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Mar 29, 2024
In Carbondale, they'll have an ear to ground to study the acoustic behavior of wildlife.
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Mar 29, 2024
On March 29, 1973, the last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
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Mar 28, 2024
Election officials tallied just 276 Democratic ballots in the race as the window for Clayton Harris III to overtake Eileen O'Neil Burke appears to be closing.
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Mar 28, 2024
Adrianne Todman chose Chicago as her first public appearance since taking over for Marcia Fudge, who resigned Friday as HUD secretary.
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Mar 28, 2024
Call to track evicted migrants comes as volunteers say some end up being placed back into the same shelters they left.
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Mar 28, 2024
The eye-popping amount was a major show of Democratic support for Biden at a time of persistently low poll numbers
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Mar 28, 2024
Tuition at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and other campuses in the system would increase 3.75% next school year under a recommendation announced Thursday by UW President Jay Rothman.
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Mar 28, 2024
The mayor dismissed calls to have aldermanic ally removed as head of a powerful Housing Committee.
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Mar 28, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Mar 28, 2024
Traditionally, the holiday has brought families together to enjoy a meal and maybe hunt for eggs. In Chicago, it has meant pairing an Easter dress and bonnet with a winter parka. Or, preparing a special dessert for the family dinner table.
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Mar 28, 2024
For three months, back and forth between the Lake County Sheriff's Office and the county administration delayed the transfer of inmates from a short-staffed Lake County Jail to another facility as the two county departments tried, and ultimately failed, to arrange the transfer by intergovernmental contract. Due to vacancies, family and medical leave and other absences, the Lake County Sheriff's Office's corrections division is down nearly 40% of normal staffing levels, according to the department. Staff issues are a nationwide problem for jails and prisons, according to correctional oversight agencies. With the Lake County jail population hovering around 500 people, […]
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Mar 28, 2024
For three months, back and forth between the Lake County Sheriff's Office and the county administration delayed the transfer of inmates from a short-staffed Lake County Jail to another facility as the two county departments tried, and ultimately failed, to arrange the transfer by intergovernmental contract. Due to vacancies, family and medical leave and other absences, the Lake County Sheriff's Office's corrections division is down nearly 40% of normal staffing levels, according to the department. Staff issues are a nationwide problem for jails and prisons, according to correctional oversight agencies. With the Lake County jail population hovering around 500 people, […]
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Mar 28, 2024
Calumet City 6th Ward Ald. James Patton, one of the most outspoken opponents of Mayor Thaddeus Jones, announced Thursday he will run for mayor of next year.
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Mar 28, 2024
He sought to build community among the city's Korean population through local reporting.
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Mar 28, 2024
Official briefings, dispatch audio, video and other sources detail the moments before and after Baltimore Key Bridge's collapse.
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Mar 28, 2024
An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel's war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned.
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Mar 28, 2024
Officials from Rockford and Winnebago County said they have a 22-year-old man in custody in a Rockford stabbing attack that left four dead and seven wounded.
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Mar 28, 2024
Officials from Rockford and Winnebago County said they have charged a 22-year-old man in a stabbing attack that left four dead and seven wounded.
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Mar 28, 2024
Officials from Rockford and Winnebago County said they have charged a 22-year-old man in a stabbing attack that left four dead and seven wounded.
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Mar 28, 2024
For the first time in 27 years, the U.S. government is changing how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity, an effort that federal officials believe will more accurately count residents who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage.
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Mar 28, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Mar 28, 2024
It is Home Depot's largest acquisition in its history and with it, it steps more aggressively into the fast growing professional builder and contactor business.
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Mar 28, 2024
Protecting grasslands is important because they store carbon and help the region adapt to a changing climate, experts say.
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Mar 28, 2024
On March 28, 1979, America's worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pennsylvania.
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Mar 27, 2024
The Francis Scott Key Bridge could rejoin Baltimore's skyline in as little as two years or as many as 15, with some experts eyeing a number in between.
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Mar 27, 2024
For the first time since Election Day, Eileen O'Neill Burke widened her lead - by 39 votes - over Clayton Harris III in the Democratic primary race.
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Mar 27, 2024
Otter pup was rescued in October near remote Alaskan town in the Southern Kenai Peninsula.
