Chicago
-
Striking CICS teachers protest brings Loop office to halt
Feb 13, 2019 10:00 pm - Striking Chicago International Charter School teachers brought a busy Loop office building lobby to a standstill Wednesday afternoon on their seventh day of a work stopp...
-
Theater review: Steppenwolf revisits Ibsen drama for thoughtful sequel 'A Doll's House, Part 2'Feb 13, 2019 11:00 am - “A Doll's House, Part 2” - ★ ★ ★ ½ When Norwegian housewife Nora Helmer left her husband and children at the end of Henrik Ibsen's 1879 play “A Doll's House,” the shocki...
-
Memorial service held for slain Chicago police commander
Feb 13, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Dozens of people gathered at Chicago's Thompson Center to remember a police commander who last year was shot and killed last year while chasing a suspect....
-
'We are all petrified and in fear for Jason's life': Wife says Van Dyke assaulted in prison
Feb 13, 2019 12:00 am - A white Chicago police officer who fatally shot black teenager Laquan McDonald was assaulted by inmates in his cell at a Connecticut prison, the officer's wife said Wedn...
-
'Wait for It' ... 'Hamilton: The Exhibit' delays start by three weeksFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - Chicago's "Hamilton: The Exhibit" has pushed back its opening date by three weeks to Saturday, April 27. The change is due to unexpected delays in shipping, customs and ...
-
Arkush: By signing troubled Hunt, Browns did Bears a huge favorFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - That Kareem Hunt is now a Cleveland Brown is yesterday's news. But to fully understand the favor Cleveland did the Chicago Bears by signing him, it was important to let ...
-
Chicago man charged in fatal hit-and-run crash in WaukeganFeb 13, 2019 12:00 am - A 26-year-old Chicago man is charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death stemming from a hit-and-run crash Feb. 3 in Waukegan. Abdul Baloch also fa...
-
CTA adding vending machines for phone chargers, snacks, photo booth
Feb 12, 2019 10:00 pm - Three new kinds of vending machines will be installed at CTA stations in the next few months, providing riders with a photo booth, phone-charging battery packs and healt...
-
BC-IL-Chicago Municipal General Election Testing
Feb 12, 2019 6:00 am - EDITORS: NEWS DIRECTORS: NOT FOR BROADCAST, PUBLICATION OR USE ONLINE The Chicago municipal general election is Tuesday, Feb. 26. Poll close: 8 p.m. EST (7 p.m. CST) Fir...
-
Suburban Chicago man charged in wife's hot tub death
Feb 12, 2019 6:00 am - WHEELING, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the hot tub drowning death of his wife. Eric Huska of Wheeling is accused ...