Walgreens sees $200 million in savings from GOP tax cut
The Republican-backed tax overhaul will translate into a $200 million cash savings for Walgreens this year, but the nation’s largest drugstore chain has not announced any plans to share the wealth...
View ArticlePipe burst cancels classes, extends winter break at St. Charles school
Classes will resume Tuesday at a St. Charles school after a pipe burst, flooding parts of the building and extending winter break by a day, officials said Monday. A Sunday evening pipe burst inside...
View ArticleToy-maker VTech to pay $650,000 to settle FTC charges over children's privacy...
An electronic toy-maker has agreed to pay $650,000 to settle charges from the Federal Trade Commission that it collected personal information on hundreds of thousands of children without their parents...
View ArticleHighwood panel to consider former Deputy Fire Chief Ronald Pieri's job status
A Highwood panel is scheduled to hear testimony this week on whether former Deputy Fire Chief Ronald Pieri should be officially terminated or reinstated following his 2015 conviction on one felony...
View ArticleH&M apologizes for showing black child wearing a 'monkey in the jungle'...
H&M has apologized for an online advertisement that featured a young black boy modeling a sweatshirt reading "Coolest monkey in the jungle." The image, which was recently advertised on the Swedish...
View ArticleBody found in pool behind Waukegan home where fire occurred last month
A death investigation was underway in Waukegan Monday after a body was found inside a pool in the backyard of the home where a young woman was rescued from a basement during a fire last month, but...
View ArticleAfter celebratory Frank Lloyd Wright year, one of his buildings faces demolition
Last year was full of sunshine for Frank Lloyd Wright fans. The legendary architect’s Unity Temple in Oak Park reopened after a splendid restoration. And New York’s Museum of Modern Art mounted a...
View ArticleChicago activists seek answers from Ben Carson after delay of segregation rule
Just days after the Trump administration announced it would delay enforcing a federal housing rule requiring communities to address racial segregation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development...
View ArticlePark Ridge family's holiday light show raises more than $110,000 for...
A Park Ridge family's holiday light show put a spotlight on cancer research and young boy this season — and supporters responded in a big way. The Grant-Grusecki family's annual spectacle of...
View ArticleTwo newcomers take on Suffredin for long-held Cook County seat
Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin, D-13th Dist., who is seeking his fifth term in office, acknowledged that he has never been in a three-candidate race in the primary before. Bushra Amiwala,...
View ArticleLawmaker: African-Americans are more susceptible to drug abuse because of...
A Republican member of the Kansas House of Representatives is facing criticism this week after arguing that illicit drugs are illegal in part because of "the African-Americans" and their...
View ArticleMatt Nagy: 10 things to know about the new Bears coach
Matt Nagy took an interesting path to becoming the new Bears head coach. Here are 10 things to know about the Plainfield, N.J. native. Family man Nagy, who grew up in Lancaster, Pa., has four children...
View ArticleSears' exit from Orland Park mall won't leave a vacancy
Sears' announcement that it will shutter its store at Orland Square Mall in Orland Park doesn't mean the anchor space will become a vacant eyesore, according to the company that owns the property. The...
View ArticleTwo children in critcal condition following South Side collision
Two boys who were ejected from a vehicle during a car crash were taken to a hospital in critical condition Monday evening, officials said. Paramedics were called to the 4700 block of South Halsted...
View ArticleMcHenry woman dies in two-vehicle crash, county coroner says
A 30-year-old McHenry woman died after suffering blunt trauma to her chest and extremities when her vehicle was hit by another on Saturday morning, according to McHenry County Coroner Anne Majewski....
View Article'A calculated abuse of power': Prosecutors seek 15-20 years for ex-sheriff...
Federal prosecutors are seeking a 15- to 20-year sentence for convicted former Lake County Sheriff John Buncich, saying in court documents the severity of the charges warrants a significant prison...
View ArticleWith Bears, former salesman Matt Nagy has chance to make name for himself
Matt Nagy? Is that pronounced Naggy? Are we sure on that? Not Naygee or Noggee? Maybe if Bears fans had heard more about him in the run-up to his hiring as head coach, they’d know for sure. Guess they...
View ArticleNikola Mirotic (stomach virus) out tonight vs. Rockets
The Bulls will be getting Zach LaVine back pretty soon. But they will be without Nikola Mirotic for Monday’s home game against the Rockets. Mirotic missed the morning shootaround with a stomach virus...
View ArticleEnd of protection for Salvadorans fills families with dread
The Trump administration's decision to end special protections for nearly 200,0000 Salvadoran immigrants filled many Salvadoran families with dread Monday, raising the possibility that they will be...
View ArticleMueller indicates he will likely seek interview with Trump
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has told President Trump's legal team that his office is likely to seek an interview with the president, triggering a discussion among his attorneys about how to...
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