The decades-old partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia has just been put to the test. It failed with flying colors. The partnership was always based on a simple trade-off. The United States would provide all the military hardware, suppo…
Airlines to bring job training programs to Chicago as they search for more mechanics
Airlines are gearing up for their next big hiring need: airplane mechanics. And to meet that need, some are bringing new job training programs to Chicago. Changing plane technology, a wave of pandemic exits and, in some cases, an anticipated uptick in …
Chicago’s 1-year-old Committee on Design is helping shape the city’s most important development projects
Chicago developers worried last year that construction projects would face bureaucratic snarls after city planners added a layer to the approval process. Builders already had to run a gantlet of officials on several commissions and committees, as well …
Commentary: Critics of US efforts have it wrong — Ukraine isn’t Libya or Afghanistan
The U.S. and its allies have been engaging in a significant military intervention to help Ukraine resist Russia’s brutal invasion for the past nine months. Not only have they given considerable financial, humanitarian and military resources — including…
Bears hosted 1st girls flag football championship in Illinois. Officials want to make the game an IHSA-sanctioned sport by 2024.
CHICAGO — Kenwood Academy High School senior Kennedy Scott started tossing around the football with her twin brother in 2021 when he was getting ready to play tackle football for Urban Prep Academy. “I trained with him and then all of a sudden, my scho…
Commentary: The tragedies of a deteriorating Haiti
Haiti, the poorest nation in Latin America with a history of foreign interventions, is on the cusp of total anarchy — and the rest of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, is frantically searching for ways to restore a degree of order an…
President Biden, Vice President Harris headed to Chicago area to stump for Democrats in closing days of campaign
CHICAGO — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will both make appearances in the Chicago area in coming days to try to shore up Democratic congressional candidates’ election chances in Tuesday’s midterm elections. White House press secr…
‘Causeway’ review: Jennifer Lawrence is a veteran readjusting to life, but Brian Tyree Henry is the real draw
One of the top actors of his generation, it’s only a matter of time before Brian Tyree Henry lands a project that puts his talents front and center. But even in supporting roles, whenever he’s on screen, suddenly you’re locked in to what he’s doing reg…
How a national book-banning trend erupted at a suburban Chicago library, with pushback aimed at LGBTQ materials
It all started with one parent’s complaint about a book in the children’s section of the Lincolnwood, Illinois, library this summer. The mother, there with her twins, objected to the shelf display of “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish,”…
Madigan skips arraignment as lawyers enter plea of not guilty on new AT&T conspiracy charges
CHICAGO — Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan didn’t say a word during his first arraignment on federal racketeering charges in March. This time around, Madigan wasn’t even on the line. During a perfunctory telephone hearing Tuesday, an attor…