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Mar 27, 2024
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut has died, according to his family. He was 82.
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Mar 27, 2024
The British royal family learned the hard way: in the modern media world, if you don't fill an information vacuum, others will fill it for you, and it's not likely to be pretty.
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Mar 27, 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating TikTok over its data and security practices, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Mar 27, 2024
Four people were killed and five more were wounded in a mass stabbing in Rockford early Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. A man thought to be the sole attacker was in custody.
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Mar 27, 2024
Four people were killed and five more were wounded in a mass stabbing in Rockford early Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. A man thought to be the sole attacker was in custody.
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Mar 27, 2024
Little Village alderman appeared at a pro-Palestinian rally Friday where organizers say a veteran burned a flag in protest of U.S. policies.
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Mar 27, 2024
If passed, the referendum from the ex-governor would be non-binding, so its function would serve only as a barometer of voter sentiment.
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Mar 27, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Mar 27, 2024
A 15-year-old boy was in critical condition after being shot late Wednesday morning in a shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 11:35 a.m., the boy was outside in the 800 block of West 52nd Street when he was approached by two gunmen who opened fire. The boy suffered […]
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Mar 27, 2024
Some of the region's least visible people are among the beneficiaries of billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott's first round of giving through her Yield Giving nonprofit. An influx of resources thanks to a $1 million Yield Giving grant will help South Suburban PADS better deliver services to people who are struggling with homelessness as well as […]
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Mar 27, 2024
They were practicing Tuesday ahead of Wednesday's performance to honor the Divine Nine, or four sororities and five fraternities created in the early 1900s for Black members, said English teacher and member of Zeta Phi Beta Danielle Epson.
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Mar 27, 2024
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Jussie Smollett, the former "Empire" actor whose convictions for staging a hate crime caused fevered international media attention.
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Mar 27, 2024
NCAA President Charlie Baker is urging lawmakers in states with legal wagering on sporting events to ban betting on individual player performances. Prop bets allow gamblers to wager on statistics a player will accumulate during a game. The NBA has opened an investigation into Toronto Raptors two-way player Jontay Porter amid gambling allegations related to his own performance in individual games. Ohio, Vermont and Maryland are among the states that have removed prop betting on college athletes. The American Gaming Association estimates $2.7 billion will be bet this year on the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments through legal sportsbooks.
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Mar 27, 2024
Allies of Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in a state court fight over how Walt Disney World is developed in the future following the takeover of the theme park resort's government by the Florida governor.
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Mar 27, 2024
Allies of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Disney reached a settlement agreement Wednesday in a lawsuit over who controls Walt Disney World's governing district. In a meeting, the members of the board of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District approved the settlement agreement, ending almost two years of litigation that was sparked by DeSantis' takeover of the district from Disney supporters following the company's opposition to Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay" law.
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Mar 27, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Mar 27, 2024
A federal appeals court has refused to lift an order that blocks Texas from arresting and deporting migrants suspected of illegally crossing the border. Late Tuesday's 2-1 ruling is the latest development in the seesaw legal battle over Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's strict new immigration law. The law was in effect for a several hours on March 19 because of a procedural order from the U.S. Supreme Court. But the court sent the case back to the appellate court for further consideration. The latest ruling likely will prevent enforcement of the law until a final decision on its merits. Spokespeople for Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton did not immediately return phone calls for comment.
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Mar 27, 2024
Texas' plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order. The ruling likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's new immigration law until a broader decision on whether it is legal. The 2-1 ruling late Tuesday from a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stops the Texas law from temporarily taking effect for a second time. It follows a confusing few hours last week when the law was in effect. That set off anger and anticipation along the U.S.-Mexico border. Texas authorities announced no arrests made under the law during that short window.
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Mar 27, 2024
What we know about the Dali, the cargo vessel that support column of the Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning.
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Mar 27, 2024
The search continued Wednesday in Baltimore for six missing construction workers presumed to be dead after a vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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Mar 27, 2024
The search continued Wednesday in Baltimore for six missing construction workers presumed to be dead after a vessel struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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Mar 27, 2024
Answering questions about the measles outbreak, explaining what it is, symptoms and info about the MMR vaccine
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Mar 27, 2024
On March 27, 1973, "The Godfather" won the Academy Award for best picture of 1972, but its star, Marlon Brando, refused to accept his Oscar for best actor, and in what would become one of the Oscars' most famous moments sent in his place actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who spoke out about the depiction of Native Americans in Hollywood. (In 2022, months before her death, the Academy would apologize for the "abuse" Littlefeather received at the time.)
