Bucks' Antetokounmpo to play for Greece at World Cup
Giannis Antetokounmpo told reporters at an event in Athens that he will place for Greece at this year’s basketball World Cup in China
The legendary Brandi Chastain relives the greatest Women’s World Cup™ moment ever: her penalty and celebration
20 years ago, Brandi Chastain captured the imagination of a nation with her World Cup-winning penalty kick vs. China. As the United States Women's National Team prepares to try to repeat as champions, Chastain relives her incredible
Follow Brandi Chastain’s journey to retrieve her legendary sports bra
Did you know that Brandi Chastain was offered hundreds of thousands of dollars for the sports bra she was wearing when she scored the World Cup-winning penalty against China in 1999? Instead, she donated the famous USWNT
Kimbrel closes out debut with Rizzo’s help, Cubs beat Braves
CHICAGO (AP) – Craig Kimbrel dodged trouble for a save in his season debut when new teammate Anthony Rizzo dived into first base for the final out, and the Chicago Cubs rallied from five runs down to
Craig Kimbrel on Cubs roster vs former Braves team
CHICAGO (AP) – New Chicago Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel is available to pitch against his former Atlanta Braves team.
R. Kelly’s lawyers ask judge to dismiss sex abuse lawsuit
CHICAGO (AP) – R. Kelly’s lawyers want a Chicago judge to toss a 2019 lawsuit alleging the singer sexually abused a minor a little over 20 years ago.
Snowplows used to clear mud from southern Illinois roads
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Crews cleaning up southern Illinois roads that have been submerged for weeks under floodwaters are using fire hoses and snowplows to clear the roadways of mud, slime, and debris.
Mayor calls out worker accused of spitting on Eric Trump
CHICAGO (AP) – Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has condemned a cocktail lounge employee who Eric Trump says spit on him.
Pritzer orders more Guard troops to fight flooding
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker has activated an additional 80 Illinois National Guard troops for flood-fighting efforts in southern Illinois.
4 cases of Legionnaires’ disease investigated at hospital
OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) – The Illinois Department of Public Health says it’s investigating four cases of Legionnaires’ disease in individuals at a suburban Chicago hospital.
Female trying to retrieve phone from tracks killed by train
CHICAGO (AP) – Chicago Police are investigating the death of a female who was struck and killed by a train when she walked onto the tracks to retrieve a cell phone she’d dropped.
Archbishop Sheen’s remains moved to Illinois from NY church
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) – The remains of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen have been removed from St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York and are on their way to central Illinois.
7-foot eyeball comes to Children’s Museum of Illinois
DECATUR, Ill. (AP) – For those kids looking to step inside a 7-foot eyeball, the Children’s Museum of Illinois is the place to go.
People Gas to remove Chicago cast-iron pipe dating to 1859
CHICAGO (AP) – Peoples Gas says it plans to retire and remove the oldest gas pipe in the city of Chicago on Friday.
Report: 1 in 4 Illinois children ready to enter kindergarten
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – A new state report has found that just one out of every four children in Illinois was fully prepared to enter kindergarten in the most recent school year.
Mexican drug cartel operative pleads guilty in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) – A high-ranking figure in Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel who answered to now-imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has entered a guilty plea at a Chicago federal court.
Judge convicts Schaumburg man in woman’s strangulation death
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. (AP) – A Chicago-area judge has convicted a 32-year-old man of sexually assaulting and strangling his neighbor in 2017.
Man convicted in eye-gouging attack sentenced to 35 years
PICNEYVILLE, Ill. (AP) – A southern Illinois man convicted of an attack in which he stuck his fingers in another man’s eyes and blinded him has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by a judge who
Illinois governor gets boat speed warning on Wisconsin lake
CHICAGO (AP) – Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s press secretary says the governor received a warning for speeding during a boating trip on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin.
$20,000 reward offered for information after officer shot
CHICAGO (AP) – A group is offering a $20,000 reward for information about the shooting of an off-duty Chicago Police officer.