Column: With friends like Heidi Cruz’s, who needs enemies?
The Cruzes are selfish and tone-deaf, but let's not laud those who leaked her trip texts, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Madigan calls on successor to resign after 2 days, Chicago US...
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View ArticleHow fast is the snow going to melt? What are the flooding concerns? We asked...
After record-breaking snow and cold to start February, the end of the month appears to flip the script to above-normal temperatures. So what does that mean for all the snow still on the ground? The...
View ArticlePolice investigating death on Blue Line tracks at Pulaski station
Chicago police are investigating the death of a man who apparently fell on the Blue Line tracks Tuesday night at a West Side “L” station.
View ArticleSchiller Park woman rescued after awning collapses, pins her for 10 hours
Ten hours after an ice- and snow-covered awning collapsed, pinning a Schiller Park woman under its weight, firefighters used an airbag system to free her in a rescue caught on camera late Tuesday.
View ArticleMan dies after Hazel Crest house fire that left 2 others injured, officials say
A 44-year-old man died after being rushed to the hospital following a fire Wednesday morning in south suburban Hazel Crest that also left two other people injured, officials say.
View ArticleLanes back open after 2 Chicagoans wounded in shooting on Stevenson...
Two people were injured in a shooting Wednesday morning on the outbound Stevenson Expressway on Chicago’s Southwest Side, Illinois State Police said.
View ArticleBiss declares victory in Evanston mayor’s race; incumbents appear to hold off...
Former state Sen. Daniel Biss declared victory Tuesday in the election for Evanston mayor.
View ArticleColumn: Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen turn an unlikely friendship into a...
What I was pleasantly surprised by is how the conversations between the singer and the former president offer reflections and quiet lessons on family.
View ArticleHere’s what to say to someone afraid of the coronavirus vaccine
What should you say to someone who is hesitant about the coronavirus vaccine?
View ArticleAs Illinois surpasses 2.3M COVID-19 vaccinations, Gov. J.B. Pritzker says...
Illinois administered 55,947 coronavirus vaccine doses Tuesday, reaching a statewide total of 2,310,929, public health officials reported Wednesday. The number of Illinois residents who have been fully...
View ArticleSpeaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch wants a graduated income tax do-over — this...
Illinois House Speaker Emanuel ‘Chris’ Welch wants a graduated income tax do-over — this time tied to pension funding
View ArticleWatch live: Lightfoot provides update after City Council meeting
Mayor Lori Lightfoot provides an update after a meeting of the Chicago City Council. Watch live here.
View ArticleA Chicago gym spurred outbreak of 55 COVID-19 cases after infected patrons...
A Chicago gym spurred an outbreak of at least 55 COVID-19 cases over the summer after infected people attended indoor high-intensity exercise classes — including several who had already tested positive...
View ArticleDUI charges filed following deaths of 4, including teen and 6-year-old, in...
DUI charges filed following deaths of four, including teen and 6-year-old, in Rolling Meadows collision, state police say
View ArticleIndiana State Police continuing investigation of Michigan City prison...
On Monday, Tymetri Campbell, 38, was being held on preliminary charges of murder after he allegedly stabbed Lt. Eugene Lasco, 57, after he came to the aid of Sgt. Padrick Schmitt, 22, who was also...
View Article‘Ride or die’ girlfriend charged with helping man set fire to ex-girlfriend’s...
Wilson had threatened her with a gun and had beat her multiple times in the past, she told police. He left several messages in the month since they broke up before the fire crying and asking her to...
View Article‘They killed a really good woman’: Friends of woman killed in Englewood crash...
Reckless homicide charges have been filed against a 20-year-old man who Chicago police say was driving an SUV through Englewood on Monday when he ran a red light and hit and killed a woman.
View ArticlePreservation Chicago’s list of the city’s most endangered historic buildings
Preservation Chicago called on the city and the Chicago Park District to seek a national park designation for Chicago's entire lakefront, which topped the group's new list of Chicago's most endangered...
View ArticlePro-Trump candidate announces plans to challenge one of the former...
Pro-Trump Republican Catalina Lauf has launched a bid to unseat GOP Chicago-area U.S. Adam Kinzinger, who's made headlines and waves in his own party for blasting former President Donald Trump.
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