Bulletin follows investigation into crash in Indonesia last week, killing 189 people, Reuters says
Boeing is planning to write to airlines using its 737 MAX jet about how to deal with erroneous cockpit readings that could cause the airliner to dive, according to reports.
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Jaret Patterson rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns and Buffalo beat Kent State 48-14 on Tuesday night to run its record to 9-1 for the first time in school history.
The nine wins are the most in the Bulls' FBS history, dating to 1999. Buffalo is 6-0 in the Mid-American Conference for the first...
Terry Link has won the 30th District seat in the Illinois Senate, defeating challenger Soojae Lee, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
Click here for seeAs Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate, Sen. Terry Link was charged with gathering votes in the chamber for the “grand bargain” budget negotiated in 2017 by Senate President John Cullerton and then-Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno to end two years of impasse. While campaigning for reelection, the Democrat told the Sun-Times he would “continue to prioritize causes to help the middle class through fair taxes, economic development, public education, and human services.”
Republican Lee did not respond to a Sun-Times invitation to complete a questionnaire outlining his platform and priorities.
The Sun-Times endorsed Link for the 30th District Illinois Senate seat. He’s been a state senator since 1997, and “experience matters,” the Editorial Board wrote in their endorsement.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
Democrats seized control of the House while Republicans fortified their hold on the Senate as voters stormed the polls Tuesday to render the first electoral judgment on the tumultuous presidency of Donald Trump.
Riding a wave of discontent that drew hordes of first-time voters, Democratic House...
Very early returns Tuesday in the Orange County district attorney’s race showed Todd Spitzer, challenger to incumbent Tony Rackauckas, with a notable lead.
The election culminated months of flame-throwing between Rackauckas, who has held the position for two decades, and Spitzer, his former protégé....
In a new scientific paper, Shmuel Bialy and Abraham Loeb of Harvard University in the US will say cigar-shaped ‘Oumuamua’ could be a spaceship.
Con una ola de votantes muy entusiasmados, los demócratas retomaron el control de la Casa de Representantes gracias a importantes triunfos en New York, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota y Texas.
Hacia el cierre de las urnas en casi todo el país, los demócratas habían obtenido al...
Early returns show Jim McDonnell leading in his reelection bid as Los Angeles County Sheriff, with many votes still remaining to be counted.
McDonnell so far scored 58% of the vote, with his challenger, retired Sheriff’s Lt. Alex Villanueva at 42%, according to preliminary results, drawing mainly...
Sen. Ted Cruz fended off a spirited underdog challenge from Democrat Beto O'Rourke to win re-election on Tuesday in a Texas race that once seemed like a cakewalk but needed a late boost from President Donald Trump to help push the incumbent over the top.
Cruz began as the prohibitive favorite after...
Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated a little-known Republican opponent Tuesday in a congressional district representing part of New York City and, at 29, could become the youngest woman elected to Congress.
"There is nothing inherently noble about protecting a status quo that does not serve...
The blue wave hit Illinois in the midterm elections as Democrats were vaulted to a statewide sweep and the party defeated veteran Republicans in the Chicago suburbs to pick up two congressional seats.
J.B. Pritzker, who toppled first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in the governor race, played...
Tuesday afternoon, hours before Loyola tipped off its season by raising a Final Four banner, coach Porter Moser wrestled with a decision he knew would carry symbolic weight.
Join his team on the Gentile Arena court to memorialize the Ramblers’ historic 2017-18 season? Or show the team it was time...
Sean Casten has won the 6th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Peter Roskam, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
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The race for the last Republican seat including part of Cook County was closely followed in 2018. The 6th district was traditionally Republican, but broke for Hillary Clinton by seven points in 2016. In the 2018 midterms, it stood in for a raft of suburban, Romney-Clinton congressional seats Democrats hoped would secure them a majority.
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Money piled into the district. Numbers given to the Sun-Times in late October showed that $7.6 million had been spent on television ads to elect Casten, against $6.5 million for Roskam.
Experts who rate Congressional races generally gave Casten a slight advantage, though polling analysis site Fivethirtyeight gave a small edge to Roskam.
The Sun-Times endorsed Casten for the 6th District Congressional seat, after Roskam declined to appear before the editorial board. “Now we know how his constituents feel,” the editorial board wrote. “Roskam has infamously refused to hold unscreened town meetings in his district because some people have not been nice to him. Meeting with constituents, even the ones who disagree with you, would seem to be the first order of business for an elected official in a democracy.” Roskam served as a congressional aide and was elected to the Illinois House and Senate before being elected to Congress in 2006 to replace his old boss Henry Hyde. Sean Casten was a green business CEO before running for Congress. if(typeof(jQuery)=="function"){(function($){$.fn.fitVids=function(){}})(jQuery)}; jwplayer('jwplayer_i70il4P9_BJLbQG6b_div').setup( {ga:{}, "playlist":"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/feeds\/i70il4P9.json","ph":2} ); For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide. RELATED:
Democrats were on track to gain House control Tuesday night but Republicans held their Senate majority as voters rendered a mixed verdict in the first nationwide election of Donald Trump's turbulent presidency.
