BBC presents free World War I films to honor 100th anniversary, begins in August
In commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the start of World War I, BBC Worldwide North America will, in a unique departure, premiere three historic films in theaters across the U.S. this August: 37 Days: The More...
Supreme Court strikes down abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’ in Massachusetts, Chicago next
The Supreme Court unanimously struck down the Massachusetts buffer zone around abortion clinics noting that the 35-foot barrier to keep out protesters was in conflict to the freedoms of demonstrators. Supporters More...
Las Vegas tops list of Fourth of July getaways, Orlando at #6
Travelocity’s Independence Day holiday booking data reveals optimistic news for travelers looking to save during the July 4th weekend. While airfare and domestic hotel rates are both on the rise, international More...
Missing woman, Terri Anderson, identified as dead woman found in Illinois ditch
The body found Saturday afternoon in a drainage ditch off Illinois Route 29 has been identified as Terri Anderson, a woman who was reported missing two weeks ago. Autopsy results were consistent with her cause of More...
MERS spread from Indiana case to Illinois man ruled out after comprehensive lab analysis: CDC
PRESS RELEASE After completing additional and more definitive laboratory tests, CDC officials have concluded that an Indiana MERS patient did not spread the virus to an Illinois associate during a business meeting More...
‘I Support Rasmea’ movement grows to support terrorist Rasmea Yousef Odeh
Supporters in Chicago are selling t-shirts which state “I Support Rasmea” as MoveOn.org created a petition to free the terrroist Rasmea Youcef Odeh, now 66-years-old, linked to the 1969 murder of two More...
Chikungunya, cholera and other diseases in Haiti: An ‘on the ground’ perspective with Haitian Hearts, Dr. John Carroll
The cholera epidemic that began in October 2010 on the Caribbean island of Haiti, several months after the massive earthquake, has accounted for greater than 700,000 cases and 8,500 deaths. The mosquito borne virus, More...
Cancer survivor Karla Dunston wins custody to embryos, boyfriend no longer wants kids
A judge in Chicago has ruled in favor of a woman who froze embryos to have children over the lawsuit by the father, a former boyfriend who says it violates his rights. The gave the woman full custody of the embryos More...
Illinois man tests positive for MERS antibodies, likely contracted virus from Indiana patient
Just days after Illinois health officials reported that there was no spread from the first Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) case in Indiana, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention More...
University of Illinois at Urbana: Mumps diagnosed in about a dozen students
In a follow-up to a story earlier this week, the McKinley Health Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says they have diagnosed mumps in about a dozen students since their return to studies following More...
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: The latest school to experience a mumps outbreak
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s McKinley Health Center says that up to 10 people (nine students and one staff member) have been clinically diagnosed with the mumps since returning from More...
Chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis up in Illinois: Health Department
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said Thursday that three sexually transmitted infections (STI), chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis, are all on the rise in the state and they encourage residents to More...
CDC investigates Salmonella Cotham outbreak linked to bearded dragons
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with public health, veterinary, and agriculture officials in many states and the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services More...
Javier Acevedo and wife, Veronica Rizzo-Acevedo identified in Illinois murder suicide
A Cook County sheriff’s office correctional officer apparently shot to death his wife, a Chicago police officer, inside their Southwest Side home Sunday morning before turning the gun on himself, authorities More...
Violent Easter weekend in Chicago leaves 8 dead, 44 injured
Easter weekend proved to be a violent time with gang related shooting being blamed for a headline grabbing death toll. Since Friday evening, at least eight people were shot and killed in Chicago, and at least 44 others More...
Former Marine Jorge Torrez won’t battle against death penalty
An ex-Marine facing possible execution for the 2009 murder of a fellow service member ordered his lawyers Monday not to make any arguments to spare his life. The man is also connected to a Zion, Ill. double murder. Jorge More...
President Obama meets with faith leaders on ‘broken’ immigration reform
President Barack Obama met with several faith leaders at the Oval Office on Tuesday to discuss what he called a “broken” immigration system. The focus of the meeting was to highlight and discuss “the More...
Fort Hood Shooting: Daniel Ferguson, Carlos Lazaney-Rodriguez returned to Florida for burial
Two twenty year veterans, who were killed in the latest Fort Hood shooting, will arrive in Florida today, set to be laid to rest. Carlos Lazaney-Rodriguez photo courtesy of Fort Hood public affairs Sgt. First Class More...
Rev James Meeks explains why he’s supporting GOP candidate Bruce Rauner
Many may assume the black man, especially from Chicago, is an automatic supporter of the Democratic Party. Reverend James Meeks has even spoken alongside Rev. Jesse Jackson and Democratic leaders in the state, but More...
Juatasha Denton McCaster, Illinois woman found guilty of murdering and dismembering her husband
A woman accused of killing and dismembering her husband is found guilty of murder on Tuesday after the jury deliberated for seven hours. A Sangamon County jury convicted Juatasha Denton McCaster of first degree More...
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