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The owners of two rooftop seating businesses are taking the Chicago Cubs to court to stop plans to erect new video scoreboards in the outfield, signs that will block the view from their seats.

On Wednesday, the news world was shocked with the report that veteran CBS News journalist Bob Simon was killed in a violent car crash in New York City. But as more information emerges about the incident, it has been discovered that the driver of Simon’s car had a “dead arm,” multiple traffic violations, license suspensions, and yet was still certified to drive.

A new report from the group Reporters Without Borders (RSF) finds that in 2014 freedom of the press saw a “dramatic decline” as wars, terrorism, high-handed security measures, and the rise of radical governing parties have grown all across the globe.

The winter that seemingly won’t quit is set to pack another wallop to the Midwest and eastern potions of the U.S. with blizzard conditions, plummeting temperatures, and a newly named winter storm: Winter Storm Neptune.

After NBC announced that it had suspended Nightly News anchor Brian Williams without pay, executives have quietly begun to scrub the anchor’s name from the show’s broadcast as well as the website and social media.

New information about the email members of ISIS sent to Kayla Mueller’s family about their daughter’s death supposedly contained three images of her body, sources say.

NASCAR fans are great patrons of museums. What could go wrong by combining the two?

He went from whistle blower to convict, then from man to woman, and now Chelsea Manning is set to debut as a contributing writer to The Guardian U.S.

The Drudge Report claims that Savannah Guthrie is the leading candidate to replace NBC’s Nightly News anchor Brian Williams if he is ultimately fired.

Usually a worker’s first day on a new job is full of wonder and excitement, sometimes those first days end up a disappointment. But one woman didn’t even get to her first day after sending an offensive tweet about her new job that got her fired before she even started.

A group of New York Knicks fans have launched an effort to force the sale of the team after owner James Dolan sent a nasty email to a fan

Late last week, the second of two victims of a shooting that occurred at the end of January died — but that wasn’t the only mayhem in store for Chicago.

The U.S. Supreme Court took a pass on preventing a lower court judge from allowing gay marriage in Alabama, a move that court watchers feel is an indication that the court will approve gay marriage nationwide later this year.

The domestic violence case against the Carolina Panthers defensive end Greg Hardy has been dismissed after his accuser no-showed in court.

As more reporters examine NBC News’ Brian Williams’ “embellishments,” it appears that NBC was aware of their anchor’s tall tales.

New York police arrested the mother of a Staten Island high schooler for allegedly threatening to blow up her daughter’s school when the teen failed a final exam needed to graduate last week.

President Obama visited Vox.com’s Ezra Klein to talk about the state of the nation, and the result is a video replete with cloying graphics, cutesy mood music, and talk of wealth redistribution.

After a blizzard that dumped over two feet of snow last week, New England now braces for a storm that could dump perhaps another foot of fresh snow on the region. At the end of January, the first major blizzard

After a 17-year delay, former Vice President Al Gore’s satellite is about to lift off for outer space in part to measure–what else–global warming.

A new study tracking victims of shootings in Chicago finds that the likelihood of being wounded rises precipitously after being arrested and the Chicago Police Department says it is using the information to help stop crime.

A father in Armenia was so taken with his newborn son that he refused to let the bundle of joy go, even when his wife threatened to leave him if he insisted that they keep a child born with Down Syndrome.

After several years of run ins with the law and rumors of substance abuse, Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps is now expected to return to competition in April.

Former *NSYNC singer Lance Bass is breaking his silence over why he came out as gay in 2006. Bass said that “bully bloggers” like Perez Hilton gave him a 24-hour ultimatum to come out or they would expose him.

Illinois Congressman Aaron Schock’s week just got a little worse after one of his staffers was forced to resign for a series of posts over several years on his Facebook account comparing African-Americans to “zoo animals” engaged in a “mating ritual” and attacking them as “hood rats.”

A woman in Tampa, Florida, has set the record for the heaviest baby born at St. Joseph’s Women’s Hospital. It was just as surprising to the woman as the pregnancy itself, because for 35 weeks, she didn’t even know she was pregnant.

Disgraced former TV news anchor Dan Rather has come to the aid of embattled NBC anchor Brian Williams, saying that Williams is an “honest man.” But Williams is caught up in a scandal of his own making after admitting to lying about being in a helicopter downed by enemy RPG fire in Iraq in 2003.

After 379 years as one of America’s premiere institutes of higher learning, Harvard University has now put a total ban on professors having sex with students.

Despite an admission by NBC News’ Brian Williams that for the last 12 years he has repeatedly and falsely claimed that he was in a helicopter that was hit by an enemy RPG in a war zone in Iraq, NBC executives are still standing behind their nightly news anchor.

Syracuse University has announced that it will self-impose a ban on postseason Orange basketball as punishment for “past mistakes.”

Congressman Aaron Schock (R, IL) is under fire for remodeling his office in a garish Downton Abbey-styled decor. But his taste in decor isn’t the only thing gaining criticism. Ethics watchdogs have charged that he improperly accepted free services from a decorator in the deal.

The National Football League looks set to punish two teams, the Cleveland Browns and the Atlanta Falcons, for using technology to violate league rules.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice has been called the most politicized and radical DOJ in American history. But as he prepares to retire from his high position in the Obama administration, Holder is striking back at his detractors by claiming that his office hasn’t been politicized at all.

According to statements made on Tuesday, Florida Democrat Congressman Alan Grayson seems to be preparing a run for the U.S. Senate.

After Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul tweeted that he was taking a booster vaccination for measles, a senior editor at the Daily Beast replied “F— you” to the Republican.

The National Transportation Safety Board concluded that a fatal plane crash near Denver last year was most likely caused by a pilot who was distracted by taking selfie photos in the cockpit.

After his game-clinching interception, New England Patriots rookie cornerback Malcolm Butler received praise from fans and the media alike. But now he might also be the recipient of the truck Tom Brady won alongside his third Super Bowl MVP award.