The United States has approved military air drops of humanitarian supplies in northern Iraq for religious minorities fleeing attacks by Islamist militants and they could start at any time, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.

Update: U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx was in Chicago today with Mayor Rahm Emanuel to formally make the announcement.

SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn’s next move to open a potential third airport in the south suburbs is a call for private developers, air carriers and would-be tenants to gather for a forum next month with state transportation officials to create a business plan and strategy.

City Hall is looking for a team to add more than 100,000 square feet of retail space along the city’s Riverwalk and generate enough money to help pay off the $99 million federal loan being used to extend the scenic walkway along the Chicago River.

The Chicago Bulls have a new Big Three with which to contend.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- After calling his play "all right" after his practice round, Tiger Woods paused and smiled.

Jimmy Clausen has been with the Bears only since June 5, but he believes in his ability to play well. And that self-assuredness is strengthening daily.

All the action at Coors Field.

She was a fourth-grader who stopped showing up at her South Side school in 2010. She lived with relatives in a dirty, unkempt house. She became pregnant. In fourth grade.

In a small city in south central Russia, a gang of computer criminals has amassed a huge cache of stolen Internet credentials. They've swiped a mind-boggling 1.2 billion user name and password combinations, The New York Times reports. And more than 500 million email addresses.

If you're reading this in a major city, you could pull out your smartphone, summon a car and likely have a driver at your current location before you finish reading this article.

A seeming parade of U.S. companies has been marching across the Atlantic, reincorporating in Europe to take advantage of substantial corporate tax breaks.

See the Chicago-area business people who have been hired, promoted, honored, elected or otherwise recognized.

Here are products recently recalled by the Consumer Products Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Food Safety and Inspection Center.