'Weird Al' Yankovic at the Vic: Accordion solos, deep cuts and 'Velvet...
Five songs into musical comedy legend “Weird Al” Yankovic’s second sold-out night at the Vic for his “Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour,” I scanned the crowd and caught a beautiful...
View ArticleTrump brags that his tower withstood a fire, but has been silent about the...
Depending on who you followed more closely, there were two accounts of the fire Saturday night that tore through a 50th-floor apartment in Trump Tower, President Donald Trump's namesake building on...
View ArticleWorkers' radiation exposure halts U.S. nuke plant demolition
Seven decades after making key portions of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are being exposed to radiation as they tear down buildings that helped...
View ArticleCanadian town mourns after 15 die when truck slams into youth hockey team's bus
A hockey arena became the epicenter of grief for a small Canadian town on Sunday, as friends, relatives and those that housed the young hockey players gathered to mourn 15 people killed after a...
View ArticleEvanston seeks greater input in private lakefront restoration projects
Evanston could have a bigger say in how lakefront home owners renovate their land to deal with bigger waves and higher lake levels if new rules governing these restoration efforts are approved at...
View ArticleTwo killed in fiery Porter County crash
A fiery single-car crash early Sunday in Westchester Township claimed the lives of the vehicle's two occupants, according to officials. Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris said his office was called to...
View ArticleReferendum, grants suggested for buying Park Ridge land for 'Shibley oaks' park
If the Park Ridge Park Board wishes to acquire a piece of Busse Highway property for a new park, “alternative funding” options must be considered in order to pay for it, commissioners were told...
View ArticleBradley student freshman from Chicago slain in double homicide
Two people were shot to death Sunday and a third was injured near the campus of Bradley University in Peoria, including a former King College Prep student from Chicago, according to police and the...
View ArticleGerman van driver in attack in Muenster had run-ins with police, suicidal...
The 48-year-old German man who drove a van into a crowd in Muenster was well-known to police, had a history of run-ins with the law and had expressed suicidal thoughts to a neighbor last month, German...
View Article50 years of Cubs home openers for Naperville resident Don Nelson
Naperville resident Don Nelson has tickets to attend his 50th consecutive Cubs home opener Monday, and while he’s seen teams that vary in talent and more than a few field renovations, one thing never...
View ArticleStill popular, Brazil's Lula starts serving jail sentence
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva woke up in jail Sunday as the first current or former president in Brazil's modern history to be incarcerated, adding a measure of unpredictability...
View Article6 detained amid 'vague indications' of attack at Berlin half-marathon
Six people were detained in connection with what police and prosecutors allege was a plan to carry out an attack on Berlin's half-marathon Sunday, German authorities said. A police spokesman later...
View ArticleBen Zobrist hits HR, Cubs lead Brewers 3-0 in 7th
The Cubs’ 3,600-mile trip that started two weeks ago ends Sunday with the finale of their four-game series against the Brewers at Miller Park. And Ben Zobrist gave the Cubs a lift with his continued...
View ArticleHow an abortion pill turned out to be a treatment for a rare disease
Even though the $550 yellow pills sold as Korlym have a controversial origin as the abortion pill, Leslie Edwin said they "gave me life." The 40-year-old Georgia resident lives with Cushing's...
View ArticleShomari Legghette, charged with Chicago commander's murder, compares himself...
Shomari Legghette, charged with murder in the February killing of Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer, compared himself to Trayvon Martin in a jailhouse interview with Chicago magazine. The magazine’s May...
View Article2nd newborn found in Indiana fire station's baby box: 'I was happy, ecstatic...
Lt. Chuck Kohler was just leaving his house Sunday night when his department pager went off with a medical alarm. Kohler, a father of five who lives nearby, was at the Coolspring Volunteer Fire...
View ArticleCubs' home opener against Pirates postponed to Tuesday
The Cubs’ home opener Monday against the Pirates has been postponed because of inclement weather at Wrigley Field. The game is scheduled to be played at 1:20 p.m. Tuesday. The start time was initially...
View ArticleFormer suburban library worker who posed as counselor gets 4 years for sex...
A former Elk Grove Village library employee who lied about being a counselor to befriend a family and then sexually abused the family’s teenage daughter was sentenced Monday to four years in prison....
View ArticleU. of C. trauma center gains final state approval, will open May 1
Chicago’s South Side is about to get its only Level I adult trauma center, now that University of Chicago Medicine has gained the final stamp of approval from the state. The program, scheduled to open...
View ArticleFamiliar refrain for White Sox for snow-delayed Rays game: 'Stay warm'
It looks like the Sodfather has his work cut out from him, but White Sox manager Rick Renteria trusts his groundskeeper. Unlike the flurries that fell during the opener at Guaranteed Rate Field, Roger...
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