In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly-elected president. But after a rejected office-seeker shot President James Garfield, reformers won long-sought-after changes: workers hired for their expertise, not their fealty.
Brittany Ortiz, 38, and her father, William Stanley, 70, were cuffed and hit with multiple charges after a basketball game at the Holy Child School at Rosemont erupted into chaos on Feb. 1st, accordin...