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When you don’t know what else to do, sue.

To critics in both major national parties, the Democratic National Committee seemed to be following that dubious legal advice by filing a lawsuit last week that alleges collusion between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.

Without naming Trump,...

A man was shot and critically wounded Tuesday afternoon in the Roseland neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Melania, or more specifically Melania's hat, what were you saying?

The media and the Twitterverse had a big time Tuesday with the first lady's I-spy chapeau, a wide-brim number designed by Herve Pierre that would have been perfect had the sun been out in Washington.

It was a grand topper for Mrs....

After allegedly failing a drug test Friday, the only suspect charged as an adult in last fall's group attack on a family at Six Flags Great America missed a court date Tuesday morning, prompting a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest.

McSpicy Chicken Sandwich from Hong Kong, anyone?

McDonald’s will open its new Fulton Market restaurant to the public on Wednesday, featuring a rotating menu of food served in McDonald’s restaurants around the world. The 6,000-square-foot restaurant is on the ground floor of the global fast food...

Former President George H.W. Bush was "responding and recovering" to treatment at a Houston hospital on Tuesday for an infection that had spread to his blood, according to a family spokesman.

McCormick Media, an investor group that struck a deal earlier this month to acquire former Tronc Chairman Michael Ferro’s entire stake in the company, may be looking to buy more of the Chicago-based newspaper chain.

Bears general manager Ryan Pace held his pre-draft news conference Tuesday morning, a league-mandated media availability that is, understandably, an annual exercise in broad, vague answers.

President Donald Trump's pick to be Veterans Affairs secretary is facing late-surfacing allegations about inappropriate behavior on the job and over-prescribing prescription drugs, forcing a delay in his confirmation hearing.

Federal health officials on Tuesday announced a nationwide crackdown on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand following months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators.

The Glenbrook High Schools District 225 administration made recommendations to the Board of Education Monday about ways to improve school safety and security, including hiring an administrator to oversee security and creating a task force and safety committee.

Caterpillar began the day euphorically, with shares rallying as the machinery giant beat earnings estimates and raised its own forecast. That all changed when management signaled the first quarter might be as good as it gets.

For a pitcher, a WHIP of 1.000 is a beautiful and mystical number, both aesthetically — with that perfect, indivisible integer on the left and those big, round zeros on the right — and as a delineation of sheer greatness. If your ratio of walks plus hits allowed per inning is a mere one, you are...

Cubs manager Joe Maddon said the chances of Kris Bryant starting Tuesday night against the Indians are “50-50.”

Five African-American women say they were discriminated against at a Pennsylvania golf club when they were told they were taking too long on the course — and then the police were called.

I used to help out at an after-school cooking program where the kids happened to be mostly students of color.

A judge reduced the bail of a Michigan City man charged after his 3-year-old daughter found his gun in her parents’ car and shot her pregnant mother in a Merrillville parking lot last week.

A man on parole from the Illinois Department of Corrections escaped custody Tuesday morning during a parole check in the South Chicago neighborhood.

A Nashville judge has revoked the bond of a man accused of killing four people at a Waffle House restaurant.

The Hinsdale High School District 86 Board appears ready to eliminate the controversial buffer zone by incorporating that area officially into the Hinsdale Central attendance area.

The Tribune’s Paul Sullivan answers your baseball questions.

PLEASE begin another mailbag column — you could even include the White Sox if you have to. Sadly, there is a void on the sports page that has not been filled since your duties changed. Can you do something about it? — Wistfully, Damian...

The snap peas started from seed in a greenhouse at Indian Trail School in Highland Park weren’t ready for munching on a recent Friday.

"Avengers: Infinity War" makes its predecessors seem like small potatoes. The 19th film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it combines nine franchises and more than 30 major characters. Audiences now have a decade's worth of people and plot points to keep track of, beginning with 2008's "Iron...

Weighing withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, President Donald Trump declared on Tuesday that if the Iranians "restart their nuclear program, they will have bigger problems than they've ever had before."

The commercial series was released so many knee surgeries ago, and its premise not initially realized, that it’s easy to forget the intensity with which the impactful last line is delivered.