CTA riders scramble, SWAT shows up after slamming door is mistaken for...
CTA riders scrambled for cover at the Red Line subway station at Chicago Avenue and State Street on Thursday morning after someone mistook a slamming door for a gunshot, according to Chicago police....
View ArticleAurora may start regulating food trucks
Aurora is looking to regulate food trucks in the city. City staff this week presented the City Council's Committee of the Whole with an ordinance amendment that would seek to regulate food trucks both...
View ArticleLake Forest cancels farmers market due to falling attendance, lower...
Lake Forest's Open Air Market, a summer Saturday morning farmers market that offered produce and other items, has been canceled for this year, according to city officials. Community Development...
View ArticleUnited strengthens Special Olympics partnership; CEO says airline will try...
United Airlines was “trying to spice up the process a little bit” when it announced a new, lottery-style system for awarding employee bonuses, CEO Oscar Munoz said — a move the airline quickly walked...
View ArticleMortgage lender Guaranteed Rate lays off about 180 employees, 30 in Chicago
Chicago-based mortgage lender Guaranteed Rate has laid off about 180 employees around the country — including about 30 in Chicago — after the amount of new mortgage loans the company funded dipped in...
View ArticleWLUP's glory days were our glory days
In my younger years, "The Loop" wasn't just a radio station. It was a black T-shirt movement. A brash call to action. A rebellious snarl in a world of wrinkled smiles. The station, WLUP FM 97.9, was...
View ArticleCubs dropped as defendant by suing fan blinded by foul ball at Wrigley; case...
The Chicago Cubs have been dismissed from a lawsuit filed against the team by a fan blinded by a foul ball at Wrigley Field, but the ruling by a Cook County judge on Wednesday doesn’t mean the case is...
View ArticleTimberwolves sign Derrick Rose for the rest of season
Few people defended and supported Derrick Rose throughout his multiple injuries and rehabilitations as much as Tom Thibodeau. And now the former Bulls coach and current Timberwolves president of...
View ArticleNew-look Bears are searching for new leaders
When the NFL’s league year flips to 2018 on Wednesday, all five Bears captains from last season will be off the roster. It’s a bit ironic. John Fox’s greatest accomplishment as Bears coach was...
View ArticleMichael B. Jordan says he will adopt inclusion rider
Michael B. Jordan says that he will adopt inclusion riders for all projects produced by his production company. In a message on Instagram on Wednesday, Jordan pledged to support "the women and men who...
View ArticleMartin Shkreli's journey from pharma exec to Inmate #87850-053
Martin Shkreli burst on the scene as an enfant terrible, a securities savant who was working on Wall Street at 17, set up his own hedge fund at 23, and launched the biotech company Retrophin after...
View ArticleProtest held at Lincolnwood mall over allegations a woman was fired after...
A mother and daughter who worked for a restaurant inside the Lincolnwood Town Center mall led a protest there recently in connection with what they called workplace mistreatment. Teresa Acevedo said...
View ArticleLittle big man Yolmer Sanchez keeps the White Sox rolling
The White Sox have tried hard to dispel rumors they’re interested in free-agent third baseman Mike Moustakas, who would add instant offense and perhaps accelerate the rebuild. The Sox have the...
View ArticleNYT runs obits for ‘overlooked’ women on International Women’s Day
The New York Times set out to right a historic wrong on this International Women’s Day, publishing the obituaries of 15 remarkable women whose deaths went unremarked upon, simply because they were...
View ArticleCook Co. board incumbent Suffredin says employee count 'right-sized' as...
Commissioner Larry Suffredin , D-13th District, defended his positions on taxes, criminal justice and minimum wage laws on Saturday against a pair of challengers looking to cap his tenure on the Cook...
View ArticleThe Chicagoans who served in World War I
A century ago, Lt. Arthur Keating, who hailed from Van Buren Street on Chicago’s West Side, led an infantry platoon in a raid on enemy-held trenches in northern France. “Hey Arthur, don’t you know...
View ArticleFlorida Gov. Scott mum on if he'll sign gun-control bill
Three weeks after the fatal Parkland high school shooting, Florida Gov. Rick Scott faces a gun-control bill that falls short of what he and survivors of the massacre demanded, and he hasn't said...
View ArticleIce hockey would 'flourish' at University of Illinois, study shows
A study on the feasibility of using an NCAA men’s ice hockey team at the University of Illinois reaches a clear conclusion: Go for it. The study that launched in June found the interest level and...
View Article16-year-old arrested on charges he started two fires at Valparaiso High School
Valparaiso police said a 16-year-old boy, a student at Valparaiso High School, has been arrested and charged with felony arson and misdemeanor criminal mischief in connection with two fires in...
View ArticlePresident Trump rolling out big trade tariffs, sparing Mexico, Canada
After a week of hints and uncertainty, President Donald Trump said Thursday he would soon announce tariffs on imported steel and aluminum but with temporary exemptions for Canada and Mexico as he...
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