Massive supply imbalance fueled by vaccine hesitancy: Illinois’ latest...
With widespread vaccine hesitancy in much of the state, Illinois struggles to match coronavirus vaccine supply with demand
View ArticleDaywatch: Pritzker deploys National Guard to Chicago, Illinois’ latest...
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View ArticleChicago area could get slushy snow this chilly Tuesday as freeze warning in...
Motorists should be careful on northern Illinois roads Tuesday as a slushy wintry mix hits the Chicago area. Even with only a small amount of snow likely, Chicago could still see its record snowfall...
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Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleAdam Toledo shooting: Activists to call for Justice Department to investigate...
Latino lawyers and community leaders on Tuesday will ask the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy by a Chicago police officer.
View ArticleIndiana legislators reach deal giving local officials say over health orders
Indiana legislative negotiators have reached an agreement on limiting the authority of county or city health departments by allowing local elected officials to overturn orders or enforcement actions...
View ArticlePassenger in Wisconsin hit-and-run that killed 3 Girl Scouts and a woman...
John Stender, 24, of Eau Claire, entered the plea Monday to aiding a felon-falsifying information. A misdemeanor charge relating to huffing from an aerosol can was dismissed.
View ArticleChristian rights group objects to Glenview school system’s vaccine policy,...
Liberty Counsel calls "forced vaccination" a violation of "individual, economic, and religious liberties."
View Article700-plus Naperville D203 students quarantined for having COVID-19 contact;...
The number of Naperville School District 203 students forced to go into 14-day quarantine has doubled in the last two weeks, corresponding to the start of students returning to school on a full-time...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot says she expects Chicago Bulls, Blackhawks will be...
She said the city has been talking with the Bulls and Blackhawks, and they have “very solid plans” but noted a recent surge in cases.
View Article155 students are in quarantine at Hersey High School after more than a dozen...
Hersey High was not among 21 schools named on Illinois' school outbreak list, which includes cases that involve transmission within the school building.
View ArticleWisconsin, Iowa moved down on Chicago’s travel order, but Indiana in danger...
The travel order is updated every two weeks and goes into effect Friday at midnight.
View ArticleColumn: Couples’ sex lives took a hit during COVID-19 pandemic. A new book...
Sex therapist Ian Kerner's new book, "So Tell Me About The Last Time You Had Sex" arrives just in time to combat what he calls “a perfect storm of libido-debilitating factors” during the pandemic.
View ArticleEvanston to pay $90,000 to settle lawsuits after police chief’s Snapchat post...
Evanston aldermen approved paying $90,000 to settle a lawsuit brought against the city and the police chief over a Snapchat post.
View ArticleTracing COVID-19 variants at Rush University Medical Center
A new lab at Rush University Medical Center is dedicated to tracking and tracing COVID-19 variants across Chicago.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State officials see ‘real signs of progress’...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleOfficials see ‘real signs of progress’ as some COVID-19 metrics improve in...
Some coronavirus metrics in Illinois have improved slightly this week as the state draws closer to a vaccination bench mark in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s reopening plan, but state officials reiterated...
View ArticleState Board of Elections executive director resigns after reporting online...
The executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections is resigning a little more than two weeks after being put on administrative leave after he reported being the victim of an unspecified...
View ArticleVerdict reached in the trial of Derek Chauvin
Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case that touched off...
View ArticleTribune Publishing sets May 21 shareholder vote on Alden merger
Tribune Publishing set a May 21 date for shareholders to vote on whether to accept hedge fund Alden Global Capital's $633 million offer to buy the Chicago-based newspaper chain.
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