose	68-65-69-202-8
Wyndham Clark	67-69-67-203-7
Alex Fitzpatrick	68-68-67-203-7
Tommy Fleetwood	66-70-67-203-7
Tom Kim	67-68-68-203-7
Collin Morikawa	64-67-72-203-7
Ryan Fox	66-68-70-204-6
Akshay Bhatia	65-69-71-205-5
Xander Schauffele	67-71-67-205-5
Gary Woodland	66-68-71-205-5
Patrick Cantlay	68-70-68-206-4
Robert MacIntyre	67-76-63-206-4
Hideki Matsuyama	69-70-67-206-4
Kristoffer Reitan	70-69-68-207-3
Alex Smalley	67-68-72-207-3

LPGA FM CHAMPIONSHIP

3rd of 4 rounds at TPC Boston; Norton, Mass.; 6,533 yards; Par: 72 Saturday's third round

Ruoning Yin......71-65-68—204 - 12

Sei Young Kim......64-74-67—205 - 11

Hyo Joo Kim......68-67-70—205 - 11

Jenny Bae......68-68-72—208 - 8

Somi Lee......66-72-70—208 - 8

Allisen Corpuz......68-67-74—209 - 7

Lauren Coughlin......68-71-70—209 - 7

Lindy Duncan......70-69-70—209 - 7

Nataliya Guseva......69-68-72—209 - 7

Jin Hee Im......70-70-69—209 - 7

Morgane Metraux......71-65-73—209 - 7

Na Rin An......72-72-66—210 - 6

Hae-Ran Ryu......68-70-72—210 - 6

Miyu Yamashita......65-70-75—210 - 6

Rose Zhang......72-68-70—210 - 6

Hye Jin Choi......72-66-73—211 - 5

Yan Liu......74-70-67—211 - 5

Brooke Matthews......72-69-70—211 - 5

Emily Pedersen......65-72-74—211 - 5

Mao Saigo......72-70-69—211 - 5

Jeeno Thitikul......72-68-71—211 - 5

Lottie Woad......68-73-70—211 - 5

Ashleigh Buhai......70-71-71—212 - 4

Amanda Doherty......70-69-73—212 - 4

Aki Iwai......74-66-72—212 - 4

Megan Khang......73-69-70—212 - 4

Nanna Koerstz Madsen......73-71-68—212 - 4

Patty Tavatanakit......71-68-73—212 - 4

Hailee Cooper......72-68-73—213 - 3

Olivia Cowan......73-71-69—213 - 3

Karis Davidson......70-73-70—213 - 3

Nasa Hataoka......71-70-72—213 - 3

Minami Katsu......71-73-69—213 - 3

Gaby Lopez......68-72-73—213 - 3

Arpichaya Yubol......68-75-70—213 - 3

Laetitia Beck......72-71-71—214 - 2

Hannah Green......74-67-73—214 - 2

Charley Hull......71-70-73—214 - 2

Minji Kang......73-70-71—214 - 2

Sophia Schubert......70-72-72—214 - 2

Suvichaya Vinijchaitham73-65-76—214 - 2

Yana Wilson......71-72-71—214 - 2

Anna Huang......69-70-76—215 - 1

Ariya Jutanugarn......75-67-73—215 - 1

Dongeun Lee......71-71-73—215 - 1

Anna Nordqvist......74-68-73—215 - 1

Linnea Strom......73-67-75—215 - 1

Ina Yoon......74-70-71—215 - 1

Pajaree Anannarukarn......73-70-73—216 E

Daniela Darquea......77-67-72—216 E

Isi Gabsa......73-69-74—216 E

Nelly Korda......72-72-72—216 E

Manon De Roey......72-72-73—217 + 1

Aphrodite Deng......73-71-73—217 + 1

Nastasia Nadaud......72-68-77—217 + 1

Dewi Weber......75-69-73—217 + 1

Aditi Ashok......71-71-76—218 + 2

Ana Belac......73-70-75—218 + 2

Robyn Choi......73-70-75—218 + 2

Wei-Ling Hsu......75-68-75—218 + 2

Carolina Melgrati......74-70-74—218 + 2

Ryann O'Toole......75-67-76—218 + 2

Kiara Romero......71-73-74—218 + 2

CHAMPIONS: THE ALLY CHALLENGE

2nd of 3 rounds; at Warwick Hills G&CC, Grand Blanc, Mich.; 7,085 yards; Par: 72 Saturday's second round

Michael Block....66-65-131-13 Steven Alker....68-65-133-11 Padraig Harrington....65-69-134-10 Ricardo Gonzalez....66-69-135-9 Vaughn Taylor....63-72-135-9 Ángel Cabrera....68-68-136-8 Chad Campbell....68-68-136-8 Greg Chalmers....67-69-136-8 Thongchai Jaidee....71-65-136-8 John Rollins....64-73-137-7 Michael Wright....67-70-137-7 Stewart Cink....67-71-138-6 Brett Quigley....69-69-138-6 Bo Van Pelt....69-69-138-6 Y.E. Yang....68-70-138-6 Stephen Ames....69-70-139-5 David Bransdon....71-68-139-5 Brandt Jobe....67-72-139-5 Zach Johnson....68-71-139-5 Mike Weir....68-71-139-5 Ryan Armour....70-70-140-4 Retief Goosen....71-69-140-4 Paul Goydos....66-74-140-4 Søren Kjeldsen....69-71-140-4 Timothy O'Neal....72-68-140-4 Tag Ridings....70-70-140-4 K.J. Choi....68-73-141-3 Steve Flesch....69-72-141-3 J.J. Henry....70-71-141-3 Mario Tiziani....72-69-141-3 Boo Weekley....72-69-141-3 Mark Wilson....71-70-141-3 Jason Bohn....71-71-142-2 Jason Caron....69-73-142-2 Ken Duke....70-72-142-2 Scott Hend....67-75-142-2 Justin Hicks....73-69-142-2 Tim Petrovic....68-74-142-2 Henrik Stenson....68-74-142-2 Chris Devlin....69-74-143-1 Bob Estes....70-73-143-1 Harrison Frazar....71-72-143-1 Mark Hensby....69-74-143-1 Rob Labritz....73-71-144E Steve Allan....69-76-145+1 Joe Durant....70-75-145+1 Jeff Maggert....70-75-145+1 Tom Pernice....71-74-145+1 Vijay Singh....75-70-145+1 Heath Slocum....71-74-145+1 Steve Stricker....74-71-145+1 Stuart Appleby....72-74-146+2 Richard Green....72-74-146+2 George McNeill....71-75-146+2 Rod Pampling....72-74-146+2 Corey Pavin....72-74-146+2 John Senden....75-71-146+2 Paul Stankowski....74-72-146+2

DP WORLD TOUR:

DP WORLD TOUR: HUSQVARNA BRITISH MASTERS

2nd of 4 rounds at The Belfry - Brabazon Course; Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom; 7,363 yards; Par: 72 Completed second round

Marco Penge	69-65-134 10
Daniel Hillier	69-66-135 9
Nacho Elvira	65-71-136 8
Tom McKibbin	68-68-136 8
Shaun Norris	67-69-136 8
Matthew Jordan	66-71-137 7
Ewen Ferguson	67-71-138 6
Thorbjørn Olesen	71-67-138 6
Fabrizio Zanotti	69-69-138 6
Davis Bryant	66-73-139 5
Ross Fisher	70-69-139 5
Niklas Nørgaard Møller	71-68-139 5
Jacob Skov Olesen	67-72-139 5
Maximilian Steinlechner	69-70-139 5
Tom Vaillant	70-69-139 5
Joe Dean	67-73-140 4
Oihan Guillamoundeguy	71-69-140 4
Harry Hall	71-69-140 4
Marcus Helligkilde	71-69-140 4
Angel Hidalgo	70-70-140 4
Yuto Katsuragawa	71-69-140 4
Frederic Lacroix	72-68-140 4
Matthieu Pavon	70-70-140 4
Yurav Premlall	68-72-140 4
Shubhankar Sharma	69-71-140 4
Bernd Wiesberger	70-70-140 4
Adri Arnaus	69-72-141 3
Albin Bergstrom	70-71-141 3
Kazuma Kobori	70-71-141 3
Joakim Lagergren	72-69-141 3
Oliver Lindell	69-72-141 3
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra	69-72-141 3
Joost Luiten	67-74-141 3
JC Ritchie	72-69-141 3
Antoine Rozner	68-73-141 3
Jayden Trey Schaper	70-71-141 3
Matt Wallace	71-70-141 3

GOLF TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP

Hovland surges to a 1-shot lead

By Doug Ferguson ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA — Viktor Hovland finally got a little separation Saturday at the Tour Championship, and all he had to do was finish with six consecutive putts of 7 feet or longer for a 5-under 65. All that got him was a one-shot lead in a season finale very much up for grabs.

Four of those putts were for birdie, two of them for par, all of them important going into a final round at East Lake where every shot can seem so important.

Scoring has felt low. With some of the pins, it hasn't felt easy. Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg each referenced similarities to Aronimink for the PGA Championship, where 28 players were separated by two shots midway through the third round.

Only 29 players are at East Lake and everyone is under par.

Hovland rolled in a pair of 8-foot birdie putts at the end to put him at 15-under 195, one shot ahead of Tour Championship newcomer Ryan Gerard, who played bogey-free for a 66.

Scottie Scheffler (66) and

Chris Gotterup (67), who have combined for five PGA Tour titles this year, were three shots behind at 12-under 198. They were joined by sentimental favorite, 46-year-old Adam Scott, and Aberg. Both shot 65 in search of their first win this year.

Also in the mix was Rory McIlroy, who had two bogeys, settled for par on the par-5 closing hole and still shot 63 to get within five shots. He was joined by Cameron Young, whose double bogey on the 10th hole set him back in a round of 68.

"It's pretty bunched up around 11- and 12-under par there," Hovland said. "I mean, you've seen some 62s out there. You can take it low. So it was nice to get a little bit of distance, especially from the group of guys that are around that number. They're capable of shooting nothing tomorrow. So that gives me a little bit of a cushion for tomorrow. I'm still going to have to bring a nice, solid round."

At stake Sunday is \$10 million to the winner, the largest official payoff in golf for a single tournament, and the FedEx Cup title that comes with a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour.

BLACKHAWKS

Korchinski signs 2-year, \$2.65M deal

By Kalen Lumpkins CHICAGO TRIBUNE

The Blackhawks signed defenseman Kevin Korchinski to a two-year, \$2.65 million contract, the team announced Saturday.

The signing, which comes with a \$1,325 million salary-cap hit, leaves defenseman Ethan Del Mastro as the team's last restricted free agent.

Korchinski, 22, was the first draft pick of Kyle Davidson's tenure at No. 7 in 2022, kicking off the general manager's full rebuild of the Hawks. Korchinski played 76 games as a rookie in 2023-24 but struggled, with no help from a lackluster team around him. He averaged 19 minutes, 37 seconds of ice time, finishing with 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) with a minus-39 rating.

He spent a good chunk of the last two seasons with the Rockford IceHogs to develop defensively. In 109 career AHL games, he has 53 points (five goals, 48 assists) with a minus-38 rating.

A defenseman's development can be sporadic, with Davidson stating how he doesn't see Rockford time as a demotion. Still, Korchinski's extended time with the IceHogs raised some questions about his future with the team.

IN BRIEFS

UNC opens Belichick's 2nd season with a win

NEWS SERVICES

New North Carolina quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. threw for 232 yards, Aeron Burrell kicked two field goals and the Tar Heels opened coach Bill Belichick's second season with a 15-10 win over TCU on a rainy Saturday in Ireland for the Aer Lingus Classic. TCU didn't score again after going up 10-3 on its first two drives. The Horned Frogs got the ball eight more times, and were stopped on fourth-and-short deep in Tar Heels territory on their last two drives.

The 74-year-old Belichick, who won six Super Bowls coaching the New England Patriots, was 4-8 in his college debut with the Tar Heels last year. That season began with a 48-14 home loss to TCU in prime time on Labor Day.

"I'm just happy for the players. They've worked really hard," Belichick said. "To have positive results back up that hard work, reinforces it. I think they've been believing in what we're doing, but I think this just gives everybody a little bit more belief and we've just got to keep building."

■ Jayden Maiava passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and No. 14 Southern California opened a season of high expectations with a 42-26 victory over San Jose State on Saturday.

LLWS: Jaymiëll Martina struck out 12 batters, added an an RBI double and Curaçao defeated Japan 4-0 on Saturday to advance to the Little League Baseball World Series championship game for the sixth time in the nation's history.

FIRE 2, SOUNDER 2

Draw caps unbeaten August

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE — Dejan Joveljić scored a goal in each half of his debut with Seattle, but Maren Haile-Selassie and Robert Lewandowski answered for Chicago as the Sounders and Fire played to a 2-2 draw Saturday.

Seattle grabbed the lead when Joveljić scored in the 12th minute, using assists from rookie Sebastian Gomez — his first — and defender Kalani Kossa-Rienzi — his second. It was the ninth goal of the season for Joveljić, who arrived this week after a \$6 million cash-for-player trade with Sporting Kansas City.

The Fire pulled even in the 38th minute on Haile-Selassie's fifth goal, one off his career high. Lewandowski notched his fourth assist in his first seven league matches, and defender Andrew Gutman collected his fifth of the season.

Joveljić scored again to give the Sounders a 2-1 lead three minutes into the second half. Albert Rusnák picked up his eighth assist and 19-year-old Snyder Brunell his second.

Lewandowski used his head to score his fifth goal for the equalizer in the 82nd minute. Haile-Selassie earned his eighth assist to match his career high set in each of the last two seasons. Rookie Puso Dithejane snagged his first assist.

TENNIS US OPEN PREVIEW

Ball is in their court

With Sinner out, Alcaraz just back and Sabalenka struggling, US Open feels open again

By Brian Mahoney | ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner made last year's U.S. Open feel like two weeks of killing time until the inevitable.

They had separated themselves from everyone else in men's tennis while meeting in the French Open and Wimbledon finals.

It seemed a foregone conclusion they would make it three in a row, which is exactly what happened.

With the No. 1-ranked Sinner sidelined, Alcaraz only returning now to defend his title after missing four months and Novak Djokovic perhaps finally showing his age, the U.S. Open once again feels, well, open.

Just don't confuse that with meaning easier.

"It's the same conversation," American player Frances Tiafoe said. "Still got to beat seven guys however way you slice it."

SABALENKA'S SUMMER SWOON THREATENS PLACE AT THE TOP

The women's side has its own questions, with two-time defending U.S. Open champion Aryna Sabalenka losing in the fourth round at Wimbledon and both hard-court tournaments she played since, putting her hold on the No. 1 ranking in jeopardy.

The top spot in the rankings could be in reach for multiple women and so is the trophy at the final major tournament of the year, with No. 3 Jessica Pegula saying “there’s not one or two super dominant players where you feel like they have to lose in order for you to have a chance.”

"It seems to me like maybe more open in a way, just because, I don't know, there's more chances," added Pegula, who lost to Sabalenka in the 2024 final and last year's semifinals.

Play begins Sunday, with Pegula in Arthur Ashe Stadium's opening match and Djokovic leading off the night session before Venus Williams, at 46, faces Sofia Kenin.

INJURIES HAVE GIVEN

OTHER PLAYERS AN OPPORTUNITY

Alcaraz gets one more day to prepare. He has been sidelined since April with a right wrist injury, deciding last week he was ready to return at the tournament where he has won two of his seven Grand Slam titles.

The most recent was at the Australian Open, but he went out not long after. Alexander Zverev won the French Open for his first major title, lost to Sinner in the Wimbledon final, then became the No. 1 seed in Flushing Meadows when Sinner determined the knee injury that has kept him out since that victory wasn't fully healed.

“It’s been a couple of months now where it’s been pretty similar: a lot of uncertainty, some of the top players, they’re kind of injured or they’re not playing. This is a little bit of the same, so we have seen lot of different players stepping up and a lot of different opportunities being up for grabs,” said Alex de Minaur, the No. 6 seed from Australia.

Daniil Medvedev, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, pointed at players such as Zverev and Arthur Fils, who beat Tiafoe for the Cincinnati Open title before coming to New York, as players who know there's an opportunity they don't want to waste.

"For them, they're probably thinking about it, not in a bad way, but they're like, we have a better chance without Jannik and maybe Carlos not 100% yet," the No. 7-seeded Medvedev said.

Djokovic exited the Cincinnati tournament in his first match and afterward mentioned an unspecified health problem that bothers him in the heat. That could make it difficult for the 24-time Grand Slam singles champion to make another lengthy run in New York at 39.

American men are still trying to end a Grand Slam drought that dates to Andy Roddick at the 2003 U.S. Open. Ben Shelton won in Montreal before Tiafoe's runner-up finish in Cincinnati, and Taylor Fritz lost to Sinner in the 2024 final in New York.

"I would say this is a golden opportunity," ESPN commentator Patrick McEnroe said. "Obviously if Alcaraz comes back and gets through a few matches, looks good, he'll quickly become the favorite. I mean, he's the favorite right now, but he'd quickly become a bigger favorite. There's no doubt the fact he hasn't played since the spring, with Sinner out, this is a monster opportunity."

Elena Rybakina, who beat Sabalenka in the Australian Open final, Pegula and No. 4 Coco Gauff are all in pursuit of the No. 1 ranking. Sabalenka could, depending on other results, lose it even if she becomes the first player to win three straight U.S. Open titles since Serena Williams from 2012-14.

"I'll try to do my very best, and we'll see what happens with the end of this tournament," Sabalenka said.

She may be vulnerable, but Alcaraz perhaps even more so. In 2025, it seemed only one man could beat him. This time, the list could be lengthy.

Carlos Alcaraz, left, and Serena Williams talk on the court during a mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open on Tuesday in New York. YUKI IWAMURA/AP

Notre Dame quarterback coach Gino Guidugli looks on as junior CJ Carr goes through drills during practice at the Irish Athletics Center in South Bend, Ind., on Aug. 6. ANDY LAVALLEY/FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Notre Dame running back Aneyas Williams celebrates with wide receiver Elijah Burress after scoring a touchdown against Stanford on Nov. 29. GODOFREDO A. VÄiSQUEZ/AP

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CJ Carr returns to lead coordinator Mike Denbrock's offense, while a host of stars fuel coordinator Chris Ash's defense, including preseason AP All-Americans Leonard Moore (first team), Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa and Brauntae Johnson (both second team).

Will they help the Irish finally end their 38-year national championship drought? Here are five questions as they begin their quest.

1. HOW WILL THE IRISH FARE IN THE RUNNING GAME WITHOUT JEREMIYAH LOVE AND JADARIAN PRICE?

Notre Dame running backs coach Ja'Juan Seider saw what Aneyas Williams could do from the opposing sideline during the 2024 College Football Playoff. Seider was coaching for Penn State in that semifinal, when Williams totaled five catches for 66 yards, including a 36-yard reception near the beginning of the third quarter.

“Sent my ass home crying,” Seider said of Williams’ performance in Notre Dame’s 27-24 win.

Williams spent most of his first two seasons at Notre Dame playing behind 2026 first-round NFL draft picks Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price. He totaled 679 yards from scrimmage and seven touchdowns in two seasons and was limited last year by an elbow injury that required offseason surgery. But Seider said Williams has shown he can rise to big moments.

"He may be the most confident kid I've ever been around," Seider said. "Even coaches get in front of the room and speak that first time, there are some confidence (testing) moments until you get going. From the first get-go, he's already confident.

“Those are the traits you look for because, game on the line, I know I can count on that kid in that situation. Why? Because he has proven it already.”

Williams is tasked with helping to fill the massive void left by the departure of Love, who finished third in Heisman Trophy voting last season, and Price. Seider said Williams has earned the trust of coaches and teammates with the way he practices, always chasing the ball when he's not a part of the play.

The group behind him, including sophomore Nolan James Jr., junior Kedren Young and freshmen Jonaz Walton and Javian Osborne, is even more inexperienced, but Seider believes in them.

"If we (as a team) want to go play the way we want to play at the end of the year, we've got to do our job," Seider said. "And I'm confident saying that room will show up. It will not be the weak link."

2. WILL CJ CARR MAKE A RUN AT THE HEISMAN TROPHY?

Carr is in a much different spot from a year ago.

At the end of 2025 training camp, he had just been named the starting quarterback over Kenny Minchey. Now he's coming off a season in which he completed $66.6\%$ of his passes for 2,741 yards and 24 touchdowns with six interceptions and a program-record 168.1 passing efficiency rating.

Heading into Carr's second season as starter, Notre Dame coaches say he operates like another coach on the field because he has such a strong understanding of the game. And Carr said both the experience he gained last season and the experience he gets going against the Notre Dame defense in practice have elevated his game.

"You're going against one of the best defenses in the country," quarterbacks coach Gino Guidugli said. "At times it can be frustrating. You're going to see every look possible as we work through training camp, and when we get to the season, it's going to become easy. There's not going to be anything that you haven't seen already or that we don't have to have an answer for as we progress through training camp. So all this is going to benefit them through the end."

Carr enters the 2026 season on numerous preseason award watch lists and NFL draft board projections. By mid-August, he was among the favorites in Heisman Trophy odds along with Texas quarterback Arch Manning and Miami quarterback Darian Mensah.

Guidugli said Carr is ignoring the hype, as Freeman has preached.

“It’s about CJ improving, about our offense improving,” Guidugli said. “He wants to understand defensive football. He wants to understand offensive football. He wants to understand situational football.

"And I don't think he hears the noise. I think he's so concentrated on what tomorrow brings and what's right in front of his nose that he ain't looking too far down the road like that. It's about training camp, and it's going to be about Wisconsin."

3. WHAT'S THE CEILING FOR THE IRISH DEFENSE?

Safety Adon Shuler likened playing the Notre Dame defense to playing video games against an older brother. He wants every opponent to think, “Oh, I’ve got to play them?”

"We've got to play Notre Dame this week? No matter where we go with the ball, there's going to be a guy there that's about their business," Shuler said of opponents' mindsets. "That's the goal for the defense. No matter where you go, there ain't no weak points in the defense. We're going to attack you."

The Irish defense is indeed littered with difference-makers, including three on the watch list for the Bednarik Award as the defensive player of the year: Shuler, cornerback Moore and defensive end Boubacar Traore.

Moore, who had five interceptions, seven pass breakups and a forced fumble in 10 games last season, leads an experienced secondary that also includes safety Johnson, nickel Christian Gray, Colorado transfer DJ McKinney and Michigan transfer Jayden Sanders.

The Irish invested in their defense through the portal, adding to a line that's anchored by returning ends Traore (61½ sacks, 10 tackles for a loss, eight quarterback hits and a forced fumble in 11 games last year) and Bryce Young. Pittsburgh transfer Francis Brewu and Oregon transfer Tionne Gray were two of the biggest additions at tackle.

Linebackers Drayk Bowen and Viliamu-Asa, who combined for 115 tackles, 12 tackles for a loss and 6½ sacks last season, man the middle.

The defense in Ash's first season as coordinator faced some scrutiny early in 2025 after back-to-back losses to open the season, so it should be driven to perform against the biggest tests this season.

4. WHO WILL EMERGE AS CARR'S TOP TARGETS BEYOND JORDAN FAISON?

Faison became one of Carr's top two go-to receivers in 2025, totaling 49 catches for 640 yards and four touchdowns. With Faison stepping away from lacrosse to focus solely on football this offseason, there's reason to believe that can continue in 2026.

"He just has an unbelievable feel for everything he does," Carr said. "You see it on the lacrosse field, you see it on the ping-pong table, you see it on the football field, you see it playing golf. He understands spacing and he has such good body control and awareness that there's nothing he can't do.

“So you trust him when you throw a screen out there. We watched the tape from last year and the year before. Like, no one defender is tackling him. He’s going to get an extra 5 (yards). He’s going to make two guys miss. Four yards from a normal guy is going to turn into 10 with him.”

But beyond Faison, Notre Dame lost its next four pass catchers — Malachi Fields,

Eli Raridon, Love and Will Pauling — to the NFL. The Irish do return Jaden Greathouse, who was limited to four catches for 73 yards in 2025 because of a hamstring injury. He was Notre Dame's leading receiver in 2024 with 592 yards during the run to the national title game.

Carr said he watched film of Greathouse that season and realized how he was hampered by his injury last season. He said Greathouse was “unbelievable” in his return to training camp.

"You come out here and he does a couple things that he does, and it's like, 'Oh, my gosh,' Carr said. "It's another blanket for me. I wouldn't play man against us. Doesn't matter who you have out there. You get Faison, JG – we have explosive weapons all over the field."

Micah Gilbert also returns after totaling nine catches for 93 yards, and Freeman said he has “stepped up tremendously.” The Irish picked up former Ohio State receivers Mylan Graham and Quincy Porter in the transfer portal, but Porter has been recovering from knee surgery and had a “minor procedure” in August that’s expected to keep him out a while longer, according to Freeman.

Freeman expressed belief in the depth beyond those players too.

“We have a deep wideout room that maybe hasn’t made those plays on the field yet in a real game situation,” Freeman said. “But they’ve really shown us as a coaching staff that they’re progressing.”

5. WILL THE IRISH TURN LAST SEASON'S DISAPPOINTMENT INTO A RUN AT A NATIONAL TITLE?

Bowen said it was tough watching the College Football Playoff in the winter, knowing the Irish could have been competing if things had played out a little differently. But Freeman has impressed upon his players all offseason that the Irish need to take getting back into the CFP this season into their own hands.

Notre Dame lost its first two games last season to Miami and Texas A&M by a combined four points. The Irish then won 10 straight by an average of 29.7 points against lesser competition.

That winning streak wasn't enough as the CFP committee put Notre Dame at No. 11 in its final rankings, one spot out of the final at-large bid for the 12-team playoff.

"At the end of the day, like Coach Freeman said, we didn't put ourselves in a position to earn that," Bowen said. "And so while it's tough, you can't blame anybody else besides yourself."

Notre Dame has an easier path this year because of an agreement that gives them a spot in the CFP if they finish ranked in the top 12. But a playoff berth alone probably won't satisfy the Irish. They have the talent and experience among their players and coaches to infuse belief they can make a run.

The major hurdles likely won't come early, though the Irish will want to be wary of overlooking Wisconsin in the opener. The circled matchups start Oct. 17 with a trip to No. 14 BYU, followed by home games against No. 7 Miami on Nov. 7 and No. 19 SMU on Nov. 21.

