U.S. women headed for worst figure skating finish in Olympics
One by one, the best in American figure skating fell to the ice, their Olympic hopes dashed in the opening seconds of their short programs at the Pyeongchang Games. It was emblematic of the state of...
View ArticleRiverwalk bar and restaurant deals advance, despite noise complaints about...
Contracts for eight businesses on the Chicago Riverwalk advanced on Thursday, despite condominium owners’ concerns about noise from a nearby Polynesian- and Caribbean-themed restaurant and bar that...
View ArticleNeed a cure for the winter blues? Just say: 'It's February.'
Some years ago, in search of relief for a blue mood, I went to see my doctor. The dark depths of December had passed, and so had the brutalities of January, but official spring was still a month away,...
View ArticleTexas governor spares inmate from execution after plea from father who...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday spared the life of a convicted killer shortly before the man's scheduled execution for masterminding the fatal shootings of his mother and brother. In sparing the...
View ArticleSlowik: The raucous 3rd District Democratic candidates forum was unlike...
There were hardly any seats left by the time I got to Wednesday night's forum for candidates in the March 20 Democratic primary for the 3rd Congressional District. This was the first — and likely only...
View ArticleAurora man wanted after 17-year-old shot at Batavia Steak 'n Shake drive-thru
An arrest warrant has been issued and charges filed against an Aurora man suspected of shooting a 17-year-old Carol Stream boy in a Batavia Steak 'n Shake drive-through Tuesday. Batavia police said...
View ArticleSen. Bernie Sanders says he needs 'Chuy' Garcia in Congress to stand up to Trump
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont brought his progressive star power to town Thursday to bolster Jesus “Chuy” Garcia’s congressional bid, telling the crowd at a Little Village rally he needs his...
View ArticleRobin Lopez sits for 1st time this season
Just last month, Robin Lopez said it would “be cool” if he played in all 82 games for the fourth time in his career, an accomplishment of which he would be “pretty proud.” Durability, however, is no...
View ArticleIllinois attorney general candidate Erika Harold says DuPage GOP official...
A DuPage County Republican official on Thursday vowed to stay in an Illinois House race despite calls for him to drop out over “inappropriate” comments that attorney general candidate Erika Harold...
View ArticleDart: Spike in release of accused gun offenders on electronic monitors raises...
Sheriff Tom Dart says hundreds more accused gun offenders have been released from Cook County Jail on electronic bracelets in recent months as a result of attempts at bond reform, raising public...
View ArticleNRA goes on offensive after Parkland shooting, assailing media, calling for...
After a week of media silence following the school shooting in Florida, the National Rifle Association has gone on the offensive in its first public response to the massacre, pushing back against law...
View ArticleLyons Township High School says report of threat false, but all-school...
A day after Lyons Township High School officials received word of threats of violence, the district has canceled a Friday student assembly and the district has called for more police presence around...
View ArticleMissouri governor charged with invasion of privacy stemming from affair
A St. Louis grand jury on Thursday indicted Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens on a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly taking a compromising photo of a woman with whom he had an affair in 2015....
View Article2 found dead in home of fatal crash suspect after he missed court hearing
Two people were found dead Thursday at the Warrenville home of a man wanted by authorities for his alleged involvement in a fiery crash that killed an Elgin woman last year. The bodies were discovered...
View ArticleMueller ratchets up pressure on Manafort and Gates, filing new charges
Paul Manafort was using fraudulently obtained loans and tax-cheating tricks to prop up his personal finances as he became chairman of the Trump campaign in 2016, according to a new 32-count indictment...
View ArticleLittle Village man to be charged with murder after police say he nearly...
The father of a 2-year-old boy will face charges for cutting his son’s neck to near decapitation because the toddler was making too much noise, according to authorities. Two-year-old Mateo Garcia...
View ArticleSheriff: Armed deputy on duty at Florida high school never entered building...
The armed school resource officer assigned to protect students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School took a defensive position outside the school and did not enter the building while the shooter was...
View ArticleFlorida governor unveils plan to put more armed guards in schools, ban gun...
Florida's governor announced plans Friday to put more armed guards in schools and to make it harder for young adults and some with mental illness to buy guns, responding to days of intense lobbying...
View ArticleEx-Trump aide Rick Gates pleads guilty, offering his cooperation in Mueller...
A former senior adviser to President Donald Trump's election campaign pleaded guilty Friday to federal conspiracy and false-statements charges, switching from defendant to cooperating witness in the...
View Article'Heartbroken' Gus Kenworthy visits dog meat farm, adopts puppy
Gus Kenworthy stood stone-faced, a shivering black puppy curled in his arms and more scurrying around him on the dirty, uneven cement floor. A few feet away, the pups' mother barked and paced, eyeing...
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