Column: Day after day at sunrise, 3 Chicago women are ‘swimming through’ the...
The ecstasy of swimming through a Chicago winter on Lake Michigan.
View Article9 more convictions tossed in infamous Chicago police scandal
A judge on Friday threw out felony convictions of nine more people framed by a disgraced former Chicago police sergeant, including that of a man who gained fame more than two decades ago when his life...
View ArticleColumn: NASA’s Perseverance lands on Mars while Tucker Carlson goes space...
NASA’s Perseverance lands on Mars while Tucker Carlson and Fox News go on a false, anti-science rant about Texas windmills and the state's energy failure.
View ArticleFrankfort restaurant owner accused of covertly filming up-skirt videos of...
A suburban restaurant owner accused in a lawsuit of secretly filming up the skirts of eight female employees, most of them minors, may have used hidden cameras on hundreds of other people, attorneys...
View ArticleFord City Mall worker shot, seriously injured during ‘alarming but isolated’...
A person was shot inside the Ford City Mall Friday afternoon on the Southwest Side, fire officials said.
View ArticleChicago area has ‘pretty good shot’ of a little more snow Sunday, but temps...
Two to 4 inches of snow is likely to fall Sunday afternoon and evening, but temperatures may reach the 40s early next week, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot said she has ‘1,000% confidence’ in Chicago police...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday she has “1,000% confidence” in Chicago police Superintendent David Brown despite a scathing inspector general this week that faulted his department’s handling of last...
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot says she’ll ‘soon’ offer a plan for civilian Chicago...
Chicago aldermen said Friday that community groups were nearing agreement on two separate, long-debated policing oversight proposals and would have had an ordinance ready for a City Council vote by...
View ArticleLightfoot joins mayors statewide in urging Illinois congressional delegation...
Illinois municipal groups and mayors including Lori Lightfoot have sent a letter to Illinois’ congressional delegation urging passage of President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief plan and its $350 billion...
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: State surpasses 2 million COVID-19...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends spending $281.5 million in federal...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended Friday the city’s decision to use $281.5 million in federal CARES Act money on Chicago police payroll costs, saying criticism from progressive aldermen and community...
View ArticleDolton man charged in Orland Park shooting that wounded Blue Island residents
A 23-year-old Dolton man is the second person who has been charged in connection with a Jan. 27 shooting in Orland Park that wounded Blue Island residents.
View ArticleStruggling Cook County suburban areas face overdose epidemic, with death...
The overdose epidemic that has ravaged Chicago has not spared the nearby suburbs, some of which have death rates comparable to anything seen in the city, according to a report released this week by the...
View ArticleChicago reports improvement in COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts among...
The number of vaccines going to Black and Latino people in Chicago has gone up but the city still has work to do in closing the equity gap, according to newly released data. The city has improved its...
View ArticleFamiliar face in Bridgeport killed in neighborhood he loved: ‘I guess the man...
A 68-year-old man was fatally shot Tuesday while he was driving. He was a handyman who was well-known in Bridgeport, where he was born and raised.
View ArticleThe Spin: Madigan’s sprint to pick his successor | Lightfoot still backs...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View ArticleYounger Hispanic Kane County residents hit harder by COVID-19 deaths, new...
The data marks the first time information about race, ethnicity and COVID-19 deaths has been made widely available in Kane County, as the nation has grappled with the disproportionate impacts of...
View ArticleDon’t let the wintry weather fool you, Chicago. The rats are still around....
Chicagoans hoping that brutal cold and epic snowfall would wipe out the rat population in America’s “rattiest city” should know: Rats are much tougher than that.
View ArticleFar fewer COVID-19 deaths in Illinois nursing homes, where residents and...
COVID-19 cases and deaths at Illinois long-term care facilities have dropped to levels not seen since late summer, according to state data released Friday.
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