NBA All-Star Game coming to United Center in 2020
Just as once-proud buildings can come and go, minds can change. And thus, 32 years after Michael Jordan soared from the Chicago Stadium foul line in one of the most memorable slam dunk contests of...
View ArticleHistory set to repeat itself as Notre Dame-Miami conjures up memories of a...
Somewhere in a box sits a press credential from Oct. 20, 1990, the date of the first Notre Dame football game I covered as a professional. It took place in South Bend, Ind., inside a stadium that held...
View ArticleWoman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32
Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when an older man approached her outside a courtroom in Etowah County, Alabama. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her mother, they both recall, when the...
View ArticleMcConnell, chorus of GOP senators call on Moore to step aside in Alabama...
A growing chorus of Senate Republicans including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have called on Senate candidate Roy Moore to withdraw from a special election in Alabama if allegations prove...
View ArticleBears receiving corps aims for 2nd-half surge that would help Mitch Trubisky
No one would have thought twice if Tre McBride had celebrated. After getting up from the Superdome turf in the first quarter Oct. 29, the Bears’ unsung receiver could have signaled first down. Spun...
View ArticleThe Daily Southtown's Girls Basketball Preseason Top 10
1. Homewood-Flossmoor (23-3): The Vikings graduated seven, but there are many leaders in waiting. Senior point guard Aireal Dickson will expand her role from a distributor to also being a scorer....
View ArticleCubs should focus on re-signing Wade Davis, let Jake Arrieta walk
The only way up for the Cubs in 2018 is at least to make it to the World Series, and the retooling begins next week at the general mangers meetings in Orlando, Fla. Adding starting pitching and a...
View ArticleThe Saudis go for broke against Iran
BEIRUT - It's not only struggles for political office or military dominance that are rocking Saudi Arabia and Lebanon this week. Increasingly, Saudi officials and their Lebanese allies are banking on...
View ArticleSouth suburban man sexually assaulted young boys in his home, police say
A 73-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting three young boys at his home near Matteson, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart's office said Thursday. Joseph Minarik, of the 600 block of...
View ArticleBritish panel rules Uber drivers are 'workers,' have rights on wages, time off
Uber lost the latest round in the battle over its operating model Friday, when a British panel ruled that the company's drivers are workers, not independent contractors, in a decision with broad...
View ArticleLawsuit: Kane County sergeant called asset forfeiture 'tax-liberating gold mine'
An appeals court ruled a Kane County sergeant improperly prolonged a traffic stop from which authorities seized a car and more than $8,000 cash, and now the driver and passengers are suing the county...
View ArticleMidwest Independent Film Fest executive director steps down
Mike McNamara has stepped down from his position as executive director of the Midwest Independent Film Festival in Chicago, the organization has announced. McNamara was the longtime programmer and...
View ArticleWinter weather has arrived in Chicago, but many trees haven't gotten the memo
Snow and frigid temperatures have landed in Chicago, and 93.9-FM has started its Christmas music rotation; but many of the area’s trees seem as reluctant to give way to winter as some humans. The...
View ArticleParishioners: Gunman acted oddly at festival week before Texas church attack
Less than a week before the Texas church massacre, the gunman who slaughtered more than two dozen people showed up at a festival dressed in black and acted so strangely that people kept a close eye on...
View ArticleU.S. soldier in Niger ambush was bound and apparently executed, villagers say
The body of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed in an ambush by Islamist militants in Niger last month, was found with his arms tied and a gaping wound at the back of his head,...
View ArticleWhen will all this talk about sexual harassment end?
When will this all end? I mean the daily public revelations of sexual harassment, the landslide of me too’s, the nonstop media reports, the anger and confusion all of it has unleashed. When will it...
View ArticleMatteson bypassed for Little League headquarters
It was a mighty swing and a miss for Matteson officials Friday after learning the suburb had been passed over as the new home of Little League International's Central Region headquarters. Last month,...
View ArticleWith U.S. abandoning TPP, 11 Trade ministers reach deal on Pacific trade
In a major breakthrough, trade ministers from 11 Pacific Rim countries said they reached a deal Saturday to proceed with the free-trade Trans-Pacific Partnership deal that was in doubt after President...
View ArticleSuspect in Northbrook lawyer's slaying was stopped at Canada border with gun...
A man wanted in connection with the murder of a Northbrook lawyer was arrested at the Canadian border two days after the killing as he tried to enter the country with a gun, authorities said. John...
View ArticleBeating cancer new goal for Oak Forest soccer player
Lifelong soccer player Pablo Flores has long been seen as a testament to the power of strength and determination, even when facing the toughest of adversaries. During his four years at Oak Forest High...
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