Officer Jason Van Dyke pleads not guilty to murder charges in Laquan McDonald death
The Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment Tuesday morning.
The Chicago police officer charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald entered a not guilty plea at his arraignment Tuesday morning.
Two Chicago women were killed and four were injured, including a baby, when a Metra train hit a car at the crossing at 87th Street and Pulaski Road in Hometown about 1 p.m. Monday, authorities said. The Chevrolet Impala was hit by a SouthWest Service line train that left downtown Chicago at 12:35...
The first police-involved fatal shooting since the Nov. 24 release of the Laquan McDonald video will test Mayor Rahm Emanuel's promises of a more accountable police force.
Can Republicans win the next presidential election without getting more Hispanic votes? It's a question that has obsessed the party since 2012. It's also the wrong question. Mitt Romney won only 27 percent of Hispanics' votes when he lost in 2012, to President Barack Obama's 71 percent. Romney's...
If you want to identify a recent low point in the war against Islamic State, go back to May when the ineffectual Iraqi military cut and ran from Ramadi, a Sunni town just 70 miles west of Baghdad. They abandoned their equipment and fled. The Iraqis "showed no will to fight," U.S. Defense Secretary...
As holiday travel and winter weather converge, the annual ritual is about to unfold at U.S. airports: Flights are canceled, and disgruntled masses throng ticket counters and flood airline call centers hunting for alternatives. Happy holidays? A Boston-area startup, born of a disastrous ski trip...
It was the story that, over the summer, ushered in a season of discontent with the grocery store chain nicknamed by its critics "Whole Paycheck": the accusation that Whole Foods had overcharged some New York customers for, among other items, produce and pre-packaged fresh products. Apologizing...
Growing up in an Oak Park home filled with what he called "great entrepreneurial ideas," Henry Belcaster says he was constantly sharing his visions with his family. His new business venture is a product of that home environment and the diverse community he grew up in. Belcaster, the founder and...
Long before the term "personal brand" became routinely bandied about, Harlem Globetrotters legend Meadowlark Lemon established his. If you didn't love his slapstick comedy bits, you at least had to marvel at how he nailed his long-distance hook shots.
School is out at Notre Dame for the semester. But another important grade is in for consensus All-American linebacker Jaylon Smith. The junior said he received his evaluation from the NFL draft Advisory Board, and the marks are good. Not surprisingly, he graded as a first-round pick. “It’s something...
ILLINOIS Record: 8-5. Best win: 68-63 vs. Missouri. The Illini held off a second-half rally in St. Louis thanks to improved defense. Malcolm Hill and Kendrick Nunn showed the muscle they'll need in Big Ten play by combining for 40 points. Worst loss: 93-81 vs. North Florida. The Illini lost their...
Joey Bosa can’t help but pay attention to all the attention that’s paid to him and his Ohio State teammates. The Buckeyes won the national championship last season, the first of the College Football Playoff era. They were ranked No. 1 in the preseason, and for much of the regular season before...
We spent all year — well, much of it — pointing you in the direction of the very best and high-minded art, work that lit up minds and shaped the cultural conversation. This is not that list. This is a list of guilty pleasures, indulgences that were so bad they were good, addictions for which the...
It may be winter, but Chicago concert bookings haven't slowed down. Here's a sampling of some of the more notable shows in the next few months (listed chronologically): Bruce Springsteen: With the E Street Band, Springsteen will take a deep dive into his 1980 double-album, "The River." Die-hards...
Netflix's engrossing true-crime documentary series "Making a Murderer" has gotten a lot of people interested in Steven Avery. The Wisconsin man spent 18 years in prison for a sexual assault that DNA evidence later proved he did not commit. Avery was released from prison in 2003 after his conviction...
A pharmacy wall stocked with vitamins can be overwhelming to scan. So if you could incorporate only one into your routine, which should it be? We put this question to Dr. Arielle Levitan and Dr. Romy Block, who penned "The Vitamin Solution: Two Doctors Clear the Confusion About Vitamins and Your...
Sue Bohlmann always loved big dogs. Golden retrievers, especially. Then she and her husband added a Bernese mountain dog to the mix. "Big dogs have such a presence," she said. "They like you to bury your head in their big chests or ram their big bodies into you. They're just so comforting." But...
The arrival of New Year's Day can be a time to channel new energy, creativity and ideas. Putting pen to paper — scribbling, drawing, jotting — can help us spur that part of our brains. Ayse Birsel, whose book "Design the Life You Love: A Step-By-Step Guide to Building a Meaningful Future" (Ten...
When Carmel Price's mother had an operation six years ago, Price helped her in the hospital but never really knew what the procedure was for. "I heard that she was having 'reconstructive surgery,' like that her organs had moved around and they were putting them back where they belonged," said Price,...