Hours after the president and first lady called for Jimmy Kimmels ouster, the late-night host defended the joke that sparked their ire in the wake of an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. Days before an armed man charged a security checkpoint at Saturdays dinner, Kimmel aired a skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live! mocking ...

Once relegated to the dark little corner of outdated health foods, cottage cheese is now fully back in the spotlight. It’s naturally packed with filling protein and can be topped with your favorite sweet or savory ingredients. Cottage cheese is also a culinary chameleon that can be a replacement for higher-calorie cheeses and spreads, or you canmix it ...

The suspect charged in Saturday’s shooting at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital in Chicago has a lengthy criminal record, NBC 5 investigates has learned, leading officials to question Illinois’ SAFE-T Act and why the 26-year-old suspect was released from custody multiple times. Alphonso Talley, of Chicago, made his first court appearance Monday. He ...

A man accused of accused of pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group and plotting to attack one of superstar singer Taylor Swifts concerts in Vienna nearly two years ago pleaded guilty as his trial began on Tuesday, Austria media reported. The plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still canceled Swifts three performances in August 2024. The ...

The suspect in the deadly shooting that left one Chicago police officer dead and a second critically injured at Endeavor Swedish Hospital on Saturday allegedly concealed the weapon under a blanket, prosecutors said. As the suspect appeared in court on Monday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building, the families of the officers and elected officials ...

A federal appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, court documents revealed Monday. Madigan was convicted last year on 10 corruption counts, including bribery, racketeering and wire fraud. A jury found him guilty of pushing legislation in exchange for jobs and contracts for his associates. ...

Chicago Cubs slugger Moises Ballesteros has been hitting the cover off the ball this season, and Craig Counsell has worked him into the lineup in a new way. Ballesteros, who has started 18 games for the Cubs this season at designated hitter, will get behind the plate on Monday when the team opens a three-game series against the San Diego Padres at Petco ...

Two years ago, Josephine Timperman arrived at college with a plan. She declared a major in business analytics, figuring she’d learn niche skills that would stand out on a resume and help land a good job after college. But the rise of artificial intelligence has scrambled those calculations. The basic skills she was learning in things like statistical ...

Around 35,000 NIPSCO customers in northwest Indiana were left without power on Monday evening after wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour tore through the region. The National Weather Service reported a peak gust of 59 miles per hour near Portage High School. Gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour were recorded in other areas, including Cedar Lake and ...

The Chicago White Sox are set to take on the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, but Mother Nature is stealing the show. The White Sox announced prior to the 6:40 p.m. start time for the game that the contest would be delayed due to approaching storms and heavy rain. Forecasts are indicating rain could be a threat through a good portion of the evening for the ...

Changes to a busy street in one Chicago neighborhood are sparking outrage with some community members. The street upgrades are being undertaken on Archer Avenue between 47th Street and Western in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood. The city says they’re needed to address safety concerns, but some residents and small business owners say the bike ...

The Chicago Snowballs baseball team will not be making their official debut this weekend, but the team is still going to take the field later in May. The Snowballs, who are billing themselves as pro baseball’s first co-ed “sportstainment experience, were scheduled to play their debut series beginning on Friday at Kerry Wood Field in Chicagos Roscoe ...

The National Weather Service has issued a series of tornado watches for central and southern Illinois, with powerful twisters possible Monday evening. The watches will last until 9 p.m. Central time, and include a wide swath of the state, including Springfield, Carbondale, Effingham, Decatur, Champaign and numerous other communities. According to the ...

A new chapter is ahead for Chicagos Water Tower Place, as the iconic Michigan Avenue mall marks its 50th anniversary and moves forward with a fullscale upgrade. A big symbol of the citys first vertical mall the escalators that sweep you up to stores – are just one aspect that will soon change. “Thats been one of the many things we want to fix… ...

The westbound lanes of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway in Kane County were shut down due to a police investigation on Monday afternoon, authorities said. According to the Total Traffic and Weather Network, the lanes were closed between Illinois 47 in Sugar Grove and Keslinger Road near Maple Park. The closure was reported at around 3:15 p.m. and ...

As more details emerge on the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer at a hospital, questions over the SAFE-T Act are coming again to the forefront. The suspect in the case, identified by prosecutors and police as 27-year-old Alphanso Talley, was charged with first-degree murder and a host of other crimes during a court hearing on Monday in Chicago. ...

Taylor Swift is taking new steps to protect her voice and likeness from AI misuse. The global pop superstar on Friday filed trademark applications for two audio clips of her voice. In one, she says: Hey, its Taylor Swift, and you can listen to my new album, The Life of a Showgirl, on demand on Amazon Music Unlimited. In the other, she says in a lower ...

What to Know-A high wind warning remains in effect for McHenry, Lake, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage and Cook counties.-The entire Chicago area is at a slight risk of severe weather.-Thousands of ComEd customers are without power Monday.-A ground stop has been issued at OHare airport. Severe weather could impact the Chicago area Monday, but the weather is already ...

A ground stop has been issued at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport as the Chicago area experiences stormy conditions and dangerous winds that left thousands without power. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the ground stop was put in place for flights traveling to Chicago from a number of other U.S. airports. The stop was in place ...

Wind gusts of nearly 70 miles per hour have knocked out power to thousands of Chicago-area residents on Monday afternoon. The strongest gust reported so far was in Sugar Grove in Kane County, where a gust of 67 miles per hour was recorded, according to the National Weather Service. Other gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour were recorded in DeKalb ...

A flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and false claims about the shooting at Saturday nights White House Correspondents’ Association dinner spread online at a notable and concerningly speedy rate, mostly about the baseless theory that the incident had been staged. The speculation on social media began to swirl within minutes of the first ...

A woman has been arrested and charged with allegedly buying the gun used in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer over the weekend. According to federal prosecutors in northern Indiana, Olivia Burgos has been charged with one count of making a false statement while purchasing a firearm, a gun that was allegedly used in the shooting death of ...

A once-popular north suburban mall will soon be torn down to make way for the site to be redeveloped. Demolition of the 35-year-old Lincolnwood Town Center Mall, at the intersection of Touhy and Avenue and McCormick Boulevard, will take place in phases, starting in May, according to a press release from the Village of Lincolnwood. According to ...

A shooting stemming from a fight on a popular downtown strip near Indiana University in Bloomington led to a chaotic scene early Sunday morning, with multiple people injured and an investigation underway. The incident unfolded close to midnight in the 400 block of East Kirkwood Avenue, hours after the school’s famous “Little 500” cycling race. ...

The Chicago area is at a slight risk of severe weather on Monday, but outside of those storms the region could still see powerful wind gusts. According to the National Weather Service, a wind advisory has been issued for the entire area until 4 p.m., with multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms expected to be accompanied by isolated damaging wind ...