2 people shot dead while driving, at least 16 wounded in city shootings since...
Two people are dead and at least 15 others were wounded in overnight shootings, Chicago police said.
View ArticleIn-person entrance exams for Chicago’s selective high schools bring high...
Some parents question why CPS didn't come up with an alternative to in-person testing.
View ArticleKyle Rittenhouse, 17-year-old charged with fatally shooting 2 people in...
Kyle Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounding Gaige Grosskreutz during a demonstration Aug. 25 that followed the police shooting of Jacob Blake in...
View ArticleBody found on South Side beach identified as standout prep basketball player...
The body of missing Davane Gross, 22, who was a standout basketball player at St. Joseph High School in Westchester, was found on a beach on the South Side of Chicago, police and her family said.
View Article3 in custody after shots fired at police on Far South Side
Three people are in custody after someone fired shots at Chicago police officers Saturday night on the Far South Side, according to Chicago police.
View Article4 injured in Far South Side shooting, police say
Four people were injured in a shooting early Sunday on the Far South Side, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleFeds draw near House Speaker Michael Madigan as key confidant weighs...
Feds inch closer to House Speaker Michael Madigan as key confidant weighs cooperation choice others have faced in Chicago corruption cases.
View ArticleMan killed in West Englewood fire identified, 7 others displaced
One man died and a woman suffered serious burns and smoke inhalation from a South Side fire early Sunday, investigators said.
View ArticleChicago city Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin fires four employees, including...
Chicago city treasurer Melissa Conyears-Evin has fired four of her employees, including her chief of staff, as part of an office shakeup, she said in a statement.
View ArticleVolunteers process donations at Holy Trinity Food Pantry in Waukegan
Staff members and volunteers unload donated items from a truck at Holy Trinity Food Pantry in Waukegan on Nov. 22, 2020.
View ArticleColumn: An exclusive look at Jeanne Gang’s Vista Tower, now Chicago’s...
Chicago architect Jeanne Gang's new Vista Tower, almost complete, is Chicago’s third-tallest skyscraper and a stirring work of art, with one notable flaw on the 83rd floor, Blair Kamin writes.
View ArticleColumn: Jeanne Gang on Vista Tower, gender equality in architecture and the...
In an interview with the Tribune, Chicago architect Jeanne Gang discusses her new Vista Tower, her inspirations, and the post-COVID future of downtowns.
View ArticleIn rare feat, Evanston teen expected to break birding record: ‘Say a rare...
Isoo O’Brien, 17, is expected to break the Cook County record for individual bird species spotted in a year, clocking 282 species by the end of October.
View ArticleColumn: There is more to be grateful for this Thanksgiving than family,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused us to rethink what it means to be grateful, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleWith COVID-19 surging anew, alarms sound again for Cook County’s incarcerated
The renewed nationwide surge of COVID-19 has hit Cook County lockups with force this fall, causing officials to reevaluate the safeguards put in place earlier this year to blunt the spread of the...
View ArticleDaywatch: Feds draw near Madigan, an exclusive look at Jeanne Gang’s Vista...
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View ArticleWisconsin US Rep. Bryan Steil tests positive for coronavirus
U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, according to a statement from the Republican lawmaker, who represents Wisconsin’s 1st congressional district.
View ArticleFeds want up to 3½ years in prison for former Ald. Edward Vrdolyak in tobacco...
Prosecutors are asking a federal judge to sentence 83-year-old Edward Vrdolyak to up to 3 1/2 years behind bars, saying his decision to hide money he took from a giant tobacco settlement was just the...
View ArticleNursing homes workers strike
Workers at about a dozen nursing homes in Illinois, most in Chicago area, go on strike over wages and hazard pay.
View ArticleWisconsin recount has shown very few changes in vote totals as Trump team...
Wisconsin’s partial presidential recount entered its fourth day with very few changes in vote totals as President Donald Trump’s attorneys appeared to be focused on a legal challenge to toss ballots.
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