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Chicago drivers rank No. 129 out of 200 cities in Allstate's best drivers report.

Drivers in Rockford and Naperville are better than Chicago drivers, Allstate finds

June 1, 2019 at 2:10 a.m.

Blame it on the Beltways. Blame it on the traffic. Blame it on East Coast tempers, ride-sharing or overzealous insurance-claim filers. But whatever the reason, insurance company Allstate has ranked...

In this Sept. 8, 2017, photo, Frank Hawkins speaks with patrons at the Nevada Wellness Center marijuana dispensary in Las Vegas. The former running back for the Raiders has two things that set him apart from most football players, a Super Bowl ring and a thriving pot shop just off the glittering Las Vegas Strip.

Marijuana industry looks to get more women, minorities in the pot business

June 2, 2018 at 8:42 a.m.

Compared to a year ago, times may seem tough for those banking on the legalization of marijuana. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has raised "serious questions" about legalization, appears less...

This screengrab of a video released by animal-rights group Compassion Over Killing alleges to show mistreatment of chickens at a Tyson facility.

‘You can’t let nobody see’: Graphic video appears to show mistreatment of chickens by Tyson workers

June 11, 2018 at 9:46 p.m.

An animal rights group has released graphic video that appears to show the mistreatment of chickens by Tyson Foods employees in Virginia, leading to at least two Animal Control investigations....

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Led Zeppelin to face trial over ‘Stairway to Heaven’

June 11, 2018 at 2:14 a.m.

Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" has faced a lot of accusations in the 45 years since it was released. It's overplayed, some say, particularly at high volumes by dudes trying...

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is followed by Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., during a campaign stop Feb. 29, 2016, in Knoxville, Tenn.

Donald Trump, KKK inspire meltdown on CNN’s Super Tuesday coverage

May 14, 2019 at 5:59 a.m.

On the night of a primary, CNN is known for its comprehensive coverage of who won what, flashy graphics, stalling for time, and open speculation about what the heck will...

This Oct. 18, 2015 image released by HBO shows John liver from ""Last Week Tonight with John Oliver."

Analysis: John Oliver slams Trump, a.k.a. Donald ‘Drumpf,’ for 22 brutal minutes

December 17, 2018 at 6:14 p.m.

Since Donald Trump declared he would run for president eight months ago, many have tried to take him down and failed. Rival Republicans, the Republican National Committee and the Huffington...

Michael Weatherly arrives at CBS Television Studios Summer Soiree at The London Hotel, in Los Angeles. The "NCIS" star Weatherly says he's leaving the long-running CBS drama.

Michael Weatherly (aka DiNozzo) leaves ‘NCIS’: Seniors weep, snobs shrug

June 11, 2018 at 7:11 a.m.

When Don Draper enjoyed his "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke" moment of Zen last year, 4.6 million people tuned in - a record for the AMC series...

This undated image taken from video posted online by the Communications Arm of Islamic State online Jan. 3, 2016, purports to show a member of the Islamic State group brandishing a gun and talking to the camera before Islamic State group members appear to execute five men they accuse of spying for Britain in Syria.

Latest Islamic State execution video features new ‘Jihadi John’

June 22, 2019 at 1:11 a.m.

A new Islamic State video purports to show the death of five alleged British spies at the hands of a man speaking English with a British accent. And, though the...

North Carolina pastor disarms man with semiautomatic who walked into church

June 24, 2019 at 2:59 p.m.

Just last year, a man who walked into a church with a gun caused untold suffering in Charleston, S.C., where nine were killed - not to mention a divisive debate...

Attorney Evan Greebel, center, is brought out of 26 Federal Plaza by law enforcement officials after being arrested as a co-defendant with Turing Pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli on charges of securities fraud Dec. 17, 2015, in New York City.

‘Pharma bro’ firm files for bankruptcy

June 16, 2018 at 8:21 a.m.

He's been pilloried - called "the most hated man in America" - for his decision to raise the price of a life-saving drug by more than 4,000 percent. He's been...

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