John Keilman

Chicago man achieves Explorers Grand Slam, globe-trotting feat of adventure and endurance

June 28, 2019 at 1:09 p.m.

After 2 1/2 years of effort, 120,000 miles flown, 133,000 vertical feet ascended, 300 nights in tents, more than $200,000 in expenses and nearly $500,000 raised for charity, Chicagoan Alexander...

From high school to the World Cup, penalty kicks can unnerve the steeliest soccer player

June 28, 2019 at 9:15 a.m.

With the state championship game scoreless after 100 minutes, Barrington High School midfielder Tina Teik stepped up to the penalty spot, 12 yards from the goal, to take her turn...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 4, 2019. Ocasio-Cortez recently said that the government "has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants."

Chicago’s Jewish community split over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s comparison of border detention to ‘concentration camps’

June 25, 2019 at 9:11 a.m.

When Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted last week that the government "has established concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants," Rabbi Brant Rosen had no objection...

An investigation by the Department of Children and Family Services into the Rev. John Smyth, the late head of Maryville Academy, shown in 2003, has ended.

DCFS ends investigation of the Rev. John Smyth but abuse claims still unresolved

June 18, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has ended its investigation into the Rev. John Smyth, but the agency did not examine two men's claims that the late leader...

Customers watch sports on a giant screen at the sports book of the Ocean Resort Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on Sept. 9, 2018.

Will local bookies survive when legal sports betting comes to Illinois? The odds look good.

June 18, 2019 at 5:55 a.m.

The man on the phone said he doesn't take as many bets as he used to — badgering deadbeats to pay up gets old after a while — but he's...

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, shown at a December 2018 summit at Harvard Medical School, spoke Friday at a conference aimed at addressing Chicago's opioid crisis.

Surgeon general, speaking from his family’s experience, tells Chicago medical professionals that stigma is deepening opioid crisis

June 7, 2019 at 5:33 p.m.

Surgeon General Jerome Adams told a Chicago conference Friday that shame over opioid addiction and treatment is a major reason why the lethal epidemic continues to rage. "Stigma keeps people...

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Chicago man achieves Explorers Grand Slam, globe-trotting feat of adventure and endurance

From high school to the World Cup, penalty kicks can unnerve the steeliest soccer player

Chicago’s Jewish community split over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s comparison of border detention to ‘concentration camps’

DCFS ends investigation of the Rev. John Smyth but abuse claims still unresolved

Will local bookies survive when legal sports betting comes to Illinois? The odds look good.

Surgeon general, speaking from his family’s experience, tells Chicago medical professionals that stigma is deepening opioid crisis

Illinois lawmakers OK bill to remove legal obstacles for those who provide clean needles to heroin users

Chicagoan survives deadly week on Mount Everest, says more precautions needed

After 2 boot camp deaths at Great Lakes base, Navy urges vigilance for recruits with sickle cell trait

At Chicago’s Memorial Day services, thoughts turn to the needs of veterans