Bill and Giuliana Rancic list Gold Coast mansion for $6.8 million
Bill Rancic, the Chicago-area native who in 2004 won the first season of eventual President Donald Trump's “Apprentice” reality show, and his TV personality wife Giuliana listed their five-bedroom,...
View ArticleWhat's in the IV bag? Studies show safer option than saline
New research calls into question what's in those IV bags that nearly every hospitalized patient gets. Using a different intravenous fluid instead of the usual saline greatly reduced the risk of death...
View ArticleCops: Victim struck with bat in robbery on Southwest Side
A victim was struck with a bat during a robbery at a business three days ago on the Southwest Side in the Brighton Park neighborhood, Chicago police said. The first robbery happened about 3:15 a.m....
View ArticleActing on a tip, downstate 'watchdog' group floods Maine Township with FOIA...
A downstate "watchdog" group's request for township information recently generated protests from a member of the Maine Township Town Board. Trustee Kim Jones complained to the board in January that...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines opposes Emanuel’s $8.5B O’Hare expansion, alleges secret...
American Airlines is opposed to Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s major $8.5 billion expansion of O’Hare International Airport, alleging City Hall cut a secret deal with United Airlines to get more gates. Hours...
View ArticleBears to release quarterback Mike Glennon on first day of new league year
In the least surprising news of the Bears’ offseason, general manager Ryan Pace revealed Wednesday morning that the team will be releasing quarterback Mike Glennon on the first day of the NFL’s new...
View ArticlePaul Manafort pleads not guilty to new Russia charges, gets September trial date
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort maintained his innocence on Wednesday to new charges he acted as an unregistered foreign agent and directed an international...
View ArticleBears GM Ryan Pace on Kyle Fuller's status, Alshon Jeffery's Super success...
Bears general manager Ryan Pace met with Chicago media on Wednesday morning, the first full day of activities at the NFL scouting combine. Pace, with new head coach Matt Nagy in tow, has a lot to...
View ArticleLINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES for 2/28/18
Today's Birthday (02/28/18). Valuable skills line the road this year. Expand your horizons through travel, studies and exploration. Tight team collaboration wins. Fun and summer romance lead to a...
View ArticleNo civilians leave Syria's rebel-held Ghouta during humanitarian pause; Putin...
The Russia-ordered brief humanitarian pause was in effect for a second day Wednesday in rebel-held Damascus suburbs but no civilians used the corridor manned by Syrian and Russian forces to leave the...
View ArticleKyle Hendricks named Cubs' No. 2 starter, will face A's
Manager Joe Maddon announced Kyle Hendricks as the Cubs’ No. 2 starter Wednesday, three hours before Hendricks makes his spring debut against the Oakland Athletics at damp Sloan Park. “We thought this...
View ArticleArmed police accompany Florida students returning to school: 'This is a...
Students and teachers passed through tight security cordons of dozens of officers as classes resumed Wednesday for the first time since a troubled teenager with an AR-15 killed 17 people, thrusting...
View ArticleAnother Oscars, another male host. Why not one of these women?
When Jimmy Kimmel takes the stage Sunday night to host the 90th annual Academy Awards, it’ll be his second stint at the helm and the 24th time a dude has hosted in the last 30 years. Since 1988, just...
View ArticleWill Trump throw Jared Kushner under the bus?
Jared Kushner should be very nervous. Rather than take heat for protecting his son-in-law, President Donald Trump left the disposition of Kushner's security clearance up to White House Chief of Staff...
View ArticleNew Bruce Norris play about sex offenders opens 43rd Steppenwolf season
Steppenwolf Theatre Company will join with the National Theatre of Great Britain to stage a major world premiere by the oft-controversial author Bruce Norris, Steppenwolf announced Wednesday. Titled...
View ArticleDick's Sporting Goods to immediately stop selling assault-style rifles in its...
Dick's Sporting Goods, a major U.S. retailer, will immediately halt sales of assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines at all of its stores and ban the sale of all guns to anyone under 21. The...
View ArticleGun instructor uses AR-15 to stop attacker in Oswego: 'He was a half a breath...
Dave Thomas was getting ready for work Monday afternoon when he heard women screaming in his apartment building in Oswego. Thomas, a gun instructor, peeked out the door and saw blood in the hallway....
View ArticleWho did Kris Dunn, Klay Thompson and others pretend to be as kids for that...
Before players reach the NBA, they’re dreamers too. So who did they pretend to be as kids while taking — and obviously making — the last-second shot on the driveway to win the make-believe Game 7 of...
View ArticleA frightened child in Chicago and an immigration policy unbecoming of America
There’s a little girl being held in a room in Chicago, and she shouldn’t be here. She should be with her mother in California, not scared and surrounded by strangers in a strange city. I don’t know...
View ArticleBilly Graham, wary of politics in life, praised by Trump, politicians as...
He felt stung by the politics that helped define his life — and resolved to keep a distance. But in death, the Rev. Billy Graham on Wednesday received a rare tribute from the nation's top political...
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