Man charged with making threats on Greyhound bus held without bond in Lake...
A Chicago man who allegedly had a gun on a Greyhound bus and led police on a chase along Interstate 94 from the Racine, Wis., area to Route 173 in northern Lake County, was being held without bail...
View ArticleJoel Quenneville on Blackhawks’ loss to Red Wings: ‘Brutal’
The “Detroit sucks!” chants were louder than usual Sunday morning at the United Center. The words Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville used to describe his team’s 4-0 defeat were much harsher. “We use...
View ArticleDenzel Valentine handles demotion with professionalism, confidence
Denzel Valentine’s reward for scoring a career-high 20 points in Wednesday’s double-overtime victory against the Knicks was to lose his starting job to Zach LaVine and play his fewest minutes since...
View ArticleIt's time to call the Bulls-Timberwolves Jimmy Butler trade a win-win
Tom Thibodeau knew. Whether out of hatred or habit, plenty of people excoriated Bulls management for trading one of the NBA’s best 15 players in Jimmy Butler to Thibodeau’s Timberwolves last June....
View ArticleBlackhawks remain mum on injured goalie Corey Crawford’s status
Not only has Corey Crawford not been on the ice in Chicago since he was put on injured reserve Dec. 27, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said he hasn’t talked to his goalie in a while. “It’s been...
View ArticleIves challenges Rauner on abortion rights at Chicago March for Life
State Rep. Jeanne Ives joined a crowd of anti-abortion advocates Sunday to criticize Gov. Bruce Rauner for signing into law a bill that expands taxpayer-subsidized abortions for women covered by...
View ArticleNew hitting coach Chili Davis wants to make Cubs hitters believers
New Cubs hitting coach Chili Davis hopes his pupils will come to spring training with a reinforced confidence accompanied by a determination to improve with runners in scoring position. “I might come...
View Article'I'm not going anywhere,' rapped a defiant MS-13 gang member. Days later, he...
Christian Sosa Rivas knew he was a marked man. The brash, 21-year-old leader of an MS-13 clique in Springfield, Virginia, had incurred the wrath of rivals in the violent street gang. So in late 2016,...
View ArticleEarthquake in Peru destroys dozens of homes, kills 1 man
A powerful earthquake struck off Peru's coast early Sunday, tumbling adobe homes in small, rural towns, killing at least one person and injuring dozens, officials said. The sole fatality was a man...
View ArticleDeveloping homegrown pitching for big-league club a priority for Cubs
The Cubs are redoubling their developmental efforts in order to bring homegrown pitching to the major-league roster. “We’re digging in and re-evaluating everything we’re doing from a pitching...
View ArticleWaukegan 18-year-old memorialized Sunday; cause of death remains a mystery
More than 50 people crowded into a small chapel in Waukegan Sunday morning to mourn 18-year-old Lucio Cambray, who was found dead in the backyard swimming pool of an unoccupied Waukegan home last...
View ArticleTrump defends himself after comments, says: 'I am not a racist'
President Donald Trump defended himself Sunday in the wake of recent disparaging comments about Haiti and African nations, declaring that "I am not a racist." Trump addressed the issue briefly as he...
View ArticleStunner: Case Keenum-Stefon Diggs TD on last play gives Vikings a 29-24...
Case Keenum completed a last-ditch heave near the sideline Sunday on the game's final play, and Stefon Diggs slithered away for a 61-yard touchdown to give Minnesota a 29-24 victory over New Orleans...
View ArticleThe constitutional case against partisan gerrymandering
North Carolina is a purple state, narrowly electing a Democratic governor in 2016 while giving a slim presidential victory to Republican Donald Trump. But its congressional delegation is not split so...
View ArticleHopes for immigration deal fade as lawmakers trade barbs and denials on...
With the fate of hundreds of thousands of young immigrants in the balance, relations between key GOP and Democratic lawmakers turned poisonous Sunday over disagreement about President Donald Trump's...
View ArticleBurglary suspect found in Lake Forest Sunday
A Lake Forest police officer on Sunday found a suspect on Quail Drive who could be connected to numerous burglaries along the North Shore and in DuPage County, according to police. Christian Lopez,...
View ArticleU.S. judge, Indiana native who was target of Trump attack reminds that King...
U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel is no stranger to being attacked for his heritage, as he was once the focus of President Donald Trump's outrage while he presided over a civil lawsuit involving...
View ArticleHow a man's first-ever tweet, about Obama's respect, proved more popular than...
Donald Trump sent the 2,559th tweet of his presidency on Saturday. Like many before, it was combative and vague and quite popular. "So much Fake News is being reported," Trump wrote - perhaps...
View ArticleDolores O'Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, dies at 46
Dolores O'Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London hotel. She was 46. The...
View ArticleCops: Gunman who opened fire at police injured
Someone shooting at police was injured in the incident Monday afternoon on the Far South Side. Police initially reported that the man had been shot when police returned gunfire, but about an hour...
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