The Democrats picked up the 23 seats they would need to take from the GOP, but were...
Frederick “Fritz” Kaegi will be the next Cook County Assessor, having defeated challenger Joseph Paglia, according to returns from the Associated Press, Cook County Clerk’s Office and the Chicago Board of Elections.
Click here for seeKaegi defeated incumbent Assessor Joe Berrios for the Democratic nomination less than two hours after the polls closed in the primary election on March 20.
Kaegi’s campaign platform primarily took aim at the county’s imbalanced property tax system, which taxes the wealthy at a lower rate than average homeowners. Earlier this year, the Civic Consulting Alliance released a study saying the Cook County property tax system is so skewed that, for example, the average owner of a $600,000 Chicago home pays an effective tax rate that is 24 percent lower than the owner of a $300,000 house.
The Sun-Times endorsed Kaegi for the seat, saying the financial analyst from Oak Park “would have been a strong candidate for our endorsement even if his Republican opponent Joseph Paglia of Chicago had not virtually disappeared from public view in this race.”
Paglia has been largely absent from the campaign trail this election cycle and did not respond to an invitation by the Sun-Times Editorial Board to answer a candidate questionnaire about his platform.
With most ballots counted Tuesday night, unofficial totals look favorable for only one of the two referendum measures posed by Hawthorn School District 73 in Vernon Hills.
One measure asks for $48.7 million for construction projects, while the other requests $1.3 million in permanent annual taxing...
Maine Township voters sent a clear message to the Cook County Board this election day: Don’t even consider bringing back last year’s short-lived tax on sweetened beverages.
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Bobby Rush has won the 1st District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challengers Jimmy Lee Tillman II and Thomas Rudbeck, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
Click here for see results in all U.S. House races.The Sun-Times endorsed Rush for the 1st District Congressional seat, saying he “has built up 25 years of valuable congressional seniority.”
Rush has been Congressman for the 1st District since 1993 and has introduced bills on issues such as conflict resolution and mediation to public pensions and community development. He’s an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Army and an ordained minister with a Master’s Degree in theology. Rush is also the pastor of the Beloved Community Christian Church of God in Christ in Chicago.
Tillman was also the 2014 Republican nominee for the 1st Congressional District. He is a business owner that founded the New Martin Luther King Republicans and has been a Fellow in the Republican Leadership Initiative since 2016.
The Independent candidate, Rudbeck, has no background as an elected official but was a volunteer for former State Senator Obama in 2004 working the 35th ward during the primary, among other campaign volunteer roles. He’s a real state developer and small businessman.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
The midterm elections just fundamentally changed the president’s life. He may not know it yet, but he soon will
Deep in the darkest recesses of Donald Trump’s very, very large brain, there is now a nagging feeling that gnaws at his braggadocious narcissism. His own supporters are just not that into him any more.
Not all of them have abandoned him, for sure. The angry old men are still there, screaming their insults at immigrants, the media and anyone else who isn’t an angry old man.
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Dan Lipinski has won the 3rd District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challengers Arthur J. Jones, Justin Hanson and Kenneth Yerkes according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
Click here for see results in all U.S. House races.The Sun-Times endorsed Lipinski for the 3rd District Congressional seat, saying “his more conservative views on social issues — including his opposition to a woman’s right to have an abortion — were not necessarily out of step with his heavily blue-collar, Southwest Side and suburban district.”
Democrat Lipinski is on his seventh term as a U.S. Congressman. Before that, he was part of the congressional staff and a university professor. He said he wants to improve the everyday life of constituents, especially middle-class families. He’s also the most senior member on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and serves on the Committee on Science and Technology where he sits on two subcommittees, Research and Science Education, and Technology and Innovation.
Arthur J. Jones is the Republican candidate in the 3rd Congressional District race. He is a Holocaust denier and activist anti-Semite, who has been supported building the border wall and getting rid of sanctuary cities. The 70-year-old candidate is a former insurance salesman. Federal election records show Jones hasn’t raised any money for his campaign.
Justin Hanson is running as a write-in candidate who’s been in involved in politics, in positions including commissioner, Lyons Township Community Advisory Council Member, Former Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney and Civil Actions Bureau. He currently works as an attorney.
