Democrats warn of 'ongoing attack' by Russia amid push to publish classified...
Top Democrats on Tuesday called on Facebook and Twitter to investigate what lawmakers said are Russian efforts to promote the release of a classified Republican memo criticizing the FBI probe of...
View ArticleChicago's CM Punk, Felice Herrig get the UFC fights they wanted
Felice Herrig wanted a fight against a top 10 opponent. CM Punk just wanted another shot, period. Both Chicago-area natives got the fights they were hoping for from UFC president Dana White. Herrig’s...
View ArticleLeBron James becomes 7th — and youngest — player to reach 30,000 career points
LeBron James has joined the NBA's 30,000-point club. James became the seventh player with 30,000 career points when he hit a jumper with one second left in the first quarter of the Cleveland...
View ArticleFrom Division III star to Senior Bowl, Dubuque's Michael Joseph making big...
Everyone has a back story for how they arrived at the Senior Bowl that is detailed in dedication and dogged pursuit of football’s highest level but no one has taken a more circuitous path here than...
View ArticlePritzker-Biss rivalry emerges at first televised Democratic governor debate
Billionaire investor J.B. Pritzker and state Sen. Daniel Biss tried to change the dynamics of the Illinois Democratic governor’s race Tuesday night, attacking each other during the first televised...
View ArticleLawsuit filed after one twin boy born to gay couple granted U.S. citizenship,...
Ethan and Aiden Dvash-Banks are toddler twins who share almost everything: the same toys, the same nursery, the same clothes and the same parents. Everything but a toothbrush and U.S. citizenship. To...
View ArticleNate Breske out as Bears head athletic trainer
Bears head athletic trainer Nate Breske will not return to the team, a source confirmed to the Tribune on Tuesday. The Bears are parting with Breske after three seasons. He joined the organization in...
View ArticleWoman, 75, escapes safely after Metra train hits car stalled on tracks in...
A driver whose vehicle became stuck on the railroad tracks Tuesday night in Glen Ellyn had to abandon the vehicle before an oncoming train plowed into it, police said. Around 7 p.m., an inbound Union...
View ArticleWhy Tennys Sandgren was asked about pizzagate at the Australian Open
Tennys Sandgren started playing tennis when he was 4 years old. By the age of 7, he was competing in tournaments. As a college student, he was a highly ranked singles player at the University of...
View ArticleSchumer rescinds border wall offer; White House says immigration compromise...
Hopes for a fresh start on immigration slammed into political reality Tuesday as the Senate's top Democrat said he had rescinded an offer to President Donald Trump on a border wall and the White House...
View ArticleMinnesota Public Radio says Garrison Keillor wasn't fired for simply touching...
For weeks, Garrison Keillor's initial belief that he was "fired" from Minnesota Public Radio last November for simply touching "a woman's bare back" hung in the air, tempting his biggest fans with the...
View ArticleFreezing rain paralyzes much of Chicago area, causing hundreds of crashes,...
Hundreds of traffic crashes, at least three of them fatal, were reported Wednesday morning as a surprise bout of freezing rain paralyzed much of the Chicago area. National Weather Service...
View ArticleMistrial declared in case of man accused of 2016 slayings at Joliet auto shop
A Will County judge Wednesday declared a mistrial in the case of a Bourbonnais man charged in the deaths of two men found bludgeoned to death in a Joliet auto shop in 2016. About an hour into the...
View ArticleVideo shows cop from controversial fatal shooting decking two in unrelated...
Newly released video shows an off-duty Chicago police officer punching two men in the face, knocking both to the floor, in an early morning bar fight last month while he was already on desk duty for...
View ArticleIn apology, USOC CEO calls for resignation of entire USA Gymnastics board of...
Calling the sexual abuse and assault of Team USA athletes by former USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar "worse than our worst fears," the chief executive officer of the United States Olympic...
View ArticleWife of former Hammond cop charged with ex-girlfriend's murder downplays his...
The wife of a former Hammond police officer accused in the shooting death of his ex-girlfriend, during court testimony Wednesday, disputed prosecutors' claims that he was facing dire financial straits...
View ArticlePreckwinkle, Fioretti won't rule out tax hikes, clash over Berrios
Stung by the backlash against her soda tax, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday vowed not to go that route again, but both she and Democratic primary opponent Bob Fioretti...
View ArticleCity asks court to uphold Aurora officer's firing over hidden cameras
The city of Aurora is taking a police union to court for trying to reinstate an officer the police department fired over hidden cameras in his ex-wife's house. In civil litigation naming the...
View ArticleRead what prosecutor, judge said before Larry Nassar's sentencing
Before Larry Nassar was sentenced Wednesday to a minimum of 40 years in state prison for sexually assaulting girls, the prosecutor and judge gave statements. Some excerpts: ___ Assistant attorney...
View ArticleNaperville woman's death in fire 'no accident,' prosecutor says at...
The cries for help from a Naperville woman to a 911 operator before she died in a fire in 1995 were heard in a DuPage County courtroom Wednesday as the woman’s son-in-law stood trial — again — in her...
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