No Power Five conference has tended to rely more on defense and the running game than the Big Ten. The arrival of Southern California, UCLA, Oregon and Washington next year just might change that.
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Conservative Book Ban Push Fuels Library Exodus From Chicago-Based American Library Association
This summer, the state libraries in Montana, Missouri and Texas and the local library in Midland, Texas, announced they’re leaving the ALA, with possibly more to come. Right-wing lawmakers in at least nine other states demand similar action.
Congress Returns to Try to Prevent a Government Shutdown While GOP Weighs Biden Impeachment Inquiry
A short-term funding measure to keep government offices fully functioning will dominate the September agenda, along with emergency funding for Ukraine, federal disaster funds and the Republican-driven probe into Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings.
From Strikes to New Union Contracts, Labor Day’s Organizing Roots Are Especially Strong Across the Country This Year
The early-September tribute to workers has been an official holiday for almost 130 years — but an emboldened labor movement has created an environment closer to the era from which Labor Day was born.
Children Hit Hardest by the Pandemic Are Now the Big Kids at School. Many Still Need Reading Help
Nationally, students suffered deep learning setbacks in reading and math during the pandemic. Last year’s third-graders, the kids who were in kindergarten when the pandemic started, lost more ground in reading than kids in older grades and were slower to catch up.
‘Margaritaville’ Singer Jimmy Buffett, Who Turned Beach-Bum Life Into an Empire, Dies at 76
Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song “Margaritaville” and turned that celebration of loafing into a billion-dollar empire of restaurants, resorts and frozen concoctions, has died.
White Sox Owner Jerry Reinsdorf Says He Doesn’t See How Shooting Could Have Occurred Inside Ballpark
Two women were injured in a shooting during the team’s 12-4 loss to Oakland last week. Chicago police are investigating what happened, including whether the gun was fired inside or outside of the facility.
5 People Shot and Wounded, 2 Critically, in Peoria
The shooting happened at around 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said in a news release, noting that 29 shots were fired.
Hurricane Idalia Unleashes Fury on Georgia and Florida, Swamping the Coast and Closing Highways
As the eye moved inland, high winds shredded signs, blew off roofs, sent sheet metal flying and snapped tall trees. One person was killed in Georgia. No hurricane-related deaths were officially confirmed in Florida, but the Florida Highway Patrol reported two people dying in separate weather-related crashes just hours before Idalia made landfall.
3.6 Million More Workers Would Be Entitled to Overtime Pay Under Proposed Biden Administration Rule
The new rule would require employers to pay overtime to so-called white collar workers who make less than $55,000 a year. That’s up from the current threshold of $35,568.
After Supreme Court Curtails Federal Power, Biden Administration Weakens Clean Water Protections
The Biden administration weakened regulations protecting millions of acres of wetlands, saying it had no choice after the Supreme Court sharply limited the federal government’s jurisdiction over them. It’s a policy shift that departs from a half-century of federal rules governing the nation’s waterways.
US Marines Killed in Australian Aircraft Crash Were From Illinois, Virginia and Colorado
The Marine V-22B Osprey with 23 Marines on board crashed Sunday in tropical forest on Melville Island while taking part in Exercise Predators Run, a drill that includes the militaries of Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines and East Timor.
Donald Trump Trial Set for March 4, 2024, in Federal Case Charging Him With Plotting to Overturn Election
If the current date holds, it would represent a setback to Trump’s efforts to push the case back until well after the 2024 presidential election, a contest in which he’s the early front-runner for the Republican nomination.
Thousands Converge on National Mall to Mark the March on Washington’s 60th Anniversary
A host of Black civil rights leaders and a multiracial, interfaith coalition of allies rallied attendees on the same spot where as many as 250,000 gathered in 1963 for what is still considered one of the greatest and most consequential racial justice and equality demonstrations in U.S. history.
Bob Barker, Longtime ‘The Price is Right’ Host, Dead at 99
Popular game show host Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of “Truth or Consequences” and “The Price Is Right,” has died at his home in Los Angeles, according to a publicist. Barker was 99.
Trump Surrenders at Atlanta Jail on Charges He Tried to Overturn His 2020 Election Loss
He was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his return flight home to New Jersey, flashing a thumbs-up through the window of his sport utility vehicle as his motorcade left.
As Research Grows Around How to Stop Gun Violence, One City in Tennessee Looks to Science for Help
In recent years, research reviews have begun to conclude there’s enough evidence to say which public health interventions prevent shootings, which do not, and which need more study.
The Key Moments From the First Republican Presidential Debate
Former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have dominated the Republican presidential nomination fight for much of the year. Neither dominated the debate stage Wednesday night.
Chicago White Sox Fire Executive Vice President Ken Williams, GM Rick Hahn
The Chicago White Sox have fired executive vice president Ken Williams and general manager Rick Hahn, according to a statement released by team Tuesday evening.
Biden Names Chicago’s Former Top Lawyer as New White House Counsel Amid Congressional Probes
Under the Obama administration, Ed Siskel oversaw the White House legal response to congressional oversight and the rollout of the Affordable Care Act. Siskel, a Chicago native and the nephew of movie critic Gene Siskel, served for two years as the top lawyer in Chicago.
Indiana’s Near-Total Abortion Ban Set to Take Effect Within Days as State Supreme Court Denies Rehearing
In a 4-1 decision Monday, the Supreme Court reaffirmed its order that Planned Parenthood and other health care providers “cannot show a reasonable likelihood of success” with their challenge to the abortion restrictions.
First GOP Presidential Debate Puts Spotlight on Wisconsin, One of the Few Remaining Swing States
Republicans chose Milwaukee for the first debate and for the national convention in just 11 months largely because of Wisconsin’s well-earned status as a swing state. Four of the past six presidential elections have been decided by less than a percentage point.
Longtime Blackhawks Captain Jonathan Toews Says He’s Stepping Away From Hockey for Health — But Not Retiring
“I’d like to announce that I am not fully retiring, but I am taking time away from the game again this season,” said Toews, who also missed all of the 2020-21 season with symptoms of long COVID and chronic immune response syndrome.
Former Northwestern Athletes Send Letter Defending School’s Athletic Culture
Northwestern University is facing more than a dozen lawsuits across multiple sports with allegations including sexual abuse of players by teammates as well as racist comments by coaches and race-based assaults.
Illinois Will Provide Burial for Migrant Toddler Who Died on Bus Traveling From Texas to Chicago
Jismary Alejandra Barboza González, who would have turned 4 next week, died Aug. 10 while on a chartered bus, part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s program begun last year of sending migrants crossing into the state to Democratic-led cities across the country.
Some Abortion Drug Restrictions Are Upheld by Appeals Court in Case Bound for the Supreme Court
The restrictions won’t take effect right away because the Supreme Court previously intervened to keep the drug available during the ongoing legal fight.
