Mistaken identity led to the wrongful detainment of Evanston man, who says...
An Evanston man has filed a police misconduct complaint with the city, saying police officers looking for a robbery suspect last week injured his wrists and rendered him unable to work. Gregory Hall,...
View ArticleWill college athletics be next for the #MeToo movement?
The Notre Dame priest called on Sunday nights, always after 9. During the first call, the good father shared his account of consoling a female student who alleged sexual misconduct by two football...
View ArticleFBI Deputy Director McCabe, a frequent Trump target, abruptly leaves post
FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a target of frequent and aggressive criticism by President Donald Trump, abruptly stepped down from his position Monday ahead of his planned retirement this spring....
View ArticleDefense expert at murder retrial: Deadly fire likely caused by smoldering...
A cigarette smoldering in a chair likely caused the 1995 fire that killed a Naperville woman, a fire expert testified Monday at the murder trial of the woman’s former son-in-law. The witness, called...
View ArticleGOP votes to release memo alleging FBI missteps while surveilling Trump...
The House Intelligence Committee voted Monday to release a memo detailing alleged surveillance abuses by the FBI and Justice Department, escalating a political fight between conservatives and the...
View ArticleIves crushes Rauner in Tribune governor debate
Toward the end of his debate with GOP challenger Jeanne Ives before the Tribune Editorial Board on Monday, I asked Gov. Bruce Rauner if there would be another Republican debate. “We’re debating right...
View ArticleHow a classified four-page Russia memo triggered a political firestorm
Early this month, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein trekked to Capitol Hill in a last-ditch effort to avoid giving Republican lawmakers access to intelligence...
View ArticleMoreno drops out of race to replace Gutierrez
Northwest Side Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno pulled out of the race to succeed U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez on Monday, saying he planned to heed residents’ calls to focus on ward-level issues. Moreno’s decision...
View ArticleReturn to ice put on hold for Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford
Don’t call it a comeback. A setback might be more like it. Corey Crawford’s hopeful return to the ice last weekend was put on ice for the time being. The injured goalie did not make it there during...
View ArticleAfter spell check, tickets to 'State of the Uniom' require a reprint
Reporters aren't the only ones who need copy editors. The tickets printed by the House Sergeant at Arms for President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address Tuesday contain a glaring typo,...
View ArticleVideo game player may lose decades-old Guinness World Record over cheating...
For more than three decades, the record for Dragster, a racing game for the Atari 2600 console, could not be toppled. In 1982, a player named Todd Rogers supposedly recorded a time of 5.51 seconds on...
View ArticleHumane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle accused of sexual harassment by three women
An internal investigation by a law firm hired by the Humane Society of the United States has identified three complaints of sexual harassment by chief executive Wayne Pacelle and found that senior...
View ArticleTrump administration declines to impose new sanctions on Russia
The Trump administration has decided not to punish anybody for now under new sanctions retaliating for Russia's election-meddling, the State Department said Monday, in a surprising move that fueled...
View ArticleMan tells FBI that gang members forced him to rob banks because he owed them...
A 52-year-old parolee accused of robbing two Northwest Side banks told the FBI he was ordered to commit the robberies to pay back a debt owed to a local gang, according to court documents. Alonzo...
View ArticleWhat the Blake Griffin trade means for the Clippers, Pistons and the rest of...
The Los Angeles Clippers and Detroit Pistons pulled off a blockbuster trade Monday evening, with sources confirming to The Washington Post that star forward Blake Griffin would be going from the...
View ArticleNorth Korea cancels joint cultural event with South Korea ahead of Winter...
North Korea has cancelled one of the key joint cooperation projects with South Korea planned for next month's Winter Olympics, officials said, further proving the delicate nature of ties between the...
View ArticleU.S. military reviewing its rules after fitness trackers exposed sensitive data
The U.S. military said Monday that it is adjusting guidelines for the use of all wireless and technological devices on military facilities amid revelations that fitness trackers can be used to expose...
View ArticlePerhaps only Kim Jong Un's girl band can unify Korea
The last year has been brutal on the Korean Peninsula, where nuclear tensions, diplomatic intransigence, and Donald Trump 's tweets have battered already strained relations. Rapprochement takes time;...
View ArticleIran is losing its jihad on tobacco
TEHRAN - Ayatollah Sayed Hassan Moin Shirazi entered the room wearing a clerical brown robe and a black turban, indicating he is a descendent of the Prophet Mohammed. With his long gray beard, he...
View ArticleU.S. issues long-anticipated 'Putin list' of 114 senior Russian political...
The Trump administration late Monday released a long-awaited list of 114 Russian politicians and 96 "oligarchs" who have flourished during the reign of President Vladimir Putin, fulfilling a demand by...
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