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U. of I. defends pulling job offer over tweets critical of Israel

May 21, 2019 at 1:09 p.m.

University of Illinois officials on Friday issued two lengthy statements defending their decision to rescind a job offer to a professor who posted controversial tweets regarding Israel's conflict with Hamas....

Board clears way for controversial annex of Lincoln Park school

May 21, 2019 at 1:02 p.m.

The city's zoning appeals board tonight cleared the way for construction of a controversial annex for a Lincoln Park elementary school. The board's decision came after opponents and supporters of...

Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer are handcuffed together as they arrive Jan. 14, 2014, at Denpasar District Court for the first day of their trials in Bali, Indonesia.

Indonesian legal system poses challenge in suitcase slaying

July 23, 2019 at 1:03 a.m.

The young couple detained by Indonesian authorities on the island of Bali this week over their suspected role in the beating death of Chicagoan Sheila von Wiese-Mack could face a...

Slaying in Indonesia: Neighbors say mom, daughter had troubled relationship

May 21, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

By all accounts, Heather Mack's relationship with her mother was volatile, with police often called to their former home in Oak Park. Now, after Sheila von Wiese-Mack's body was found...

The Republican National Committee Summer General Session meeting at the Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago was Friday.

Republicans hold national meeting in Obama’s hometown, tout ‘permanent ground game’

May 15, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

Top national Republicans held their summer meeting in Chicago today in a symbolic defiance to hometown President Barack Obama, Illinois' blue-state status and Democrats who control the Senate, and vowed...

Harvard diploma of first African-American grad to be auctioned

May 21, 2019 at 12:50 p.m.

The undergraduate diploma of the nation's first African-American to graduate from Harvard is set to be auctioned in Chicago tomorrow, years after it was unearthed in an Englewood home. Richard...

Hegewisch Babe Ruth league board members meet with relatives of slain Chicago Police Officer John Mathews.

Baseball league board members resign over allowing convicted cop killer to coach

May 17, 2020 at 9:29 p.m.

Six board members of a Southeast Side youth baseball league resigned Wednesday night amid growing criticism of their decision to let a convicted cop killer coach in the league.The resignations...

Baseball coach convicted of killing cop in ’89 resigns

May 21, 2019 at 12:44 p.m.

A Hegewisch volunteer baseball coach convicted in the slaying of an off-duty Chicago police officer 25 years ago resigned from the team last month after the officer's family learned of...

Bitcoin? There’s an ATM for that

May 21, 2019 at 12:41 p.m.

An ATM that trades in bitcoin, the burgeoning virtual currency, is up and running at a North Side café. Jorge Flores believes the machine in his Cassava restaurant in Lake...

Study extols the hip, health-conscious fist bump

June 17, 2018 at 12:28 p.m.

Researchers with Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom won a share of Monday's news cycle with a hip way to start your next doctor's visit. Instead of shaking hands with...

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