Chicago-based Poetry Foundation hires new president
<p>NEW YORK — The Poetry Foundation has chosen Michelle T. Boone as its new president, the first time a woman and a person of...
Chicago braces for release of another police shooting video
CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Wednesday called for calm ahead of the release of video showing police fatally shoot a 22-year-old man...
EXPLAINER: Is it legal to shoot suspects in the back?
<p>Seconds after Anthony Alvarez was shot from behind by a Chicago police officer, the fatally wounded 22-year-old looked over at the officer and asked:...
Chicago stages drive-through Wagner in underground garage
CHICAGO — Amid signs pointing “To Elevator” and advising drivers to “Take Parking Ticket With You,” the Rhinemaidens lament the theft of their gold,...
Oil pipeline disputes raise tensions between U.S. and Canada
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Months after President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude oil...
Chicago-based Poetry Foundation hires new president
NEW YORK — The Poetry Foundation has chosen Michelle T. Boone as its new president, the first time a woman and a person of...
EXPLAINER: Is it legal to shoot suspects in the back?
Seconds after Anthony Alvarez was shot from behind by a Chicago police officer, the fatally wounded 22-year-old looked over at the officer and asked:...
Floyd verdict won’t remove blocks to police accountability
The guilty verdicts in the George Floyd murder case felt like a watershed moment to many Americans. President Biden called the verdicts a “giant...
Judge gives Corps 2nd chance to offer oil pipeline opinion
FARGO, N.D. — A federal judge faced with a motion on whether the Dakota Access oil pipeline north of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation...
2nd man charged in death of 7-year-old at Chicago McDonald’s
CHICAGO — A second man has been charged in the shooting death earlier this month of a 7-year-old girl who was sitting in car...