"Just don't leave it to the judges," Shuler said. "We know every play, every opportunity we get to go on the field and practice or go to meetings, we have to be intentional about it."

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Mandatory ‘mental health day’ with colleagues stresses worker

depresses me. Do you have any suggestions?

R. Eric Thomas ASKING ERIC

Dear Eric: Once a year, the company I work for encourages a day off from work spent with co-workers labeled as a “mental health day.”

To me this would be OK if we didn't spend so much time together at work. I work 40 hours a week with these people. I spend eight hours a day with them whereas I only spend about six hours with my family.

We all have families, children and other responsibilities. I like my co-workers, and we get along well together, but I think it's a little much to take one day that we could spend with each of our families, cleaning our houses and just enjoying time away from work getting a mental break rather than basically talking about work.

Doing this stresses me out even more. I like my co-workers, and I like spending time with them outside of work. We get together a couple of days during the summer and on weekends to eat lunch together.

But I don't like the idea of this being forced. What do you think?

— Stressed About Mental Health Day

Dear Stressed: While your company's intentions may be good (or neutral), this doesn't really strike me as a mental health day so much as compulsory bonding.

The goal may be a workforce that functions better. But without a specific focus on mental health — i.e., seminars on meditation or feedback sessions about workplace stress

— the intention is going to be muddled at best, completely lost at worst.

For your own mental well-being, it may be helpful to think of these days in another way. Presuming that they're days that you would normally be working and not weekends or other holidays, try not to think of them as taking time away from your family or personal life. This will just lead to resentment.

If there is a person that heads this effort, you might talk to them about what their intentions are and see if they're open to feedback.

Now, if these days are actually part of your personal time, that's a different story. In that case, you might ask if this is considered a requirement for your job and, if so, what accommodations the company can offer to make up for the additional hours being asked of you.

Depending on the structure of your employment and your contract, this may or may not go very far, but it's worth having a conversation about.

Dear Eric: I am a 59-year-old woman who has no children. I have never married, and I do not have any siblings. I have a few ailments that require doctors' appointments. I lost my parents years ago.

My question to you is this: Who will be there for me when I am no longer able to care for myself?

I don't have any good friends. The friends I had in my 20s were not as wonderful as I thought they were. We all went our separate ways. I found out that I was one of the two that were left out of the circle. My mother had gotten into some trouble when I was 35. Those friends of mine dropped me like a hot potato. I know that they are all still sharing their lives due to social media.

I was too busy having fun, and now it isn't fun anymore. I am afraid that I will wind up in a nursing home. That scares me and

Don't Want to Be Alone

Dear Alone: While I acknowledge and understand the situation in which you find yourself is scary, I encourage you to think about the path before you as a partial new beginning. Your life is not what it once was, but your life is not over.

What you're lacking at the moment is meaningful connection with others. You may not find it in the same ways or with the same structure as you did when you were younger, but it is possible. Social groups, religious organizations, community centers, and support groups can all provide you with connection and support.

Remember that deep friendships take time and energy, so don't be discouraged if you don't find the connections you're seeking right away.

Depending on your medical needs, you might also talk with your doctor, a social worker, a financial planner, or a senior life manager about how to set yourself up for the future. For instance, it may be of interest to you to move to a senior community in the next decade, which can provide social support, medical care when needed, and community.

If a senior living community isn't within your means, talking about your goals and concerns with others may point you to options that meet your needs and will help you feel more secure about the future.

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Debate on ex-NBA players' ploy misses point

lar instance.

Trans athlete supporters hold signs Aug. 22 at the Barclays Center before the game between the New York Liberty and the Indiana Fever in New York City. The Fever's Sophie Cunningham has voiced support for barring trans athletes. ELSA/GETTY

Heidi Stevens BALANCING ACT

I don't consider myself an acolyte of “Let Them,” a theory popularized by self-help guru Mel Robbins that invites you to protect your own peace by letting other people behave however obtusely they'd like — no skin off your back.

It's a little reductive for my taste. A little conflict-avoidant. Healthy, probably, at times. Bordering on emotionally lazy at others.

But darn if I haven't found myself muttering "let them" every time I read a story about the former NBA players demanding to be eligible for the WNBA.

They want to fight for inclusion in a league where fewer than half the teams have their own practice facilities? Let them.

They want to demand eligibility for a draft where the No. 1 pick made a base salary of \$500,000 this year? Let them. Compared to the NBA, where this year's first overall pick will make \$69 million across four years? Let them.

They want to play on a court where players have to duck sex toys being tossed at their feet? Let them.

They want to use their time and talents to fan the flames of a culture war? Let them.

They want to help contribute to some of the WNBA's best ratings in 30 years? Let them.

But I realize it's not that simple. (More on that in a second.)

First, backing up: Former NBA players Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White have spent the last couple of weeks publicly demanding inclusion in the 2027 WNBA draft, which takes place next spring. Their inspiration appears to be

a roiling debate over the WNBA's inclusion of transgender athletes. Although, to be clear, no known transgender woman has ever played in the WNBA and no transgender woman is attempting to join the league.

Unless you count White, who recently told Fox News, “I’m a woman. I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purposes of basketball.”

White, who recently lost Minnesota's Republican primary for the U.S. Senate, says he'll take legal action if he's denied eligibility.

Freedom, meanwhile, has filed paperwork to enter the WBNA draft and says he knows other former NBA players who plan to join him.

"If simply declaring who you are is all that's required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA," Enes Freedom wrote on X Aug. 7. "My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA's eligibility criteria and governing framework surrounding self-identification and inclusion."

Why is any of this an issue in the first place?

The WNBA doesn't have a policy governing eligibility of transgender athletes. The most recent collective bargaining agreement simply states that “only players who are women are eligible to play in the WNBA.”

But Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham — one of the WNBA's biggest stars — recently told ESPN that she supports barring transgender girls and women from girls' and women's sports, saying "biological men" shouldn't compete against women.

Her comments sparked some backlash, with demonstrators staging rallies in support of transgender rights outside Fever games.

And because transgender athletes, like all transgender individuals, tend to be treated more like scapegoats and political pawns than humans, a culture war was born.

A WNBA task force, made up of team presidents and general managers, met to discuss the issue a few days after White and Freedom declared their intent to play in the league. They didn't arrive at new eligibility rules, but they did release the following statement.

“Today’s meeting covered a wide range of topics, including ongoing discussions on transgender athletes and the continued hate and vitriol directed at players online. We will continue to engage all league stakeholders in the coming weeks and months. We will approach these important conversations thoughtfully and in alignment with the values of our league.”

Maybe these are important conversations. And maybe they wouldn't be happening without some of the antics of the past couple of weeks. Maybe “let them” has its place in this particu-

But the statement continued: “There are no immediate eligibility matters affecting the WNBA, and we strongly denounce the bad-faith efforts to use these topics to demean or marginalize others.”

And it's the demeaning and the marginalizing that matters here. It's the demeaning and the marginalizing that makes this more consequential than a shrug-off-the-stunts situation.

Because the more our conversations around transgender athletes and transgender rights are filled with red herrings and misplaced grievances, the less we're talking about what truly deserves our attention.

Like the fact that about 26% of transgender students attempt suicide every year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And roughly 40% face bullying at school. And transgender youth report higher rates of housing instability and homelessness. And transgender people are four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime.

And as long as we're mostly talking about transgender people as some kind of sinister threat to women's sports, rather than a community of humans deserving of dignity and rights and understanding, we're missing the point.

Which is that pitting us against one another might win an election or a culture war or, I suppose, a WNBA contract, but it will never take us in a better, healthier, safer, kinder, more inclusive, more inventive, more just, more equal direction.

If it's a victory, it's a hollow one.

Heidi Stevens is a Tribune Content Agency columnist. You can reach her at heidikstevens@gmail.com, find her on X at @heidistevens13 or join her Heidi Stevens' Balancing Act Facebook group.

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More singles packing their social calendar with creative or tactile activities to enrich lives

Tylo Laidlaw dances during an outdoor salsa dance class July 31 in London. Singles are veering away from dating apps. AYESHA KAZIM/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Jenneh Kaikai, center, the owner of Pelah Kitchen, leads a cake-decorating class July 16 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. MILA DE LA TORRE/THE NEW YORK TIMES
A cake-decorating class offers an offbeat way to spend time by yourself. MILA DE LA TORRE/THE NEW YORK TIMES

By Sadiba Hasan THE NEW YORK TIMES

Salsa class after work on Monday. Chess club on Tuesday. Boxing on Wednesday.

That was only the first half of Tylo Laidlaw's week. So when the conversation turns to dating, the answer is simple: Lately, he's making more time for hobbies than dates.

After his last relationship ended in 2024, Laidlaw realized he had become stagnant and robotic. Even though he followed the trajectory of graduating from college, getting a job and saving money, “something was missing,” he said. He wasn’t feeling connected to himself.

Laidlaw, 30, tried different hobbies. For him, it was about staying curious and putting himself in environments he wouldn't otherwise be in. And now, he feels more well-rounded. Chess, for example, introduced him to new people and taught him life lessons around strategy and accountability.

"I'm so fulfilled in my life that I know the right person will come," said Laidlaw, a freelancer in creative direction who lives in London. "But I'm not out searching for it." Even though he's a relationship kind of guy — "I want to do the boom box outside the house," he said, referring to a scene from the 1989 classic film "Say Anything" — he's finding he's less concerned with dating because he's enriched in other ways.

"I'm so good with where I'm at," he said, that "the energy becomes infectious."

You could call it “hobby-amory”: Laidlaw is among a growing number of singles emphasizing multiple hobbies over dating. Rather than spending hours swiping and messaging on apps, these singles are investing their time, energy and disposable income in passions such as rock climbing, cake decorating and cyanotype printmaking. They say their social calendars are packed, their friend groups are expanding and their lives feel rich, with or without a romantic partner.

Young people are prioritizing their well-being and happiness in a way that other generations have not, said Alexandra Solomon, a clinical psychologist and adjunct professor at Northwestern University. “Lots of people in this generation are asking important questions about this capitalist model of working from nine-to-five,” Solomon said. “They’re trying to create lives that have some more flexibility and adaptability and that really value the experiences in life that are beyond just earning money.”

They are also a generation feeling disenfranchised by artificial intelligence and disinclined toward drinking, making wholesome, creative and tactile activities all the more appealing. Online, terms like “hobby-maxxing,” the pursuit of as many hobbies as possible, have taken off. According to TikTok, #hobbies has seen an almost 15% increase in posts in the U.S. so far in 2026 compared with last year, and #grandmahobbies has grown by more than 400%.

“Side quest,” a term originally used in gaming, has taken on a new life online: It describes the activities and adventures in which people partake outside their routines to add whimsy to their lives. According to TikTok, U.S. posts using the term “side quest” increased more than 210% this year compared with the same time period last year.

Lisa Kimura, 31, a user experience designer in New York City, has mastered the art of the side quest.

Early last year, she learned to DJ, inspired by a flourishing music scene in her Bushwick neighborhood of New York City that she felt needed more women.

She also took a genealogy class last year and began building her family tree, then picked up Japanese calligraphy. Her most enduring passion, though, is fiber arts. She knits and dabbles in just about every fiber craft she can get her hands on, she said, including crochet, tapestry weaving, rug tufting, embroidery and cross-stitch.

Kimura moved to New York in 2023, excited for the dating scene. But as an introvert, she found the experience draining. She hasn't been on a date since last summer.

"I realized that it's really difficult for me to hear my inner voice when I'm in a relationship," or sometimes just in the presence of a man, she said. “I grew up in a very traditional, very immigrant household where the patriarchy was alive and well.”

Hobbies have helped Kimura feel more secure and find her voice, partly because many of her hobbies end with a finished product, giving her a feeling of accomplishment. Unlike the women in previous generations in her family, whose lives were centered on marriage and raising children, she feels empowered to pursue the activities that bring her happiness.

"I feel like I can design my future," she said. As for romantic relationships, Kimura said she's not closed off to dating indefinitely. "I just don't feel like I'm in such a rush anymore."

Amy Chan, a dating coach and author of a book called "Unsingle: How to Date

Smarter and Create Love That Lasts," said: "People have dating fatigue. They are just so disappointed with the apps that some of them are not dating at all."

For clients who tend to lose themselves in relationships, Chan advises shifting focus away from finding dates and toward building a rich personal life first. "It's really, let's build a full life so that you're not coming from a place of scarcity and you're not dating like you're starving," she said, adding that establishing independence creates a positive ripple effect when they do return to dating.

"There is a collective course correction around dating apps, which have been the centerpiece of dating in the last 10 years," added Solomon, and the solution is investing in real-world experiences.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, so long as it is not coming from a place of emotional retreat or avoidance, she said, adding, "Putting yourself out in the world with actual humans and actual art projects or creative endeavors or community endeavors

— that's a really healthy adaptation." And those endeavors could even lead to new romantic prospects who have common interests.

Jenneh Kaikai, the owner of Pelah Kitchen, hosts cake decorating classes in New York that are popular for singles. “So many folks join for solo dates and things to do as an alternative to dating apps,” she said. “I think right now, there’s kind of a boom in people wanting to do those sorts of activities — something that’s creative, tactile and also not focused on drinking.”

For Michael Fasulo, who lives in Cambridge, England, and works

in marketing, that has included paddle boarding, open water swimming and baking. He took on these activities in January after splitting with a long-term partner. He has two teenage children who have become more independent and developed their own social circles. Those two factors combined left Fasulo, 42, to do a lot of soul searching.

It started with baby steps, he said. “I’m just trying to do things to get my spark back, to lift my mood, to give me something to do.”

"I think where I maybe have gone wrong in the past is I've kind of defined happiness by a successful relationship," Fasulo said. His definition has since changed, though.

"The more confident, the more fulfilled, the more I expand my social network," he said, "the better partner I will be in the future and the more likely I am to find the right partner as well."

MY PET WORLD

Start with short drives before hitting road with cats

A road trip with cats takes a little planning, writes Cathy M. Rosenthal. DREAMSTIME

By Cathy M. Rosenthal TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY

Dear Cathy: I am seeking your advice on taking a trip with our two cats who are about 15 months old. My husband is in the beginning stages of dementia, and they have become a support for him. The drive is about 12 hours on the first day and six hours on the second. In addition, we are trying to get them used to a harness to be able to walk them, but so far, no luck at all.

Cindy, St. Louis, Missouri

Dear Cindy: A road trip with cats is possible, but it takes a little planning. Start by leaving the carriers out and open in your home with soft bedding and treats inside so they become a familiar, safe place rather than something that only appears before a car ride to the vet's office.

Next, begin with several short drives around the block, gradually increasing the length of each trip. This helps your cats get accustomed to riding in the car and lets you know if they are prone to motion sickness or anxiety. If they are, your veterinarian can prescribe medication for the trip. There are also over-the-

counter calming products that may help. If you decide to use either, try it several days before you leave so you know how your cats will respond to it.

Before you leave, pack your cats' regular food, water, medications, litter box, litter, favorite blankets or toys, and anything else that smells like home. Familiar scents can go a long way toward reducing stress.

Keep your cats safely secured in their carriers whenever the vehicle is moving. Never let them roam freely inside the car, as they can become frightened or distract the driver. Most cats will sleep through much of the trip.

On long travel days, stop periodically to offer water, food and a chance to use the litter box, but only in a secure location, such as your hotel room or inside a parked vehicle with all doors and windows closed. Some cats won't eat much until the day's travel is over, and that's perfectly normal, though they may still need to use the litter box. Whenever your cats are out of their carriers, remain inside the vehicle with them, and do not open any doors or windows until they are safely back in their carriers.

As for harness training, do not give up. Many cats act as though they have forgotten how to walk the first time a harness goes on. Start by letting your cats wear the harness indoors for a few minutes while offering treats or playtime. Once

they seem comfortable — which may take several days — attach the leash and let them drag it around the house under your supervision before picking it up and walking with them. Some cats take to a harness quickly, while others never really enjoy it, and that's OK. The goal is just to help them feel comfortable and safe should they ever need to wear one.

Dear Cathy: I grew up with dogs, but I always wanted a cat, so after my parents divorced when I was 13, my mother adopted a cat. Months later, it was determined I was allergic to cats. So, she re-homed him, much to my dismay.

Decades later, my husband and I had dogs while our children were growing up. During those years, I would frequently visit friends' homes where there were cats. I purposely avoided any interaction with them because of allergies. But invariably the cats would come to me for attention, anyway.

I used to think they instinctively knew that I adored them, but eventually I decided that what they were responding to was the fact that I ignored them!

— (Another) Kathy, Avon, Connecticut

Dear Kathy: It's true. Cats often seem drawn to the one person in the room who isn't trying to pet them. That's because many cats appreciate the freedom to make the first move. A person who isn't making direct eye contact, reaching toward them or moving into their space can seem less intimidating, giving the cat the confidence to approach on his or her own terms.

Often the quickest way to earn a feline's trust and make friends is to pretend you are not interested. If you are hoping a cat will leave you alone, well, good luck. Cats seem to have a remarkable talent for seeking out the one person who least wants their attention.

Of course, I would like to think the cat sensed that beneath your deliberate indifference was someone who truly loved cats.

Cathy M. Rosenthal is an animal advocate, author, columnist and pet expert. Send your questions, stories and tips to cathy@petpundit.com. Please include your name, city and state. You can follow her @cathymrosenthal.

EX-ETIQUETTE

Dad, new wife undermine parent's concert surprise for daughter

By Jann Blackstone TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

Q: I told my ex's new wife that I was saving up to take my daughter to a concert that I knew she wanted to go to. The tickets were very expensive, but I had been saving for six months because I wanted to surprise her. Yesterday was my daughter's birthday. She came home from her dad's house with a ticket to the concert. Evidently, her dad and his wife are now taking her instead.

I'm brokenhearted. I don't know how to address this. What's good ex-etiquette? A: Ouch.

I can understand why you're hurt.

The first thing to remember is that your daughter didn't do anything wrong. From her perspective, she received an exciting birthday gift from her father. Don't let your disappointment diminish it.

That said, if your ex and his wife knew you had been saving for months to make this happen, they under-

mined your effort to create a special memory with your daughter. They missed an opportunity to support your relationship with her and to truly put your child first.

One factor courts consider in custody decisions is which parent is more likely to facilitate the child's relationship with the other parent. Undermining the other's relationship with the child is not only hurtful but also contrary to what courts expect from parents acting in their child's best interests.

But some co-parents compete instead of cooperate. They try to outdo one another, believing that whoever gives the biggest gift or creates the biggest surprise somehow “wins.”

Children don't benefit from that competition. They benefit when both parents respect each other's relationship with them. When parents are predictable and treat each other with respect, children feel safe and secure. When one parent deliberately undermines the other, children

become anxious and uncertain. They have no model for what a loving, respectful relationship looks like.

Before making a decision that affects your child, stop and ask yourself, “How would I feel if my co-parent did this to me?” That’s exactly what Good Ex-Etiquette Rule No. 7, “Use empathy when problem solving,” is all about.

In other words, put yourself in the other parent's shoes. Had your ex and his wife done that, they likely would have chosen a different gift and allowed you and your daughter to share the special memory you had worked so hard to create.

Simply tell your co-parent what happened and how it affected you. Ask for something very simple: mutual respect. Explain that if you know they're planning something special, you'll support it rather than compete with it, and you expect the same.

Continue to model the kind of behavior your daughter deserves to see. That's good ex-etiquette.

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Colleges add content creator to list of majors

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Institutions looking to prepare students for today's careers

By Kaitlyn Huamani ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ask a teen what they want to be when they grow up, and there's a fair chance being an influencer is on the list.

Digital media and the people who star in it have been cultural mainstays for teens' entire lives, so creating social media, video or podcast content seems a natural, albeit nontraditional, career path.

Now they can earn a college degree in that field.

Arizona State University recently launched a new bachelor's degree in content creation, offered through its Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The curriculum overlaps with that of ASU's mass communication and media studies degree, with the major departure being a slate of specialized electives on podcasting, studio production and on-camera presence.

ASU's announcement was met with swift criticism from many sides — from people who feel content creation is not a legitimate profession to those who question the value of a college degree in launching a social media career.

But the ASU program is not the first of its kind.

And the university, which declined an interview request about the new program, is not the first to offer content creation courses.

Universities, eager to compete for a shrinking student population, are rolling out new majors intended to prepare students for today's careers. Whether they lead to jobs can be up for debate.

COURSES IN CONTENT CREATION RILE CRITICS

Many higher education institutions have started offering classes focused on the burgeoning content creation industry over the past couple years, and several have certificate or minor programs. Syracuse University, Quinnipiac University and Colorado State University offer minors, and St. Bonaventure University announced a content creation major last winter.

To Brooke Erin Duffy, a communication professor at Cornell University, these college programs represent an inflection point. During the past year, Duffy said, institutions in education and beyond have been acknowledging content creation as a viable career path — even if the term “influencer” itself hits a nerve.

Because even influencers with relatively small followings have loyal audiences, brands also often pay them to talk about products.

The image of a prototypical influencer, Duffy said, is usually a “young girl who is snapping selfies and just reaping in tremendous rewards for seemingly not doing anything.”

But that's not the reality for many content creators, who are working on media production, audience retention strategies, brand partnerships and business relationships associated with their online presence.

"It is a time-consuming, labor-intensive job that often doesn't pay well — at least in the beginning," Duffy said. "But a lot of that gets concealed behind ... this assumption that it's a dream job."

NOT EVERYONE REAPS RICHES

Even if someone has the skills to make it in content creation, it isn't easy to break in.

Social media is already a crowded field, and it's going to get even more competitive in the coming years,

said Max Willens, a principal analyst at Emarketer who covers the creator economy.

Emarketer forecasts that social media creator revenue in the United States will climb above \$20 billion this year, but Willens said it's important to contextualize what that means for individual creators.

"The overwhelming majority of that money is not going into creators' pockets," he said, even though their content and their followers form the foundation of the lucrative field.

Influencers can earn money from social media platforms, which reward high engagement, and some earn commission if people buy a product they're promoting. But the largest share of influencers' earnings comes from sponsored content — getting paid to talk about a brand or product. Willens said he expects the amount brands spend

distributing and amplifying creator content will eventually surpass the amount creators earn making it.

The idea that a specialized college degree will “suddenly turn people into viral content machines deserves a bit of a reality check,” Willens said.

Duffy noted that becoming an influencer often is perceived, incorrectly, as a path to get rich quick. Colleges that introduce content creation degrees may be hoping to attract new students — and their parents — who are looking for “a job that will pay off,” Duffy said. “Whether or not it does is another story.”

A degree's price is also a factor: At ASU, base tuition for Arizona residents is about \$12,000 per academic year, excluding scholarships, but the total cost of attendance can exceed \$37,000 after factoring in room, board and other fees. For students from outside of Arizona, tuition is more than \$35,000 and the total cost of attendance is around \$60,000 before scholarships.

CREATORS SEE VALUE, SKILLS IN PROGRAMS

While many content creation students may be hoping to become viral sensations, Phoenix-based creator Aiesha Beasley said she could see programs like ASU's being valuable even to those without that dream.

“Having a digital presence and a personal brand is very important nowadays,” Beasley said.

Building a platform and sharing that personal brand online can help a person network and gain entry to settings they may not have had access to otherwise, she said.

Beasley, who has been a full-time content creator for three years after more than a decade posting online, works with small businesses to help optimize their social media presence. She noted that ASU's courses would teach several transferable skills in fields such as communications and marketing.

Content creator and actor Sammy Cristerna graduated from Arizona State University this spring with a degree in sociology and political science, but said he “absolutely” would have taken classes in the content creation program and considered the major if it had been available.

The courses, Cristerna said, would have been useful in learning how to negotiate brand deals, maximize monetization opportunities, and cultivate and keep an audience. Some of those skills can be self-taught through experience, he added. Still, “it’s nice to have that formal education.”

The one thing Cristerna said he isn't sure will translate in the classroom is personality.

To connect on camera, a person needs to have “good energy,” he said. “That’s hard to teach.”

Lighten load from your pockets

Stuffed pockets are more common thanks to bigger cellphones and bulging wallets. DREAMSTIME

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Dear Answer Angel Ellen: At a recent baseball game, I saw men wearing shorts with pockets so bulging — cell phone, overstuffed wallet — that the weight of the stuff was dragging their pants down so much that you could see their stomachs and more.

This wasn't just one guy but many! Please tell the guys how to lighten up. — Melody L.

Dear Melody: I'd be a hypocrite to point fingers at these droopy drawer fellows since I don't pack light — even for a trip to the drugstore! My purse often looks like I'm heading for a weekend getaway.

In their defense, cell-phones are getting bigger and, for some of us, so are wallets. Furthermore, many sporting venues, concert sites, museums, etc. don't allow backpacks or other larger receptacles — for men or women. Stuffed pockets are the go-to.

Here are a few suggestions, none of them very satisfactory: ■ For avoiding accidental showing of a swatch of bare stomach: Wear a belt and a shirt with ample shirttails to cover the gut. ■ Trim your wallet down to essentials — adding “tap-to-pay” on your phone.

Bare midriffs on men and women of all sizes and shapes are everywhere this season. It's a popular style. Let's hope it's a trend that doesn't last much longer.

Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I love my white, all-rubber flip-flops for summer, but they get dirty fast. I'm not sure how to clean them to get them sparkling again. I've tried soaking in dish soap but it isn't that helpful.

Dear Jenny: You might be surprised at the things you can clean by placing on the top shelf of your dishwasher. Your flips are an excellent candidate, as are those sturdy kitchen rubber gloves and smelly dish sponges.

Other options: Use a Magic Eraser or make a paste of a 50-50 solution of baking soda and warm water, then scrub with a soft brush.

ANGELIC READERS

From Mandi M.: “Just wanted to throw in another suggestion to college students wanting to outfit their dorm or apartment. If they have a store nearby, IKEA is a great option! I have spent numerous trips there over the years when I didn’t have much money to spend. One of their bed frames lasted me 20 years and through several moves!”

Rhoda P. suggests, local websites like Nextdoor or a nearby Freecycle: "It's amazing what some people give away just to get rid of things or if they are moving."

READER RANTS

Deborah P. writes, "Your letter from reader Alexis D., who is looking for items to furnish her new place, gave me a migraine. She just graduated from college, and she writes, 'Me and my roommates are looking ...'. Would she say, 'Me is looking"? Did she speak that way at her job interview?" From Bruce L.: "You could have done Alexis D. a favor and changed 'Me and my roommates' to 'My roommates and I.'" From Ellen: I welcome questions of all sorts. Many readers like Alexis write me as if we're talking over a cup of coffee, and that's just fine.