Another write-in candidate, Kenneth Yerkes, has worked as a dentist and high school teacher. He said he wants to expand the middle class and stop illegal immigration.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
Jesus “Chuy” Garcia has won the 4th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Mark Wayne Lorch , the according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
Click here for see results in all U.S. House races. The Sun-Times endorsed Garcia for the 1st District Congressional seat, saying “he’s actually earned the gig over many years of honorable public service.” Garcia, Democratic, was elected to join the City Council in 1986 and is now Cook County commissioner. Garcia served six years in the Council and six years in the Illinois Senate. He founded a grass-roots organization, now called Enlace Chicago, that has worked to improve Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood. He’s running against Republican candidate, Lorch, a financial adviser from Riverside. For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
A 26-year-old man was reported missing Sunday from the Far South Side.
Demetrius Hendricks was last seen near the 12000 block of South Doty, according to an alert from Chicago police.
Hendricks is described as a 5-foot-8, 165-pound black man with brown eyes, black dreadlocked hair, a medium complexion and tattoos of baby feet on his arms, police said. He was last seen wearing a black and white jogging suit and sneakers.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts should call 911 or Area South detectives at (312) 747-8384.
Danny Davis has won the 7th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Craig Cameron, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
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The Sun-Times endorsed Davis for the 7th District Congressional seat, saying “We respect his principled advocacy over the years for such causes as universal health care, a “living wage” and services for ex-offenders.”
Davis is the incumbent Democratic candidate. Previously, he served as alderman, committeeman for Chicago’s 29th Ward, Cook County Commissioner, 7th District representative in Congress and 7th District State Central Committeeman. He said his top priority is to create jobs with a living wage and benefits, including paid sick leave and vacation, that offer stability and security to families and communities.
His opponent is Republican Cameron, construction project manager. He said his first priority is to lower taxes, and he also wants identify funding resources for inner city schools.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
Moon Alert
We have the “all clear” today to shop and do business. The moon is in Scorpio.
Aries (March 21-April 19)Every New Moon is a chance for making resolutions, and every New Moon is in a different sign, which means your opportunity for resolutions each month are different. Today’s New Moon urges you to clear up loose details about inheritances, debt, taxes and shared property.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)Today the only New Moon opposite your sign all year is taking place, which means it’s your best chance of the year to think what you can do to improve your closest relationships. After all, there’s always room for improvement. Ideas?
Gemini (May 21-June 20)Today’s New Moon is your best chance of the year to think what you can do to improve your health and to improve your job. Ironically, these are both areas where you have already gained considerable improvement! What can you do to top what you have already done?
Cancer (June 21-July 22)Today’s New Moon is an excellent opportunity for you to do a reality check on your life. Are you getting enough playtime? I’m serious; we are such a work-oriented society, many of us do not have a healthy balance between work vs. play and creative activity. Think about this today.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)Every New Moon is a chance to make some resolutions. Every New Moon is in a different sign, which means different kinds of resolutions are possible. Today’s New Moon urges you to think about how you can improve your home and your relationship with family members.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)We are gregarious creatures. We need to communicate. We need to go out and see people and we need to be seen. What can you do to improve your everyday communications with others, especially family members? Think about this.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)Today’s New Moon is your best chance of the year to think about how you can improve how you handle your assets, how you handle your money and how you take care of what you own. Obviously, we can all improve in these areas. What ideas do you have?
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)Today the only New Moon in your sign all year is taking place. That makes this the best day to take a realistic look in the mirror and ask what you can do to improve your appearance. (You never get a second chance to make a first impression.)
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)You are the philosopher of the zodiac. Today’s New Moon is the perfect time to do a bit of navel-gazing and think about what spiritual ideologies or disciplines are meaningful to you. What guides you when you are in doubt?
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)Friendships are important to us all. Today’s New Moon is the only New Moon all year that urges you to think about your friendships and what you can do to improve them. Perhaps you can tell a friend how much you appreciate the friendship?
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)Today the only New Moon that is taking place at the top of your chart is happening. This is your chance to think about your attitude to authority, your attitude to bosses, parents and the police. By nature, you are independent, even rebellious. Something to think about.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)What resolutions can you make to enrich your life through further education or travel? Give yourself some goals so that you can expand your experience of the world. Even if you can only do one thing, what would it be? A trip to where? What kind of course?
If Your Birthday Is TodaySinger-songwriter Joni Mitchell (1943) shares your birthday today. You love art, beauty and everything that is attractive. You have compassion for those who are less fortunate. This year it’s time to take a rest. It’s a more slower-paced, wait-and-see year. Learn how to cooperate with others. Look for ways to practice kindness and be helpful to others. Be relaxed and easygoing. Focus on business and personal relationships.
While Democrats nationally saw ripples develop Tuesday night in their efforts for a wave election, Illinois took a deep blue dive as J.B. Pritzker led a statewide sweep and the party picked up at least two congressional seats.
Veteran Republican U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam of Wheaton and Randy Hultgren...
