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Jon Stewart, a former professional wrestler, is running for Illinois governor as a Libertarian.

Former wrestler, third-party candidate Jon Stewart locked out of gubernatorial debate at wife’s venue

May 23, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

Getting attention when you're running as a third-party candidate can be hard at the best of times, so spare a thought for former pro-wrestler Jon Stewart, who is being locked...

Britain's Prince Harry attends a gala dinner at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Oct. 11, 2017.

Prince Harry headed to Chicago to help Obama ’empower … positive change’

May 23, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama's foundation mission is "to inspire and empower people to change their world." So who better to fire up his audience for democratic change than a man...

Trump now says mystery cop claimed he could fix Chicago crime ‘immediately’

May 23, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

In President Donald Trump's retelling, a mysterious Chicago police officer's plan to solve the city's crime problem keeps getting better. On Wednesday, the president told Fox News host Sean Hannity...

Richard Stephenson heads into divorce court at the McHenry County courthouse in Woodstock on Oct. 17, 2016.

His acrimonious divorce finally over, Richard Stephenson donates $5 million to hurricane relief

May 23, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

It's been less than a month since multimillionaire Richard Stephenson finally got closure on one of the longest-running and highest profile divorces in recent Chicago history. Now the Cancer Treatment...

President Barack Obama reacts after putting on the first green as he plays golf at Farm Neck Golf Course in Oak Bluffs, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard on Aug. 7, 2016.

Obama joins tony D.C.-area country club

May 23, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

President Donald Trump may be a regular at his own golf courses, but his predecessor has just been comped membership to one of the Washington, D.C. area's toniest country clubs....

U.S. economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Thaler adds Nobel Prize to (kinda, sorta) Oscar nod

June 2, 2018 at 1:03 a.m.

You've probably heard of the EGOT — the select group of 12 performers to have bagged an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony. But what are we going...

Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel waits before Game 3 of the World Series at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Oct. 28, 2016.

Serial gambler Rahm makes sausage bet on Cubs

May 23, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

It's playoff time, folks, and that can only mean one thing — Mayor Rahm Emanuel is again wagering food stuffs with a rival mayor. Like a suburbanite loading up at...

Ald. Bernard Stone speaks to supporters in 2011.

Peace breaks out in 50th Ward

May 23, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

In these troubled times for the nation, it was touching to see peace break out this week in a Far North Side neighborhood long plagued by political conflict. It was...

Early-and-often voting tactics pay off for Schakowsky’s dog, Roskam staffer’s hedgehog

May 23, 2019 at 8:15 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky's "early and often" voting campaign has paid off — her pooch Ellie has been named the "cutest dog on Capitol Hill." Ellie, a winsome 3-year-old rescue...

As Roskam’s wife gives painting to congressional shooting victim, Roskam mum on gun control

May 23, 2019 at 8:14 p.m.

Gun violence moves some to despair, others to protest or prayer or rage. But for the artist wife of U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, the June 14 attack on the GOP...

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