Wall Street Journal editorial attributes school boards and teachers unions for Illinois’ failing schools

A controversial, anti-violence activist priest in Chicago who once caught attention for his relationship with former President Barack Obama is under investigation for another sexual abuse of a minor case.  The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Saturday that Father Michael Pfleger will be under investigation for a new allegation of sexual abuse of a minor said to have taken place more than 30 years ago, according to a statement.  "Father Pfleger has been asked to step aside from ministry and live away from the parish while the allegation is investigated. He has agreed to cooperate fully with this request," Archbishop of Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said Saturday.  The allegation was reported to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and law enforcement officials.

The Archdiocese of Chicago announced Saturday that Father Michael Pfleger will be under investigation for a new allegation of sexual abuse of a minor. The alleged sexual abuse is said to have taken place more than 30 years ago, according to a statement.  "Father Pfleger has been asked to step aside from ministry and live away from the parish while the allegation is investigated.

Documents from the Florida Department of Transportation released Friday reportedly show that the state has paid nearly $1 million to arrange two sets of flights, carrying approximately 100 migrants who had entered the country illegally, to Delaware and Illinois. The two flights were apparently initially slated for some time before Oct. 3 but were halted or postponed.  According to The Associated Press, citing the department, the contractor hired by the state extended the window for the trips until Dec.

John Carpenter’s original score for his 1978 smash hit movie, the first Halloween, will always be a classic.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, D, has reportedly ordered an investigation into a Long Island high school, after the administration asked a math teacher take down her "Progress Pride" flag.

Peacock Friday, you’ll consider taking Wite-Out to the title and changing it to “Halloween Keeps Going, Please.” Director David Gordon Green was deservedly lauded in 2018 for his superb first ‘ween film, which restored the Michael Myers vs. Laurie Strode death match to its 1970s gritty glory after a string of bombs in the 1990s and aughts.

“Halloween Ends” is here.The sequel — in theaters and on Peacock on Oct. 14 — concludes the trilogy that started with 2018’s “Halloween,” which wisely jettisoned most of the cumbersome backstory and mythology that had gummed up the subsequent sequels and spin-offs.

Entertainment Weekly. “I now get to go off and do my own thing.”But Kimmel wanted to make it official with a contract.“I declare this is my last Halloween movie,” Kimmel read. “I, Jamie Lee Curtis, Queen of scream, daughter of Janet Lee and Tony Curtis, mother of Lindsay Lohan.

Election Day is less than two months away—but one key race won’t be on most ballots.They’re school board elections, and that’s a big problem for families nationwide. In 37 states, school board elections aren’t held in conjunction with statewide or national elections.This strange system was deliberately created to give special interests an advantage, since voter turnout is much lower at other times of the year.That’s especially concerning at a time when parents are demanding greater control over their kids’ education. For the sake of democracy and accountability, states should move these critical elections to coincide with regular election days.

Residents of Chicago now fear a new wave of criminal activity as numerous incidents were reported of an armed suspect robbing postal workers at gunpoint.  Chicago mayoral candidate and Democratic alderman Raymond Lopez and Alderman Anthony Napolitano joined "Fox & Friends" Tuesday to discuss the Chicago crime wave and the new attacks.  "The criminals know that there are a lot of goods being transported through the Postal Service, and they are targeting our workers, trying to get a hold of those keys so that they could break into the mailboxes, violate federal law, city law and every other law they could think of, because in Chicago, there are no consequences," Lopez said.  One woman in Chicago reportedly had a $37,000 check stolen in October. After attempting to send the check in the mail to a landscaping contractor, she learned that the check was deposited by someone else.  A USPS deliveryman sorting in the back of his truck in Chicago, Illinois, on Sept.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently acknowledged that changes to the language of the controversial SAFE-T Act, which eliminates cash bail and makes changes to policing, might need to be made following public outcry across the state but one crime expert told Fox News Digital that isn’t enough.

A train hit a car on Chicago's far South Side on Sunday afternoon. A spokesperson for Metra, which operates the train, said that outbound Rock Island train #113 crashed into a car at West 111th Street near Marshfield Avenue, according to FOX 32.

Illinois Rep. Sean Casten, a Democrat, announced Friday that his daughter's death in June was from a cardiac arrhythmia. "This past June, our daughter, Gwen Casten, died of a sudden cardiac arrythmia.

Judy Tenuta, the stand-up comedienne and actress known as the "Love Goddess," died on Thursday. She was 72. Tenuta's publicist Roger Neal confirmed that she died of ovarian cancer at her home in Los Angeles while surrounded by family.

Judy Tenuta Kicks Cancer’s Ass,” which was shot at her home during the pandemic. Tenuta was born on Nov.

With violent crime up across the nation, Chicago has become the picture of lawlessness: a haven for criminals and illegal activity. It is about to get worse.