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Obama administration tackling sexual violence
Alarmed by the numbers of reported cases of sexual violence in the nation's high schools and colleges, the Obama administration Monday is launching a new effort to prod educators, police...
Family criticizes Notre Dame in 2nd sex attack case
For the second time this school year, a family has complained that the University of Notre Dame failed to swiftly and thoroughly investigate their daughter's report of being sexually attacked...
Notre Dame case: No charges
A county prosecutor said Thursday that he will not charge a University of Notre Dame football player in an alleged sexual battery case, in part because the woman committed suicide,...
‘It feels like a betrayal’
The parents of a Northbrook teenager who killed herself a week after accusing a University of Notre Dame football player of sexually attacking her say they feel betrayed by the...
No charges will be filed in alleged sex attack at Notre Dame
A county prosecutor said Thursday that he will not charge a University of Notre Dame football player in an alleged sexual battery case, in part because the woman committed suicide,...
Coach: ‘A university matter’
Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly on Sunday defended the way his program and the university handled a sexual attack allegation made against one of his players two months ago....
Notre Dame allegation raises questions
A 19-year-old Northbrook woman died of an apparent suicide nine days after telling University of Notre Dame police that she had been sexually attacked by a football player in a...
Kirk ready for first vote against Obama
Mark Kirk has vowed to be in the vanguard of a Republican bulwark against President Barack Obama's spending and tax plans. At the same time, Illinois' newly elected senator says...
Kirk captures Senate seat
Republican Mark Kirk captured Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat Tuesday, embarrassing the president in his home state by defeating Obama's political disciple, Democrat Alexi Giannoulias. As the night wore...