MINNEAPOLIS – On the first day of the Derek Chauvin trial, I attended the early morning news conference outside the ...
This Day in History: April 5
On this day, April 5 ...1976: Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies in Houston at age 70.Also on this day:1614: Indian ...
Virus Variants Threaten to Draw Out the Pandemic, Scientists Say
For weeks, the mood in much of the United States has been buoyant. Cases, hospitalizations and deaths from the coronavirus ...
Courteney Ross, George Floyd’s Girlfriend, Says Opioid Addiction Was a Struggle They Shared
MINNEAPOLIS — They met one evening four summers ago, and she was instantly drawn to his “great, deep, Southern voice.” ...
Illinois Dem governor commutes sentence of convicted double murder defendant: reports
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker granted a sentence commutation Thursday to a 57-year-old inmate who has served nearly three decades behind ...
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot calls for release of videos after 13-year-old boy killed by police
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday called for the release of video footage that could shed light on the police killing of ...
AOC claims ‘surge’ plays into White supremacist philosophy – but Biden, Obama have used word in border debates
The two most recent Democratic presidents have used militaristic language regarding the border crisis that plays into a White supremacist ...
Kentucky family surprised by extended visit from baby monkey
No monkeying around! A Kentucky family got an unexpected guest when their grandfather found a monkey living on his front ...
Former Obama Cabinet member hid $50G loan he got from foreign Clinton crony: DOJ
Ray LaHood, who served as transportation secretary under former President Barack Obama, has admitted to federal prosecutors that he intentionally ...
N.Y. Seeks Trump Insider’s Records, in Apparent Bid to Gain Cooperation
State prosecutors in Manhattan investigating former President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Organization have subpoenaed the personal bank records ...
Activists protest renaming Chicago school after ‘oppressor’ Barack Obama
Immigration activists are objecting to renaming a Chicago school after Barack Obama. "I will not be part of renaming a school ...
Chicago-area sales executive dies in Florida saving children from dangerous rip current, report says
A sales executive at a suburban Chicago newspaper died after rescuing children from a rip current in the Gulf of ...