Gas station clerk shot 3 times after confronting shoplifters at Far South...
A gas station clerk was shot in the leg as he wrestled with a man he suspected of shoplifting Thursday night in the Burnside neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleWoman’s body found in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier, officials say
Chicago police worked Friday morning to recover a body found in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier, officials said.
View ArticleBoil order lifted after outage at Far South Side water pumping station
Chicago officials lifted a boil order Friday morning on areas served by the Roseland Pumping Station after verifying the water is safe to drink, according to a news release.
View ArticleWhy Black women are more likely than white women to die of breast cancer
Inferior screening and structural racism contribute to higher breast cancer deaths in Black women, experts say.
View ArticleArchdiocese sues Wisconsin demanding officials relax COVID-19 protocols and...
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee filed a lawsuit Friday demanding state corrections officials relax COVID-19 protocols and allow ministers to visit inmates.
View Article3 men dead after black powder device explodes near Starved Rock State Park
Three people have died after a black powder device exploded along a bank of the Illinois River in the northern part of the state, authorities said.
View ArticleWorld Health Organization approves emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine
The World Health Organization gave emergency use authorization Friday to a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinopharm.
View ArticleColumn: Barack Obama projected onto Chicago’s Merchandise Mart? That’ll scare...
Portraits of Barack Obama projected onto Chicago’s Merchandise Mart? That’ll scare the Republicans away!
View ArticleFormer North Shore nonprofit director charged with stealing more than...
The former executive director of a North Shore nonprofit aimed at helping disabled children has been charged in federal court with stealing more than $800,000 from the organization.
View ArticleBurned out but hopeful: Teachers look back on the year of pandemic educating,...
“For more than a year, we’ve had to be constantly pivoting," one teacher said.
View ArticleAmbulance on way to hospital with patient collides with car in Washington...
An ambulance with a patient in the back was in a traffic crash Friday afternoon in the Washington Park neighborhood, authorities said.
View ArticleRiverdale woman stabs mom’s boyfriend after breaking down door on South Side,...
Riverdale woman stabs mom’s boyfriend after breaking down door on South Side, prosecutors say during suspect's bond hearing Friday.
View ArticleProposal to drop entrance exam requirements at public universities advances...
The SAT or ACT was long required for admission until a pandemic pause.
View ArticleLane Tech principal is leaving for new post in Elgin U-46
Brian Tennison will be the executive director of high schools in Illinois' second largest district.
View ArticleGary man wanted after sentenced to 120 years in rape case was ‘a monster,’...
A Gary man sentenced Friday to 120 years in a rape case was a “monster,” prosecutors said. Montrelle Dubose, 52, wasn’t in the courtroom to hear his fate.
View ArticleCity of Chicago employees’ emails stolen in hack on outside law firm
A cache of City of Chicago emails were stolen during a data transfer to an outside law firm, according to a news release. The hacked emails were sent or received by four former city employees over a...
View ArticleShedd Aquarium research vessel worker alleges sex discrimination in lawsuit
Susan Catherine Edgerton alleges she faced a hostile environment as a woman working on the Shedd Aquarium's Miami-based Coral Reef II.
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View ArticleDespite sharp drop in demand for shots, wheels keep turning on Chicago’s CTA...
Chicago's vaccination bus is part of an ongoing effort by the city as it confronts a new challenge: having more vaccine supply than demand among willing residents. By the end of April, most eager...
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