How the tax bill impacts homeowners, buyers and sellers
Many homeowners, buyers and sellers are left wondering how the tax reform legislation will affect them. The plan, which is expected to lower income tax bills next year for many households, is the most...
View ArticleHelp Squad: Ideas for gadgets to buy with that post-holiday cash
For this week's Help Squad, I thought I would keep it light and help all of you celebrating that most sacred of holiday traditions: exchanging unwanted presents and spending gift cards and holiday...
View ArticleGymnast McKayla Maroney says settlement covered up sex abuse
Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney says the group that trains U.S. Olympic gymnasts forced her to sign a confidential settlement to keep allegations of sexual abuse by the team's doctor...
View ArticleExplosion, fuel oil spill leaves home near Barrington uninhabitable
An explosion and fire that erupted recently inside a home in an unincorporated area near Barrington started with a fuel oil spill from a basement tank that was used to heat the home, firefighters with...
View ArticleA puny tax reform built on broken promises
Modern politics is a steady process of lowering standards, eroding norms and peddling fictions. The so-called tax reform that passed Congress is the latest disappointing result of that decline....
View ArticleClose race for Virginia legislative seat now tied after court tosses out...
A court has now declared a tie in a Virginia legislative election that one day earlier appeared to have gone to a Democrat by a single vote, the latest dramatic twist in a contest likely to decide...
View ArticleIndiana hotel charges guest $350 after she posts negative review
The former owner of an Indiana hotel is being sued for charging a woman $350 for posting a negative online review that said there was hair and dirt on the sheets in her room and other cleanliness...
View ArticleBill O'Reilly, Fox News sued for defamation by two additional former employees
Two additional former Fox News employees are suing Bill O’Reilly and the cable news network for defamation, joining the legal battle that was brought earlier this month by former Fox News producer...
View ArticleRauner won’t say if he has moral responsibility for Quincy veterans’...
Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday the state is taking “aggressive action” to keep residents safe at the Quincy Veterans’ Home, but declined to say if he bears any moral responsibility after more cases...
View ArticleFormer Chicago, New York journalist gets 5 years in prison in Jewish threats...
A former journalist who admitted cyber stalking an ex-girlfriend and terrorizing Jewish groups with bomb threats has been sentenced in New York to five years in prison. Juan Thompson was sentenced...
View ArticleOfficials ask for help finding family of man found dead in burning donation box
The Cook County medical examiner’s office is asking for help finding the family of man whose body was found in a a clothing donation box in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood after a fire in the box...
View ArticleNow that the tax overhaul has passed, here are five moves to consider before...
Add another item to your holiday shopping list: last-minute tax planning. Congress is poised to pass the biggest overhaul of the federal tax code in three decades. Here are five moves to consider by...
View ArticleThursday will see worst traffic jams of holiday season in Chicago; airports...
Traveling in the Chicago area during the holidays? Then a little advice: Thursday afternoon is going to be a mess on local highways, AAA is forecasting. Between 4 and 6 p.m. is expected to be the...
View ArticleFamed CSO guest conductor accused of sexual misconduct
Three opera singers and a classical musician say that world-renowned conductor Charles Dutoit sexually assaulted them — physically restraining them, forcing his body against theirs, sometimes...
View ArticleAnimal tongue nailed to a tree in Logan Square could be sending a message
It dangled from a branch for days, wrapped with bright ribbons and studded with large nails and oversize safety pins. It weathered and hardened from gray-black to a leathery brown. From a distance, as...
View ArticleSuspects sought in armed robbery of Waukegan restaurant
Police are searching for two suspects wanted in connection with an armed robbery Tuesday at a Waukegan eatery. At about 9 p.m. Tuesday, Waukegan police patrol officers responded to a reported armed...
View ArticleState to restore disrupted food stamp benefits for thousands this week
Food stamp benefits will be restored by week’s end for the tens of thousands of Illinois households that lost them because of problems with a state computer system, Illinois Department of Human...
View Article6 remaining free agents who could help the Cubs
Attention, last-minute shoppers: Plenty of good baseball players are still available. As the calendar winds down, we could see a flurry of activity around the proverbial hot stove. "(Players) want to...
View ArticleMan found shot to death on West Side
A man was found dead with a gunshot wound and a teenage boy was shot in an attempted robbery on the West Side Thursday morning, according to Chicago police. The man who was shot to death was found...
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