MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - When Philando Castile saw the flashing lights in his rearview mirror the night he got shot, it wasn't unusual. He had been pulled over at least 52 times in recent years in and around the Twin Cities and given citations for minor o...

NEW YORK (AP) - She was spending a sweltering afternoon on the streets of New York but Caitlin Goddard was nearing her prize, inch by inch. She'd been in line for three nights and two days and the end was in sight: a chance to see "Hamilton" on Broa...

NEW YORK (AP) - Can this really be America in 2016? Three tumultuous days have brought echoes of decades past and made clear a public that elected a black president hasn't reconciled its fractured history with race, that a country that lived through...

DALLAS (AP) - The Latest on the shooting of police officers in Dallas (all times local): 8:25 p.m. The Texas Rangers have observed a moment of silence before their game to honor five police officers killed in a sniper attack in downtown Dallas, whic...

'Goldbergs' guy Celebrate a former Morton Grove guy who hit it big in showbiz when "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "The Goldbergs" star Jeff Garlin returns to do standup this weekend at Zanies at MB Financial Park, 5437 Park Place, Rosemont. $30 plus a t...

Railroad Days is back. The music, the carnival, the fireworks, the parade - everything West Chicago's annual festival brought to the community before last year is returning, organizers say. "Everything is coming back," said David Sabathne, president...

Police and Villains Catch a band of brothers (or two) at this weekend's Anime Midwest in Rosemont when Schaumburg's Face Time Police and Des Plaines and Elgin-based V Is For Villains take the stage at the anime and gaming-inspired convention. Brian ...

The rocking undead Joe Perry, Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp team up for a Hollywood Vampires concert on Thursday at the RiverEdge Park, 360 Broadway, Aurora. $65. (630) 896-6666 or riveredgeaurora.com. 8 p.m. Thursday, July 7 Check, please! Laugh alo...