Indiana is second state to win permission to adopt Medicaid work requirements
Indiana has become the second state to win permission from the Trump administration to require certain low-income residents on Medicaid to work, study or perform public service to qualify for the...
View ArticleTemptations singer Dennis Edwards dies at 74
Grammy-winning singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dennis Edwards, an unmistakable voice of classic Motown vocal group the Temptations, died Thursday of complications from meningitis, his...
View ArticleJudge admonishes victims' dad who charged at Nassar in court, says 'no way'...
A distraught father seething over sexual abuse suffered by three daughters tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom Friday after a judge rejected his request to...
View ArticleAbuse victims say they were required by owner of Michigan gymnastics club to...
Another wave of victims confronted Larry Nassar on Wednesday, this time about sexual abuse at an elite Michigan gymnastics club where young athletes felt they had to use the disgraced doctor's...
View ArticleDow plunges more than 650 points as selloff roils markets
U.S. stocks slumped Friday, and the market suffered its worst week in two years, as fears of inflation and disappointing quarterly results from technology and energy giants spooked investors. The Dow...
View Article'I'm really not to blame': Fired Hawaii worker says false missile threat was...
The former state employee responsible for sending out the emergency ballistic missile alert that froze the state of Hawaii for 38 minutes last month said that he felt terrible about what happened. "I...
View ArticleDemocrats melt down over Nunes memo and enter the Upside Down
The Democratic Media Complex is once again suffering hysterics, pulling out its hair and screaming over the release of the House Republican report, aka “the memo.” The memo alleges abuses by top...
View ArticlePolice: Man stops Gold Coast car theft by subduing teen suspect
An teenager picked the wrong victim when, police said, he tried to steal a man’s vehicle in the Gold Coast late Friday. A 15-year-old boy jumped in on the driver’s side while its owner was unloading...
View ArticleSun-Times says Roeper will delete Twitter account, lose news column after...
Chicago Sun-Times film critic Richard Roeper, who was among celebrities identified as paying money to artificially boost their Twitter numbers with fake followers, will delete his Twitter account and...
View ArticlePedestrian dies after being hit by car in Highland
Authorities said a Highland, Ind., man died after being hit by a car early Saturday morning. Highland police were called to the intersection of Highway and Kennedy avenues around 2:20 a.m. for the...
View ArticleEgypt says 4,400-year-old tomb discovered outside Cairo
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 4,400-year-old tomb near the country's famed pyramids at the Giza plateau just outside Cairo, the Antiquities Ministry said Saturday, the latest discovery...
View ArticleFive taken to hospitals following 4-car Dan Ryan wreck
Five people were injured during a four-car crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Saturday afternoon. The wreck happened about 4 p.m. in the outbound lanes near 91st Street, according to an Illinois...
View ArticleColorado gym teacher accused of assaulting student who wouldn't stand for pledge
A 20-year veteran teacher is accused of assaulting a middle school student who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, the latest incident in which a protest over the flag has devolved into...
View ArticleSouth Shore could get long-awaited grocery store in former Dominick's space
After more than four years of waiting, the South Shore neighborhood is one step closer to having a grocery store in the space of a former Dominick’s. On Friday afternoon, the mayor’s office issued a...
View ArticleBail denied in fatal bus stop shooting at Red Line station
A Cook County judge denied bail for a Park Manor resident accused of fatally shooting a man at a CTA Red Line station bus stop because the victim was "on his turf,” according to prosecutors. Fugitive...
View ArticleSeven men wounded in 6 separate shootings Saturday
Police on Saturday responded to several reports of shootings across the city, including one in which two people were shot, officials said. Two people were shot about 12:20 p.m. on the city’s Far South...
View ArticlePaul Ryan celebrated the tax cut with a tweet about a secretary saving $1.50...
Never mind all the Democrats who call the GOP's tax bill a deficit-busting giveaway to the rich; House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has been enthusiastically promoting it as a middle-class tax windfall....
View ArticleNo bail in Little Village pizzeria holdup
Bail was denied Saturday for an Englewood man accused of robbing a Little Village pizza restaurant at gunpoint, stealing cash and the wallets of several employees. Cordney R. McLeod, 29, of the 700...
View ArticleFact check: Does the GOP memo show the FBI spied on the Trump campaign?
Republicans have increasingly claimed that the memo written by GOP staff members of the House Intelligence Committee, which was declassified by President Donald Trump on Friday, shows how the FBI...
View ArticleCorey Crawford returns to ice, but return to game action still up in air
Corey Crawford’s return to the ice Saturday morning for the first time in almost six weeks brings with it optimism that the Blackhawks goalie could return this season. Crawford took another step in...
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