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5 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Robert Chiarito |Mitch Smith
En una amplia entrevista en su casa al suroeste del centro de Chicago, John Prevost reflexionó sobre el ascenso de su hermano al papado, los valores del nuevo papa y sus raíces estadounidenses. John Prevost sabía que existía la posibilidad de que su hermano fuera elegido papa. "El sábado pasado, cuando estaba en la iglesia, uno de los sacerdotes se acercó y me dijo que las probabilidades en Las Vegas eran de 18 a 1", dijo Prevost, quien vive en los suburbios de Chicago. "No tenía ninguna duda.
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6 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Richard Fausset |Robert Chiarito
Su ascendencia, rastreada hasta un enclave histórico de cultura afrocaribeña, vincula a León XIV con la rica y a veces ignorada experiencia católica negra en EE. UU. Robert Francis Prevost, el cardenal nacido en Chicago elegido nuevo papa el jueves, desciende de criollos de color de Nueva Orleans.
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6 days ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Richard Fausset |Robert Chiarito
Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the new pope, is descended from Creole people of color from New Orleans. The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the city’s 7th Ward, an area that is traditionally Catholic and a melting pot of people with African, Caribbean and European roots.
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6 days ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Robert Chiarito |Mitch Smith
NEW LENOX, Ill. -- John Prevost knew there was a chance his brother could be elected pope. “Last Saturday when I was at church, one of the priests came over and told me the odds in Las Vegas were 18 to 1,” said Prevost, who lives in suburban Chicago. “He didn’t have a doubt. He thought it would definitely be my brother.”But Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was preparing for the conclave, shrugged it off when his older brother called from Illinois.
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6 days ago | 
nytimes.com | Robert Chiarito |Mitch Smith
From his home in suburban Chicago, one of the pope's brothers described Leo as "middle of the road" but not afraid to speak his mind. Mitch Smith is a Chicago-based national correspondent for The Times, covering the Midwest and Great Plains. Across the U.S. With The TimesOur reporters are exploring how America defines itself.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Nate Schweber |Michael Levenson |Robert Chiarito
Travelers on Wednesday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport. Credit... By Graham Dickie/the New York Times Many fliers showed up early for extra screening or brought passports, smoothing the rollout of the long-postponed requirements. Those who didn't have Real IDs got a warning. Travelers on Wednesday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport. Credit...
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1 week ago | 
chicagomag.com | Robert Chiarito
Court sketch artistry is a link to the past. It harkens back to the days when reporters would race from the courtroom to call their news desks from pay phones, often while chomping a cigar and barking things like, “Honey, get me rewrite” to whomever answered the line. While reporters now file stories from their laptops in rooms without any trace of smoke, there are still court sketch artists in Chicago — although their days may be numbered as more and more courts allow cameras in.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Robert Chiarito |Mitch Smith
An Illinois judge sentenced a man to 53 years in prison on Friday for the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old boy in 2023 and the nonfatal stabbing of the boy's mother, an attack that jurors found to have been motivated by anti-Muslim hate. The killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, a Palestinian American kindergartner who loved Legos and soccer, attracted international attention in October 2023, just days after Hamas attacked Israel.
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1 week ago | 
bostonglobe.com | Robert Chiarito |Aishvarya Kavi
Annual May Day rallies in cities across the country swelled with thousands of anti-Trump demonstrators on Thursday, as outcry continued to grow over the president’s agenda and expansion of executive power. Protesters denounced the administration’s effort to roll back workers’ rights — a particular sore spot on a day dedicated to celebrating organized labor — as well as plans to cut education funding and carry out mass deportations.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Orlando D. Mayorquin |Robert Chiarito |Aishvarya Kavi
Labor rallies in large cities swelled with demonstrators focused on immigration, education and worker's rights. But protesters also rallied at small-town schools and city halls in Trump country. Annual May Day rallies in cities across the country swelled with thousands of anti-Trump demonstrators on Thursday, as outcry continued to grow over the president's agenda and expansion of executive power.
