Chicago
-
Home teams get the nod in NFL this weekendJan 14, 2016 8:45 am - For the first time since the current playoff format was implemented in 1990, all four home teams lost last weekend in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs. But all fo...
-
THE LATEST: Alvarez challengers make pitches for endorsement
Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The latest on Chicago-area Democratic leaders' decision whether to endorse a candidate in the Cook County state's attorney's race (all times local): 9:42 ...
-
Chicago-area Dems back challenger over incumbent prosecutor
Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The re-election campaign of Chicago's top prosecutor took a hit Thursday when the local leaders of her Democratic Party gave their backing to a challenger...
-
Chicago high school teacher accused of abusing 15-year-old
Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A Chicago high school teacher accused of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a 15-year-old boy he met on the Internet is being held in lieu of $750,000 bo...
-
Quintonio LeGrier shot 6 times, Bettie Jones once
Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Autopsies have determined a 19-year-old college student shot to death by a Chicago police officer last month suffered six bullet wounds and the woman poli...
-
After trial run, Metra allows pets on all weekend trains
Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Metra says it will allow small pets on all weekend trains between downtown Chicago and its suburbs after a successful trial run. The commuter rail agency'...
-
Man freed after prosecutor dismisses decade-old drug charges
Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A man who spent nearly a decade in prison on a drug conviction has been freed after prosecutors in Chicago vacated the charges against him. Cook County St...
-
Bike-sharing system to expand to more Chicago neighborhoods
Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago is expanding its bike-sharing system to more city neighborhoods and two suburbs. In a news release Wednesday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel says there will b...
-
Stinky corpse flower fruiting at Chicago Botanic Garden
Jan 14, 2016 6:00 am - GLENCOE, Ill. (AP) - Scientists say a rare foul-smelling flower at the Chicago Botanic Garden is now fruiting after blooming a few months ago. The corpse flower, nicknam...
-
Hawks playing injury roulette
Jan 14, 2016 12:00 am - MONTREAL - Artem Anisimov is full of surprises. Two days after he suddenly fell ill and was scratched barely an hour before a home game, Anisimov hopped a flight to Mon...