(AP) Rangers acquire RHP Garza from Cubs for 3 playersBy STEPHEN HAWKINSAP Sports WriterARLINGTON, TexasThe Texas Rangers finally have Matt Garza in their starting rotation. Texas acquired Garza from the Chicago Cubs in a trade completed Monday, getting a pitcher
WGN: Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin was in Chicago today to announce new gun control legislation he says will make it easier for law enforcement to solve gun crimes.
Since early May, the Chicago murder rate for2013 has nearly matched that of 2012’s bloodbath; for those living among the south and west side war zones, the numbers are not getting better. The most recent Chicago Crime Statistics Portal shows
You have probably heard about stealth amnesty, the Obama administration’s campaign to bypass Congress and enact policies that provide amnesty to a wide variety of illegal immigrants, including those convicted of serious crimes. While the policy begins at the very
Veteran character actor Dennis Farina, known for his salt and pepper hair, gruff demeanor and penchant for stealing scenes, has died at the age of 69. Farina’s most memorable work came in films like Get Shorty, Midnight Run and NBC’s
A Chicago man charged with murdering 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins as her father was changing her diaper will be back in court today for a status hearing. Koman Willis, who pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated murder, is believed
Bestselling author Brad Thor is offering to buy George Zimmerman a new gun and all the ammunition he wants after the Justice Department put a hold on releasing the evidence from Zimmerman’s murder trial, thus delaying the return of his
By SHARON COHENAP National WriterBlue-collar workers poured into the cavernous auto plants of Detroit for generations, confident that a sturdy back and strong work ethic would bring them a house, a car and economic security. It was a place where
Longtime political ally of both Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina’s Catholic Church at the Chicago Trayvon Martin protest on Saturday:
Congressman Bobby Rush speaks with Newt Gingrich on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday.
The sizzling temperatures are not the only things turning the heat up all over America. Yet as racial unrest, IRS controversies and other scandals continue to rage, it seems nothing can prevent Michelle Obama from squeezing every last ounce of
Rare color photos from the Great Depression and World War II America in a collection at the Library of Congress vividly document the poverty and hardscrabble lives of many Americans in those eras. As the Daily Mail noted, the “pictures
With Barack Obama, the Race-Baiter-In-Chief, smiling down upon them, Al Sharpton and his minions got their festival of racial paranoia and hatred going from coast-to-coast on Saturday. Among other things, there were calls to boycott various tourist attractions and businesses
As an example of how the new “Common Core” math system will work, a curriculum director recently noted that even if kids get the wrong mathematical result, as long they can “explain” how they arrived at their answer, then that
(AP) Bomb detonated at Beijing airport; 1 injuredBy DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGA man in a wheelchair who was airing grievances set off a homemade bomb in a crowded terminal at Beijing’s main airport on Saturday evening, injuring himself but no one
Vivek Bapat, Vice President, Portfolio Marketing, SAP, writes in Forbes that the huge information disparity gap between the haves and have-nots across the world is likely to create a “new digital caste system.” Bapat suggests that a new “creative economy”
CHICAGO, July 19 (UPI) — Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a former ballet dancer, treated a Taste of Chicago festival crowd to his smooth moves to the tune of Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” The former White House chief of staff, whose
On the eve of Detroit filing the largest municipal bankruptcy in American history, Rahm Emanuel’s Chicago had its bond rating downgraded by Moody’s Investor Services. Moody’s summarized the following weaknesses contributing to the city’s downgrade: • Extremely underfunded pension plans: actuaries
As the institutional left prepares to deploy its organizers to well choreographed protests against the “not guilty” verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, black activists in President Obama’s hometown of Chicago are asking what happened to their president and his
Sean Hannity had a volatile throw down with NAACP Washington Bureau Director Hilary Shelton over the groups recent demagoguery in the wake of the George Zimmerman murder trial. Shelton blamed Florida’s “very faulty self-defense policy,” for the “completely unfair” verdict. However,
In the wake of the new concealed carry law passed in Illinois, Chicago’s city fathers are adding more guns to the ban list and setting strict new rules for who can have a gun and what sort of guns they
George Zimmerman’s trial began on June 24 and ended with a “not guilty” verdict on July 13. During that time period, three youths, younger that Trayvon Martin, were gunned down in Chicago, and the national media didn’t bat an eye.
Before the MLB All-Star Game that the American League won 3-0 on Tuesday, the Star Tribune in Minnesota released a list of nine traditions that are slowly dying off from the game. A few of the most treasured traditions are
Catholic Bishop Pablo Cedano of the Dominican Republic said that President Barack Obama’s choice of an openly gay nominee as the ambassador to the conservative and largely Catholic island nation will face strong opposition. If James “Wally” Brewster becomes the U.S.
On Monday, in response to my piece on 17-year-old Darryl Green of Chicago, who was found shot to death after refusing to join a gang at school, Jamelle Bouie of The Daily Beast claimed that “black-on-black crime” is a myth.
