2 more Legionnaires' cases found at Quincy veterans home
Officials say there are two more laboratory-confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease among residents of a veterans' home in western Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health announced Monday...
View ArticleJohn Hancock Center skyscraper losing its iconic name
The John Hancock Center is getting a name change, nearly a decade after another of Chicago’s most beloved skyscrapers — the Sears Tower — switched identities and caused a civic uproar. Owners of the...
View ArticleRead the texts filed as evidence of sexual harassment against Kevin Quinn,...
Former Democratic Party campaign worker Alaina Hampton said she was sexually harassed repeatedly by her direct supervisor, Kevin Quinn.
View ArticleWLS-Ch.7 blames graphics 'mix-up' for confusion between P.F. Chang's and...
Pyeongchang is a mountainous county 110 miles southeast of Seoul in South Korea, and the host of the 2018 Winter Olympics. P.F. Chang’s is an Asian-inspired chain restaurant with 210 U.S. locations,...
View ArticleSpeaker Madigan cuts political worker loose over inappropriate advances to...
A key staffer in House Speaker Michael Madigan’s political operation made unwanted advances to a female campaign worker and sent her inappropriate phone texts, Madigan acknowledged Monday in cutting...
View ArticleU.S. tells anti-IS coalition to 'keep eyes on prize'
The Trump administration, increasingly concerned that the 74-strong coalition it cobbled together to destroy the Islamic State group is losing sight of the prime objective, pressed its partners on...
View Article'I'm America's sweetheart': Adam Rippon won bronze, but he's a gold-medal talker
U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon has spent much of his first week or so at these Olympics sharing his opinions, and inspiring them in others. He has emerged as a fan favorites and one of the more...
View ArticleComedian Marty Allen dies at 95
Marty Allen, the baby-faced, bug-eyed comedian with wild black hair who was a staple of TV variety shows, game shows and talk shows for decades, died Monday night. He was 95. Allen died in Las Vegas...
View Article2018 Winter Olympics: TV schedule and highlights
More than 90 countries will send roughly 2,900 athletes to compete in the Pyeongchang Olympics. There are 102 events — most in Olympic history — including four making their debuts: big air...
View ArticleShaun White gives his all in intense halfpipe qualifying
By the time it was Shaun White's turn to enter the halfpipe, 28 other riders had wrapped up both qualification runs, and White had nothing to prove, really. There was no medal on the line in Tuesday's...
View ArticleShani Davis isn’t at the Olympics to make you comfortable
Shani Davis could have been a media star and the king of commercials, marketing his story of overcoming obstacles to become a pioneering Olympic gold medalist speedskater. Just do what everyone else...
View ArticleRoster rundown: Defensive line at the center of improvements made in 2017
Part 6 of an 11-part review of the 2017 Bears season. All of the success the 2017 Bears accomplished on defense started in the trenches. General manager Ryan Pace’s successful investments in the...
View ArticleFire destroys Black Hebrew temple on South Side: 'I'm not going to let this...
Chicago police are investigating an extra-alarm fire that destroyed a Black Hebrew temple in the Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side Monday night, authorities said. No one was injured in the...
View ArticleHarry Caray impressions still popular 20 years after his death
It’s hard to believe that Sunday marks 20 years since Harry Caray’s death — perhaps in part because comedians are still fond of impersonating the colorful Chicago baseball announcer on stage and TV....
View ArticleGOP politician from Wisconsin banned from Twitter for photoshopped Meghan...
Paul Nehlen, a fringe challenger of House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and whose anti-Semitic tweets caused a stir in recent months, drew criticism again this week after tweeting an image of actress...
View Article'Hangry' Chloe Kim soared — and served NBC exactly the Olympics combo it needed
Chloe Kim’s gravity-defying acrobatics en route to gold in the women’s halfpipe was something to behold. The highly touted 17-year-old snowboarder from California soared and spun while carrying both...
View Article'A milestone moment': Catholic high school in Waukegan ready to open in...
Waukegan's Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, a work-study opportunity for hundreds of students over the last 14 years, is slated to open a state-of-the-art campus Tuesday, repurposing an old Kmart...
View ArticleStevenson High School students work behind scenes on state bill increasing...
Stevenson High School student Ashleigh Machado noticed that vaping through e-cigarettes had become ubiquitous among teens who, otherwise, are repulsed by the idea of puffing on a traditional...
View ArticleLINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES for 2/13/18
Today's Birthday (02/13/18). Love feeds your career this year. Rising profits come through disciplined scheduling and coordination. Reach a new personal record this spring. Physical and health...
View ArticleBlackhawks have to play Corey Crawford this season to find out if he can save...
The Blackhawks continue to find glorious and spectacular ways to embarrass themselves. So, congrats to them on that. On Monday night in Arizona, the Hawks face-planted to a new low, losing 6-1 to the...
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