Davich: Shooting an AR-556 rifle for the first and last time
"So, was it fun?" This was the first question I was asked after shooting a Ruger AR-556 auto-loading rifle. "Hmmm," I replied, taking a second to think it through. Interesting, yes. Educational,...
View Article6 people ages 17 to 35 shot in South Bend, Ind.
Authorities say six people have been shot in an incident in South Bend. Police say the shooting occurred just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday in a neighborhood on the city's south side. Officers were...
View ArticlePolice: 9-year-old Milwaukee girl fatally shot by brother
Milwaukee police say a 9-year-old girl is dead after she was accidentally shot by her brother. The girl was shot inside a home on Milwaukee's north side on Saturday. Police say the brother is a minor...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren rejects DNA test to settle Native American heritage claim
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is rejecting a Massachusetts newspaper's suggestion that she take a DNA test to prove her Native American heritage. "I know who I am and never used it for anything,"...
View ArticleCubs renew contract of Ian Happ; Yu Darvish faces Athletics
The Cubs announced the signing of 21 players, including second baseman Javier Baez. But for the first time in the Theo Epstein regime, the team renewed the contract of outfielder Ian Happ at $570,000...
View ArticleBus transporting Illinois college basketball team crashes in Minnesota
Authorities say several people were hurt when a charter bus transporting a college basketball team from Illinois crashed in Minnesota. State Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Tiffani Nielson says the bus was on...
View ArticleHistoric vote will let China's Xi rule for life
Xi Jinping, already China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, received a vastly expanded mandate Sunday as lawmakers abolished presidential term limits that have been in place for more than 35...
View ArticleWoman killed, man injured in South Side crash
A woman was killed and a man was critically injured in a one-car crash early Sunday morning in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. The 25-year-old woman, who was a...
View ArticleAccused former Beecher superintendent found dead a day after court appearance
A retired superintendent was found dead one day after appearing in a Cook County court on a felony theft charge for allegedly stealing nearly $10,000 from a south suburban school district's charitable...
View ArticleMan who killed three at California veterans home had sought healing there
When Albert Wong returned from an Army deployment in Afghanistan in 2013, he knew it had affected him. He had trouble adjusting to regular life, couldn't sleep at night and was hyper-vigilant about...
View ArticleFive Lake County residents indicted on election-related charges
With early voting under way for the March 20 primary election, officials have announced the indictment of five people on felony charges related to the November 2016 general election in Lake County....
View ArticleFor Stormy Daniels, swatting away Twitter trolls is a work of art
Stormy Daniels on Twitter has the air of a very smart cat batting off a series of very dumb mice, who come at her under the delusion that the relationship is reversed. "Scank," tweeted one man at her...
View ArticleThird period goals from Patrick Kane and Brent Seabrook lift Blackhawks to...
Brandon Saad took a high stick to the face from Zdeno Chara and left a trail of blood to the Blackhawks bench Sunday afternoon. Chara was hit with a double-minor and Patrick Kane and Brent Seabrook...
View ArticleLake County schools try to balance safety with letting students participate...
As students at Lakes and Antioch community high schools draw up plans for their walkout Wednesday as part of a national protest against school violence, administrators are trying to walk a line...
View ArticleTrump's plan will seek to 'harden' schools against shootings
President Donald Trump's plan to combat school shootings will include a call on states to increase the minimum age for purchasing assault weapons and an effort to "harden" schools so they're less...
View ArticlePlane carrying 71 people crashes, catches fire in Kathmandu
A plane carrying 71 people from Bangladesh swerved erratically and flew dangerously low before crashing and erupting in flames as it landed Monday in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, killing at least 50...
View ArticleChicago architects take the lead for U.S. pavilion at prestigious Venice...
It’s no insult to Chicago’s fledgling architecture biennial to say that the event remains an upstart compared to the bigger, older and more prestigious Venice Architecture Biennale. So it’s a big deal...
View ArticleBon Iver to play Jay Pritzker Pavilion in June
Singer-songwriter Justin Vernon’s folktronica act Bon Iver is ready to bring the mope under the stars at Jay Pritzker Pavilion June 3 — its first Chicago show in seven years. The announcement follows...
View ArticleWhat would the Bears depth chart look like if the season started today?
As of Monday morning, the Bears had only 47 players under contract for 2018 and will take 90 to training camp in July. So what would the depth chart look like if the season started today?
View ArticleHinsdale meeting to show homeowners how Tri-State widening affects their...
The Illinois Tollway will meet with neighbors of the Tri-State Tollway on Thursday to discuss how the widening of Interstate 294 will affect their properties. In a letter posted on the Hinsdale...
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