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A 10-year-old girl is in good condition after she found a gun in a home in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood and shot herself in the hand…
The smell of popcorn, the promise of a Santa sighting, and bags of free groceries greeted dozens of families who ventured out to West Town Academy…
The magic of Santa Claus during Christmastime knows no bounds. For Jacob Nash, or “Trans Santa,” he realized what that truly meant during one unexpected encounter…
As a bitter cold settled in across the city Friday, volunteers handed out blankets, hand warmers, hot food and other necessities to people staying in winterized…
Something was missing in North Lawndale. When Pastor Reshorna Fitzpatrick walked down the street, it was hard to pinpoint exactly what it was, but when she…
As disgraced cryptocurrency exchange founder Sam Bankman-Fried faces charges he defrauded investors of billions of dollars, his wide-ranging political campaign contributions to politicians, including Chicago mayoral…
Saying 3M has engaged in “bad faith manipulation,” a federal judge quashed the company’s effort to shift responsibility for an avalanche of military earplug lawsuits to…
Most of Chicago’s major mayoral candidates said they would undo Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s controversial plan to block live transmission of Police Department scanner traffic from the…
An extra-alarm fire at an apartment building early Friday morning in west suburban Oak Park displaced several residents and damaged about 36 units, officials said.Shortly before…
Brutal temperatures settled over Chicago Friday morning, but Chicagoans won’t see much falling snow, said National Weather Service meteorologist Kevin Doom.Flurries are possible, as well as…