From Elizabeth B.: “In your recent column, I was disappointed to read that ‘frizzy hair’ is ‘unkempt’ and ‘hellish.’ I don’t need to abide by your admonition to ‘don’t go there’ because I’m already there having been born with frizz. Lots of us were born with frizz, are not ashamed and do not feel we must correct it. Many women need to use their time and money on more than hair appointments, costly products and elaborate morning hair routines.”

Nancy D. says: “I can’t believe you would advise someone with ‘ugly toes’ not to wear sandals. Should one not dance because they have two left feet or abstain from singing because they can’t carry a tune? Or not put on a swimsuit because they’re chubby?” From Ellen: I still think closed-toe sandals are a good option, but thanks for writing, Nancy.

Send your questions and rants — on style, shopping, fashion, makeup and beauty — to answerangelellen@gmail.com.

Normal bedtime routine leads to argument between siblings

Judith Martin MISS MANNERS

Dear Miss Manners: My sister's hardwood floors were being refinished, so I said it was fine for her to sleep on my sofa bed in my one-bedroom apartment for four nights. Knowing that she is very sensitive to noise, I reminded her to bring her earplugs.

Around 10:15 p.m., she told me that she heard my TV (I already had the volume much lower than usual) and that she was trying to go to sleep. She said I should either shut my bedroom door or turn off my TV.

I told her I was planning to go to sleep by 11 p.m. I asked her if she was wearing her earplugs and she said no, because she doesn't like to sleep with them. She then said that she has to go to work in the morning and she could not fall asleep with the sound of my TV.

I declined to shut my bedroom door because my cat goes in and out throughout the night. She needs access to her litter box and water bowl.

We got into an argument, and I told her she could go to a hotel. She just stared at me. At this point, we both just went to bed, and she wound up getting the silence she wanted.

I believe that she could have put in her earplugs instead of giving me two choices in my own home. I saved her about \$600 in hotel costs. The next three nights were not as bad because we wound up going to bed around the same time. As my guest, was she wrong? Or was I, as the host?

Gentle Reader: Would it have been too obvious a solution for you to plug your own ears with headphones to watch television?

Miss Manners thinks there are equal amounts of sympathy and blame to go around. Earplugs are indeed uncomfortable to wear to sleep, and your version of “low volume” may not be that of your sister’s. Alternatively, yes, you were doing her a favor, and you should be allowed to stick to your bedtime routine. Being a good host does require accommodating your guests’ needs — up to a point. Since the solution in this case was silently fuming or going to bed at the same time, it sounds as if you needed a third option. Perhaps your sister can buy you one of those headphone-equipped TVs as thanks.

Dear Miss Manners: I was delighted to be invited to a baby shower for my daughter, hosted by two of her friends. I thanked them for their generosity and asked if I could bring anything. I also asked if they would like photos of my daughter as a baby. They said yes to the photos, so I sent five pictures (no naked or embarrassing ones) and thought no more of it.

The hosts must have said something to my daughter, because she scolded me and said to STOP offering to help with the shower.

I am hurt by my daughter's angry outburst, and am trying to chalk it up to her anxiety and hormones. I apologized for embarrassing her, but now I feel awkward attending the shower. I don't want to do anything to diminish her very special time.

For the record, I don't think I've been at all pushy otherwise. We live hours apart, and neither of us wants me to be at the birth, or even to visit until she and her husband are ready for guests. I do my best to give them privacy and space,

and we have a good relationship otherwise. I have not even asked about baby names.

I already gave them a very expensive item that they picked out, and I planned on just bringing baby books to the shower — nothing flashy to make a show of myself. Was I out of bounds making those small offers? Did I bring this on myself?

Gentle Reader: Yes, but not for the reasons that you think. Your daughter is mistreating you. And you are allowing it because you seem to accept the idea that you are a burden to her in every way — to the point where you are pathetically grateful to be included in a party celebrating your grandchild's birth.

If you would like a relationship with said grand-child, it may be time to set some ground rules. Your daughter's anxiety and hormones are going to get much worse before they get better. Please summon the courage to tell your daughter that she may not speak to you that way. Her friends seemed to want the photos, and if she did not, fine, but you are not to be scolded. You may mutually negotiate the terms of future visits and the like, but you will not live in fear of offending her.

Besides, you may point out, she may need your assistance in the very near future and be in no position to scare off helpful, willing (and free!) childcare from a loving, well-intended grandparent. And she might look to the future, when she would not enjoy having her child treat her that way.

To send a question to the Miss Manners team of Judith Martin, Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, go to missmanners. com or write them c/o Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

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A polar bear climbs an iceberg in Greenland. The world's largest predators, polar bears are threatened with extinction. VERENA WOLFF/DPA PHOTOS

FROM ICE Ship's passengers glimpse polar bears, foxes and hares in awe-inspiring frozen vistas of Greenland SPRINGS LIFE

The Harefjord tundra features surprisingly bright autumnal colors.

By Verena Wolff | DPA

Head for the Arctic, and you will hear crunches and creaks as icebergs bob

along the turquoise waters.

They come in all sizes, gliding by, some shaped like birds or clouds or animals. Icebergs float about on the water, now blue, now milky gray. And there is a sound like a shot when a chunk breaks off a glacier and a whole host of tiny ice shards are hurled into the water.

We behold this Arctic natural spectacle in Ittoqqortoormiit, Greenland, from aboard the MS Spitsbergen.

Then we spot a teenage polar bear, who we initially saw only as a small pale yellow dot on a distant iceberg. He is busy using the floes and chunks of ice to work his way closer to the ship.

Shy at first, he stays several hundred meters away. But the longer the vessel lies quietly in front of the glacier, the more curious the bear becomes.

He clambers from iceberg to iceberg, takes shortcuts through the water, stirs up the calm surface as he uses the ice floes.

Suddenly he is right up close to the bow of the expedition ship. The crunching of the ice is barely audible amid the murmur of the passengers, with several dozen standing on the decks. They want to catch a glimpse of the world's largest land predator. The animals are threatened with extinction, so we are thrilled to see a teenage bear before us.

TASTY TREATS FOR BEARS

"It's possible he was hoping for whale remains," says Jørgine Tobiassen, known as JJ. Occasionally, indigenous people come into Scoresbysund by boat to hunt whales in the world's longest fjord.

"The animals are processed straight on the boat; the

remains are thrown back into the water." That makes for a tasty treat for the bears.

JJ is the cook on board the ship, in charge of the Greenland-dic dishes served daily at the buffet, as well as the Greenland-dic menu that guests can book as an extra.

She was born and raised in Qaarsut in western Greenland. She talks about the customs of her fellow countrymen at the ship's bar during one of many "Tiny Talks."

Liam Northfield, an environmental scientist from Cambridge and part of the scientific team hired on board the MS Spitsbergen to share their knowledge with passengers, talks about nature.

Scoresbysund on the east coast of Greenland, the world's largest fjord system, is 187 miles long and 31 miles wide at its widest points, he says.

In the northwest, it branches off into smaller fjords. The Greenlanders call it Kangertittivaq, meaning “great fjord.” The name we use today goes back to the British whaler William Scoresby, who sailed through Scoresbysund in the early 19th century.

A unique ecosystem has developed here over millennia, as human activity in Scoresbysund is minimal. The last settlement is Ittoqqortormiit, situated right at the entrance to the fjord.

Just over 300 people live in the village, which has one tarmac road and many gravel tracks along which the locals travel in 4-by-4s and quad bikes.

BRIEFLY ACCESSIBLE

Snowmobiles are scattered throughout the village in the summer rain, as are boats of various sizes and dog sleds.

While fully-grown sled dogs are tethered on a small stone island, the puppies are still padding uncertainly through the village. They seem puzzled by the many people who have just disembarked from the expedition ship.

There is a museum, a shop, a Lutheran church — and a tourist information center, though the latter turns out to be locked, stymieing passengers hoping to find out more about life in what is likely among the world's most remote settlements.

You can only access Ittoqqor-tormiit by ship for two to three months of the year. The rest of the year, the waterways are frozen over.

"The fjord freezes over completely, with only small pools of water remaining where the sea ice freezes more slowly," says Zoe Walker, a member of the scientific team on the MS Spitsbergen.

Each day, the ship's scientific team gives at least one presentation, describing how the ice forms, how glacial ice differs from sea ice, and what lives and survives at the various depths of the Greenland Sea here in Kangertittivaq.

CITIZEN SCIENCE

Heleen Middel, a whale scientist from the Netherlands, for example, gives a talk on the fascinating Greenland shark, which looks like an Arctic manatee but is much more threatening. We learn it takes 18 years to carry a calf to term.

Zoe, together with passengers in the science boat, has taken water samples from the Arctic waters to examine the plankton a few days later and to send them on to marine biologists conducting research in this field.

Such citizen science sees members of the public collecting data, making observations and documenting their findings, to contribute to scientific projects. On this cruise, this makes up part of the onboard program.

Zoe, a Canadian from the Yukon, wrote her master's thesis on copepods – the kind of tiny underwater creatures that end up under the microscope in the ship's Science Center a few days after the samples were taken.

They look like lobsters but are only a few millimeters in size. Zoe says they are critical to the Arctic Ocean's ecosystem, as they sit right at the bottom of the food chain. “They convert the solar energy absorbed by phytoplankton into biomass, which in turn provides food for larger fish and whales,” she says.

MUSK OXEN, SNOW HARES

On this cruise, however, most of the large, spectacular marine creatures do not make an appearance. Walruses, seals, harbor seals and the elusive Greenland shark are more likely to be seen in winter. However, as Captain Sverre Rud points out, no ship can sail as far north as 70 degrees north latitude at that time of year.

The best chance of spotting whales is during the leg of the trip near Iceland, where the MS Spitsbergen sets sail for Kangertittivaq. Yet this one day at sea is so rough that most guests are preoccupied with other things.

But on land, which some passengers approach in rubber dinghies and small groups, animals do make an appearance. On headlands and islands, they spot creatures with names such as Sydkap, Rødepynt, Rypenæs or Bjørne ∅er — musk oxen, arctic foxes and, occasionally, a snow hare.

All this in a vast, surprisingly colorful landscape. The red sandstone and gray granite, along with low-growing plants, glow with autumnal colors this early September.

"There are no bushes or even trees here in the tundra," says Liam, the environmental scientist with a passion for geology. The tundra, with its permafrost, does not allow deep roots to form, which is why no plant is able to grow tall.

Here, it's the mountains that provide the height anyway, both on land and in the water. The icebergs in the Greenland Sea can tower up to 295 feet above the water's surface alone.

An impressive backdrop, even for the teenage polar bear.

The MS Spitsbergen passes a vast iceberg off Greenland.

Amsterdam by bike engages visitors' senses

Renting a bike in Amsterdam is one of the best ways to appreciate the city's sights, smells and overall vibe. DOMINIC ARIZONA BONUCCELLI

Rick Steves

Sightseeing is more than just seeing. To get the full experience of a place, you need to feel, hear, taste and smell it. On a recent visit to Amsterdam, I made a point to focus on sensual travel ... because this is a city made to engage all the senses.

I always rent a bike here. I want to feel the bricks and pavement beneath two wheels. The lack of hills and the first-class bike lane infrastructure make cycling here a breeze. The clerk at the rental shop must be tired of explaining why they don't carry mountain bikes in this flat land. When I ask, he responds — in classic Dutch directness — “Mountain bikes in the Netherlands make no sense at all. When a dog takes a dump, we have a new mountain. You pedal around it … not over. It’s no problem.”

I ride off along the shiny wet cobbles, my Amsterdam experience framed by my black bike's handlebars. I get pinged by passing bikes and ping my bell to pass others. When it comes to bike bells, there's no language barrier. For my own safety, I wish I had a bigger periphery. Amsterdam is crowded, and cars, trams, bikers and pedestrians seem to float by from all directions in silence ... lost in the white noise of breezing through this dreamy city on two wheels.

Reaching the Red Light District, I stop to use a classic old street-corner urinal. It's painted a deep green and designed to give the user plenty of privacy from neck to knees and a slice-of-Amsterdam view at the same time. The pungent smells of pot smoke and someone else's urine compete with the dank smell of the canal. I'm reminded of a new Amsterdam fact I've learned: A handful of people drown in the canals each year. When their bodies are dredged up, very often, their zippers are down. They were very drunk and, rather than using the civilized urinal as I did, they used the canal ... splash ... their final mistake.

Across the lane, an abundant woman in a cliche of lingerie eyes me seductively from a window, framed in red. I think to myself, “This is probably the most unforgettable trip to a urinal I’ll ever have in my life.”

Back on my bike, I continue to a square called Museumplein, where Amsterdam's three big art museums are gathered. I stop a moment to take in the square. It strikes me that much of Amsterdam still looks like it did three or four centuries ago, during the Dutch Golden Age, when this was the world's richest city.

Long lines plague the Dutch Master-filled Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum — both understandably popular (book ahead). But there's rarely a wait at the Stedelijk Museum, nicknamed “the bathtub” because of the striking shape of its modern architecture. Inside are 20th-century favorites (Dalí, Picasso, Kandinsky) and crazy contemporary art. I'm not a big fan of the abstract style, but the artwork at the Stedelijk is

really fun (perhaps really, really fun if you're into marijuana — sold with a smile in the city's many "coffee shops").

The city's biggest green space, Vondelpark, is just a short pedal away. I roll by snippets of Dutch conversation – families with kids, romantic couples, strolling seniors, and hippies sharing blankets and beers.

By now my sense of taste is ready for a little attention. Last night I enjoyed a grand rijstafel (literally "rice table"), a ritual dish for tourists in Holland. Not a true Indonesian meal, it's a Dutch innovation designed to highlight the best food of its former colony — specifically to

show off all the spices that, in some ways, originally motivated the colonial age. The dinner includes 20 dishes and a rainbow of spices with white rice to mix and mingle on your plate and palate. Working your way through this tasty experience, it's clear why the Dutch called Indonesia "The Spice Islands."

Tonight, I'm in the mood for something more historically Dutch. I opt for a snack of herring with pickles and onions — and two shots of Dutch gin.

Pedaling back to my hotel, I rattle over those shiny cobbles just inches from the murky canals — thankful I resisted the herring man's offer for a third gin.

I pause at the crest of a bridge, which scenically spans the water. Making sure my zipper is all the way up, I gaze down the canal. It's flanked by trees, parked cars, tethered boats and locals chatting happily — each contributing to the sensory appeal of Amsterdam.

A soft ping reminds me that I'm still in the bike lane, so I get back on and pedal home.

Rick Steves (www.ricksteves.com) writes European travel guidebooks and hosts travel shows on public television and public radio. Email him at rick@ricksteves.com and follow his blog on Facebook.

Grammy nominee shaped by travel

CELEBRITY TRAVEL

By Jae-Ha Kim TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz continues to combine his love of performing and traveling with his annual Somma cruise. This autumn's seven-day trip will take music fans through Greece, Italy, Montenegro and Croatia, and will include his own sets, as well from other artists like David Benoit and Jonathan Butler.

"Our Somma cruise is happening (in November, where we'll visit) some of the most beautiful ports of call in the Adriatic Sea," said Koz.

Koz splits his time between Los Angeles and Sausalito.

This interview with Koz has been edited for clarity and length.

Q: How important is it for people to travel? A: Travel is really important to me. It's shaped me as a human being in ways that I can't even comprehend. We're about ready to tour Asia — China, Japan, Indonesia — and for me it's always really cool to absorb the culture that we're in and bring that experience onto the stage at night. The cruises offer us ... a really special chance to travel the world and see cities that I wouldn't normally see and get out there with our guests.

Q: What other trips do you have planned?
A: I've got a sabbatical this summer in Puglia in a region of Italy that I'm very excited about.

Grammy-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz longs to perform his complete show at Carnegie Hall. COLIN PECK

Q: What is your bucket list venue that you've yet to perform in?

A: I can't say that I never performed in (Carnegie Hall), but I only played eight bars of one song in a multi-artist event, and it was probably 30 years ago. I remember my mom flew to New York City from Los Angeles just to hear me play eight bars of a song and that always stuck with me. But to actually do my show at Carnegie Hall would be a dream come true.

Q: Have you visited places for work that were so nice that you traveled back?
A: Yes, absolutely. I remember going to Cape Town for the very first time to play. Somehow my music is super popular there, and I just fell in love with the city. I went back immediately as a tourist maybe about six months later.

Q: What untapped destinations should people know? A: There's one city on our Somma cruise: Dubrovnik, Croatia. That was the backdrop for a lot of the vistas you saw on "Game of Thrones." I think it's an unsung hero of the region in Europe. It's so beautiful and there's so much to uncover there, but it's kind of off the beaten path.

Q: What's the most important thing you've learned from your travels?
A: I probably have learned most about myself. I think travel is the best way to hold a mirror up to yourself because you get out of your comfort zone. You realize that the way my culture

does things is not the only way to do it, and it expands you as a person.

Q: What are your five favorite cities?

A: If we're talking about the United States, I'd say New York City, Chicago, New Orleans, Miami. If you're in a party mood, I'm gonna say Boulder.

Q: Where would you like to go that you've never been to before?

A: South America is an undiscovered part of the world for me that I want to get to know much better.

Q: What is your best and worst vacation memory? A: My worst ironically was the first cruise that I ever went on with my brother, sister and parents. It was a Mexican cruise and it was just not my cup of tea. So I think it's very ironic that I've become a cruiser and developed these cruise experiences for our guests. The best vacation memory was interestingly going with my whole family to the Middle East. We had a family vacation a number of years ago and all went to Israel and a couple of the neighboring countries. That was a very special experience to share with my family.

TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER

Delta downgrades couple, refuses to pay for their accommodations

By Christopher Elliot | TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY

Q: What is your guilty pleasure on the road?
A: I'm a coffee hound. I love finding a great coffee shop. You can really tell the personality of a city by their coffee shops.

My wife and I recently flew Delta Air Lines from Hartford, Connecticut, to Boise, Idaho. We had a 6 a.m. flight to Atlanta, so we woke up at 2 a.m. to ensure that we had enough time for check-in. There had been a storm in Hartford. We pushed back from the gate at 6:10 a.m. but didn't lift off until 7:15 a.m. Even with this delay, our connection in Atlanta looked doable.

However, once we arrived in Atlanta, we waited 35 minutes for an open gate. Because of the wait, we eventually missed our 10 a.m. connection to Boise. Delta's customer service was helpful, but there was no choice but to rebook us on the 8 p.m. flight to Boise. We received food vouchers, but the agent denied us any Sky Club participation because we didn't qualify.

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Both of us are over 75 years old. The run through the airport, coupled with a 2 a.m. wake-up call, left us exhausted. The representative suggested utilizing Minute Suites in the terminal in order to rest. She told us that Delta “might” reimburse us. We took her advice and crashed for two hours.

On the 8 p.m. flight, Delta downgraded us from the Comfort+ seats we bought to coach, as all Comfort+ seats were booked. I submitted a reimbursement request for the Minute Suites and a refund request for the Comfort+ seats through Delta.com. The site doesn't allow for any explanations, and the airline denied both requests.

I'm frustrated. The site offers no way to appeal or explain the circumstances of our age and the long delay. Can you help me get my money back? — John Fisher, in Wethersfield, Connecticut

A: Delta should've refunded your seat downgrade automatically. It also should've been specific about whether it'd cover your stay at the Minute Suites.

Let's look at the downgrade first. You paid for Comfort+, and you flew in coach. This is a no-brainer. Under U.S. Department of Transportation regulations, if an airline downgrades you to a lower class of service, it must refund the difference in price. You don't need to negotiate or fill out a form; it should be automatic. Delta's rejection of your refund request for the seat difference suggests a glitch in its system or a reviewer who wasn't paying attention.

The Minute Suites expense is trickier. Airlines generally don't cover hotel or sleep accommodations for weather-related delays. Your delay in Hartford was caused by a storm, and the late arrival of your aircraft meant that a gate wasn't available. Technically, this is an “act of God,” and Delta's contract of carriage — the legal agreement between you and the company — says that it isn't liable.

The agent's use of the word “might” was unfortunate. In the travel industry, “might” usually means “no.” If a representative suggests that you incur an expense, get it in writing. Ask for a voucher at the counter. If they can't give you a voucher, ask them to note the promise in your passenger record (PNR). Without this paper trail, you're at the mercy of an anonymous adjuster (usually AI), who sees a weather delay code and hits “deny.”

You did the right thing by keeping your receipts and writing to the airline. When the automated system failed you, you could've escalated your complaint. I list the names, numbers and emails of the Delta executives on my consumer advocacy site, Elliott.org. A brief, polite email to one of them often fixes these glitches.

I loved the ending of this case. You contacted Delta's executives on your own after finding the emails on my site. You politely pointed out the downgrade and the agent's advice regarding the Minute Suites. The airline reviewed your case quickly. A representative followed up with instructions for securing the reimbursement for the Minute Suites and the refund for the seat downgrade. Delta also added 10,000 SkyMiles to both your accounts as a gesture of goodwill.

Christopher Elliott is the chief advocacy officer of Elliott Advocacy, a nonprofit organization that helps consumers resolve their problems. Contact him at elliott.org/help or chris@elliott.org.

Righting Washington state program aids homebuyers whose ancestors faced discrimination historic wrongs

Tiara Cato, seen June 25 with her daughter, used the loan program to buy her first home in Tacoma, Washington. "I can't even put into words how amazing the feeling is to be able to say that I'm a homeowner," Cato says. CHONA KASINGER/THE NEW YORK TIMES

By Susan Shain THE NEW YORK TIMES

Growing up, Tiara Cato never got to choose the color of her room.

Neither did her six siblings, mother, grandmother or great-grandmother. Their family had long been renters, and Cato — a single mother of one, with another on the way

— figured that would be her daughter's fate, too.

That is, until she heard about the Covenant Home-ownership Program in Washington state, a groundbreaking attempt to make up for a history of racially discriminatory real estate practices. The program offers zero-interest down payment loans to qualifying residents whose ancestors lived in the state before 1968, when the Fair Housing Act was passed.

After proving her great-grandmother had moved to Seattle in the 1960s, when Black residents were barred from many neighborhoods and financing options, Cato, who works at the city's housing agency, used a loan from the program to put $20\%$ down on her first home: an updated three-bedroom in Tacoma, with a yard and a tiny pond, costing \$509,000.

When they moved in at the beginning of May, her 5-year-old daughter sprinted down the halls.

"It brought an immense, immense amount of joy to see the surprise on her face," Cato said. "I can't even put into words how amazing the feeling is to be able to say that I'm a homeowner."

In the two years since it was introduced, the covenant program has helped more than 1,500 people like Cato, a majority of whom are Black, buy their first homes.

Lisa Rice leads the National Fair Housing Alliance, an advocacy group whose research helped inform the covenant program. She said such initiatives were important.

“Without deliberate action to address the discrimination that exists in our society, the disparities that we see are just going to continue to grow,” she said.

Those racial disparities were centuries in the making. After the Supreme Court

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ELITE STREET

Mayoral candidate Wilson buys \$5.2M Loop condo

Willie Wilson, center, chats with church leaders after a news conference at his home in the Loop on March 13, 2025. He paid \$5.2 million to outright buy the condominium he has been renting for the past several years. EILEEN T. MESLAR/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

By Bob Goldsborough FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Chicago mayoral candidate and businessman Willie Wilson paid \$5.2 million in July to buy outright the 49th-floor Loop condominium that he had been renting for the past several years.

Wilson, 78, confirmed on August 5 that he is making his fourth bid for Chicago mayor in the 2027 election — after falling short three previous times. He also has made unsuccessful bids for U.S. Senate and U.S. president.

Wealthy from his ownership of McDonald's franchises and his founding of a medical supply company, Wilson is known for handing out money to voters during his campaigns via his charitable foundation and also offering gasoline giveaways as a way to court voters reeling from inflation. In total, the giveaways have added up to millions of dollars of largesse.

Wilson also regularly writes op-ed pieces for the Chicago Tribune's opinion pages.

In the Loop, Wilson's condo had not been on the market and sold privately, so specific details about it are not publicly available. However, Cook County's assessor values the condo at \$4.615 million. A separate parking space included in the \$5.2 million purchase price is assessed at \$47,400.

"I've been leasing it for the last three, four, five years and that was a waste of money," Wilson told Elite Street. "It's an investment, you know. If I wasn't running for mayor, you wouldn't be calling me."

Wilson's condo had a \$95,836 property tax bill in the 2025 tax year. The parking space had a \$985 property tax bill.

Former Chicago Bulls guard and exec John Paxson sells Northbrook home for nearly \$1M: Former Chicago Bulls guard and executive John Paxson and his wife, Carolyn, on July 14 sold their three-bedroom, 3,089-square-foot town home in Northbrook for \$995,000.

Paxson, 65, starred for the Bulls from 1985 until 1994, including famously hitting a game-winning

3-point shot at the end of Game 6 of the 1993 NBA Finals to give the Bulls their third straight NBA title.

After his playing career ended, Paxson was an assistant coach and a broadcaster before moving into the Bulls front office, where he was general manager from 2003 until 2009 and then vice president of basketball operations from 2009 until 2020.

In Northbrook, Paxson and his wife paid \$675,000 in 2019 for the town home, which is in the gated Meadow Ridge development. Built in 2010, the town home has $2\frac{1}{2}$ bathrooms, a fireplace in the living room, a first-floor office with custom built-ins and high ceilings and a renovated kitchen with custom cabinets, quartzite countertops, a glass-tile backsplash and Monogram and Sub-Zero appliances.

Other features include an open floor plan, a wall of custom built-ins in the living and dining area, an upstairs workout room and an attached two-car garage.

Listing agent Cathy Deutsch declined to comment on the sale, but in her listing remarks, she wrote that the town home is a “coveted Model C with over 3,000 square feet that feels and lives like a single-family home.”

The town home had a \$17,137 property tax bill in the 2025 tax year. It also comes with \$1,024 in monthly homeowners association fees.

Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.

Plug-in solar panels popping up in backyards

Alex Ottoboni shows a solar panel on his condo's balcony July 24 in Sunnyvale, Calif. POPPY LYNCH/THE NEW YORK TIMES

With no electrician required, residents save with little effort

By Ivan Penn and Claire Brown THE NEW YORK TIMES

After watching a YouTube video about solar panels that can be plugged into a regular electrical outlet, Melani Jackson plopped four panels in the backyard of her Salt Lake City home.

