World & Nation
Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has been indicted on charges she pocketed bribes.
June 2, 2015
New day for Chicago schools? Mayor Rahm Emanuel names another CEO
Oct. 12, 2012
Sports
Adalaide Byrd, the Nevada fight judge who turned in a highly criticized scorecard favoring Canelo Alvarez in his Saturday night draw against middleweight boxing champion Gennady Golovkin, is expected to be sidelined from the Oct. 7 UFC event and possibly through the remainder of the year, three officials familiar with the situation have told the Los Angeles Times.
Sept. 20, 2017
Politics
Capping eight years of contentious debate, the Senate overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday to preserve 6.3 million more acres of the California desert, an action that virtually assures the sweeping environmental measure of becoming law this year.
April 14, 1994
Oscar De La Hoya had one question after hearing judge Adalaide Byrd’s 118-110 scorecard favoring his fighter Canelo Alvarez over unbeaten, middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin in Saturday’s fight in Las Vegas: “What was that?”
Sept. 21, 2017
Senate Democratic leader Robert C.
June 13, 1986
The Chiefs ruled Justin Houston out for Sunday’s game in San Diego with swelling in his surgically repaired left knee, throwing into question the four-time Pro Bowl pass rusher’s availability for the playoffs.
Dec. 30, 2016
Sen. J. Bennett Johnston (D-La.) announced today that he has abandoned his challenge to Sen.
Nov. 11, 1986
The White House Tuesday denounced a new alternative Democratic plan for expanding the drug war by $4 billion as “price tag politics” and threatened a presidential veto if Congress approves it.
Sept. 13, 1989
Senate Majority Leader Robert C.
April 12, 1988