Northwestern Students Protest Roommate Limits
The City of Evanston says nothing has changed, but apparently has decided not to step up enforcement of a law that limits unrelated roommates.
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The City of Evanston says nothing has changed, but apparently has decided not to step up enforcement of a law that limits unrelated roommates.
A familiar face will be returning to his alma mater as commencement speaker this year.
The Northwestern Wildcats struggled to keep up with Wisconsin. The Badgers' 19 point lead at the half was too much of a gap to close for the Wildcats.
The Northwestern Wildcats tamed the SIU Edwardsville Cougars Thursday night and made it look easy. The first half ended with the Wildcats leading 55-25 and the Cougars could only score another 30 points by the game's end.
A Northwestern University specialist in U.S.-Chinese relations says there is no reason for the anxiety many Americans feel about China.
This was Michigan State's second straight game they won in overtime. The four point deficit broke Northwestern's win streak.
The Northwestern Wildcats didn't hold anything back when they took on the Iowa Hawkeyes Wednesday. The Wildcats earned a second straight win while giving the Hawkeyes their fourth straight loss.
The University of Chicago and Northwestern University are both seeing a record number of applications from incoming freshmen.
Police in north suburban Evanston are looking for a man who attacked a Northwestern university student as she was walking near the school's campus Thursday night.
Death, Taxes and Northwestern. Some things just never change. And I'm wondering if they ever will.
Northwestern didn't have a chance when they took the court against Illinois. The Fighting Illini took a 23 point lead at the half. The Wildcats put up a second half fight, but were too far behind for a comeback.
Michigan contacted NU head coach Pat Fitzgerald about its head coaching vacancy, but Fitzgerald will not pursue the opening and will stay with the Wildcats.
Draymond Green scored 15 points, including an offensive rebound basket after a missed free throw with 12 seconds to go Monday night, and No. 18 Michigan State held off a furious finish from Northwestern to beat the Wildcats 65-62.
Northwestern faced Texas Tech for the TicketCity Bowl with the hopes of winning their first bowl since 1949. Their hopes were shattered in a 45-38 loss to Texas Tech on New Year's Day.
After getting off to a great start, the Northwestern Wildcats have stumbled as Big Ten play begins.
Northwestern University's Athletic Department came up with a new marketing slogan this year. They declared Northwestern as "Chicago's Big Ten Team." Now they've planted a flag a little farther South.
Christmas is over. New Year's is looming. And in between this week the Big Ten gets its bowl season rolling.
Northwestern wasn't phased by their only loss of the season Tuesday. When the Wildcats faced Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers Thursday, Northwestern toppled MSM 70-47, making it look easy.
Northwestern faced American U. on Thursday night for the first time and showed no mercy. Their biggest lead was 22 points in the second half before winning 78-62.
T-minus three more days until bowl season officially begins when a mediocre BYU Cougars team takes the field against a mediocre UTEP Miners squad in the mediocre (at best) New Mexico Bowl in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The NFL has started to take head injures much more serious this season. Players are being held out of games that, in the past, they would have played in. Recent data, that was received by the Associated Press, points to the fact the concussions are being reported more frequently and are being taken more seriously.
You know how offensive coordinators can get too "cute" with their play calling when they are already having success? That's basically what Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany has done since announcing Nebraska would join the conference, allowing for a Big Ten Championship Game to be born.
The Big Ten released it's new logo and the names for it's two divisions, today. The addition of Nebraska, next year, will allow for the conference to have two divisions and a championship game.
Earlier in the season, the hot topic around the NFL was the effect of concussions on players. And as a result, the dangers of the game became more visible
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for running a violent sex trafficking operation out of his home and motels in south suburban Lansing.
Savannah Guthrie has asked people across the country for help with the search for her mom, Nancy Guthrie.
The only painting famed American artist Norman Rockwell ever did of the Chicago Cubs is now hanging at the Art Institute.
Chicago leaders are sharing their strategy to keep the city a top destination for tourists.
An attempted break-in by two masked thieves at a Bensenville gas station was caught on camera before being foiled by police.
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
DuPage County opened up its polls for early voting in the 2026 primary on Tuesday after a snag.
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for running a violent sex trafficking operation out of his home and motels in south suburban Lansing.
Savannah Guthrie has asked people across the country for help with the search for her mom, Nancy Guthrie.
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.
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.
Google and Pepsi were among the best ads of the Big Game, while Coinbase and ai.com got failing grades, according to one ranking.
Savannah Guthrie has asked people across the country for help with the search for her mom, Nancy Guthrie.
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.
Police in the northwest Chicago suburb of Palatine were investigating after someone grabbed a child and took the youngster's cellphone Monday morning.
