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The lawsuit contends Jordan Hankins was "subjected to physical abuse including paddling, verbal abuse, mental abuse, financial exploitation, sleep deprivation, items being thrown and dumped on her, and other forms of hazing intended to humiliate and demean her."
Northwestern Medicine is opening a urologic cancer institute today to focus on treating cancers of the kidney, prostate, bladder and others.
Vic Law had 21 points, five rebounds and five assists, Ryan Taylor also scored 21 and Northwestern overcame a sluggish start for a 75-54 victory over Columbia.
According to an email obtained by CBS 2, the professors admitted they were "blindsided" and explained that "a faculty member (Mike Bailey) agreed to host Kanazawa..." and he got two others "who were unaware of Kanazawa history, to co-sign and support an application..." for the visiting scholar.
Companies from around the world have ranked U.S. universities by the employability of their graduates in a new report--the Global University Employability Ranking 2018.
In 2013 he authored a study on "Why Most Suicide Bombers Are Muslim." In 2011 he wrote an article in Psychology Today titled "Are All women Essentially Prostitutes?"
Vic Law had 25 points, A.J. Turner added a career-high 24 and the Wildcats used a run of 25 straight points to beat DePaul Saturday.
Police said Shane Colombo was struck and killed but was not the intended target.
John Moten IV had four carries for 76 yards and Isaiah Bowser wound up with 13 carries for 60 yards, but Northwestern still came up short.
Isaiah Browser rushed for 166 yards on 18 carries and No. 20 Northwestern beat Illinois on Saturday for its seventh straight Big Ten win.
Northwestern turned three turnovers into 10 points in a victory that stretched its program-record road winning streak to eight games.
Evanston police are working with Northwestern University to keep students safe after a series of recent attacks against women.
It was the first time Northwestern squared off against Duke in Wildcats coach Joe McKeown's 11 seasons at the helm.
Isaiah Bowser ran for 165 yards and a touchdown as Northwestern upset Iowa 14-10 on Saturday to clinch a spot in the Big Ten Championship.
Northwestern turned to its most seasoned players in an 82-52 win over New Orleans on Thursday night.
Three women have been attacked at Northwestern University in the past week, prompting a campus safety alert. At least two of the incidents happened near sororities on the Evanston campus.
Even before the mass shooting in California this week, Northwestern University has been working on an active shooter safety video to help keep students and staff safe.
Northwestern tied it midway through the second quarter when Thorson scored from the 1.
Northwestern turned two fumbles by star running back Jonathan Taylor and another by quarterback Jack Coan into 17 points on the way to its fourth straight victory.
Louis-Dreyfus, who graduated from Northwestern University, emerged from Chicago's famed Second City comedy troupe before joining the cast of "Saturday Night Live." After her nine-year run on "Seinfeld," her turn as Vice President Selina Meyer on "Veep" earned her six consecutive Emmy Awards.
A youth football coach credited with saving dozens of kids' lives is now struggling to pay his bills after the company who employed him part time shuttered.
The Wildcats won their third straight game by rallying from an eight-point third-quarter deficit.
Talk of the future baby has been fairly muted during the first few days of the trip, but the UK's Press Association revealed that children who accompanied them on their tram ride were able to ask the questions that journalists had not.
Fox was president of Mexico from 2000 to 2006. He's been a critic of President Donald Trump and his efforts to build a wall on the border of Mexico and the U.S.
Clayton Thorson threw for 455 yards and three touchdowns, and Drew Luckenbaugh kicked a 37-yard field goal in overtime.
For those not looking forward to Valentine's Day, the Shedd Aquarium has a solution that involves a forest preserve, an invasive tree, and fire.
Presale for Noah Kahan's upcoming tour began on Tuesday.
Indiana plans to build a bronze statue of longtime basketball coach Bob Knight inside Assembly Hall, where he led the Hoosiers to national championships in 1976, 1981 and 1987.
Horrific details of the deadly shooting of a Joliet mother and her 4-year-old son were revealed in court documents as the accused shooter was denied pre-trial release.
Landmarks Illinois announced Tuesday that it has awarded an emergency grant to the Chicago Loop Synagogue downtown to help with the replacement of a broken boiler.
DuPage County opened up its polls for early voting in the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag.
Chicago aldermen this week will consider $29.2 million in settlements in wrongful convictions linked to disgraced former CPD Det. Reynaldo Guevara.
Two Illinois state legislators want to make sure school districts get the funding they need.
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
President Trump criticized Team USA freestyle skier Hunter Hess after he and other American athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics shared their thoughts on U.S. politics.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
The 31-year-old Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny took the stage on Sunday dressed in all white, donning a jersey with his last name, Ocasio, and the number 64.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Bad Bunny took the stage at halftime for the 2026 Super Bowl. Here's who else performed at Super Bowl 60.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
If you like it, then you better put a pin on it. The Olympic tradition of swapping and buying pins is currently underway in Milan.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the extended forecast.
The trend is tied to tensions over President Trump’s push to take over Greenland.
The $4 billion Gordie Howe International Bridge has been entirely paid for and will be jointly owned by the Canadian federal government and the State of Michigan. But President Trump said he won’t allow the bridge to open until the U.S. is “fully compensated for everything we have given Canada.”
Time is quickly winding down before Congress needs to reach a compromise on immigration enforcement reforms ahead of a possible shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security.
A hazmat team responded to a rideshare vehicle after the driver and passenger picked up a package before getting sick in Logan Square.
They said both of the washed checks were made out to the same name
Savannah Guthrie has asked people across the country for help with the search for her mom, Nancy Guthrie.
For those not looking forward to Valentine's Day, the Shedd Aquarium has a solution that involves a forest preserve, an invasive tree, and fire.
Presale for Noah Kahan's upcoming tour began on Tuesday.
This is due in part to the new "Big Beautiful Bill" and job cuts at the Internal Revenue Service.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Indiana plans to build a bronze statue of longtime basketball coach Bob Knight inside Assembly Hall, where he led the Hoosiers to national championships in 1976, 1981 and 1987.
Keith Brookshire details his friendship with Seattle Seahawks wide receivers coach Frisman Jackson and the generosity he continues to provide to Chicago student athletes.
Anfernee Simons scored 23 points for Chicago, which lost its fifth straight.
Here is a look at where the medal count stands for Team USA and other nations as the competition heats up at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Some 2026 Winter Olympics athletes say their winning medals are falling apart, coming detached from their ribbons.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted videos of a person outside the home of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Savannah Guthrie, on the morning of her disappearance.
Kouri Richins allegedly poisoned her husband Eric by putting a fatal dose of fentanyl in his drink, leading to his sudden death in 2022.
A woman stood charged Tuesday with slashing a woman in a fight in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood this past weekend.
A man has been charged and extradited from Iowa in a 2024 shooting that left another man dead in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood.
A Wisconsin woman has been charged in the shooting death of a man last week in Chicago's western suburbs.
