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Farai Chideya is a senior writer at FiveThirtyEight and she joins the show to talk about the current polling numbers in battleground states and the chances that Trump or Hillary get elected.

(CHICAGO) A futures trader whose alleged market manipulation led to the 2010 U.S. stock market drop known as the "Flash Crash" is finally set to appear in a Chicago courtroom Tuesday, authorities say....

(CHICAGO) Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen, claiming the company violated state environmental laws by tampering with emissions controls in its diesel vehicles. The ...

(SOUTH HOLLAND) A shoplifting suspect in northwest Indiana fatally shot himself after fleeing police and crashing Monday afternoon on I-294 in South Holland. At 12:13 p.m., a store supervisor at Cabel...

Andy Shaw from the Better Government Association breaks down the impact of the Safe Roads Amendment.

Bob Dold is running against Brad Schneider for re-election in the U.S. Congressional 10th District and joins the show to talk about why he’s better for Illinois.

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 WLS-AM Some Election day rain showers for Tuesday Morning and a bit cooler. Periodically warming up/cooling off the rest of the work we...

(CHICAGO) A former Cook County worker admitted Monday that he swindled cash out of a $10.3 million federal grant meant to help flood victims, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Barry Croall, 47, coll...

(CHICAGO) Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Monday watched cellphone video of the Southwest Side traffic standoff that sparked a fatal police-involved shooting, but he didn't see clear violations ...

By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) Mayor Rahm Emanuel is responding to a Tribune story about WikiLeaks that reveal he, like Hillary Clinton, used a personal email account to communicate with gover...