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Former Northwestern football player Lloyd Yates departs after speaking July 19, 2023, alongside other former players and attorneys Ben Crump and Steven Levin about the abuse and hazing they say occurred in the program.

As 2nd Northwestern football hazing suit is filed, Pat Fitzgerald’s attorney asks: Where’s the evidence? Meanwhile, other sports under scrutiny.

July 24, 2023 at 8:21 a.m.

Allegations of hazing at Northwestern University spread Wednesday, as a second lawsuit was filed, former football players denounced the practice, and attorneys claimed that baseball, softball and volleyball players were...

The entrance to the football locker room at Northwestern University's athletic center and field house in 2018.

Former Northwestern football players retain lawyers for expected legal action in hazing scandal

July 18, 2023 at 7:15 a.m.

Eight former Northwestern University football players who say they were subjected to hazing are being represented for expected legal action by prominent attorney Ben Crump and the Chicago firm Levin...

Advocates demonstrate during a March 29, 2022, rally outside the Thompson Center by the group True Social Equity in Cannabis demanding broader decriminalization of marijuana in Illinois with no lottery or caps on business licenses.

Illinois awards 55 social equity marijuana store licenses, though previous winners have struggled to open

July 14, 2023 at 11:55 a.m.

Illinois named 55 winners of a social equity lottery for conditional marijuana store licenses Thursday, even as most previous license winners have yet to raise enough money to open. Under...

A chalk message left below a portrait of Irina and Kevin McCarthy, who attended the parade with their 2-year-old son, Aiden, reads "He will be OK" at a memorial near the Central Avenue scene where they died, July 7, 2022, three days after a mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park.

Guardianship battle escalates over Highland Park boy orphaned after parents were killed in parade shooting

July 4, 2023 at 10:22 a.m.

After nearly a year, the guardianship battle has escalated over a boy whose parents were killed in the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park. Aiden...

The Buffalo Bills received a promise of $850 million in public subsidies for a $1.5 billion stadium in the suburbs. Construction has begun on the open-air stadium, shown in this rendering, that will hold 63,000 seats and will require fans to buy new personal seat licenses.

Chicago Bears’ stadium bid unlikely to fly with unprecedented public subsidies like Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans received

June 24, 2023 at 7:17 a.m.

New stadiums for the Buffalo Bills and Tennessee Titans set records for public subsidies for NFL teams — but key differences between those projects and the Chicago Bears' proposed new...

A rendering released by the Chicago Bears shows the view from the threshold of the proposed stadium of the Arlington Park entertainment district. The Bears released proposed development plans for the Arlington International Racecourse property in Arlington Heights on Sept. 6, 2022.

Chicago Bears begin demolishing grandstand exterior at Arlington Park with stadium issue still up in the air

June 19, 2023 at 8:05 a.m.

The Chicago Bears began demolition Friday of the grandstand exterior at the former Arlington International Racecourse — considered for many years to be one of the most beautiful racetracks in...

Robert E. Crimo Jr., center, and attorney Elanna Myerson, right, listen to attorney George Gomez during an appearance before Judge George D. Strickland at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan on June 16, 2023. Crimo Jr., the father of Robert Crimo III, charged with fatally shooting seven people at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, entered a not guilty plea to charges that he helped his son obtain a gun license.

Judge wants reckless conduct trial of Robert Crimo Jr., father of accused Highland Park shooter, in October or November

June 16, 2023 at 3:48 p.m.

A judge said Friday that he wants to hold the trial for the father of accused Highland Park gunman in October or November. "I'm somewhat bound and determined that we're...

Patrick Gasienica soars through the air during the men's normal hill individual ski jumping trial round at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China.

Olympic ski jumper Patrick Gasienica, 24, dies in northwest suburban motorcycle crash

June 15, 2023 at 8:09 a.m.

An Olympic ski jumper from McHenry has died in a motorcycle crash, officials confirmed Wednesday. Twenty-four-year-old Patrick Gasienica, who competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, died Monday afternoon...

Demolition continues on the grounds of the former Arlington International Racecourse on June 13, 2023, in Arlington Heights.

Breaking down the Chicago Bears’ growing number of options in their stadium search

June 28, 2023 at 4:37 p.m.

Since the Chicago Bears hit a financial roadblock in their proposed move to Arlington Heights, other municipalities have been vying in a sort of roulette to attract — or in...

Demolition continues of the main grandstand at the former Arlington International Racecourse in Arlington Heights on Aug. 1, 2023.

Chicago Bears’ stadium move remains at an impasse as lawmakers want impact studies — and team wants legislation

June 9, 2023 at 5:32 p.m.

Two of Arlington Heights' Democratic state lawmakers wanted to talk about full-day kindergarten and affordable housing, but a good chunk of the people who attended a town hall meeting Thursday...

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