Chris Cornell, who fronted Soundgarden and Audioslave, has died unexpectedly at the age of 52. UPDATE: Detroit police tell the AP they're investigating this as a possible suicide; Cornell played a show with Soundgarden last night and was found dead early this morning in his hotel room. ... UPDATE: Roger Ailes has died. He founded Fox News, which Ailes chaired until last year when a number of women who worked for him reported that Ailes had sexually harassed them. He was the media consultant to Republican presidents Nixon, Reagan and George H-W Bush, as well as Donald Trump. Ailes was 77 ... A LOT is happening in Washington: Former FBI Director Robert Mueller has been named special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into Russia's interference in the US election, along with whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin. Reuters reports former NSA Michael Flynn and other Trump advisers had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Kremlin-linked persons in the last seven months of the campaign. UPDATE: President Trump is tweeting complaints this morning: about how he's the victim of a political witch hunt, and why didn't special counsels investigate Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration ... There were protests in Tulsa, Oklahoma after a jury found a white police officer not guilty in the shooting death of an unarmed black man ... An investigation is underway, after an off-duty Cook County deputy shot and killed a 17-year-old robbery suspect yesterday on the South Side ... German and Israeli researchers say the active ingredient in marijuana *improves* memory performance and mental functioning ... which comes as a huge surprise to anyone who's hung out with potheads. The Cubs beat the Reds at home. The White Sox lost in Anaheim ... Partly cloudy and breezy today, with high temperatures in the upper-70s.

"In April of 2013, Chris Cornell and bassist Ben Shepherd sat in a small studio at XRT for an interview about the Soundgarden comeback album, and then in a studio smaller than your living room, he shared his greatest gift: his voice."

Congressmembers say they want to hear directly from fired FBI Director James Comey ... after the New York Times reported that Comey documented President Trump asking him to drop the FBI's investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. The White House was already reeling from the news that Trump had shared classified secrets with the Russians ... and denies the Comey memo. UPDATE: Russian President Putin says he can prove that President Trump did not pass on classified intelligence to Putin's foreign minister - by giving Congress a transcript of their Oval Office meeting. It has been widely reported that Trump disclosed an ally's secrets about the Islamic State to Russian officials last week. A Wisconsin man is accused of shooting an Amtrak conductor yesterday in Naperville. Passengers held the suspect down until police arrived ... A Chicago man has turned himself in, after being photographed as he punched a security guard at a River North condo building. He's charged with several counts of aggravated battery ... Two people have died in tornadoes that hit Wisconsin and Oklahoma ... The Cubs unleashed their bats and beat the Reds at Wrigley. The White Sox lost in extra innings in Anaheim. It'll be windy and warm today, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms later and high temperatures in the mid-80s.

President Trump boasted to Russian diplomats about an ally's highly classified information on an Islamic State plot. President Trump confirmed this morning on Twitter that he had the "absolute right" to share information with Russia. Last night, the White House issued carefully worded denials to the Washington Post story. The Post reports White House officials took steps to contain the damage by calling the CIA and the National Security Agency. A senior German lawmaker tells the AP that if the US president is passing information "on to other governments at will, then Trump becomes a security risk for the entire western world." Trump welcomes Turkish president Erdogan to the White House today ... The parent company of the Tribune is trying to buy the parent of the Sun Times. Bosses claim the two papers would operate independently if the deal goes through ... Cook County sheriff's deputies are searching for a Villa Park teenager who jumped into the Des Plaines River and disappeared over the weekend ... Intelligence and security experts suspect North Korea was behind the global ransomware virus that's hit hundreds of thousands of computers ... The White Sox lost to the Angels ... it'll be the Celtics and the Cavaliers in the NBA East Conference Finals ... Sunny and breezy today. High temperatures in the upper-80s.

All around the world on this Monday morning, people are booting up their computers and hoping to heck they're not caught up in the ransomware virus that spread to 150 countries on Friday. The New York Times reports students in China today are reporting being locked out of their final papers. ATMs, gas stations and some government offices are being affected ... The federal court of appeals in Seattle will hear arguments today on President Trump's second travel ban ... Three people tell the Wall Street Journal that Donald Trump did record phone calls at Trump Tower. A number of congressmembers are saying President Trump should turn over any recordings he might have with former FBI Director James Comey, as Trump claimed on Twitter ... Village officials in Dolton have called an emergency meeting, after a mass shooting early yesterday at a nightclub. Illinois State Police are investigating a shooting early yesterday on the Kennedy. A woman was injured ... The White Sox beat the Padres, while the Cubs were shut out in Saint Louis ... Partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon rain and high temperatures up to the 80s ... but it'll be in the 70s near the lake.