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Three new lawsuits have been filed alleging a pattern of sexual hazing on the Northwestern football team, a scandal that has ballooned in scope since it first surfaced last summer.

Former Tinley Park attorney and one-time mayoral candidate Stephen Eberhardt has been sanctioned by state regulators for abusing the legal system to "burden and harass" village elected officials, Tinley Park employees and residents.

Severe storms have battered parts of the Midwest, unleashing a curtain of heavy rain, gusty winds and tornadoes in the region.

Steve Albini, a rock musician and revered audio engineer who played a singular role in the development of the sound of alternative rock music in the 1980s, the ’90s and beyond while becoming an outspoken critic of the music industry, died Tuesday at his home in Chicago. He was 61.

Thousands of dollars in charges made on Calumet City’s municipal credit card that aldermen say could not be fully explained by Mayor Thaddeus Jones led aldermen Tuesday to recommend policy changes, including taking away Jones’ access to the card.

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Indiana University Northwest Chancellor Ken Iwama recalled his introduction to campus life in 2020 along with Wednesday’s graduates in the Class of COVID. “When I arrived, this was essentially a ghost town,” Iwama said prior to Wednesday’s commencement exercise for more than 600 graduates. The ceremony was a poignant goodbye for Iwama. IU announced his appointment Monday as the university’s vice president for regional campuses and online education. He replaces Susan Sciame-Giesecke, who’s retiring. Читать дальше...

John Shadbar, of the 16500 block of West 144th Place, Lockport Township, is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery as well as felony possession and use of a firearm, according to police.

The 70-year-old Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has portrayed his athleticism and relative youth as an advantage over the two oldest people to ever seek the White House.

The increase in Lake County overdoes is not just a local issue, but a nationwide problem, Deputy Chief Steve Newton said. In 2023, the national overdose death rate topped 112,000 for the first time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A trio of armed robbers struck overnight Tuesday at three businesses taking money from cash registers and employees, Chicago police said. The first robbery happened about 9:50 p.m. in the 1800 block of West 47th Street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, police said. Three male robbers entered a business with guns and demanded […]

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President Joe Biden is racing into yet another battleground state. Biden is traveling to Racine, Wisconsin, where he’ll highlight a $3.3 billion Microsoft data center.

The Chicago Teachers Union’s take on legislation that would extend a moratorium on closing public schools in the city has raised questions about the powerful union’s credibility for some lawmakers.

Lake County Coroner David Pastrick held a steady lead Tuesday night over two challengers in the Democratic primary.

A woman accused of suffocating her newborn twin sons 21 years ago pled guilty to their murders Tuesday and will serve 20 years in prison, according to Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office. Antoinette Briley, 44, was convicted six years after authorities reopened an investigation into the deaths of two infants found in the trash in unincorporated Stickney Township in June 2003, according to the sheriff’s office. Detectives first identified Briley as a suspect and the twins’ possible birth mother... Читать дальше...

The last thing most business owners want is to be taxed and regulated, but hemp business owners are asking for just that — as a way to keep their industry alive. Hemp entrepreneurs came out Tuesday in favor of a proposal to license hemp sales, require testing and labeling of their products, prohibit products that look like well-known snack brands, and limit sales to those 21 and over. The bill also would impose taxes on the products. That proposal stands in contrast with a bill backed by the Cannabis Business Association of Illinois... Читать дальше...