Zpravy 2015

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel looks over to the winners in the essay contest about the first settler and founder, Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable near the conclusion of a program celebrating Chicago's 175th birthday at an event at the Chicago History Museum ...

When 350Green was picked to build the charging stations here, Chicago was heralded as an early adopter of electric car technology, but that crumbled amid evidence of unpaid bills and accounting issues. Projects by the company in 19 other markets across ...

For the city's 178th birthday Preservation Chicago has delivered its annual list of seven historic buildings that it believes are the most threatened: the Chicago 7. This year's list includes a variety of types of buildings, ranging from the once ...

It's been almost seven months since Cynthia Lane's 19-year-old son was fatally shot by Chicago police officers on the city's West Side, and she still has yet to learn a single thing about the investigation. She doesn't know the names of the officers ...

When word got out that these nuns who feed the poor were shivering through Chicago's record-cold February, they were invited onto TV and two internet funds were set up for contributions, now totaling more than $232,000. As the donations soared, the ...

Gloria Pinex reacts Wednesday after a federal jury sided with Chicago police Officers Raoul Mosqueda and Gildardo Sierra in the 2011 fatal shooting of her son, Darius Pinex, 27, after an early morning traffic stop. (E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune).

Palmer was getting back on his feet to run behind Hoard when he felt a bullet graze the back of his head. His red and black Chicago Bulls stocking cap was knocked to the ground, and Palmer noticed blood streaming down his face. "All I heard is Deonte ...

And make no mistake. Chicago did. Only an authentic audience would have welcomed the young "A.M. Chicago" host when she went on the air in January 1984 and began opening up about her own troubled relationships, weight struggles and insecurities.

From Mayor Tough to Mayor Hugs, it's confusing, and it breeds a sense of political schizophrenia in Chicago. It's as if you run into Hannibal Lecter, and he offers you a bouquet of orchids. And not only flowers, but there's a puppy in a box and he's ...

Chicago voters wanted a second round in the race for mayor, and they got one. But now that an April 7 runoff has been set, what should the candidates be talking about? For the most part, not the stuff in their TV ads. Though it was appropriate for ...

“Dig,” a new series starting Thursday night on USA, is the latest post-“Da Vinci Code” thriller that combines a murder mystery with an ancient-history primer. Conspiracies are afoot, and prophecies are finally coming true. The show, an American-Israeli ...

Carli Lloyd said it best with both feet in the opening match of the Algarve Cup on Wednesday. The veteran midfielder scored both goals in the United States women's national team 2-1 victory over Norway at the Municipal Stadium in Vila Real de San Antonio.

The world's biggest restaurant chain announced on Wednesday that within two years, McDonald's USA will only buy chickens raised without antibiotics that are important to human medicine. The concern is that the overuse of antibiotics for poultry may ...

Dig is USA's religious conspiracy thriller — promoted as a 10-episode event series, premiering March 5 — was created by Tim Kring (Heroes) and Gideon Raff (Homeland) and stars Jason Isaacs as Peter Connelly, an FBI agent who investigates a murder and ...

His wife just had a son and they gave him a Korean middle name," Glosserman told USA TODAY. On Monday, North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its eastern coast, South Korea said, a defiant response to annual joint military exercises between ...

"He believed that he was a soldier in a holy war against Americans. He believed he had taken a step toward reaching paradise. That was his motive for committing these crimes." Weinreb added that Tsarnaev, 21, "believed the United States government is ...

Here's what's new on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list... Dr. Seuss is on the loose: The beloved children's author has nine titles in the top 50, plus five more in the top 150. (The full list will publish on Thursday.) It's that time of year, with ...

Aug 10, 2014; Irvine, CA, USA; Michael Phelps swims 1:58.74 in a 200m individual medley heat to advance to the final in the 2014 USA National Championships at William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Complex. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) ...