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In late March, at a luncheon for the city’s political and business elite, Chicago transportation Commissioner Gia Biagi announced the city would be giving away 5,000…
Illinois Democrats on Monday criticized plans by the Kendall County Republican Party to raffle off a Smith & Wesson semi-automatic rifle similar to the one authorities…
A moment of silence, scheduled for two minutes precisely one week after a gunman killed seven people and wounded dozens more at Highland Park’s Fourth of…
Northwestern University’s President-elect Rebecca M. Blank announced Monday she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and will no longer be able to fulfil…
A 64-year-old Flossmoor woman died Sunday in an officer-involved shooting after police responded to a report of a domestic disturbance, according to Flossmoor police.It was not…
Behind a row of industrial buildings and down a small path of stairs, a wooden platform skirts the rusting river wall, surrounded by floating gardens, sunken…
Dr. Tokoya Williams wanted to be a cardiac surgeon when she began medical school.But when she was diagnosed with breast cancer during her last year of…
NewsOne Featured Video Tabitha Brown Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty Actress and entrepreneur Tabitha Brown has used her platform as a lens into veganism, and her…
NewsOne Featured Video Jenifer Lewis Source: Leon Bennett / Getty From the silver screen to the stage, actress, singer and dancer Jenifer Lewis has been a…
Wintrust Arena — home of the Chicago Sky — is hosting the WNBA All-Star Game for the first time. And we tracked it all.For the latest…