A breakfast for delegates attending the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was interrupted Wednesday morning after maggots were allegedly slipped into their food intentionally, WGN first reported. The DNC 2024 Joint Information Center also confirmed the incident to Fox News Digital and acknowledged the food contamination. Officials said multiple unknown female offenders are alleged to...
CHICAGO – Former President Bill Clinton took the Democratic National Convention’s stage on Wednesday evening, when he lauded President Biden as a modern-day George Washington who “healed our sick.” “I do want to say one word about President Biden,” Clinton said toward the start of his speech in Chicago. “Remember, he had an improbable turn...
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will tout their education policies to the nation this week at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Walz, a former teacher married to a former teacher, speaks often about his time in the classroom. But anyone curious about the future of education under...
CHICAGO – More than 70 anti-Israel agitators were arrested during the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago amid violent clashes outside the Israeli consulate. That figure was reported by the National Lawyers Guild of Chicago, which said in a post on X that their attorneys were at the police station ready to...
The Chicago Police Department recorded five shootings involving 12 victims, one of whom died, and one aggravated battery incident on Tuesday, the second day of the Democratic National Convention in the Windy City. That compares to eight shootings, four of which were fatal, on Monday, and a total of 26 shooting incidents involving 30 total...
Italian beef isn’t just a Chicago sandwich. It’s ingrained in the flavor of Chicago cuisine. At least that’s how the proprietor of Mr. Beef sees it. Christopher Zucchero has made Mr. Beef his life’s work, succeeding his father, who opened the preeminent Italian beef stand at 666 N. Orleans St. THIS CHICAGO DEEP-DISH PIZZA REQUIRES...
A murder suspect who escaped from a Mississippi courthouse in June was arrested in Chicago on Wednesday morning after a standoff with police at a restaurant just blocks from the Democratic National Convention, authorities said. Joshua Zimmerman barricaded himself inside the Seafood Junction restaurant, about half a mile from the United Center, where the convention...
CHICAGO – Former President Obama took the stage at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago on Tuesday evening, when he praised President Biden just weeks after reportedly helping oust Biden from his re-election effort. “It’s been 16 years since I had the honor of accepting this party’s nomination for president. And I know that’s...
Whether we’re talking about how a grateful nation embraced President Joe Biden as he passed the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris and a new generation of leadership or former President Barack Obama reminding us that “the ties that bind us together” as a nation and a people are stronger than the hateful rhetoric, conspiracy...
CHICAGO – Hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrations continued for a third straight night in Chicago as the Democratic National Convention (DNC) proceeded just miles away at the United Center arena. Protesters, many decked out in keffiyehs, assembled in significantly larger numbers than Tuesday, marching down Maypole Avenue along Park 578 waving flags and banners, including a...
