
‘Rising star’ speed skater Emery Lehman is fitting smoothly with U.S. team pursuit squad
By Chris Kwiecinski Medill Reports MILWAUKEE – The U.S. Speed Skating’s team pursuit squad will feature a new member, an Oak Park native, on its

Clayton Custer sparks Loyola again, leaving another reminder of his importance
By Patrick Engel Medill Reports At some point, someone was going to make a shot. Loyola and Northern Iowa traded misses and turnovers for the

Loyola impresses, showing a glimpse of what could be, in win over Evansville
By Patrick Engel Medill Reports Kate Achter is known for her quick arrivals to postgame press conferences. On occasion, she’ll even beat a reporter to

Olympian Bradie Tennell’s choice of ‘Cinderella’ could lead to a ‘happily ever after’
By Chris Kwiecinski Medill Reports BUFFALO GROVE – Bradie Tennell has been living an almost fairy-tale-like life since for the past two months. The Carpentersville-native
Loyola impresses with near-comeback vs. Indiana State, but rough first half looms large
Patrick Engel Medill Reports Gentile Arena has potent loudspeakers for the Missouri Valley Conference’s smallest gym. They aren’t, however, enough to drown out an exasperated

Health experts still advise late-season flu shots; some say ‘No, thanks’
By Ilana Marcus Medill Reports Liz Solheim waited to pick up a prescription at a Walgreens in Lakeview Tuesday evening, where the sign out front

Making Sense of Surface Chemistry
THESE NU SCIENTISTS WANT TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THEIR WORK, AND THE VALUE OF OBSCURE SCIENCE. By David Thill Medill Reports There’s a language barrier

AbbVie share hit 5-year high with strong sales growth in fourth quarter
By Yanchun (Roxanne) Liu Medill Reports Stock of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) soared 13.8 percent, hitting a five-year high, after the North Chicago-based biopharmaceutical company

New home sales drop in December
By Sarah Foster Medill Reports Americans purchased fewer homes than expected last month, but economists are still pointing to 2017 as a healthy year for

U.S. Jobless Claims Point to a Healthy Labor Market
By Minghe Hu Medill Reports The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance benefits, seasonally adjusted, increased to 233,000 in the week ended Jan.

Cabot Microelectronics reports strong operating results but net loss due to tax charge
By Alexa Adler Medill Reports Despite record quarterly revenue and strong operating results, Cabot Microelectronics Corp., which supplies planarization polishing slurries and pads used in

Abbott Laboratories fourth quarter performance beats predictions
By Juliette Rocheleau Medill Reports Shares of Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT), an Illinois-based broad range healthcare company, rose 3 percent after the company reported adjusted