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Signs everywhere in Braceville, Illinois, say trains could come barreling through at 80 mph.But workers at the Union Pacific intermodal terminal in Joliet can’t always unload…
Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey regularly rails against government spending while accusing Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker of trying to solve the state’s problems merely by…
NewsOne Featured Video Actress and activist Yara Shahidi is using her production imprint, 7th Sun Productions, to develop content that amplifies diverse experiences and perspectives. One…
A horde of revelers and cars donning Mexican flags and colors took over Downtown Friday into the early hours of Saturday in celebration of Mexican Independence…
NewsOne Featured Video Misty Copeland attends the 2021 Glamour Women of the Year Awards at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center in Nov. 2021. Source: Theo…
NewsOne Featured Video As racial and gender inequities in the realm of entrepreneurship persist, initiatives have been cultivated to ensure underrepresented founders have a seat at…
Two kids, 3 and 10, became the latest child victims of gun violence Friday night during separate attacks on the city’s West and South Sides.They were…
Wither, Riot Fest? The annual, independently run, born-in-Chicago music festival is back in Douglass Park this weekend, and opened with the long-deferred headliner My Chemical Romance…
A 71-year-old woman who was pulled from a house fire early Saturday morning in the Roseland neighborhood died from her injuries, Chicago police said. Shortly before…
Officials were investigating death of an unidentified man who was found unconscious on Lake Michigan’s shoreline early Saturday morning at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve. Highland Park…