U.S. Reps. Robin Kelly (D-2nd) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-8th), with 15 other Illinois members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, signed a letter to committee chairman Trey Gowdy […]
Evanston police mistakenly identified Gregory Hall, 60, as the man who committed an armed robbery of a thrift store, and injured his wrists during arrest. While Hall shares some similar […]
According to a New York Times report that studied the purchases of fake social media followers, Chicago Sun-Times movie critic and long-time Roger Ebert co-host Richard Roeper is one of […]
MoviePass, a subscription ticket service, has dropped 10 busy AMC theater locations, including Chicago’s River East 21, because of AMC’s objections to its pricing and other demands. MoviePass offers one […]
A Grayslake woman, dubbed the “serial stowaway” because of her many attempts to board aircraft without a ticket, tried again Sunday. A judge banned her from O’Hare three days earlier. […]
Larry Nassar’s victims continue to come forward with their stories, and resignations of three US Gymnastics leaders were announced Monday. That’s after two-time U.S. Olympics women’s gymnastics team captain Aly […]
CNN received 22 calls over the last two days that traced back to the family of a Michigan man threatening to travel to Atlanta and gun down “Fake News.” Other […]
Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s presidency, alongside the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March. The march was held peacefully in cities across the world, the Chicago march […]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s brother, Ari, owns WME, an entertainment agency that formerly represented Bill Cosby. Comedian Tom Arnold said that the mayor’s brother has expressed embarrassment about having once represented […]
A Peoria women’s health center provides abortions using telemedicine– medication is administered with a nurse in the room and a physician present via telecommunication. Whole Women’s Health in Peoria administers […]
The Midwest U.S. Steel Plant has been accused of discreetly spilling toxic chromium in the waters of Lake Michigan, reportedly violating the Clean Water Act. The Surfrider Foundation, a group […]
Amazon announced on Twitter its top 20 nominations in cities’ bids for HQ2, its second headquarters, out of the 238 that applied. Chicago proposed 10 different possible locations for HQ2, […]