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Chicago is in for a warm and humid Fourth of July, potentially ending in showers and thunderstorms.The National Weather Service forecast Monday a high of 89…
Multiple people reportedly were shot Monday morning, at least one fatally, about 10 minutes into the northern suburb’s Fourth of July parade, according to witnesses and…
Clout was not king in Tuesday’s primaries for Illinois General Assembly seats, and establishment politicians are bracing for a potentially wild ride heading into November’s general…
Members of minority faith and belief communities had mixed reactions after the recent Supreme Court ruling that said the Constitution protected a high school football coach…
A 19-year-old Chicago man charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl Friday afternoon outside a Southwest Side McDonald’s was ordered to…
The first mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus recently were found in Cook County, officials said.Representatives of the North Shore Mosquito Abatement District said mosquitoes collected last…
They saw themselves walking the halls of Congress, wearing judges’ robes or smiling in portraits at driver’s license offices across Illinois.But with one exception, the six…
To get an idea of how Chicago-area Catholics are processing the end of Roe v. Wade, consider two statements issued just after the ruling.The first came…
Ernest Willingham testified before the U.S. Senate last month about growing up in Chicago with gun violence literally surrounding him. His father, brother and cousin have…
My great-grandfather, Irving, followed in his older brother’s footsteps when he emigrated from Poland to Chicago a century ago. This was a crucial move for the…