Chicago-based Poetry Foundation hires new president
NEW YORK — The Poetry Foundation has chosen Michelle T. Boone as its new president, the first time a woman and a person of...
EXPLAINER: Is it legal to shoot suspects in the back?
Seconds after Anthony Alvarez was shot from behind by a Chicago police officer, the fatally wounded 22-year-old looked over at the officer and asked:...
Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
Judge gives Corps 2nd chance to offer oil pipeline opinion
FARGO, N.D. — A federal judge faced with a motion on whether the Dakota Access oil pipeline north of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation...
2nd man charged in death of 7-year-old at Chicago McDonald’s
CHICAGO — A second man has been charged in the shooting death earlier this month of a 7-year-old girl who was sitting in car...
Prosecutors: Man drove car for 2 shooters in girl’s death
CHICAGO — A man charged in the shooting death of a 7-year-old girl outside a Chicago McDonald's drove up behind a car driven by...
Mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig dies at 94
Christa Ludwig, a renowned interpreter of Wagner, Mozart and Strauss who starred on the world’s great stages for four decades, died at her home...
1983 Indiana remains ID’d as Chicago victim of serial killer
CHICAGO — Human remains found at a northwestern Indiana farm have been identified as a male Chicago victim of the late serial killer Larry...
Air Force One subcontractor laying off 223 after losing job
FORT WORTH, Texas — A Boeing subcontractor working on the new Air Force One aircraft until getting the boot announced Friday that it was...
March for policing reform planned in downtown Chicago
CHICAGO — People plan to protest Saturday in downtown Chicago to call for changes in the city's policing.
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