Crime

A man was shot in the Albany Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side Tuesday night. About 7:04 p.m., the man — whose exact age was not immediately known — was … Continued

What Michael Leighton has brought to the Rockford IceHogs on the ice has been obvious. He’s 12-7-4 with a 2.01 goals-against average, .931 save percentage and four shutouts, forming half … Continued

NEW YORK — Standard & Poor’s is paying about $1.38 billion to settle government allegations that it knowingly inflated its ratings of risky mortgage investments that helped trigger the financial … Continued

A man barricaded himself inside a South Loop high rise for more than seven hours from Monday night into early Tuesday, prompting a SWAT team response. About 7:40 p.m., officers … Continued

PHOENIX — This was, in my opinion, the greatest Super Bowl ever. The 28-24 victory by the Patriots over the Seahawks in the oddly numbered Super Bowl XLIX (technically, it … Continued

Did you catch Virginia’s 75-64 victory at North Carolina on Monday? It was typical UVa: hell-bent defense, hustle plays galore and four players — Malcolm Brogdon, Justin Anderson, London Perrantes … Continued

Matching the greatness of the game, the Patriots’ 28-24 comeback victory over the Seahawks garnered the highest Super Bowl overnight TV rating ever, surpassing the previous record by three percent. … Continued

“Rather than leading the country with people leaving, we’re leading the country with families coming back,” Rahm Emanuel said Friday during a mayoral debate at the Sun-Times . The mayor … Continued

Below, from the White House… THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2015   DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2015 In the … Continued

(RIVERSIDE) A school district employee is charged with stealing more than $5,000 worth of iPads, laptops and computers from two schools in west suburban Riverside. Lamawr Palmer / photo from … Continued