Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been one of the more famously partisan left-wingers in recent memory, but despite that reputation, he has been the happy recipient of millions in donations from Republicans in this political fight of his life. And desperate for support, Emanuel is turning to the city’s small GOP contingent to regain office.
Rahm Emanuel’s path to re-election as Chicago’s mayor just got a little murkier. On Monday a large group of African American ministers led by Operation Push activist Jesse Jackson endorsed Rahm’s opponent, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia.
Chicago had its first warm weather of the year over the March 6 weekend, but as that warm weather returned, so did the violence, shootings, and death. Chicago police reported that 2 stabbings and 15 shootings occurred in their warming city; three died as a result.
Thanks to the dual threat of a rooftop owners’ lawsuits and a harsh winter, the refurbishing of Wrigley Field has been slowed to a crawl. It has been so bad that the Cubs even considered playing home games up in Milwaukee.
Rahm Emanuel is the first mayor in Chicago’s history forced into a run-off election.
Despite having tens of millions in his campaign coffers Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel could not reach the 50 percent threshold to win re-election this month.
Lady Gaga and Vince Vaughn made plunges into the icy waters of Chicago’s Lake Michigan at a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.
President Obama says Rand Paul is interesting, and that the South Side of Chicago would be friendly to him, if the conservative senator wanted to visit.
As this horrible winter rages on, record low temperatures are being set from Chicago to Washington, D.C., and snow is still piling up in places like Maine and Vermont. It all adds up to dangerous winter conditions for much of the country, and it will continue for the next week.
We previously reported on a narco-terror conspirator named Emad Karakra. Karakrah was a member of the terrorist cell behind the attempted 2009 bombing of Oprah Winfrey’s Chicago studios and the Sears Tower building. He is back on the loose after being incarcerated, compliments of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Calling them the “most significant drug dealers” he’d dealt with in two decades on the bench, U.S. District Chief Judge Ruben Castillo sentenced twins Pedro and Margarito Flores to 14 years each in prison for smuggling at least 71 tons of cocaine and heroin and nearly $2 billion in cash from 2005 to 2008 for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel. The Flores brothers served as the control point for the drug trafficking organization in the Windy City for years, and would have received life sentence had they not agreed to fully cooperate with U.S. authorities to bring down major players in the cartel.
Chicago Sun-Times columnist and Washington Bureau Chief Lynn Sweet said that former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s “abrasive personality” and “brashness” in addition to “a rough four years” of governing were hindering Emanuel’s campaign for re-election as Chicago’s Mayor
An Islamic leader in a Chicago suburb who has been hailed as the Muslim “Billy Graham” has been accused of sexual assault of an employee at the Institute of Islamic Education that he founded.
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.
David Haugh, co-host of “Kap and Haugh” on Chicago’s Comcast Sportsnet, responded on Wednesday to a question on what would happen in the situation of the Jackie Robinson West Little League team were compromised of white players. The team, all
Just days before Chicago elects a mayor, President Obama will visit his home city, perhaps as a way to buck up the campaign of his former chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel.
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.
CHICAGO (AP) — A juvenile has been charged in the December mugging of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s teenage son.
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.
The winter storm that swept from Kansas eastward, starting on Sunday morning, has become one for the record books, ranking among the top five worst storms in some cities.
As an outbreak of measles linked to several California Disney theme parks mounts, other states are also seeing measles appear. This week, for instance, a suburb of Chicago has announced its first case of the year.
A federal judge called owners of a bank, which helped the Obamas finance a sweetheart deal to buy an empty lot next to their Chicago home, the “most pervasively corrupt litigants” he’s ever dealt with.
As subzero temperatures hit Chicago, the violence continues. Between Friday afternoon and Saturday evening one was killed and six others were shot in the Windy City.
Earlier this month a strip club on Chicago’s northwest side was the happy recipient of an award for helping improve the neighborhood.
France has identified 751 Zones Urbaines Sensibles (ZUS – Sensitive Urban Zones). These are sometimes informally called “no-go zones,” because it’s claimed that they’re almost entire Muslim, self-governing with Sharia law, and where even the police never go.
New Year’s Day was particularly dangerous for residents of Chicago as nine were shot, including a 14-year-old girl. Two days later, by Saturday, seven more shootings were added to the toll. According to police, several of those shot on New
Both of the Chicago bids for the Barack Obama Presidential Library are falling flat. The foundation tasked with selecting the final site for the president’s library has New York as a leading contender instead of Obama’s hometown, a report says.
Gang violence in Chicago has gotten so bad that jails are now treating prisoners for a civilian form of post-traumatic stress disorder.
The 17-year-old son of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was robbed Friday night by two unidentified men outside of the Mayor’s home. The men put him in a chokehold, struck him in the face, and stole his cell phone. Officials say Zach
Chris Conte, an oft-injured but rarely sidelined-for-long Chicago Bears safety, says he would trade years off his life for NFL longevity. “As far as after football,” he told the Windy City’s WBBM, “who knows? My life will revolve around football
Illinois Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner, a Republican, will soon face the first real test of his reform agenda. Next month, he’ll name a successor to fill the term of the late Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka. Topinka, who for a long
No matter what happens tonight in Chicago between the Saints and Bears, one thing’s for sure–the NFC South champ will not have a winning mark this year. It’s OK, America. We will survive this. Even if the New Orleans Saints win their
In an recent interview, US Attorney General Eric Holder expressed his pleasure at Chicago Bulls player Derrick Rose for wearing a t-shirt with the phrase “I Can’t Breathe” emblazoned across it on the court last week. Rose was joined by
A video posted on Facebook shows several African American teens slapping, harassing, and abusing an elderly passenger on Chicago’s Blue Line city train. A teenager who posted the disturbing video on Facebook claimed that the elderly man was “saying some racial slurs,”
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Texas State Senator Wendy Davis, a former media darling who could do no wrong, has lost most of her support following a weak campaign and crushing loss in the state’s gubernatorial race. Her loss,
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw is considered the top pitcher in baseball, with three Cy Young Awards in four years for the Los Angeles Dodgers, an NL Most Valuable Player award and a $215 million, seven-year contract. Max Scherzer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jeff Samardzija has played for Notre Dame and the Cubs and now will get to pitch for the White Sox. “Being a Chicago guy, that’s one of the craziest things I’ve thought about,” he said Tuesday
The number of taxi rapes and sexual assaults–in which largely immigrant, mainly Muslim drivers have raped or sexually harassed infidel girls and women, have been on the rise in Europe, particularly in England, Sweden, and Germany. But there have been similar taxi rapes and/or sexual
Jon Lester beat cancer. Now the Chicago Cubs expect him slay the Curse of the Billy Goat. The former Red Sox ace agreed to a six-year, $155 million deal with the Cubs overnight–the largest in franchise history. A vesting option
Players receive fines for lots of things. Criticizing officials, making obscene gestures, and breaking dress codes all could lead to hefty penalties in the world of sports. Unless, of course, your actions or choice of clothing taunt and bash police officers, then
