Train's emergency brake was activated, safety arms at site of GOP train crash...
Federal investigators said Thursday that data gathered from an Amtrak train carrying Republican lawmakers that hit a garbage truck near Crozet, Virginia, on Wednesday indicates that the engineer...
View ArticleNatalie Wood's drowning now considered a 'suspicious death'
New witnesses emerged in the 1981 drowning of actress Natalie Wood, which has prompted investigators to deem it a "suspicious death" and to name her former husband, 87-year-old actor Robert Wagner, as...
View ArticlePolice say Los Angeles middle school shooting was an accident
A Los Angeles police spokesman says a middle-school shooting that wounded four children was accidental. Spokesman Josh Rubenstein says the 12-year-old girl arrested in Thursday's shooting was being...
View ArticleThieves rear-end elderly woman in Evanston, then steal her car and cash: police
Evanston police said they are investigating a report of carjacking, after an elderly woman reported Thursday that a pair of males stole her vehicle after rear-ending it. Police responded just after 2...
View ArticlePritzker launches first attack ad against Biss, not Kennedy
If there was any proof needed that Democratic governor candidate Daniel Biss has moved up in the minds of primary voters, it came in the form of a 15-second attack ad from rival candidate J.B....
View Article'Obvious signs of foul play' in death of 77-year-old Oak Park man, police say
Police in Oak Park are investigating the death of a 77-year-old resident, and they said there were "obvious signs of foul play" after his body was discovered Friday afternoon. According to police, the...
View ArticleEmanuel's developer upcharge fee for neighborhood development raking in cash...
Chicago’s building boom is bringing in more money than expected for Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s program that collects millions in fees from downtown developments and sets them aside for projects in...
View ArticleBrian Urlacher: 'I changed the way middle linebacker was played'
For a second, forget whether Brian Urlacher will go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on the first ballot. A less pressing question on the minds of many Chicagoans is easier to answer: Whenever...
View ArticleRoles for new Bulls Omer Asik and Jameer Nelson likely will be small ones
Acquired in Thursday’s Nikola Mirotic trade with the Pelicans, Omer Asik and Jameer Nelson were scheduled to take their physicals here Friday afternoon, arriving after the Bulls had practice at USC....
View ArticleLashing out at FBI, Trump claims vindication with release of memo; Dems say no
Claiming vindication and straining to derail the Russia probe, President Donald Trump declassified a top secret congressional memo Friday, and suggested it proved the investigation of his presidential...
View ArticleSaturday's matchup: Bulls at Clippers
TV/radio: 2:30 p.m., NBCSCH, WSCR-670 AM. Storylines: The new-look Bulls face the new-look Clippers. Nikola Mirotic and Blake Griffin both are gone. The Clippers lost their first game at home to the...
View ArticleIves' anti-Rauner ad ripped as 'racist, sexist, homophobic'
Republican primary challenger Jeanne Ives is mounting a full-bore attack on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s conservative credentials, launching a TV ad featuring an actor portraying a transgender woman thanking...
View ArticleTexas couple charged with selling teenage girl to family in Elgin for sex
A Texas couple has been arrested for allegedly selling a 14-year-old girl to a family in Elgin, Ill. Steve Marks has been charged with purchasing or selling a child for sex. He's being held at...
View ArticleBears can learn lessons from soaring Eagles to come out of hibernation
On the surface, it sure looks as if blueprints for a football revival at Halas Hall have been borrowed from the Eagles. A young general manager hired a former Andy Reid offensive assistant away from...
View ArticleHumane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle resigns after sexual harassment allegations
Humane Society of the United States chief executive Wayne Pacelle resigned Friday amid sexual harassment complaints and a backlash by major donors. The announcement of Pacelle's departure comes one...
View ArticleDeputy AG Rosenstein under increasing pressure as Trump refuses to say he...
Rod Rosenstein's tenure as deputy attorney general and the top Justice Department official overseeing the Russia investigation appears to be in peril after President Donald Trump refused to say Friday...
View ArticleConfidential information of Batavia city employees, elected officials stolen...
Confidential information of employees, former employees and elected officials of the City of Batavia was stolen in a phishing scam, officials said. The city announced Friday that personal and...
View ArticleThe Nunes memo, annotated: 10 things that may not be as simple as they appear
The memo released by the House Intelligence Committee makes several claims that are in dispute. Here are key points in the debate.
View ArticleWill assignment on third line be the charm for Blackhawks’ Brandon Saad?
Looks like the Blackhawks will have a $6-million-a-year man on their third line Saturday night against the Flames. Winger Brandon Saad, who ended his pointless streak at nine games with an assist in...
View ArticleMan who sold ammo to Vegas shooter is charged with making armor-piercing bullets
An Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history was charged Friday with manufacturing armor-piercing bullets, according to court...
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