5 people shot to death in small Illinois town Five people are dead and one injured as a result of a shooting in the tiny southern Illinois town of Manchester, the mayor confirmed in a television interview on Wednesday."We got five confirmed fatalities, one wounded and in the hospital, and the shooter's been apprehended," Mayor Ronald Drake said in an interview on the St. More
Six politicians plead not guilty in alleged NYC mayor's race plot New York State Sen. Malcolm Smith and five other politicians pleaded not guilty Tuesday to corruption charges in connection with an alleged plot to buy a line on New York City's mayoral ballot. The allegations revived public concerns about a documented culture of exploitation in Albany that has prompted officials to seek legal recourse to induce change. More
Sinkhole swallows three cars on Chicago's South Side A driver was hospitalized Thursday after a large sinkhole opened up in the middle of the street and swallowed three cars on Chicago's South Side, police said. The injured man was driving when the road buckled and caved in at 9600 South Houston Avenue near the Chicago Skyway, Chicago Police Department spokesman Mike Sullivan told NBCChicago.com. More
Wild weather: Floods, snow, tornadoes hit central USA Middle America was overwhelmed by weather Thursday, with snow in the north, tornadoes in the Plains, and torrential rains that caused floods and transportation woes - and a sinkhole in Chicago. More
Jury finds Chicago police officer not guilty in girlfriend's 2021 shooting death A Chicago police officer has been acquitted in the 2021 fatal shooting of a woman who was the mother of his child. A Cook County jury on Friday found 32-year-old ... 05/18/2024 - 3:28 am | View Link
Chicago agrees to $5.8 million settlement in suit alleging racism A month before what could have been an embarrassing trial, the city has agreed to a $5.8 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging Black employees at the Chicago ... 05/10/2024 - 6:45 am | View Link
‘The city is up for grabs’: Chicago Tribune reporter’s new book details Lightfoot’s tenure as mayor “When mayor Rahm Emanuel stepped down in 2018 and said I am not going to run again, that created a power vacuum in the City of Chicago that ... Pratt reports that many in Lightfoot’s own ... 04/27/2024 - 2:02 am | View Link
The stock market's bull rally could last another 5 years, but it'll end in a 'spectacular bursting of a bubble,' veteran tech investor Gene Munster says