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Jonathan Jackson is poised to head to Congress, the latest chapter in his family’s long, sometimes rocky political history in Chicago.Emerging from a field of 17…
MENDON, Mo. — Authorities on Wednesday identified the four people killed when an Amtrak passenger train collided with a dump truck earlier this week in rural Missouri, saying…
Millionaire mayor candidate Willie Wilson is hosting more high-priced giveaways.He gave out $80,000 in groceries at four Chicago Cermak Fresh Markets on Wednesday and plans to…
Walgreens will reimburse many of its workers for travel expenses if they have to venture more than 50 miles for an abortion, the company said Wednesday…
An old picture shows Gianno Caldwell’s youngest brother, Christian, in a bright orange shirt, laughing after taking his Field Museum nametag off his shirt and putting…
The Chicago Parks District announced Tuesday that less than half its pools would open next Tuesday, July 5, amid a lifeguard shortage that had already delayed…
MIAMI — The family of a 33-year-old Illinois woman who was killed while parasailing in the Florida Keys last month has filed a wrongful death and…
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin’s Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state’s 173-year-old abortion ban, arguing that statutes passed in the 1980s supersede the…
For many of the women and girls playing baseball this summer, the Rockford Peaches — a team that hasn’t played in more than 60 years —…
Chicago Cubs pitcher Marcus Stroman does not shy away from sharing his thoughts.Stroman, a fixture on Twitter with more than 513,000 followers, fervently voices his opinions…