27 rejections in 10 days: Hoda Kotb battled for the news career that led to...
As far as hard-knocks origin stories go for television hosts, it does not get much better. In 1986, Hoda Kotb -- the high-energy television personality who made history this week after she was named...
View ArticleJon Gruden: There's 'good chance' he'll return as Raiders coach
Jon Gruden says he had a good talk with Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis about returning to the organization for a second stint as coach and believes there is a "good chance" it will happen. Gruden...
View ArticleSpotify said to file to go public on NYSE
Spotify filed confidentially to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, forging ahead with a plan to skip a traditional share sale and list its stock directly, according to a person familiar with...
View ArticleLeaked emails show Eataly deliberately ignored customer complaint that ad was...
Eataly bosses wouldn’t say earlier this week whether they’d had customer complaints about a holiday marketing campaign that suggests — among other things — that Italians smell bad. It turns out they...
View ArticleCube high school boys basketball rankings, Jan. 3
The Chicago Tribune suburban sports department has teamed up with The Cube to present the rankings for the top 20 high school boys basketball teams in the Chicagoland area. With records through...
View ArticleDemocrats Doug Jones and Tina Smith sworn in as senators, shrinking GOP majority
The Republican majority in the Senate narrowed to 51-49 on Wednesday as two new Democratic senators were sworn into office, complicating GOP efforts to advance the party's legislative agenda before...
View ArticleMan, woman dead after shooting in Lake Forest, police say
A woman and a man died following a shooting in Lake Forest that appears to have been part of a domestic dispute, authorities said Wednesday morning. Lake Forest police said they responded to a report...
View ArticleTrump responds to Bannon's criticisms detailed in new book: 'He lost his mind'
President Donald Trump is blasting his former chief strategist ahead of the release of a new, unflattering book. Trump says in the statement Wednesday that when Bannon was fired, "he not only lost his...
View ArticleBears interview Vic Fangio for head coaching job; Vikings coordinators up next
The Bears interviewed defensive coordinator Vic Fangio for their head coaching vacancy Wednesday, while their pursuit of other coaches with defensive backgrounds shifted and evolved. As of Wednesday...
View ArticleIndiana GOP lawmakers won't act on child services crisis
The two most powerful Republicans in the Indiana Legislature said they do not plan to take major action to address a growing crisis in the Department of Child Services during this year's session,...
View ArticleAt 53, Illinois accountant skating for spot on U.S. Olympic long-track team
He looks more like a coach, or perhaps a parent — despite the black-and-gold bandana on his head. But speedskater Theron Sands is in Milwaukee this week to compete and to win a spot on the U.S....
View ArticleManager killed fry cook at Conn. chicken restaurant in case related to Yelp...
A witness told police he saw a Manchester restaurant manager fatally shoot a fry cook after an argument, arrest warrants for the suspect and his girlfriend show. James Goolsby, 28, of Cleveland Avenue...
View ArticleZach LaVine passes fifth of six practice tests with flying colors
Five down. One to go. Then a summit of sorts. That’s the update for Zach LaVine and his surgically repaired left ACL, which he will work out for a sixth straight contact practice on Thursday with the...
View ArticleJudge says CPD violated state labor laws in body cam expansion
An administrative law judge says Chicago Police Department violated state labor law when it failed to negotiate expansion of its body camera program with the city’s largest police union, according to...
View Article'Tough decisions' needed to confront issues facing CPS, incoming CEO says
Incoming Chicago Public Schools CEO Janice Jackson hasn’t yet finished moving into her corner office, but she is beginning to lay out her agenda to confront ongoing challenges that include declining...
View ArticleTrump dissolves controversial voter fraud commission, says states fought...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced that he is disbanding a controversial panel studying alleged voter fraud that became mired in federal lawsuits, including from one of its own members, and...
View ArticleChicagoan Shani Davis makes fifth straight Olympics
Shani Davis still has his poker face. The 35-year-old Chicagoan said for the first time in his legendary speedskating career, he has allowed himself to think about failing as a means for motivation....
View ArticleAuthor tells juicy Trump tale, but his reliability has been challenged before
Among the many things he's been called - "blunt," "pathetic," "calculating" - the one thing Michael Wolff has never been described as is boring. A provocateur and media polemicist, Wolff has a...
View ArticleDowell Loggains leaving Bears, joining Dolphins as offensive coordinator
Dowell Loggains is reuniting with Adam Gase as a member of the Dolphins coaching staff, a league source said Wednesday night. Loggains will be their new offensive coordinator as part of a...
View ArticleFather of Wisconsin girl who stabbed classmate says Slender Man movie in poor...
Sony Pictures is trying to capitalize on a tragedy by releasing a movie starring horror character Slender Man, according to the father of one of two Wisconsin girls who attacked their classmate to...
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