On Feb. 18, 2001, auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash in the final lap of the Daytona 500; he was 49. In 1885 ...

On Feb. 18, 2001, auto racing star Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in a crash in the final lap of the Daytona 500; he was 49. In 1885, Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was published in the U.S.

Fran Sullivan, an Oak Park activist on several fronts and member of the upstart 1972 Illinois Democratic Convention ...

Pete Buttigieg is quietly contemplating his future from a small city in northern Michigan while talking to Democratic Party ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is planning to endorse a statewide ban on cellular devices in public schools. Martin Torres is the ...

CHICAGO – No U.S. city is feeling inflation more than Chicago, according to new data from WalletHub. The financial website said the “Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Area” has seen a 4.3% jump in ...

While election time chaos in neighboring Dolton has made headlines, Calumet City faces its own contested race for mayor and City Council on Feb. 25. Mayor Thaddeus Jones, all seven aldermen, the ...

Democratic governors are diverging in their approaches to President Trump amid mounting speculation that some of them are gunning for the White House in 2028. Some are digging their heels into ...

CINCINNATI -- - Zach Freemantle scored 19 points as Xavier beat DePaul 85-68 on Saturday. Freemantle also contributed nine rebounds for the Musketeers (16-10, 8-7 Big East Conference). Dailyn ...

Greg Casar read from Franklin Roosevelt’s 1936 speech to the Democratic convention, where he spoke about “clouds of suspicion, tides of ill-will and intolerance gather darkly in many places ...

The 1951 Refugee Convention, supplemented by its 1967 Protocol, help protect them. They are the cornerstone of refugee protection and the key legal documents that form the basis of UNHCR’s work. The ...

Previously, Rose was an editor and reporter for the Chicago Tribune and she began her career at the Sun-Times as a wire desk reporter and in high school prep sports. A Chicago-area native ...