'So much we have to march for': Northwest Indiana residents go downstate for...
Maria Love chanted into her megaphone as her 7-year-old daughter marched beside her Saturday in Indianapolis. "What do we want?" yelled Love. "Equality!" the crowd responded. Love, 49, and her...
View ArticleNorth suburban activists bring message of resistance, hope to second Women's...
Molly Gallagher was 16 when she attended the Chicago Women's March last year. On Saturday, Gallagher boarded a Metra train with her mom near their Wilmette home, and once again be part of the movement...
View ArticleER patient held knife to own throat while making demands at Central DuPage...
No one was hurt Saturday when a 31-year-old male patient in the emergency department at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield threatened himself with a knife, authorities said....
View ArticleA weekend of finger-pointing as Democrats, GOP try to dodge blame for shutdown
Hours after shuttering much of the federal government, feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress spent Saturday dodging blame for a paralyzing standoff over immigration and showed few signs of...
View ArticleOrganizers say 300K descend on downtown Chicago for Women's March
The women of Chicago came out in force once again, with an estimated crowd of 300,000 rallying for equal rights – and against the Trump administration – at the second Women’s March Chicago on...
View ArticleGeysers yes, Ellis Island no: Some U.S. parks open, some not
Visitors could still ride snowmobiles and ski into Yellowstone National Park Saturday to marvel at the geysers and buffalo herds, despite the federal government shutdown. But across the country in New...
View Article61 percent of Gary children in charter, private schools: report
A recent report by the Indiana Department of Education shows public schools in northern Lake County have lost the most students to charter and private schools this year. Using data from the start of...
View ArticleLauri Markkanen slams highlight Bulls' 113-97 win over Hawks
Nikola Mirotic noticed a group of reporters closing in for postgame questions, and he motioned to his right. In the next stall sat Lauri Markkanen, who spent Saturday’s game attacking the rim — and...
View Article1 killed at Red Line station bus stop, 1 wounded on Green Line among 7 shot...
A 23-year-old man killed at a bus stop outside a CTA Red Line station and another man hurt on a Green Line train Saturday were among at least seven people wounded in Chicago shootings since early...
View ArticleAs women march a year after Trump's election, his approval with some men grows
Thousands of women across the country marked the anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration at rallies, marches and protests to remind the administration that many women still believe that...
View ArticlePursuit of stolen Mustang leads to charges against 2 men
Two men accused of stealing a lime green Ford Mustang convertible at gunpoint before leading Chicago and Illinois State police on a high-speed chase faced a Cook County judge Saturday. Myron Liggins,...
View ArticleMan charged with arson, battery of police officer after CTA 'L' car fire...
A CTA Red Line rider splashed paint thinner on another passenger, then set himself and several seats in a train car on fire before burning a Chicago police officer’s shoes in an arson that caused...
View ArticleKingpin who smuggled ivory tusks and rhino horns for years finally caught:...
Thai police have arrested a Vietnamese national who they say ran an international network that trafficked massive quantities of elephant ivory, rhino horn and wildlife, threatening the existence of...
View ArticleLights out for Blackhawks, who return from break with 7-3 loss to Islanders
The lights went out at the United Center on Saturday night. It was just as well, because the Blackhawks weren’t really home. They trailed the Islanders by two goals when a brief power outage halted...
View ArticlePope denounces femicides in Latin America, calling for legislation to protect...
Pope Francis denounced femicides and other gender-based crimes that have turned Latin America into the most violent place on Earth for women, calling Saturday for legislation to protect them and a new...
View ArticleTrustee: Michigan State president should quit over Nassar sex assault scandal
A Michigan State University trustee on Saturday called for the university president to quit over the school's handling of the sexual assault scandal involving former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar....
View ArticleAmid government shutdown, military becomes major front in political battle
The U.S. military faced a variety of consequences as a result of a federal government shutdown Saturday, with U.S. troops working at least temporarily without pay, thousands of civilian employees...
View ArticleEvangelicals continue to apply moral relativism in dealing with Trump, but at...
Few voting blocs back President Donald Trump as strongly as white evangelicals. Many of them on Friday reminded the world why as they descended upon Washington for the March for Life, one of the...
View ArticleShut down this shutdown habit
“Shutting down the government of the United States of America should never ever be a bargaining chip for any issue. Period. It should be to governing as chemical warfare is to real warfare. It should...
View ArticleLarry Nassar case shows courage of victims, shamefulness of enablers
In waves of courage, woman after woman stood before a judge, their abuser and the nation to detail the torturous sexual abuse inflicted upon them for years by a former U.S. Olympic team physician....
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