Jimmy Garoppolo trade raises questions about Bears and Mitch Trubisky
While Chicago waits to see if the Bears answered the franchise’s age-old quarterback question by moving up to draft Mitch Trubisky, general manager Ryan Pace’s bold trade has allowed the Texans and...
View ArticleKenneka Jenkins' family on 'The Dr. Oz Show' again raises doubts about death
Speculation again swirled about the death of Kenneka Jenkins, the young Chicago woman found in a Rosemont hotel freezer, during Tuesday’s episode of the “The Dr. Oz Show,” which featured her mother...
View ArticleMan takes teacher hostage, barricades self inside classroom at California school
A parent has taken a teacher hostage and is barricaded inside Castle View Elementary School in Riverside, Calif., school district officials said Tuesday. The district was notified about the situation...
View ArticleBears facing big decisions for next season at cornerback
Quarterback is the glamour position of the NFL. There is really no equivalent on defense other than maybe a great pass rusher capable of making a big play in a big moment. Maybe. There have been great...
View ArticleInitial CFP rankings: Notre Dame in glorious spot; Wisconsin, not so much
Five takeaways from the initial College Football Playoff rankings: Notre Dame is sittin' pretty, a solid No. 3 behind Georgia and Alabama. And that's how it should be, given what Notre Dame has...
View ArticleHundreds gather in Chicago for first Obama center leadership summit
They came from eastern Kentucky, Houston and Jakarta, Indonesia, from Bangladesh, Kenya and Mexico. More than 500 people, described as thought leaders and problem solvers who were hand-selected from...
View ArticleOrland Park taking new look at video gambling after complaints from business...
Nearly eight years after Orland Park shut out video gambling in the village, officials are taking a fresh look at it. With the village virtually surrounded by communities that allow video gambling,...
View ArticleFrom 3-5 to where? Bears take time off with 2nd-half schedule setting up nicely
The Bears reached their long weekend Wednesday afternoon with coaches and players exiting Halas Hall for destinations far and wide. The open date comes at the midpoint of the schedule with the team...
View ArticleLawsuit to declare old Copley Hospital in Aurora a 'dump'
Two days after being sworn in as mayor of Aurora this spring, Richard Irvin was in a car with Jeffery Jeep, driving around the perimeter of the old Copley Hospital property. Irvin was impressing Jeep,...
View ArticleElgin boy races through trick or treating in custom Mario Kart costume
After weeks of anticipation, Iker Lagunas unlocked the most prized vehicle in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. On Halloween afternoon, a student group from DePaul University assembled and unveiled Lagunas'...
View ArticleBiden in Chicago: Trump a 'charlatan' who needs to 'stop tweeting'
Former Vice President Joe Biden compared President Donald Trump to a “charlatan” who preys on the fears of middle-class Americans and said the nation’s leader should “grow up” and stop using social...
View ArticleAldermen say funding for new Chicago police oversight agency too low
Chicago aldermen complained Wednesday that Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s recommended full-year budget for the new police oversight agency is too low, saying they believe it falls below the funding floor that...
View ArticleNotre Dame players say No. 3 playoff ranking 'exciting' but are focused on...
Notre Dame players weren’t exactly glued to the television Tuesday awaiting the first College Football Playoff rankings. Nyles Morgan spent the evening coaching a flag football team and then studying...
View ArticleBarrington High girls in 'misconstrued' KKK photo sue school for defamation
Six Barrington High School students who appeared in a photo labeled “KKK” that ignited a social media firestorm over the summer are suing the school district for defamation. A hearing on the case is...
View ArticleLawmakers release troves of Facebook ads showing Russia's cyber intrusion
A trove of Facebook ads made public Wednesday by Congress depicts Russia's extraordinary cyber intrusion into American life in 2016 aimed at upending the nation's democratic debate and fomenting...
View ArticleAs Cubs head into offseason of uncertainty, brain trust must think big
A year ago Thursday, at exactly 11:47 p.m., the ball hit Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo's mitt at Progressive Field in Cleveland and the ground shook in Chicago, creating good vibrations that lasted...
View ArticleTop newsroom official at NPR resigns amid harassment allegations
NPR's senior management was aware of multiple harassment complaints by women against its top newsroom executive during the past two years but took no action to remove him from his job until news...
View ArticleIllinois senator loses leadership spot day after sexual harassment allegation...
A Democratic state senator lost his leadership position on Wednesday, a day after a victim rights advocate accused him of sexual harassment at a public hearing. Sen. Ira Silverstein of Chicago will no...
View ArticleSlowik: Southland Republican explains why voters still support Trump
I'm fascinated with political reaction to news that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election produced its first criminal indictments this...
View ArticleFeds accuse Matteson youth counseling center of multi-million dollar Medicaid...
The husband and wife co-owners of a Matteson-based youth counseling center are accused of using an inflated billing scheme to defraud Medicaid out of millions of dollars, a lawsuit filed by the U.S....
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