Homan Square resident charged with killing man visiting Chicago for his...
A Homan Square resident killed a man who was visiting friends in the Galewood neighborhood on Valentine’s Day while he was in town for his brother’s funeral, prosecutors said Thursday.
View ArticleAfter initial glitches, thousands register for COVID-19 mass vaccination site...
Registration for the United Center mass vaccination site opened Thursday morning, and at least 6,000 people have already registered by phone and online, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
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View ArticleNorthwestern University President Morton Schapiro to step down next year
NU's ranking and endowments have grown during Schapiro's tenure, but he's also faced calls to resign.
View Article4 wounded in 3 shootings on South Side
Two men were wounded in a shooting Thursday morning in the Englewood neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleWill the world ever really get over COVID-19? What we learned from Dr....
Here are five takeaways from Fauci’s remarks at a virtual event hosted by the University of Chicago.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Thousands register for United Center...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleHomewood planners vote unanimously against warehouse zoning for golf course...
Homewood's Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday voted against rezoning the Calumet Country Club to allow for warehouse-distribution uses, with the panel's recommendation going to the Village...
View ArticleColumn: Area Neanderthal not happy Biden compared him to Republican governors...
Republicans are angry President Joe Biden accused the governors of Texas and Mississippi of "Neanderthal thinking," but a local Neanderthal is even more offended at the comparison.
View ArticleColumn: The feud for which there is no truce? The saga of old Dr. Seuss
Where's the truce when it comes to Dr. Seuss?
View ArticleDaywatch: People receive leftover COVID-19 vaccines, Madigan’s departure...
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View ArticleMan slips on Red Line platform in Rogers Park, dies after being hit by ‘L’ train
A man died after he fell so part of his body was off the platform at the Loyola Avenue “L” station in Rogers Park and he was hit by a train Thursday night, officials said.
View Article1 dead, 2 wounded in shooting of people in 2 cars on I-57
Three male victims were shot, one fatally, in an attack on at least two vehicles early Friday on Interstate 57 near the border between Calumet Park and Chicago’s Far South Side, State Police said.
View ArticleHow Michael Madigan’s departure accelerates a shift in Chicago politics from...
The change is being driven by generational, ideological and demographic shifts.
View ArticleCity shuts down makeshift club in a home in Old Town, cites 6 businesses for...
Chicago investigators cited a private club in someone's Old Town home for COVID-19 violations, along with six other restaurants and businesses.
View ArticleWatch live: Gov. Pritzker to announce new vaccine awareness campaign
Gov. Pritzker is set to announce a new vaccine awareness campaign. Watch live here.
View ArticleColumn: A hothead male coach sent to coach girls basketball as punishment?...
Haven’t we seen enough of girls and women being reduced to a leading man’s opportunity for personal growth? We'll take a pass on "Big Shot."
View ArticlePolitical operative with ties to former Ald. Daniel Solis probe pleads not...
A longtime political operative at the center of the investigation into former Ald. Daniel Solis pleaded not guilty Friday in alleged schemes to influence a massive Chicago Public Schools janitorial...
View ArticleIn Land of Lincoln, what’s wrong with statues of Honest Abe? And should...
Controversy over monuments of historical figures in Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, includes five statues of Honest Abe in Chicago
View ArticleBoxes with more than 65,000 counterfeit N95 masks worth over $400,000...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers Sunday seized 136 boxes of counterfeit medical masks at O’Hare International Airport after they noticed the masks were giving off a “chemical smell” and...
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