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Mar 26, 2024
As Eileen O'Neill Burke's lead over Clayton Harris III for state's attorney stayed roughly the same Tuesday, both campaigns looked to expected vote tallies on Wednesday and Thursday to provide clarity in the Democratic primary race.
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Mar 26, 2024
Police department leaders in at least two Illinois towns have canceled upcoming training classes for their officers offered by a private firm whose past practices were criticized by a New Jersey state agency for promoting unconstitutional tactics and for glorifying violence. Street Cop Training was slated to hold training classes in five Illinois communities between April and November: Burr Ridge, Cary, Elgin, Mount Vernon and Rochelle. The company's courses are not certified by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, state officials said, meaning any officers who attended those classes would not receive continuing education credits. In December, the […]
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Mar 26, 2024
Monday's lawsuit joins 22 other lawsuits filed against Ortega and Endeavor since 2019.
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Mar 26, 2024
NBC News will cut ties with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel following a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators.
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Mar 26, 2024
Lew Kreinberg was a longtime Chicago activist and author who helped found the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and the Center for Neighborhood Technology.
"Lew cared about justice, and he didn't have a lot of patience with people who thought there was only one way to go after it," said retired Center for Neighborhood Technology president and co-founder Scott Bernstein. "He appreciated innovation or invention as long as it could be practically carried out."
Kreinberg, 87, died of natural causes on Jan. 19 at a nursing home in Harahan, La., which is a suburb of New Orleans.
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Mar 26, 2024
SEIU Local 73 represents more than 2,200 park supervisors, landscapers, instructors and lifeguards and has been negotiating a contract for nine months.
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Mar 26, 2024
Sean "Diddy" Combs' lawyer said Tuesday that the searches of the rapper's Los Angeles and Miami properties by federal authorities in a sex-trafficking investigation were "a gross use of military-level force" and that Combs is "innocent and will continue to fight" to clear his name.
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Mar 26, 2024
A Delta Air Lines flight over the weekend was cut short and the plane returned to Salt Lake City after a panel behind one of the two engines fell off during takeoff.
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Mar 26, 2024
Federal prosecutors alleged Tuesday that a Chicago-area veterinarian retreated to the shower during an FBI raid on his home earlier this month and deleted evidence of possible child pornography from his phone.
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Mar 26, 2024
Hard Rock Northern Indiana is giving $3 million to Gary to use as matching funds that will allow the city to tap into another $3 million in state funding for downtown blight removal.
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Mar 26, 2024
By MATTHEW PERRONE, AMANDA SEITZ and CHRISTINE FERNANDO (Associated Press) WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday did not appear ready to limit Americans' access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a case that could have major implications for the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of thousands of medications. It's the first abortion-related […]
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Mar 26, 2024
Protesters were criticizing President Biden's handling of the Israel-Palestine war and calling for DNC to be canceled in Chicago.
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Mar 26, 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked a California lawyer and philanthropist who's never held elected office to be his running mate in his independent bid for president. Kennedy announced Nicole Shanahan as his choice on Tuesday in Oakland. Shanahan was married to Google co-founder Sergey Brin and leads the Bia-Echo Foundation, an organization she founded to direct money toward issues including women's reproductive science, criminal justice reform and environmental causes. Shanahan says money was tight growing up but that she now sees using wealth to help those in need as "the purpose of privilege." Kennedy had previously signaled interest in picking a celebrity, such as NFL quarterback Aaron Rogers or "Dirty Jobs" star Mike Rowe.
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Mar 26, 2024
The union held a balloon release Saturday for Williams, who was a postal worker for eight months at the Fort Dearborn-Chestnut post office at 540 Dearborn St., in Chicago, Foster said.
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Mar 26, 2024
A New York judge has issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from making public statements about witnesses, prosecutors, court staff and jurors in his upcoming hush money criminal trial. Judge Juan M. Merchan on Tuesday cited Trump's previous comments about him and others involved in the case, as well as a looming April 15 trial date, in granting the prosecution's request for a gag order. Prosecutors had asked for the gag order citing what they called Trump's "long history of making public and inflammatory remarks" about people involved in his legal cases.
