Once silent, Stormy Daniels speaks loudly with lawsuit targeting Trump
More than 16 months ago, Stormy Daniels signed a confidentiality agreement that prohibited her from discussing her alleged affair with Donald Trump. Or his business. Or his children. Or his "alleged...
View ArticleCubs manager Joe Maddon: Chris Gimenez in mix before Yu Darvish's arrival
The popular assumption was that the Cubs’ signing of veteran backup catcher Chris Gimenez was tied to the luring of prized pitcher Yu Darvish. But one day after Jon Lester praised Gimenez’s defensive...
View ArticleJustice Department proposes banning bump stocks
The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the...
View ArticleVernon Hills High School soccer coach charged with sexual assault of students
An assistant soccer coach at Vernon Hills High School was charged Friday with criminal sexual assault in relation to at least 12 encounters with two male students, according to Vernon Hills police....
View ArticleGive a civilian oversight board the power to remove police superintendent,...
A seven-member civilian board would have the power to fire Chicago’s police superintendent and set department policy under a far-reaching proposal by some of Chicago’s leading community organizations...
View ArticleLINDA C. BLACK HOROSCOPES for 3/10/18
Today's Birthday (03/10/18). Growth comes through higher education, travel and investigation this year. Team support is fundamental. Somehow the funding comes. Love builds to a peak this summer,...
View ArticleMan held in investigation into hit-and-run death of his children's mother,...
An as-yet unidentified man is being held in an investigation into the hit-and-run death of the mother of his two children Friday in Country Club Hills, police said. A release from the Steger Police...
View ArticleElgin police chief Swoboda top candidate for Fort Collins job, city announces
Elgin Chief of Police Jeffrey Swoboda is the top candidate to become police chief in Fort Collins, Colo., according to that community's city manager. The announcement came late Friday night, after...
View ArticleBlackhawks fade away in third period, drop 7-4 decision to Bruins
Brian Gionta and Rick Nash each scored a power-play goal and the Boston Bruins beat the Chicago Blackhawks 7-4 Saturday to complete a 6-0 homestand. Their goals came during a double-minor penalty on...
View Article6 people ages 17 to 35 shot in South Bend incident
Authorities say six people have been shot in an incident in South Bend. Police say the shooting occurred just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday in a neighborhood on the city's south side. Officers were...
View Article9-year-old Milwaukee girl fatally shot by brother, police say
Milwaukee police say a 9-year-old girl is dead after she was accidentally shot by her brother. The girl was shot inside a home on Milwaukee's north side on Saturday. Police say the brother is a minor...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren rejects DNA test to settle Native American heritage claim
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is rejecting a Massachusetts newspaper's suggestion that she take a DNA test to prove her Native American heritage. "I know who I am and never used it for anything,"...
View ArticleCubs renew contract of Ian Happ; Yu Darvish faces Athletics
The Cubs announced the signing of 21 players, including second baseman Javier Baez. But for the first time in the Theo Epstein regime, the team renewed the contract of outfielder Ian Happ at $570,000...
View ArticleSeveral people hurt after bus transporting Illinois college basketball team...
Authorities say several people were hurt when a charter bus transporting a college basketball team from Illinois crashed in Minnesota. State Patrol spokeswoman Lt. Tiffani Nielson says the bus was on...
View ArticleHistoric vote will let China's Xi rule for life
Xi Jinping, already China's most powerful leader since Mao Zedong, received a vastly expanded mandate Sunday as lawmakers abolished presidential term limits that have been in place for more than 35...
View ArticleWoman killed, man injured in South Side crash
A woman was killed and a man was critically injured in a one-car crash early Sunday morning in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, Chicago police said. The 25-year-old woman, who was a...
View ArticleAccused former Beecher superintendent found dead a day after court appearance
A retired superintendent was found dead one day after appearing in a Cook County court on a felony theft charge for allegedly stealing nearly $10,000 from a south suburban school district's charitable...
View ArticleMan who killed three at California veterans home had sought healing there
When Albert Wong returned from an Army deployment in Afghanistan in 2013, he knew it had affected him. He had trouble adjusting to regular life, couldn't sleep at night and was hyper-vigilant about...
View Article5 Lake County residents indicted on election-related charges
With early voting underway for the March 20 primary election, officials have announced the indictment of five people on felony charges related to the November 2016 general election in Lake County. The...
View ArticleFor Stormy Daniels, swatting away Twitter trolls is a work of art
Stormy Daniels on Twitter has the air of a very smart cat batting off a series of very dumb mice, who come at her under the delusion that the relationship is reversed. "Scank," tweeted one man at her...
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