Lake County schools try to balance safety with letting students participate...
As students at Lakes and Antioch community high schools draw up plans for their walkout Wednesday as part of a national protest against school violence, administrators are trying to walk a line...
View ArticleMan pistol whipped, robbed on Near North Side
A man was pistol-whipped and robbed at gunpoint near a Near North Side subway station early Sunday, police said. The 26-year-old man was robbed by five or six men or boys about 4:45 a.m. just east of...
View ArticleTrump's plan will seek to 'harden' schools against shootings
President Donald Trump's plan to combat school shootings will include a call on states to increase the minimum age for purchasing assault weapons and an effort to "harden" schools so they're less...
View ArticleBritish authorities urge restaurant, pub patrons to wash clothes after nerve...
The health implications of the nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his adult daughter broadened Sunday when British officials conceded that limited traces of contamination were found in a...
View ArticleAfter once predicting quick end to Mueller investigation, White House looking...
The White House has reached out to a veteran Washington lawyer with experience assisting presidents under investigation to see if he would join the legal team helping President Donald Trump deal with...
View ArticlePlane flying from UAE to Turkey crashes in Iran, killing 11
A Turkish private jet flying a group of young women from the United Arab Emirates to Istanbul crashed Sunday in heavy rain in a mountainous region of Iran, killing all 11 people on board, authorities...
View ArticleStarlin Castro over trade shock, feels good about being on Marlins
Miami second baseman Starlin Castro says he's over the initial shock and disappointment he felt upon learning in December that he'd been traded from the contending New York Yankees to the rebuilding...
View ArticleTigermania is back: Tiger Woods is surging and so are golf crowds
Oh, how we've missed the Sundays of spring. Those lazy, heady non-football days when Tiger Woods, wearing a bright red shirt, as in contention and playing well. It didn't matter whether the tournament...
View ArticleKentucky tops Tennessee, wins fourth straight SEC tourney title
John Calipari kept telling anyone who would listen that this group of Kentucky freshmen just needed a little more time than most to figure things out. That faith was shaken when the Wildcats lost four...
View ArticleCIA chief says Trump aims to 'solve a problem' with North Korea talks, but...
Senior administration officials expressed confidence Sunday that President Trump would not be taken advantage of by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un prior to and during any direct talks, but critics...
View ArticleOregon day-care worker gets 21 years for drugging children so she could go...
January Neatherlin told parents they couldn't pick up their children from Little Giggles day-care center between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. That three-hour period, she said, was nap time. It was also CrossFit...
View ArticleMan charged with making threats on plane from O'Hare
A man arrested on suspicion of making dangerous threats on a plane flying from O’Hare International Airport has been charged with a felony. About 5:20 p.m. Friday, a man on a plane that had departed...
View ArticleHugs all around: Patrick Kane redeems himself as Blackhawks beat Bruins
Patrick Kane wasn’t in the mood for hugs Saturday. But the Blackhawks forward was all about sharing affection Sunday, when the Hawks won 3-1 and the Bruins kissed their six-game winning streak...
View ArticleJake Arrieta agrees to 3-year deal with Phillies, ending free agent saga and...
Two people familiar with the deal tell The Associated Press that free agent ace Jake Arrieta and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a three-year deal. Both people spoke to the AP on condition of...
View ArticleCrest Hill man charged in fatal shooting of Joliet bartender held on $10...
A 55-year-old Crest Hill man remains in the Will County jail on $10 million bail, charged in a shooting early Friday at a Joliet bar that left a bartender dead and another person wounded. Patrick...
View ArticleTrump must overcome his worst instincts to succeed with Kim Jong Un
President Donald Trump has agreed to talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and that represents a historic opportunity to negotiate lasting peace on the Korean peninsula and make the world a...
View ArticleArtist Anish Kapoor 'disgusted' that The Bean appears in NRA ad
The artist who made Chicago’s iconic Cloud Gate says he is “disgusted” that the National Rifle Association used video of the Millennium Park sculpture in a political advertisement that he said “seeks...
View ArticleCubs' Mike Montgomery believes tweak in delivery will make him sharper — as...
Mike Montgomery is at peace with the likelihood he will open the season in the Cubs bullpen. But in the event Montgomery is summoned to the rotation — his preference — the 6-foot-5 left-hander...
View ArticleU.S. prepared for military action in Syria if United Nations doesn't stop the...
The United States is "prepared to act if we must" to stop indiscriminate bombing of civilians in Syria, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned Monday as she circulated a new draft...
View ArticleReminder as NFL free agency begins: It's really just a glorified garage sale
Ryan Pace had been on the job less than seven weeks when he arrived at the 2015 NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. He was, at the time, a 38-year-old rookie general manager beginning his attempt at...
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