P&G CEO says company working to stop 'Tide pod challenge'
Procter & Gamble says it's working to stop the "Tide Pod challenge," a social media-fueled trend in which teenagers eat single-load laundry detergent packets. The American Association of Poison...
View Article'How do I explain the pain?' mom asks as daughter's murderer gets 80 years in...
The downstate man who murdered a DuPage County teenager in 1985 was formally sentenced Tuesday to 80 years in prison in a brief hearing highlighted by the victim statement of a mother who shared...
View ArticleFemale journalists covering Pence in Israel forced to stand behind male...
If there's one thing female journalists covering the trip of Vice President Mike Pence to Israel will remember it is the "special treatment" they received, first by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
View ArticleBob Costas left out of NBC's Super Bowl coverage
Bob Costas won't be working the Super Bowl for NBC next month. The longtime broadcaster was not included in the network's lineup for the NFL title game telecast from Minneapolis on Feb. 4, leading to...
View ArticleWhy is Amazon playing this so safe?
So I saw the Amazon list. And what's really interesting is that without my saying more, you know exactly what list I mean. Not the list of Amazon's best-sellers or best deals. The list of cities that...
View ArticleTwo charged with drug-induced homicide in McHenry man’s death last summer
Two people, including one arrested last week, have been charged in the drug-related death of a 28-year-old McHenry man last summer. Jessica D. Chapman, 25, of the 3800 block of Waukegan Road in...
View ArticlePolice investigate possible link between man who jumped from Skyway bridge...
Chicago police are investigating whether the apparent suicide of man who plunged from the Skyway bridge is connected to the death of a woman who lived on the same East Chatham block on the South Side....
View ArticleTammy Duckworth expecting 2nd child; she would be 1st sitting senator to give...
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth is expecting her second child, she announced Tuesday. “Northwestern Medicine Fertility strikes again,” Duckworth, who’s been vocal about her family’s use of assisted...
View ArticleMueller seeks to question Trump about Flynn, Comey departures
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is seeking to question President Donald Trump in the coming weeks about his decisions to oust national security adviser Michael Flynn and FBI Director James Comey,...
View ArticleChicago Bears look to partner in branded Vernon Hills fitness club
A company partnering with the Chicago Bears plans to convert the vacant Sports Authority building on Townline Road into a boutique health club. The company’s initial pitch to Vernon Hills trustees is...
View ArticleRauner had a meeting about an investment on the back porch of the governor's...
While Gov. Bruce Rauner says he has no day-to-day involvement in managing his investments, he allegedly took meetings in 2015 — one on the back porch of the governor’s mansion in Springfield — about...
View ArticleGlenbrook District 225 approves transgender student policy; 'These kids have...
The Glenbrook High Schools District 225 Board of Education approved the district’s first transgender student policy Monday after residents expressed both support and apprehension. The board was first...
View ArticleWinnetka trader pleads guilty in commodities scheme that lost $13.8 million
A Winnetka commodities trader pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Chicago to a scheme that saddled a trading firm with nearly $13.8 million in losses, leading to its collapse, according to...
View ArticleUndersea quake sends Alaskans fleeing from feared tsunami
A powerful undersea earthquake sent Alaskans fumbling for suitcases and racing to evacuation centers in the middle of the night after a cellphone alert warned a tsunami could hit communities along the...
View ArticleFederal prosecutor named to focus on opioid crimes in Northwest Indiana
The U.S. Attorney's office has designated a member of its team to specifically deal with combating opiate and opioid crimes in Northwest Indiana. U.S. Attorney Thomas Kirsch II said Tuesday that...
View ArticleMinnesota Public Radio: Allegations against Keillor far beyond single touch
Minnesota Public Radio provided additional details of allegations of sexual harassment against humorist Garrison Keillor on Tuesday, saying his alleged conduct went well beyond his account of an...
View ArticleArchdiocese announces mergers for North Shore, Lake County parishes
The Archdiocese of Chicago announced this week that several North Shore area parishes - along with two in Lake County - will be part of mergers aimed in part at addressing a shortage of priests to...
View ArticleNFL rejects veterans group's ad for Super Bowl program
The NFL has denied advertising space in the Super Bowl program for a veterans group that declined to alter language about standing for the national anthem. NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy confirmed...
View ArticleCougar proves elusive after reported sightings in DuPage County
A cougar allegedly spotted Friday in Glendale Heights has not been seen again, and officials say they have found no physical evidence to confirm that a big cat actually visited the suburbs. Brian...
View ArticleTwo held after Elmhurst College carjacking released
Elmhurst police are still searching for two of four people involved in a carjacking that occurred Monday afternoon in a parking lot of Elmhurst College, but two people who were in custody have been...
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