While attempting to pump gas in suburban Chicago Ridge, a man found a needle device hidden in the nozzle, police warned Tuesday. According ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Authorities: Student Kills 3, Wounds 8 at Michigan School
Authorities say eight people were wounded in an attack at a Michigan high school in which three students were killed. Oakland County Unders...
‘Dread Head Cowboy’ sentenced to 90 days in jail on contempt charge for sparring with judge
Adam Hollingsworth, otherwise known as “The Dread Head Cowboy,” speaks to reporters after a court hearing in September 2020. Hollingsworth,...
Texas families fight fracking near day care center, homes amid health worries from natural gas drilling
Rosalia Tejeda, second from left, plays with her children, from left, son Juscianni Blackeller, 13; Adaliana Gray, 5, and Audrey Gray, 2, i...
Person fatally struck on Dan Ryan Expressway at 47th Street
Sun-Times file photo The accident happened around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the southbound local lanes of Interstate 94, according to Illinoi...
Calumet City police carjacked while searching for carjacking suspects
A Calumet City police SUV was stolen Nov. 30, 2021. | Adobe Stock Photo Officers were called to a gas station on Sibley Boulevard around ...
Student kills 3, wounds 6 at Michigan school: Authorities
Police responded at around 12:55 p.m. to a report of an active shooter at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a community of about 22,00...
Student Kills 3, Wounds 6 at Michigan School: Authorities
Authorities say a 15-year-old sophomore opened fire at his Michigan high school, killing three other students and wounding six other people,...
‘Midwest Is the Current COVID Hot Spot,' According to Dr. Allison Arwady
Cases are rising in several Midwest states as temperatures cool and people head inside this winter, making the area the “current COVID hot s...
What we Know About the Omicron Variant: Q&A With a Chicago Doctor
As concern over the new omicron ‘variant of concern’ grows, doctors, scientists and public health experts are working to understand everythi...
4 to 6 people shot at Michigan high school: Authorities
Police responded at around 12:55 p.m. to a report of an active shooter at Oxford High School in Oxford Township, a community of about 22,00...
Lightfoot threatens to veto any new ward map that protects indicted Ald. Edward Burke
Ald. Ed Burke (far left) sparred with with Mayor Lori Lightfoot during her very first Chicago City Council meeting, back in May 2019. | Ash...
‘Wicked’ flying back to Chicago for fall 2022 engagement
The Chicago company of “Wicked” performs a scene from the musical in 2007 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts/Oriental Theatre. | ©2...
Oak Brook photo exhibition chronicles life of Princess Diana
Diana, Princess of Wales — riding in the glass coach used on her wedding day 10 years years earlier — heads to the state Opening of Parliam...
Nikola Vucevic doing his best to fit in and give Bulls a ‘Big Three’
Charlotte allows opposing teams to score a lot of points, but still the Bulls are hoping that Vucevic’s 30-point explosion on Monday was a ...
Mayor Lightfoot travels to DC for White House, Capitol meetings
Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be in Washington between Tuesday and Friday. In a May 2019 visit, she met with Pete DeFazio, the Chair of the Hou...
Josephine Baker first Black woman to be honored at France’s Pantheon
Pictures of Josephine Baker and a red carpet lead to the Pantheon monument, rear, in Paris, France, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 , where Baker is...
Dr. Oz plans to run for Senate seat in Pennsylvania: Sources
This Dec. 4, 2019 file photo shows Dr. Mehmet Oz at the 14th annual L’Oreal Paris Women of Worth Gala in New York. Oz, joins the Republican...
Are yams and sweet potatoes the same thing? 5 key questions answered
Sweet potatoes (pictured) are not the same as yams. | stock.adobe.com Even though both are starchy tubers, sweet potatoes and yams are no...
How Effective Are Vaccines Against the Omicron Variant? Here's What We Know
As global concern over omicron continues, vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer say they are studying vaccine effectiveness against the COVID va...