A Chicago police officer and two other people were killed in an attack at a South Side hospital Monday afternoon that sent medical personnel and police scrambling through halls, stairwells and even the nursery in search of victims and the shooter before he was found dead. Officer Samuel Jimenez,...
Shootings at hospitals are far from rare. Still, the shooting on Monday at Mercy Hospital in Chicago that claimed the lives of four people, including the shooter, is among the worst in the U.S. in more than two decades. On June 20, 1994, former airman Dean A. Mellberg fired on a military hospital...
The man who fatally shot a Chicago police officer, a doctor and a pharmacy resident at Mercy Hospital & Medical Center had threatened to shoot up the Chicago Fire Department Academy nearly five years ago after he was fired for “improper conduct” toward women there, according to sources. Juan Lopez,...
Ivanka Trump sent hundreds of emails last year to White House aides, Cabinet officials and her assistants using a personal account, many of them in violation of federal records rules, according to people familiar with a White House examination of her correspondence. White House ethics officials...
The Trump administration on Monday abruptly dropped its effort to bar CNN reporter Jim Acosta from the White House, but warned he could have his credentials pulled again if he doesn't follow guidelines governing journalists' behavior. The White House said reporters would be permitted one question...
President Donald Trump faces increasing pressure to take tougher measures against Saudi Arabia over the killing of writer Jamal Khashoggi. Trump says that Saudi Arabia is a "spectacular ally" and that he's not convinced that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto leader, was directly...
Sixteen Democrats said Monday that they will oppose Rep. Nancy Pelosi's bid for House speaker, an act of defiance that puts the dissidents on the cusp of forcing a seismic leadership shake-up as the party prepares to take the majority. Their pledge to oppose Pelosi, delivered in a letter to Democratic...
One person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting on downtown Denver streets Monday, authorities said. Officers blocked off several streets at the crime scene near the Colorado Rockies' baseball stadium but had not arrested anyone, police spokesman Doug Schepman said. Schepman said...
Desiree Borden thought she had time to pack her things. But a friend called saying the California Camp Fire was barreling toward her home in Paradise and would be at her doorstep in a matter of minutes. Borden and her husband grabbed their toddler, their dogs and raced out with the sad resignation...
A Colorado man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his pregnant wife and their two young daughters. Christopher Watts was sentenced Monday, nearly two weeks after pleading guilty to avoid the death penalty. Prosecutors have said Shanann Watts' family consented to the plea deal. He...
Say goodbye to the jokes that have flowed from the dais of the White House correspondents' dinner for decades: The correspondents' association on Monday announced that biographer Ron Chernow will be the featured speaker at the annual black-tie event this spring. Having a serious speaker - Chernow...