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Mar 26, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Mar 26, 2024
Former President Donald Trump got a break this week when an appeals court cut down the amount of money he needs to put up to pause collection while he appeals a $454 million-plus judgment in his New York civil fraud case.
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Mar 26, 2024
In response to a continuing measles outbreak, city officials will require migrants living at a densely-populated Lower West Side shelter to receive a second dose of the measles vaccine 28 days after the first, extending the quarantine period for children under age 5, the Chicago Department of Public Health said.
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Mar 26, 2024
Maine's largest airport is now home to the second largest piece of the moon on Earth, according to moon rock enthusiasts who installed the extraterrestrial chunk.
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Mar 26, 2024
National Weather Service officials are expecting thunderstorms with a chance of some being severe later Tuesday in portions of Chicago before noon. Current conditions at O'Hare International Airport are overcast at 54 degrees, and at Midway Airport conditions are breezy and overcast at 58 degrees, officials said. In portions of north central and northeast Illinois, […]
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Mar 26, 2024
Chicago police responding to a call of shots fired overnight on the West Side found two victims shot, one fatally, in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Shortly after 8 p.m. Monday, a 20-year-old man was critically wounded in the 3600 block of West Flournoy Street. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was […]
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Mar 26, 2024
While formulating their plan for a lakefront Chicago stadium, Bears tout improved public amenities, infrastructure upgrades and economic impact that would come with new construction.
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Mar 26, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday vowed to press ahead with Israel's offensive and blasted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for a pause in the fighting, saying it had emboldened Hamas to reject a separate proposal for a cease-fire and hostage release.
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Mar 26, 2024
Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers.
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Mar 26, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Mar 26, 2024
On March 26, 1973, the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" premiered on CBS-TV.
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Mar 26, 2024
Most parents I meet these days worry about what their kids do online. After all, it can be hard to know what they're absorbing from their media interactions. The good news is that online experiences can help kids learn conversation skills, strengthen their decision-making abilities and much more. However, they do need guidance from parents and caregivers to gain the greatest benefit (and avoid ...
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Mar 26, 2024
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a container ship, sending at least seven cars into the Patapsco River, launching a search-and-rescue operation and prompting Gov. Wes Moore to declare a state of emergency.
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Mar 26, 2024
Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a container ship, sending at least seven cars into the Patapsco River, launching a search-and-rescue operation and prompting Gov. Wes Moore to declare a state of emergency.
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Mar 26, 2024
In the first nine months of 2023, Sean "Diddy" Combs triumphantly performed at the MTV VMAs, released an R&B album that garnered a Grammy nomination and was a suitor to buy the BET network. But several lawsuits filed late last year raised allegations of sexual assault and rape against Combs — one of hip-hop's most recognizable names as a performer and producer. The music mogul's homes in Los Angeles and Miami were searched Monday by federal Homeland Security Investigators agents and other law enforcement. Officials say the searches were connected to an investigation by federal authorities in New York. It is not clear whether the search is related to any of the allegations raised in the lawsuits. Combs has vehemently denied all allegations.
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Mar 25, 2024
Ambassador Laurent Bili made his first visit to Chicago since being appointed to the post more than a year ago.
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Mar 25, 2024
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON (Associated Press) Former President Donald Trump said he would have responded the same way as Israel did after the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas but urged the country to "finish up" its offensive in Gaza and "get this over with," warning about international support fading. "You have to finish up your […]
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Mar 25, 2024
Eileen O'Neill Burke's lead over Clayton Harris III on Monday evening was just 1,643 votes out of more than 522,000 cast so far.
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Mar 25, 2024
Two law enforcement officials have told The Associated Press that two properties belonging to rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs in Los Angeles and Miami were searched by federal Homeland Security Investigations agents and other law enforcement as part of an ongoing sex trafficking investigation. The officials say the Monday searches were connected to an investigation by federal authorities in New York. It's not clear whether Combs was the target of the investigation. The officials were not authorized to publicly discuss details of the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. A representative for Combs has not immediately responded to a request for comment. There have been several sexual assault lawsuits filed against Combs in recent months.