Hundreds of airstrikes have hit civilian areas in Hodeidah despite calls for ceasefire
Instead of bringing calm to the besieged Yemeni city, calls for a ceasefire in Hodeidah have brought some of the worst violence the vital port has yet faced in the three-year war.
Baseem al-Janani, who lives in the city, said: “The clashes are absolutely crazy right now. I have a headache from the shelling and bombing in the east. People are trapped in their houses for hours at a time because of shrapnel and gunfire. But their houses are not safe either.”
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Cheri Bustos has won the 17th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Bill Fawell, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
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The Sun-Times hasn’t endorsed a candidate for the 17th U.S. Congressional seat.
Bustos, Democratic Congresswoman for the 17th District, is a former journalist who’s on her third term in Congress. She holds positions as Co-Chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee and said she works to create more good-paying jobs, to bring down the cost of health care, to invest in schools and to fight wasteful spending.
Bustos’ Republican opponent, Fawell, is an independent registered real estate broker manager. He’s worked in the private sector and real state development. He’s also published author of two books, “New American Revolution” and “The Science of Liberty.” The GOP withdrew its support of Farwell after he posted conspiracy theories about the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the 2012 Sandy Hook mass school shooting.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
In one of the nation’s most closely watched campaigns of the midterm elections, political newcomer Sean Casten declared victory over incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam in the suburban 6th Congressional District, turning a longtime-GOP stronghold into a critical win for Democrats as they...
Jan Schakowsky has won the 9th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger John Elleson, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
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The Sun-Times endorsed Schakowsky for the 9th District Congressional seat.
Schakowsky is currently serving her 10th term in the House of Representatives. She was first elected to represent the 9th district, which includes Evanston, Skokie and parts of northern Chicago, in 1998.
Schakowsky is the Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democrats. She is also a member of the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, House Budget Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee. Before being elected to Congress, she served in the Illinois State Assembly for eight years.
According to her campaign website, Schakowsky’s priorities include women’s rights, immigration reform and finding a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
She told the Chicago Sun-Times that she most opposes President Donald Trump’s attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, exit from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the Iran Deal and passage of the GOP tax bill. She said she supports bipartisan efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
Schakowsky lives in Evanston.
Elleson was Schakowsky’s Republican challenger. He is the pastor of the Lakewood Chapel in Arlington Heights and does not have a civic or political background. He has been in the ministry for more than 30 years, according to his campaign website.
Priorities listed on his website include a balanced budget, a secure border and changes to the healthcare system.
He told the Sun-Times that he supports the Trump administration’s policies on the economy and Supreme Court picks, but dislikes the president’s name-calling.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
WASHINGTON — Republicans retained control of the Senate on Tuesday, ousting Democratic incumbents in Indiana and North Dakota and handing President Donald Trump a triumph by ensuring they will remain as guardians of his conservative agenda for two more years.
Despite Trump’s deeply polarizing effect on voters, the GOP harnessed his rock-solid popularity with hard-right voters in rural, deep-red states. They held onto seats in the South, Midwest and West and ensured at least a 50-50 Senate — enough to give Republicans control because Vice President Mike Pence as president of the Senate would tip the balance to the GOP.
Republicans paved their path to victory by defeating Democrats Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota. They also held on to competitive seats in Texas, where Sen. Ted Cruz fended off Rep. Beto O’Rourke, the well-financed liberal darling, and in Tennessee, where Rep. Marsha Blackburn prevailed.
The GOP Senate victory was magnified because Democrats stood a solid chance of wresting control of the House from Republicans.
That would give the Senate the role of blocking House-passed Democratic initiatives on everything from health care to the potential repeal of tax cuts on the wealthy that the GOP enacted last year.
It would also leave the Senate as the showcase for the GOP’s goals of tax and spending cuts, trade, immigration restrictions, curbs on Obama’s health care law and judicial nominations.
Republicans entered the night commanding the Senate only narrowly, 51-49. But a crucial piece of math was in their favor Tuesday: The Democrats and their two independent allies were defending 26 seats, Republicans just nine.
Blackburn, a conservative who is also an ardent Trump backer, defeated former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen, 74. Bredesen had promised a bipartisan approach if elected and had won the endorsement of music star Taylor Swift.
Heitkamp lost to GOP Rep. Kevin Cramer, whom Trump persuaded to seek the Senate seat. Heitkamp was hurt late in her campaign by an ad that mistakenly named some women as victims of sexual abuse.
The night’s news wasn’t completely disastrous for Democrats.
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin was re-elected in West Virginia, a state Trump captured by 42 percentage points in his 2016 election triumph. Democratic incumbents also prevailed in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, Midwestern states that Trump carried narrowly two years ago.
Overall, Democrats were defending seats in 10 states that Trump took in 2016, including five he won by at least a huge 19 percentage points. Trump prevailed in Indiana by 19 points.
