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Illinois and Chicago are receiving nearly 4,500 doses of a vaccine that can prevent monkeypox, from the national stockpile, amid a growing number of cases in…
Illinois leaders are making the case that the Chicago area should be home to a new $1 billion federal agency focused on health research.Fifteen members of…
A 75-year-old homeless man known affectionately to Chicagoans as the “Walking Man” has started to rebound from injuries suffered when he was set on fire on…
UCLA and Southern California are planning to leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten Conference in a surprising move that could lead to another major realignment…
The day after convicted R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to a 30-year prison term in New York, a different federal judge denied his request to…
At 15, Nidhi Thirthamattur is one of more than 60 co-authors on a study to assess the accuracy of measurements of liverworts, tiny plants the size…
MENDON, Mo. — An Amtrak passenger train was going about 87 mph (140 kph) when it collided with a dump truck at a rural Missouri railway crossing, killing…
A 6-year-old boy was in good condition early Thursday after being pushed out of a third-story window by a family member in what was being classified…
The Chicago Bears are making progress toward completing their purchase of Arlington International Racecourse in Arlington Heights, officials say, with the clock ticking toward a deadline…
Speaking through tears, Rosemary Gamble returns again and again to the questions she would like to ask her granddaughter’s killer:Why did you do this?AdvertisementWhat could she…