Crime

One person was killed and another was seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash Saturday morning in the Goose Island neighborhood. The vehicle struck a pole about 6 a.m. in the … Continued

For only the second time, an experimental Ebola vaccine has been used to treat someone exposed to the deadly virus. A case study of a Maryland physician exposed to Ebola … Continued

M ESA, Ariz.— Maybe you read the 2003 book Moneyball, the Art of Winning an Unfair Game , by Michael Lewis. Or maybe you saw ‘‘Moneyball,’’ the 2011 movie, wherein … Continued

MESA, Ariz. – On the first day he pitched in a game for the Cubs, the team’s shiny, new ace demonstrated why the front office gambled one of those inherently … Continued

Spirit Airlines recently announced a new daily service from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. The new service will provide connecting opportunities from Latrobe/Pittsburgh via Chicago to … Continued

CTA ridership fell almost 3 percent last year, despite a record number of customers who used the system’s L trains. An 8 percent tumble in rides by bus customers — … Continued

Activist principal Troy LaRaviere already promised that children at his Lake View school who didn’t want to take the state-mandated PARCC test over the next four weeks would be welcomed … Continued

The easy thing to do — the logical thing to do — would have been for Kimmo Timonen to just retire. He was 39 years old. He had played nearly … Continued

PHILADELPHIA — A hip-hop performer and “body sculptor” won’t return to the witness stand in her Philadelphia murder trial until at least Friday because of a winter storm. Defendant Padge-Victoria … Continued

by Nikole Hannah-Jones ProPublica, March 4, 2015, 8:14 p.m. This story was co-published with Politico Magazine . Last July 4, my family and I went to Long Island to celebrate … Continued