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https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/353/2019/01/14120850/Bill-McCarthy-1-14-2019.mp3 By Bill Cameron, WLS-AM News (CHICAGO) In the race for mayor and in the wake of the attempted extortion charge against...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing far-reaching ethics reforms for the City Council in the wake of a federal attempted-extortion charge filed this month against a powerful alderman...

Air travel can be awful enough just from the security lineups, crowded boarding, and cramped seats. But at least you have seats for the journey to your destination. Unfortunately, that wasn’t th...

Graphic Credit: @NWSChicago/Twitter (CHICAGO) Snow is expected to move over the Chicago region all day Saturday, potentially dropping up to 4 inches in the city and half a foot in the south suburbs an...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss another week of oral arguments, but is ‘on track’ to return from last month’s cancer surgery. A Court spokesperson said the 85-yea...

A 5-minute 911 record highlights the panic and disbelief over the birth of a baby born to a 29-year-old woman in a vegetative state for 26 years. 911 audio reveals a nurse at the woman’s care fa...

By DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) - An attorney for R. Kelly said Friday that the R&B star denies all allegations of sexual misconduct involving women and underage girls, including thos...

The man who launched a GoFundMe campaign to help ‘Build the Wall’ is cancelling the campaign and refunding all donations. In an update published Friday, military veteran Brian Kolfage said...

  EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) - The Northwestern University student leader who has earned the nickname “The Shrieker” for her screams during basketball games has been quieted. The high-pitche...

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is leaving the Justice Department, but not until Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is completed. It was reported earlier this week that Rosenstein woul...