It was hardly the introduction the 2016 Bears wanted to give the home crowd at Soldier Field on the opening series Thursday night. And after the groans of that initial breakdown subsided, the first-unit offense did nothing to awaken the modest and sleepless crowd either.
The sporty Jaguar convertible had been missing from a Bolingbrook garage for about 12 hours when its LoJack system alerted Chicago police patrolling the South Shore neighborhood that it was in the area.
If there's a quibble to make with Simone Biles, it's that she competes with such effervescence that she does a disservice to herself in making gymnastics look so easy.
The mayor of Rosemont has been cleared to get a 53 percent raise to $260,000 next year. Village trustees approved the hike Wednesday for Brad Stephens to take effect in May, if he is re-elected in April, as expected. Though Stephens is an elected official, he works like a full-time village administrator,...
The International Olympic Committee calls its president and executives "volunteers."
So let me get this straight: Chicago teachers are threatening to strike because they want to keep a sweet pension arrangement that allows them to pay less toward their retirements than any other city worker pays.
Hillary Clinton's job as secretary of state presented an ethical conundrum: how to keep separation between her work as the nation's diplomat-in-chief and the global activities of her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
I believe I have discovered Donald Trump's problem. While I'm somewhat reluctant to reveal this insight since I find the idea of him becoming president rather unsettling, it wouldn't be right of me to keep it to myself.
The People's Map, a political organization formed to fight against independently drawn legislative maps, has not disclosed any contributions or expenditures on the forms it filed with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Little is known about the group.
Cubs late-inning reliever Pedro Strop was diagnosed with a meniscus tear of his left knee and is expected to be sidelined from four to six weeks.
White Sox right-hander Carson Fulmer gave up two runs in the sixth inning, and that was all the Royals needed for a 2-1 victory over the Sox on Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. After Sox starter Miguel Gonzalez exited in the middle of the second inning with a right groin strain, reliever Michael...
The "Three Alphas" will premiere Oct. 27 at home against the Celtics.
The summer-long program was organized by several youth-based organizations focused on non-violence, including Noah's Arc Foundation, founded by Joakim Noah.
As the federal government clamps down on traditional payday loans that cripple low- and moderate-income borrowers with unaffordable payments, lenders are shifting their businesses to installment loans that can be just as harsh on struggling people, the Pew Charitable Trusts warned Thursday. Pew,...
It's back-to-college season, which means retailers are battling to equip as many of America's freshmen with laptops, futons and minifridges as they can. Amid the flood of deals and discounts, some have their eyes on a bigger prize: figuring out how a new generation of customers shops and hooking...
The state is pursuing a plan to add an express toll lane to the Stevenson Expressway — with some help from private developers.
It's no secret that Chicago Cubs fans who arrive early to games at Wrigley Field can score free promotional items ranging from bobbleheads to ball caps.
A dozen years ago, the music stopped for Alex Klein. In May 2001, Klein, then serving as principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, found himself losing control of his fingers when he played. He was eventually diagnosed with a neurological disorder known as focal hand dystonia. The affliction...
In case you haven’t noticed, there are a few advertisements running during NBC’s coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics. And because these Olympic weeks are all about competition, I changed my usual viewing patterns during Wednesday’s prime-time broadcast to actually pay attention to the commercials and...
Chicago Tribune critics and editors help you pick the best things to do in Chicago this weekend.
Headed into its 10th season, the longevity of the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" is less and less common in this era of Peak TV. Nearly 450 scripted series are on tap for this year. Or as one TV executive put it this week, we are "ballooning into a condition of oversupply." Simon Helberg, who...
The federal government is on the verge of regulating airline frequent-flier programs. But how far it goes may depend on you. Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General released a long-awaited audit report on airline loyalty programs. The investigation,...
I attended my first mother-daughter concert Wednesday night, which is definitely a thing now. My 10-year-old, her pal and I went to see Meghan Trainor at Rosemont Theatre, where we were surrounded by a sea of moms and their daughters, some who appeared to be as young as 5, others as old as 13 or...
While Americans are living longer than ever, a new study finds there's still an important racial gap in health: Older black people are more likely than older white people to live their final years with disabilities. "In 2011, at age 65, whites could expect to be free of disability for 15 out of...
Darchel Mohler described herself as an overprotective mother. The surgical technologist from Nevada said she'd embarrass her three children about everything, asking before play dates about alcohol and cigarettes in the house, curfews and seat belts. But it was something she didn't even think to...
Nearly 100 people have been shot in Chicago in less than a week, pushing the number of shooting victims so far this year to more than 2,500 — about 800 more than this time last year, according to data kept by the Tribune.Between last Friday afternoon and early Thursday, at least 99 people were...
Gary Payton is good friends and former teammates with Chicago native Antoine Walker, so he got a closer view than most of Walker's $108 million spiral into bankruptcy in 2010, two years after his retirement. But in discussing Walker's resurrection, the former SuperSonics and Heat guard shared his...
A sexual harassment lawsuit by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has set off an outpouring of similar accusations against network founder Roger Ailes, leading to his ouster as CEO. Fox News has been the cable news viewership leader since 2002, but are its best days behind it? We report, you...
