Pop superstar Get ready for lots of pop and R&B stage spectacle when Grammy Award-winner Rihanna performs her “The Anti World Tour” at the United Center, 1901 Madison St., Chicago. $29.50-$150. (800) 745-3000 or unitedcenter.com. 7:30 p.m. Frid...

Tax Day blues Grammy Award-winning bluesman Robert Cray performs a special Tax Day concert on Friday at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $39-$69. (630) 962-7000 or oshows.com. 8 p.m. Friday, April 15 Dark comedy Comedian Tony Hinchc...

Cubs win home opener with late heroics Addison Russell hit a 3-run home run off Jumbo Diaz in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Cubs a 5-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs rallied from an early 3-0 deficit. Read beat writer...

A 39-year-old Chicago man has been charged with several firearms violations after Aurora police said he fired a rifle inside a home last weekend on the city's far east side. Christopher M. Carlson of the 4500 block of North Kenneth Avenue faces char...

Missing motorcyclist found dead in Lake Villa Twp. The body of a 24-year-old Grayslake man last seen leaving a bar on his motorcycle last week was found Sunday morning, according to Lake County authorities. Full story. Fairdale man's video...

WBBM news anchor and longtime Chicago broadcaster Dave Mitchell "thoroughly enjoyed being behind the mic," WBBM Managing Editor Julie Mann said Monday. "That's where he was his best." Colleagues of Mitchell recall him as a gregarious guy, a big spor...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - An ex-girlfriend of the gunman at a Virginia bus station said Friday he frequently expressed his hatred toward police and once nearly choked her to death after she broke up with him. James Brown III of Aurora, Illinois, was kill...