Highland Park man gets attempted murder charge in domestic stabbing
A 39-year-old Highland Park man was charged Saturday with attempted murder in a domestic stabbing that critically injured a woman in the 1600 block of McGovern Avenue in Highland Park, according to...
View ArticleMeet Bradie Tennell and the rest of the U.S. women's figure-skating Olympic team
About eight hours after the ladies' free skate concluded Friday night, a quick night's sleep after Bradie Tennell, Mirai Nagasu and Karen Chen stood atop the podium at the U.S. Figure Skating...
View Article60 years later, Batavia commemorates city's 'Saturday Evening Post' cover...
The bitter cold and sunny skies Saturday made for the perfect conditions to recreate a wintry ice skating portrait on Depot Pond in Batavia. "I am surprised to hear you are warm," Russ Creech shouted...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein sued for alleged scheme to foil misconduct probe
A lawyer who represented actress Paz de la Huerta has filed a lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein and a former New York prosecutor, alleging they coordinated in a scheme to get the actress to drop her...
View ArticleESPN doesn't suspend Katie Nolan after she calls Trump a 'stupid person' on...
Katie Nolan co-hosted on Twitter the ESPN pregame show for an NFL game on Saturday, three days after using an expletive and calling President Donald Trump a "stupid person." Nolan appeared on...
View ArticleLegendary astronaut and moonwalker John Young has died, NASA says
Legendary astronaut John Young, who walked on the moon and later commanded the first space shuttle flight, has died, NASA said Saturday. Young was 87. The space agency said Young died Friday night at...
View ArticleReward increased to $20,000 for information on teen's fatal shooting in Dolton
The family of a teen who was shot and killed during an apparent attempted armed robbery at a gas station in Dolton on Dec. 28 is increasing the reward for information leading to a conviction in the...
View ArticlePolice fatally shot nearly 1,000 people, and 46 officers were killed,...
For the third year in a row, police nationwide shot and killed nearly 1,000 people, a grim annual tally that has persisted despite widespread public scrutiny of officers' use of fatal force. Police...
View Article3 teens charged in bump-and-run car theft from 86-year-old man
Three teenagers face charges in a bump-and-run car theft from an 86-year-old man on the West Side, Chicago police said. Amos Bailey, 18, and two unnamed 16-year-old boys are accused of bumping into...
View ArticleWith 2018 midterms fast approaching, primary contenders fight for parties'...
Long before voters decide in November who will control the House, the Senate and 36 governor's seats across the country, the most wide-open primary season in decades will plunge the nation's two major...
View Article100 million people affected by East Coast's deep freeze
About 100 million people faced a new challenge after the whopping East Coast snowstorm: a gusty deep freeze, topped Saturday by a wind chill close to minus 100 on New Hampshire's Mount Washington that...
View ArticleVietnam forged their friendship — their story is taking them to the Super Bowl
Randy Kusiak can’t recall winning anything, ever, except a few accordion lessons when he was a kid, so when he received Jim Zwit’s email on Christmas morning, he wasn’t convinced that his luck was...
View ArticleJerry Van Dyke, 'Coach' star and brother of Dick, dies at 86
Jerry Van Dyke, the younger brother of Dick Van Dyke who struggled for decades to achieve his own stardom before clicking as the dim-witted sidekick in television's "Coach," died Friday in Arkansas,...
View ArticleFact check: Trump and team make bogus boasts on air safety, vets, pollution
It's been a week of bogus boasting by President Donald Trump and members of his administration as they took unearned credit for airline safety, pollution cleanup and major advances in care for...
View ArticleBulls midseason report: Kris Dunn, Lauri Markkanen help turn around truly...
Executive Vice President John Paxson pretty clearly spelled out the expectations for this season on the eve of training camp. “We’re not focused on wins and losses,” Paxson said on Sept. 25. “The only...
View ArticleU.S. judge in Las Vegas may dismiss ranching standoff case
A U.S. judge who declared a mistrial last month could end the much-watched criminal prosecution of a Nevada rancher accused of leading an armed uprising against federal authorities. Chief U.S....
View ArticleMetra tests high-tech backup braking system, wants full installation by 2019
Paul Larsen was acting like a bad Metra engineer. He approached an area where men were working on the tracks without slowing his train. The Positive Train Control or “PTC” monitor — part of a system...
View ArticleNorthwestern to hire former player Louis Ayeni as running backs coach,...
Former Northwestern running back/safety and graduate assistant Louis Ayeni is returning to Evanston. A source tells the Tribune the Iowa State associate head coach and running game coordinator will be...
View Article20 groups that advocate boycotting Israel will now be denied entry
Members of 20 international organizations that promote a boycott campaign of Israel, known collectively as the BDS movement, will be banned from entering the country, according to a list published...
View ArticleJordan Lynch on taking Mount Carmel football job: 'I have no regrets'
Jordan Lynch acknowledged the process of his hiring and coach Frank Lenti's firing as football coach at Mount Carmel could have been handled better. The 2009 Mount Carmel graduate, however, isn't...
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