You’ve gotten your second COVID-19 vaccination. When will your life get back...
There are reasons to be hopeful that life can improve after the second COVID-19 vaccination shot, but experts are telling people to continue masking and social distancing after they are considered...
View Article2 officers, 1 other driver injured in rear-end crash on Near North Side,...
Two Chicago police officers were injured in a rear-end crash across the street from Holy Name Cathedral early Thursday, police said.
View ArticleColumn: After giving away 25,000 meals, Evanston’s Gyros Planet and Taqueria...
Erika Castro and Pablo Sanchez used their restaurant to combat hunger caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but their bills have outpaced their business.
View ArticleWoman who sued DuPage County sheriff to receive methadone treatment in jail...
A federal judge has thrown out a Chicago woman’s request to ensure she can receive an addiction-fighting medication during a jail stint that begins Thursday, but the practical effect of the decision...
View ArticleChicago will start trashing ‘dibs’ parking placeholders starting next week
Move your ‘dibs’ items before Tuesday, or the city will trash your shoveled parking spot placeholders, Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation warned Thursday.
View ArticleActivists ‘disappointed and not surprised’ after $181.7M of Cook County’s...
Over the past 11 months of the pandemic, Cook County directed more than 40% of its federal stimulus money toward labor costs for the sheriff’s office, drawing alarm from Black activists who have...
View ArticleMotorist, 24, shot on Dan Ryan Expressway
A 24-year-old man was shot while on the Dan Ryan in the city’s Stateway Gardens neighborhood on Thursday.
View ArticleU.S. Reps. Marie Newman and Marjorie Taylor Greene feud over LGBTQ rights
U.S. Rep. Marie Newman has a transgender pride flag outside her Washington office across the hall from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's sign that reads, "There are TWO genders MALE & FEMALE. ‘Trust...
View ArticleFather of murdered Elgin toddler waits outside prison on day killer freed: ‘I...
Jesse Kley stood outside Dixon Correctional Center Thursday morning with one goal in mind — that the Elgin man who murdered his toddler daughter 24 years ago see the face of the child’s father and...
View ArticleUnited Center to serve as mass COVID-19 vaccination site, sources say
The United Center will be a mass vaccination site capable of giving thousands of shots as the federal government ramps up its distribution capabilities, sources with knowledge of the plan said.
View ArticleCook County sheriff fields complaint about couple having sex during court...
A spokesman for the Cook County sheriff confirmed the office received a complaint about “inappropriate behavior” during a Zoom session in the suburban Maywood court district on Tuesday.
View Article‘Grand Theft Auto’ blamed for recent surge in carjackings in Chicago. Gaming...
Illinois Rep. Marcus Evans wants to ban sales of the game that he says normalizes criminal behavior. But critics say that is just "lazy legislating."
View ArticleWest Side man charged with killing ex-girlfriend in South Shore in April...
A West Side man shot his ex-girlfriend to death near her South Shore home in April about an hour after he crashed his car downtown while driving around with the woman, prosecutors said Thursday.
View ArticleUniversity of Chicago bioethicist Laurie Zoloth to answer reader questions...
University of Chicago bioethicist Laurie Zoloth will answer ethical questions surrounding COVID-19 vaccines during a Facebook Live on Monday.
View ArticleGang member gets time served for refusing to testify about shooting that...
A reputed gang member faced the ire of a federal judge for refusing to tell a grand jury who shot him, even though he’d been granted immunity from prosecution.
View ArticleMotorist feared arrest when he fled traffic stop, ran red light and fatally...
A 20-year-old man told police that he was out on bond for an attempted murder and afraid of being arrested when he fled police during a traffic stop, speeding through a red light, hitting another...
View ArticleBlack Chicago police officers band together for new voice during reckoning...
Black officers in the Chicago Police Department are forming their own professional organization to lend perspective amid longstanding tensions between law enforcement and communities of color, they...
View ArticleThe Spin: Marie Newman vs. Marjorie Taylor Greene | Madigan’s successor 2.0 |...
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View ArticleRepublican Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks Illinois US Rep. Marie Newman’s...
U.S. Rep. Marie Newman’s feud over LGBTQ rights with controversial Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene took a new turn Thursday when Facebook temporarily took down Newman’s video putting up a transgender...
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