Final 2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season comes to an end. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 14, 2023
As Trump pleads not guilty, Liz Cheney warns: ‘We have a continued assault on the rule of law in this country’ Ex-Rep. Liz Cheney received the 2023 Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government — named after the Illinois senator and corruption fighter — in a ceremony hosted by the University of Illinois system. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023
Senators want privacy safeguards in renewing surveillance tool Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee told intelligence officials Tuesday that a contentious surveillance tool that expires at the end of the year needs more privacy safeguards for Americans. Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2023
Senators want privacy safeguards in renewing surveillance tool - Roll Call Senate Judiciary Committee members told intelligence officials Tuesday a key surveillance tool needs more privacy safeguards for Americans. Roll Call · Jun 13, 2023
The Great Flood Of 1993 Remains Worst River Flooding US Has Ever Seen After 25 Years Over the course of a three-month period in the summer of 1993, a slow-moving and historic flooding disaster. Zenger · Jun 12, 2023
Senate panel to question agencies on key foreign surveillance tool - Roll Call Lawmakers of both parties are using the expiration of the law known as FISA this year as a leverage point to demand changes. Roll Call · Jun 12, 2023
Sky coach/GM James Wade brings in Khaalia Hillsman and Taylor Soule on hardship contracts The WNBA’s rule for using emergency hardship contracts requires a team to fall below 10 available players. The Sky had fallen to eight. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 11, 2023
USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25 softball rankings: Week 14 Lake Creek still No. 1 in USA TODAY Sports/NFCA High School Super 25. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 8, 2023
2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season nears an end. USA Today Sports Media Group · Jun 7, 2023
Encouraging Readers to Harass Person for Alleged Sexual Misconduct Creates Jurisdiction in Person's Home State From Lord v. Smith, decided last Friday by Judge Virginia Kendall (N.D. Ill.), reaffirming an earlier decision: Both Lord and Smith are professional online gamers with millions of followers on streaming platforms and social media. They use the handles Ohmwrecker and H2O Delirious, respectively. Lord alleges that Smith began a… Reason · Jun 7, 2023
NASCAR drivers ‘skeptical’ about spectacle that will be the Chicago Street Race “Racing through the city streets, very narrow, I honestly don’t know how it’s all going to work out,” Bubba Wallace said. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 4, 2023
Debt ceiling vote: takeaways and how the Illinois congressional delegation voted When Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., was sure there were enough votes to pass the debt ceiling measure, she voted no. But if her vote was needed, she would have been a yes. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023
Former ‘Family Feud’ contestant Timothy Bliefnick guilty in wife’s slaying QUINCY, Ill. — A jury Wednesday convicted a former contestant on the television game show “Family Feud” of first-degree murder and home invasion in the slaying of his estranged wife in western Illinois. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023
Debt limit package passes House, heads to Senate - Roll Call The House passed a bill Wednesday night to suspend the debt limit past the 2024 elections, sending the measure to the Senate. Roll Call · Jun 1, 2023
USA Today Sports Media Group · May 31, 2023 2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season heads into June.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 31, 2023 William Brandt Jr., influential Democrat, corporate restructuring pioneer, dies at 73 U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., said, ‘Bill was always a no-bulls---, honest and direct sounding board — whether we agreed or not.’
WEKU · May 30, 2023 He was a beloved farming legend. But for Reddit, his work ethic meant something else David Brandt, who died last week, was an Ohio farmer known for his pioneering work in no-till farming. But social media users knew him better as the overall-clad farmer from the "honest work" meme.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 28, 2023 Mom creates garden where son was shot, hoping people will remember him, maybe help solve his killing “We just want justice for him, and we just want his name to be remembered,” said Nicole D’Vignon, the mother of Nicolaus Cooper, gunned down in March in Chicago Heights.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 25, 2023 Man steals backhoe for 10-mile drive to downstate Illinois airport to catch flight, authorities say A Carbondale man is accused of stealing a backhoe from a work site, driving it to an airport and getting on a flight.
USA Today Sports Media Group · May 24, 2023 2023 USA TODAY Sports/AVCA boys volleyball regional rankings The best volleyball teams in the West, Midwest, South, and Northeast regions as the 2023 season heads into the final week of May.
Chicago Tribune · May 24, 2023 State deploying 30 ‘peacekeepers’ in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend in effort to prevent violence through de-escalation SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration will be sending a newly created team of street outreach workers to Chicago neighborhoods during the Memorial Day weekend to help with the city’s violence prevention efforts.
Tribune News Service · May 23, 2023 Harlan Crow dismisses Senate panel’s questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas WASHINGTON — A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas, in a letter Monday that argues the panel did not have the authority to investigate the lavish gifts he provided to the member of the Supreme Court.
Roll Call · May 23, 2023 Crow sidesteps panel's questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas - Roll Call A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 22, 2023 5 takeaways on the looming debt ceiling deadline crisis Illinois House Democrats are divided over whether President Biden should invoke the 14th Amendment to let the federal government borrow money over the debt limit. GOP pushing for work requirements for public benefits.
Chicago Tribune · May 18, 2023 Native American history would be latest public schools requirement under bill Gov. J.B. Pritzker expected to sign SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois public schools would be required to teach lessons on Midwestern Native American history beginning in the 2024-25 school year under a measure passed by state legislators that is expected to be signed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.