CHICAGO - A gunman opened fire on a Chicago Transit Authority bus Monday evening, leaving three people wounded, two of them seriously, authorities said. The shooting occurred on a northbound No. 75 bus in the 7700 block of South State Street in the C

Leonard Floyd is bigger than he was a year ago. He's stronger. And, most importantly, he's healthy. That all added up to him being the most head-turning player on the field during the Bears' offseason program. If things go right, it could prove to be

How did an apparently sincere tribute turn into such a weirdly clueless vanity project? The music scene evoked in the documentary "Echo in the Canyon" remains a chimerical wonder, equal parts bliss and chaos. In the 1960s, a daisy chain of like-minde

CHICAGO - You can ditch your car for public transit and refill a reusable water bottle rather than buying plastic. But good luck finding a "green" substitute for an airline flight - unless you happened to be on a particular Los Angeles-bound United A

CHICAGO - One of the most jarring images from baseball this season came last month when Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr. lined a foul ball into the seats in Houston, striking a young fan. White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez hit a sharp foul into the

LOS ANGELES - Manager Joe Maddon shook up the Cubs lineup Sunday against Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu, but the offense came up short again Sunday in a 3-2 loss to the Dodgers that completed a 2-5 trip. The Cubs mustered nine hits off Hyun-Jin Ryu

People often speak about fad diets the way they speak about exes: intensely, specifically, intimately. Atkins, Dukan, Paleo, baby food. None last, though lasting is promised, and all feed a cycle of shame for the dieter, who can never seem to make it

Is it BS? Or BCS? Hard to know. And Goose Island Beer Co. isn't saying. Last year, in a bid to throw the world off the scent of its highly anticipated Bourbon County lineup, Goose Island submitted a handful of fictitious labels - among the real ones

If Olli Maatta ends up being anything resembling the centerpiece of the Blackhawks' offseason moves, then pack up your fandom for a season and head out of town. Might I suggest St. Louis? OK, that's blasphemy, but not to worry because it shouldn't co

Seventy games into Year 3 of their rebuild, the White Sox are feeling pretty good about themselves. Despite injuries to starting pitchers Michael Kopech and Carlos Rodon, they're hanging around .500 at 34-36 and doing so behind impressive performance

Bus drivers might hold the door for a sprinting late arrival. Gate agents at the airport? Not a bet most passengers would want to make. But you just might catch a break on your next United Airlines flight. United is trying to get smarter about figuri

The conversation among Sue Wojciechowski's new co-workers was full of typical small talk until one day, shortly after she started at accounting firm Arthur Andersen, it took an odd turn. One of the people at lunch began to pepper another - a guy name

"Sometimes I take baths because it's hard to drink wine in the shower." This maxim hangs on the wall near the cedar tub in my room at Among the Vineyards, a bed and breakfast where the shoutouts to grown-up grape juice are as plentiful as misplaced b

It was known as the "tanker war." In 1987, Iran wreaked havoc on global energy supplies moving through the Strait of Hormuz, using mines to attack Kuwaiti oil tankers and eventually triggering direct conflict between U.S. naval forces and Iranian ves

PEORIA, Ill. - An FBI agent testified Monday that investigators have not been able to corroborate Brendt Christensen's claim that he killed 12 people before the abduction of Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champ

When the Bulls dropped from their pre-draft lottery spot of fourth all the way to No. 7 last month, John Paxson acknowledged a brief moment of disappointment. Then, the Bulls executive vice president put on his best face even as he, along with his st

CHICAGO - The Cubs and White Sox have played 118 games in City Series history, with the Sox holding a two-game edge 60-58. As the series resumes Tuesday night at Wrigley Field, here are some of the best and worst moments from someone who has covered

LOS ANGELES - Cubs slugger Kris Bryant roomed with White Sox pitcher Dylan Covey for three seasons at the University of San Diego and calls Covey "one of my favorite people." But Bryant has a vastly different view than Covey of the Cubs-White Sox ser

MERRILLVILLE, Ind. - The principal at Bailly Preparatory in Gary is facing termination over a "verbal conflict" with the mother of an autistic boy given a "most annoying" award at the school last month. Principal Carlita Royal is also cited for faili

CHICAGO - The death of Yovanny Jadiel Lopez, who lived seven weeks after he was cut from his mother's womb, was ruled a homicide, officials said. An autopsy Saturday revealed the baby died from lack of oxygen and blood to his brain, and a prolapse of

LOS ANGELES - Ben Zobrist rejoining the Cubs before the end of the season is still possible. Cubs President Theo Epstein emphasized that Zobrist's family remains a major priority while he remains on the restricted list in the wake of he and wife Juli

CHICAGO - Leury Garcia took two strikes to begin his seventh-inning at-bat against Yankees reliever Adam Ottavino. The White Sox center fielder eventually worked the count full. And on the 11th pitch of the epic at-bat, Garcia connected for a solo ho

Q: Recently a reader wrote in about their 2017 Subaru Forester and the battery dying. I work for a company that has dozens of these 2017 Foresters and we have had battery problems (and replaced them) on several of these vehicles. My guess is that the