NRA, hunting group say grizzly bear hunts needed for safety
The National Rifle Association and a sport hunting group want to ensure their members can hunt grizzly bears in the three-state region around Yellowstone National Park after the animals lost U.S....
View ArticleEgypt raises death toll in mosque attack to 305 killed, including 27 children
They arrived in five SUVs, took positions across from the mosque's door and windows, and just as the imam was about to deliver his Friday sermon from atop the pulpit, they opened fire and tossed...
View ArticleNavy identifies 3 sailors who died in aircraft crash in Philippine Sea
The U.S. Navy says two sailors from Florida and another from Louisiana died in an aircraft crash in the Philippine Sea. In a news release, the Navy's 7th Fleet said the families of Lt. Steven Combs...
View Article6 children shot, 1 fatally, on street in Cleveland
Family members say the 12-year-old boy killed by a stray bullet during a shooting attack near his father's beauty supply store in Cleveland was a good student who loved sports. Abdel Bashiti, of...
View ArticleSouth Shore artist sends message with displays on vacant buildings
He calls it his “Drive-By Art gallery.” Sprinkled throughout South Shore, parts of Englewood and Pilsen, Derric Clemmons has installed his colorful, painted placards of African and Mexican symbols on...
View ArticleChaotic year in immigration policy challenges Chicago
A tumultuous year in national immigration policy will end with worry still gripping Chicago’s immigrant communities, a heavy backlog of cases in immigration court and federal officials scrambling to...
View ArticleNorridge police learn identity of hospitalized man charged in incident at...
Norridge police said they now know the identity of a hospitalized man who was charged in an incident last weekend at Harlem Irving Plaza. Norridge Police Sgt. Brian Loughran on Saturday said that the...
View ArticleFire destroys apartment building in Summit; resident, firefighter injured
A resident and a firefighter were injured Saturday in an early morning fire that destroyed a Summit apartment building, Summit Fire Chief Wayne Hanson said. Firefighters called to the 7600 block of...
View ArticleNo place like mom-and-pop stores, say Naperville, Aurora shoppers on Small...
Naperville resident Jeanine Cardot believes small businesses are the backbone of a community and the country as a whole. "I just love the mom-and-pop businesses. They have a different flavor than the...
View ArticleJohn Thierry, Bears first-round pick in 1994, dies at 46
John Thierry, whom the Bears drafted in the first round in 1994, has died. He was 46. A defensive end from Alcorn State, Thierry was drafted 11th overall and spent five seasons with the Bears. His...
View ArticleBucket list: Purdue tops IU, reaches bowl status, reclaims Old Oaken Bucket
The bucket is back at Purdue. Jackson Anthrop ran for two scores, Elijah Sindelar threw for two more and Markell Jones rushed for a career-high 217 yards Saturday, leading Purdue past Indiana 31-24...
View ArticleN.Y. man thought he saw a deer and fired his pistol. Now his neighbor is dead.
Wednesday was a typical afternoon but an exciting one - Thanksgiving was the next day, and Jamie Billquist and his wife, Rosemary, would partake in one of their favorite traditions: the Turkey Trot....
View ArticlePhillips wins Class 5A football title for second championship in 3 years
DEKALB, Ill. — J'Bore Gibbs heard the whispers when Phillips became the Public League's first football state champion two years ago. "Everyone said, Can we come back?" Gibbs said. "(But) last year we...
View ArticleKids with craniofacial conditions hope film 'Wonder' will nurture awareness...
Tikyle Yates said he wouldn’t cry while watching “Wonder,” yet the 17-year-old’s eyes welled at the film with a protagonist whose atypical face and surgical scars so closely mirror his own. “It was...
View ArticleOhio State victory over Michigan gets freaky with mysterious knee injury
The 114th installment of The Game had it all — dramatic swings, some historically bad offense, a rabid Big House crowd, an incredible punt return, key injuries, hold-your-breath fumbles that rolled...
View ArticleWith Niklas Hjalmarsson gone, Brent Seabrook takes lead in blocking shots
It seems like at least once a game you will catch Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook sprawled out on the ice trying to block a shot. Sometimes it's to compensate for a mistake. Other times, as in...
View ArticleRance Howard, actor dad of director Ron Howard, dies at 89
Veteran Hollywood actor Rance Howard, the father of director Ron Howard, died Saturday. He was 89. Ron Howard announced his father's death on Twitter Saturday afternoon. He praised his father for the...
View ArticleOnlooker after double shooting: 'I didn't want them to shoot me'
Two men were shot Saturday morning in the Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. About 8:05 a.m. the men, ages 29 and 20, were standing on the sidewalk near a BP gas station in the 1200 block...
View ArticleA look at Trump's on-again-off-again love affair with Time magazine
Almost every year for the past several years, President Donald Trump talks about Time magazine. Toward the end of the year, like clockwork, he seems to get preoccupied with one topic that involves the...
View ArticlePolice: 2 men punching, robbing people in Rogers Park
Authorities on Saturday issued an alert after two reports of strong-arm robberies in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Officials said there were two reports of men approaching strangers, hitting...
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