The 10-year-old boy killed during a ride on the world's tallest waterslide was decapitated in the accident, a person familiar with the investigation said. Authorities have yet to explain how it happened. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about Caleb Schwab's death and spoke Wednesday...
Working at a startup that gets acquired can feel like winning the lottery. Not working at a startup, but still cashing in on its acquisition, can feel pretty good too, as Eric Martin learned when Jet.com sold to Wal-Mart Stores in a $3.3 billion deal.Martin, who works for a custom bath installation...
A woman filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday against the city of Chicago and six of its police officers after she said the officers profiled her based on her religious garb and assaulted her outside a CTA train station last year. On July Fourth, Itemid Al-Matar, who was observing Ramadan,...
News of America's military men and women who were wounded and killed in Iraq and Afghanistan almost overwhelmed me on some days. I may have sounded strong when I was talking to the press, but sometimes I had to push my feelings way down in order to get any words out of my mouth to make statements...
It's just appalling what the media has done with the "cupping" story out of the Rio Olympics. And now I'm probably going to have to file lawsuits — even against my own paper — because of the media's sins of wanton cultural misappropriation. It began with NBC stories about American swimmer Michael...
In early July, Betsy Davis emailed her closest friends and relatives to invite them to a two-day party, telling them: "These circumstances are unlike any party you have attended before, requiring emotional stamina, centeredness and openness." And just one rule: No crying in front of her. The 41-year-old...
Chicago officials have declined to identify the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Paul O'Neal, citing in part alleged dangers faced by the officers if their names became public. The Independent Police Review Authority declined to give the officers' names in response to a Freedom...
Last month, 23 years after Toby Keith landed his first hit, "Should've Been a Cowboy," one of the biggest country songs of the 1990s, he released its unofficial sequel, "A Few More Cowboys." Keith, 55, was wrapping up production on an as-yet-unscheduled new album, and "I just grabbed the first...
A northwest suburban state senator who provided a strong voice for the Republican agenda in the Democrat-controlled legislature is expected to resign effective Monday, GOP sources said Thursday. Sen. Matt Murphy, of Palatine, who won election to the Senate in 2006 and quickly became a deputy GOP...
Chicago reality-stars-turned-restaurateurs Bill and Giuliana Rancic shouldn't add "Chicago travel guides" to their list of job titles. The Rancics, who committed to living full time in the Chicago area last year after years of commuting between the city and Los Angeles, are deemed "Chicago's power...
A dozen years ago, the music stopped for Alex Klein. In May 2001, Klein, then serving as principal oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, found himself losing control of his fingers when he played. He was eventually diagnosed with a neurological disorder known as focal hand dystonia. The affliction...
In case you haven’t noticed, there are a few advertisements running during NBC’s coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics. And because these Olympic weeks are all about competition, I changed my usual viewing patterns during Wednesday’s prime-time broadcast to actually pay attention to the commercials and...
So let me get this straight: Chicago teachers are threatening to strike because they want to keep a sweet pension arrangement that allows them to pay less toward their retirements than any other city worker pays. For decades, Chicago teachers have paid only 2 percent of their paychecks toward their...
If there's a quibble to make with Simone Biles, it's that she competes with such effervescence that she does a disservice to herself in making gymnastics look so easy. You won't catch her grimacing. She'll never double-over with exhaustion, tongue dangling, between routines. In Biles's hands, gymnastics...
A group of pastors is suing Illinois over a law that bars therapists and counselors from trying to change a minor's sexual orientation, saying in a Thursday filing that the prohibition violates free speech and religious rights. The federal lawsuit seeks to exclude clergy from the ban that took...
I believe I have discovered Donald Trump's problem. While I'm somewhat reluctant to reveal this insight since I find the idea of him becoming president rather unsettling, it wouldn't be right of me to keep it to myself. So here it is, the essence of Trump's predicament and the one thing keeping...
A Jaguar rolls toward a police SUV on a leafy Chicago street, passing between the SUV and a parked car, striking one. One officer — his gun drawn while still in his vehicle –— jumps out of the passenger side of the SUV, and as the Jaguar moves past, opens fire. The officer strafes the scene with...
You're rounding the corner toward retirement age with not nearly enough set aside. We tell young people to start saving for retirement from their first job and not to quit, because even small sums can grow staggeringly large with enough decades of compound returns. But maybe you bumped along from...
Cubs late-inning reliever Pedro Strop was diagnosed with a meniscus tear of his left knee and is expected to be sidelined from four to six weeks. An MRI revealed the tear. Strop will undergo arthroscopic surgery Friday. All of Strop's ligaments were intact. "I almost cried thinking I might be out...
When Bain & Company’s consultants go back to school full-time for an MBA, jobs are waiting for them when they return. And graduation comes debt-free, since the consulting firm covers all of their tuition. But Bain’s all-in support seems to be more of an anomaly these days. Before the Great Recession,...
Darchel Mohler described herself as an overprotective mother. The surgical technologist from Nevada said she'd embarrass her three children about everything, asking before play dates about alcohol and cigarettes in the house, curfews and seat belts. But it was something she didn't even think to...
Their accommodations are spacious and well-constructed. They have a full-time staff catering to their needs and enjoy daily massages. They dine on food flown in especially for them. In short, Olympic horses may be living better than anyone at the Rio Games. "The accommodations here are pleasantly...