Five things to know about video games and mass shootings
One day after a young man with a military-style rifle gunned down 22 people in an El Paso Walmart, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick summoned a familiar boogeyman. Noting that...
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Cook County Jail detainees take on inmates around the world in online chess tournament
In the law library of the Cook County Jail, the chase was on. Detainee Emmanuel Garcia frantically moved his king around a virtual chessboard, losing one piece after another as...
State panel says requiring transgender students to change clothes behind locker room ‘privacy curtains’ is discriminatory
A compromise reached by Palatine-based Township High School District 211 regarding transgender students' use of locker rooms could be disrupted after the state's Human Rights Commission found that a similar...
After 26 deaths in 4 years, Elk Grove Village turned to some unusual measures to fight opioid deaths — and it’s paying off
Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson announced last summer that his town was starting a far-reaching program to confront the opioid crisis that had claimed the lives of 26 residents...
Chicago Fire fans say Soldier Field could be an appealing location: ‘There’s an appetite for soccer fandom in Chicago’
After a decade of tepid results on the field and shrinking enthusiasm in the stands, Fire fan Rogelio Rudas Jr. isn't opposed to the change of scenery the team announced...
‘The next thing he knows, she’s gone’: Lawyer for Indiana family says grandfather didn’t know cruise ship window was open before girl fell
An attorney for the family of a 1-year-old girl from Indiana who plunged to her death from an 11th story cruise ship window Sunday said her grandfather didn't realize the...
After daughter’s memorial tree was unexpectedly taken down, mom received support from friends and strangers. Now two trees will honor teen’s life.
The tree had grown tall since Lee Ann Meiborg planted it next to West Chicago Community High School in 2004. Towering over the roof on the building's west side, the...
After U.S. triumph in Women’s World Cup, fans say Gold Cup isn’t overkill
Burke Volkmann was gearing up to watch his fourth soccer game of the day Sunday night when he approached Soldier Field wearing a bright red USA jersey. First there was...
Small-town defense lawyer, shaken by client’s overdose, advocates tough new approach: Treat heroin dealers like terrorists
Defense attorney Eric Miskell represented numerous drug dealers over the years, and by his account he was good at his job. He knew how to find loopholes and technicalities that...
‘He realized the risks’: Lombard man who found peace in ‘free soloing’ dies after falling more than 80 feet from North Carolina mountain
Austin Howell was at home on the face of a mountain, with only his fingers, toes and wits to keep him adhered to the rock. He was a free soloist,...