The Spin: City Hall eases mask restrictions for many Chicagoans despite...
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View ArticleEric Crawford, 13-year-old shot in McKinley Park while riding his bike, has...
A 13-year-old boy who was shot Sunday morning in the McKinley Park neighborhood died Tuesday afternoon, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
View ArticleDetails of Chicago police shooting of Anthony Alvarez released in medical...
Anthony Alvarez, 22, fatally shot in late March by a Chicago police officer, was struck twice, according to an autopsy report released Tuesday by the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Footage of...
View ArticleScrap shredder sues Chicago for reneging on deal to fast-track opening on the...
Mayor Lightfoot delayed a decision about a permit this month after the new U.S. EPA administrator raised concerns about locating another polluter in a neighborhood where people already breathe some of...
View ArticleColumn: Goodbye to the year of living day by day. For better and worse, it’s...
Lately we’re able to plan again. Vaccines are available. Mask requirements are easing. The return to planning is liberating and exciting. But it has its downside, writes columnist Mary Schmich.
View Article‘Sense of duty’: As the military nationwide battles vaccine hesitancy,...
Though a good percentage of sailors at Naval Station Great Lakes north of Chicago have received the COVID-19 vaccine, not everyone serving in the military has been as eager.
View ArticleDaywatch: New mask rules for Chicago, Lollapalooza’s lineup to be announced...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleAt contentious meeting, McHenry County board votes to keep using county jail...
McHenry County board members voted Tuesday to continue keeping federally detained immigrants at the county jail, despite impassioned calls from people who called the practice inhumane.
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleVideo, DNA evidence, partial confession will be key in man’s trial in...
Video evidence, DNA analysis and a partial confession will be critical to proving a farm laborer stabbed a University of Iowa student to death, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.
View ArticleMark McCloskey, the St. Louis lawyer who waved a gun at protesters, is...
Mark and Patricia McCloskey became celebrities in conservative circles after the incident on June 28 outside their lavish home in St. Louis’ Central West End.
View ArticleChicago to see scattered showers Wednesday before summerlike temperatures for...
Temperatures at the end of this week and weekend have the chance of reaching 90 degrees after a day of scattered light showers Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleMan shot 3 times in the head at Lake Shore Drive stoplight after someone...
A man stopped at a red light on Lake Shore Drive near Chicago Avenue late Tuesday suffered graze wounds to the head when he was shot at by someone who yelled gang slogans before opening fire, Chicago...
View ArticleMan killed, 14-year-old girl wounded in separate West Side shootings
A man was shot to death and a 14-year-old girl, a high school freshman, suffered a skull fracture after being shot in the head in separate West Side shootings late Tuesday into Wednesday, according to...
View ArticlePaul Mooney, comedian and writer for Richard Pryor, dies at 79
Paul Mooney, the comedian, actor and writer for Richard Pryor, died on Wednesday morning, his representative Cassandra Williams confirmed to Variety. He was 79.
View ArticleIllinois COVID-19 questions answered: Where do I need to wear a mask in...
These are some of the many questions readers have sent us that we’ve put to health and science experts.
View ArticleCourt of appeals reverses decision in ex-Calumet Township employee’s fraud case
The United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit reversed a district court’s decision in the cases against Ethel Shelton, a former executive secretary for former Calumet Township Trustee Mary Elgin.
View ArticleColumn: McConnell, GOP oppose Jan. 6 commission, and so do we, the brothers...
McConnell opposes commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, showing the GOP's unwillingness to reckon with the Trump-inspired insurrection.
View ArticleRepublicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene and Illinois’ Mary Miller, face...
The GOP lawmakers opted to keep their mask off during votes Tuesday, with some taking care to stand in the well of the chamber to ensure that they would be seen.
View ArticleCorinne Wood, Illinois’ first female lieutenant governor, dies at 66
Corinne Wood, Illinois first female lieutenant governor, dies of breast cancer at 66.
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