Bernie Madoff, guilty in biggest Ponzi scheme in history, dies in federal...
Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating the largest Ponzi scheme in history, has died in a federal prison, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on...
View ArticleAt least 4 Michigan Republicans test positive for COVID-19 after restaurant...
At least four, and potentially more than eight, Michigan Republicans who attended a district meeting at a restaurant tested positive for COVID-19, according to GOP officials.
View ArticleTracking Chicago homicide victims
Chicago homicides victims: Charts, maps tracking shooting victims
View ArticleMass vaccination site in Gary draws Chicago-area residents — including high...
A mass vaccination site in Gary is giving Illinoisans shots since the state opened eligibility requirements for COVID-19 shots earlier than Illinois.
View ArticleFees waived for adoption of longtime shelter dogs, cats
Homeless dogs and cats who have been overlooked by those seeking a pet will have their adoption fees waived at a virtual adoption event sponsored by PAWS Chicago later this month.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot spent $104,000 on upgrades to her City Hall conference...
As Mayor Lori Lightfoot prepared to warn the city about a yawning budget deficit last summer, she lined up more than $100,000 in upgrades to her City Hall conference room — a project that included...
View ArticleChicago Fire Department needs stronger policies against sexual harassment,...
The Chicago Fire Department needs to put in place stronger policies to deal with the sexual harassment and racial discrimination that have long dogged the agency, the city’s watchdog found in a report...
View ArticleChase for alleged Portage shoplifters ends with crash, minor injuries in...
The van, police said, ended up westbound on 106th Street in Chicago’s East Side neighborhood, before disregarding stop signs and at least one red light, and then “mounted the curb at Yates Avenue and...
View ArticleChicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks to earmark nearly $1 billion in federal...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot hopes to spend nearly $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money to pay off the short term borrowing her administration has used to get through the first two years of the...
View ArticleWaukegan house fire forces 7 people to evacuate, kills 2 dogs and injures 2...
Seven people were forced from their two-unit house by a fire that broke out early Wednesday morning, the Waukegan Fire Department reported.
View ArticleWith Chicago help, Buffalo officer earns court win in claim she was fired for...
Chicago activists, lawyers, helped Cariol Horne reverse her firing from the Buffalo Police Department after she contended she stopped another officer from using a chokehold on a man who was handcuffed.
View Article4 Muncie officers charged in excessive force allegations
But acting U.S. Attorney John Childress announced Wednesday that a 17-count superseding indictment returned by a federal grand jury charges all three with additional counts while also charging Officer...
View ArticlePlea deal accepted in East Chicago beauty store stabbing: Highland man faces...
Mousa admitted he went to M&M; Beauty Supply, 3712 Main St., on Oct. 27 and stabbed an employee in the side of his face behind the counter, who was his relative, records show.
View ArticleBody found in trunk at Northwest Side business; one person held in homicide...
One person was being detained Wednesday afternoon after a body was found in the trunk of a vehicle at a business in the Belmont Central neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleAn additional 138,538 COVID-19 vaccinations administered in Illinois and more...
An additional 138,538 coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in Illinois Tuesday, as the number of residents who have been fully vaccinated surpassed 3 million, public health officials reported.
View ArticleIllinois COVID-19 questions answered: What should people know about the...
If we need boosters, must people get the same shot they had the 1st time? This is among the coronavirus questions we asked health and science experts.
View ArticleColumn: Hank Azaria’s apology for voicing Indian character Apu on ‘The...
After years of criticism, Hank Azaria said he wants to apologize to "every single Indian person in this country." An author and educator said children of immigrants can especially appreciate the impact...
View ArticleChicago man, 21, is accused of pulling cop into vehicle during investigation,...
A man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly pulling an officer into his vehicle, crashing and injuring the officer, Chicago police said.
View ArticleJudge accepts plea for Missouri man accused of killing former Hammond girlfriend
Williams was transported to Franciscan Health Hammond where she was pronounced dead around 8:15 a.m., according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
View ArticleColumn: Downers Grove baker who ‘always looks out for people’ battles...
Downers Grove baker Chuck Kalousek battles COVID-19 while the community rushes in to help
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