Chad Day, Matthew Barakat and Mary Clare JalonickAssociated Press Paul Manafort lied to keep himself flush with cash and then to maintain his luxurious lifestyle when his income dropped off, prosecuto...
In a night of firsts, Democrats in Vermont's primary chose the nation's first transgender gubernatorial nominee. In Minnesota, they picked a woman who would be the first Somali-American member of Cong...
The rise in graduate transfers in recent years, combined with the NCAA seemingly relaxing the rigidity of its undergrad transfer policy, has given college football its own version of free agency every ...
Detectives searched several properties as they built up a profile Wednesday of a Sudan-born man who crashed a car outside Britain's Parliament in what police are treating as an act of terrorism. Polic...
Top U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials will unveil new plans to combat Mexican drug cartels Wednesday in Chicago alongside members of the Mexican government, military and federal police, D...
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren said that America’s “immigration laws need to be fixed” during a town hall meeting in Yorkville Tuesday night. “It's not working,” the Plano Republican said at the event at Pa...
Billy Knight seemed quieter than usual the last time he spoke with his younger brother Eric. They discussed the NBA’s summer league and players they thought might emerge as budding stars. It was an at...
When the quarterbacks came off the board so early and so often on NFL draft night in April, hope abounded and the countdown began: How long would it take for Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen an...
Country singer Chris Young came up the modern way: He won Season Four of the now-defunct TV singing competition “Nashville Star,” and, after a halting start, has gone on to have 10 No. 1 hits in his o...
After an internal investigation found that the Federal Communications Commission misled the public by wrongly claiming it suffered a cyberattack last year, House Democrats are demanding answers from C...
Corona brewer Constellation Brands is spending C$5 billion ($3.8 billion) to boost its stake in Canadian cannabis grower Canopy Growth Corp., betting legalization of the drug will continue to gain tra...
Chris Pratt says "it's not an easy time" as he and the rest of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" cast look to the future of the hit superhero franchise after Disney fired writer-director James Gunn. Pratt ...
Roquan Smith’s holdout seemed like a fight over nonsense, or at least it feels like a nonsensical hill for the once-proud franchise formerly known as the Bears to die on. In a protracted negotiation o...
Exercise is good for your mental health, as long as you don't overdo it, researchers say. An analysis of data from 1.2 million people in the U.S. found they reported 3.4 days a month of poor mental he...
The game had crept into the seventh inning, another warm and stuffy evening in Los Angeles, the crowd listless, with no sign of runs or life from the Dodgers. And then, an explosion of emotion. A play...
The University of Maryland bills itself, in its own words, as "one of the nation's preeminent public research universities." It says it's a "global leader in research, entrepreneurship and innovation. ...
Randy Bryce, a union ironworker known by the nickname "Iron Stache," won Tuesday's Democratic primary in the race to replace Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan in Wisconsin for a seat he's held 20 yea...
Does Roquan Smith start Week 1 against Green Bay? — @zr_1ls9. If that isn't the first question most people have about the Bears' first-round pick, it's the second. I don't expect the team to answer anytime soon. Barring something…
Italian emergency workers pulled two more bodies out of tons of broken concrete and twisted steel Wednesday after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, raising the death toll in the disaster to at leas...
Co-working company Industrious has bought local operator Assemble, adding three Chicago locations amid expected consolidation in the fast-changing industry. Industrious doubles its number of Chicago-a...
Welcome to Clout Street: Morning Spin, our weekday feature to catch you up with what's going on in government and politics from Chicago to Springfield. Subscribe here. Gov. Bruce Rauner and his Republ...
Nearly 40 minutes after a 911 call was placed, Jordan McNair arrived at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park with a body temperature of 106 degrees, according to a hospital medical report. Onc...
1. LaPorte: Duneland Athletic Conference race should be wide open, but Slicers have talented seniors in outside hitter Reilly Briggs (Northern Kentucky), middle blocker Kara Cooper (Valparaiso) and li...
Courtney Vandersloot hit two free throws with 2.2 seconds left and broke the WNBA's single-season assists record, helping the Sky beat the Minnesota Lynx 91-88 on Tuesday night. Vandersloot set the re...
The Taliban overran a base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers while Afghan forces battled the insurgents for the fifth straight day in the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni on Tuesday, tr...
In keeping with his tradition of the past few years, Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday placed the winning bid on a steer at Illinois State Fair. Rauner bid $60,000 for Taco, the grand champion steer at the ...
Robinson Cano is back in the major leagues with the Seattle Mariners after serving an 80-game drug suspension. The eight-time All-Star has a new position — first base, for the first time — and a new s...
The Brewers trounced the Cubs 7-0 on Tuesday in what Ryan Braun suggested was a must-win game, though no game in the middle of August can truly be defined as such. The Brewers began the day three game...
Cougars pitcher Lane Ratliff was having the time of his life in December when his phone rang. He was on his honeymoon in Orlando, Fla., with his new bride, McKay, when he was told he was selected in t...
Packers coach Mike McCarthy wouldn't declare Justin McCray the winner of the training camp competition at right guard, but he got pretty close. What was supposed to be one of the bigger competitions o...