Trump 'considering' veto of spending bill, cites concerns over 'Dreamers,'...
President Donald Trump threw the massive spending bill into doubt Friday, saying he was "considering" a veto of the $1.3 trillion plan over concerns about young "Dreamer" immigrants and border wall...
View ArticleAt Harvey jail, escaped inmates fall through ceilings and gates do not lock,...
Two felons locked up in Harvey last year can probably call themselves fall guys for the city. Not because they're innocent, necessarily, but because they literally fell through the ceiling of the...
View ArticleHow a changing population and tastes are killing German restaurants
When you think of the quintessential German restaurant in the United States, you're thinking of a place like Karl Ratzsch. Ever since it was founded by German immigrants in 1904, it had a menu full of...
View Article187,000 students have been exposed to gun violence at school since Columbine....
Thirteen at Columbine. Twenty-six at Sandy Hook. Seventeen at Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Over the past two decades, a handful of massacres that have come to define school shootings in this country are...
View Article'He's a genius'— Loyola assistant Bryan Mullins brings smarts, toughness to role
Bryan Mullins would come home from elementary school, sit at the kitchen table and go over his homework until it was perfect. “He wouldn’t settle for a B,” his dad, Mike Mullins, said. “He was not one...
View Article'Boys, this is gonna be rough': Elgin police had Taser, rubber bullets ready...
Extended footage of the shooting of Decynthia Clements by Elgin police shows them planning to use nonlethal arrest methods — until she moves toward them from her burning car with a knife and an...
View ArticleWinter storm hits portions of Chicago area Saturday
Heavy, wet snow spreads into the Chicago area from the west Saturday with winter storm warnings/advisories up for most areas west and south of Chicago. Snowfall totals up to 10 inches are possible in...
View ArticleLoyola vs. Kansas State: Matchups, lineups, prediction for Saturday's Elite...
No. 9 Kansas State (25-11) vs. No. 11 Loyola (31-5) 5:10 p.m. Saturday | TBS | WMVP-AM 1000 South Region | Atlanta How they got here: Loyola has advanced with three straight game-winning shots in the...
View ArticleNew faces on the horizon for White Sox
Here’s a look at three top White Sox prospects the club is counting on to hasten the rebuild. Michael Kopech After more than a year of hearing about the promise of Michael Kopech, White Sox fans...
View ArticleTrump issues order supporting ban on many transgender troops, defers to...
President Donald Trump issued an order late Friday that supports a ban on many transgender troops, deferring to a new Pentagon plan that essentially cancels a policy adopted by the Obama...
View ArticleChris Beard, Texas Tech oust Purdue 78-65, will now face No. 1 seed Villanova
Chris Beard has done it to Purdue again. The Texas Tech coach knocked the Boilermakers out of the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three years, this time leading the third-seeded Red Raiders to...
View ArticleCat has first dibs on the buffet
Dear Amy: My husband and I are friends with a couple-- "Rose and Jack," who enjoy entertaining in their home. Here is the problem: Jack and Rose have a beloved cat that has the run of the house,...
View ArticleContemporary Lakeview space with loft: $1.1M
3028 N. Southport Ave. in Chicago: $1,050,000 Listed on March 22, 2018 This home boasts a light-filled contemporary open floor plan, high ceilings, an activity loft, fireplace, custom gourmet kitchen...
View ArticleFacebook was never free: What Mark Zuckerberg's shocking admissions reveal
“It’s time to protect yourself — and your friends — from Facebook,” read the click-bait headline Monday on Mashable, one of many columns this week decrying how Cambridge Analytica, a firm aligned with...
View ArticleShot on the streets of Chicago as teens, they're heading to D.C. to protest...
Like many of the young people who are heading to Washington, D.C., for Saturday’s protest against gun violence, Dantrell Blake and Deshon Hannah are concerned about deadly school shootings. But Blake,...
View ArticleIllinois gets commitment from five-star QB recruit Isaiah Williams
Nine months before the early signing period in football, Illinois has landed the jewel of its 2019 recruiting class, getting a commitment Friday morning from a five-star quarterback with a...
View Article'Are you okay,' neighbor yells to man wounded in West Rogers Park shooting....
The man heard about five to six shots and ordered his family to get to the floor of their West Rogers Park apartment. They waited there for about 10 seconds before the man cautiously peaked out the...
View ArticleBoy critically injured after sticking head out of moving Red Line train
A boy was critically injured late Friday after he stuck his head out of a moving Red Line train and fractured his skull at the Sox-35th station, Chicago police said. The boy hit his head on a pillar...
View ArticleFrench police officer who offered himself to gunman in exchange for hostage...
A French police officer who offered himself up to an Islamic extremist gunman in exchange for a hostage died of his injuries, raising the death toll in the attack to four, and the officer was honored...
View ArticleMan arrested after woman in her 60s fatally shot, 18-year-old woman stabbed
A woman in her 60s who was shot to death during a Bronzeville domestic incident that also left an 18-year-old woman stabbed has been been identified, officials said. No charges have been filed yet,...
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