Obama, in Japan, says North Korea's isolation means less leverage
Former President Barack Obama said Sunday that negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear weapons program are difficult, partly because the country's isolation minimizes possible leverage, such as...
View ArticleMichigan heads to Final Four in role of upset stopper: 'I don't know who...
Michigan is headed to its first Final Four in five years with another upset-minded opponent waiting. The Wolverines (32-7) have tamped down three consecutive teams with designs on pulling surprises —...
View ArticleAsk Texas Tech's coach about basketball, and you might get an answer about...
Texas Tech coach Chris Beard tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a practice in late January, but he wasn't immediately ready to share it with the world. His basketball team...
View ArticleThanks, Loyola: You're saving sports in Chicago
Thanks, Loyola. Thanks for being the supernova of excitement that sports in this town needed, and did we ever need it. I mean, just look: The Bulls and Blackhawks had killed the concept of fun,...
View ArticleDuke vs. Kansas: Two college basketball powers, two different Elite Eight...
The string of Elite Eight games involving Mike Krzyzewski stretches back so far across time that the star against whom Krzyzewski game-planned for the first one is a famous giant who went on to have...
View ArticleBritish editor in UAE gets 10 years for wife's slaying
A British newspaper editor in Dubai was found guilty Sunday of bludgeoning his wife to death with a hammer and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Francis Matthew, the former editor of the...
View ArticleSlow Lollapalooza ticket sales reflect competition, price and security concerns
Lollapalooza, the juggernaut of Chicago music festivals, has arrived at a crossroads for the first time since landing in Grant Park in 2005. Four-day passes for Lollapalooza, Aug. 2-5 with headliners...
View ArticleFormer Illinois State player under doctors' care after collapses during NBA G...
(AP) — An NBA G League player for the Grand Rapids Drive who collapsed on the court near the end of a game with the Long Island Nets is currently under care by doctors. The Drive said in a news...
View Article1 killed, 6 injured in separate city shootings
One man was killed and another six people were wounded in city shootings Saturday and early Sunday, Chicago police said. In the homicide, a 25-year-old man was found on the sidewalk with a gunshot...
View Article'Walking Dead': Hilltop battle leaves questions for all
We don’t know, yet, the full extent of the damage that was done to the Hilltop community during the big battle scene in Sunday’s “The Walking Dead.” We do know — spoiler alert — that things looked...
View ArticleSometimes advice-givers run out of answers
Dear Readers: I'm stepping away from the column this week to travel the country and meet readers. This is an edited version of an essay I wrote a year ago. I'm about to celebrate another anniversary...
View ArticleInstead of campaigning, here's what Rauner, Pritzker should do with those...
After a bruising, ugly race to “Occupy Springfield,” the Illinois primary races for governor are finally, and mercifully, over. In the process, the two men left standing allegedly poured more than a...
View ArticleFox Valley moms start support group for those who lost loved ones to opioids
It was not all that long ago Sandy Fink, Karen Gonzalez and Robin Dale were among the hundreds of other parents in the Fox Valley struggling to understand their children's opioid addictions....
View ArticleLate columnist Irv Kupcinet's former Gold Coast condo sells for $2.15 million
The three-bedroom, 3,020-square-foot condominium unit on the 10th floor of a Gold Coast high-rise that the late Chicago newspaper columnist and TV personality Irv Kupcinet had owned from the 1960s...
View ArticleAnthony Rizzo sets his sights on doing even more for the Cubs
Anthony Rizzo’s 6-foot-3, 240-pound frame didn’t stop him from batting leadoff for 14 games last season, and the Cubs first baseman said he would like to be more versatile in the field as well as at...
View ArticleStormy Daniels' lawyer saw 'soft underbelly of politics' while working for...
In the small hours on the morning of his 41st birthday, lawyer Michael Avenatti lay restless at his home in Newport Beach, California. He was waiting on an email, and it finally arrived, with...
View ArticleBilly Corgan was in a 'low place' before Smashing Pumpkins reunited
Any longtime Smashing Pumpkins fan knows it: When the veteran alt-rock band launches its long-awaited reunion tour in July, the shows will hardly mark the first time that frontman Billy Corgan has...
View ArticleLife-sized dinosaur, wigwam and hands-on experiences featured at new Lake...
When the Dryptosaurus dinosaur roamed the Earth, perhaps in what is now Lake County, 67 million years ago, it would have looked just like the one that greets visitors at the new Bess Bower Dunn Museum...
View ArticleCubs Q&A: Over/under 95 wins? Any interest in signing Greg Holland?
The Tribune’s Mark Gonzales answers readers’ questions about the Cubs’ roster, bullpen help and season predictions. Can you update your list of locks and long shots? Your current list has Justin Grimm...
View ArticleAlbert Belle arrested on indecent exposure charges in Arizona
Former Major League Baseball All-Star Albert Belle has been arrested on indecent exposure and extreme driving under the influence charges following a spring training game in Arizona. KSAZ-TV in...
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