USA Badminton nixes tourney at Aurora gym owned by banned volleyball coach...
A youth championship badminton tournament that was to have been played this summer in Aurora has been moved following USA Volleyball's decision to ban an Aurora-based coach for life, a local tourism...
View ArticleU. of C. alumni deliver petition urging school to rescind Steve Bannon invite
A large group of University of Chicago alumni is calling upon school leaders to block former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon from coming to campus for a planned debate, intensifying the...
View ArticleAmid publicity tour, porn star Stormy Daniels denies affair with Trump
An adult film star who previously alleged an extramarital affair with Donald Trump now says in a statement the affair never happened. A lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels confirmed his client's...
View ArticleNew start with Eagles has former Bears receiver Alshon Jeffery happier than ever
Alshon Jeffery stood at his riser Monday night at the Xcel Energy Center and took in the vast crowd at Super Bowl LII’s opening night, the descendant of media day. The stands were full of boisterous...
View ArticleHawaii worker who sent false alert had problems but kept job
Hawaii's emergency management leader has resigned and a state employee who sent an alert falsely warning of an incoming ballistic missile has been fired, officials said Tuesday, weeks after the...
View ArticleCommunity mourns, remembers how they helped a Libertyville homeless man: 'We...
A few grade school art projects, his mother’s obituary and a picture album from his brother’s wedding are among the small handful of Randy Foss’ possessions that will be on display at his upcoming...
View ArticleFEMA to stop distributing food and water to Puerto Rico
Four months after Puerto Rico was devastated by a pair of hurricanes, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it will stop distributing food and water on the island beginning Wednesday, angering...
View ArticleBulls-Pelicans Nikola Mirotic trade falls apart — for now
After Nikola Mirotic failed to evoke significant interest in restricted free agency last year, the Bulls and his representatives agreed on an intriguing proposal. Rather than play this season on his...
View ArticleWhen Paul Simon, Daniel Day-Lewis and Elton John say 'farewell' to work they...
Who was the first musician or musical group you ever saw in concert? My answer is Simon & Garfunkel. I was 13 when I saw the two of them together — it was impossible in the late 1960s to imagine...
View ArticleAld. Lopez drops out of race to succeed Gutierrez in Congress hours before...
The field to succeed Democratic U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez in Congress is now without members of Chicago’s City Council, as Southwest Side Ald. Raymond Lopez dropped out of the race Tuesday hours before...
View ArticleJury finds ex-cop guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend in Portage
Former police officer Kevin Campbell was found guilty Tuesday in the 2015 murder of the mother of his children. The jury deliberated for less than three hours Tuesday in Campbell's murder trial at the...
View ArticleAttorneys: St. Charles man shot gun to scare wife, not to try and kill her
The attorneys for an attempted murder suspect on Tuesday admitted in court he beat his wife, but said he didn't try to shoot her — he just fired five shots from a gun to scare her in their St. Charles...
View ArticleThe mercurial president spoke. Can he deliver results?
President Donald Trump isn’t a traditional orator. While he’s an animated communicator, rarely does this president seek to give inspirational speeches in the style of John Kennedy or Ronald Reagan....
View ArticlePolice: Man breaking into Lincoln Square home fatally shot by accomplice
A man attempting to break into a home in the Lincoln Square area was shot dead late Tuesday when another man working with him started shooting at the front porch, authorities said. A 43-year-old man...
View ArticleKennedy, Biss question Pritzker's electability, citing Blagojevich ties
Democratic governor candidates Chris Kennedy and Daniel Biss on Tuesday night questioned rival J.B. Pritzker’s electability in a general election matchup against Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, citing...
View ArticleFull text of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address
Text of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, as provided by Federal News Service: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, first lady of the United States, and my fellow...
View ArticleMan guilty of murdering ex-girlfriend whose body he hid in Thornton field
A jury on Tuesday convicted a Dolton man of the 2010 murder of his ex-girlfriend, who was set to testify against him for trying to kill her in an earlier attack, according to prosecutors and court...
View ArticleScenes from the Capitol during SOTU: Dems make beeline for exit, Melania...
Scenes from the Capitol on a night of pomp, pageantry and politics for the State of the Union address: It wasn't the longest State of the Union address. That designation still goes to former President...
View ArticleWinners and losers from Trump's State of the Union address
President Donald Trump delivered his second address to Congress and his first official State of the Union address on Tuesday night. And a year after that address earned plenty of praise, Trump did his...
View ArticleDemocrats, led by Kennedy, respond to Trump's State of the Union
Led by Rep. Joe Kennedy, D-Mass., at least eight current and former Democratic legislators took on one of the stiffest challenges in politics: responding to a State of the Union in a time of strong...
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