Kirk Cousins expected to sign with Minnesota Vikings
Free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins is making arrangements to visit the Minnesota Vikings on Wednesday and Thursday and is expected to complete a three-year deal with them worth an estimated $84...
View ArticleNetflix's 'The Crown' paid lead actress Claire Foy less than supporting actor...
If there is a lesson to take away from the first two seasons of "The Crown," it is that no sane person would dare cross Queen Elizabeth II. Netflix seems to have learned this too late, however, as it...
View ArticleSpecial prosecutors in Jon Burge case seek to oust judge for attacks on their...
Special prosecutors in an infamous cop-killing case connected to disgraced former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge want a Cook County judge removed from overseeing the case, saying he has unfairly...
View ArticleBears free agency tracker: Slot receiver Taylor Gabriel latest to join...
The Bears enter free agency hoping to sell players on the new direction that quarterback Mitch Trubisky and coach Matt Nagy represent after four consecutive double-digit-loss seasons. General manager...
View ArticleArlington Heights man gets 21 years for chain saw attack on estranged wife's...
A 28-year-old Arlington Heights man was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in prison for attacking his estranged wife’s boyfriend with a chain saw and nearly severing his arm last year. Jose Jaimes-Jimenez...
View ArticleTrump fires Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, names CIA's Mike Pompeo as...
President Donald Trump ousted U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday, ending a rocky tenure in an abrupt move that stunned the former Exxon Mobil CEO and set in motion a shakeup of the...
View ArticleBears GM Ryan Pace makes strong move landing Allen Robinson
In case the Bears forgot all that comes with a No. 1 wide receiver, Allen Robinson tweeted a picture of himself wearing a smug expression and a No. 15 Bulls jersey that paid homage to himself more...
View ArticleParamedic changed story about bodies' location in Chicago police double fatal...
Lawyers for the families of two people killed in a controversial 2015 shooting by a Chicago police officer aired evidence in Cook County court Tuesday that a city paramedic gave differing accounts of...
View ArticleElgin police chief meets with residents after fatal shooting of woman on I-90
Elgin Police Chief Jeff Swoboda opened his doors to residents Tuesday who wanted to ask him about the police shooting Monday in which a 34-year-old Elgin woman was killed. Although he was limited in...
View ArticlePackers release wide receiver Jordy Nelson
The Green Bay Packers have released veteran receiver Jordy Nelson, the third-leading receiver in franchise history and one of quarterback Aaron Rodgers' top targets in the passing game. The Packers...
View ArticleFour months after he was placed on leave, Park Ridge police officer's...
A Park Ridge police commander's time on the city's payroll has come to an end — four months after he stopped performing duties for the police department. Jason Leavitt's employment with the Park Ridge...
View Article3 men from Illinois, arrested on machine gun possession, suspected in...
Authorities say they have arrested three me from rural central Illinois on gun charges who they believe are suspects in the bombing of a Minnesota mosque and an attempted bombing of an Illinois...
View ArticleLonger stretch of Chicago River to be dyed green for St. Patrick's Day
With big crowds and warmer weather expected for Saturday's downtown St. Patrick's Day Parade, organizers announced that the crowd favorite dyeing of the Chicago River would be extended one block west...
View ArticleRussians, nerve agents and everyone as a target
Add a new word to your vocabulary: Novichok. It's a chemical weapon developed in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s, a nerve agent reportedly 10 times more potent than its better-known predecessors. A...
View ArticleHow low can politicians go? Rauner's attack ads show the way
Even in a nation where the president himself is reported to utter an average of six false or misleading statements every single day, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s relentlessly dishonest attack ads...
View ArticleRopes, phone lights used in rescue after bus crash that killed 1, injured others
Lulled asleep by the humming of their Texas-bound charter bus following a trip to Disney World, members of a high school band were jarred awake before dawn Tuesday when the rig ran off a highway and...
View ArticleTeva Pharmaceutical pledges 'dignity and respect' in layoffs at Antioch and...
Approximately 100 jobs will be impacted as a distribution center in Gurnee and a warehouse in Antioch are scheduled to close before the end of the year. Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries,...
View ArticleMan wounded in police shooting on South Side
A 30-year-old man with a knife was shot by Chicago police after he was hit with a Taser when officers arrived at a home in the Bridgeport neighborhood Tuesday afternoon following a 911 call about the...
View ArticleMLB Food Fest features wrong items from Chicago ballparks
Ever wished you could eat ballpark food without the nuisance of having to watch a baseball game? You’re in luck, as the first MLB Food Fest plans to bring together “tastings from ALL 30 ballparks” for...
View ArticleTrump views designs for border wall while bashing California
President Donald Trump on Tuesday eagerly inspected eight towering prototypes for his long-sought wall at the U.S.-Mexico border and accused California of putting "the entire nation at risk" by...
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