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Mar 25, 2024
Chicago's Civilian Office of Police Accountability provided further details Monday on its investigation into the officer-involved fatal shooting of Dexter Reed in Humboldt Park.
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Mar 25, 2024
House Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he does not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents. That is according to a letter obtained Monday by The Associated Press. Reps. James Comer and Jim Jordan demanded in the letter that Garland comply with the subpoena the two chairmen sent last month as part of their investigation into Special Counsel Robert Hur's decision not to charge the president. The two men ordered the Justice Department to turn over the unredacted audio and transcripts of Hur's hourslong interviews with Biden and his ghostwriter by April 8 or face contempt proceedings.
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Mar 25, 2024
Dave van Dyck spent four decades as a sportswriter in Chicago, becoming a prominent voice on baseball and auto racing, as well as a pioneer of sports talk radio.
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Mar 25, 2024
Two Illinois Prisoner Review Board members are out after a decision to release the parolee, 37-year-old Crosetti Brand, after he was accused of contacting his former girlfriend and the boy's mother when he was paroled in October in another domestic violence case.
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Mar 25, 2024
Two Illinois Prisoner Review Board members are out after a decision to release the parolee, 37-year-old Crosetti Brand, after he was accused of contacting his former girlfriend and the boy's mother when he was paroled in October in another domestic violence case.
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Mar 25, 2024
A state parole official quit her post following her role in allowing a parolee with a history of violence against women to be released from state custody before, authorities say, he attacked a pregnant woman he once dated earlier this month and killed her 11-year-old son when he came to her rescue.
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Mar 25, 2024
A Lake County resident who spent approximately 50 hours in a Lake Zurich restaurant between March 13 and 19 has a case of measles adding to the spread of the disease in the Chicago area, according to a news release from the Lake County Health Department. The Lake County Health Department confirmed the case of measles Saturday in Lake County in a news release letting the public know the individual's whereabouts and what they can do to prevent becoming ill. People already vaccinated against measles are "likely protected" and need to take no further action, according to the release. The […]
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Mar 25, 2024
Three men robbed a jewelry store in a northwest suburban mall after shattering its glass display cases, police said.
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Mar 25, 2024
A child testing positive for measles in Will County has been linked to migrant outbreak of the disease in Chicago but no details on who they are, where they live or how they contracted the disease have been released by the Will County Health Department.
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Mar 25, 2024
The case is an unvaccinated child linked to the Chicago outbreak, said Muneeza Azher, Will County Health Department program manager of communicable diseases and epidemiology, in a statement.
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Mar 25, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Mar 25, 2024
Frank Cicero Jr. was a longtime litigator and partner at the Kirkland & Ellis law firm who played a major role in the drafting of Illinois' current constitution in 1970 and who later wrote several history books. "If there's one thing that stands out about Frank beyond anything else, it's that he was meticulous in preparation — no stone was left unturned in his research," said former Chicago Ald. Bill Singer, who later became a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. "He was driven by a passion for excellence and a passion for (doing) the right thing." Cicero, 88, died of […]
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Mar 25, 2024
After a chaotic mistrial earlier this month, a federal juice loan extortion case with ties to a larger probe of the Chicago Outfit ended Monday when prosecutors announced they were dropping all charges.
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Mar 25, 2024
A Chicago-area veterinarian who is a well-known judge on the national dog show circuit has been arrested on child pornography charges alleging he chatted online about a plan to sexually assault his newborn son.
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Mar 25, 2024
The stars have aligned in the lottery universe like never before, with two jackpots totaling nearly $2 billion. With an estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions prize and an estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot, it's the first time the two nearly national lottery games have each grown so large at the same time. Both massive prizes are the results of months without a big winner, but the larger jackpots entice more people to play the games, increasing the odds that someone, somewhere, will finally hit it rich. The next Powerball drawing is Monday night. Numbers for the Mega Millions jackpot will be drawn Tuesday night.
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Mar 25, 2024
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE (Associated Press) The stars have aligned in the lottery universe like never before, with two jackpots totaling nearly $2 billion. With an estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions prize and an estimated $800 million Powerball jackpot, it's the first time the two nearly national lottery games have each grown so large at the […]
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