Tuesday’s midterm elections were among the most bitter in years.
Democrats’ longshot prospects for capturing a Senate majority were pinned on expectations that their supporters, roused by revulsion toward Trump, would surge to the polls. Fueling their intensity have been Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric and policies, his efforts to dismantle health care protections enacted under President Barack Obama and the #MeToo movement’s fury over sexual harassment.
“Ever since President Trump has been in office, it has just been not the country that I am used to or that I thought I would be in,” said Sarah Roth, 22, a Democratic voter from Minnetonka, Minnesota. “And so this really was my opportunity to help this country in changing who is making the decisions.”
Democrats also had history on their side: 2002 was the only midterm election in the past three decades when the party holding the White House gained Senate seats.
Republicans were banking on those dynamics being offset by a vibrant economy and by a president whose insult-laden approach to political discourse was as stirring for conservative voters as it was infuriating to liberals.
Trump’s racially tinged anti-immigrant rhetoric, while unpopular among college-educated urban and suburban voters, seemed helpful in deeply conservative areas.
“I believe he values immigration, but he wants to make sure we’re safe,” said Tina Newby of Wetland, Michigan, a GOP voter. “I like the fact that he is not a politician, and I forgive some of the socially incorrect or politically incorrect things that he says.”
With so much at stake, Trump campaigned in over a dozen states with Senate elections since Labor Day, visiting some multiple times. He himself has characterized the election as a referendum on his presidency.
AP VoteCast, a national survey of the electorate conducted by The Associated Press, highlighted the effect Trump was having on voters. Nearly 4 in 10 said they were casting ballots to express opposition to him, while just 1 in 4 said their vote was an expression of support for the president.
In other results, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democrats Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Minnesota’s Amy Klobuchar were easily re-elected. Along with Sherrod Brown, a pro-labor lawmaker re-elected in Ohio, the four are considered potential 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls.
GOP hopes of gaining a seat from New Jersey were dashed when Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez won a third Senate term. Menendez won in the heavily Democratic state despite a federal bribery indictment that prosecutors dropped this year after a mistrial.
Also victorious was Republican Mitt Romney, the vanquished 2012 GOP presidential candidate who grabbed the Utah seat being vacated by the retiring GOP Sen. Orrin Hatch. Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine, his party’s defeated 2016 vice presidential candidate, won re-election to the Senate.
Amid the recent rash of letter bombs and the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, Trump issued alarming and often unfounded warnings about caravans of migrants crossing Mexico toward the U.S., blaming Democrats, without evidence, for the threat he claimed they pose.
AP VoteCast is a nationwide survey of more than 120,000 voters and nonvoters conducted for the AP by NORC at the University of Chicago
AP reporters Jeff Baenen in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and John Flesher in Traverse City, Michigan, contributed.
Brad Schneider has won the 10th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Douglas Bennett, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
Click here for see results in all U.S. House races.The Sun-Times endorsed Schneider for the 10th District Congressional seat.
Schneider is a second-term Democratic congressman representing the 10th District, which includes many of Chicago’s northern suburbs such as Deerfield and Highland Park.
Before being elected to Congress, Schneider worked in business and management consulting for more than 20 years. He and his wife have lived in Deerfield for 25 years.
Schneider told the Chicago Sun-Times that his top priorities include quality, affordable health care, protecting Social Security and Medicaid, immigration reform and addressing climate change.
Bennett is a Republican who ran against Schneider.
He told the Sun-Times that his biggest concerns include Washington’s “corrupt” culture, high health care costs, and a “broken” immigration system. He has served as the Vice Chairman of the West Deerfield Township Republican Organization.
He works as an independent consultant and lives in Deerfield according to his campaign website.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
Billionaire Democrat J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday soundly defeated first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who conceded his re-election bid less than an hour after the polls closed, giving Democrats near total control of Illinois’ state government.
“Voting is an act of optimism that the levers of...
Bill Foster has won the 11th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Nick Stella, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
Click here for see results in all U.S. House races.The Sun-Times endorsed Foster for the 11th District Congressional seat, saying he “has become an important resource for colleagues on both sides of the aisle on everything from cyber-security to nuclear weapons development.”
Foster, the incumbent Democratic candidate, is a physicist and a businessman. He said he wants to continue fighting for affordable and accessible health care for all Americans, address the opioid crisis, bring needed infrastructure spending to Illinois and protect the DREAMers. He has also served in the 14th District Congressional seat.
Stella is Foster’s Republican opponent. He’s a cardiologist who has no political background and has never held a position in office. He said he wants to bring manufacturing and higher-paying jobs back into the 11th District by building good infrastructure and looking into the education system.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
Adam Kinzinger has won the 15th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Sara Dady, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
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The Sun-Times didn’t endorse a candidate for the 16th District U.S. Congressional seat.
