New policies on sexual harassment, protection for whistleblowers go to...
As mandated by a resolution passed by the Illinois General Assembly, Naperville City Council members Tuesday will consider adopting new a policy on harassment. The state public act took effect Nov. 16...
View ArticleMcCain returning home to Arizona, will likely miss tax vote
Republican Sen. John McCain is returning home to Arizona after being hospitalized for the side effects of his brain cancer treatment and likely will miss a crucial vote on the GOP tax package,...
View ArticleNFL's leading receiver Antonio Brown taken to hospital
The Pittsburgh Steelers will have to protect their lead over the New England Patriots without wide receiver Antonio Brown. The NFL's leading receiver left in the second quarter with a left calf...
View ArticleMSNBC paid woman who said Chris Matthews harassed her
A spokesman for MSNBC on Sunday confirmed a report that a staffer at the news channel nearly two decades ago had been paid and left her job after she complained she was sexually harassed by "Hardball"...
View ArticleGOP faces 5-day scramble to pass tax bill, avoid government shutdown
Republicans return to Congress on Monday facing a packed agenda with little time to enact it, as party leaders aim to quickly pass their massive tax plan and then cut a budget deal with Democrats...
View ArticlePower outage halts flights at Atlanta international airport
A sudden power outage brought the world's busiest airport to a standstill Sunday, grounding scores of flights in Atlanta just days before the start of the Christmas travel rush. However, authorities...
View ArticleIn 'Farinelli and the King' on Broadway, Mark Rylance leads a deep...
With “operatic” now a synonym for excessive grandiosity, and the demanding diva de rigueur for any opera, it is easy to forget the primal, visceral nature of the early years of the art. To paraphrase...
View Article1 dead, 5 wounded in Sunday shootings across Chicago
One man died and at least five others were wounded during shootings Sunday across the city, according to Chicago police. A 29-year-old man was shot in the head about 4:15 p.m. in the 5300 block of...
View ArticleCarolina Panthers announce owner Jerry Richardson, dealing with a sexual...
The Carolina Panthers have announced that owner Jerry Richardson is selling the NFL franchise amid an investigation by the league into allegations of sexual and racist misconduct by Richardson in the...
View ArticleCook County court clerk asks to push back e-filing deadline a full year
Less than a month after saying her office was ready for a looming statewide deadline to end paper filings in lawsuits and other civil cases, Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown has asked to...
View ArticleOh, deer: White Sox's Carlos Rodon hunts down spot for drug test
White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon will go to great lengths not to disclose his favorite hunting spot — even when baseball’s drug testers come calling. Rodon, rehabilitating following surgery on his left...
View ArticleAirlines inch back to normalcy after airport blackout
The nation's air-travel system struggled to get back on schedule and re-book stranded passengers Monday after a fire and blackout at the world's busiest airport forced the cancellation of over 1,500...
View ArticleRelative of Martin Luther King coming to Aurora
Naomi King, the sister-in-law of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., will return to Aurora to share her personal memories of King and his wife Coretta Scott King. The city's 2018 MLK Commemoration will...
View ArticleHomeless man found beaten to death early Sunday is identified
A homeless man who was found beaten to death early Sunday in the East Ukrainian Village neighborhood has been identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office. Benjamin Soto Ramirez, 67, was...
View ArticleNearly a year after O'Hare photo went viral, Jewish and Muslim families form...
A year ago, these two families could not have predicted they would be together this week lighting candles on a menorah. The Bendat-Appells of Deerfield are a Jewish rabbi and his wife, who works...
View ArticleTrump's steely approach to a treacherous world
President Donald Trump on Monday sized up the global competition for economic and geopolitical clout and outlined a muscular new national security strategy to advance America’s interests in the world....
View ArticleBags containing dead animals discovered at Park Ridge cemetery
Workers at Park Ridge's Town of Maine Cemetery made a grizzly find last week when they discovered several plastic garbage bags discarded on the historic cemetery's grounds. The bags contained 22 dead...
View ArticleBig Ten power rankings: Michigan State, Purdue ... and then a jumble of...
Big Ten basketball, you're already confusing. Beyond Michigan State and Purdue, the rest of the teams are a jumble of surprises (last week’s ranking in parentheses.)
View ArticleWill County's new 15,000 square-foot 911 center comes alive in Joliet
Residents in the Lincolnway communities who dialed 9-1-1 Monday morning did not notice anything different, thanks to a carefully orchestrated, if not "mind-boggling" plan. They did not see the sweaty...
View ArticleWill Blackhawks bench struggling Patrick Sharp for Thursday's game?
Patrick Sharp didn’t have to say he was frustrated. You could hear it in his voice and see it on his face. Although the Blackhawks have won five consecutive games, the 35-year-old’s second tenure with...
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