Новости за 02.01.2018

A federal judge in Chicago says he won't force a northwest suburban school district to suspend a policy that enables transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice.

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said Tuesday he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the Senate, opening the door for former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney to run for his seat.

A federal judge has ordered the city of Chicago to pay nearly $5.6 million in legal fees on top of $22 million in damages awarded to a former El Rukn gang member who alleged two Chicago police detectives framed him for an infamous 1984 double murder that sent him to death row.

Two teens died after being shot just before midnight on New Year's Eve in Joliet, according to the Will County Coroner's Office.

The steady increase in housing prices in many of the nation's priciest markets is expected to slow in coming years, analysts say, as the Republican tax law begins to reshape a major part of the U.S. economy.

Claudette Bullock said it took her six months to go back in her son's Gary apartment after he was killed.

The next Iowa caucuses are a mere 25 months away, so naturally Democrats (and we in the news media) are already thinking about the presidential election. "The invisible primary is already underway, and the jockeying is about to get intense," reports NBC News.

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah says he will not seek re-election after serving more than 40 years in the U.S. Senate.

The Bears’ signing of quarterback Mike Glennon last March will go down as a massive miscalculation by the organization.

Efforts by a local youth group once again helped provide some of the area's homeless with much-needed toiletries, blankets and winter gear.

Dangerously cold temperatures blamed for at least nine deaths have wreaked havoc across a wide swath of the U.S., freezing a water tower in Iowa, halting ferry service in New York and leading officials to open warming centers even in the Deep South.

It was a Tuesday morning and about two dozen moms and tots were assembling themselves in a semi-circle on the floor at the Evanston Public Library. Children crawled on their parents' legs and across the floor while mothers laughed and reached to pull them back.

The NFL playoffs are set, giving us a chance to look over the field and separate the pretenders from the contenders.Last year's defending champions, the top-seeded New England Patriots, will try to win back-to-back titles while enjoying home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, ensuring that...

The state has suspended a tax credit agreement with Outcome Health — worth an estimated $6.1 million over a decade — in the wake of allegations that the tech company misled investors and advertisers.

The need for speed and threes has left the NBA and its 2018 draft class in a peculiar position. Seven of the class of 2018's top prospects are traditional back-to-basket power forwards and centers auditioning for a league that has mostly chosen not to cast that part in recent years.The Golden State...

A Northwest Side doctor has been charged with defrauding the state of $100,000 in Medicaid funds for women’s health services she didn’t provide, the Illinois attorney general’s office said.

In all likelihood, Jon Gruden will leave ESPN's "Monday Night Football" booth and return to the sideline to coach the Oakland Raiders, but, because that's not a done deal yet, he'll continue to work his TV gig and that presents a potential conflict.He'll be part of the ESPN team, along with Sean...

The young adults gathered in Skokie before heading off to their morning jobs were exuberant about the day ahead and ready to share with the Keshet staff recent happenings in their lives.

My favorite moment in director Steven Spielberg’s “The Post” hinges on Meryl Streep’s delivery of the word “however.”

A U.S. service member was killed and four others were wounded Monday during an operation in a part of Afghanistan in which U.S. forces have been combating both the Islamic State and the Taliban, U.S. military officials said Tuesday.

The fatality occurred in Nangarhar province's Achin district,...

Hopes of a swift, amicable resolution to the potentially explosive divorce of former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and former Ald. Sandi Jackson appear to be fading.

A 56-year-old man died Monday in Gary, marking the first homicide of the new year, officials said.

A sexual abuse victim of former U.S. House speaker Dennis Hastert who accused the disgraced politician of reneging on a $3.5 million hush-money pact is seeking a protective order to keep many details of his lawsuit confidential.

Two grants from Landmarks Illinois will help maintain the Memorial Cenotaph on the Winnetka Village Green and further the Evanston History Center's progress on a $4 million restoration of the Charles Gates Dawes House, according to local preservationists.

Nothing says commitment like standing outside in the freezing cold for a couple hours — in a tuxedo onesie no less — to be the first couple to get a marriage license issued in the new year.