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Illinois has the most operating nuclear reactors among all the states, but it’s been crickets from public officials on the potential weakening of nuclear oversight.
Woman no longer wants to be with man who pays no rent and asks for gambling money.
Enbridge’s Line 5 oil and gas pipeline trespasses through sovereign tribal lands and is an environmental disaster waiting to happen, Ben Jealous writes.
Four from North Central have combined to capture six national titles since the program’s inception, and six are scheduled to compete next month in the U.S. Olympic Team Trials at Penn State.
“Joakim [Noah] is very driven and motivated,” coach Billy Donovan said. “He’s all about the team, about winning. You can put Coby and Ayo into that category in terms of how they view things.”
Maybe Fields will develop with the Steelers, become a franchise star. It’s more likely he’ll be an updated Mitch Trubisky.
Family advocacy centers are a statewide network of community-based providers with the objective of supporting families to keep them out of the Illinois Department of Children and Families Services system.
What this means for the writers and others who produce Sports Illustrated remains to be seen.
The boy was standing in an alley in the 7400 block of South Kenwood Avenue about 2:20 p.m. Monday when two males approached him and opened fire. The assailants fled.
Last Friday, in the first of three Hawks-Kings games during the season’s final five weeks, a 1-3-1 neutral-zone formation yet again flummoxed the Hawks. Starting Tuesday, their young players and coaches will have an opportunity to learn from their mistakes.
Lee has excelled but might not make the Opening Day roster with two veterans ahead of him.
UConn (31-3) has lost just once since Dec. 20 and won its first Big East Tournament title since 2011 on Saturday. Then came a No. 1 regional seed in the NCAAs for the first time since a Final Four run in 2009 and sixth time overall.
Closing the facilities for an extended period would all too likely disrupt and potentially destabilize the prison system, the executive director of Council 31 writes.
The shooting last month outside the VLive nightclub is being investigated as a hate crime. The gunman allegedly said, “Bad gay,” before firing.
So what’s next for the folks at Halas Hall?
The Hudson, Ohio-based company said that it expected to emerge from bankruptcy as early as the end of next month.
Undefeated South Carolina remained the unanimous No. 1.
A man broke through a glass door to the Downtown Islamic Center before the nightly prayers for Ramadan Sunday night. “It really ties into — from our side of the looking glass — to the situation in Gaza,” Abdullah Mitchell, executive director of the Council Of Islamic Organizations Of Greater Chicago said Monday.
King fell for a fake Adrian Wojnarowski account on the site formerly known as Twitter during the Wizards-Bulls game Saturday night. The mistake was King’s alone, and he apologized to the crew afterward. NBCSCH also addressed the matter.
The slippers, adorned with sequins and glass beads, were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor’s hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, nearly 20 years ago, and their whereabouts remained a mystery until the FBI recovered them in 2018.
Third-party software can help parents and guardians intervene if their children are victims of cyberbullying or other online harm. But not all social media companies have agreed to cooperate to provide access.
Of the people who promised to attend a birthday party, 20% didn’t make it, and not always for good reason.
Thirteen of the robberies occurred between 6 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday across the Avondale, Austin, Logan Square and Portage Park neighborhoods, though another occurred Thursday in the 2600 block of West Fletcher Avenue about 7:41 p.m.
A 25-year-old man was sitting on a porch in the 4200 block of North Kimball Avenue about 1:23 p.m. Sunday when two men walked up and shot at him, police said, hitting him five times.
The Ramblers’ turnaround season continues after earning a share of the A-10 regular-season title.
Only nine teams in the last 41 years of Division I women’s basketball have capped perfect seasons with a title. Six of those belong to UConn. This year, South Carolina (32-0) will attempt to become the 10th.
Two cars were traveling in opposite directions in the 1500 block of West Augusta Avenue about 1:53 a.m. Sunday when one of the vehicles swerved into the path of the other. Two people were sent to hospitals.