As Cubs head into offseason of uncertainty, brain trust must think big
A year ago Thursday, at exactly 11:47 p.m., the ball hit Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo's mitt at Progressive Field in Cleveland and the ground shook in Chicago, creating good vibrations that lasted...
View ArticleSlowik: Southland Republican explains why voters still support Trump
I'm fascinated with political reaction to news that special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election produced its first criminal indictments this...
View ArticleFeds accuse Matteson youth counseling center of multi-million dollar Medicaid...
The husband and wife co-owners of a Matteson-based youth counseling center are accused of using an inflated billing scheme to defraud Medicaid out of millions of dollars, a lawsuit filed by the U.S....
View ArticleSilicon Valley made it easy for Americans to get played on social media
Americans are getting our first glimpse of how we got played. On Wednesday, Congress released some of the 3,000 Facebook ads and Twitter accounts created by Russian operatives to sway American...
View ArticleMore allegations of sexual misconduct surface against Kevin Spacey
New allegations of sexual misconduct have surfaced against actor Kevin Spacey, as questions mount over the fate of projects tied to the two-time Oscar winner. Mexican actor Roberto Cavazos and...
View ArticleMan found killed in vacant lot: 'We've seen shootings here but they show us...
Paramedics draped a white sheet over a man they had lifted into their gurnee and wheeled him through a vacant lot to a waiting ambulance Wednesday afternoon on Congress Parkway. Across the street near...
View ArticleHorror of New York truck attack unfolded in 5 nightmarish minutes
The first police radio dispatch came through at 3:07 p.m. Eastern time on Halloween: "Pedestrian hit at Pier 40. Pier 40 between West Houston and Clarkson." The next came 17 seconds later, the voice...
View ArticleDaughter of woman apparently killed by ex-cop husband says he tried to...
Michele Caruso had a bad feeling about her mother’s boyfriend right away — so much so that, after the couple married, Caruso and her mother didn’t speak for a time. “You just know some people are not...
View ArticleThe language of Islamic terror in America
The critical thing about confronting evil is to call it by its rightful name. But New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo decided to call alleged truck terrorist Sayfullo Saipov a “lone wolf.” “All the evidence we...
View ArticleMount Prospect firefighters help rescue man from construction trench
Mount Prospect firefighters on Wednesday helped rescue a man trapped in a construction trench. The man was working on a sewer line at his father’s home on South Elm Street when a section of a dirt...
View ArticleCicero police praised for rescuing boy from house fire
As they crawled through the blinding smoke of a house fire, two Cicero police officers felt the heat from the flames and strained to hear the moans of a boy inside. They couldn’t see where they were...
View ArticleTrump seizes on New York attack to push hard line immigration, vetting policies
President Donald Trump moved quickly Wednesday to gain political advantage in the wake of the New York terrorist attack, casting blame on Democrats for lax immigration laws and calling the criminal...
View ArticleMichelle Obama: 'Hope is right in this room' at Chicago leadership summit
The Obama Presidential Center will be a place where art, music and creativity are celebrated and public art will be made available for residents on the South Side, former first lady Michelle Obama...
View Article2 dead, 4 wounded in shootings on South, West sides
Two men were shot dead, and four others were wounded Wednesday in separate shootings on the South and West sides, Chicago police said. The latest fatal attack happened shortly after 2:20 p.m. in the...
View ArticleAmid harassment allegation, Illinois senator loses leadership spot and a...
Fallout from the sexual harassment scandal at the Illinois Capitol continued Wednesday, as a state senator lost his leadership position and top Democrats scrambled to find a leader for the agency...
View ArticleLauri Markkanen scores 25 but Bulls lose to Heat 97-91
Fred Hoiberg made a lineup change Wednesday night. Kris Dunn is trying to force another one Friday night. And Lauri Markkanen is making it all but impossible for Hoiberg to replace him with either...
View Article2 killed, 1 injured in shooting inside Colorado Walmart, police say
Two men were killed and a woman was injured in a shooting inside a suburban Denver Walmart on Wednesday night, forcing customers to either hide in the store or frantically run for the doors. Thornton...
View ArticleAstros beat Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7 to capture team's first World Series title
From laughingstock to lift off. George Springer and the Houston Astros rocketed to the top of the baseball galaxy Wednesday night, winning the first World Series championship in franchise history by...
View ArticleNYC fatal truck attack suspect charged with terrorism offenses; Trump tweets...
Federal prosecutors brought terrorism charges Wednesday against the Uzbek immigrant accused in the truck rampage that left eight people dead, saying he was spurred to attack by the Islamic State...
View ArticleN.J. police chief said black people are 'like ISIS,' and he'd like to be 'on...
The former chief of a small township in New Jersey has been arrested on federal hate crime and civil rights charges for what federal authorities described as a pattern of racist comments and behavior...
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