Новости за 26.01.2018

As Larissa Boyce watched the past week unfold — the growing number of news trucks parked outside the courthouse, the surging public interest in disgraced gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar and his sex abuse victims, and the calls from lawmakers for resignations and investigations - one word repeated...

The two Illinois men who led police on a bi-state chase Thursday that left a Lake County Sheriff's officer and his police dog injured have been identified and charged, according to police.

A U.S. International Trade Commission panel struck down earlier 300 percent tariffs against narrow-body Canadian jetliners, siding with Montreal-based jet-maker Bombardier in a contentious trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada.

A U.S. International Trade Commission panel struck down earlier 300 percent tariffs against narrow-body Canadian jetliners, siding with Montreal-based jet-maker Bombardier in a contentious trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada.

Decades ago, Lake Michigan teemed with nutrients and green algae, casting a brownish-green hue that resembled the mouth of an inland river rather than a vast, open-water lake.

A Downers Grove man who shook his infant daughter so hard that it caused her to have permanent brain damage was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison.

Incoming Midwest Environmental Protection Agency chief Cathy Stepp faced a skeptical audience when she addressed her staff in Chicago for the first time earlier this month.

Cecile Richards, who led Planned Parenthood through 12 tumultuous years, is stepping down as its president.

Friday marked the one-year anniversary of Rajon Rondo’s Instagram post blasting Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler for their comments questioning Bulls teammates’ commitment after a late collapse against the Hawks the day before.

Parishioners of St. Bede Parish in Igleside and St. Peter Parish in Antioch are reacting to news that the two will merge on July 1, after the announcement was made early this week by the Archdiocese of Chicago.

United Airlines wants to grow its business at O’Hare International Airport while also beating back any ultralow-cost competitors that get in its way. This is a tricky plan, one passengers will like — if it results in lower fares — and investors fear.

Members of two Highland Park temples will vote in late April on whether to combine their Reform congregations into a larger synagogue that, synagogue leaders say, would offer more opportunities for worship, education, social activism and community programming.

For a brief period this winter, local bookstores gained a small piece of ground in their ongoing turf war with Amazon.

Paola Hinton’s hands were shaking in December as she pulled out bundles of cash and gave each of her 20 employees a $500 bonus. No one in the crowded back room at Five Senses Spa, Salon and Barbershop in Peoria had ever seen $10,000 in cash, and Hinton had it all in a little briefcase.

Orchestra Hall could do much, much worse than having Manfred Honeck back on the podium to prep the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for Riccardo Muti’s return next week, when the music director will lead a world premiere to precede a two-week tour of the East Coast in early February.

Officials in suburban police departments said they have been investigating whether a string of recent reported carjackings might have involved the same people.

Wynn Resorts is denying multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault by founder Steve Wynn, detailed in a Wall Street Journal report that sent shares of the casino tumbling 9 percent Friday.

Newly released video from Chicago’s police watchdog shows an officer shocking a man with a Taser in November after he fled on foot from a traffic stop on the South Side.

The FBI discussed appointing Chicago-based former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald as a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton over her private email server, text messages released this week show.

As president, Donald Trump has been the answer to conservative evangelical leaders’ prayers. But the partnership comes with a price.

The mother of a 22-month-old boy beaten to death in 2014 was sentenced for her role in his death Friday.

There’s a Broadway story about “The Lion King.” Julie Taymor, the conceptualist genuis, first wanted, in Act 2, to take Simba and his crew to Las Vegas. After they picked their chins up off the floor, the Disney brass set about keeping the action in Africa, rather than on the Strip. It wasn’t that...

A man died after he was shot several times in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side Friday morning, according to Chicago police.

Robert Bobroczky was the last player to emerge from the victorious locker room, arching his neck just enough to fit under the doorway. He put a red hood over his head and made his way through the cinder-block hallways of an unfamiliar arena. He couldn't find his teammates.Bobroczky stood behind...

Attorneys for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and her ex-fiance met privately with a Cook County judge for nearly an hour Friday as the former couple continued the messy battle over their 8-year-old son.