Supreme Court case could make sales tax-free e-commerce sites tougher to find
In Illinois, shopping on Amazon used to feel like it came with a discount: no sales tax charged at checkout. That ended three years ago, when the Seattle e-commerce behemoth opened its first...
View ArticleTrump defends 'mission accomplished' tweet after strike on Syria
President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his use of the phrase "Mission Accomplished" to describe a U.S.-led missile attack on Syria's chemical weapons program, even as his aides stressed continuing...
View ArticleSpokesman: Former first lady Barbara Bush in failing health
Former first lady Barbara Bush is in "failing health" and won't seek additional medical treatment, a Bush family spokesman said Sunday. "Following a recent series of hospitalizations, and after...
View ArticleSnow, ice downs trees, power lines in Lake County
A downed tree in Gages Lake damaged at least one car, a garage, a house and power lines, a Grayslake Fire Department official said. The damage was thought to be caused by the snow and ice coating Lake...
View ArticleCB Daryl Worley released by Eagles hours after his arrest
The Philadelphia Eagles have released cornerback Daryl Worley, hours after he was arrested. NFL Network reported that Worley was arrested Sunday morning near the team's practice facility and that...
View ArticleAurora couple’s quest to ‘Drink wine, do good’ grew out of sons’ fatal...
I have to admit: I struggled to write the lead to this column. That’s because I knew that no matter how well I describe the story of Bob and Sonya Evanosky — who live by the motto “drink wine; do...
View ArticleI almost lost my sons to 'Fortnite'
Make no mistake. What we are looking at here is an epidemic, a pestilence that’s sweeping across the country, spreading like an infectious disease. A virtual tsunami, rolling over the American...
View Article'The Doppelganger': Rainn Wilson trades 'The Office' for a gutsy, messy...
Can you combine the post-colonial atrocities, the internal corruption, the ceaseless profiteering that still afflicts Africa, the mother continent of humanity, with the rubric of a knockdown,...
View Article'The game really isn't the game anymore': Cougars react to new rule change...
Minor League Baseball implemented several new pace-of-play regulations in March, and teams are still trying to get used to the changes. The most controversial and discussed rule change involves extra...
View ArticleGet caught double parking in downtown Chicago? Fine could soon triple to $300.
Drivers who illegally double park downtown soon could face triple the fine at $300. On Monday, Ald. Brendan Reilly advanced his plan to hit vehicles harder if they are parked “on the roadway side of...
View ArticleTrump attorney Michael Cohen represented Fox commentator Sean Hannity
President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen did work for Fox News commentator Sean Hannity in the last year, one of just three legal clients Cohen represented after leaving his post as a...
View ArticleWatchdog: 2 city workers out after sexual harassment investigations
Two city workers are out after being investigated for sexual harassment, the city’s top watchdog reported Monday, as City Hall works to address the issue highlighted by the nationwide #MeToo movement....
View ArticleYou’re losing a major tax deduction this year. Stop the whining.
For many upper-middle-class residents of high-tax states, Tuesday will be the last time we can file to receive a full tax deduction for our state and local income and property taxes. Many Democratic...
View ArticleMonday's Boston Marathon last leg on Naperville man's 50-state run quest
John Fisher is a late bloomer when it comes to running marathons. When he crossed the Boston Marathon finish line in just over five hours Monday, the 65-year-old Naperville man completed his 12-year...
View ArticleStories that sparked #MeToo movement win Pulitzer Prize for public service
The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday for breaking the Harvey Weinstein scandal with reporting that galvanized the #MeToo movement and set off a...
View ArticleThe Russia investigation is tearing this country apart
I have no idea where the Mueller investigation is headed, or what evidence investigators may or may not have with regard to the president. But I am certain of one thing: It is tearing this country...
View ArticleMother Nature must really hate baseball, America's national frost time
April baseball constantly reinforces the risks involved in drawing conclusions based on small sample sizes, but we have seen enough snow and cold this month to know one thing for sure. Chicago’s...
View ArticleWest Chicago man involved in crash that killed Elgin woman will stay housed...
A judge ruled Monday that prosecutors had provided sufficient evidence against an elderly West Chicago man with dementia who had been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident in Hanover...
View ArticleBodies 'stacked on top of each other' in deadly prison riot in South...
Inmates armed with homemade knives fought each other for about seven hours over territory and money, leaving seven of them dead in the worst U.S. prison riot in a quarter-century, officials said...
View ArticleMan sexually assaulted woman while in Chicago from Michigan for friend's...
A Michigan man in Chicago over the weekend to celebrate a friend’s birthday with several other friends sexually assaulted one of the women in their group when she was passed out at a downtown hotel,...
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