16+ hour, 45+ min ago   (343+ words) Taylor Wood scored her first NWSL goal on a header in the second minute of second-half stoppage time, salvaging the Chicago Stars’ 1-1 draw against the Portland Thorns. The late equalizer gave the visiting Stars a positive finish after another difficult…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (873+ words) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri is poised to hold its November election with congressional districts passed after the last census, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday again rejected a new map backed by President Donald Trump that Republicans hoped could…...

5+ day, 10+ min ago   (983+ words) A panel of federal judges heard arguments Wednesday over whether prescribing rules should be tightened for a key drug used in the most common abortion method in the United States, one of several ongoing efforts to restrict abortion access four…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (675+ words) Ashley Sanchez had a hat trick in the North Carolina Courage’s 6-0 rout of the Chicago Stars (5-17-1) at Martin Stadium in Evanston and now leads the league’s Golden Boot race with 18 goals. Sanchez, lurking at Stars goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan’s back post,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (131+ words) Chicago Tribune The occupants of two cars reportedly fired guns at each other Friday night on Route 59 near Aurora Avenue, according to Naperville police. The incident occurred about 9:20 p.m. in the 600 block of South Route 59, a news release said. A witness…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (877+ words) Justin Ishbia’s vision of a new White Sox ballpark on the banks of the Chicago River in the South Loop was unveiled Saturday morning in a development plan called the Railyards. Ishbia typically defers to White Sox Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (342+ words) WASHINGTON — Missouri appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to allow the use of new congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump in the fast-approaching midterm election. The appeal comes after Missouri’s highest court blocked the new map and…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (760+ words) Illinois’ Democratic leaders expressed trepidation Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to proceed with plans that could severely limit mail-in voting, raising warnings that it could create chaos for the Nov. 3 general election. With the first…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (911+ words) TOPEKA, Kan. — Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a Kansas governor’s daughter who became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate without following a spouse into office, has died. She was 94. Kassebaum Baker died Friday of natural causes, according to her…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (357+ words) Kat Rader scored twice to lead the Houston Dash over the visiting Chicago Stars 5-0 on Wednesday. A dropped pass from Avery Patterson found Rader running toward Stars goalkeeper Katie Atkinson in the fifth minute at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston....