The former Destiny's Child member will take over Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's role in the hit musical
The pilot and co-pilot of a small cargo jet were killed when their aircraft crashed short of the runway while landing at an airport in suburban Chicago, Illinois, local authorities said.
Federal prosecutors seeking to keep a terrorism suspect in Chicago behind bars while awaiting trial said Monday the suspect knew about last year's deadly Mumbai, India, terrorist attacks in advance.
A jury in Chicago on Friday was deciding whether to recommend the death penalty for a serial killer convicted in the 1990s murders of 11 women, according to Cook County Circuit Court documents.
The singer-turned-Broadway star happily counts sis Jessica and husband Pete Wentz as her biggest fans
The first major storm of the season pounded the western United States before moving eastward into the Colorado Rockies and beyond, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
The four people found dead this week in a suburban Chicago home were the victims of a murder-suicide, a coroner said.
A coroner's office plans to conduct autopsies Thursday on four people who were found dead in a home in suburban Chicago.
A Chicago, Illinois, nightclub accused of barring six African-American students last week will participate in a rally against discrimination late next month, the senior class president of Missouri's Washington University said Wednesday.
I was saddened, but not surprised, by reports of the Chicago, Illinois, street fight that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert.
The former Destiny's Child member will take over Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's role in the hit musical
The pilot and co-pilot of a small cargo jet were killed when their aircraft crashed short of the runway while landing at an airport in suburban Chicago, Illinois, local authorities said.
Federal prosecutors seeking to keep a terrorism suspect in Chicago behind bars while awaiting trial said Monday the suspect knew about last year's deadly Mumbai, India, terrorist attacks in advance.
A jury in Chicago on Friday was deciding whether to recommend the death penalty for a serial killer convicted in the 1990s murders of 11 women, according to Cook County Circuit Court documents.
The singer-turned-Broadway star happily counts sis Jessica and husband Pete Wentz as her biggest fans
The first major storm of the season pounded the western United States before moving eastward into the Colorado Rockies and beyond, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
The four people found dead this week in a suburban Chicago home were the victims of a murder-suicide, a coroner said.
A coroner's office plans to conduct autopsies Thursday on four people who were found dead in a home in suburban Chicago.
A Chicago, Illinois, nightclub accused of barring six African-American students last week will participate in a rally against discrimination late next month, the senior class president of Missouri's Washington University said Wednesday.
I was saddened, but not surprised, by reports of the Chicago, Illinois, street fight that resulted in the death of 16-year-old Derrion Albert.
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan met Wednesday with a group of teens who were schoolmates of a Chicago youth brutally beaten to death last month.
A while ago I needed to hire an accounts payable person for my picture-framing business. We put an ad in the paper and received a good number of applications. One candidate jumped out from the pile: He had exactly the right background, and it didn't hurt that he asked for a slightly lower salary than we were planning on paying.
The funeral of a Chicago teenager whose beating death was caught on video was attended Saturday by scores of family members, officials and community leaders, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson.
COPENHAGEN -- These are the wee hours of the morning after an IOC vote in Copenhagen and the fun is just beginning. Rio, one of the perceived co-favorites to win the rights to hold the 2016 Olympics, won the vote. No surprise. Chicago, the other perceived co-favorite finished fourth, behind Madrid and Tokyo. Surprise. How did that happen, especially when the buzz around the Marriot hotel where IOC members were staying suggested momentum might be swinging in Chicago's direction?
Despite their personal appeal, the Games will be go to Rio de Janeiro instead
Michelle Obama gave an impassioned speech before the International Olympics Committee. President Obama traveled overseas -- in the middle of debates over health care and Afghanistan -- to make his personal pitch to bring the 2016 Olympics to his hometown.
The announcement that Chicago, Illinois, will not host the 2016 Olympic Games took the hopeful wind out of many in the Windy City.
Supporters of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics were shocked Friday by news that the city was the first of four finalists to be eliminated from consideration.
Chicago lost its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics Friday to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
After flying through the night for seven hours aboard Air Force One, nobody would blame President Obama for being at least slightly groggy when he arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a quick four hours to make the final pitch for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics.
COPENHAGEN -- As Barack Obama was walking out of the Bella Center in Copenhagen following Chicago's Olympic bid presentation earlier this morning, the president stopped before leaving the building and told assembled reporters, "The only thing I'm upset about is that they arranged for me to follow Michelle. That's always bad." Indeed, after much speculation whether the President would come to Denmark, it was the First Lady who gave Chicago's bid to host the Olympics in 2016 the emotional appeal it otherwise lacked.
The battle to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games appears to be heating up between Chicago, Illinois, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, two sources close to the process said Thursday.
If there was any question about whether President Obama would do anything to bring the Olympics to Chicago in 2016, he's put those doubts to rest.
The family of a Chicago teenager whose beating death was caught on video hope that the attention the incident has garnered will spur healing locally, a relative said at a news conference Wednesday evening.
On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will choose the city that will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, the four finalists, will each make a 45-minute presentation before the IOC members Friday afternoon in Copenhagen. They are likely to highlight their bid's assets and address some of the questions raised in the IOC's site evaluation report released earlier this month. The winning city should be announced between noon and 1 p.m. Eastern Time in the U.S.
Like many a transplanted Chicagoan, I'm eager to show off my hometown after spending most of my adult life in New York City. I want my coast-centric acquaintances to know what real pizza looks like; that Chicago has a majestic skyline with the country's tallest building; that one of the world's two outdoor Picasso sculptures stands by City Hall; and that, no, you cannot skip a rock across Lake Michigan. (It's more than twice the size of New Jersey! And three times as clean!) I can't help but get a little tingly when I consider that the International Olympic Committee might award the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago on Oct. 2, when its members meet in Copenhagen to choose a site from a final four that also includes Madrid, Rio De Janeiro and Tokyo. And I'm not the only one. A slightly more famous ex-Chicago resident, President Barack Obama, will be in Copenhagen to schmooze IOC members.
With help from hometown heroes like the Obamas, Chicago is aggressively lobbying to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. But making the games profitable would not be an easy win.
In bid for 2016 games the First Lady takes on Brazil and Japan
President Obama's decision to head to Copenhagen, Denmark, later this week to make a push to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago is not without political controversy.
Ten suspected Mexican drug cartel leaders and 33 alleged drug traffickers have been indicted in New York and Chicago -- accused in illicit drug sales of more than $5 billion, federal authorities said Thursday.
As summer winds to an end, beach umbrellas are coming down and pools are closing, but that doesn't mean the fun is finished. From the National Buffalo Wing Festival crowning the next 'wing king' to the country's best folk artists coming together in Pennsylvania, festivals across the country have fun for everyone.
ESSENCE.COM: Things seem to be getting worse in Chicago since we last spoke?
Beer summits at the White House notwithstanding, not all controversies between the police and the citizens they serve are destined to turn into gauzy, orchestrated "teachable moments."
A clerk's quick flip of a switch foiled a robbery Friday at an Office Depot store in downtown Chicago, police say.
A clerk's quick flip of a switch foiled a robbery Friday at an Office Depot store in downtown Chicago.
If you want to grow your business, you can't do everything yourself. That's obvious, right?
Hundreds of passengers lined up Thursday outside the United Airlines terminal at O'Hare International Airport after a computer outage delayed incoming and outgoing flights, the airline and witnesses said.
Our underdog soccer team's success last week in South Africa was a sweet surprise till Brazil caught us -- but, in the meantime, in the year's other major international sports competition, we're the heavy favorite. But can we hang on down the stretch this next time against Brazil? Can Chicago beat out Rio for the right to hold the 2016 Olympics?
Two weeks ago, 3-year-old Jaquan Reed was fatally shot on Chicago, Illinois', West Side.
The Rev. Michael Pfleger has ordered the American flag at St. Sabina Church hung upside-down -- a historic sign of distress -- to symbolize the growing death toll among the city's youngsters.
Nearly 6.2 million students in the United States between the ages of 16 and 24 in 2007 dropped out of high school, fueling what a report released Tuesday called "a persistent high school dropout crisis."
Public health officials in Chicago said Monday that they have tested at least 10 family members of the medical intern linked to a tuberculosis scare in the city.
