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The Oct. 1, 1945 letter is just three paragraphs typed on onion skin paper, under a curiously sparse letterhead containing only a four-digit P.O. Box located…
When Fred O’Connor and his wife had just welcomed their now 30-year-old son, the power went out in their Chicago home. O’Connor’s wife, fearing for the…
In advance of Lollapalooza — the music festival that will bring hundreds of thousands of people to Grant Park this weekend — more than 100 migrants…
Donald Trump for years has promoted baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him. In truth, Trump was the one who tried to steal…
Wisconsin Democrats celebrated the beginning of a new era for the state Supreme Court on Tuesday as it flipped from conservative to liberal control for the…
A minor coal train derailment in Virginia in early July prompted Norfolk Southern to rethink the way it responds to problems with overheating bearings, but it’s…
For old friends JoAnn Mosby and Deb Rakers, the more things change the more they stay the same. The two were friends in high school and…
A Postal Service mail carrier was shot Tuesday while delivering mail in the Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, according to authorities.Two armed attackers approached…
At the South Side church where Emmett Till’s open casket funeral took place nearly 68 years ago, elected officials and other leaders gathered Tuesday to unveil…
In the temporary absence of Northwestern University’s head volleyball coach on Tuesday, an assistant coach and two players talked about how the team is moving forward…