Новости за 02.05.2018

Weather may be a primary reason why motorcyclist deaths were down nationally in 2017, but up in Illinois, according to a highway safety group.

Kyle Hendricks pitched a season-high 7 2/3 innings and allowed only four hits Tuesday night.

Mundelein firefighters Tuesday night responded to a fire behind Lake Plaza near Route 45 and Diamond Lake Road where dry cattail plants growing in a detention basin had caught fire.

Despite getting off to their worst start in 50 years, the White Sox entered May leading the majors in one unofficial category — annoying opponents.

A woman’s body was pulled from Montrose Harbor midday Tuesday, authorities said.

Two Chicago men were charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the Sunday shooting deaths of two Elgin men.

The Cubs’ lineup for Wednesday promises a return to recent normalcy after manager Joe Maddon reached deep into his past Tuesday night in an attempt to invigorate an offense that had been riding the coattails of superb pitching.

A 4-year-old girl sitting on a front porch with her parents was wounded in a drive-by shooting Tuesday evening in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

Apple's tax break on its overseas profits is turning into a $102 billion boon for shareholders.

The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump's former bodyguard did nothing out of the ordinary when he took possession of the president's medical records last year, despite a claim by Trump's former doctor that the episode felt like a "raid."

Everyone is waiting on Michael Kopech to come up and provide a lift to the White Sox rotation, which began Tuesday night with a 4-13 record and 5.24 earned-run average.

With junior Nyah Bejarano and sophomore Anese English teaming up at the forward position, figuring out how to slow down the Eisenhower offense is a major challenge for opponents.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein took aim Tuesday at Republican lawmakers who have drafted articles of impeachment against him, saying that he would not comment on documents "that nobody has the courage to put their name on" and asserting that he will not change his behavior in the face of...

Before the last one had a chance to simmer down, Kanye West caused another stir, calling American slavery a "choice" in an interview Tuesday.

An iPad was found Tuesday morning in a room for breastfeeding mothers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, prompting a police investigation into how the device was used, hospital officials and police said.

The two top officials in charge of security and toxic-waste cleanups at the Environmental Protection Agency have abruptly left their jobs, days after EPA administrator Scott Pruitt told lawmakers his subordinates were to blame for ethics problems that have imperiled his political future and prompted...

In a tense meeting in early March with the special counsel, President Donald Trump's lawyers insisted he had no obligation to talk with federal investigators probing Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.

A large Cubs donation to remodel Winnemac Park’s baseball and softball fields, where Amundsen High School plays its home games, set up a (painfully? delightfully?) cheesy one-liner from Principal Anna Pavichevich.

Manager Joe Maddon’s attempt to kick-start Anthony Rizzo by batting the slumping slugger in the leadoff spot Tuesday night paid off immediately when Rizzo hit the first pitch for a home run against Rockies starter Jon Gray at warm and windy Wrigley Field.

Mychala McDonald had to mull for a moment before describing the documentary she helped to make last summer, the one that on Wednesday will get its premiere screening in the grandeur of the Chicago Cultural Center.

Manager Joe Maddon’s attempt to kick-start Anthony Rizzo by batting the slumping slugger in the leadoff spot Tuesday night paid off immediately when Rizzo hit the first pitch for a home run against Rockies starter Jon Gray at warm and windy Wrigley Field.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos met privately with the nation's top teachers Monday and asked them to talk about the obstacles they face in doing their jobs. At least one of those teachers told DeVos some of her policies were hurting public education.

The caravan of Central Americans seeking asylum in the United States sought the world's attention as scores of migrants traveled through Mexico on a journey to escape their violent homelands.

Inside her freshly washed Volkswagen bug convertible, Melanie Douglas rolled forward, dropped the top, then recalled that rain is in the forecast.

After a year on the lam, Remy the orange tabby cat is back with his owner in Naperville.