New Jersey company to pay for drunk man's $1,600 Uber ride home from West...
A New Jersey man who got drunk in West Virginia and mistakenly ordered a $1,635 Uber ride to his home state will be reimbursed by a food delivery company. Jamie Giovinazzo, founder of Eat Clean Bro in...
View ArticleFormer NHL players on life in the KHL: 'The normal's abnormal and the...
Ben Scrivens keeps trying to figure out what he is doing wrong. And it has nothing to do with playing hockey. Every once in a while in the Kontinental Hockey League, the former NHL goaltender offends...
View ArticleFailed leadership at Veterans Administration put patients at risk, watchdog...
A stinging internal investigation finds "failed leadership at multiple levels" at the Veterans Administration during the Obama administration that put patients at a major hospital at risk. It's...
View Article10 cornerbacks who could help the Bears
The Bears used the transition tag to protect their rights to Kyle Fuller, but he and the team's other top two cornerbacks are out of contract in March. Considering that uncertainty, the position...
View ArticleBears Q&A: What now with Kyle Fuller tagged? Chances of signing Allen...
The Tribune’s Brad Biggs answers your Bears questions weekly. I’m a little wary of the GM always seeming to get excited about guys with “potential” and “special athletic ability.” I realize you have...
View ArticleHolocaust Museum revokes Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's human rights...
The United States Holocaust Museum is revoking a major human rights award given to Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's civilian leader, saying she has failed to respond adequately to...
View ArticleUK authorities believe Russian ex-spy and his daughter attacked with nerve agent
A Russian ex-spy and his daughter fighting for their lives in an English hospital were attacked with a nerve agent in a targeted murder attempt, British police said Wednesday. Sergei Skripal, 66, and...
View ArticleKyle Fuller move paints a promising offseason picture for Bears
Franchise cornerbacks matter too. Nobody needs to suggest Kyle Fuller means as much to the Bears as quarterback Mitch Trubisky. But if applying the transition tag on Fuller — a 26-year-old approaching...
View ArticlePictures released of suspect who posed as cop in Blue Line attack
Chicago police have released images of a man suspected of pretending to be an undercover police officer and punching a 70-year-old man in the eye during a robbery at a Blue Line station. The victim...
View ArticleWLUP nostalgia: It's hard to miss what's no longer there
There’s at least a double album and maybe even a box set of nostalgia in Chicago right now for the Loop, the classic-rock radio station at 97.9 FM whose new owners will switch it over to a Christian...
View ArticleJaguar I-Pace undercuts and outperforms Tesla Model X
Jaguar is the latest automaker to take on Tesla and the first to edge it on price and performance. The 2019 Jaguar I-Pace is an all-electric compact crossover starting at $69,500 (excluding the $7,500...
View ArticleValparaiso High School evacuated after 2 bathroom fires
Valparaiso police, fire and school officials are investigating two fires Wednesday in bathrooms at Valparaiso High School, the second of which forced the evacuation of the school. A teacher discovered...
View ArticleIan Happ back leading off for Cubs in night game vs. Indians
Ian Happ is back in the leadoff spot as the designated hitter Wednesday as the Cubs play the Indians in their first night game of the Cactus League schedule. Happ is tied for third in Cactus League...
View Article'Cannabis candidate' for Congress touts service as an FBI agent. He wasn't an...
Benjamin Thomas Wolf’s congressional campaign office in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood is adorned with framed news stories, touting his service in the FBI. A Newsweek article features a...
View ArticleMayor Emanuel ordered to undergo questioning about controversial police shooting
In a rare move, a Cook County judge has ordered Mayor Rahm Emanuel to sit for a sworn deposition in a lawsuit stemming from the controversial police shooting of a baseball bat-clutching teen and an...
View ArticleNew-look Bears are searching for new leaders
When the NFL’s league year flips to 2018 on Wednesday, all five Bears captains from last season will be off the roster. It’s a bit ironic. John Fox’s greatest accomplishment as Bears coach was...
View ArticleMichael B. Jordan says he will adopt inclusion rider
Michael B. Jordan says that he will adopt inclusion riders for all projects produced by his production company. In a message on Instagram on Wednesday, Jordan pledged to support "the women and men who...
View ArticleMartin Shkreli's journey from pharma exec to Inmate #87850-053
Martin Shkreli burst on the scene as an enfant terrible, a securities savant who was working on Wall Street at 17, set up his own hedge fund at 23, and launched the biotech company Retrophin after...
View ArticleProtest held at Lincolnwood mall over allegations a woman was fired after...
A mother and daughter who worked for a restaurant inside the Lincolnwood Town Center mall led a protest there recently in connection with what they called workplace mistreatment. Teresa Acevedo said...
View ArticleNYT runs obits for ‘overlooked’ women on International Women’s Day
The New York Times set out to right a historic wrong on this International Women’s Day, publishing the obituaries of 15 remarkable women whose deaths went unremarked upon, simply because they were...
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