In the six months since, she has lowered her electricity bill by about \$77 in total. While that's not a large sum, she is happy to have banked those savings, which required little effort on her part.

“I just really appreciated the idea of being able to do something to cut even just a few dollars off my energy bill plus just become a little bit more environmentally friendly,” Jackson said.

Millions of Americans worried about rising energy costs might soon follow in her footsteps as states start allowing homeowners and renters to plug in solar panels on balconies, in backyards and other places. Plug-in systems are much smaller and cheaper than rooftop build-outs — some costing just a few hundred dollars a panel. Permits are not required in the states that allow their use, and people can often install them on their own.

Utah became the first state to legalize plug-in solar systems last year. Nine others, including New Jersey, Virginia and Colorado, have joined it, and lawmakers in California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and several other states are considering doing so.

Colorado enacted one of the broadest plug-in solar laws this year. The sponsor of the bill, state Rep. Lesley Smith said she had first seen the technology during a trip to Germany, which has pioneered its use. When

she discussed plug-in solar systems at a town hall, she said, “everyone started clapping.”

Home solar panels have, of course, been around for many years. But conventional rooftop systems can cost as much as \$36,000, and in many American cities and towns it can take months to obtain the required permits. Such systems have also lost financial appeal in recent years because states, at the urging of electric utility companies, have reduced the bill credits that homeowners can earn from the excess electricity their panels send to the grid.

Plug-in systems get around many of the hassles of conventional rooftop solar. But despite the enthusiasm for the technology, no plug-in solar system has yet been certified as safe to use in the United States. States that have passed laws allowing the systems to be sold require them to be certified by organizations such as

UL Solutions, a company that tests, validates and sets standards for various products.

The result is a gap growing between enthusiasm for plug-in solar and the availability of a product that has been proved safe.

UL Solutions soon expects to certify at least one of the plug-in solar systems for use in the United States, said Kenneth Boyce, the company's vice president of engineering. He warned that people should avoid uncertified products because they could cause electrical shocks or damage electrical equipment and start fires.

For now, some Americans are exploiting a murky certification landscape and shopping online for plug-in systems for their homes, condominiums and apartments.

In the San Francisco Bay Area, Alex Ottoboni, who lives in a condominium, bought two panels even

though he knew that California had not yet passed a plug-in solar law. Hanging from his balcony, the panels generate enough electricity to save him \$5 to \$7 a month on a bill that typically runs about \$400 but has reached as high as \$680 in winter.

“I don’t like having to be reliant on my utility,” said Ottoboni, 32, who works in software. He added that his electricity service was not reliable and “just getting more expensive every year.”

Bright Saver, a California nonprofit group, recently began selling plug-in solar kits at cost, meaning the organization makes no profit on the sales. Its goal is to expand access to solar systems and push other companies to drive down their prices. Its two-panel, 360-watt system is roughly big enough to power a refrigerator and sells for \$414.17.

Those systems are too small to pose any safety risks, said Cora Stryker, a co-founder of the organization. Even so, the laws in Maine, New York and Vermont require certification of those systems because of the more stringent policies in those states.

"We know people want these — they want them now," Stryker said. "Electricity prices are skyrocketing, and people are really worried about climate change."

EcoFlow and Crafts-trom sell larger systems for \$1,300 to \$2,600. EcoFlow ships to addresses in Utah and Maryland, which have passed laws allowing plug-in solar, and Crafts-trom sells to all 50 states, capitalizing on certification standards. Both companies have said they plan to seek full certification from UL Solutions.

Stephan Scherer, founder and CEO of Craftstrom, said sales had increased 50% in the past year as state lawmakers passed legislation for plug-in solar

systems. The company is on track to sell thousands of units a year, he said.

Utility executives in the United States have expressed concerns that electricity produced by the systems might feed back into the power grid, posing a danger to linemen working on power lines that they believed were not carrying electricity.

Pedro J. Pizarro, president and CEO of Edison International, the parent company of the utility Southern California Edison, said that he supported the idea of the plug-in solar technology but that his company opposed legislation introduced in the California Legislature to legalize such systems. He said the bill did not go far enough in protecting utility workers.

"It has to be safe, not only for consumers but for our workers," Pizarro said. "It shouldn't receive unfair subsidies. Beyond that, though, we're all for it."

But companies that sell plug-in systems argue that safety risks are minimal or nonexistent. Scherer said Craftstrom's systems would not shock electrical workers because they shut off automatically within one second of a power disruption or grid outage.

Boyce of UL Solutions said his company would certify panels only if they did not pose a risk to consumers or utility workers.

Backers of plug-in solar technology say that the safety issues will soon be resolved and that more states ought to legalize it to help people with rising energy costs.

“Politicians all over the country are wringing their hands, wanting to do something about energy affordability,” said Bernadette Del Chiaro, a senior vice president at the Environmental Working Group, a nonprofit organization focused on health and safety. “Here is an immediate answer.”

Applying fresh caulk is an affordable way to improve efficiency and comfort. DREAMSTIME

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Windows may be culprit behind your home's higher energy bills

By Angie Hicks ASK ANGI

Windows play a major role in your home's comfort and energy efficiency. Identifying small issues during the warmer months can help homeowners lower cooling costs now and prepare their homes for cooler weather ahead.

As temperatures climb, many homeowners expect their air conditioners to work a little harder. But if your home never seems to cool down, certain rooms always feel warmer than others or your energy bills continue to climb, your windows, not your HVAC system, could be part of the problem.

Windows are one of the biggest sources of energy loss in a home, especially if they're older or haven't been properly maintained.

Fortunately, homeowners don't always need to replace every window to improve efficiency. A quick inspection can help identify small issues before they become larger and more expensive problems as the seasons change.

One of the first things homeowners should look for is air leaks. Even when windows are closed, worn weatherstripping, cracked caulk or small gaps around the frame can allow cool air to escape while letting hot outdoor air seep inside.

That forces your air conditioner to run longer to maintain a comfortable temperature, increasing wear on your HVAC system and driving up energy costs. Replacing weatherstripping or applying fresh caulk is often an affordable way to improve efficiency and comfort.

It's also worth checking how well your windows operate. If they're difficult to open or close, won't lock properly or show signs of moisture trapped between panes of glass, they may no longer be performing as intended. Condensation between double-pane windows can indicate a failed seal, reducing the window's insulating ability. In some cases, repairing the window may be enough, while older or extensively damaged windows may be better candidates for replacement.

This time of year is also an ideal time to inspect the exterior of your windows. Look for cracked caulking, peeling paint, damaged trim or gaps where moisture could eventually make its way inside. Addressing these issues now can help prevent water damage, improve insulation and leave your home better prepared for fall rains and cooler temperatures.

While replacing windows can improve energy efficiency, it's not always necessary to replace every window at once. Many homeowners choose to make repairs or replace the windows that receive the most direct sunlight or show the greatest signs of wear first. Small improvements made today can provide immediate comfort while helping homeowners spread larger investments over time.

If you've noticed your cooling bills increasing despite regular HVAC maintenance, your windows may deserve a closer look. A qualified window professional can inspect your home's existing windows, identify areas where energy is being lost and recommend repairs or replacements based on your home's needs and budget.

Your windows do much more than let in natural light. They help regulate indoor temperatures, improve comfort, protect against the elements and contribute to your home's overall energy efficiency.

Taking a little time to inspect and maintain them can help homeowners stay more comfortable now, lower energy costs and head into fall with greater confidence.

Tweet your home care questions with #AskingAngi and we'll try to answer them in a future column.

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Shape up wood tables with sealer

By Tim Carter TRIBUNE CONTENT AGENCY

A few weeks ago, I was cleaning the top and bench seats of one of 10 picnic tables found on the beach in my HOA. I live on the shore of Lake Winnisquam in central New Hampshire, and the tables are exposed to sunshine from sunrise until late afternoon. The ultraviolet rays from the sun punish the treated-lumber tables.

All of the tables were in sad shape. I had gone to the beach a week before with my granddaughter to swim. One of the HOA board members introduced himself to me, and we began a discussion about many of my observations about the community.

I was sitting on one of the tables and said: “Here’s another example of my frustration. The management company we’re paying to take care of the HOA’s assets is making mistake after mistake in my opinion. They’re either ignoring the tables, or they don’t know how to properly care for them so they last for decades.”

The board member said, "Well, these tables are made from treated lumber, and they require virtually no care." I looked down at the table, and the wood was battleship gray and cracked, and mildew was present everywhere.

I offered to do an experiment for the board. “How about I clean the top and benches of just one table, and then seal the wood with a gray pigmented sealer. Those horizontal surfaces are in the worst shape. The carriage structure underneath is in great shape. It’s just a lighter shade of gray caused by the sun’s UV rays.”

The board member passed on my offer to the other board members. They thought my idea was good. A week later, the board president dropped off a

A gray semi-transparent sealer will protect this table for a few years. TIM CARTER

gallon of wood sealer I had selected. I provided the wood cleaner.

I've cleaned exterior wood for decades. It has been my experience that I get the best results working in the shade. This allows the water-based cleaner to work on and in the wood with minimal evaporation. I never pressure wash exterior wood to get rid of old stain and UV-damaged wood fibers.

Pressure washing is destructive to wood. The high-pressure stream erodes the lighter-colored soft spring wood that's found between the dark grain bands of summerwood. I prefer to use a special oxygen bleach powder that I've made for decades. You mix this powder with warm water and stir it until it's dissolved. Once dissolved, you can place this solution in a garden hand-pump sprayer to apply to any horizontal or vertical wood.

I allow the oxygen bleach solution to bubble and fizz for about 10 or 15 minutes. I'll add more solution if the wood is in such bad shape that the initial spray soaks into the wood. You want the solution to puddle on the wood so it deep cleans it.

I scrub the wood with a standard nylon scrub brush once the dwell time period is up. I've found adding a little bit of clean water while scrubbing produces the best result with minimal labor. Within minutes, the attractive natural brown wood color of the wood reappears. I rinse the wood with clear water to remove all the old sealer, dirt and sun-damaged wood fibers.

Some websites say to use chlorine bleach as the cleaner. This is the worst advice. Chlorine bleach, or sodium hypochlorite, is so aggressive it will destroy the natural color of the wood. It also breaks down the lignin that holds the wood fibers together. Chlorine bleach can also kill any nearby vegetation.

I picked the perfect day for the experiment. A moderate breeze was blowing off the lake. This dried the clean wood in less than 90 minutes. Normally I'd wait 24 hours before I'd seal the wood. I like the wood to be completely dry so the water-based sealer soaks in as deep as possible.

I went home to retrieve the sealer and took a break, drinking a large glass of iced lemon-lime water. There was plenty of time before dinner, allowing me to apply the sealer to the table. I also knew no other HOA members would be down at the beach at that late hour.

I used a gray pigmented water-based sealer. The pigments act like sunscreen, blocking the UV rays from reaching the wood. The gray color was a close match to the gray-colored wood of the table undercarriage.

A wide 3-inch brush allowed me to get the sealer into the cracks. The table was in such bad shape that the first coat soaked into the wood immediately. Minutes after finishing one board, I went back and applied a second coat.

The finished product looked great. The HOA board members were very happy with the test result.

The week after Labor Day, a handful of volunteers and I will do a blitzkrieg job of cleaning and sealing the other nine tables so they're ready for next season.

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Gold Coast 6-bedroom co-op with mahogany doors: \$6M

Address: 1530 N. State Parkway, No. 12-13, Chicago Price: \$5,995,000

Listing date: July 14, 2026

This six-bedroom home has six full bathrooms, two half bathrooms and a staircase with limestone treads and custom brass balusters. Other design aspects of this home include seven fireplaces, plaster moldings, custom paneling, designer wall coverings, crystal chandeliers and solid mahogany doors. The primary suite on the east side of the home offers views of Lincoln Park and Lake Michigan. Additional highlights comprise an eat-in kitchen with a double oven, a restored butler's pantry with the original silver safe and on-site parking for two cars. A parlor room, library and office complete this home.

Listing agent: Jennifer Ames, Ames Group Chicago at Engel & Völkers Chicago, 312-440-7525

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Tiara Cato's home in Tacoma, Washington, on June 25. Cato used a loan from Washington State's Covenant Homeownership Program to purchase her first home, but the loan program, designed to address historical racial discrimination, is facing new legal challenges. CHONA KASINGER/THE NEW YORK TIMES

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banned zoning by race in 1917, many real estate agents and developers began pushing “racial covenants,” which added language to a property’s deed stating it could be sold to or occupied by only white people.

“Neighborhoods restricted on the basis of race through all sorts of mechanisms — Realtors refusing to show property, neighbors showing hostility or violence against somebody moving in — but this put it in the framework of law,” said James Gregory, director of the Racial Restrictive Covenants Project at the University of Washington.

The practice was widespread throughout the country, with nearly 80,000 covenant-restricted properties in Washington alone. Though the Supreme Court technically banned states from enforcing such covenants in 1948, homeowners could legally add them for another two decades.

Those years after World War II were crucial, Gregory said. That's when a proliferation of new construction and 30-year mortgages allowed many white families to buy homes and accumulate wealth they later passed on to their children.

Discriminatory laws and practices locked families of color out of the same opportunities.

“Missing out on that period when homeownership became a national priority and became very cheap is critical,” Gregory said. “This is history that still lives with us, that shows up in the maps of where people live and in the rates of homeownership.”

Today, in Washington only about one-third of Black families own their homes, compared with more than two-thirds of white families. Disparities remain even when controlling for income.

A comprehensive study, which traced today's racial wealth gap to Washington's role in registering restrictive deeds and denying mortgages to residents of certain neighborhoods, provided the foundation for the covenant program.

To qualify for assistance, applicants must earn less than $120\%$ of the county's median income and must be able to prove they or their parent, grandparent or great-grandparent lived in the state before 1968.

A person who lived in Washington at that time must also be of a race or ethnicity that was subject to covenants and that still has disproportionately low rates of homeownership.

Residents who meet those requirements could receive up to 20% of a home's cost — up to a maximum of \$150,000 — to use as a down payment, plus closing costs. They are required to pay back the loan only when they sell, refinance or move or after 30 years. Low-income buyers can

have their loans forgiven after five years. The program, funded by a \$100 fee on every real estate transaction in the state since January 2024, has amassed more than \$175 million so far, nearly all of which has been distributed.

Jessica Talton, a loan officer in Kent, and her husband, a real estate agent, closed the first covenant deal in the state. She has since helped more than 250 covenant buyers purchase homes, most of whom, she said, couldn't have done so without the program covering their down payments and closing costs.

But Talton stressed that buyers still must qualify for a mortgage, in terms of their credit scores, incomes and debt.

"These are not people that are irresponsible and we're handing them money," she said. "It gives people an even playing field."

Just months after Washington's covenant program began, the nonprofit Fair for All sued the overseeing agency for discrimination. Monica Harris, the group's executive director, said she supported the government helping first-time homebuyers but did not believe it was constitutional or wise to use race to determine eligibility.

"The thing about discrimination is if it's selectively used to advance the needs of one group, then it can be selectively used to disadvantage another group," said Harris, who is Black. "My ancestors have experienced what happens when equal protection is applied selectively."

Harris believes the covenant program sets a dangerous precedent that could ultimately harm people of color. She wants Washington to amend the program so it's open to everyone who falls under a certain income threshold.

HUD announced its investigation of the covenant program in late March, saying in a statement, "Illegal discrimination on the basis of race is morally reprehensible, socially perverse, and destructive of America's pluralistic polity."

Rigel Oliveri, a professor who specializes in constitutional and fair housing issues at the University of Missouri School of Law, wasn't surprised by the challenges. But she believes Washington has a strong case.

"One area that the court has always recognized it is appropriate to take race into consideration is when a government is remediating its own recent discriminatory practices," she said. "This is not just, 'Oh we're identifying people of a preferred race and giving them a handout.' This is tying it very closely to actual historic wrongs that were perpetuated against them."

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REITs provide steady income but carry risks

By Maurie Backman KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE

Retirees are often advised to maintain diversified portfolios while focusing on assets that can produce steady income. REITs can help in both regards.

REITs, or real estate investment trusts, are companies that operate portfolios of properties, whether it's data centers, malls, fulfillment centers, healthcare facilities or residential complexes. They make it possible for retirees to branch out into real estate without actually having to own or maintain physical property as investments.

As of early 2024, $50\%$ of U.S. households owned REITs, according to the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts. And for retirees, REITs offer a couple of distinct benefits.

REITs tend to pay above-average dividends since they're required to distribute at least 90% of their taxable income to shareholders on an annual basis. REITs also have inherent inflation protection. They can raise rents and pass that income along to shareholders. And those higher dividends can help retirees stay ahead of rising costs.

THERE'S UPSIDE, BUT A COST

While REITs can serve as a source of steady income for retirees, they're not without risk, says Mike McCracken, founder of Wealth Guide Financial.

“REITs could be part of a diversified retirement portfolio, but I don’t think they’re as safe as many people assume,” McCracken says.

“Clients have told me that they like the idea of holding real estate without the headache of tenants or repairs, and their thoughts are that REITs can satisfy that desire. That may have been the case prior to 2021, but rising interest rates have caused REITs to underperform low-cost stock portfolios over the last few years,” McCracken says.

Adam Vega, CFP and Managing Partner at Avance Private Wealth Management, warns that REITs aren't necessarily as liquid as you might think.

“Publicly traded REITs are those that trade on an exchange, like any normal stock would. You can buy it today and, through the public markets, sell it tomorrow. Private REITs do not trade on an exchange. There is no open market available, so if you bought it today, you are at the mercy of the issuer of when you might be able to sell it,” he says.

Vega cautions, “With a private REIT, it could take years to find the right buyer. This isn’t inherently bad, but this should be understood, as the lack of liquidity is often what helps keep the price more stable on private REITs.”

Another thing to consider is that REITs are sensitive to interest rates.

“Rates from 1985 to 2021 generally were slowly falling, providing decent safety with investing in REITs,” McCracken says. “When rates go up, (REIT) share prices usually drop because their high dividend yields become less attractive compared to bonds.”

REITs also aren't immune to sector-specific meltdowns. As McCracken points out, office REITs struggled with occupancy issues during and after the pandemic, when remote work was all the rage and companies were reluctant to renew leases and bring workers back to the office.

HAVE REITS BECOME TRENDIER?

Despite the risks, McCracken says he's seen a growing number of retirees put money into REITs. "There has been some increased interest in REITs over the last 10 to 15 years, mostly because they are easy to buy and sell compared to owning actual real estate," he says.

But McCracken says many of his clients who hold REITs have been disappointed with the returns over the past five years.

“Many of them would have been better off in a simple, low-cost stock index fund,” he says.

Vega says he's seeing more interest in REITs despite the fact that they had a "tough 2025."

“Higher rates slowed down the sector, and as an underperforming asset, it puts it back on the radar as an opportunity to consider. For those seeking income and diversification, it is starting to look attractive again,” he says.

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Saving strategy shifts

FIRE movement viewed as path to independence rather than early retirement

By Paige Cerulli

KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE

The original Financial Independence, Retire Early, or FIRE, movement paved a path to early retirement through aggres-

sive saving and extreme frugality. Today, many people view FIRE as a way to gain financial independence and flexibility, rather than retiring as early as possible.

Many early FIRE advocates aimed to save 50% to 75% of their income, working toward a goal of accumulating about 25 times their annual expenses before retiring.

But in today's world of high housing prices, inflation and healthcare costs, the FIRE movement might feel impossible. While some individuals may have found financial independence through the FIRE movement, there's a shift in the movement and in how people approach financial independence.

WHY THE FIRE MOVEMENT IS CHANGING

The FIRE movement was popularized in the 1990s, but today's economy is vastly different, and the conversation has shifted from early retirement to financial flexibility.

Take the housing market, for example. According to the National Association of Realtors, the median existing-home sales price was \$114,600 in 1995. By 2023, the median price had climbed to \$389,800. Simply buying a home now requires more of your paycheck, making it much harder to save 75% of your income under a traditional FIRE strategy.

Inflation has created additional financial strain, and tariffs and geopolitical tensions have contributed to higher costs for some goods.

Healthcare costs have also skyrocketed. According to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, which uses Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data, in 1990, annual per-person health spending averaged \$2,835, or \$5,864 when adjusted for inflation. By 2024, per-person annual spending averaged \$15,474.

In short, Americans have less left in their paychecks after paying for essentials like housing, food and healthcare. In many cases, consumers are increasingly prioritizing financial stability rather than planning for an early retirement.

COAST FIRE VERSUS TRADITIONAL FIRE

Several variations of the FIRE movement exist. The traditional FIRE strategy focuses on building a large portfolio that can fully fund your retirement early, requiring you to save aggressively and potentially change your lifestyle to reflect your early retirement goals.

The Coast FIRE strategy takes a more moderate approach to save enough money early, so your investment portfolio can compound and support your retirement. Once you've amassed enough savings, you might continue to work to cover your living expenses, but early retirement isn't usually the goal. Since you won't be withdrawing from your investment portfolio early, the Coast FIRE strategy may be a more conservative option because it doesn't rely on withdrawing from investments decades before traditional retirement.

If you choose to pursue the Barista FIRE strategy, you'll work to build your savings and ultimately quit your traditional job. From there, you'll combine part-time work with your savings. Many people pursuing Barista FIRE choose to reduce their expenses so part-time income is enough to cover their living costs. Given the availability of freelance and gig work, this strategy may be a solid option for some, but you'll need to consider the limitations and expenses of securing health insurance without full-time employment.

HOW MUCH MONEY DO YOU NEED TO MAKE WORK OPTIONAL?

The amount of money that you'll need to make work optional will depend on everything from your lifestyle to your location and age.

Many individuals use the rule of 25 to determine how much they'll need in investments to be able to retire. A commonly cited guideline suggests accumulating investments equal to about 25 times your annual expenses. The guideline is based on the widely known $4\%$ rule, which suggests a retiree may be able to withdraw about $4\%$ of a diversified portfolio annually, though there's no guarantee it will work in every market or retirement scenario.

Following the rule of 25, if you make \$100,000 a year, you would need approximately \$2,500,000 in investments to make working optional. In that situation, the guideline would suggest an initial annual withdrawal of about \$100,000.

Emergency savings and retirement assets play a role, too. It's advisable to have at least three to six months of your living expenses in emergency savings. Your retirement assets may play a role, too. In addition to building up 401(k)s and Roth IRAs, consider how other assets, like Health Savings Accounts and rental properties, might support you

financially once you no longer work.

Identifying the right balance of assets and the ideal amount of money you need to retire can be tricky, so consider consulting with a financial advisor.

WHY MANY PEOPLE KEEP WORKING AFTER REACHING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE

Becoming financially independent and having the option to retire may sound appealing, but many financially independent individuals choose to continue working.

That's because some individuals enjoy their careers and find their work fulfilling. Some want the social engagement that comes with a career, while others may prefer having the additional income that they're able to generate.

Even if you choose to continue working, having the option to retire on your own terms can be a reassuring milestone.

IS FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE REALISTIC FOR AVERAGE EARNERS?

While reaching financial independence may take longer for average earners, many people can make meaningful progress through consistent saving, investing and keeping expenses under control.

To achieve financial independence, you may need to start early on in your career, and you'll need to be willing to live modestly. Focus on making consistent contributions to your retirement accounts and accumulating emergency savings in a high-yield savings account where your money can earn maximum interest.

Taking steps to increase your income will also help. Look for promotions and overtime opportunities, and consider taking on a side hustle where you can put your skills to work to earn extra money.

Perhaps most importantly, make a budget and stick to it. Your budget may help you identify ways you can cut spending and save money. By consistently living below your means, you can put your money to work for you and lay the pathway toward financial independence.

FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE CAN MEAN MORE THAN RETIREMENT

Becoming financially independent doesn't necessarily mean you'll retire early. Instead, it gives you the freedom to decide if, when and how you want to work. Rather than focusing on reaching a specific retirement age, financial independence offers greater flexibility, security and peace of mind — benefits that can be just as motivating as the prospect of early retirement.

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Napping while on job increases employees' focus, productivity

By Bruce Crumley | INC.

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Recurring fatigue, and even full-blown sleep deprivation have become big workplace concerns, with studies showing tiredness on the job contributing to burnout, lower production, and increases in avoidable errors. Now many workers are taking steps to remedy that drowsiness. A vast majority of employees told a recent survey they regularly take short, restorative naps during the workday to improve their performance — yet most still hide the habit from colleagues and bosses they fear will view it as slacking.

It's understandable that employees would worry catching a few ZZZs on the job might be negatively judged around the workplace, which is why stealthy snoozers should find relief in data showing they aren't alone in grabbing those winks. A new survey of 917 employees by mattress company Early Bird found a whopping $91\%$ of respondent said they regularly nap during the workweek.

Yet despite the number of workers taking daytime sleep breaks representing an overwhelming majority, nearly 60% of that group said they continue hiding those pauses from colleagues and managers.

NAPPING IN CONFERENCE ROOMS, CARS, EVEN TOILETS

How do those workers mask their shut eye sessions? Around 70% of respondents said they get away from their work areas to take naps, with some curling up in unused meeting rooms or eating areas. Another 38% of study participants said they take refuge in their cars to nod off a bit.

Meanwhile, evidence on social media platform Reddit indicates the number of employees catching up on their sleep during the workday is indeed higher than people might expect — with automobiles being amid the least risible hammock substitutes.

“I just slept in a bathroom stall at work for 30 minutes,” said one Reddit thread featuring contributors discussing how they deal with on-the-job fatigue. Not everyone endorsed the restroom option.

Unless you're certain you don't snore, don't be so sure you're getting away with this, one warned.

from dozing off than expected — especially with so many people now catching up on their sleep during the workday.

Other various survey findings suggest napping employees may have less to fear

A separate poll released by competing mattress company Each Night similarly found over 70% of responding employees said they get fewer hours of sleep per night than they need “to function at their best.”

A third of participating workers also said they'd made mistakes at work due to their fatigue — a figure rising to 45% among Gen Zers.

“This lines up with peer-reviewed research on nap duration and workplace outcomes,” Early Bird’s report on the findings said. “A longitudinal 2025 study using Chinese panel data found that midday rest periods positively influence workplace evaluations, but in a nuanced manner, with both insufficient and excessive nap duration diminishing the benefits, with the optimal window landing around 20 to 30 minutes.”

Nearly 40% said they regarded “sleep deprivation as a cost of their career.”

