Obama center's roadwork costs will total $175 million, city says
Proposed roadwork and underpass construction for the planned Obama Presidential Center will cost about $175 million, Chicago officials said Friday. It’s the first time the city has given an estimate...
View ArticleFCC's Republicans went to CPAC. One won a gun, the other an ethics complaint.
The Republicans who lead the country's top telecom agency arrived at an annual gathering of influential conservatives on Friday hoping to tout their business bona fides -- from freeing the internet...
View ArticleReal estate agent jailed for burglary said she stole jewelry to fund pill...
In 2016, a Bloomingdale real estate agent scheduled more visits to houses for sale than any other agent in the Chicago area. But it turned out her motivation was at least in part to find things to...
View ArticleWoman arrested after driving into White House barrier was convicted last year...
A Tennessee woman who was convicted last year of trying to climb a White House barrier was arrested again Friday after authorities said she intentionally drove a vehicle into a metal barricade at the...
View ArticleCNN’s many minutes of Second Amendment hate
CNN’s town hall political takedown of the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment — in response to the tragic murders at a Florida school — has been wrongly described by some conservatives as an...
View ArticleMadigan schedules votes on gun control proposals as Republicans question his...
Democrats led by House Speaker Michael Madigan will call votes on several gun control measures next week, saying it’s time to act following the mass school shooting in Parkland, Fla. Scheduled for...
View ArticleVeteran facing deportation moved into solitary confinement amid ongoing...
A U.S. Army veteran who is in the third week of a hunger strike while he faces deportation has been moved to solitary confinement, prompting criticism from human rights advocates and U.S. Sen. Tammy...
View ArticleOff-script CPAC speech illustrates the unending campaign of Donald Trump
If there were any doubt that his presidency was an unending campaign, Donald Trump erased it Friday when he pulled two pieces of paper from his suit jacket and recited the lyrics of a song. Addressing...
View ArticleNew charges filed against California couple accused of abusing their 13 children
Riverside County prosecutors said Friday they have filed additional charges against the parents of 13 children who were found living in captivity in Perris last month. David and Louise Turpin each...
View ArticleMore companies are cutting ties with gun lobby as #BoycottNRA movement gains...
Several major companies - Enterprise Holdings, First National Bank of Omaha, Symantec, Hertz and Avis - have ended co-branding partnerships with the National Rifle Association as a #BoycottNRA social...
View ArticlePeter Bourjos eager to fulfill long shot dream with Cubs
Peter Bourjos’ interest in the Cubs ran deeper than his Chicago roots. As a member of the Cardinals during the 2014-15 seasons, Bourjos vividly remembers how a young, inexperienced cast of players...
View ArticleCubs infielder Javier Baez sets sights on winning Gold Glove
Javier Baez has kept a low profile during the first week of full-squad workouts. But the dazzling Cubs infielder made no secret of sharing one of his major goals this season. “I’ll try to be healthy...
View ArticleChill factor greets Cubs in Cactus League opener
Winter parkas and spring training typically don’t go hand-in-hand, but the most comfortable fans at Friday’s Cactus League opener between the Cubs and Brewers were the ones who packed wisely. The big...
View ArticleWhite Sox's Welington Castillo returns to Chicago with newfound respect
The White Sox signed only one notable free-agent hitter this offseason, despite an offense that ranked near the bottom of the American League in most categories. Welington Castillo is not expected to...
View ArticleWisconsin woman accused of killing 3 infants during '80s said she 'can't take...
A Wisconsin woman has been charged with suffocating three babies more than 30 years ago — cases that investigators initially attributed to sudden infant death syndrome, prosecutors said Friday. The...
View Article15-year-old charged after violent social media threat against West Aurora
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with disorderly conduct following a social media post threatening a violent act against West Aurora High School, police said. The threat was deemed not credible,...
View ArticleDriver who caused crash that killed 4-year-old girl gets 6 months in jail;...
A New Lenox businessman was sentenced Friday to 180 days in jail and two years of probation for driving with cocaine in his system and causing a crash that killed a 4-year-old girl. Leonardo Martinez,...
View ArticleMurder charges filed in Illinois DCFS worker's death
A man implicated in the death earlier this year of an Illinois child welfare worker has been indicted on first-degree murder charges. Sauk Valley Media reports Andrew Sucher of Rock Falls was indicted...
View ArticleManufacturer that cut jobs deal with Trump gets $2.5 billion Pentagon...
United Technologies handed Donald Trump bragging rights in late 2016 when, just weeks after he won the election, the manufacturing giant publicly credited the soon-to-be president with striking a deal...
View ArticleWho's the real 'coward' of the Florida school shooting?
In a better world, Scot Peterson would have been a hero. When Nikolas Cruz walked into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with a semi-automatic rifle one recent afternoon and started firing,...
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