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After an eight-hour bargaining session with administrators Monday, Eastern Illinois University union members are slated to begin striking Thursday.“After our members saw the administration walk away…
Metropolitan Nashville police Officer Rex Engelbert believed March 27 would be an average day at work, but by that afternoon, he had been declared a hero.The…
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s governor signed a bill banning all gender-affirming care for minors Wednesday, joining at least 12 other states that have enacted laws restricting or…
Bar staff at the famed Northalsted nightclub Berlin voted to unionize Tuesday evening.The nightclub workers, including bartenders, barbacks, security staff, coat check workers and stage managers,…
A jury is now deciding the fates of three former Chicago tech scene stars accused of perpetrating a $1 billion fraud scheme by lying to investors,…
Jurors in the “ComEd Four” bribery trial saw a parade of FBI agents testify Wednesday about raids on the City Club and the home of its…
The SWAT team was on the scene of Trump Tower Wednesday afternoon responding to a call of a woman with a rifle, Chicago police said.Around 11:30…
Chicago Police said SWAT officers responded Wednesday to a domestic incident at the Trump International Hotel and Tower, located near the Chicago River.The large police presence…
On his first day as Chicago’s mayor-elect, Brandon Johnson echoed his winning promise to rethink the city’s approach to public safety, while his lame-duck predecessor Mayor…
At least three Chicago firefighters were injured at an extra-alarm blaze at a high-rise building on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in the South Loop neighborhood, officials…