In a year that has "posed unique challenges for our Arab students," the Arab American Heritage Club at Stagg High School in Palos Hills offers support, events and understanding.
Federal prosecutors are seeking to call a pair of ex-Chicago aldermen as experts in the city's political landscape at the upcoming racketeering trial of former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Sears became a broadcasting pioneer when it launched radio station WLS 100 years ago. The call letters stood for "World's Largest Store," a moniker Sears earned from its massive headquarters and mail-order plant in Chicago's Homan Square neighborhood, where the radio studios were initially located.
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Illinois enacted a sweeping law in 2019 to allow casinos at horse racing tracks, known as racinos. Nearly five years later, Hawthorne Race Course, a main beneficiary of the legislation, still hasn’t opened a racino.
O.J. Simpson, a decorated football star and actor, was acquitted of charges he killed his ex-wife and her friend but later found liable in a civil trial.
A man was fatally wounded early Wednesday morning while traveling as a ride-share passenger in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 1 a.m., the victim was a passenger of a vehicle in the 600 block of West 69th Street when a dark-colored vehicle approached and an occupant opened fire. The victim suffered multiple wounds […]
An overnight fire at a building in the Englewood neighborhood left three people displaced, police said. Shortly after 3 a.m., a fire broke out at a building in the 5900 block of South Justine Street and caused extensive damage. The fire left three people displaced, police said. Fire officials were investigating. The cause of the […]
A trio of thieves stole an ATM overnight at a gas station on the North Side in the West Town neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly after 3 a.m., three males pulled into a gas station in the 1500 block of West Grand Avenue and exited a white sedan. They entered the gas station and dragged […]
A man was seriously wounding by another man he was arguing with Wednesday night at a CTA Red Line station on the Far South Side, Chicago police said. About 9:35 p.m., the victim was at a Red Line station in the first block of West 95th Street when he became involved in an argument on […]
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Increased rainfall due to climate change is reducing water clarity in Wisconsin lakes making it harder for loons to find food for their chicks, researcher says.
On April 11, 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.
A federal appeals court will hear arguments Thursday over Arkansas’ first-in-the-nation ban on gender-affirming care for minors, as the fight over the restrictions on transgender youths adopted by two dozen states moves closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Israeli aircraft have killed three sons of Hamas’ top political leader in the Gaza Strip.
A day after the release of body-worn camera footage that showed Chicago police officers firing 96 times at Dexter Reed, questions remained over the circumstances of the killing.
A 4-year-old boy is recovering from surgery after he was critically injured in a shooting in Humboldt Park Tuesday afternoon, according to a local alderman.
Arizona abortion providers are vowing to continue service until forced to stop.
