Chicago’s Mexican Independence Day celebrations shadowed by Trump’s threats for the city
Participants wave flags during the 2025 Pilsen Mexican Independence Day parade Saturday in Chicago. AP CHICAGO — President…
A novelist on a book tour is stalked by a stranger in ‘All This Could Be Yours’
“All This Could Be Yours” by Hank Phillippi Ryan. Minotaur via AP Author Hank Phillippi Ryan has written…
Chicago man admits swindling woman in Algonquin in charity debit card scam
Armarion McNeal Courtesy of McHenry County sheriff’s office A Chicago man admitted Thursday that he asked a woman…
Icelandic detective stars in ‘The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer’
“The Mysterious Case of the Missing Crime Writer” by Ragnar Jonasson. Minotaur via AP When we last saw…
Judge blocks Trump from cutting funding to Chicago, other cities and counties over ‘sanctuary’ policies
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson appears during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with other mayors…
A gang of hatchet-wielding women try to take over the meth business in rural Texas
“Hatchet Girls” by Joe R. Lansdale. Mulholland via AP A poor country woman and her kids are being…
Storm knocks out power, trees in McHenry County on Saturday
A tree went through the back window of this vehicle on Bloner Parkway in unincorporated Fox River Grove…
‘The Sleep Room’ is the harrowing story of psychiatric care in the 1960s
“The Sleep Room” by Jon Stock. Abrams Books via AP In the 1960s, a hospital in London held…
Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit against Chicago ‘sanctuary’ laws
Anti-Trump protesters march to Trump Tower in Chicago as they rally for a number of issues, including immigrant…
Park gift shops could remove books on slavery and the Civil War
Customers browse the bookstore at Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. NPS Photo National parks employees have…