Dady, Democrat, said she wants to invest in strong public schools, safe communities, universal health care and protection of worker rights for a prosperous economy. She owns a business and said she wants to fight for a pay raise for the middle class. Republican incumbent candidate, Kinzinger, is serving his fourth term in the House of Representatives. His causes include strengthening U.S. energy policy and bolstering the strength of American national security. Kinzinger served in the Air Force in both Iraq and Afghanistan and is a supporter of U.S. leadership in the Middle East. He also supported the appointment of special prosecutor Robert Mueller. For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
The polls were packed Tuesday in Chicago for midterm elections in large part because of young voters setting the pace for a nearly 56 percent total voter turnout — the highest number the city has witnessed since 1986.
As of 9:45 p.m. Nov. 6, a total of 239,000 ballots were cast by voters between the ages of 18-34 in Chicago, according to Chicago Board of Election Commissioners spokesman Jim Allen.
The unofficial voter turnout, 55.6 percent, excludes the ballots that have yet to arrive by mail.
“There was a significant shift since the primary,” Allen explained. “We did not see these high numbers of young people voting, particularly by mail.
“Early voting grew by 96 percent,” he said. “While voting by mail increased by 176 percent, with women voting overall slightly more than men via mail.”
A man was shot and seriously wounded during a drive-by attack Tuesday night in the Archer Heights neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
The 23-year-old was walking about 8:40 p.m. in the 4800 block of South Kostner when a male in a passing red pickup truck shot him in the chest, according to Chicago police.
He was taken in serious condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, police said.
Area Central detectives were questioning two people in connection with the shooting, police said.
With all precincts reporting unofficial results Tuesday, Barrington voters appear to have narrowly opposed a referendum that would have allowed the village to impose a one percentage point sales tax for the first time.
Combining results from Barrington voters in Cook and Lake counties, 51.98 percent...
For Gov. Cuomo after his re-election victory Tuesday, is it four more years or just two?
Cuomo has long been believed to harbor national ambitions. And the way he made President Trump front-and-center of his third-term re-election campaign against overmatched Republican challenger Marc Molinaro...
Democratic U.S. Rep. Bradley Schneider appears to have won his first consecutive victory in the north suburban 10th Congressional District since voters in the swing district first elected him in 2012.
Republican challenger Douglas Bennett Tuesday conceded the contest to Schneider, noting there...
Lauren Underwood has won the 14th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Randy Hultgren, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
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The Sun-Times endorsed Underwood for the 14th District Congressional seat, saying she’s a “highly qualified and credible Democratic alternative” to Hultgren.
Underwood is a registered nurse and health policy expert. She has worked to expand access to quality, affordable health care and help communities prevent and prepare for public health emergencies like Zika and Ebola. Her top causes as a candidate are access to quality health care for all Americans, the presence of high-paying jobs and a strong local economy, and maintaining the safety and security of northern Illinois families.
Hultgren has been the 14th District congressman since 2011. He has worked to jumpstart the economy and create jobs, reform health care and address the opioid overdose epidemic. He cast a deciding vote for the American Healthcare Act, that would make health care less affordable for people with pre-existing conditions.
Underwood was endorsed by former President Barack Obama and supported by a Democratic super PAC. The flipping of the 14th Congressional district is key to the Democrats controlling the U.S. House of Representatives.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
John Shimkus has won the 15th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Kevin Gaither, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
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John Shimkus is the Republican incumbent representing the 15th district which is in southeast Illinois. He was first elected to Congress in 1996 and serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. He is the chairman of its Subcommittee on the Environment.
Shimkus was an Army infantry officer for six years and was later an Army Reserves officer, according to his campaign website.
He is also the Head Elder of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Collinsville.
Shimkus voted for tax cuts and supported President Donald Trump’s border initiatives according to the campaign website.
He was challenged by Democrat Kevin Gaither. Gaither has worked as the Coles County web master and Coles County Precinct committeeman, according to the Chicago Tribune. He also worked on Hillary Clinton’s 2008 primary campaign.
According to his campaign website, he works as a self-employed tutor.
Gaither told the Belleville News-Democrat that he opposes recent steel tariffs and supports background checks for gun owners.
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Ron DeSantis became Florida’s sixth straight Republican governor Tuesday night, beating Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum.
Gillum conceded to DeSantis, who tied himself closely to President Trump, shortly before 11 p.m., keeping the swing state red again.
DeSantis — and Trump — had frequently accused...
With more than 90 percent of the precincts counted Tuesday night in Elmhurst Unit School District 205, the $168.5 million bond issue was passing with nearly 63 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results.
District offiicals declared victory and were ready to move forward with ambitious...
