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Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx on Aug. 10, 2020, after overnight looting in Chicago.

Column: In Jussie Smollett case, special prosecutor finds Kim Foxx misled public. That’s unacceptable.

August 19, 2020 at 9:17 a.m.

We didn't need a special prosecutor's report to tell us Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's handling of the Jussie Smollett case was shambolic. But now we have one, just...

It's uncertain what will happen to Cha! Cha!, the 27-foot-long red-eyed frog perched atop the Rainforest Cafe at the corner of Ohio and Clark streets in Chicago, which has closed.

Column: The giant green frog from Chicago’s Rainforest Cafe must be preserved. Maybe it can help fight coronavirus?

August 14, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Chicago is on the brink of losing a historic landmark: The giant green frog that for years has stood like a silent amphibian sentry over the doors of the city's...

Vice President Mike Pence waves after speaking at a "Cops for Trump" event on Aug. 11, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz.

Column: Biden picks Kamala Harris. Trump should dump Mike Pence and replace him with a yacht.

August 12, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden's decision to choose Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate leaves President Donald "Scared" Trump with little choice — he needs to dump Vice President...

In this photo provided by student Hannah Watters, students crowd a hallway, Aug. 4, 2020, at North Paulding High School in Dallas, Georgia.

Column: Trump signs worthless coronavirus executive orders while Americans choose stupidity over commonsense

August 10, 2020 at 12:06 p.m.

As President Donald Trump and his cavalcade of Republican lemming impersonators work overtime to keep America No. 1 in coronavirus cases and pandemic ineptitude, the rest of the world is...

Wayne LaPierre, the National Rifle Association's executive vice president and CEO, at the NRA's annual meeting at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 26, 2019.

Column: If the NRA goes away, who will frighten gullible Americans into wasting money?

August 7, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The National Rifle Association is facing an existential threat from the attorney general of New York, potentially jeopardizing the group's ability to scare gullible people into giving it money. This...

President Donald Trump arrives for a signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Aug. 4, 2020.

Column: Trump’s right, schools must reopen. We just need kids to promise they won’t get the coronavirus.

August 5, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

As President Donald Trump has said, we must reopen America's schools, and it can be done with 100% safety as long as children promise to patriotically not get the coronavirus....

Police officers and detectives enter the crime scene area where a 9-year-old boy was fatally shot in the 900 block of Chicago's North Cambridge Avenue Friday, July 31, 2020

Column: Chicago’s unending violence, and the children we’ll never have the chance to meet

August 4, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Janari Ricks was a smart kid. He would've been a fourth grader this fall. Good at math. Loved sports. Full of energy. The kind of kid you'd love to meet....

President Donald Trump looks on before delivering remarks on the South Lawn at the White House on July 16, 2020.

Column: Trump is right — Joe Biden will abolish the suburbs. And NO ONE will be safe!

July 17, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

President Donald Trump is right — Joe Biden, a known supporter of evil and Marxism and America-hating, wants to abolish the suburbs. But it's worse than that. The Democratic presidential...

Third grader Gracie Anderson, 9, looks at her iPad loaded with her math work outside of her family's home on April 3, 2020 in Streamwood.

Column: Schools aren’t reopening in the fall — time to admit it and focus on making e-learning better

July 16, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Let's face facts, parents: Schools aren't likely to open for in-person classes this fall, and if they do, it won't be for long. We can daydream a return to normalcy,...

Radio personality Rush Limbaugh speaks before introducing President Donald Trump at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on Dec. 21, 2019, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Column: Rush Limbaugh says we should face COVID-19 like the Donner Party — so I’m going to eat him

July 15, 2020 at 11:55 a.m.

As a true American superpatriot, I am unafraid of the coronavirus. Neither the threat of death nor the death of 138,000 fellow citizens will stop me from living a purely...

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