'SLACKER' NAPS INCREASE FOCUS, PRODUCTIVITY

Early Bird found other reasons for why bosses or co-workers who currently frown on midday napping may want to alter their views.

Nearly 87% of survey participants who grab workplace sleep said it helps sharpen their post-slumber focus, with 83% crediting those pauses with improved productivity.

Meanwhile, time taken for on-the-clock napping is likely offset — or surpassed — by better performance from freshly rested workers. Workplace snoozes averaged about 38 minutes per week, with about 80% of respondents saying they take catnaps between once and three times per week. At the same time, over 83% of people said that limited downtime boosts their concentration and output afterward, while decreasing stress and burnout risk.

Early Bird found another metric that may reflect the beneficial effects of short slumber breaks at work. A third of employees who said they nap each workday reported having been promoted over the past year, while nearly a quarter of workers who snooze three to four days a week got a similar bump in grade.

All of those factors may be why more businesses have created relaxation and rest areas to allow employees to decompress — or even sleep — during the workday. In fact, about 11% of survey respondents said they regularly use those rooms to grab a few winks, which tends to be a favored option among people who said they're up front about the habit.

Still, concerns about colleague reactions to napping caused most people to continue hiding those pauses — especially higher paid workers. The survey found openness about snoozing decreased with salary level, with employees concealing the habit making an average \$81,700 per year, while those who make no bones about it earning around \$69,000 or less.

Don't miss out on ex's Social Security benefits

Many people are surprised to find out that other people can legally collect benefits on their Social Security work records. And it doesn't diminish their own benefits.

Terry Savage THE SAVAGE TRUTH

For example, if you're an ex-spouse, you can legally collect on your

former spouse's record if you meet certain conditions. And if you are a surviving spouse — a widow or widower — you are also eligible to collect but under a different set of requirements. If you don't know these rules, you can leave tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars in lifetime Social Security benefits on the table.

These rules were put in place years ago when Social Security was created, at a time when there was typically only a working man in the household. A major goal was keeping elderly single women (and dependent children) out of poverty — even if they never worked enough to earn their own Social Security retirement benefits.

Now, the rules apply equally to men and women who are divorced or survivors, if they meet the eligibility rules.

SOCIAL SECURITY SURVIVOR BENEFITS

These are people who are entitled to a survivor benefit:

■ A surviving spouse aged 60 or older, or age 50-59 with a disability

■ A surviving spouse of any age who is caring for a child under aged 16 or was disabled before age 22

■ A former spouse, if married to the deceased for at least 10 years and unmarried (or remarried after age 60)

■ Children who are unmarried and under 18, up to age 19 if full-time high school students, or of any age if disabled before age 22

■ Dependent parents aged 62 or older who relied on the deceased for half their support

Surviving spouses can opt to collect their widow(er)'s benefit before their own retirement benefit or vice versa. That decision is complicated because taking a survivor benefit or a retirement benefit before your own full retirement age results in a benefit reduction. That reduction also applies if your deceased spouse claimed early retirement.

Consider the following examples.

Jane, is a 60-year-old widow who had low covered earnings relative to her deceased spouse. Her best move may be to collect her own retirement benefit at age 62, even though it will be reduced by $30\%$ due to early collection, and then take her higher survivor benefit at a later age when it reaches its maximum value. That will be at her full retirement age (67), if her deceased spouse didn't collect his/her own retirement benefit early.

But if Jane was the high earner, her best move will likely be to start her survivor benefit at 60, even though it will be reduced by 28.5% due to early collection. She will then take her own retirement benefit at age 70 when it reaches its maximum value, which will be 76% higher than if she had started collecting it at age 62.

A surviving, qualifying ex-spouse has the same available survivor benefit — if the marriage lasted 10 years or more — with additional benefits, regardless of the length of the marriage, if they are caring for their ex's natural or legally adopted child who is under age 16 or who is 16 or older but became disabled prior to age 22.

Social Security has six different survivor benefit formulas that are beyond complex, and depend on multiple factors. So don't guess. A low-cost software tool, referenced below, can provide the precise answer.

SOCIAL SECURITY DIVORCED SPOUSAL BENEFITS

An ex-spouse can collect a divorced spousal benefit based on their former spouse's work record — if he or she meets certain criteria:

■ They are at least 62 years old.

■ Their ex-spouse is eligible for (though not necessarily already collecting) Social Security retirement or disability benefits. ■ They have been divorced for at least two years or their ex-spouse has already started collecting his or her own retirement benefit.

There's a lot more to this decision than just meeting those qualifications.

When you file for your divorcee spousal benefit, you'll be forced to file for your own retirement benefit at the same time. You'll get the larger of either half of your ex-spouse's benefit or your own full benefit. And a warning: if you take your divorcee spousal benefit before full retirement age, it will be reduced. If you start collecting at 62, your retirement benefit is reduced by $30\%$ and your excess spousal benefit is reduced by $35\%$ .

If at some future point your ex-spouse dies, you can collect a full divorcee survivor benefit.

Your ex-spouse cannot stop you from collecting these benefits, if you meet all the criteria. And your ex will not even know that you have filed to collect. But you will need his or her Social Security number to file this claim and determine your eligibility. Again, your payments do not reduce your ex's benefit, or those of his/her current spouse.

Getting advice from overworked Social Security phone reps is iffy. I highly recommend a website created by economist (and my co-author of "Social Security Horror Stories") Larry Kotlikoff. For a one-time fee of \$49, you can determine your maximum benefit and your best claiming strategy at www.MaximizeMySocialSecurity.com.

Not claiming Social Security benefits correctly is an expensive mistake. And that's the Savage Truth.

Terry Savage is a registered investment adviser and the author of four bestselling books, including “The Savage Truth on Money.” Terry responds to questions on her blog at TerrySavage.com.

Retirees can pay these standard bills upfront for instant savings

By Donna Fuscaldo KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE

Cash is king in retirement, and keeping more of it in your portfolio is always a priority. Fortunately, saving money doesn't always require cutting back. Sometimes it just takes changing how you pay.

By paying certain everyday expenses upfront, you can unlock significant discounts. Monthly payments include processing fees, administrative overhead, and transaction risks for providers, so many reward customers who pay in full, upfront.

From property taxes to annual subscriptions, prepaying these five recurring bills can yield serious savings without altering your lifestyle.

ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES

Even if you paid off your mortgage, you're still on the hook for annual property taxes, and depending on which state you live in, the price can be hefty. For example, there are 18 states with annual property taxes of \$4,000 or more. New Jersey ranks highest with annual property taxes of \$7,580.

In some states, including Florida, you get a discount if you pay your annual property tax in a single upfront payment, which eliminates monthly processing fees. In Florida, that discount can be as much as 4%, depending on how early you pay.

LAWN CARE AND PEST CONTROL

Prepaying for lawn maintenance and pest control services can yield about a 5% savings, but it typically locks you into an annual contract.

Before you sign with a provider, make sure you understand the cancellation terms, service guarantees, and auto-renewal clauses. If you use a local contractor, ask if they offer an additional discount for paying the entire year upfront in cash.

STREAMING SUBSCRIPTIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

This strategy works best if you are already loyal to your streaming services, warehouse clubs or gym and plan to keep them all year. By switching from monthly billing to an annual plan, you can unlock discounts ranging from 10% to 25%.

Take Amazon Prime as an example: paying \$139 for an annual membership instead of \$14.99 per month saves you over \$40 a year, and that's just one service. Do that with all your subscriptions, and the savings can add up.

DENTAL AND ELECTIVE MEDICAL CARE

If you have the cash, offering to pay upfront for dental or elective care rather than using a payment plan can yield discounts ranging from 5% to 15%.

You have an even bigger advantage if you have a Health Savings Account (HSA). Paying out of pocket lets the HSA balance grow tax-free, and because there is no deadline to reimburse yourself, you can save your receipts and withdraw those funds tax-free later in retirement.

LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE PREMIUMS

Paying insurance premiums annually instead of monthly can yield substantial savings, and long-term care policies are no exception. Most insurers add a 3% to 8% surcharge when you split an annual bill into monthly payments, but writing one check eliminates those extra fees. Depending on your carrier and policy size, switching to an annual payment can easily save you hundreds of dollars each year.

A WORD OF CAUTION

Only prepay these expenses if you have the extra cash on hand. If making a lump-sum payment forces you to sell off investments during a market downturn, you expose yourself to a sequence of returns risk, which can create a retirement shortfall later on. But if you can swing it, prepaying these five everyday bills is one of the easiest ways to unlock hundreds in savings.

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Small business ideas for extroverts with conversational skills Extroverts don't mind a crowd—and they crave personal interactions. That opens up a wide variety of small business ideas for them that might be less appealing for a founder who leans more to the introverted side of the scale.

Event planning business

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If you're an extrovert who excels at organization, the event planning (or even wedding planning) business could be a lucrative venture. This is a small business idea that involves coordinating the needs of multiple clients and vendors. The global event management sector is predicted to grow from \$1.2 billion in 2024 to more than \$2 billion by 2033—and the U.S. is a prime market, writes business intelligence firm Grand View Research. "As enterprises increasingly seek to enhance their brand visibility, engage employees, launch products and foster partnerships, professional event services are being increasingly contracted to handle logistics, production, and attendee experience."

Extroverts, by their very nature, have an extensive contact list. That can be

Extroverts, by their very nature, have an extensive contact list. That can be monetized over time by using connections to help both companies looking for a qualified new employee, as well as associates who are hoping to make a change in their career. Startups are a good area to specialize in, since many don't have recruiters on staff. Just as they may be open to a fractional CFO, they could welcome a recruiting consultant. Beyond your own collection of contacts, you can utilize sites like LinkedIn and AngelList to look for candidates. Commissions can range to up to 20 percent of the candidate's first-year salary.

The market for health and wellness coaches in the U.S. hit an estimated \$4.4 billion last year. McKinsey says people are spending more for experiences like wellness retreats, nutritional coaching and meditation. That's an opening for extroverts to coordinate these corporate getaways. The optimal clients for this sort of startup are younger Millennials and Gen Z. And the market is growing at an estimated 4 to 5 percent each year.

SOURCE: Chris Morris, Inc.

Tour guide business

variety of people. The trick to success is coming up with an angle that other tour operators haven't discovered yet, whether that's an epicurean exploration, ghost tours or off-roading. Use platforms like Facebook, Upwork and Viator to market yourself initially. It's also not a bad idea to reach out to local travel agents. Some guides say they average between \$100 and \$300 per tour, often earning much more.

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What is best time to convert Roth IRA?

By Adam Shell

KIPLINGER'S PERSONAL FINANCE

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Q: What are the benefits of doing a Roth IRA conversion in a down market? A: Watching your retirement portfolio take a hit is painful, but it offers an unexpected gift: a discount on your future tax bill. Converting to a Roth IRA during a down market lets you pay taxes on depressed share prices now, turning market losses into years of tax-free growth.

Kiplinger's investing experts expect the second half of 2026 to remain strong. At the same time, there are signs that some asset classes or industries (such as AI) may struggle, which could provide an opportunity for savvy investors to convert holdings that see a significant drop.

THE BENEFITS OF DOING A ROTH CONVERSION IN A DOWN MARKET

Since the amount you pay in taxes on a Roth conversion is based on the dollar amount you convert, a lower account balance means you'll pay less to the IRS.

"The tax payment on the conversion is going to be smaller since the account value is lower," says Ben Rizzuto, wealth strategist with the Specialist Consulting Group at Janus Henderson Investors.

When moving a specific position, a smaller account balance doesn't mean the number of shares you convert to a Roth will be lower. In a down market, the value of the stock, mutual fund, or exchange-traded fund (ETF) may be depressed — but you'll still be able to convert the same number of shares.

HOW A ROTH CONVERSION IN A DOWN MARKET WORKS

Let's say you planned on converting a traditional IRA balance of \$100,000. But the asset you own in the retirement account, say, an AI memory chip maker, suffers a 20% drop, reducing your balance to \$80,000. The big decline in the stock price means you'll be able to convert all of your shares to a Roth IRA while only recognizing \$80,000 in taxable income.

The depressed shares you convert to a Roth will benefit from an eventual market recovery inside the tax-free Roth wrapper. The upside? The future growth of those converted shares benefits from a longer runway to compound without IRS taxation, compared with a traditional IRA, which is taxed as ordinary income in retirement.

The best time to do a Roth conversion is in a year when not one but two financial forces are working in your favor.

The first, as discussed above, is a market pullback (a drop of 5% to 9.99% from a high), a correction (a 10% to 19.99% drop) or a bear market (a decline of 20% or more). Or, even if the market remains strong, you may be able to take advantage of a price drop in an industry or asset class.

The second is when your taxable income is lower than normal. In years when you report less income, you can convert more

dollars to a Roth at a lower tax rate.

“That’s a double benefit,” says Steven Conners, founder and president of Conners Wealth Management. You end up converting fewer dollars and get taxed at lower rates.

HOW TO DECIDE IF THIS ROTH CONVERSION STRATEGY MAKES SENSE FOR YOU

Financial advisers, however, stress that a big market drop isn't the only factor a retirement saver should consider before doing a Roth conversion. Timing a Roth conversion based on market conditions is akin to trying to time a stock's purchase or sale.

The biggest factor by far when deciding whether to do a Roth conversion is the overall tax impact. Saving some money on taxes by doing a conversion during a down market doesn't necessarily mean doing the conversion is a slam dunk, financial pros say. You must look at the bigger tax picture you face in any given tax year.

A Roth conversion makes the most sense if your current income tax rate is lower than it will be in retirement. The idea is to pay a lower tax rate on the conversion now and pay zero taxes on withdrawals in the future when your tax rate is expected to be higher.

So, if you think your tax rate may be lower in retirement than it is now, you may want to hold off on a conversion even if a down market makes it a more attractive option, says Rizzuto.

Another factor to consider is whether converting a larger dollar amount to a Roth in a down market could result in an income increase large enough to bump you up to a higher — and more costly — tax bracket. That's something you want to avoid, especially if the conversion amount puts you at risk of going from the 22% or 24% tax bracket to the 32% bracket.

“You need to think about how much of a traditional IRA you are going to convert, and whether that conversion will bump you up into a higher tax bracket,” says Rizzuto.

One way to dodge a higher tax bracket is to convert only a portion of your traditional IRA in a single tax year. Convert just enough dollars to stay below the higher bracket's threshold, then repeat the process over time. "The conversion can be done piecemeal," says Rizzuto.

Once you've determined that the tax aspect of the conversion works in your favor, taking advantage of a down market to do the conversion makes an awful lot of sense, adds Conners.

That's especially true if you own a hard-hit tech stock or other company whose business model and future growth outlook remain intact. As explained above, moving a mispriced asset that's likely to bounce back into a tax-free Roth account is likely to benefit you over the long haul.

"With a Roth, all your withdrawals will be tax-free, so you're better off from a conversion with a starting point when tech stocks are down 15% to 25% from their highs," says Conners. "That's a much safer spot to buy into something (i.e., a Roth) that's going to give you tax-free benefits down the line."

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR WHEN FOLLOWING THIS STRATEGY

Avoid Roth conversions that bump you up into a higher tax bracket. "Talk to your accountant and ask, 'How much of my traditional IRA can I convert without bumping up my tax bracket?' says Conners.

Make sure you have free cash to pay the tax bill. You don't want to sell assets from your IRA to pay the tax bill on the conversion, as it reduces the number of shares you can convert into a Roth and benefit from tax-free withdrawals. The goal of a Roth conversion is to move as many shares as possible under the tax-free umbrella to benefit from long-term growth.

Remember that using IRA funds to pay the tax bill triggers an additional 10% early withdrawal penalty if the account holder is under 59 $\frac{1}{2}$ .

Avoid generating too much income and paying a Medicare penalty. A Roth IRA conversion increases your taxable income for that year, which can raise your premium two years later due to IRMAA (Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount) surcharges on Parts B and D if your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) tops an income threshold (\$109,000 for single filers and \$218,000 for joint filers). For this calculation, the IRS looks back at income from two years ago. So, 2026 MAGI will impact 2028 Medicare premiums.

A down market doesn't mean it's always a good time to do a Roth conversion. But if the tax piece works in your favor, a bear market in stocks is a great time to move traditional retirement assets into a Roth.

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Gen Z's ghosting during hiring process begins with job listings

By Victoria Salves | INC.

Gen Zers have received a significant amount of criticism online for their communication style, or rather, their lack thereof.

According to a 2025 survey by Resume.org of over 1,100 hiring managers, 54% of Gen Z job applicants ghosted them after an offer was extended, per Forbes.

Hiring managers report that 27% of those Gen Z candidates accepted the offer but did not complete necessary steps, such as proper paperwork. Twenty-six percent actually filled out the paperwork but did not show up to their first day; 29% showed up for the first few days — only to eventually leave their jobs without notice.

The reverse is also true. Seventy-five percent of employers admit to ghosting as part of their hiring process.

“Employers and applicants across generations are increasingly ghosting their audience,” Mark Beal, an associate professor of professional practice at Rutgers University, told Inc.

"I have heard from many of my Gen Z students who have advanced several rounds in the interview process only to be ghosted by the employer despite making it as far as the final round," he said.

Beal's research and published work spans themes regarding Gen Z as consumers and employees. He said that “all aspects of the workplace have significantly transformed since 2020. The transition to remote and hybrid work has resulted in a communication transition from primarily in-person and face-to-face relationship building engagement to impersonal communication.”

Corporate communication platforms like Slack, Teams and Zoom, along with the rise of AI, he said, have further advanced the impersonal nature of communication among employer and employee.

Ghosting doesn't just start once an employer makes contact with a prospective job seeker. It begins once positions are posted onto job boards.

A 2025 study by Clarify Capital, as reported by Forbes, analyzed more than 175,000 U.S. job listings only to discover that about 1 in 7 postings are actually “ghost jobs.” The term is used to describe job postings that are active for over 30 days with no intent from the employer to actually fill the position.

"As the relationship between employers and applicants and new hires becomes less personal, ghosting will become more prevalent on both sides of the equation — employer and applicant — across all generations," Beal said.

The solution, he added, is a return to "H.I.," or human interaction, in order to reverse this ghosting trend.

Otherwise, he said, the trend will “become commonplace by the time Gen Alpha joins the workplace in less than a decade.”

LinkedIn users juice past job profiles by adding AI keywords

By Sarah Bregel | FAST COMPANY

There's a new trend online called “LinkedIn time travel,” and it has nothing to do with a DeLorean.

The practice refers to users of the job networking site editing their former jobs, mostly to make themselves appear more qualified to hiring managers. According to a report from the National Bureau of Economic Research and Revelio Labs, which examined tens of millions of profiles, the trend seems to be widespread.

The research found that 19.7% of users change the title or description of a job long after they've left the position to increase their desirability in the market. On average, the change happens around four years later. Other practices include adding AI keywords to seem more hirable in the AI era; other users strike DEI-related words at a time in which diversity, equity and inclusion efforts remain under political fire.

The trend was most commonly spotted among young job seekers. The under-30 crowd time-traveled 38.1% of the time, which makes sense given how immensely challenging young people are finding the job market. The numbers vary greatly by job type, too: Those in AI leadership roles, design and qualitative research time travel frequently; the trend showed up on 56.6% of profiles for those jobs. In UX research jobs, edits were made on a slightly greater number of profiles—59.2%. But the top two kinds of job seekers who relied on this kind of profile editing were those in tech jobs. By education level, MBA holders engage the most, at 29.3%.

But what's the difference between this and simply updating your resume?

Gideon Slocum Moore, a Stanford University researcher who co-authored the paper, says time traveling goes further than, say, tweaking your CV following a layoff or because you haven't done it in a while. That's because time traveling may involve blatantly adding responsibilities that didn't exist at the job during the time the employee worked at the company.

Moore says, “Suppose you worked at Amazon working in recommendation systems from 2013 to 2017 and list it on your resume as ‘machine learning engineer.’ In 2023, the job market starts rewarding ‘AI’ skills, so you go change the description of your Amazon job to “machine learning and AI engineer.”

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Moore continues, “By 2023, you’ve already left your job at Amazon; this means the responsibilities of your job can’t have changed. The only thing that changes is how you have chosen to market it — this is what we call ‘time travel.’”

That's why LinkedIn “time travel” isn't just the timeless habit of fudging on your resume or inflating what you did in past roles. There's a fundamental dishonesty that could get rewarded as recruiters hunt for certain keywords on the biggest networking site on the internet.

In addition to that, the trend is a sign of the times. While AI words are being added to profiles, DEI words are disappearing. Moore says this reflects recent changes in business since President Donald Trump took office.

"The precipitous drop we see in the figure coincides with the start of the Trump presidency," Moore explains, noting that the orders "targeting DEI programs as discriminatory and disqualifying for federal contracts" are particularly to blame.

The researcher continues, “If workers think there is less demand for DEI expertise given these changes, it’s unsurprising they’d remove this type of language from their professional profile.” Not everyone is engaging in time travel, though. At the bottom of the list in this study were wellness practitioners like chiropractors, who only altered their past jobs 3.3%. Dental surgeons and orthodontists did so the least at 2.4%.

Still, in a moment when job security feels more fragile than ever, it shouldn't be a surprise so many candidates are doing what they can to stand out — even if that means manipulating the time-space continuum on a social media site.

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'26 BMW XM reigns as king of hybrid SUVs

The BMW XM is packed with tons of comfort and style. MARC D. GRASSO/BOSTON HERALD

By Marc D. Grasso BOSTON HERALD

In 2026, the BMW XM is the flagship SUV for consumers in the German market and the XM rises over the competition with grit, power and style.

Powered by a 4.4-liter twin-turbo 32-valve and integrated electric motor, this all-wheel drive hybrid is amazing, to say the least.

Offering 30 miles of pure electric range, the BMW XM boasts 577 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque on the combustion

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side and an additional 194 horsepower and 206 pound-feet of torque on the electric side.

Used simultaneously, that combines for 738 horse-power and 738 pound-feet of torque.

To say the BMW XM Label is a monster is an understatement. Yet it's also packed with tons of comfort and style, giving off the aura of a seven-series sedan. It's impressive actually.

In Frozen Tanzanite Blue Metallic, with a matte finish, our week-long XM Label tester offered three drive modes, sat on 22-inch M Dual-Spoke Bicolor wheels, and offered a slew of standard equipment, as well as the M Driver's package for an additional \$2,500.

Safety features, connectivity, and great handling and braking were just a few of the items that stood out for us, while the Bowers & Wilkins Diamond Surround

Sound System was flawless. Although expensive, the BMW XM Label is a

standout in the crowd. It delivers power and style like no other SUV and

doesn't skimp on anything. BMW has certainly stayed ahead of the curve in the most recent decades and continues to deliver for the consumer in many categories. Although a driver-friendly vehicle, the XM Label also lives up to BMW's motto “The Ultimate Driving Machine.”

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STRETCH YOUR DOLLARS

These strategies help reduce the cost of buying a new car in 2026

By Josh Jacquot | EDMUNDS

With new-vehicle prices hovering near record highs and monthly payments consuming a growing share of household budgets, many shoppers are looking for ways to make every car-buying dollar go further. And with ample options for where, when and

how to buy, it's not hard to do. The car experts at Edmunds have compiled their five top strategies to help reduce the overall cost of your next vehicle purchase.

CONSIDER A USED VEHICLE

One of the simplest ways to stretch your budget is to expand your search beyond brand-new models. Sure, new vehicles offer the latest technology features and are backed by a full warranty, but they also carry disproportionately higher prices.

You'll find better value in the used market, particularly when shopping for vehicles that are just a few years old. A lightly used vehicle can often offer many of the same features as a new model while avoiding the steepest period of depreciation. According to Edmunds transaction data, the average price of a 3-year-old used vehicle in June 2026 was \$32,553, compared to \$48,899 for a new vehicle.

EXPAND YOUR SEARCH AREA AND LOAN OPTIONS

Limiting your search to nearby dealerships can unnecessarily reduce your options. Shoppers willing to travel farther from home often find a greater selection of inventory and more competitive pricing. Prices can vary considerably from one county to another based on local demand and supply.

Something similar is true for a loan. Don't wait until you're in the dealership finance office to think about a loan. Unless you're getting a promotional interest rate from the automaker's finance company, there's a good chance a credit union may offer you a better rate than the banks the dealership has partnered with.

Instead, get a preapproval from your bank, a credit union or an online lender and compare it against the dealer's best loan offer. Comparison shopping for loans can often save thousands of dollars over the life of the loan, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

GET THE MOST TRADE-IN VALUE FROM YOUR CURRENT CAR

Your current vehicle may be worth more than you think, and maximizing its value can significantly reduce the amount you need to finance. Get multiple trade-in offers before visiting a dealership. Online appraisal tools and used vehicle retailers can provide baseline estimates that help establish a vehicle's market value. Having several offers in hand can strengthen your negotiating position and help prevent unknowingly accepting a low trade-in value.

It's also worth considering a private-party sale. While selling a vehicle yourself requires more time and effort, it often generates a higher return than a trade-in. Buyers who choose this route should gather maintenance records, clean the vehicle thoroughly and address minor cosmetic issues that could affect perceived value.

FOCUS ON TOTAL COST, NOT MONTHLY PAYMENT

When a salesperson starts asking about a monthly payment you'd feel comfortable with, it's easy to miss the big picture. But don't let that distract you. Adjusting to a lower monthly payment might seem appealing, but it often comes at the cost of a longer loan, leading to more interest charges and a higher total paid over the life of the loan.

It's best to examine the entire financing package, including your down payment, your trade-in, the interest rate, loan term and the total cost. A shorter loan with a slightly higher monthly payment can save thousands of dollars in interest. Comparing financing offers on this basis rather than on the monthly payment alone provides a clearer picture of the true expense.

PROTECT YOURSELF FROM NEGATIVE EQUITY

Inflated vehicle prices during the pandemic, longer loan terms and impatient shoppers have increased the risk of negative equity, a situation in which a borrower owes more on a vehicle than it is worth.

According to Edmunds' data, 30.9% of trade-ins toward a new vehicle purchase carried negative equity in the first part of 2026. Moving negative equity into a new loan may make a car purchase possible, but it increases the loan amount and makes it harder to build equity in the replacement vehicle.

A better strategy is to wait until you can make a 10% to 15% down payment, according to Edmunds. If you're getting the itch for a new car and currently owe more than your car is worth, the smarter move is to keep it longer and pay down the loan balance before trading it in. This patient approach can help prevent a cycle of carrying debt from one vehicle to the next.

