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Former employees at the Twin Peaks restaurant in Orland Park filed a sex discrimination charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the company. Portions of the charge have been removed to protect privacy. Twin Peaks EEOC Complaint and exhibits (PDF) Twin Peaks EEOC Complaint...

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Silence.

This has been Donald Trump’s response to Sunday’s bloody massacre at a Tennessee Waffle House that killed four people of color and injured four others.

Some insist that the president’s apparent indifference to the latest round of executions by a deranged gunman wielding an AR-15 assault...

When Sarah Blaylock joined the staff of Twin Peaks in Orland Park, she signed an agreement that laid out the expectations for a “Twin Peaks Girl.”

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Three people were killed and two others were injured in city shootings on Wednesday, including a 16-year-old boy and a suspected carjacker who was shot by a retired police officer.

A man was found dead late Wednesday in a parking lot at O’Hare International Airport, Chicago police said.

A 28-year-old woman was killed Wednesday night after she was stabbed in the chest and thrown from a parked car on the Southwest Side, Chicago police said.

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it will shed most of its North American car lineup as part of broad plan to save money and make the company more competitive in a fast-changing marketplace.

For a glimpse of red-state politics in the era of Donald Trump, look no further than Vice President Mike Pence's home state of Indiana, where a grueling Republican Senate race has been dubbed the nation's nastiest primary.

Republicans have known for months that their House majority is in genuine peril. But after another bruising showing in a special election, some in the party are reconsidering the once inconceivable notion of losing the Senate.

Manager Joe Maddon insists there’s nothing “awful” regarding the status of Kris Bryant since a 96 mph fastball hit him in the head in the first inning Sunday.

Two busloads arrived late Tuesday in the Mexican border city of Tijuana at two migrant shelters just steps from one of the most fortified stretches of border separating the U.S. from Mexico. They joined another 50 or so who arrived in Tijuana over the last week or two.

A retired Chicago police officer shot and killed a male attacker who tried to carjack him in the Bridgeport neighborhood Wednesday night, authorities said.

Albanese Confectionery is accused of trying to discourage some of its workers from forming a union through mass terminations, threats and intimidation in an unfair labor practice claim filed with the National Labor Relations Board.

The jury in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case ended a marathon first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict Wednesday as his lawyers came under heavy criticism for what some called a blatant attempt to "victim-shame" the parade of women who have leveled accusations against the 80-year-old...

A 16-year-old boy shot in the South Austin neighborhood Wednesday afternoon and 51-year-old man shot in the South Shore neighborhood several hours later have both died, officials said.

Former Illinois forward Michael Finke — one of five players to leave the program with remaining eligibility since the season ended — announced Wednesday he will play his final college season with his younger brother Tim at Grand Canyon University.

As the world awaits his next "A Song of Ice and Fire," George RR Martin has begun a new project.

As the world awaits his next "A Song of Ice and Fire," George RR Martin has begun a new project.

Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant did not start Wednesday night for the second consecutive game as he recovers from a beaning Sunday.

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has conducted city business on his private devices and accounts, has agreed to have a digital forensics company collect and preserve information, including text messages, from his personal cellphone.

A woman testified Wednesday that the man charged with sexually assaulting one of his former tanning salon employees forcibly dragged her to his bedroom and assaulted her during an episode three years after the events at the center of the case.

Three people, including two Chicago police officers, were hurt in a traffic crash Wednesday evening on the Far South Side, according to authorities.