Brian Callahan’s time with the Tennessee Titans is up. The team announced on Monday that it has fired its head coach after a 1-5 start to the 2025 season. Senior offensive assistant Mike McCoy is taking over as interim head coach, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero first reported. McCoy, 53, served as the San Diego Chargers‘ head coach from 2013 to ...

Love is in the air outside of Stephen Kings house, floating like a red balloon above a clown-infested sewer drain. Two of his fans traveled nearly 5,000 miles and got engaged in front of Kings house on Monday, and the author soon might receive a wedding invitation in the mail. It would be perfect to have his blessing, the bride-to-be said, or his ...

Two Illinois universities have been named among the best in the U.S. in a new ranking. Finance website Wallethub released its list of the best colleges and universities for 2026, naming both Northwestern University and the University of Chicago in the top 30. Northwestern made the list at No. 10, while U of C came in at No. 17. The ranking looked ...

The Chicago Bears are set to play the Washington Commanders, but the two teams are polar opposites when it comes to their injury reports. Thats because the Bears are expecting to get several key players back on the field for Mondays game, while the Commanders will be playing without one of their top offensive weapons and may have an injured second option ...

Brian Callahan’s time with the Tennessee Titans is up. The team announced on Monday that it has fired its head coach after a 1-5 start to the 2025 season. It has not yet announced an interim coach. “After extended conversations with our owner and general manager, we met with Brian Callahan this morning to tell him we are making a change at head ...

Did your Zodiac sign actually change? A recent New York Times report indicated Zodiac signs may be “out of date” and “your sign might not be what you think.” But what’s the reasoning behind it? “So the science behind it is actually really well known and has been well known for almost as long as people have been doing astrology,” Dr. ...

Popular Japanese fashion brand Uniqlo is set to open two new stores in the Chicago area, with one at a busy suburban mall and another on the Magnificent Mile. The openings are part of an 11-store expansion from Uniqlo, with a new more stores opening next spring and summer in San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Maryland and Washington D.C. “Our ...

All 20 living hostages held by Hamas and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the Gaza Strip and killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Hamas said Monday it will hand over the bodies of four of 28 deceased captives, though it was not immediately clear when ...

Michael Madigan, thelongest-serving legislative leaderin U.S. history, is expected to report to prison to begin serving his sentence this week, sources told NBC Chicago. Two sources with knowledge of the situation told political reporter Mary Ann Ahern that Madigan will report to a federal prison in West Virginia Monday — the same day he was ...

A couple found dead inside a vehicle in a northwest Chicago suburb, sparking an investigation that closed down roadways and led to shelter-in-place warnings for residents, has been identified as police revealed new details in the mysterious case. According to police and the McHenry County Coroner’s office, Rachel Dumovich, 29, and Brandon Dumovich, ...

Hamas released seven hostages into the custody of the Red Cross on Monday, the first to be released as part of a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. There was no immediate information on their condition. Hamas has said 20 living hostages will be exchanged for over 1,900 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Families and friends of hostages broke out ...

Editor’s note: The video in the player above is from a previous report. Monday, Oct. 13 will mark not one but two holidays: Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day. A federal holiday observed on the second Monday of each October, Columbus Day was deemed as such in 1892, when it was established to honor Christopher Columbus’ historic voyage. While ...

Chicago’s Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass. A neighbor, who wished only to be called by her first name, shared cell phone video with NBC Chicago from 8:30 a.m. She explained what she saw from her home just outside St. Jerome Catholic Church on West Lunt Avenue. ...

One person was taken in for questioning after a 35-year-old man was shot and killed during a domestic dispute in unincorporated Dyer, Indiana, sheriff’s officials said. The shooting was reported some time after 5 p.m. in the 8600 block of Beall Street near West 86th Place. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, a 35-year-old man was at ...

Another Bank of America Chicago Marathon is in the books with plenty of notable moments, new records and epic comebacks. It was an emotional finish for the marathon’s female champion, Hawi Feysa of Ethiopia, who ran her first marathon on U.S. soil. “Winning here has been amazing, I worked really hard, I trained really hard for this victory, and I ...

While Monday will mark the federal holiday of Columbus Day, a rising number of states now recognize it as Indigenous People’s Day. Columbus Day has historically been on the second Sunday of October, but efforts to commemorate Indigenous People’s Day as a celebration of native people’s contributions have gained traction in recent years. Because ...

James Franklin is out at Penn State. The school fired the longtime head coach on Sunday, less than 24 hours after a22-21 home loss to Northwesternall but ended whatever remote chance thepreseason No. 2 teamhad of reaching the College Football Playoff. Terry Smith will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season for the Nittany Lions ...

Diane Keaton never really played the part of glamorous movie star. She was in iconic films and she dated some of the biggest stars of her generation, and yet she somehow remained other and defiantly herself despite so many years working in the Hollywood system. Eccentric and approachable, with a sort of effervescent charm, its no surprise that she played ...