| Good afternoon, Chicago. After a spell of rain and cooler weather, high temperatures will roll across Chicago and the suburbs later this week. Dangerously high heat and humidity are forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, with the National Weather Service
issuing a extreme heat watch today. A heat watch indicates that the weather is right for high temperatures in the Chicago area but has yet to occur. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History news Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore walks to U.S. Dirksen Courthouse for her sentencing on July 21, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) Once a rising corporate star, former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore was sentenced today to two years in federal prison for her role in an elaborate scheme to funnel more than $1.3 million and other perks to associates of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan in exchange for help with the utility’s ambitious legislative agenda. More top news stories: business The Rivian electric vehicle plant in Normal on Oct. 16, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Adient, a leading global manufacturer of auto seats, is investing more than $8 million to repurpose an 85,000 square-foot-warehouse adjacent to the Rivian plant to make front and rear seats for the EVs. More top business stories: sports Miguel Vargas of the Chicago White Sox hits a three-run home run in the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on July 20, 2025 in Pittsburgh. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) The White Sox hadn’t won their first three games coming out of the All-Star break since 2005. Miguel Vargas and Mike Tauchman helped the 2025 Sox accomplish that feat yesterday. More top sports stories: eat. watch. do. Lyle Lovett and His Large Band perform at the Auditorium Theatre on July 19, 2025. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Perhaps in an effort to rest his pipes, Lyle Lovett allocated plenty of time for banter and dialogue. He talked. And talked. He shared memories of his first Chicago appearance at Park West in 1988. He gushed about his 8-year-old twins. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: nation & world Juanita poses for a portrait in prayer inside the chapel of Holy Family Services, a birth center and women’s clinic in the Rio Grande Valley, June 18, 2025, in Weslaco, Texas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) As the Trump administration intensifies deportation activity around the country, some immigrants — including many who have lived in Texas’s southern tip for decades — are unwilling to leave their homes, even for necessary medical care. More top stories from around the world: | 
