Chicago
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Judge blasts repeated delays in jailed man's terrorism trial
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge says she's unhappy that a suburban Chicago terrorism suspect is still in jail awaiting trial nearly four years after his arrest in an FBI ...
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Chicago police to simply street stop form after complaints
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Police Interim Superintendent John Escalante says he will simplify forms that officers must fill out when they make street stops. Escalante says h...
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Librarian of Congress pick's ties to Obama date to Chicago
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The nominee to be the next Librarian of Congress has ties to President Barack Obama dating to her tenure with the Chicago Public Library more than two dec...
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Court records: Apple's help sought in another iPhone case
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal magistrate in Chicago last November ordered Apple to help federal prosecutors access data on an iPhone in a personal bankruptcy and passport fra...
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Spots in Art Institute's Van Gogh bedroom replica going quickly on Airbnb
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO - Availability is tight for a $10 Airbnb rental in Chicago designed to look like a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece. Openings for the space the Art Institute of Chic...
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Chicago State to end school year early to save money
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago State University has told students and faculty that it was eliminating spring break and shortening the semester because it may have to close down ...
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Charge dismissed against McCormack over reluctant victim
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Cook County prosecutors have dropped an aggravated criminal sexual abuse charge against a former Chicago priest because the alleged victim stopped coopera...
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Heavy snow, strong winds whip through Midwest
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A powerful storm brought heavy snow and biting winds to parts of the Midwest on Wednesday, leading to mass flight cancellations at Chicago airports and sc...
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European steelmaker idles aluminizing line in East Chicago
Feb 24, 2016 6:00 am - EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) - A Luxembourg-based steelmaker has shut down its aluminizing line along the Indiana Harbor in East Chicago, but the closing doesn't come as a su...
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O'Hare, Midway cancel more than 1,100 fights
Feb 23, 2016 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the winter storm moving through parts of the Midwest (all times local): 5 p.m. The Chicago Department of Aviation is reporting the winter st...