The deaths of four people — including two children — in a suspicious extra alarm West Englewood neighborhood fire have all been rules homicides, officials said Thursday afternoon. Autopsies performed Thursday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office determined they …
West Englewood fire deaths ruled homicides: autopsies Read MoreAs a major hub for international travel, Chicago is no stranger to preparing for and handling deadly contagions. The city developed a playbook more than a decade ago during an Ebola outbreak in west Africa and is using lessons learned …
From O’Hare to the hospital, here’s how Chicago is preparing for Ebola Read MorePolice are asking for the public’s help in identifying the alleged shooter who shot three men, one fatally, earlier this month in the East Side neighborhood. A picture of the suspected gunman, who they want to identify, was released Wednesday …
Police release picture of alleged East Side shooter sought in homicide Read MoreA Chicago man has been charged with assaulting a federal immigration agent with his car last October in Brighton Park. Diego Emmanuel Reyes, 21, is accused of ramming his SUV into the back of a pickup truck driven by a …
Chicago man charged with assaulting ICE agent in Brighton Park Read MoreSEATTLE — Ailing White Sox catcher Kyle Teel is learning lessons he’d rather not have to sit through as he tries to work his way back to MLB action for the first time this season. “This is the first time …
Waiting game getting old for injured White Sox catcher Kyle Teel Read MoreSe ordenó la liberación de la madre de un estudiante de 18 años de la secundaria Mather de la custodia migratoria por un juez federal el martes, aunque el adolescente sigue detenido, según los abogados de la familia. Ricardo Navarrete …
Juez ordena la liberación de una mamá de CPS detenida por ICE; su hijo adolescente sigue detenido Read MoreChicago restaurants fighting for survival amid rising food, labor and operating costs and the inflation-linked decline in their customer base got a temporary break Wednesday at the expense of their tipped employees. The City Council agreed to freeze the hourly …
City Council approves compromise that freezes hourly pay for tipped workers Read MoreAn 8-year-old girl and another person died after a suspicious extra-alarm fire erupted early Wednesday in West Englewood, leaving four others in critical condition, officials said. The unidentified 8-year-old girl was pronounced dead at 2:57 a.m.; a male of unknown …
Girl, 8, among 2 dead, 4 others critical after suspicious fire at West Englewood home Read More“Lost” and “Watchmen” mastermind Damon Lindelof has detailed why he was fired from writing a Star Wars movie and teases what the tale would’ve been about. Lindelof was a guest on the May 18 episode of The Ringer’s “House of …
Damon Lindelof Reveals Why He Was Fired From Star Wars Movie: Story Was the ‘Protestant Reformation Inside Star Wars’ Read More“Lost” and “Watchmen” mastermind Damon Lindelof has detailed why he was fired from writing a Star Wars movie and teases what the tale would’ve been about. Lindelof was a guest on the May 18 episode of The Ringer’s “House of …
Damon Lindelof Reveals Why He Was Fired From Star Wars Movie: Story Was the ‘Protestant Reformation Inside Star Wars’ Read MoreMichael Jackson’s biopic might have left some critics cold, but it’s a runaway success by every other measure. Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael” just passed $700 million at the global box office, while renewed interest in the late superstar’s catalog has sent …
How Michael Jackson’s ‘Chicago’ Went From Leftover Track to Viral Hit Decades Later Read MoreMichael Jackson’s biopic might have left some critics cold, but it’s a runaway success by every other measure. Antoine Fuqua’s “Michael” just passed $700 million at the global box office, while renewed interest in the late superstar’s catalog has sent …
How Michael Jackson’s ‘Chicago’ Went From Leftover Track to Viral Hit Decades Later Read MoreCliff Booth is returning to the big screen. “The Adventures of Cliff Booth,” the unofficial title for the sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” will debut in Imax this Thanksgiving. Netflix has announced the film will …
‘Cliff Booth’ Movie, Starring Brad Pitt, Takes Over ‘Narnia’s’ Imax Slot This Thanksgiving Read MoreThe Bears may have finally seen the last of quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers quarterback claimed Wednesday he plans to retire at the end of the 2026 season. “Yes,” he told Pittsburgh reporters. “This is it.” “This is it.” Aaron …
Bears rival Aaron Rodgers says he will retire after the 2026 NFL season Read MoreThe City Council on Wednesday approved a $54.7 million property tax break that developers say is critical to secure financing for their $7 billion plan to turn a sea of parking lots around the United Center into a massive residential …
City Council approves $54.7M tax break to jump-start United Center development Read MoreCuando Joabe Barbosa se propuso correr por todas las calles de Chicago, no sabía cuánto tiempo le permitirían quedarse en los Estados Unidos. Ahora, mientras el estudiante de posgrado de la Universidad Roosevelt se prepara para completar su travesía el …
La meta del brasileño de correr en todas las calles de Chicago continúa luego de un susto con su visa Read MoreThe mother of an 18-year-old man got a terrifying call from Venezuela: the caller said her son was kidnapped and told her where he was. On Tuesday night police found his body, according to a Chicago police report. In a …
Teen’s body found shot, bound after mom gets call saying he was kidnapped in Greater Grand Crossing: report Read MoreReading Time: 3 minutes Last month, we learned that Lisa Kudrow earns $20 million a year from Friends residuals. And it turns out she’s not the only sitcom star who’s still raking in five figures from work she did decades …
Ray Romano Still Earns 5 Figures a Year From Sitcom Reruns; Here’s Exactly How Much … Read MoreThe U.S. Department of Defense announced today that it is “pausing” the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD), the bilateral forum for U.S.-Canada defense cooperation created in 1940 — during World War II — by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and …
Pentagon Pauses Defense Board in Place Since FDR, “Misguided and Quite Strange” Says Conservative Party Leader Read More