Bears facing big decisions for next season at cornerback
Quarterback is the glamour position of the NFL. There is really no equivalent on defense other than maybe a great pass rusher capable of making a big play in a big moment. Maybe. There have been great...
View ArticleInitial CFP rankings: Notre Dame in glorious spot; Wisconsin, not so much
Five takeaways from the initial College Football Playoff rankings: Notre Dame is sittin' pretty, a solid No. 3 behind Georgia and Alabama. And that's how it should be, given what Notre Dame has...
View ArticleJerian Grant will remain the starting point guard - for now
For at least one more game, the open competition didn't produce a new starting point guard. After two hard days of practice following Saturday's noncompetitive loss and a day off Sunday, coach Fred...
View ArticleHundreds gather in Chicago for first Obama center leadership summit
They came from eastern Kentucky, Houston and Jakarta, Indonesia, from Bangladesh, Kenya and Mexico. More than 500 people, described as thought leaders and problem solvers who were hand-selected from...
View ArticleFor 'low level volunteer,' Papadopoulos sought high profile as Trump adviser
President Donald Trump on Tuesday belittled former foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty this week to lying to federal agents investigating Russia's interference in the 2016...
View ArticleBrowns' trade for A.J. McCarron fails because team reportedly too busy...
Question: Does it ever get better for Browns fans? Answer: No. No, it does not. In the latest episode of the team's continual inability to properly address its quarterback situation, the Browns...
View ArticlePutin's great American spy novel
Americans don't think of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin as a man of letters. We don't see him as a literary man, but as a man of action, at least in his own mind. In Putin-approved photos, he...
View ArticleSenators blast Facebook, Twitter and Google for not doing more to prevent...
Exasperated U.S. senators harshly criticized representatives of Facebook, Twitter and Google at a hearing Tuesday for not doing more to prevent Russian agents interfering with the American political...
View ArticleNPR's chief editor placed on leave after sexual harassment accusations
The chief editor at National Public Radio, Michael Oreskes, was placed on leave Tuesday after a published report that he abruptly kissed two women who were seeking jobs while he was Washington bureau...
View Article2 dead, 7 injured in shootings in Chicago
Nine people have been shot in separate incidents across Chicago, officials said Tuesday. A 63-year-old man was shot four times on the Far South Side and was in critical condition but later died as a...
View ArticlePolice shoot man who held teacher hostage at California school, ending...
A man who barged into his child's Southern California elementary school and allegedly held a 70-year-old teacher hostage for nearly seven hours was shot by police who forced their way into a classroom...
View ArticleOfficials: Elgin man killed mom after being told his music was too loud, then...
Angered after being told he was playing Jimi Hendrix music too loudly, an Elgin man allegedly killed his mother, dismembered her body and then disposed of the remains along Chicago’s lakefront over...
View ArticleMitch Trubisky gets a glimpse into Bears' vision in meeting with Drew Brees
The exchange wasn’t long nor all that intimate, given the horde of photographers that surrounded the two quarterbacks after Sunday’s game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Still, Drew Brees took a...
View ArticleDodgers beat Astros 3-1, force World Series to Game 7
Joc Pederson sliced a drive over the left-field wall, pounded his chest and danced around the bases, taking as many twists and turns as this World Series itself. Of course, the Los Angeles Dodgers...
View ArticleSouth Korea will not develop or possess nuclear weapons, President Moon says
President Moon Jae-in told lawmakers on Wednesday that South Korea would not seek to have nuclear weapons and said that Seoul would never accept its neighbor North Korea as a nuclear-armed state....
View ArticleTruck attack leaves 8 dead in 'cowardly act of terror' in New York
A man in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists along a busy bike path near the World Trade Center memorial on Tuesday, killing at least eight and seriously injuring 11 in what the...
View ArticleBiden in Chicago: Trump a 'charlatan' who needs to 'stop tweeting'
Former Vice President Joe Biden compared President Donald Trump to a “charlatan” who preys on the fears of middle-class Americans and said the nation’s leader should “grow up” and stop using social...
View ArticleAldermen say funding for new Chicago police oversight agency too low
Chicago aldermen complained Wednesday that Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s recommended full-year budget for the new police oversight agency is too low, saying they believe it falls below the funding floor that...
View ArticleBarrington High girls in 'misconstrued' KKK photo sue school for defamation
Six Barrington High School students who appeared in a photo labeled “KKK” that ignited a social media firestorm over the summer are suing the school district for defamation. A hearing on the case is...
View ArticleLawmakers release troves of Facebook ads showing Russia's cyber intrusion
A trove of Facebook ads made public Wednesday by Congress depicts Russia's extraordinary cyber intrusion into American life in 2016 aimed at upending the nation's democratic debate and fomenting...
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