Teens seriously hurt 2 with pellet gun, cops say
Emma Arnold was walking to her Wicker Park home after dinner with a friend Tuesday night when she suddenly found herself the victim of a prank-turned-crime. "I heard a loud...
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How’s this all playing in Peoria? Like a charm
This week, The Talk looks at Rod Blagojevich's brief career in the Golden Gloves boxing ring and a jeweler who's selling Senate seat charms. What do they have in common?...
Latest weather threat: floods
The blustery blend of snow, ice and freezing temperatures gave way Friday to the specter of a new threat: severe rain and flooding that experts caution could swell rivers and...
Latest weather threat: floods
The blustery blend of snow, ice and freezing temperatures gave way Friday to the specter of a new threat: severe rain and flooding that experts caution could swell rivers and...
Travel travails ease up, but not everyone benefits
Call them the ghosts of Christmas Near-Future. Bleary-eyed, tired and sore, they haunted the terminals of O'Hare International Airport on Wednesday afternoon with one goal in mind: get home for...
2 women, the same tragic end
Mariam Shamoon and Myrtle Kramer led similar lives: both longtime Chicagoans, active in their churches and surrounded by family, who admired them for their vibrant lifestyles despite advanced years. But...
Intense security a force Loop reckons with
The president-elect's security force was an unavoidable presence in the Loop on Monday morning as Barack Obama met with John McCain in Chicago's Kluczynski Federal Building. Thirty-eight floors below, dozens...
Hudson’s family torn apart
Tragedy and mystery engulfed the family of actress Jennifer Hudson as police searched for her nephew and questioned her brother-in-law in connection with the slayings of her mother and brother....
Hudson’s family torn apart
Tragedy and mystery engulfed the family of actress Jennifer Hudson as police searched for her nephew and questioned her brother-in-law in connection with the slayings of her mother and brother....
HUDSON’S MOTHER, BROTHER KILLED
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson considered her mother's Chicago home a haven, a place where she could find respite from Hollywood's occasionally brutal and superficial ways. That South Side sanctuary, however,...