By Eric Burgher For Charlie Essig, it has always been about the numbers. After working 42 years as an engineer, he transferred his mathematical expertise
By Mark Singer For the first hour and a half of every practice, the Senn boys’ basketball team focuses on one area: making layups. Early
By Ritu Prasad For many involved with grassroots feminism in Chicago, Barack Obama’s presidency wasn’t all it was promised to be. Feminist leaders now look
By Alex Whittler President Obama will hold his final news conference Wednesday, two days before President-Elect Donald Trump is sworn into office. The conference will
By Alexis Wainwright What many south side Chicagoans liked the most about Barack Obama is that he lived down the street: accessible, real and humble.
By Katherine Hyunjung Lee In what he described as a “monumental” case, Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Chicago approved on
By Karen Lentz and Yifang (Evonne) Liu The U.S. economy ended 2016 in a better place than it started, and despite some concerns, economists remain
By Shen Lu Boeing Co. will reduce the costs of an Air Force One upgrade, the company’s CEO Dennis Muilenburg said after a Tuesday meeting
By Rachel Newman UnitedHealth Group Inc. reported a 56 percent increase in profit in the fourth quarter of 2016, driven by continued growth of its
By Kathleen McAuliffe Chicago bike commuters are braving icy roads and freezing temperatures as part of the Winter Bike Challenge, a two-week cycling initiative meant