Edmunds says: Stretching your car-buying dollars in 2026 requires looking beyond the sticker price. Before signing any paperwork, ask to see a breakdown of all the fees. If you spot any fees or services you aren't familiar with, be sure to ask the salesperson. Otherwise, you may overlook something that could prove costly in the long run.

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AUTO REVIEW

'26 model dresses part of go-anywhere legend

The 2026 Nissan Pathfinder features a redesigned grille and new bumpers. The SUV's 3.5-liter V-6 engine distributes its 284 horsepower and 259 pound-feet of torque through a nine-speed transmission. NISSAN MOTOR CORPORATION PHOTOS

The Pathfinder boasts a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen with standard wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto and a wireless smartphone charging pad.

Nissan doesn't quite redeem Pathfinder, but design updated

By Larry Printz TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE

If you're old enough, you might remember that the Nissan Pathfinder once was an SUV in the old sense of the word: muddy, brutish, and vaguely threatening. It looked like it drank diesel for breakfast and headbutted boulders for fun.

And then, in 2013, Nissan transformed the Pathfinder into a rolling apology. It swapped its steel-toe boots and Carhartt jacket for loafers and a cardigan. Any sense of purpose evaporated thanks to former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, who managed to upset enthusiasts, dealers and several governments simultaneously.

That, quite frankly, is talent, even if a bit misguided.

Nevertheless, since its 2022 redesign, the Pathfinder winks at its rugged past like a middle-aged man in leather pants at a high school reunion. It's got some tougher looks, a proper automatic instead of that abysmal CVT, and terrain modes that lend it pretensions of capability. But underneath, it's still a front-wheel-drive SUV with a V-6 rather than a true body-on-frame bruiser with a howling V-8.

Nissan, so it seems, decided that the best way to improve its three-row rugrat wagon is not to give it more power, more ability or more of anything that would make grown men grin. No. They've taken it to a plastic surgeon. What it receives instead is a nose job: a redesigned grille and new front and rear bumpers; fresh lighting elements; and, because this is the modern car industry, a new set of wheels, presumably because the old ones were no longer on trend.

Inside, there's a new 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen with standard wireless Apple CarPlay and wireless Android Auto and a wireless smartphone charging pad with integrated cooling.

In short, it hasn't gone on a diet, learned a new language or taken up weightlifting. It's had its face done, bought some new clothes and redecorated the living room.

The Pathfinder's 3.5-liter V-6 distributes its 284 horsepower and 259 pound-feet of torque through a nine-speed transmission to the front wheels. Tick the right box, and it'll drive all four, which immediately

makes it feel like it's put on boots instead of Crocs. There's a terrain system with Sport, Eco, Snow, and Tow modes and a 3,500-pound towing rating if you're only powering two wheels. Go all-wheel drive, though, and suddenly it considers itself an off-road hero, adding Sand and Mud/Rut modes and doubling down with a 6,000-pound towing limit. Power is norfleeth

Power is perfectly

2026 NISSAN PATHFINDER Base price: \$38,995 Engine: 3.5-liter DOHC V6 Horsepower/Torque: 284/259 pound-feet of torque EPA fuel economy (combined): 23 mpg Towing capacity: 3,500-6,000 pounds

adequate. Put your foot down for an overtake, and there's a brief pause while the gearbox consults its diary and decides how it's feeling before downshifting. Sport mode sharpens the steering and wakes up the throttle, but leaves the shift logic exactly as lethargic as before. Best grab the paddle shifters and do it yourself, which feels satisfyingly racy.

The steering is light and the body doesn't suddenly flop over. Instead, the lean builds progressively, giving you plenty of warning. You notice bumps, but they don't punch you in the spine, as the suspension has been softened just enough to survive the occasional excursion off the tarmac. That said, it's very clear this thing prefers asphalt to adventure. Once the road turns to dirt, its wide turning circle, very much a front-wheel-drive Nissan trait, makes it feel like you're turning around a ferry in a canal.

Still, point it down a gravel track, and it'll cope without complaint, provided you're not attempting anything that involves boulders, winches or a YouTube channel. Throughout all of this, it remains impressively quiet inside, with road noise kept at bay.

Visibility is generally good, unless you look directly out the back, where a forest of headrests blocks your view. The seats are comfortable and the second row is properly spacious. The third row is tighter, although there's enough room for three normally proportioned adults, assuming they're friendly. Getting back there is easier than most, and the captain's chairs are split by a removable console that thoughtfully lifts out with one hand.

While it doesn't actually go anywhere that matters in the SUV universe, the towing figures tick the right boxes, the interior feels grown-up, and it looks more purposeful than the bloated kiddie trolley it replaced. It remembers what it's supposed to be, harking back to the old Pathfinders while borrowing a few no-nonsense cues from Nissan's current trucks.

And this matters because this car has spent far too long wandering the desolate wasteland of suburban parking lots, forgotten and unloved. No, it's not the rock-climbing, axle-twisting brute it once was. And this Pathfinder still punts personality out the window in favor of mainstream blandness.

Has it redeemed itself? Not really. It's just a less confused SUV that reminds you more of a sensible sedan on stilts than the go-anywhere legend its name once carried. But at least it dresses the part.

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Tom Cruise as Digger Rockwell in a scene from "Digger." WARNER BROS. PICTURES

2026

FALL SCREENS GUIDE

This Sunday in A+E, we begin our annual series of special sections devoted to the busy fall arts season. This edition is devoted to all things screens, with a look ahead at what's coming in

Upcoming in A+E: Critics' picks for the biggest opening nights in Chicago theater and dance. The concerts not to miss for all kinds of music. Plus museum and art exhibitions, live comedy and the new fall season for books.

MOVIES

10 picks for fall, including Sorkin's Facebook follow-up

Nina Metz

Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" was the movie of the summer. Less than a month after it opened in theaters, it crossed the \$1 billion mark to become the highest-grossing R-rated movie worldwide, and it's been fun to see audiences debate the movie's themes and Nolan's changes from Homer's original.

The fall movie season may not have a similarly singular film on the calendar, but two big franchises are returning. That would be “Dune: Part Three” and “Avengers: Doomsday,” which are going head-to-head with the same release date on Dec. 18. You already know if either one is of interest to you, so save the date — or, conversely, go ahead and make plans to give other titles your box office dollars that weekend to let studios know you’re interested in other kinds of movies, as well.

A couple of Chicago documentaries are coming up, albeit on TV. Chicago native Mr. T became a pop cultural staple in the 1980s thanks to roles in “Rocky III” and “The

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Robert Pattinson as "To Catch a Predator" host Chris Hansen in "Primetime." A24

Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock in "Practical Magic 2." WARNER BROS. PICTURES

TV AND STREAMING

A new Amy Poehler comedy, return of ‘Slow Horses’

Neil Brown Jr., from left, Tommy Davidson, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Mina Quarterman and Tim Chantarangsu on "The Varnell Hill Show." PARAMOUNT+

By Nina Metz CHICAGO TRIBUNE

The fall TV season brings the return of network shows, back after the summer hiatus. That's 32 series and season premieres on old-school broadcast television, which plenty of viewers still watch, including NBC's One Chicago franchise, which returns in its Wednesday block on Oct. 7. But a number of popular shows are being held for mid-season, more than I can remember in years previous, including "Bob's Burgers" on Fox, "High Potential" and "Will Trent" on ABC and "Matlock" and "Ghosts" on CBS. At least "Ghosts" has two hour-long holiday specials planned in the meantime: A Halloween episode airing Oct. 29 and a "Die Hard"-themed Christmas special airing Dec. 10.

Here's a further look at what's on tap this fall, listed in chronological order:

'THE VARNELL HILL SHOW' A spinoff of the 1990s-era sitcom

“Martin,” the workplace comedy stars Tommy Davidson as the host of a long-running late-night talk show struggling to remain relevant. “Between network executives eager to modernize the show, a chaotic writers' room, celebrity guests, family drama and his own outsized ego, Varnell quickly discovers that keeping a television empire together may be harder than building one in the first place." (Sept. 1 on Paramount+)

'SLOW HORSES'

Jackson Lamb, the farting, foul-mouthed, ill-tempered spy chief with a disdain for basic hygiene, is back with his assortment of British intelligence irregulars in the show's sixth season. The target this time appears to be everyone working at Slough House. Also back, a character who was supposedly killed off in Season 1. Lamb just shrugs: "We've all faked our own death at one time or another." (Sept. 16 on Apple TV)

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Mikey Madison as Facebook whistleblower France Haugen and Jeremy Allen White as Wall St. Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz in "The Social Reckoning." COLUMBIA PICTURES

Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg in “The Social Reckoning,” Aaron Sorkin’s follow-up to his script for 2010’s “The Social Network.” COLUMBIA PICTURES
Andrew Garfield stars in "The Uprising." FOCUS FEATURES

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MOVIES

A-Team” (he still maintains a home in the South Loop) and he is the subject of “Mr T: I Pity the Fool,” premiering on Netflix Sept. 8. And on PBS, Chicago’s own Joffrey Ballet gets the spotlight in a documentary from Kartemquin Films about a two-week choreography competition wherein artists from Brazil, India, Puerto Rico, Brooklyn and Chicago “race against the clock to transform personal stories” into choreography. “Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement” premieres Sept. 18.

On the festival side, Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Fest runs Sept. 17-27, and the 62nd Chicago International Film Fest runs Oct. 14-25.

Here's a look at what's coming to theaters (listed by date of release, with one streaming exception):

'PRACTICAL MAGIC 2'

The 1998 original witchy rom-com starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman was a flop initially, but ultimately became a cult classic. Bullock and Kidman are back for this sequel — you didn't think we'd get through the fall without a few remakes to make your eyes glaze over, did you? — which takes place now-ish, as they face a new crisis regarding their magical powers. The film's director is Susanne Bier, who last worked with Kidman on the frothy Netflix series "The Perfect Couple" (Sept. 10)

'THE UPRISING'

Andrew Garfield plays a 14th-century English peasant who sparks a rebellion after he loses his wife and children to the bubonic plague, and with the king asking for unreasonable taxes, well ... enough is enough. Said event would later become known as the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. The film is written and directed by Paul Greengrass, who told People magazine it is an early example of common people taking center stage and when “history was no longer going to be about kings and queens and the rich and powerful.” (Sept. 11)

'PRIMETIME'

It's been a busy year for Robert Pattinson, who is back on the big screen playing a once-regular presence on the small screen: Chris Hansen, host of "To Catch a Predator," which was one of the more notorious TV phenomena of the early 2000s. Were his TV stings honest attempts at exposing pedophiles, or was that mission secondary to capturing gawk-worthy, exploitative moments for the camera? Count on Pattinson to bring his wonderfully layered weirdness to the role. (Sept. 25)

'DIGGER'

Tom Cruise is back on the big screen and he's playing a character other than Ethan Hunt. That's reason enough to be curious. In a satirical dark comedy from Alejandro G. Iñárritu, he stars as Digger Rockwell, an eccentric oil tycoon whose company sets off an ecological disaster. Instead of stunts, which

have predominated in Cruise's output over the last decade or so, expect plenty of prosthetics glued to the man's face. Truly, the idea of Cruise doing something outside the more typically heroic confines of his recent output is exciting. He's a real actor in addition to being a movie star, and it's nice to know he's still willing to break from the expected. The cast also includes Riz Ahmed, John Goodman and Sandra Hüller. (Oct. 2)

'THE SOCIAL RECKONING'

A follow-up to 2010's “The Social Network,” this film is written and directed by Aaron Sorkin and stars Jeremy Allen White as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Mikey Madison as a Facebook whistleblower looking to expose some of the company’s worst secrets. Putting “reckoning” in the title is certainly a choice. Is that meant sincerely or ironically? What kind of reckoning has Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (played here by Jeremy Strong) experienced as a result of this real-world whistleblower’s willingness to come forward? When it comes to major Hollywood movies taking on The Issues of Our Day, it’s always worth asking: What is the filmmaker trying to say, if anything? Here’s hoping

'MATCHBOX: THE MOVIE'

Sorkin will give audiences some real meat to chew on. (Oct. 9)

If Lego and Barbie can have their own movies, why not Matchbox? Not sure what to expect tonally from this movie starring John Cena, which is described as an “action-packed globe-trotting adventure about a group of friends since childhood who have their lives upended when an undercover CIA agent, their long-absent leader, returns to their small town and unwittingly gets them embroiled in a frantic international pursuit to save the world.” And I thought it would have been about ... Matchbox cars. (Streaming Oct. 9 on Apple TV)

'OTHER MOMMY'

In a perfect world, no one is more trustworthy than Mom. But what if there's a Mom doppelganger in the home — one with a creepy smile that screams “AI”

— who is terrorizing both her young daughter and husband? That's the premise for this horror movie starring Jessica Chastain, based on the 2024 novel "Incidents Around the House" by Josh Malerman. (Oct. 9)

'HOW TO ROB A BANK'

An action-comedy heist movie starring Nicholas Hoult, Christian Slater, John C. Reilly and Zoë Kravit about bank robbers who brag about their exploits on social media because their crimes are motivated by their desire to push back against a rigged system. But that means it's impossible to stay under the radar ("Let's make some content" is their rallying cry) and the FBI are on their tail. But apparently the trade-off is worth it: "You know what is more powerful than money?" a character asks. "An audience." (Nov. 13)

'I PLAY ROCKY'

A biopic about Sylvester Stallone and “Rocky,” the 1976 movie that turned him into a household name. In his 20s, Stallone struggled to land roles. And when he did, he was pigeonholed as the thug. So he wrote a script about an underdog boxer. The film became a hit and changed his life, but his path there was, well ... a rocky one. Studios liked the script and wanted to make it — with anyone but Stallone in the title role. The man needed a paycheck badly and could have taken the money and run, but he stuck to his guns and the rest is history. Anthony Ippolito plays Stallone. (Nov. 20)

'FOCKER-IN-LAW'

Long, long, long sigh. Sorry, was I supposed to write something about the movie itself? Wasn't a fan of 2000's "Meet the Parents," but whatever. Two more movies followed: 2004's "Meet the Fockers" and 2010's "Little Fockers." So here we are in 2026 with the fourth incarnation of this franchise starring Ben Stiller as the guy who has a hard-ass for a father-in-law, played by Robert De Niro. This time, it's the next generation introducing a new mate. (Nov. 25)

Jordan Aaron Hall, from left, Cornell Young IV, Chibuikem Uche and Dasan Frazier in the reboot of "A Different World." NETFLIX

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'LINE OF FIRE'

Is TV really TV without Peter Krause headlining a show? From “Sports Night” to “Six Feet Under” to “Parenthood” to “9-1-1,” the man has been a reliable television presence for decades. This time he’s playing a Secret Service agent. In fact, his whole family is a cornucopia of law enforcement types who put their personal differences aside to work on cases for the FBI, U.S. Marshals, Secret Service and Department of Justice — until one case goes belly up and now the whole family is ... in the line of fire. The show apparently answers that burning question: How many law enforcement agencies can one series fetishize? (Sept. 21 on NBC)

'BROTHERS'

Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey star as fictionalized versions of themselves who discover

they might be brothers. "As Woody turns (McConaughey's) ranch upside down in pursuit of the truth, Matthew finds himself juggling an entirely different identity crisis: a potential run for Governor of Texas." McConaughey has publicly said he's interested in running for office, so if he's using this series as a way to juice those efforts while collecting a paycheck, well, shame on Apple for going along with it. (Sept. 23 on Apple TV)

'A DIFFERENT WORLD' Pack your bags, we're headed to Hillman College. That fictional institution for higher learning is familiar to anyone who watched the original campus comedy set at a historically Black college. The multi-camera sitcom ran from 1987 to 1993. The reboot abandons the multi-cam approach,

Amy Poehler stars in "Dig," a new comedy about archeologists working in Greece. PEACOCK

but some familiar faces return, including Jasmine Guy, who played Whitley. (Sept. 24 on Netflix)

'WAR'

A legal drama from across the pond about the lives of London's most powerful lawyers duking it out in a “ruthless world where ambition is currency, betrayal is strategy and winning is everything.” The big case centers on the “explosive” divorce between a tech mogul (Dominic West) and his movie star wife (Sienna Miller). (Oct. 1 on HBO)

'TIP TOE'

Alan Cumming and David Morrissey star in this British series from Russell T. Davies (“Doctor Who”) about Manchester neighbors — an electrician and a pub owner — who see their ordinary suburban world turned upside down by lies and violence. (Oct. 2 on Starz)

'ETERNALLY YOURS'

The premise for this comedy is basically “Meet the Parents,” except the parents are vampires who

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Blau makes mundane fascinating in ‘Errands’

Creator Noah Blau films Aitana Doyle on July 15 as she prepares for her driver's test in New York City for an episode of the show "Errands," which has won a small yet feverish following on social media. LANNA APISUKH/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Filmmaker follows friends undertaking tasks in online show

By Alex Vadukul THE NEW YORK TIMES

On a dead-end street lined with auto body shops in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, filmmaker Noah Blau, 26, trained his Sony camcorder on Aitana Doyle, an aspiring actor and restaurant server, as she anxiously practiced for her driver's test.

Blau was taping an episode for his cult Instagram show, “Errands,” which documents his friends undertaking tasks around the city with an approach that elevates their mundane missions into hero’s journeys. Episodes have included an excursion to hang a window curtain and a trip to replace a broken skateboard.

Blau interviewed Doyle outside the rental Chevy she was using to practice parallel parking along the desolate street. "Aitana, explain to me the situation," Blau said.

“Today I’m taking my driver’s test,” Doyle, 23, said. “I started lessons two years ago, but I kept getting scared and chickening out. But now I need it. Because I keep doing acting jobs where I drive, and I keep lying about having my driver’s license.”

“Either I’ve got it in the bag,” she added, “or I’m going to fail miserably.”

Blau handed her the yellow legal pad that serves as the show's title card. "I (heart emoji) Errands," it read. He filmed her as she held it up.

Nervously, Doyle got in the car and eased into a spot. She then opened the door and triumphantly evaluated her proximity to the curb.

“Noah’s show helps people appreciate the little wins in life,” Doyle said afterward. “The people on his show aren’t celebrities like on ‘Subway Takes.’

They're average Joes going about their day. Sometimes you spend your day accomplishing nothing but an errand, and that's important too."

Since Blau posted the first episode of “Errands” 10 months ago — it followed a friend named Marta and her quest to find a pink wig

— the show has won a small yet feverish following in the post-“Subway Takes” era of algorithm-nourishing New York social media content.

Filmed in lo-fi style and accompanied by trippy jazz flute scores, the show approaches errands like urban odysseys. There's one about a poet named Bernard who brings his broken CD player to an appliance repair store in Chinatown. An actor named Jeremy searches for his lost cat.

Jeremy never ends up finding his cat, and failure is a theme of the show. Another episode follows a DJ named Declan, who goes to traffic court hoping to contest what he considers an unjust biking ticket, only to encounter an unsympathetic judge. “We won some, we lost some,” Declan says afterward, smoking a cigarette.

"The failure rate is actually really high," Blau said. "At first I thought that was going to be a problem, but it's only been great for the show. The show is about: 'I set out to do something, and did I accomplish it?' So as mundane as the errand might be, everyone understands that feeling."

Another element of the show's appeal, he said, has to do with its glimpses into the banal moments of everyday life.

"All great films are voyeuristic in some way," Blau said, "and now we're all voyeuristic online. People get embarrassed when they're seen carrying toilet paper home. But why is that? We know you use toilet paper. There's something attractive and illicit about seeing someone do private things in public."

At the apartment Blau shares with a roommate in the Bushwick neighborhood, mementos from “Errands” outings were pinned to a corkboard, such as a gluten-free communion wafer from an episode about a pastor who goes shopping for church supplies. There was also a small poster of Lars von Trier and Jorgen Leth’s “The Five Obstructions.”

He clicked through computer files labeled "Johnny," "Krystal," "Drew" and "Uma."

“I’ve been following people with a camcorder for a long time,” he said. “Really, my whole life.”

Raised in Baltimore, Blau grew up in a journalistic household. His father was an editor at the Baltimore Sun, and his mother was a food writer for the Chicago Tribune.

When he was 6, Blau filmed a ladybug with a digital camera and posted the video on YouTube (it got 100 views). At 10, while documenting his sister's bat mitzvah, he ended up filming her interview with their grandfather about the Holocaust.

As a student at New York University, Blau grew engrossed in the work of cinéma vérité auteurs like Frederick Wiseman and Ross McElwee while also immersing himself in the New York canon of John Cassavetes and Martin Scorsese.

“Scorsese’s ‘After Hours’ is like the ultimate errand,” he said. “That would be my dream episode — for someone to get so sidetracked on their errand that they get chased through SoHo by an angry mob, like in the film.”

Around the time he posted his first episode in 2025, “Subway Takes” was surfacing incessantly on social media algorithms. Its host, Kareem Rahma, had started out interviewing young New York creatives on rattling trains. Once the talk show blew up, he began featuring celebrities like

Cate Blanchett and Jennifer Lopez, as well as sponsored posts with companies like Google.

When asked if he hoped "Errands" might take off in similar fashion, Blau mulled his answer.

"I love ‘Subway Takes,’ and my show exists in a post-‘Subway Takes’ world, but I don’t want the show to become a press stop," he said. "If I were to have Taylor Swift on ‘Errands,’ that would probably be the worst thing that could happen to it."

“I think people like my show because it’s made for no money and makes no money,” he added. “I think that helps keep it pure.”

On a recent Wednesday, Blau sat beside Doyle in her rented Chevy, filming her as she drove to take her driver's test in the Flatbush neighborhood. He reminded her to slow down for speed bumps and quizzed her on the meaning of various road signs.

"Don't even ask me what the speed limit in New York is," Doyle said. "Because I don't know."

On a quiet road facing a cemetery, she pulled up behind a line of idling student drivers. It was a long wait. Doyle writhed in her seat. Her nerves finally eased when a Department of Motor Vehicles examiner in a yellow vest approached and told her that her test was being rescheduled.

Blau seemed flustered by the prospect of another errand gone awry. But after collecting himself, he turned the camcorder back on and asked Doyle how she felt about the setback. She smoked a cigarette while answering his questions.

Finally putting away his camcorder, Blau looked out at the weedy field of tombstones.

"The longer I do this, the more I think of everything as an errand," he said. "What I'm doing right now is an errand. Decomposing and turning into a tree is an errand. Death is an errand."

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Woody Harrelson, left, and Matthew McConaughey star in "Brothers." APPLE TV

are less-than-thrilled to learn their daughter is dating a human: “Living in present-day Seattle with their oddball coven, they’ve settled into an eternal rut — until their daughter’s earnest human boyfriend unexpectedly enters their lives and forces them to confront whether their love can survive forever … or if forever is a life sentence.” (Oct. 8 on CBS)

Jack Lowden, left, and Gary Oldman in Season 6 of "Slow Horses." APPLE TV

'CUPERTINO'

Taylor Bloom, from left, Peter Krause and Tommy O'Brien in "Line of Fire." NBC

Another legal drama, huzzah! And this one comes from “The Good Wife” creators Robert and Michelle King. The setting is Silicon Valley, where a seasoned attorney (Mike Colter) teams up with a newbie (Rachel Keller) to defend clients who are up against the considerable resources of muscle-flexing tech giants. (Oct. 8 on CBS)

'THE DIPLOMAT'

The witty Netflix drama returns for Season 4 with Kerri Russell as the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom once again trying to keep everything from imploding on the international stage, a task inevitably complicated by her husband, played by Rufus Sewell. Their fates are linked — for better or for worse — with that of the president (Allison Janney) and her husband (Bradley Whitford). As show creator Debora Cahn puts it: “They’re two couples strapped together in one car on a crumbling roller coaster.” (Oct. 15 on Netflix)

'NEWLYWEDS'

Téa Leoni and Tim Daly star in this comedy about opposites — she's a free spirit, he's buttoned up — who get married shortly after meeting and falling in love. Sounds like "Dharma & Greg." Anyone? Is this thing on? The extra frisson here: Leoni and Daly are a couple in real life. (Oct. 23 on NBC)

'NOCTURNE'

Liev Schreiber and Zazie

Beetz star in this adaptation of Lars Kepler's crime novels "Lazarus" and "The Sandman," about a police detective who moves from Philadelphia to a small town in Pennsylvania in search of a quieter life. Too bad there's a serial killer there, so the detective teams up with his former mentee, who is now an FBI agent. (Oct. 30 on Apple TV)

'STICK'

I liked the first season of this show starring Owen Wilson and Marc Maron, which channeled Ron Shelton circa “Tin Cup.” A wry sports comedy about a shaggy dog looking for a small measure of redemption, Wilson plays a washed-out pro golfer who spots a teenage phenom and decides to coach him to greatness. In Season 2, the kid is no longer an unknown, and now he has to actually live up to everyone’s expectations. Meanwhile,

Wilson's character decides to launch a comeback to become the oldest golfer ever to win a major. Rhea Seehorn joins the cast. (Nov. 4 on Apple TV)

'THE ALTRUISTS'

The eight-episode series centers on Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX, and Caroline Ellison, the CEO of the cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research

— both of whom racked up fraud convictions as a result of their business dealings. According to co-showrunner Jacqueline Hoyt: “I think viewers will find the deeply intimate story of these two individuals with morally conflicted motives fascinating, and will ultimately have a better understanding of why they did what they did.” That last point is probably a good indication of whether or not this show is for you: Are you, in fact, interested in understanding why they did what they did? If so, strap in. (Nov. 19 on Netflix)

'DIG'

Amy Poehler and Hugh Laurie star in this comedy about archeologists overseeing a group of college students on an archeological dig in Greece. According to the press materials, “Their discovery of a rare artifact sends them on the adventure of a lifetime.” (Nov. 23 on Peacock)

Rick Kogan

Bob Danon in his Danon Gallery in Evanston on Aug. 4. TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/CHICAGO TRIBUNE PHOTOS

Now in his 80s, will the owner of Danon Gallery reinvent himself again?

Framed art hangs on the walls at the Danon Gallery in Evanston.

The life of Bob Danon, which has smartly slipped into its eighth decade, has lost none of the energy, creativity, political awareness, playfulness and ambition that have peppered its preceding decades.

"I'm getting ready to, hopefully, pitch to the Obama Foundation, with a big underlined maybe," he was telling me Sunday afternoon as the sun splashed the street outside his latest professional home, the Danon Gallery, a charmingly cluttered space at 1808 Central St. in Evanston.

