Northwestern Student On Bicycle Dies After Being Hit By Cement Truck
The bicyclist, an 18-year-old woman, was unresponsive when paramedics arrived and was taken with multiple injuries Evanston Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
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The bicyclist, an 18-year-old woman, was unresponsive when paramedics arrived and was taken with multiple injuries Evanston Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Northwestern avoided losing its first three games to start the season, something it hasn't done since 1992.
The CTA and Metra will provide additional bus and rail service to accommodate customers going to Riot Fest, the Chicago Bears game and the Northwestern University football game this weekend.
Sean Slattery connected on a 33-yard field goal as time expired to give Illinois State the win.
Zach Terrell threw for 218 yards and a touchdown, and Jamauri Bogan had a 1-yard touchdown run on fourth down.
The time capsule from 1954 preserved the names and addresses of six thousand Northwestern donors, a picture of retail magnate and founder of K-Mart Sebastian Kresge, and newspaper articles detailing how they came together that year to finance the $3 million construction of the school's Kresge Hall.
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A lawsuit against Northwestern University and a former journalism professor is being allowed to proceed - according to a federal judge's ruling Tuesday.
Two Northwestern University students have been charged with spray-painting racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic graffiti inside a chapel on the school's Evanston campus late Thursday.
Zak Irvin hit a right wing jumper with 3.3 seconds left for a 72-70 win.
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Alex Olah scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Tre Demps scored 23 points.
Northwestern University was hosting a viewing party Tuesday to watch astronaut Scott Kelly return from a nearly year-long trip to space as part of an unprecedented study on the long-term effects of spaceflight on the human body.
Tre Demps scored 24 points, and Alex Olah added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Muhammad-Ali Abdur Rahkman scored 19 points.
"We're a damn good football team," Fitzgerald said, envisioning even better in 2016.
A Northwestern University student got to a place of safety then quietly made a call for help when an intruder broke into the Evanston apartment she shares with three others.
Purdue coach Matt Painter would take toughness over style any day.
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A century after physicist Albert Einstein predicted their existence, scientists have discovered proof of gravitational waves – ripples created in the fabric of space-time when two black holes collided more than a billion light years away from Earth.
Jaquan Lyle led five Ohio State players in double-figures as the Buckeyes rallied to beat the Wildcats.
Tre Demps scored 23 points.
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An off-duty Gary firefighter has been arrested on multiple charges, accused of hitting an Indiana State Police trooper's SUV before driving away while under the influence.
Labor talks resumed Monday between union workers and the BP Whiting refinery in Lake County, Indiana.
Before the Chicago Bears beat the Carolina Panthers 59-37 in a wild NFL season opener, quarterback Caleb Williams gave some young fans a special gift to help them get ready for the occasion.
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson addressed his supporters at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center Sunday afternoon, officially announcing his bid for a second term.
The congressman thanked the pilot and first responders for coming to their aid, and expressed his gratitude at only having sustained minor injuries.
A federal judge has granted a stipulated temporary restraining order exempting the Chicago Archdiocese and its health care providers from participating in Illinois' new medical aid in dying law or being penalized for their refusal.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
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The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
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A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
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The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
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The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
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More than 800 workers represented by the United Steelworkers Local 7-1 have been locked out of the refinery since March.
The Exxon Mobil refinery in southwest suburban Channahon, Illinois, said it trying to find what caused a major power outage on Sunday.
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Three of the victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition. The other two were taken in fair condition.
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A 15-year-old girl returned to court Monday to face murder charges, after authorities said she was one of a few people responsible for pushing a man out of a moving Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train.
An 85-year-old man from Crown Point, Indiana, was arrested this past weekend on accusations of shooting his wife.
Chicago police this past weekend issued a warning about a man who grabbed a woman at a CTA Blue Line station in Wicker Park.
Three of the victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition. The other two were taken in fair condition.
Chicago police crime data show 255 reported crimes in the last two years on the two blocks where the former Hard Rock and Rainforest cafés sit vacant. Neighbors have been calling the city about the alley between them for six years.
