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Local doctor, nurse among medical mission group killed in Philippines van crash

May 23, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

The group of doctors and nurses traveled to the Philippines at their own expense to help the less fortunate in need of medical care. But before they could begin their...

While the Great Lakes region's leaders have put strict limits on who can access their prized resource, they are not always so disciplined about their own standards.

As disparity in water rates persists, Cook County Board searches for answers

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

In an effort to tackle the wide disparity in water rates and high levels of water loss across the Chicago region, a Cook County Board of Commissioners panel on Tuesday...

Griffin Berwick of Crown Point, Ind., gets his lunch at the Fast Stop in Patoka, Ill., on Dec. 19, 2017. He works in Patoka temporarily for a company in Hammond, Ind., cleaning oil tanks on the tank farm nearby. The Dakota Access pipeline ends at oil terminals near Patoka.

Dakota Access pipeline a mix of angst, potential for those near central Illinois tank farm

May 23, 2019 at 12:18 a.m.

Dave Schluckebier surveyed the copper-colored farm field as a gusty December wind whipped across the heartland. He stooped to pluck an object out of the neatly plowed soil, pulling up...

Dr. Norell Rosado, left, arriving at court Thursday, is being sued for allegedly failing to report signs of abuse before Gizzell Ford was killed.

Doctor testifies exam of 8-year-old Gizzell Ford three weeks before she died revealed nothing suspicious

May 23, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

The doctor on trial for alleged negligence in connection with the killing of 8-year-old Gizzell Ford testified Friday that a physical examination of the girl three weeks before she died...

Wife of man killed in 2012 Des Plaines swan attack files lawsuit

May 23, 2019 at 12:15 a.m.

An attack in 2012 by a swan toppled a Des Plaines man’s kayak, sending him plunging into the water of a retention pond. The aggressive swan, which had been nesting,...

Northwestern's Stuart Stock, right, and Argonne's Jonathan Almer prepare to X-ray the mummy.

Researchers unraveling mummy mysteries with help from powerful Argonne X-ray

May 23, 2019 at 12:12 a.m.

Inside a sprawling research building at Argonne National Laboratory, a collection of scientists, researchers and art curators assembled Monday to unravel the mysteries of a mummy. The ancient Roman-Egyptian linen-wrapped...

Sandhill cranes at Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area near Medaryville, Ind., on Nov. 17, 2017.

Sandhill cranes bounce back from brink as migration over Illinois to peak next week

May 23, 2019 at 12:10 a.m.

A rolling bugle call pierces the woolen autumn sky. Looking skyward, the source comes into view: a V-formation of soaring, long-necked sandhill cranes gliding among the clouds. “That’s such a...

County Board to examine high disparity in water rates after Tribune investigation

May 31, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Alarmed by the wide disparity of water rates in the Chicago area and excessive water loss, the Cook County Board voted Wednesday to hold a hearing that will examine the...

Week after bombshell, George Papadopoulos largely remains a mystery man

August 22, 2019 at 1:30 a.m.

George Papadopoulos posted a cryptic update on his Facebook page shortly before 11 p.m. on Oct. 29. “Big day tomorrow,” wrote the 30-year-old DePaul grad who’d served as a foreign...

Former Trump campaign adviser, DePaul alum from Chicago pleads guilty to lying to FBI

August 22, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

The 30-year-old Chicago man who entered the first guilty plea in special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of the Russian government’s efforts to interfere with the 2016 election is just a...

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