That's one of Danon's latest goals. He shows me, among many interesting art pieces, a compelling oil portrait of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black teen from Chicago whose brutal lynching in Mississippi in 1955 helped spark the civil rights movement.

"I think this belongs in the new Obama Presidential Center," he says. "And I own a number of very significant and historical pieces regarding Chicago and America. They belong in museums. And these works of art, in most cases, were done by different local artists."

He has always had big ideas and interests, from the time I first met him, more than 50 years ago, when we both were hired by a new magazine named The Chicagoan. He was its circulation manager; I was a reporter.

I quickly learned that Danon was Hyde Park-born and raised, attended Ray Elementary School and Hyde Park High School, leaving in his senior year to enlist in the U.S. Navy where, among many duties, he was a swimming instructor.

When the magazine ended publication after 18 months, he wound up managing Grandma's Receipts, a popular turn-of-the-century themed restaurant on Clark Street at Diversey Parkway for a couple of years.

He had been collecting art for some time and made a leap in 1976 by opening the Rainbow River Gallery on Armitage Avenue, across from Park West. He sold art and did framing and he loved it.

He also fell in love with a nurse, married, had a baby girl and moved to Evergreen, Colorado, where he opened a frame shop and gallery and a hot dog “restaurant” named Last of the Red Hot Lovers. But the marriage quickly fell apart, and he was back here with sole custody of daughter Kate. They lived in a Rogers Park apartment, and he began, he says, “working a lot of part-time jobs so I could be a full-time father.”

One of those jobs was writing a weekly column for the Hyde Park Herald, “One Plus,” which detailed his “adventures” as a single dad. (He would later create a politics-focused blog called BrokenNews.Press).

Then in 1993 came one of the biggest jobs he would ever have. Danon was chosen to frame and hang artwork and photos on the walls of a new high-profile venture, Michael Jordan's Restaurant at 500 N. LaSalle St.

It was a massive undertaking, hanging 400-some pieces in 10 weeks, from sports-related photos, Sports Illustrated covers and the work of Bill Smith, the official photographer for the Bulls. Also capturing diners' eyes was a large and vibrant portrait of Jordan by acclaimed Chicago artist Ed Paschke, a leading figure in the Chicago Imagists movement. There was also wall space charmingly dedicated to original drawings sent in by children and fans from all over the world.

In 1996, Danon opened a frame shop at 1126 Central Ave. in Wilmette, expanding into the space next door two years later and turning it into a gallery.

Business was good, but, Danon being Danon, in the summer of 2004 he transformed the gallery into Charlie's Coffee House, named after his beloved English Springer Spaniel. It featured an array of soups, pastries and sandwiches. Within a few months, there was music when he started a weekly concert series that he called “Friday Night Live,” featuring such stars as Ed Holstein, Corky Siegel, Don Stiernberg and Megan McDonough.

He successfully fought the town for the right to serve wine and beer. He started open mic and comedy nights. Though the place had a capacity of only 25, for many of a certain age, it warmly recalled the Earl of Old Town, Quiet Knight, Orphans and the other great city clubs that helped get us through the nights.

In 2010, he moved his operation into his current space, and business boomed, though he did miss his musical events. A visit to Danon's shop now is not only to see a vast number of artworks of various sizes and styles. It is also to meet a man who is a compelling storyteller. Among those he might tell you — showing you a map on the wall as he does — is why in 2019 he went on a kayak trip along the coast of Crete to raise money for Shriners Children's Chicago.

This was his fourth such fundraising-rowing effort. One of the others raised money for pediatric cancer research at what was then called Children's Memorial Hospital, in honor of a 13-year-old girl from Wilmette.

"I fell in love with kayaking back in 1995," he says. "To use it for good became a special thing for me."

After the trip to Crete, he had planned to close his shop and move to Lawrence, Kansas. That's where his daughter Kate, after graduating from Kansas University, lived and worked as a nurse, married to "a really fine guy named Brian," says Danon.

But COVID came and plans changed and he remains in his Evanston shop and seems happy and active, in part because after 50 years in the business he has close relationships with many clients.

One of them is Donna La Pietra, who tells me, in reference to her husband and business partner, Bill Kurtis, “As a long-time pre-iPhone photographer, Bill had always created physical prints. We believed in framing those that carried special memories of a location, an event, a story covered. These were placed on the walls of the places we lived and worked. Few were as skilled as Bob Danon in that special craft of framing the photos and the memories.”

Now, Danon has a possible new client on his mind and he will tell you that he briefly met Barack Obama long ago at a Hyde Park party. “No chance he’ll remember that,” Danon says, smiling. “But you never know.”

rkogan@chicagotribune.com

Punk icon Patti Smith back in Chicago

The singer returns for a literary award and Riot Fest, says she can write about childhood ‘because I never left it’

Patti Smith and her band perform at Salt Shed in Chicago in 2023. TERRENCE ANTONIO JAMES/CHICAGO TRIBUNE

By Mary Wisniewski FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Writer, artist and punk icon Patti Smith said she always felt “very romantic” about her hometown of Chicago, and can recite lines from Carl Sandburg’s “Chicago” poem by heart.

"It's where I made my first steps, where I said my first words, and where I was baptized," Smith said in an interview. "I just always felt proud to be born in Chicago."

Born at Grant Hospital in Lincoln Park on Dec. 30, 1946, Smith spent her early years in Logan Square. She remembers playing with Polish immigrant children and seeing her first swan in Humboldt Park.

Smith will be returning here on Sept. 10 to receive the Harold Washington Literary Award at the Union League Club. Past recipients include Stuart Dybek and Sandra Cisneros. Then on Sept. 20, Smith and her band will perform at Riot Fest for the first time since 2021.

Smith said she was “very surprised” to receive the Washington prize, though she had received the 2010 National Book Award for her memoir “Just Kids,” along with many musical accolades.

“It’s been very encouraging, because the most important pursuit to me is writing,” Smith said. She started performing her poetry in the 1970s, and “because of my intense energy, my performances kept growing and growing, eventually merging with rock and roll. It was never a plan of mine, never even a dream of mine. And it did send me on an entirely different sort of public mission. But in the end, writing has always been my first love.”

a memoir

Smith's books include "M Train" and "Year of the

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Monkey,” as well as her more recent memoir “Bread of Angels,” which dives deeply into her childhood, artistic career and marriage to MC5 guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith. She tells of early encounters with art — such as listening to Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" and seeing a Picasso for the first time. She also writes of Fred's sudden death at age 46, followed by the loss of her brother Todd at 42.

Smith said if the book has a theme, it's gratitude.

"All through my life, I've met many extraordinary people who have helped me along the way and mentored me or shepherded me. ... I had to endure the shock and sorrow of losing people, but every one of them, I was grateful to," Smith said.

She recalled how her parents coped with poverty and her severe childhood illnesses, including tuberculosis and scarlet fever. The memoir includes amazing details — such as when Patti was late to school because she was communing with an old and regal snapping turtle.

Asked how she can remember childhood so well, Smith said, “I think because I never left it. I mean, it’s really, truthfully, the most precious time in my life.” She was close in age with Todd and her sister Linda, and they loved retelling stories together.

Approaching 80, Smith said she feels lucky to be alive. But she is concerned about the damage done by the Trump administration and believes climate change should be the world's "No. 1 preoccupation."

During her recent visit with Pope Leo, Smith said they spoke about the state of the world and about one's responsibility, especially to young people. They also talked baseball – he is famously a Sox fan, while she roots for the Cubs. "So we laughed about that." She called Leo one of Chicago's "most exemplary citizens."

"I'm not Catholic, but I have great faith in him and respect him as one of our most important global voices," she said.

Smith said that it's always been tough to be an artist. Ludwig van Beethoven faced humiliation

— William Blake died in poverty. But if artists have something to say, they'll find a way to say it, and there's plenty to respond to in the present moment, Smith said.

“Part of the package of being an artist or an activist is always a degree of suffering, of being trampled upon and then rising up again. It’s not easy...” Smith said. “All anybody can do, really, is the best you can.”

“I know what it’s like to feel despair,” Smith said. “I felt it a number of times.” But then she takes a deep breath and thinks, “I don’t want to be here. I want to actively do what I can to get to another level. But it takes work... I work every day.”

Parton's song library has stories to tell

Larger-than-life music legend wrote, recorded classics that stand test of time

By Maria Sherman ASSOCIATED PRESS

Dolly Parton was more than a musician, actor, author, philanthropist, or theme-park entrepreneur. Parton, who died recently at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination — a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more.

But from the beginning, at the heart of everything she accomplished, she was a songwriter.

Selecting a few songs across her many decades of music is a fool's errand, but here are some classics that stand above the rest.

'JUST BECAUSE I'M A WOMAN'

Parton was long celebrated for the feminist themes throughout her music. That progressive sociopolitical stance is evident from the beginning of her career, which overlapped with the emergence of the women's liberation movement. On the 1968 country classic "Just Because I'm a Woman," Parton's protagonist reminds her partner he need not judge her for having previous sexual partners — after all, he's had some, too. "My mistakes are no worse than yours," she sings, "Just because I'm a woman." She said the song was inspired by a conversation with her late husband, Carl Dean, who asked her if she'd been with any men before they met.

'COAT OF MANY COLORS' The quintessential example of Parton the

Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers in 1983. Their duet "Islands in the Stream" was a hit that same year. DOUG PIZAC/AP

raconteur is 1971's “Coat of Many Colors.” It's an autobiographical tale about her mother, who made a coat for Parton out of rags. She was mocked by other kids but understood its value. “Now I know we had no money, but I was rich as I could be,” she sings, “In my coat of many colors my momma made for me.”

'JOLENE'

It is not only one of Parton's best-known hits, but 1973's “Jolene” is also one of the best-known country music songs of all time. “Jolene” was inspired by Dean; Parton told NPR in 2008 that she wrote the song about a flirty bank teller who seemed to take an interest in him. “She got this terrible crush on my husband,” she said. “And he just loved going to the bank because she paid him so much attention. It was kinda like a running joke between us — when I was saying, ‘Hell, you’re spending a lot of time at the bank. I don’t believe we’ve got that kind of money.’ So, it’s really an innocent song all around, but sounds like a dreadful one.”

'I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU'

The second single from Parton's 13th studio album, 1974's "I Will Always Love You" is most known for its rendition by Whitney Houston. But the Parton original was written for Porter Wagoner ahead of her departure from "The Porter Wagoner Show." (She left in 1974, having collaborated with him since 1967.) There have been several versions, but none as resonant as Houston's, recorded in 1992 for the soundtrack to “The Bodyguard.”

'HERE YOU COME AGAIN' Parton wrote an

Parton wrote an overwhelming number of her hits, which makes 1977's "Here You Come Again" an interesting outlier. It was penned by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, first recorded by B.J. Thomas and originally conceived with the idea that Brenda Lee would record it. The song made its way to Parton and became a tentpole pop crossover hit for the country artist. But make no mistake – Parton made sure the steel guitar was heard loud and proud.

'9 TO 5'

Enter Parton, the Hollywood star. It begins with the sound of a typewriter. (That clacking sound? Parton originally conceived of it by striking her long acrylic nails together.) The ebullient “9 to 5” was written for the 1980 film of the same name, which starred Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Parton in her acting debut. The song also appears on her album “9 to 5 and Odd Jobs.”

Lyrically, it celebrates women in the workplace and serves as a battle cry for pay equity; it earned Parton her first Oscar nomination.

'ISLANDS IN THE STREAM'

By the 1980s, Parton had fashioned herself as a mainstream celebrity. On the 1983 hit “Islands in the Stream” with Kenny Rogers, her clarion soprano makes for perfect harmonies. That shouldn’t come as any surprise, but perhaps this will: The song was written by the Bee Gees. It got to Parton and Rogers, and the rest is history. It’s also a reminder of how R&B and country music are inextricably linked.

'WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKIN' LIKE THAT'

Before this triumphant return to capital-C country music, there was a deeper detour into '80s drum machine-heavy pop. But what came after, 1989's "White Limozeen," should be celebrated for "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That," with its steel guitar, banjo, mandolins, Pedabro and a fierce fiddle courtesy of Ricky Skaggs — all while Parton playfully objectifies a man with a cheeky wink.

'THE GRASS IS BLUE'

"I've had to think up a way to survive," Parton opens the title track to her 1999 album "The Grass Is Blue." She said she wrote the bluegrass ballad in 30 minutes, during a lunch break while filming "Blue Valley Songbird," a made-for-TV musical drama about a woman who tries to leave an abusive partner. It features her scratch vocals

— a demo meant to serve as a blueprint for the final recording — providing an additional rawness to a song of impossible pain. "And the sky is green / and the grass is blue," she sings. "And I don't love you."

'LITTLE SPARROW'

If there is anything resembling a dip in Parton's overwhelming popularity, it arrived in the '90s, when country listeners instead embraced the glossy pop-country of Shania Twain and LeAnn Rimes. A pivot arrived at the end of that decade and into the one that followed, when

Readers drawn to her lighthearted diversion

Lion's cheeky ‘journals’ propel Brower to self-publishing fame

By Courtney Runn THE NEW YORK TIMES

On Nov. 5, 2019, the first two volumes of “The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion” quietly entered the world.

The books were a departure from author Beth Brower's typical fantasy novels, instead following the day-to-day adventures and musings of a witty, literary-minded orphan on the cusp of adulthood in a fictional London neighborhood in 1883.

Brower had visited London only once, but she could clearly see Emma's world in her head – quirky neighbors, whimsical traditions, fantastical balls, cozy tea shops and unexplainable happenings of the ghostly variety. Think “Gilmore Girls,” in Victorian England.

Posting an announcement on Instagram to a smattering of congratulatory comments was the extent of Brower's marketing, but she trusted the right readers would find the books.

Seven years and six volumes later, the fans have indeed found Emma, and they are obsessed.

"The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion" was meant to be a lighthearted diversion as Brower made progress on emotionally heavier work; instead, it's propelled her to self-publishing fame and, recently, more traditional deals with Bloomsbury Publishing in Britain and 17 other international publishers. (She hasn't signed with an American publisher, and in fact turned down a promising offer, though she describes herself as still open.)

The first volume has garnered more than 100,000 reviews on Goodreads. Facebook groups and bookfluencers churn out new fan theories daily (if not hourly).

And Brower is now regularly recognized in Orem, Utah, where she lives. She turned to her husband with an amused apology after one such encounter.

“I’m afraid,” she recalled in a recent interview, “we’re going to spend the rest of our lives talking about Emma.”

Orem is where Brower, 43, also grew up, the fifth of 11 siblings. Surrounded by art, music, sports and books in a creatively inclined family, she nurtured a rich inner life and the ability to write in any environment.

It was always a matter of when, not if, she would publish her first novel. She romanticized the traditional publishing path, but rejection letters forced her to examine the drive behind her dream: to be in every bookstore or to find readers who connected with her work? She chose the readers, founding Rhysdon Press in 2016.

The word-of-mouth success of the Emma Lion books is largely thanks to the instantly likable hero. Emma might share the sunny wonder of Anne Shirley, but her wit and modernity are pure Elizabeth Bennet. “I admit to running counter to most social graces,” Emma explains in the second volume. “I have been accused of throwing a teapot before, as you will no doubt hear before too long.”

Brower plots the books like a long-running television show; each volume spans two months in Emma's life and each calendar year represents a "season." Book 9 is slated for this year, with fans stalking every digital move for hints of when it might drop.

The books are the first series, and the first self-published works, that Alexis Kirschbaum, the head of

Bloomsbury Trade, has acquired. “As a publisher, I like complex female characters,” she said, and the “true originality of imagination” and spot-on capture of the “London spirit” made it an easy gamble.

Lady Smith, co-owner of the independent bookstore Snail on the Wall, in Huntsville, Alabama, first stocked the series in January after a customer's request. Now, she restocks weekly and says they've sold almost 100 copies of the first volume.

Set in an invented corner of London called St. Crispian's, the books might be wrapped in an unassuming package of Anglophile charm, but readers appreciate that Brower isn't afraid to explore the darker edges of her characters.

In Book 5, Young Hawkes, an unorthodox vicar more likely to quote poetry than Scripture from the pulpit, offers a challenge to Emma as she's staring down grief on the brink of a new year: "It takes a great deal to trust the future after one is acquainted with loss."

This sentiment was a welcome balm to Torri Foster, 27, in Chandler, Indiana, who turned to the Emma Lion books the day after a miscarriage. When she lost her daughter, the world of the series was a safe refuge where she felt deeply understood. “Emma gave me a friend I didn’t have to talk back to,” Foster said. “It’s so much more than just a book.”

Brower deeply appreciates the ardor of her fans, but she has constructed strict boundaries around St. Crispian's and its secrets — she is not lurking on Reddit threads for plot suggestions. She confirms the series will contain 25 books in total, chronicling Emma's life through 1887.

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Author Beth Brower, seen July 22 in London, has confirmed that “The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion” will contain 25 books in total. CHARLOTTE HADDEN/THE NEW YORK TIMES

McDonough, Georgia, and heard about the books from friends at church. “I’m a 35-year-old man, married, father of two, and I relate,” he said. He recommended them to his 86-year-old grandmother, who read the entire series in three weeks and jokes that she hopes she’ll live long enough to see it to completion.

The series looks to have broad appeal: It has enough literary merit to please self-proclaimed book snobs; it resists explicit scenes driving other BookTok sensations while still giving romance fans fodder for endgame predictions; and it features nuanced spiritual musings yet doesn't alienate nonreligious readers or veer into saccharine territory.

(For fans who speculate that Emma's misadventures are inaccurately modern, Brower has a simple rebuttal: “There’s quite a lot of interesting behavior happening in England in the 1800s.”)

While Brower insists that Emma is not autobiographical, the balance of realism and optimism that attracts readers to the character is rooted in the author's own disposition.

In college, Brower discovered a talent for gardening. She enjoyed her newfound hobby so much that she became a professional, spending seven years as the head gardener at Rivendell, a “Lord of the Rings”-inspired estate outside Park City, Utah, until chronic illness forced her to leave.

“We have to be brave enough to encounter the dark things,” she said.

“Having hope or faith in life requires grit. It requires being honest about the shadows one encounters.”

Now in better health, Brower enjoys a more consistent writing schedule and the capacity to travel to London. The Bloomsbury editions recently came out in Britain; with them came her first traditional book launch. (She's delighted by their book covers, designed by David Mann, which look like “1940s editions of a classic 1800s novel.”)

She has been meeting and sharing meals with her British and French publishers. In Paris, she stole away to Fnac, a French retail chain, to purchase her own books

— “a moment of triumph for me and my characters,” she said, “and I wanted to share it with them.”

BOOK REVIEWS

Fairy tales nudge wayward academic

Daniel Mason's “Country People” is built for pleasure. It has a boisterous cast of two dozen or so characters, every one of whom is funny, means well and is trying to do what's best (although many of them — including “hollow earthers” and organic farming cheaters — are wrong-headed at best). Its tone is bright and forgiving as a wayward academic named Miles moves — with his professor wife and their two small kids — from California to a town in Vermont.

It's Mason's first book that would not be categorized as historical fiction, but like his previous work, it is so willing to follow digressions and shaggy dog stories that it can feel somewhere in between a novel and a story collection.

The digressions include a charming peek into rehearsals of a grade-school production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” meetings with a group of locals who have very odd ideas about how the world works, Miles’ multiple attempts to determine the subject of a doctoral dissertation he has been working on for a dozen years, and “Rat-Lines,” which are discovered in Miles’ new home but about which the less said, the better.

To distract his children from the rat problem, Miles invents bedtime stories that incorporate and, he hopes, calm their fears. Storytelling is a major concern of “Country People,” which Miles narrates with a droll sense of wonder.

Don't expect much in terms of plot but do expect a big-hearted narrator whose wry sense of humor recalls a gentler David Sedaris and whose curiosity about the mysteries of his new home verges on childlike. The fairy tales he hears and tells nudge him in a healthier, more productive direction, a place where he comes to realize that “perhaps our world and our families are magical enough.”

Like everything else in “Country People,” it’s a small, even homey, revelation. But it’s also a great reminder that our lives are made up of stories that can be traced to the beginning of time. And that humans and the nature that surrounds us are not a bunch of small stories. We’re all one big story. — Chris Hewitt, Minnesota Star Tribune

'COUNTRY PEOPLE' By Daniel Mason; Random House, 320 pages, \$30.

Jo Harkin's dazzling, jocular novel "The Pretender," now in paperback, recounts the journey of one John Collan, from his anonymous boyhood in a rural village to a claim, as Edward Plantagenet, on the English monarchy. Never has a peasant risen so far, so fast.

Set in the 1480s, as Henry VII ascends to the throne following the War of the Roses, “The Pretender” opens with John rooted in bucolic bliss, a dreamy 10-year-old whose japes and scrapes make up all the world he’ll ever need.

His country life is disrupted when a gentleman sweeps him to Oxford. We learn his true father, the scheming late Duke of Clarence, had swapped him with another, protecting his neck from the ax.

Edward grows into a polished persona, the Yorkists' final ploy to quell the Tudor threat. Harkin tinkers with her young

'THE PRETENDER' By Jo Harkin; Vintage, 496 pages, \$19.

lord's identity like a kaleidoscope, but Edward remains the sweet-tempered, empathic farm boy.

"The Pretender" celebrates and subverts the conventions of historical fiction. The influences are there in plain sight — Hilary Mantel ("Wolf Hall"), Chaucer's Wife of Bath, Arthurian legends, Sally Rooney, sex comedies — yet the novel moves with its own zany energy.

Harkin blends Latinate and Gallic vocabulary and spelling with present-day slang. As she writes of Edward's "gentil" older cousin and idol: "His swordsmanship is a technical marvel. And of course the ladies are, how do you say, hot for him."

As the plot springs forward, Edward ships off to the Pale of Ireland, ruled by the Earl of Kildare, his lady, and their brood of six daughters and infant son. Now 13, Edward is drawn to precocious, beautiful Joan.

Edward and Joan join forces as Harkin escalates the action, twirling and teasing her prose. Percussive sentences; parenthetical interruptions; modernist stream-of-consciousness; a section transcribed like a play. All add up to an irresistible voice in a stylish, profane, hilarious read. — Hamilton Cain, Minnesota Star Tribune

Flyn lands in ‘inherently risky’ situations to research new book

By Erik Pedersen ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Cal Flynn traveled tens of thousands of miles around the world to research her book, “The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness,” journeying to remote areas in Africa, Antarctica and the Amazon and encountering AK-47-toting men, isolated Indigenous communities, big game hunters, turbulent seas, wild animals and an erupting volcano along the way. Oh, and that time the ground gave way beneath her and she fell into an ice cavern.

"Some of the situations I got myself into were inherently risky," says Flynn in a recent interview from her home in Scotland. "That's part of what a wilderness is; it's something that we perceive to be wild, that we perceive to be threatening."

"The Savage Landscape," however, isn't the diary of an adrenaline junky; it's a work of intrepid nonfiction research and reporting, even if sometimes your palms may start sweating as Flynn describes the situation.

A writer and journalist, Flynn is also the author of the 2021 book, “Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape,” a vivid look at places damaged by war, climate change, industry and people.

While the previous book explored landscapes after catastrophe, “The Savage Landscape” finds Flyn heading downriver into Brazil’s Yanomami Indigenous Territory, trekking under guard into the Congo Basin and sneaking past barriers to approach a volcano spewing bathtub-sized globs of lava in Iceland. She investigates preservation efforts, the treatment of Indigenous communities and the most effective ways to achieve stated environmental goals.

'THE SAVAGE LANDSCAPE' By Cal Flyn; Viking, 448 pages, \$35.

Describing the book as a history of wilderness told through 10 journeys, Flynn combines reporting with her own reflections. She takes a hard look at the choices humans are making about maintaining a livable earth, which, for her, means moving beyond fixating on pristine or untouched landscapes.

“Finding places that were wholly unimpacted by humans was almost impossible,” says Flyn. “It’s like the idea of ‘perfect nature’ doesn’t really exist.”

While questioning current policies and strategies for preservation, it's clear she's not suggesting that we do less to safeguard the environment. "We do need protections. We do need limitations on how we use and exploit the natural world," she says. "I think that's pretty inarguable."

The research for her previous book also opened her eyes to the possibility that land once considered ruined or irredeemable might have as-yet unknown potential.

"I'd written quite a lot, as you know, on ‘posthuman landscapes,’ as I describe them," she says. "I saw there that many of those landscapes could, in fact, be extremely valuable."

That value may come from studying how ecosystems can respond and possibly rebound from human-generated stressors. Flyn also pushes back against the idea of declaring some places beyond hope.

"This idea of the pristine environment is something that is increasingly being picked apart, that maybe nothing really is pristine," she says. "That's a big conversation we've been having around climate change."

Flyn says she wrestled with the need to travel so much, but ultimately felt that writing about a global issue, along with the specific cultural circumstances of a particular area, meant traveling to these locales to do her own reporting and research.

Over the course of the book, she gets into some challenging situations, which raises the question of whether it was prudent to be traveling alone, as she so often was.

“It would primarily be myself, and then in some places, for example, like a fixer or a guide,” she says, citing the efforts of her guide in the Amazon as essential. “Without him, it would have been hopeless.”

But she also explored the possibilities that come from embracing the strangeness of a place on her own, such as her attempts to get up close to an erupting volcano.

"In Iceland, when I was primarily traveling alone and hiking alone into the exclusion zone, that was part of the experience I really wanted to lean into because I think when a lot of people think about wilderness, they think about that solitary aspect and this idea of feeling lost and alone," she says. "And so I was trying to work with the logistical questions

... and keep some of that element of the aloneness alive."

Tech billionaire Peter Thiel's past statements about a future world order are central to the arguments in Gil Duran's new book. GETTY

BIBLIORACLE

‘Nerd Reich’ looks at tech industry billionaires’ impact on democracy

By John Warner

accountability or checks on their power.

FOR THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Describing the thesis of journalist and podcaster Gil Duran's new book, “The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy,” makes it sound like a work of conspiracy theory.

Essentially, a small group of tech industry billionaires, inspired by theories from an obscure book published in the 1990s, have organized to undermine and ultimately exit democratic rule in the United States, either through societal collapse or by establishing their own “sovereign states,” after which they will control global affairs via their overwhelming wealth and access to advanced technology.

In 2026, this group has already made significant progress toward its goals through the rise of untraceable and unaccountable digital currency combined with significant political influence and outright power at the highest levels of government, including the vice president of the United States.