Public health officials in and around Chicago, Illinois, announced Friday they are offering testing to hundreds of patients and staff members at three area hospitals who may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a doctor who was recently diagnosed with an active case of the disease.
Whether entrenched in business meetings or stuck on a layover, you may find yourself in Chicago with limited time to spare. But this vibrant city has so much to offer that it's worth using every free moment to see something new. Here are some of the things I managed slip in on a recent business trip to Chicago.
Some interesting "hyperlocal" Web sites have emerged in the past few years, the idea behind them being to provide news at an extremely local level. Prominent among them is EveryBlock.com, launched last year in Chicago.
Chicago's landmark Sears Tower, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, will be renamed Willis Tower after insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, the company announced Thursday.
It's about that time of year, when dyed green rivers and Guinness beers flow, the shamrock sunglasses and leprechaun T-shirts come out, and corned beef and cabbage enters the mainstream menu.
Fire early Wednesday caused extensive damage to the roof and attic of the Holy Name Cathedral, fire and church officials said, but the sanctuary of the beloved 134-year-old city landmark and seat of Chicago's archdiocese was spared.
Five people were shot Friday outside a Chicago, Illinois, high school, police said.
Chicago faces the worst slump in retailing growth in at least a decade - and residents of the Windy City and its suburbs are paying the price in the form of lost tax revenue for improvements and services.
Tackling climate change and its consequences is the challenge of our generation.
Fish tanks, financial markets and the future of the world's climate came together at the third Principal Voices debate of 2008 in Chicago.
Environmentally friendly engineering is really right up Chicago's alley -- in a city project called Green Alleys.
A Southwest Airlines plane slid off a snow-covered taxiway Friday at Chicago Midway International Airport in Illinois, but no one was hurt, aviation officials said.
A passenger jet preparing to take off from the airport skidded off the runway at Chicago, Illinois' O'Hare and another plane was forced to return there after engine problems were reported, officials said.
These days, you have to wonder whether Barack Obama would like to retract those two words he ad-libbed at the very beginning of his victory speech in Grant Park -- the two words that didn't appear in his prepared text.
Since moving to Chicago 4½ years ago from Texas, I've been amazed to watch the political machinations in this state, and see how easy it is for residents to dismiss the rampant corruption of some political officials as nothing more than the cost of doing business.
The factory occupation by 200 workers at Republic Windows and Doors in Chicago, Illinois, recalls one of the most storied moments in American history, when thousands of Depression-era workers took over their own workplaces, seeking union recognition and better wages.
Fantasia Barrino sings the gospel song "Your Grace and Mercy" at the private service
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and activist Studs Terkel has died at age 96
Have you seen 7-year-old Julian King? The Oscar winner's family wants his safe return
The investigation of decades-old claims that Chicago police tortured suspects with beatings, electric shocks and games of Russian roulette won't stop with last week's federal indictment
The ailing economy is leading many Americans to skip doctor visits, skimp on their medicine, and put off mammograms, Pap smears and other tests
A former Chicago police commander was arrested Tuesday on charges related to accusations that he and officers under his command tortured and abused suspects in the 1980s, federal officials said.
Officials say a former Chicago police lieutenant has been arrested in Florida on charges he lied about the mistreatment of a suspect two decades ago
Saudi Prince and billionaire Al-Waleed bin Talal says he will build the world's tallest building, planned to be over a kilometer (3,281 feet) high. The tower will be built in the Saudi town of Jeddah and will be part of a larger project that will cost $26.7 billion, (100 billion Saudi riyals) said the Prince's firm, Kingdom Holding Company.
A shortage of road salt and skyrocketing salt prices could mean slippery roads this winter in communities across the nation as officials struggle to keep pavement clear of snow and ice without breaking their budgets
Mayor Richard M. Daley has announced a plan to dramatically slash emissions of heat-trapping gases, part of an effort to fight global warming and become one of the greenest cities in the nation
A government agency has dropped plans to test a controversial treatment for autism that critics had called an unethical experiment on children
The remnants of Ike dumped as much as 6 to 8 inches of rain in parts of Indiana, Illinois and Missouri Sunday
Chicago authorities asked Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to issue a disaster declaration after rainfall Saturday in the Windy City broke a single-day record that had stood for more than two decades.
