Senate's tax bill would have major ripple effects on health care system
The Republican tax overhaul that squeaked through the Senate early Saturday morning would reach deep into the nation's health care system, with a clear dagger to a core aspect of the Affordable Care...
View ArticleSenate passes tax overhaul that also repeals Obamacare mandate
Senate Republicans passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill early Saturday morning that bestows massive benefits on corporate America and the wealthy while delivering mixed blessings to everybody else. After a...
View ArticleWest Dundee to discuss future of Spring Hill Mall
A change in consumer habits and fewer traditional anchor tenants means shopping centers are having to adapt to stay viable. West Dundee's Spring Hill Mall is no exception. A $40 million project to...
View ArticleTwo FBI officials on Clinton, Trump probes exchanged texts disparaging Trump:...
The former top FBI official assigned to special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election was taken off that job this summer after his bosses discovered he and...
View ArticleLovie Smith undeterred from long-term plan at Illinois despite Year 2 struggles
When Lovie Smith’s phone rang across the room on his desk during an interview in his office, the Illinois football coach silenced it by pressing a button on his Apple Watch. Noting a reporter’s...
View ArticleGirl, 13, missing from near Des Plaines
Authorities from the Cook County sheriff’s office are seeking help locating a 13-year-old girl who is missing from Elk Grove Township, officials said Saturday. Jahaira Ozuna, 13, who lives near Des...
View ArticleThree more Illinois football players announce transfers
Three more Illinois football players announced Friday their plans to transfer from the program, bringing the total to eight since the season ended last week. Junior linebacker Julian Jones, redshirt...
View ArticleBlackhawks don't expect Corey Crawford to be out 'long term'
The Blackhawks placed goaltender Corey Crawford on injured reserve Friday, but it doesn’t appear he will be on there for long. Crawford will miss at least three games because of a nagging lower-body...
View ArticleTrump tweets from motorcade he fired Flynn for lying to Pence, FBI
Brushing aside an ongoing Russia probe, President Donald Trump reveled Saturday in the Senate's passage of a sweeping tax bill, predicting with swagger that he and his fellow Republicans were...
View ArticleFive water sources test positive for elevated lead levels in Park Ridge-Niles...
Five water sources at four Park Ridge-Niles District 64 schools tested positive for elevated levels of lead during tests performed by district officials to comply with a new state law, officials...
View ArticleCalumet City man killed in Crete Township crash
A 31-year-old Calumet City man was killed early Friday morning in a car crash in Crete Township, the Will County coroner's office reported. William Bass III was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m., Friday...
View ArticleStarving, injured baby with no name was kept in storage bin: Cops
Police say an infant girl brought to a southern Illinois hospital by her father was malnourished, had multiple broken bones and a deep cut on her leg--and had no name. The Belleville News-Democrat...
View ArticleJudge orders Wyoming officers to return $92,000 seized from Wisconsin musician
A Wyoming judge ordered the state Friday to return nearly $92,000 seized from a musician during a traffic stop that resulted in no criminal charges or even an arrest, according to the man's attorney....
View ArticleGirl, 14, critically injured in Lake Shore Drive crash
A 14-year-old girl was critically injured when a car full of teenagers on North Lake Shore Drive slammed into a tree near Foster Beach and rolled over early Sunday, authorities said. The...
View Article7 reasons the College Football Playoff committee will take Ohio State
Alabama or Ohio State? Saban or Meyer? Finebaum or … BTN? Were I making the selection, I’d take Alabama. Ohio State got crushed by Iowa, and you can’t pretend that didn’t happen. Plus I look at it...
View ArticleOne of the biggest US oil fields turns to an unexpected power source: solar
The Belridge oil field near Bakersfield, California, is one of the largest in the country. It has been producing oil for more than a century and last year produced around 76,000 barrels a day,...
View ArticleAlec Baldwin returns to 'Saturday Night Live' as Trump in 'Christmas Carol'...
"Saturday Night Live" took a page from Charles Dickens in its cold open as Alec Baldwin returned to the show as President Trump in an opening sketch inspired by "A Christmas Carol." "SNL" skewered the...
View ArticleStuck door lock? Use graphite lube, not WD-40
Q: I have a 1994 GMC pickup. When it gets cold it is very hard to unlock the driver door. A couple of times I have had to unlock the passenger door to get in. We tried spraying WD-40, but that hasn’t...
View ArticleNASA, Bradley University hope to make 3-D printed habitats on Mars and Earth
Should astronauts one day land on Mars, they may open the ship’s hatch and see more than miles of red dirt under a dusty sky. There may be a dome or an arch standing before them, or even a human-sized...
View Article'Sad that this place wasn't more successful': Closure of Charlestowne Mall...
Nicholas Czech, 27, has fond memories of the Charlestowne Mall — being pushed in a stroller as his mother shopped, hanging out while in high school. As he and friend Jacob Ring walked around the mall...
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