Unfortunately, and scarcely, this is no conspiracy theory, and it didn't take any kind of significant or secret investigative efforts on Duran's behalf to uncover this movement. All he had to do was read the writings and statements of the key figures in the “nerd reich” and take them at their word as to their goals and dreams for a future freed from democratic

The central argument of “The Nerd Reich” is structured like links in a chain starting with its origins in tech billionaire Peter Thiel and his obsession with a 1997 book “The Sovereign Individual: How to Survive and Thrive During the Collapse of the Welfare State” by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg, which posits a future world run by “the talented few” who use their superior minds and access to powerful technology to amass the resources necessary to render government “obsolete.”

This is an essentially fascist view that Thiel has now embraced for decades and repeatedly expressed proudly and publicly, including declaring that the last era for meaningful democracy was the 1920s before women gained the franchise.

In the early 2000s, Thiel connected with a right-wing pseudonymous blogger, Mencius Moldbug, real name is Curtis Yarvin, who becomes a kind of court philosopher for Thiel's burgeoning movement. Yarvin is a white supremacist who believes the U.S. would be better off with a regent-like dictator.

From there we are introduced to Balaji Srinivasan, another wealthy tech figure who spearheads the “network state” movement, which involves a deliberate secession of these wealthy tech elites into independent enclaves — possibly housed on large platforms in the open ocean (known as seasteading).

OK, this is starting to sound nuts even as I summarize the book, but the scary part is how far this movement has penetrated the day-to-day lives of everyday Americans. Billions of dollars of crypto are being funneled directly into the White House, Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency — an initiative secured purely out of the influence of his enormous wealth — set out to deliberately degrade and destroy government capacity, one of the core precepts of Thiel's vision. Vice President J.D. Vance, almost certain to be a leading candidate for president in 2028, is deeply enmeshed with Thiel (who essentially funded Vance's original Senate campaign) and chummy with odious figures like Yarvin.

As dire as Duran's marshalling of the evidence feels, I found myself feeling increasingly hopeful as I read on. Yes, these people are – to use a scientific term – whackos, and they are enormously rich and have too much influence on our political system, but as of this moment, we the people still maintain the power through our voices and our votes, and if we wish to reject such futures, it is in our capacity to do so.

We'll see how things turn out soon enough.

John Warner is the author of books including “More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI.” You can find him at biblioracle.com.

What to watch SUNDAY

August 30, 2026

All times Central. Start times can vary based on cable/satellite provider. Confirm times on your on-screen guide.

Tennis: US Open: First Round ABC, ESPN & ESPN2, beginning at 11 a.m. Live

The year's final Grand Slam is at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens, New York. Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are reigning champions. ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC air the tournament through Sept. 13.

NTT IndyCar Series: Snap-On Milwaukee Mile 250 FOX, noon Live

A weekend of IndyCar racing at the Milwaukee Mile concludes with the Snap-On Milwaukee Mile 250, where drivers try to make a final push up the standings. The season ends next weekend at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in California.

ADULT SWIM

MLB Baseball

NBC, beginning at 2 p.m. Live NBC airs a Sunday afternoon game with the Houston Astros at the N.Y. Mets, followed by Sunday Night Baseball featuring the Cincinnati Reds at the Chicago Cubs.

Little League Baseball World Series: Championship

ABC, 2 p.m. Live

The U.S. and International champions face off today at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the 2026 Little League Baseball World Series title.

CATCH A CLASSIC

Summer Under the Stars: Joel McCrea

TCM, beginning at 5 a.m.

Joel McCrea, the understated leading man who moved comfortably between sophisticated comedy, adventure and Westerns, is the focus of today's Summer Under the Stars tribute. The lineup includes two of his great Preston Sturges comedies: Sullivan's Travels (1941), with McCrea as a director who sets out to understand hardship firsthand, and 1942's The Palm Beach Story (pictured), with McCrea and Claudette Colbert in one of Sturges' sharpest romantic farces. Alfred Hitchcock directs McCrea in Foreign Correspondent (1940), a suspense thriller set against the gathering storm of World War II.

PARAMOUNT PICTURES

Robot Chicken Adult Swim 25th Anniversary Special Adult Swim, 11 p.m.

The stop-motion animated comedy series Robot Chicken, from cocreators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich, celebrates Adult Swim's 25-year milestone with parodies of the network's characters, series and moments. Every iconic character in Adult Swim's history is aboard a cruise ship celebrating a quarter century on the air, but toasts turn to screams as the party develops into a disaster of titanic proportions. Will the stars of Smiling Friends, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse, The Venture Bros. and dozens of other shows meet a watery doom?

BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BIBLIORACLE John Warner tells you what to read based on the last five books you've read.

1. "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

2. "The Return of the Soldier" by Rebecca West

3. "Glory" by NoViolet Bulawayo

4. "The House of the Spirits" by Isabel Allende

5. "Cloud Cuckoo Land" by Anthony Doerr — Marcelo C., Grayslake

It's a pretty gritty read, but I think Marcelo can handle it: "Chain-Gang All-Stars" by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.

1. "Cathedrals" by Claudia Piñeiro
2. "I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust" by Julian Borger
3. "Theo of Golden" by Allen Levi

4. "Stone Yard Devotional" by Charlotte Wood

5. "Maggie: or a Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar" by Katie Yee
   — Cyndy, Downers Grove
   For Cyndy, I'm recommending Alan Hollinghurst's sprawling love triangle novel, "The Stranger's Child."

6. "Murder at the Dinner Party (Cleopatra Fox Series #8)" by C.J. Archer

7. "The Five-Star Weekend" by Elin Hilderbrand
8. "Losers: Part 1" by Harley Laroux
9. "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach
10. "The Rose Code" by Kate Quinn
    — Amy M., Kenosha, Wisconsin
    Jess Walter's "Beautiful Ruins" covers an amazing amount of territory in terms of years and emotional turmoil, and I think it's a good match for Amy.

GET A READING FROM THE BIBLIORACLE Send a list of the last five books you've read and your hometown to biblioracle@gmail. com.

MOVIES YOU'LL LOVE

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Son-in-Law (1993, Comedy) Pauly Shore, Carla Gugino CMT, 5:15 p.m.

Avengers: Endgame (2019, Action) Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans FX, 6 p.m.

Unstoppable (2010, Action) Denzel Washington, Chris Pine AMC, 6 p.m.

Finding Dory (2016, Children) Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks Freeform, 6:15 p.m.

Young Guns (1988, Western) Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland Sundance, 6:30 p.m.

Easy A (2010, Comedy) Emma Stone, Penn Badgley VH1, 7 p.m.

Forrest Gump (1994, Comedy-drama) Tom Hanks, Robin Wright SHO, 7 p.m.

The Secrets of the Matriarch (2026, Suspense) Skye Coyne, Christy Tate LMN, 7 p.m.

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993, Musical comedy) Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy ABC, 7:30 p.m.

Coco (2017, Family) Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal Freeform, 8:20 p.m.

The Social Network (2010, Drama) Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield VH1, 9 p.m.

Armageddon (1998, Science fiction) Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton FX, 10 p.m.

The Dark Knight (2008, Action) Christian Bale, Heath Ledger TNT, 10 p.m.

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DJ Heather performs during the 2017 Panorama Music Festival at Randall's Island in New York City. ILYA S. SAVENOK/GETTY

Growing ARC Music Festival carries on Chicago's legacy of house music

By Jessi Roti

FOR CHICAGO TRIBUNE

If blues music is considered Chicago's heart, house music is its pulse.

ARC Music Festival, now in its sixth year, is one of the city's largest immersive concentrations of house music. This year it expands to four days, running Sept. 4-7 in Union Park on the heels of the city's House Music Festival and Conference, which is presented by the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events this weekend in Millennium Park. ARC is also hosting some 35 afterparties across the city Labor Day Weekend as part of its ARC After Dark series, in addition to sets at Castaways Beach Club under the “ARC at the Lake” umbrella, and an evening cruise from DuSable Harbor.

Becoming a destination festival in less than a decade is what organizers see as proof of the genre's influence.

"People treat it like a pilgrimage to the home of house music," festival founder John Curley said in a recent phone interview. "There are so many artists that want to play, and we're

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not a massive festival, we're only four stages. Trying to accommodate these exciting new artists is really tricky, so that was a factor, but we always want it to feel very much Chicago-centric. The concentration of Chicago-heads is always exciting."

Growing up in Evanston, Curley's introduction to house music's local roots came from the late Dave "Medusa" Shelton, owner of the bygone Lakeview club Medusa's, who gave him his first DJ residency. Regaling a young Curley with tales of house music pioneer Frankie Knuckles and unabashed queer spaces, Curley still credits Shelton for connecting him with a culture he was then too young to experience firsthand.

He founded Auris Presents in 2020 alongside Nick Karounos (former partner in React Presents, which produced Spring Awakening until 2021), Joe Quade and Stuart Hackley (who

is no longer involved). The company's venues, including Radius, Concord Music Hall and Prysm, only hosted a handful of shows before the COVID-19 pandemic halted business. Plans for ARC took shape during the off time, and by 2021 its first installation filled a void in the city's festival landscape after the EDM festival North Coast made the move to the suburban Bridgeview later that year.

Many first-year artists, including Derrick Carter, Honey Dijon, Green Velvet (aka Cajmere aka Curtis Jones), and DJs Heather and Lady D (performing this year with Colette and Dayhota as SuperJane, 2 p.m. Sept. 5 on Area909 stage), return this year, keeping the programming ingrained in Black, queer Chicago dance culture.

New to this year's event is The Midway stage. Named to honor spaces like Midway Plaisance (home to several public dance events like Radio WAAH House Music Summer Beatdown) and Frank Lloyd Wright's short-lived Midway Gardens, its main inspiration draws from Midway Airport, according to Curley, highlighting those artists keeping the tradition and reimagining it through a worldwide lens in 2026.

"The growth feels limitless," says DJ Heather, who has played every year. Comparing ARC to Detroit's Movement Fest, Ultra in Miami and Sonar in Barcelona, she adds, "Having it in our own backyard is special. There are so many people who have contributed to this movement, and it's up to us to evolve and keep the legacy alive."

While Lollapalooza, the aforementioned North Coast and even Lyrical Lemonade's Summer Smash have all created space for techno and EDM artists on their stages over the years, ARC hopes its more intentional connections between history, location and sonic sprawl set its experience apart. In some ways, Curley sees these values reflected in the average age of attendees at ARC, skewing more toward fans in their thirties and older, whereas Lolla, North Coast and Summer Smash garner much younger crowds.

"We don't want to gate-keep it," Curley jokes. "But the way we book it, I think, appeals to a more mature or less typical audience.

We encourage everyone to come, but we know it's not for everybody. It's important we continue to open minds and get people here to introduce them to these artists, to new artists, and maintain some semblance of a broad reach, but you're not seeing straight-up pop music."

For artists whose sets typically don't start until the late night or wee hours of the morning in the club, an all-day showcase of craft building a bridge between originators like Lil' Louis (back-to-back with The Blessed Madonna at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 5 on Area909 stage) and the next generation is critical.

Hiroko Yamamura (back-to-back with Boys Noize at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 7 on Area909 stage) has also played the festival every year, and said that Union Park's more “intimate” festival scale makes “your favorite heroes” more accessible. “I’m personally going to be front and center for Will Clarke” (4 p.m. Sept. 6 on The Midway) and Serafina and Fumi (in a back-to-back set with Adrián Mills at 7 p.m. Sept. 7 on The Midway).

While Curley and the rest of Auris Presents are often

asked if they'll move ARC elsewhere, they say it's not ARC if it's not in Chicago.

"The fact that (Union Park) is just a few blocks away from the original Warehouse ... even moving out to the suburbs would be an anathema to the actual ethos" of the festival, Curley says, referencing the legendary venue in the West Loop neighborhood. "We're very reverent to the space that we're in. It's taken decades for people's attitudes toward the music and just the culture, coming from queer, Black men, to change."

Regarding the festival's future, artists like Yamamura and DJ Lady D — who has long advocated for house music as a subcultural movement — hope there's a commitment to dialogue around what the next steps in community collaboration look like as things continue.

“Seeing the success of a fest like this,” says DJ Lady D, “we can focus more on impact — equitably growing the industry, leveraging our history and talent to increase revenue for the local economy, especially for our BIPOC creators. The story of house music is uniquely Chicago.”

Journey plays soundtrack of folks' lives on farewell tour

"It's the type of show I've been wanting to do with Journey," co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon says of the rockers' farewell tour wrapping up this fall. DAVID DERMER/AP 2022

By Mark Kennedy ASSOCIATED PRESS

The long, riding road once more beckons for the members of iconic rock band Journey. Is it the band's final journey together?

The last leg of what is being billed as their farewell tour kicks off in Sept. 12 in Los Angeles and ends with a homecoming Nov. 28 in San Francisco.

"I'm sure it's going to be somewhat emotional because that's where it all started," says co-founder and lead guitarist Neal Schon. "I know the audience is going to be off the hook."

The band has plenty of dates before that finale, and the tour's last show will cap more than 100 concerts this year. The band frequently plays for more than two hours, adding deep cuts — like the spacy, melodic “Of a Lifetime” from the early ’70s and songs from the album “Raised on Radio” from the ’80s — to the reliable hits like “Faithfully.”

"I'm loving it because it's the type of show I've been wanting to do with Journey," says Schon, who is

frustrated when the band is lumped in with other '80s bands like REO Speed-wagon, Styx or Foreigner.

"I always felt like even though all those bands have contributed something that a lot of people like, we were much different. I thought musically we could go any place that we wanted to. And so now we're doing that, finally."

Journey has had six Top 10 hits on the Billboard singles chart — including “Open Arms” and “Who’s Crying Now” — and eight albums in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200, including the 1981 No. 1 “Escape.”

Fans can expect to hear those hits as well as Journey's enduring anthem, "Don't Stop Believin," which Schon wrote with

keyboardist Jonathan Cain and then-lead singer Steve Perry. The tune has shown up in the Broadway show "Rock of Ages," the cut-to-black finale of "The Sopranos," the TV show "Glee," Brad Pitt's "Moneyball," the movie "Monster" and the Democratic National Convention roll call in 2024. Journey is returning to the road after a summer in which “Don’t Stop Believin’” was heard at the World Cup and as the New York Knicks won the NBA crown.

“‘Don’t Stop Believin’” has surpassed our expectations,” says Cain. “Every band wishes they had one, and we have one. So, I guess that’s our ‘Hey Jude’ calling card. So we’ll take it.”

In addition to Schon and Cain, the Journey lineup on tour includes singer Arnel Pineda, keyboardist Jason Derlatka, drummer Deen Castronovo and bassist Todd Jensen. Cain, Derlatka and Castronovo pick up the mic to give Pineda a break on some songs.

Band members say they look out and see five generations attending their shows.

"I like to say Journey is certain music in uncertain times," Cain says. "Journey is a soundtrack to a lot of people's lives."

The band, born in San Francisco in the days of vinyl, have endured through huge changes in the music business — CDs, Napster, digital and streaming.

Schon, who cut his teeth playing with Carlos Santana, remembers Journey in the early days opening for Kiss, Jeff Beck, and Cheech and Chong.

Touring seems to be the only way for most bands to make any money since each streaming song earns them a fraction of a penny. Journey has leaned into the tour, sometimes hitting three cities in one day.

“I feel bad for the new generation,” says Cain. “I remember when I got a big old fat royalty check, and they were playing our songs on the radio and that a new album meant you would sell more tickets. Not so today.”

The end point in November looms, but the band isn't sure what that night will include. "It'll be fitting to end there for sure," says Cain. "Who knows who's going to show up? I don't know. There might be a reunion of sorts, I hope."

After that, the band isn't certain. "The future kind of remains up in the air really," says Cain.

Schon agrees but isn't ready to make predictions.

"I'm not nearly done with what I want to do," he says. "I think there's many great opportunities in the future. Whether or not it's with everybody that's here right now, I'm not certain."

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Baby Blues By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott

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I FIGURED MY LIFE WAS OVER AND I WAS BEING CALLED HOME.

Grand Avenue By Mike Thompson

AND THEN I WOKE UP WITH MY HEAD IN THE FRIDGE AND MY FACE PLANTED IN A BOWL OF POTATO SALAD,

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72 Barbadian singer's nickname
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88 Lucasfilm sound system
89 "THE HUB" HUB
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95 Begin to unravel
96 Sci-fi assistant
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101 Thoreau book
103 LuPone or LaBelle
105 Thwarted
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107 French condiment
109 Land parcel
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58 Novelist E. _ Proulx
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63 Genesis 1 arrival
65 Crank (up)
66 Toon in a polka-dot dress

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69 Exodus author
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—-Japanese War
71 Classroom furniture
75 Artful
76 Some line learners
78 Any-hr. cash source

79 Rec room furniture
80 Typeface faces
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91 Grass in rolls
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104 Brook fish
105 Vitamin agcy.
106 Frozen princess
108 Focal points
110 Brews from bags
113 Praiseful verse
114 "Wow!" text
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119 People who pack picnic lunches?
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36 Bit of moisture
39 Intellectual stickler
40 Secular
41 Great Plains people
43 Settle elsewhere, casually
46 Gathering for chile lovers?
49 Nokcha or sencha
51 _ fade: haircut with shaved sides
52 Sculling tool
54 Noisy migratory birds
55 Curved
57 Mil. mind game
58 [Not my error]
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61 Square up
62 Pascal of "The Last of Us"
64 Folk instrument
69 Gracefully refined
71 Clearasil rival
73 Gotham City hero
76 Power source for a warp drive in "Star Trek"
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80 "Away from work" letters
82 Casting need
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85 Lyft alternative
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120 Minecraft block
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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box in bold borders contains every digit 1 to 9.

Level: 1234

5			6	1	9			3
				3
3		1						9
8					4	7
		4				3
		2	5			8		4
7						1		8
				8
1			3	9	2			5

Last week's answers can be found in today's "Puzzle Island Solutions."

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Quote-Acrostic

1. Define clues, writing in Words column over numbered dashes.
2. Transfer letters to numbered squares in diagram.
3. When pattern is completed, quotation can be read left to right. The first letters of the filled-in words reading down form an acrostic yielding the speaker's name and the topic of the quotation.

Down
Words

A. Mall locale	43	115	83	99	159	106	140	41	142	74
B. News anchor Cooper	63	13	33	78	105	51	124	40
C. English or Latin	129	104	121	136	133	90	59	8
D. Party animal?	144	1	111	18	6	97
E. Else	137	141	7	93	134	95	24	143	39
F. Tear into	102	67	25	80	53	91	2
G. Dickens's Drood	100	48	3	87	116
H. Skydive term: 2 wds.	148	155	64	101	145	84	71	55	128
I. Robust	161	56	31	79	152	15
J. Relish	135	54	9	35	47

K. Proverb 157 4 85 20 151 29 L. Run for it 130 19 14 62 98 69 132 45 M. Relax 11 146 68 120 139 94 N. Stengel's last team: 3 wds. 61 89 149 156 16 30 92 27 107 23 37 O. Bumbling 57 117 22 38 123 P. Packing supply 112 86 138 58 114 Q. Impossible to read 103 36 52 10 66 73 109 R. Eccentric 108 127 160 76 82 S. It's a ball 34 125 77 44 12 26 T. First president to sit in the Oval Office 72 65 21 42 U. "As I was saying ..." 49 32 119 96 75 158 V. British working-class youth: 2 wds. 70 126 147 154 131 113 81 50 W. Dummy, e.g. 150 88 17 60 122 28 X. Dirty, like a chimney 5 118 110 46 153

Last week's answers can be found in today's "Puzzle Island Solutions."

By Cornelia Paws. Edited by Debbie Manber Kupfer. © 2026 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved.

Patience, Patience

BY CHARLES PRESTON

Across 1 Pop Lady 5 Mocked 9 Egyptian Christian 13 Bedouin 14 Island near Java 15 _ Bator 16 Circulate 17 Persia, today 18 Alliance 19 Cool one's heels 22 Takes to court 23 Macabre TV family 26 Sarong materials 29 Radius location 31 Inlet 32 Century plant 33 Wallet inserts 34 Offsprings 35 Roof extensions 36 Kegler's target 37 Flabbergasts 38 Seasons on the Seine 39 Like some excuses 40 3-time winning Olympic skater 41 _ Na Na

42 Stout cousin
43 Like some formal tops
44 Zigged and zagged
47 Word with up or off
48 Cool one's heels
53 Spanker
54 1/10th ephah
55 First name in tea
57 A Turner
58 Clarinet vibrator
59 Vamoose!
60 God of war
61 Finishes
62 "____ of the d'Urbervilles"

8/30

1 Talk nonsense
2 Part of BA
3 Shuffle or shamble
4 Sandpapers
5 Tolerates
6 City of Lights
7 Love of life
8 Actress Merrill
9 Love's archer

10 Charlie Chan portrayer
11 Wait like an expectant father
12 Dynamite initials
20 Heats up fast
21 Flees from the Feds
24 “_ the Moocher”
25 Mouthed off
26 Most unadorned
27 Hercule's creator
28 Cool one's heels
29 Resin for varnish
30 Coty or Lacoste
33 Libra's stone
34 Most reliable
37 Bed cover
39 Angel-playing Cheryl
43 Vandykes
45 Greek dialect
46 Fitzgerald et al.
47 Cornered
49 Teed off yell
50 Stormy petrel, e.g.
51 Spice
52 Periods of note
53 RR stop
56 Military offs.

Last week's answers can be found in today's "Puzzle Island Solutions." © 2026 Creators News Service.

Last week's crosswords

"CAPITAL CITIES"

"Generation X"

"Nice Guy?"

Last week's Quote-Acrostic

T. CHEVALIER: WRITERS AND CATS; My cat Treacle was not a great reader, but she would often come over from her sofa to mine where I was curled up. Treacle would push her way onto my leg to sit on my knees and stare down at my notebook.

Last week's Sudoku

9	1	6	3	2	5	4	8	7
3	8	7	9	1	4	6	2	5
2	5	4	8	7	6	1	9	3
7	4	2	5	9	8	3	1	6
1	6	5	2	4	3	9	7	8
8	3	9	7	6	1	5	4	2
5	9	3	1	8	7	2	6	4
4	2	8	6	3	9	7	5	1
6	7	1	4	5	2	8	3	9

This week's Jumble

BENIGN URGING COUPON BOTANY AGENCY MINGLE When the store put the baseballs on sale, they were — GOING, GOING, GONE

Horoscopes

If August 30 is your birthday: The reminder of 2026 should be less challenging than what's come before, which could be a relief. Your mind could seem more active than usual in September, your mindset could be evolving into something stronger and more capable.

Aries (March 21-April 19): Rapid ups and downs could characterize the next couple of days, do what you can to stay grounded. Plus, don't take actions on feelings that are likely very transitory.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Triggers reveal inner work waiting to be done

— once done, triggers just don't have anything to attach to and roll off your back. Makes it very worth it to work on yourself.

Gemini (May 21-June 20): If you can get it done today, do. Monday's day score is barely above zero, the rest of next week is underwater, with little help from the Universe.

Cancer (June 21-July 22): The next two to three days could be an adventure out in the world or in the workplace. Keep your energy mellow and don't be reactive to speedy changes in vibe and direction.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Influencers could be all over the place, watch for a while before you place your trust, not every glossy reel reps the real thing. Sinking stars over the next week make these days wrong for financial moves.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Whatever they're selling, the answer should probably be no for a week or so, one of your financial sectors is filled with chaos for a few days, then stars sink dramatically.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Avoid debating or processing an issue with a partner, housemate or someone close. Moods could shift quickly and may not need to be engaged with at all. You could be drawn into your inner world easily now.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Just getting normal stuff done could feel like some kind of scavenger hunt or test of will for a couple of days, lowered expectations could prevent some frustration.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A career move is likely to be more effective today than on any day throughout next week if it's possible to do on a Sunday. Creators could feel like they're on an impossible quest for a few days.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your living space could present challenges for a few days — vibes could shift so rapidly you could feel like you're getting whiplash.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Communications getting garbled could almost seem like a best-case scenario, double-check everything to be sure plans are clear. Put a pin into complex or delicate topics for all of next week.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Resist temptation to make a big purchase, likely your thoughts aren't clear — it's even possible something is misrepresented, and stars are sinking. Wait at least a week.

— Magi Helen, Tribune Content Agency

Bridge

Q.1—Neither vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ AK10 6 ♥ 8 4 3 2 ♦ A3 ♣ J4 3 South West North East 1♣ Pass 1♦ Pass

What call would you make?

Q.2—North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ AQ 10 72 ♥ K 6 5 ♦ 3 ♣ J 8 7 3 West North East South 1♦ 2♣ Pass ?

What call would you make?

What Call Would You Make? Q.3—North-South vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ 543 ♥ 54 ♦ AQ765 ♣ A32 North East South West 1NT 3♣ ?

Q.4—Both vulnerable, as South, you hold: ♠ A9 ♥ AQ10 5 ♦ Q732 ♣ AK5

What call would you make? Answers in Monday's comics pages.

Bob Jones, Tribune Content Agency

Word Game

This game challenges you to find as many words as you can, as quickly as you can, in one master word.

SELDOM (SEL-dum): Infrequently.

Can you find 17 or more words in SELDOM?

Average mark: 13 words Time limit: 20 minutes Have an the ruler

1. Words must be four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of an "s," such as "bats" and "cats," are not used. 3. Use only one form of a verb — either "pose" or "posed," not both. 4. Proper nouns and slang terms are not used.

Answers to the word game:

sled; sloe; solid; sole; some; lode; lose; demo; does; dole; dome; dose; meld; mode; model; mold; mole

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Dustin By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker

The Lockhorns By Bunny Hoest and John Reiner

"I CAN'T COMPLAIN ... AS MIDLIFE CRISES GO, IT'S BEEN SURPRISINGLY AFFORDABLE."
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"IF YOU READ THE FINE PRINT, I THINK IT'S 20% OFF AFTER THEY RAISE THE PRICE 200%."

"I COULDN'T PULL THEM APART."

"LEROY TRIED COUNTING CALORIES BUT COULDN'T HANDLE THE MATH."

Mutts By Patrick McDonnell

The Middletons By Ralph Dunagin and Dana Summers

SUMMERS

-LT. WALTER REIMER

08/30
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Doonesbury By Garry Trudeau

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Prickly City By Marshall Ramsey