WNBA teams are doing it for the gays. Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve started the trend this past weekend after a Pride Night loss to a young Washington Mystics team. The first-place Lynx let a six-point lead slip in the …
The WNBA is doing it for the gays Read MoreThe Supreme Court has a history of facilitating the war on drugs by whittling away at civil liberties, to the point that critics have long perceived a “drug exception” to the Bill of Rights. But last week, when the justices …
Supreme Court sides with weed user barred from owning guns Read MoreDEAR ABBY: I have worked with “Bev” for 12 years. She is insufferable. I love my job and my other co-workers, but they all feel the same way as I do. Bev is a domineering, bullying, entitled woman in her …
Dear Abby: Woman’s antics at the office negatively impact co-workers Read MoreCook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office typically doesn’t deal with public transit. His office is usually occupied patrolling suburbs and running the jail system. But that’s changed recently. Dart’s deputies have begun patrolling CTA trains to address stubbornly high violence …
Unified transit police force is ‘easiest’ option but could be costly, Sheriff Dart says Read MorePolice are looking for a black vehicle involved in a drive-by shooting that left two women and a man shot, including one critically injured, early Thursday. A 24-year-old man, a 43-year-old woman and a 59-year-old woman were standing outside at …
Three shot in pre-dawn drive-by on Near West Side Read MoreCharges are pending for a man who allegedly shot a woman — critically hurting her — late Wednesday in the Kenwood neighborhood. The 46-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man were inside a home at about 11:30 p.m. in the 4600 …
Woman shot in face, critically hurt, during Kenwood attack Read MoreAccusing Mayor Brandon Johnson of dividing Chicago and “alienating and demonizing” its business community, Chicago Housing Authority board member Matthew Brewer on Thursday became the first African American challenger to join the race for mayor of Chicago. At a time …
CHA’s Matthew Brewer joins the race for mayor Read MoreGood morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: A network of 277 monitors keeping tabs on air quality in Chicago’s neighborhoods faces its first summer, when pollution tends to worsen. 🗞️ Plus: Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart considers a unified transit police force, teens …
Sheriff considers unified transit police Read MoreEven the Hallmark Channel is betting on this being a big season for the Bears. The team and the network announced plans for a Christmas-related romance movie that will air leading up to the holiday. The Bears already have plans, …
Hallmark Channel picks Bears for upcoming Christmas movie, ‘Holiday Touchdown: A Bears Love Story’ Read MoreA 41-year-old man is accused of sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl over the weekend in the Chatham neighborhood. James Spencer was charged with one felony count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a victim under 13 for an alleged attack …
Man, 41, accused of sexually abusing girl, 6, in Chatham Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria, exposing hundreds of thousands more people to potential deportation. The decision overturns lower …
Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end legal protections for Haitians, Syrians Read MoreA follow-up report commissioned by Mayor Brandon Johnson lays out an array of revenue-generating options that includes a sales tax on virtually “all consumer services,” taxing high-volume electricity users at a higher rate, and imposing a congestion fee on “vehicles …
Mayor’s financial task force proposes Downtown congestion fee, service tax, restructuring electricity taxes Read MoreMayor Brandon Johnson issued an executive order Thursday to begin the potentially costly process of delivering on his promise to create the stand-alone city department focusing exclusively on reducing and preventing gun violence. Two days after embracing a plan that …
Mayor Johnson takes first step toward creating stand-alone city department to reduce gun violence Read MoreConsider the information you ignore. The pages swiped away in a blink. The emails — for old fogies like us that even use email — hundreds a day, real, fake, urgent, irrelevant, scams, skipped over with hardly a glance. Plus …
Wellness doesn’t just happen — it requires effort Read MoreBears quarterback Caleb Williams’ application to trademark the nickname Iceman is on hold after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied it because of a similarity to a footwear company’s product. Williams got the nickname last season for his cool …
Bears QB Caleb Williams’ application to trademark Iceman nickname initially refused by patent office Read MoreEl habitante de Chicago, José Morales, creció escuchando historias del terremoto de 6.6 de magnitud que azotó Venezuela en 1967, apenas cuatro años antes de que él naciera. El desastre creó una memoria nacional. El miércoles, dos potentes terremotos consecutivos, …
Terremotos poderosos golpean Venezuela, colapsando edificios en Caracas y afectando a familiares en Chicago Read MoreAs the manager of the Mets’ Dominican Summer League team in 2010, White Sox coach Jose Leger was looking for a way to keep his players engaged on the bases. He tried appealing to their competitive nature, devising a points …
White Sox coach Jose Leger has players competing in baserunning Read MoreA man in his 30s was struck and injured by a Metra train while riding a bicycle and trying to cross the tracks Thursday morning along the Milwaukee District West line, a Metra spokesperson said. It happened at about 7:20 …
Bicyclist hit by Metra train at Schaumburg station Read MoreNEW YORK – David Peterson won’t have to travel far to find his new team. The Cubs swung a trade for the All-Star lefty, doing business with the Mets while in Queens for a four-game series. The deal comes a …
Cubs swing trade with Mets to add David Peterson to injury-ravaged pitching staff Read MoreBlackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson and scouting director Mike Doneghey might enjoy a relatively low-stress last Friday night of June. For the first time in Davidson’s tenure, the Hawks are unlikely to make any selections during the first round of …
Blackhawks approach NHL draft without first-round pick as trade market keeps swirling Read More