Prosecutors: Tapes capture R. Kelly threatening his victims
NEW YORK — Prosecutors want a New York City jury at the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial to hear profane video and audio recordings...
Study: State worker pension systems in best shape since 2008
Pension systems for state government workers across the U.S. are in their best shape since the Great Recession began more than a dozen years...
Subway worker: Franchise owner suspended her after robbery
ROCKFORD, Ill. — A woman who struggled with a robber inside an Illinois Subway shop said the owner suspended her from work after surveillance...
Poet Patricia Smith wins $100,000 lifetime achievement award
NEW YORK — Patricia Smith has won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for lifetime achievement, a $100,000 honor presented by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation....
Pandemic hasn’t dimmed Boeing’s rosy prediction for planes
Boeing said Tuesday that the airline industry is showing signs of recovering from the pandemic, and the company is bullishly predicting a $9 trillion...
Tech verifications show big jump in bets as football begins
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — A company that most of the legal U.S. sports betting industry uses to verify that its customers are where they...
Illinois man to be sentenced in ’17 Minnesota mosque bombing
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group who authorities say masterminded the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque is...
Police: 1 killed, 5 others wounded in Chicago shooting
CHICAGO — One person died and five others including a teenage girl were injured in a shooting on Chicago's South Side, police said.
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Crowded stadiums, pandemic create combustible mix this fall
More than 65,000 fans packed a stadium in Tampa to watch Tom Brady lead the Buccaneers to a win in the NFL's season opener,...
Judge: Hastert’s sexual abuse accuser to be named at trial
YORKVILLE, Ill. — A man who accused Dennis Hastert of child sexual abuse then sued the former U.S. House speaker for refusing to pay...