Hosts address Las Vegas shooting during CMA Awards
So after all that, “Las Vegas” were the very first words spoken on the CMA Awards Wednesday night. “Las Vegas, Charlottesville, New York, Sutherland Springs, historic storms in Texas, Puerto Rico and...
View ArticleEmanuel: Allow taxis to charge surge prices, require same background checks...
Responding to years of criticism that City Hall favors upstarts Uber and Lyft over taxi owners, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday pitched a solution: Make the beleaguered cab companies more like their...
View ArticleAuthorities review gruesome video of small-town Texas church attack
Authorities have reviewed video from inside the small-town Texas church where a gunman killed more than two dozen people, including footage that shows the assailant shooting victims in the head during...
View ArticlePomp and pageantry for Trump in Beijing before tough talks
China rolled out the red carpet for President Donald Trump on Thursday, treating him to an elaborate welcome ceremony on the plaza outside the Great Hall of the People before the leaders turned to...
View ArticleFormer security chief says he rejected offer of women for Trump during Moscow...
President Donald Trump's longtime director of security told House investigators this week that a foreigner offered to send five women to Trump's hotel room during his visit to Moscow in November 2013....
View ArticleLausch confirmed as next U.S. attorney based in Chicago
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Joliet native John Lausch to be the next U.S. attorney based in Chicago, moving him into a coveted, demanding job in a city with a stubborn level of gang violence...
View ArticleOutcome Health investors receive DOJ subpoenas as Chicago-area hospitals back...
The Justice Department is subpoenaing investors in Chicago-based Outcome Health in the wake of a lawsuit accusing the prominent health information and advertising startup of committing fraud to secure...
View ArticleFormer Chicago sketch performers among women accusing Louis C.K. of sexual...
Among the five women accusing comedian Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct in a report by The New York Times are two onetime Chicago sketch performers, Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov. In 2002, the two —...
View ArticleRand Paul joins those with Bad Neighbor Tales
If only Sen. Rand Paul had been elected president as I’d hoped, he wouldn’t have six broken ribs today. Then the Kentucky Republican wouldn’t have had time to mow his own lawn. And a Democratic...
View ArticleShe wanted an order of protection against her ex. Now she's accused of trying...
A McHenry woman who sought an order of protection against a former boyfriend last year is now accused of trying to hire someone to kill him. Stephanie Linderman, 23, was charged last week with...
View ArticleEmergency goalie Eric Semborski fondly recalls brief time with Blackhawks
Eric Semborski walked into the Blackhawks locker room and Brent Seabrook greeted him with a smile and an extended hand. "Are you playing tonight?" Seabrook said. "No, I wish," Semborski said. A little...
View ArticleFederal warrant served at Merrillville spa, official says
Law enforcement agents executed a federal warrant at a Merrillville spa Thursday morning, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Indiana. The front door...
View Article'Fears I have are real,' says sexual assault victim before attacker given...
A Willowbrook woman who was brutalized in her family home by a stranger told a DuPage County court Thursday that she still bears many scars from that day, but the experience hasn’t broken her....
View ArticleLake County, Ind., may issue $8M bond for legal settlements, including for...
The Lake County Council is considering an $8.2 million bond to cover settlements in lawsuits, with nearly $5 million of that going to the families of two inmates who died in the jail. The proposed...
View ArticleDevin Hester says Miami's 'turnover chain' has helped bring Hurricanes' swag...
Did you catch the final meaningful play in last week’s Miami game? Devin Hester did. It was a thing of beauty, a perfectly entertaining reflection of the rebirth of Hurricanes football. “Man, you see...
View ArticleIllinois’ women senators declare solidarity with new caucus, then go opposite...
In the wake of a sexual harassment scandal that’s engulfed the Capitol, a bipartisan group of female senators formalized their own group on Thursday with the overarching goal of working on issues...
View ArticleEmanuel wants to raise restaurant permit fees and fines for building code...
Buried in the fine print of Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed 2018 budget are higher costs for restaurant permits, bigger fines for violating city environmental regulations and stiffer penalties for...
View ArticleBears great Joe Fortunato dead at 87
Joe Fortunato was such a dominating force during a 12-year career with the Bears that if he had played elsewhere, he might be even more revered as one of the game’s all-time great linebackers. But as...
View ArticleWhite House chief of staff tried to pressure acting DHS chief to expel...
On Monday, as the Department of Homeland Security prepared to extend the residency permits of tens of thousands of Hondurans living in the United States, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly called...
View ArticleHow well do you know Terry Boers and The Score?
“The Score of a Lifetime,” Terry Boers’ soon-to-be-released memoir, retraces the 25-year history of WSCR-AM 670 and Boers’ media career, reminding readers of the peers and pros he has liked and...
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