A St. Charles man was convicted on 14 felony counts Tuesday for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child he knew.
Christopher J. Jackson, 46, was found guilty of 12 felony counts of criminal sexual assault and two other felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, according to a statement from the Kane County state’s attorney’s office. A jury deliberated for less than an hour before reaching its verdict.
Christopher J. Jackson | Kane County state’s attorney’s office
The abuse happened between 2013 and 2015, when the victim was under 18 years old, prosecutors said.
“Christopher Jackson’s selfish crimes victimized an innocent child,” Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said in the statement. “He’ll have a long time to think about that in prison.”
Jackson had been free on $7,500 bond, but Judge Clint Hill revoked his bail upon his conviction, prosecutors said.
Jackson is now being held at the Kane County Jail awaiting a Dec. 20 for motions and sentencing, prosecutors said. He faces up to 51 years in prison and must register for life as a sexual offender.
Darin LaHood has won the 18th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger Junius Rodriguez, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
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The Sun-Times hasn’t endorsed a candidate for the 18th District U.S. Congressional seat.
Republican incumbent LaHood has been the 18th District Congressman since 2015. Previously, he held positions in the Illinois State Senate, as a state and federal prosecutor, as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Las Vegas and in Cook County. He has worked to fight for policies that keep farmers globally competitive and expand trade opportunities for Illinois residents and policies that promote a strong national defense.
Rodriguez is the Democrat candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat. He’s an educator and has never held a position in public office. He said he wants to work to reduce the cost of higher education, address the wage gap, demand a tax reform, address fiscal responsibility and improve infrastructure, among other issues.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
Robin Kelly has won the 1st District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, defeating challenger David Merkle, according to returns as reported by the Associated Press.
Click here for see results in all U.S. House races.The Sun-Times endorsed Kelly for the 2nd District Congressional seat, saying “she has the makings of an effective leader.”
Kelly, Democrat, was first elected as the representative for the 2nd Congressional District in 2013 and has advocated for better access to healthcare, among other issues. She has also held positions as Cook County Chief Administrative Officer, Office of the State Treasurer Chief of Staff and 38th Legislative District State Representative.
David Merkle is the Republican candidate for the 2nd Congressional District. He was in the Kankakee County Board from 1990-1999. He owned and operated his own small business and has been a professional photographer for 43 years.
For live election results, visit the Sun-Times election guide.
In a bruising battle for Staten Island’s congressional seat, the winner came out smelling like a Rose.
Democratic upstart Max Rose, the fiery 5-foot-2 Army veteran spark plug, stormed the only conservative bastion in the city President Trump calls home.
Rose defeated Republican incumbent Dan Donovan,...
WASHINGTON — The House is getting its first two Muslim women and Massachusetts is getting its first black congresswoman while Arizona and Tennessee stand to elect their first woman senators in Tuesday’s midterm elections.
The high-profile midterm cycle that produced a record number of women contenders and candidates of color meant several winners will take office as trailblazers, marking firsts for their race and gender.
What is already the most diverse Congress ever could become even more so after Tuesday’s elections and will include several trailblazers.
Boston City Councilwoman Ayanna Pressley will represent Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District in the next Congress. Pressley stunned the political establishment in September, defeating a 10-term incumbent in the Democratic primary, and was unopposed on Tuesday.
Also in the House, Democrats Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan will be the first Muslim women to serve in Congress. And regardless of who wins in Arizona’s competitive Senate race, the state will elect either Republican Martha McSally or DemocratMartha McSally as the state’s first woman to serve in the chamber.
Also in the Senate, Republican Marsha Blackburn will become Tennessee’s first woman senator.
Georgia governor’s race candidate Stacey Abrams, a Democrat, was in a fierce battle to become America’s first black woman governor, and Florida Democrat Andrew Gillum was bidding to become the first black governor of Florida.
Republican candidate Marsha Blackburn shook off Taylor Swift's foray into politics to win election Tuesday night.
New York City Public Advocate Letitia James Tuesday night made history by becoming the first black woman elected state attorney general.
James, a Democrat, cruised to victory over Republican corporate lawyer and first-time candidate Keith Wofford. With more than 81% of the precincts reporting as...
Immer mehr Wintersportorte machen es wie Bahn und Airlines: Sie ändern die Preise mit der Nachfrage. Kurz entschlossene Urlauber müssen daher in der Hochsaison deutlich mehr für den Skipass zahlen.
Lee Chun-sik, 94, is only survivor in a court battle for wartime damages and still hopes for his back pay
Nearly eight decades after he left the steel mills of Japan, Lee Chun-sik is still driven to tears by the memory of the beatings, burns and forced labour he endured.
