Durbin says Illinois shouldn’t count on Washington for future pandemic aid to...
Democratic U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin on Tuesday touted the benefits a combined pandemic and omnibus spending bill will have for Illinois while also warning Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state lawmakers not to...
View ArticleA patient saying over and over, ‘Please save my life,’ will forever be...
"Ask every person who’s working in a COVID unit and they’ll have these same stories," says one nurse. "That’s what’s heartbreaking."
View ArticleChicago makes plans for first mass vaccination sites as health care workers...
Chicago plans to open its first mass vaccination sites next week to help inoculate more health care workers against the coronavirus, the city’s top health official said Tuesday.
View ArticleOPRF High School investigating ‘Zoom bombing’ incidents where racist,...
OPRF High School investigating multiple ‘Zoom bombing’ incidents where racist, anti-Semitic language was used during classes
View ArticleRestaurants grateful for new round of aid but still fighting for additional...
On Monday night, after Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief bill, just for a second, restaurants could breathe again.
View ArticleMurder charges dropped against man accused of shooting girlfriend’s brother
Prosecutors dropped a murder charge Tuesday against a man they say shot to death his girlfriend’s brother when he started beating her after she shot one of his tires in a confrontation in the Homan...
View ArticleConcordia University Chicago cuts 51 faculty and staff, closes 15 academic...
Concordia University Chicago is letting go of 51 faculty and staff members and closing 15 academic programs due to budget concerns that have been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic and a...
View ArticleCook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ‘deeply disappointed’ as SEIU...
About 1,600 Cook County employees began a one-day strike on Tuesday morning calling for additional pay and work accommodations amid a contract negotiation that has grown increasingly bitter over the...
View ArticleThe Spin: ‘Hollywood’ Hendon talks about music video ‘Rona Money’ | Ken...
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View ArticleMaskless young conservatives chant ‘four more years’ with Pence at West Palm...
Thousands of young conservatives from all over the country flocked to West Palm Beach for a four-day summit that flouted COVID-19 health guidelines and featured speeches from top conservative leaders,...
View ArticleVaccines are coming to nursing homes, after dozens of Kane County care...
COVID-19 vaccines are coming to nursing homes, as soon as Monday, as dozens of long-term care facilities in Kane County have reported virus cases within the past month.
View Article‘We want them to feel loved’: Hundreds of families receive groceries for...
A new report by the Greater Chicago Food Depository finds Chicago area food pantries saw an average of 50 percent more people this year. One food pantry run by a Little Village church now feeds 60...
View ArticleTrump EPA overhaul of lead pipe regulations allows toxic plumbing to stay in...
Chicago has more lead water pipes than any other American city, yet federal regulations unveiled Tuesday by the Trump administration likely won’t require anything new to prevent homeowners and renters...
View Article‘He meant everything’: The profound legacy of a small-town swim coach felled...
The death of Monmouth College swim coach Tom Burek is a reminder of COVID-19's capricious nature, but it also summons thoughts of how profound a life in coaching can be.
View ArticleColumn: An election-denying Trump reads ‘The Night Before Christmas’
An election-denying President Donald Trump reads "The Night Before Christmas" while remaining focused on his favorite person - himself.
View ArticleDaywatch: Botched CPD raid’s ripples spread, 2 Chicago nurses treating...
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View ArticleFour arrested, three guns recovered after BMW carjacked south of Grant Park
Four suspects were arrested early Wednesday after officers spotted them in a BMW that had been stolen hours earlier just south of Grant Park, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleColumn: Chicagoans of the Year in architecture: The team that helped revive...
Chicagoans of the Year in architecture: The team that led the renovation and reinvention of old Cook County Hospital
View ArticleChicago man, 50, dies from gunshot in Hammond apartment
Hammond Police are investigating the shooting death of a Chicago man Tuesday evening at a Hohman Avenue apartment.
View ArticleChicago’s police watchdog agency releases bodycam, security video of police...
Chicago’s civilian investigative police watchdog released video footage on Tuesday of an October shooting where an officer fatally shot a man running with a handgun in the city’s Little Village...
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