Ohio governor candidate boasts of past sex with 'approximately 50 very...
An Ohio Supreme Court justice who recently declared his intention to run for governor is defending "heterosexual males" amid mounting accusations of sexual misconduct. Justice William O'Neill took to...
View ArticleCan Zimbabwe move past Mugabe?
Robert Mugabe once carried the high hopes of the world on his shoulders. A leader of the rebels who liberated Rhodesia from the rule of a racist white minority, he was inaugurated as prime minister of...
View ArticleCook County commissioners get behind Preckwinkle's budget cuts
A majority of commissioners have put their names on Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s plan to plug a $200 million hole in next year’s budget, in part by laying off hundreds of employees...
View ArticleKeystone leak won't affect Nebraska ruling because regulators can't consider...
Discovery of a 210,000-gallon oil leak from the Keystone pipeline would seem to be poor timing four days before regulators in Nebraska decide whether to allow a major expansion of the system, but...
View ArticleBears announce Halas Hall overhaul of training facilities
The Bears announced a massive overhaul Friday, but it doesn’t involve personnel. The team expects to break ground in March 2018 on expansion plans to their Halas Hall training facility in Lake Forest,...
View ArticleRev. Jesse Jackson announces he has Parkinson's disease
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. revealed in a statement Friday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The 76-year-old civil rights leader said he had found it difficult to perform routine...
View ArticleAllegations dividing GOP women as Roy Moore refuses to quit Alabama Senate race
Standing on the white marble steps of Alabama's Capitol, Kayla Moore surrounded herself with two dozen other women Friday to defend husband Roy Moore against accusations of sexual misconduct that are...
View ArticleTinley may gauge interest in mental health center property, despite asbestos,...
Are there any companies interested in tackling the redevelopment of all or part of the environmentally challenged former Tinley Park Mental Health Center? Tinley Park trustees, while not in complete...
View ArticleRain no deterrent to downtown Aurora tree lighting, Winter Lights parade
Aurora's official holiday tree on Downer Place was lit Friday night in an event that drew large numbers of families despite the rainy conditions. It was the first official tree-lighting ceremony for...
View ArticleLaVar Ball says Trump did nothing for his son and his UCLA teammates in China
President Donald Trump made sure everyone knew that he personally intervened in the matter of the three UCLA basketball players who got caught shoplifting in China last week. He asked that they thank...
View ArticleAC/DC founding member Malcolm Young dead at 64
Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist and guiding force behind the bawdy hard rock band AC/DC who helped create such head-banging anthems as "Highway to Hell," ''Hells Bells" and "Back in Black," has...
View ArticleMalcolm Young, the driving force of AC/DC, dead at 64
AC/DC’s Malcolm Young, whose death was announced Saturday at age 64, was not even the best known Young brother in the multimillion-record-selling rock band he founded. Angus Young, the lead guitarist...
View ArticleWinners and losers under the Senate tax overhaul proposal
The ultra-wealthy, especially those with dynastic businesses — like President Donald Trump and his family — do very well under a major Republican tax bill moving in the Senate, as they do under...
View ArticleWhat will Schumer do? Franken's troubles test his bond with the Senate...
It's difficult to overstate how much Al Franken means to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. From Washington, Schumer oversaw the Minnesota Democrat's first campaign in 2008. When Franken...
View ArticleMilwaukee man charged in carjacking that killed accomplice
A Milwaukee man is facing felony charges after the carjacking of an 88-year-old man ended in a crash that killed his accomplice, police said. Deangelo Williams, 21, was charged Friday with aggravated...
View Article'Choose Kind': Beverly kindergartner's school, family spread acceptance of...
They cheered, they cried, they applauded, and when two of the characters kissed for the first time, they booed emphatically. Friday, nearly 300 students from Christ the King School in Beverly traveled...
View ArticleNorthwestern beats Minnesota 39-0 for sixth straight victory
So much for eking out close victories. No. 23 Northwestern ended its home season on snowy Saturday afternoon with a 39-0 blowout of Minnesota for its sixth-straight victory. The Wildcats’ defense...
View ArticleLINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES for 11/18/17
Today's Birthday (11/18/17). This birthday New Moon in your sign supercharges you. Personal projects expand for two years. Monitor budgets faithfully. Communication eases tricky professional...
View ArticleBadgers, Big Ten alive and well for playoff
For a moment, there was a temptation to write these words: The Big Ten will be sitting out this year’s College Football Playoff. Wisconsin was down by a field goal to Michigan in the third quarter of...
View ArticleTCF Bank in Oak Lawn robbed; FBI offering $1,000 reward for information
A TCF Bank in Oak Lawn was robbed Friday, according to the FBI. The man entered the bank at 10350 S. Pulaski Road at 12:52 p.m. and took an undisclosed amount of money, the FBI report said. He did not...
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