He left his native South Korea, which was a colony of Japan from 1910 to 1945, when he was just 17 years old for the promise of being trained as an engineer. But when he arrived in Kamaishi in 1941 he was a virtual prisoner. Lee says he was subject to beatings by Japanese guards if they were unsatisfied with his work, for which he was never paid.
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Es wird schwieriger für Donald Trump: Die Demokraten erobern nach ersten Ergebnissen und Hochrechnungen die Mehrheit im Repräsentantenhaus. Der Senat allerdings bleibt in der Hand der Republikaner.
TV presenter David Attenborough beat Tom Hanks to the prize of being most loved by the British public, according to data compiled by the market research and data firm YouGov.
This week the government revealed its plan to fix some of the problems associated with the rollout of its flagship welfare policy. But how did universal credit end up in such a mess? The Guardian’s social policy editor, Patrick Butler, runs through the troubled history of the biggest reform to benefits since the creation of the welfare state. Plus: Georgina Lawton on who gets to identify as black
The government’s universal credit policy is the biggest shake-up to benefits since the creation of the welfare state in the 1940s. It aims to simplify a sprawling system of different payments into one monthly allowance. But there is a moral mission behind it, too: to show claimants in stark terms that they will always be better off in work than on benefits.
After years of delays, IT problems, funding cuts and political strife, the pressure has been building on the government to address public concerns. Two former prime ministers warned of the potential for social unrest. In response, the chancellor has agreed to inject new funding, but will it be enough?
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After years of attempts, the state Senate Democrats claimed clear control of the chamber, giving the party a clean sweep of state government for the first time in a decade.
The victory is also a historic one as it means Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins will now become the first black...
An der Ostküste Australiens hat ein Hai einen Surfer angegriffen: Der Mann wehrte sich erfolgreich, verband seine Wunden selbst und fuhr ins Krankenhaus.
OCTOBER 10, 1918: German armies all along the 20-mile front between, 240,000 men strong, are in full retreat after their defeat by the British, Americans and French.
The image was 'staged' by six crew members in protest at their treatment at Malaga Airport on the Costa del Sol in the early hours of October 14. They have now been sacked by Ryanair.
Die Eltern von Rashida Tlaib wanderten aus Palästina in die USA ein, Ilhan Omar stammt aus Somalia: Nun haben beide einen Sitz im Repräsentantenhaus erobert.
A failure to introduce a ‘latte levy’ will mean that an additional 100,000 tons of coffee cups will end up as waste over the next four years, Labour forecast.
‘Single-use’ plastic bottles, straws and bags can take centuries to fully degrade The term has seen a four-fold increase since 2013, following a Daily Mail campaign.
Like father like son.
Gov. Cuomo Tuesday matched his late former governor father, Mario Cuomo, by winning a third term.
Cuomo cruised to victory over Republican Marc Molinaro, the Dutchess County executive.
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Election supervisor Lila Guzman resigned after was caught on camera yelling at a black woman who was confused about where to vote in Round Rock in Williamson. County, Texas on Friday.
Die Textilkette Hennes & Mauritz hat früher den Takt der Branche bestimmt. Heute laufen ihr die Kunden weg. Innenansicht eines Konzerns, der sich von Grund auf erneuern muss.
The hugely popular show, fronted by Esther Rantzen, managed to blend serious consumer issues with humour and satire for 21 years.
Robert Morton, 55, found a clear image of what appeared to be an airliner under the ocean near Edinburgh.
Die Baubranche boomt, gleichzeitig sinkt die Bauqualität, und der Streit über Mängel zieht sich schier endlos hin. Wie bei Familie Vogt aus Tornesch bei Hamburg.
‘We’re not finished with you yet!’
Christopher Watts pleaded guilty to murdering his pregnant wife and their two children on Tuesday after striking a deal with prosecutors which means he will not face the death penalty.
Polish EU chief Donald Tusk warns there is a ‘deadly serious’ risk his home country could be the next to leave the bloc. Mr Tusk fearsa feud over judicial reforms could cause a so-called ‘Polexit’.
Zahlreiche Flüchtlinge aus Mittelamerika pausieren auf ihrem Weg in den Norden derzeit in Mexiko. Mehr als 3200 von ihnen haben bislang in dem Land Asyl beantragt und dürfen dort nun arbeiten.
Western Australia iron ore train travelled 92km before deliberate derailment
The mangled wreckage of a deliberately derailed runaway iron ore train in Western Australia’s Pilbara region has been revealed in video footage from the crash site.
The footage shows the twisted wreckage of the two-kilometre long train, some carriages partly buried under mounds of iron ore.
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Gaia Pope,19, who lived near Swanage in Dorset, vanished on November 7 last year. Her body was found dead 11 days later in undergrowth near a coastal path by specialist police search teams.
James McClean branded some fans 'uneducated cavemen' after abuse from supporters during the Championship match against Middlesborough after his refusal to wear a poppy. 
