PARK CITY, Utah (AP) A Utah woman was convicted Monday of aggravated murder after poisoning her husband with fentanyl and self-publishing a childrens book about coping with grief. Prosecutors said Kouri Richins slipped five times the lethal dose of the synthetic opioid into a cocktail that her husband Eric Richins drank in March 2022 [...]

Ronald Acua Jr., Maikel Garcia and Luis Arraez hit run-scoring, two-out singles in a rapid seventh-inning rally that sparked a 4-2 victory Monday night and vaulted Venezuela into a World Baseball Classic title game matchup against the United States on Tuesday night.

PALATINE, Ill. A homicide investigation is underway on Tuesday morning after officers say a shooting victim crashed his car in the northwest suburbs on Monday night. According to police, the crash unfolded just after 9:30 p.m. in the 1200 block of East Prairie Brook Drive in Palatine. Officers say they were first called to [...]

Iran's top security official and the head of the Revolutionary Guard's Basij militia were both killed in overnight strikes in a blow to the countrys leadership, Israel's defense minister said Tuesday, while Tehran defiantly fired new salvos of missiles and drones at its Gulf Arab neighbors and Israel.

CHICAGO Kiki Shepard, the longtime co-host of the variety show "Showtime at the Apollo," has died at 74, according to reports. Variety and TMZ reported that Shepard died from a heart attack in Los Angeles on Monday. From 1987 to 2002, Shepard co-hosted Showtime at the Apollo alongside talents like Steve Harvey, Sinbad, MoNique, [...]

MESA, Ariz. (AP) Seiya Suzuki was back at spring training with the Chicago Cubs on Monday and went for an MRI on his right knee that heinjured while playing for Japanin the World Baseball Classic. Cubs manager Craig Counsell told reporters that the team was waiting for the MRI results and wouldn't speculate on [...]

Illinois voters are deciding primaries Tuesday for six open U.S. House and Senate seats that will spur a new generation of leadership in the states heavily Democratic congressional delegation.

CHICAGO (AP) Illinois voters are deciding primaries Tuesday for six open U.S. House and Senate seats that will spur a new generation of leadership in the states heavily Democratic congressional delegation. The retirement of longtime Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat, has triggered a competitive campaign, drawing as candidates two sitting House members and the ...

CHICAGO A man is in critical condition on Tuesday morning after officers said a fight led to a shooting on the city's Southwest Side overnight. According to police, the incident unfolded just after 2:30 a.m. in the 3200 block of West 61st Place, in Chicago Lawn. Officers said it all began after the victim, [...]

CHICAGO (AP) Josh Giddey had 16 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists for his fourth triple-double in five games, and the Chicago Bulls blew out Memphis 132-107 on Monday night to hand the depleted Grizzlies their eighth straight loss. Giddey is third in the NBA with 12 triple-doubles this season, trailing Nikola Jokic (27) of the [...]

Oakton College Robotics Team, a group of community college students, is competing in the 2026 NASA Lunabotics Challenge, and despite being an underdog, they have already ranked No. 1 in the nation in project management plans.

The FAA has proposed deeper cuts to O'Hare International Airport's summer schedule in order to ease congestion and improve the on-time experience for passengers.

Kouri Richins, the Utah woman who wrote a children's book on dealing with grief after the 2022 death of her husband, was convicted Monday of murdering him.

MONDAY NIGHT: Blustery and cold with sporadic snow showers continuing at times this evening. Patchy blowing snow in open areas. Clouds break at times late allowing temperatures to tumble. Single digits likely inland with wind chills dipping below zero. Winds: Northwest 15-25 mph and gusty this evening, subsiding to 10-15 mph overnight. Low: 12. TUESDAY: ...

'The Point' airs on WGN and streams on WGN+ each weeknight at 6:45 p.m. CT

The center openedMondayatAroma Park's United Methodist Church as a one-stop shop for residents' recovery needs.

CHICAGO Chicago has lost a broadcasting legend. And farmers across America have lost an advocate and friend. Orion Samuelson died Monday, WGN Radio announced. Samuelson brought agriculture to life through his decades of reports on WGN Radio and television. Samuelson spent 60 years broadcasting until his retirement in 2020. He grew up on his [...]

For Monday, March 16, WGN's Dina Bair has the latest on new medical information.

The owners of a Pilsen nail salon are speaking out after being robbed on Saturday. They say one of the suspects even broke down their glass door after realizing he left his phone behind.

The Pentagon said Monday approximately 200 U.S. service members have been wounded since the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran broke out. The vast majority of these injuries have been minor and over 180 troops have returned to duty, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) spokesperson, U.S. Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins, told The Hill in a statement. [...]

The Joliet City Council is set to vote on a proposed 795-acre Artificial Intelligence data center, which would consume 1.8 gigawatts of electricity annually, despite concerns over water usage, noise pollution, and traffic.

Whengas prices spike, filling up gets more painful. But consumers can do something to stretch their fuel just a little farther: Change the way they drive.

Theres theOscarsyou see on television and the one that takes place off camera. During commercial breaks, it can be a race to catch up with, congratulate and possibly console the peers around you. It can also be a time to run to the famed lobby bar and really be out of sight.

A former Colorado funeral home owner who helped her ex-husband hidenearly 200 decomposing bodiesin a building was sentenced Monday to 18 years on a federal fraud charge, nearly the maximum allowed under the law.

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