Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi
Emmett Till is the Black teenager from Chicago who was tortured and killed in 1955 after being accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi.
Lawsuits filed by ex-volleyball player and former football player against Northwestern University
The hazing scandal at Northwestern University has widened to include a volleyball player who has become the first female athlete to sue the university over allegations she was retaliated against for reporting mistreatment and a new lawsuit by former Northwestern quarterback Lloyd Yates.
2-year-old grandson of Bucks coach Adrian Griffin dies in CU
The coroner’ office says preliminary reports from an autopsy conducted Monday showed no evidence of trauma or foul play.
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
Tony Bennett often said his lifelong ambition was to create “a hit catalog rather than hit records,” which he accomplished through more than 70 albums.
Northwestern joins long list of American universities with a scandal in athletics
Northwestern has been added to a long list of American universities to face a scandal in athletics and may eventually join the trend of making large payouts following allegations of sexual abuse. A former Wildcats football player filed the first lawsuit against Pat Fitzgerald and members of the school’s leadership Tuesday, seeking damages stemming from a hazing scandal that cost the former…
1st lawsuit filed against Pat Fitzgerald and Northwestern leaders stemming from a hazing scandal
The former player, identified in the lawsuit as John Doe, alleges Tuesday in Cook County Court in Chicago that Fitzgerald along with Northwestern University President Michael Schill and other leaders at the school enabled and concealed sexual misconduct and racial discrimination.
Check the Air Quality across America
This AP interactive map shows forecast air quality across the United States, including areas affected by Canadian wildfires. This interactive map will update daily.
High court upholds cash-free bail in Illinois, takes effect in September
Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Jane Theis delivered the court’s opinion, approved 5-2, saying that the constitution “does not mandate that monetary bail is the only means to ensure criminal defendants appear for trials or the only means to protect the public.”
Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH
Jackson is 81 and has remained active in civil rights in recent years despite health setbacks.
Legal headaches could just be starting at Northwestern, WVU with Fitzgerald, Huggins, experts say
Fitzgerald was fired this week following hazing allegations in the program.
Coroner identifies the 3 men killed in a Greyhound bus crash near St. Louis
State police say the bus was traveling westbound along Interstate 70 in Madison County when it crashed into the semis just before 2 a.m.
James Lewis, suspect in Tylenol poisonings that killed 7 people in the Chicago area in 1982, dead
Police say the death is not considered suspicious.
Illinois State Museum returns nearly 40 sacred wooden artifacts to Kenya
The statutes are considered sacred and are believed to carry the spirits of deceased male Mijikenda elders.
Highland Park residents walk parade route where 7 were killed in Fourth of July shooting
One year after a shooter took seven lives at the city’s annual parade, community members were honoring the victims and reclaiming the space to move forward.