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Fluffy giant pandas and ferocious Sumatran tigers get more attention, but beloved backyard trees face extinction threats, too.A new first-of-its-kind report on the conservation status of…
As temperatures continue to creep down, fall is approaching in Chicago. A warm weekend should offer a parting taste of summer, though expected storms Sunday could…
Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly’s attorneys are slated to begin cross-examining a key witness against him Friday, the 10th day of his Chicago federal trial on…
After a recent string of Chicago police officer suicides, mental health experts spoke with a City Council committee Thursday afternoon on what can be done to…
“Authentic, spunky, well-connected, transparent, and hard working.”These are the words Ayesha Jaco, executive director of West Side United, used to describe Briahna Gatlin, CEO and senior…
A little more than two months before Election Day, several local congressional Democrats joined the U.S. secretary of labor in Chicago on Thursday to tout the…
As the Carl Schurz High School students passed under the school’s brown iron gates Thursday morning, community members greeted them with doughnuts and flowers outside the…
NASCAR has named a veteran racing executive to oversee its first-ever street race in Chicago as it gears up for a Lollapalooza-like festival at Grant Park…
No injuries were reported following a security breach that occurred Thursday at FBI headquarters on Chicago’s Near West Side, officials said.“The FBI Chicago facility remains secure…
Chicago’s top public health official has tested positive for COVID-19 for the first time since the start of the pandemic more than two years ago.Dr. Allison…