Hawaii missile alert employee not cooperating in federal investigation
The Hawaii state employee who mistakenly sent an alert warning of a ballistic missile attack has refused to cooperate with federal and state investigators, officials said Thursday. Lisa Fowlkes, head...
View ArticleEPA brokers deal to clean up East Chicago air polluter
An East Chicago coke producer agreed Thursday to dramatically clean up its operations, resolving a case that involved hundreds of violations of federal pollution standards but had stalled under the...
View ArticleTrump plan has citizenship path for 1.8 million immigrants, $25 billion in...
President Donald Trump is proposing a path to citizenship for an estimated 1.8 million young undocumented immigrants in exchange for hard-line steps to increase border security and curb legal...
View ArticleMan injured at Goose Island-area bar was killed in fight, not fall,...
The death of a man injured at a Goose Island neighborhood bar earlier this month has been ruled a homicide, authorities said this week. The 31-year-old man, whose name was not immediately available,...
View ArticleOldest son of 13 captive children in California was star college student
The oldest son of 13 siblings who authorities say were held captive in their California home had been a star student at his community college and was on the honor roll for two semesters. The son, who...
View ArticleTaking notice of Tribune Tower
One day a long time ago, while I was living in Florida, I got a call asking if I was interested in working at the Chicago Tribune and, if so, could I fly to Chicago for an interview? At the time, I...
View ArticleFrank Lenti speaks: Veteran coach 'blindsided' by ouster from Mount Carmel
When Frank Lenti received a text on Dec. 27 from Mount Carmel President Ned Hughes to come to school the next day for a meeting, the longtime Caravan football coach didn't think twice. Lenti figured...
View Article'It is a crime of opportunity': At packed community forum, River Forest...
As reports of car thefts and burglaries circulate in the western suburbs, concerned residents crowded into River Forest Village Hall on Wednesday night at a community forum featuring police officials....
View ArticleWatchdog: Silverstein's conduct 'unbecoming of a legislator,' but not sexual...
The General Assembly’s watchdog has determined that Democratic state Sen. Ira Silverstein did not engage in sexual harassment while working with a victims rights advocate to pass a bill, but “did...
View ArticleMissouri GOP candidate says feminists have 'snake-filled heads,' hopes...
A Republican candidate who hopes to unseat a female Democratic senator in Missouri is drawing criticism for a statement he posted about women's rights in which he called feminists "she devils" and...
View ArticleFrank Lenti feels 'sadness, anger, distress' after sudden end at Mount Carmel
Job 1 for Frank Lenti isn’t getting another job. The longtime Mount Carmel football coach, whose legendary tenure ended abruptly last month after 34 seasons, isn't ready to retire. But before Lenti,...
View ArticleCaught looking not where Blackhawks need to be
Brent Seabrook was feeling foul Wednesday after the Maples Leafs scored on what the defenseman thought should have been an icing call. Seabrook, a Blackhawks alternate captain, appeared to slow up...
View ArticleAlex DeBrincat's hat trick lifts Blackhawks past Red Wings 5-1
If the last-place Blackhawks had all the answers, the questions wouldn’t be necessary in the first place. But they haven’t had them for the most part, so the queries continue for a team trying to find...
View ArticleGymnasts' parents say they'll 'never get rid of the guilt' left after Nassar...
Some parents thought they were misinterpreting the doctor's techniques. Others assumed their children were lying or mistaken. But as more details emerged, the mothers and fathers had to face an awful...
View ArticleAlleged gang member charged in two 2015 murders, including 16-year-old...
An alleged gang member was charged Thursday in federal court in connection with two unsolved murders from 2015, including a teenage girl killed while trying to get children to safety during gunfire,...
View Article4 wounded in Chicago shootings
A man was shot and critically wounded in a drive-by shooting in a Near West Side alley Thursday afternoon, police said. The man was walking in an alley in the 800 block of South Claremont Avenue about...
View ArticlePresident Trump moved to fire Mueller in June, bringing White House counsel...
President Donald Trump sought the firing of Robert Mueller III last June, shortly after the special counsel took over the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and he backed...
View ArticleTiger Woods brings back big crowds, big cheers with a 72
Tiger Woods has been away from the PGA Tour too long to know for certain when a shot is as good as it looks. This was a 6-iron on the par-3 16th hole on the South Course at Torrey Pines, from 188...
View ArticleMan in custody after barricading himself in Near West Side building
A Chicago Police Department SWAT team took one man into custody after police said he barricaded himself inside a building near the University of Illinois at Chicago’s campus Thursday night. Police...
View ArticleVideo shows man running away, getting hit by Taser after South Side traffic stop
Newly released video from Chicago’s police watchdog shows an officer shocking a suspect with a Taser late last year after the man ran away from her and her partner during a traffic stop on the South...
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