Man dies after being wounded in Halloween shooting on Far South Side
A man wounded the afternoon of Halloween in a drive-by shooting died Saturday morning, authorities said. Joseph Gates, 29, was pronounced dead at 7:33 a.m. Saturday at Advocate Christ Medical Center...
View ArticleNotre Dame racks up 710 yards of offense in outlasting Wake Forest
Josh Adams wasn't feeling like himself, so Notre Dame kept the Heisman Trophy candidate on the sideline for most of Saturday's game against Wake Forest. Quarterback Brandon Wimbush made sure the No. 3...
View ArticleAnalysis: 2016 is the election that will never end
A full year has passed since Donald Trump was elected president, yet the campaign of 2016 will not end. The president remains obsessed with it, Democrats are still wrangling over a bitter primary...
View ArticleFormer DNC head Donna Brazile says she considered replacing Clinton with...
Former Democratic National Committee head Donna Brazile writes in a new book that she seriously contemplated setting in motion a process to replace Hillary Clinton as the party's 2016 presidential...
View ArticleReport: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has stake in firm tied to Putin's...
Newly leaked documents show that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the Trump administration's point man on trade and manufacturing policy, has a stake in a company that does business with a gas producer...
View ArticleLake Zurich police officer injured in traffic-stop crash
A Lake Zurich Police officer was released from Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington Sunday after being injured during a traffic stop. Police Sgt. Brad Hoops said the accident happened around...
View ArticleOutdoors: Company urges employees, public to get outside on Black Friday
Outdoors store REI announced that for the third year in a row it is encouraging all its employees and the general public to "Opt Outside" on Black Friday, the shopping-extravaganza day after...
View ArticleVin Scully vows he'll 'never watch another NFL game' because of anthem protests
The NFL has lost Vin Scully. The Los Angeles Dodgers' Hall of Fame former broadcaster told an audience who joined him Saturday night for "An Evening with Vin Scully" at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia's shock arrests of royals, military officers in step with crown...
The surprise dismissal and arrest of dozens of ministers, royals, officials and senior military officers by Saudi Arabia's crown prince is unprecedented in the secretive, 85-year-old kingdom. But so...
View ArticleBig Ten power rankings: Badgers take over top spot
Teddy Greenstein ranks the Big Ten college football teams after the action through Nov.4, 2017.
View ArticleAs college basketball tips off, FBI probe promises to linger over season
Michigan State coach Tom Izzo was asked at Big Ten media day about the shadow of an ongoing FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball hovering over the season. Asked about fans who may...
View ArticleGOP may still package tax bill with repeal of Obamacare mandate, Ryan says
House Republican tax writers on Sunday prepared to make further changes to the sweeping legislation they released last week, including tweaks that could allow upper-middle-class homeowners to deduct...
View ArticleRockford police officer, 49-year-old man dead after Sunday morning traffic...
A Rockford police officer on the force for less than a year and a another man died early Sunday morning following a “scuffle” during a traffic stop and a car crash two blocks away, police officials...
View ArticlePopular youth hockey coach not backing down from fight of his life — cancer
On the darkest days, when the inevitability of esophageal cancer consumes Rafe Aybar, the way a young skater lights up after mastering a drill brightens his mood. "That little look they all get,...
View ArticleWho's next? High anxiety in Hollywood
The curtain has been pulled back, and, oh, is it messy. Hollywood has always reveled in scandal. The rumor. The whisper. The unfortunate photograph. The apology and return to grace. But the recent sex...
View ArticleNotre Dame coach Brian Kelly expects Josh Adams, Brandon Wimbush to play vs....
Notre Dame running back Josh Adams only played in the first quarter Saturday against Wake Forest. After the game, coach Brian Kelly said the Irish wanted to be conservative with Adams because the...
View ArticleCould an undefeated Big Ten champion get left out in the cold?
Five things we learned after a Big Ten Saturday that reminded us that college football is nuts: 1. The Big Ten is in trouble. Ohio State has two losses. Penn State has a pair. Wisconsin keeps winning...
View ArticleMidseason report: Ascending Bears defense is engine driving 2nd-half hopes
The Bears defense hit the open date riding a wave of takeaways. After it forced only three turnovers in the first five weeks of the season, the dam finally broke. With eight takeaways in the last...
View ArticleLake County officials debate gun regulations at Waukegan forum
Reasons why some turn to picking up guns were discussed by a panel of community leaders during a forum hosted by Switch Lanes at the Christian Faith Fellowship Church in Waukegan on Saturday. Former...
View ArticleMary Nissenson, former TV reporter left in chronic pain after facelift...
Mary Nissenson was a corporate lawyer in Chicago for a brief time before launching her career as a broadcast journalist at WBBM-Ch. 2 in the 1970s. Nissenson later founded a Chicago-based production...
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