Thousands of spectators cheered Olympic medalists Michael Phelps, Dara Torres and Kobe Bryant on Wednesday as the city of Chicago got a high-profile boost to its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics
More than 1,000 Chicago public school students boycotted the first day of classes Tuesday in a protest over school funding and instead rode buses more than 30 miles north to try to enroll in a wealthy suburban district
Frustrated by unequal funding in Illinois, Windy City parents and students plan to protest in the suburbs
In 1987, I got a sneak preview of one of the most unlikely political stories of our time. It would take me nearly 20 years to figure out that I had stumbled upon a slice of American history.
On Oct. 2, 2009, the International Olympic Committee will convene in Copenhagen to vote on the city that will host the Olympics in 2016. Chicago is one of four candidate cities, along with Rio de Janiero, Madrid and Tokyo. Chicago Bid Chairman Patrick Ryan talked with SI.com about the prospects of the Chicago bid.
Today was my first day in elementary school.
A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people -- about half -- have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity
Love was in the windy city air and Lohan and Ronson spend the weekend at Lollapalooza and supporting DJ Mark Ronson
With murder rates climbing, the Windy City's authorities and community groups struggle to find causes and solutions
New research shows that a milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer's disease is much more common than thought
A federal invstigation revealed prisoner mistreatment as well as sanitation and medical care problems at Chicago's Cook County Jail
When I sold the idea for create-your-own stir-fry restaurant to a group of ten investors, I told them that the big payoff would come with the exit strategy: acquisition by a large restaurant company.
It's the season when the red-winged blackbird nests and the males are particularly aggressive. Just ask joggers and bikers and traumatized children
United Airlines says it will eliminate about 950 pilot jobs beginning this summer as part of a plan to cut 1,600 salaried positions and reduce its fleet
Federal regulators have ordered the immediate inspection of throttles on small personal jets manufactured by Eclipse Aviation Corp. after one made an emergency landing
Tornadoes, floods and even a mini-tsunami in Chicago. Pin part of the blame on our old friend La NiÑa
When the Democratic National Committee meets Saturday on the thorny issue of seating the Florida and Michigan delegations at its August convention, party officials will have to fashion a solution that satisfies supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton and presidential nominee front-runner Sen. Barack Obama.
Investigators are probing commuter train accidents in both Boston and Chicago that resulted in 24 injuries in both cities and one death
A train operator apparently made two key errors in quick succession to cause a derailment that left passengers perched more than 20 feet above the ground and sent several to hospitals
• By day he's shooting Public Enemies (where he's playing gangster John Dillinger), but at night Johnny Depp has been checking out Chicago's legendary jazz club, the Green Mill. On a recent visit, the actor relaxed over a beer while listening to the local house band, Deep Blue Organ Trio. Between sets, Depp chatted with the group's organist, Chris Foreman, and seemed to blend right into the crowd. The next day, Depp enjoyed a piled-high Reuben sandwich at the Windy City's Kerryman Bar & Grill before hitting up Madison & Friends, a high-end children's boutique in Chicago's Gold Coast.
Chicago school officials are urging that those without the comforts of home be sent to boarding school where they can focus on their schoolwork -- others are weighing that with the anxiety of separation of parents and their children
Thousands of immigrants and activists gathered in cities across the country Thursday to demand comprehensive immigration reform
Blair Holt wanted his mother to have a pendant for Mother's Day. His father, Ronald Holt, was purchasing the gift when his cell phone rang: Blair, 16, had just been shot on a Chicago bus.
An epidemic of gunfire rattled the city during the weekend, with at least 32 people shot and six killed
A message scrawled in a university bathroom -- "Be prepared to die on 4/14" -- left not just the college's campus empty Monday, but also those of two adjoining high schools and a pair of nearby elementary schools
A hospital group says more needs to be done to prevent medication errors in children
An alleged scheme involving the production and sale of counterfeit prints by artists including Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and Marc Chagall resulted in the indictments of four Americans, two Italians and a Spaniard, federal authorities said Wednesday.
As violent crime keeps dropping, experts look for explanations -- and signs of whether the decline is permanent
True or False: Antibiotics are needed in animal agriculture to keep waste to a minimum
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