(AP) Judge gives Chicago 6 months to OK gun sales lawBy DON BABWINAssociated PressCHICAGOA federal judge on Tuesday approved Chicago’s request for a delay of six months to allow the city time to craft a new gun sales ordinance. Federal
(AP) Judge: $765M might not cover NFL concussion claimsBy MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated PressPHILADELPHIAA federal judge is slowing down the proposed $765 million settlement of NFL concussion claims, questioning if there’s enough money to cover 20,000 retired players. U.S. District Judge Anita
Chicago Tribune: Los Angles County Sheriff’s patrol cars have descended on Justin Bieber’s house and are executing a search warrant in connection with an egg-throwing incident, law enforcement sources tell TMZ. Sources say deputies are looking for any evidence that
CHICAGO (CBS) – A man from Minnesota died after he fell into the Chicago River early Monday, when he dropped his cell phone in the water and lunged after it. Another man was hospitalized, and a woman was missing and
“Never trust anyone over thirty” was a slogan of the 1960s New Left. The movement’s members may now be in their 70s, but many of them never really grew up. Now, one of those who did become an adult, David
CHICAGO, Jan. 9 (UPI) —A former Chicago police officer and his partner in crime planned to kidnap a businessman, torture him and kill him, federal prosecutors say. In a court filing Wednesday, prosecutors released an alleged taped conversation between Steven
A Chicago man has come forward to accuse police of violently abusing him by sodomizing him with a gun and frightening him into becoming a narc. The incident happened in October 2012, and the man has been attempting to get
Since I wrote my book Stop the Islamization of America and established the Stop Islamization of America initiative of my organization, the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI), we have seen increasing accommodation and submission to Islam in the United States. This
(AP) Deep freeze may have cost economy about $5 billionBy STEVE KARNOWSKIAssociated PressMINNEAPOLISHunkering down at home rather than going to work, canceling thousands of flights and repairing burst pipes from the Midwest to the Southeast has its price. By one
Newly-elected New York City Council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito once lobbied on behalf of five Cuban agents who were convicted of spying against the United States, the New York Post reported on Wednesday. Gerardo Hernandez, one of the five Cubans, was
As record-low and deadly temperatures swept across much of the nation this week, there were fewer crimes reported on the streets of big cities like Chicago, but authorities indicated that there may be increases in the number of domestic abuse
(AP) Just 1 in 4 young teens meet US fitness guidelinesBy LINDSEY TANNERAP Medical WriterCHICAGOYoung teens aren’t exactly embracing the government’s Let’s Move mantra, the latest fitness data suggest. Only 1 in 4 U.S. kids aged 12 to 15 meet
(AP) Polar air blamed for 21 deaths nationwideBy RAY HENRYAssociated PressATLANTAFountains froze over, a 200-foot Ferris wheel in Atlanta shut down, and Southerners had to dig out winter coats, hats and gloves they almost never have to use. The brutal
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents and U.S Attorneys held secret meetings with drug trafficking organizations, especially the Sinaloa cartel, on Mexican soil, revealed Mexico-based newspaper El Universal. The DEA and the U.S. Attorney’s office are both components of the
(AP) Travelers spend night on 3 snowbound Amtrak trainsCHICAGOHundreds of Amtrak passengers who spent the night onboard three trains stranded in snow in northern Illinois have begun to arrive in Chicago, rail line officials said Tuesday morning.About 300 passengers on
Nearly 90% of the United States is frozen as severe and deadly temperatures hit the country on Tuesday. The average temperature on Tuesday is barely over 14 degrees. In New York, temperatures reached a 118-year low. In Philadelphia, dangerous wind
By RICK CALLAHANAssociated PressINDIANAPOLISFrigid air that snapped decades-old records will make venturing outside dangerous for a second straight day, this time spreading to southern and eastern parts of the U.S. and keeping many schools and businesses shuttered. Meanwhile, residents driven
On the heels of a federal court striking down Chicago’s ban on gun sales, those seeking gun permits in Illinois flooded the State Police website over the weekend to begin the permitting process. In fact, the amount of Illinois residents
A federal judge ruled Monday that Chicago’s ban on the sale of guns within city limits is unconstitutional. According to the Chicago Tribune, U.S. District Judge Edmond Chang issued a 35-page ruling in which he wrote: Chicago’s ordinance goes too
Chicago Tribune: Michelle Obama is spending the last, fleeting days of her 40s at Oprah’s palatial Maui estate … law enforcement sources on the island tell TMZ. The First Lady — who turns 50 a week from Wednesday — stayed
Deadly temperatures will threaten the Midwest region until Tuesday in what has been described as the coldest winter outbreak since the 1990s. As Breitbart News has reported, from the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard, experts are warning of hypothermia and
(AP) ‘Polar vortex’ pushes subzero temps into MidwestBy TAMMY WEBBER and KERRY LESTERAssociated PressCHICAGOA whirlpool of frigid, dense air known as a “polar vortex” descended Monday into much of the U.S., pummeling parts of the country with a dangerous cold
It might seem odd, in the midst of the deep freeze and the snowstorms that have gripped the Midwest and the Northeast, but New Jersey and Illinois also charge their residents the highest and second-highest property taxes in the nation,
(AP) Below-zero temps push into Midwest, NortheastBy TAMMY WEBBER and KERRY LESTERAssociated PressCHICAGOSnow-covered roads, high winds and ice were creating dangerous driving conditions from Missouri to Delaware on Sunday ahead of a “polar vortex” that’ll bring below-zero temperatures not seen
On the day after Christmas, the Chicagoland area was shocked when news broke that a pregnant teen girl was shot in the back of the head and killed on Christmas Day. It was initially reported that the pretty teen was
