50 degrees in December? Winter temps are rising across the country, and some...
In Illinois, average daily temperatures in the winter season in the last 30 years have increased 2.5 degrees, relative to about a century earlier, according to a Nature Conservancy analysis.
View ArticleMayor Lori Lightfoot ‘deeply disappointed’ in Wrigleyville Ald. Tom Tunney...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she’s “deeply disappointed” in Wrigleyville Ald. Tom Tunney after the longtime alderman acknowledged letting people eat inside his Ann Sather restaurant despite city and state...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Q&A: Can people who already had COVID-19 get the vaccine? What about...
How long might vaccine protection last? What about allergic reactions? These are some of many COVID-19 questions from readers that we put to experts.
View ArticleDeadliest year ever for fatal opioid overdoses in Cook County. ‘These are...
Cook County will end 2020 with its deadliest year for fatal opioid overdoses, according to data from the medical examiner’s office that underscores how a chronic public health crisis raged to record...
View ArticleCause of Morton Grove apartment fire that killed cats likely electrical: Fire...
A fire that displaced three Morton Grove families and a dry cleaning business last month may have been electrical in nature, the village’s fire chief said.
View ArticleMan dead, woman in serious condition after domestic incident in Valparaiso
Valparaiso police are investigating a Tuesday afternoon shooting involving two victims that police called an isolated incident.
View Article‘Indiana is on fire’: Gov. Eric Holcomb orders hospitals to cancel, delay...
Indiana hospitals have been ordered to cancel or delay elective surgeries from Dec. 16 to Jan. 3 by Gov. Eric Holcomb amid a spike in COVID-19 cases statewide that is straining its healthcare system.
View ArticleJury convicts Illinois man of masterminding 2017 Minnesota mosque bombing on...
A jury on Wednesday convicted the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group of several civil rights and hate crime charges in the 2017 bombing of a Minnesota mosque.
View ArticleSocial Graces: A stranger in a store isn’t following social distancing rules....
Coronavirus social distancing rules aren't being followed. Here's how to handle.
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View ArticleDuPage County expects to receive and start administering 13,000 COVID...
DuPage County expects to start administering about 13,000 COVID-19 vaccinations next week after receiving its first vaccine distribution, health department officials said Wednesday.
View ArticleOff-duty Chicago officer’s son fatally shot in ‘domestic-related’ incident...
A man in his 20s was shot to death inside a home on the Southwest Side in an attack involving an off-duty Chicago police officer, the department said Wednesday.
View ArticleIndiana man charged with murder after death of Evanston attorney Daniel...
An Indiana man has been charged with murder in the death of an Evanston attorney who spent years volunteering for legal aid nonprofits.
View ArticleChicago officials outline initial coronavirus vaccine distribution plans: ‘We...
With federal approval for two coronavirus vaccines expected soon, Chicago officials said Wednesday they hope to vaccinate all city adults in 2021 as they laid out their plans to roll out the vaccine.
View ArticleScuffle between man drinking and cop in Loop subway sends both to hospital,...
A 55-year-old man slugged a Chicago police officer in the face during a fight in a Loop subway when the man was being escorted off a CTA train because he was drinking on Wednesday night.
View ArticleIt will be a soggy, possibly snowy weekend in Chicago. But first, there’s an...
Before you break out a parka for weekend snow, break out your bucket list: The Northern Lights may be visible in northern Illinois, saving weather enthusiasts the trouble of a trip to Canada or Alaska.
View ArticlePolice: Person questioned in stabbing death of Chatham man, 61, inside his home
Chicago police were questioning a person of interest Wednesday evening in connection to the death of a man found fatally stabbed inside his Chatham neighborhood apartment earlier in the day.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 8,256 new COVID-19 cases and 179 additional...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleTenants’ advocates, real estate industry gear up for clash over proposed Cook...
A simmering debate between tenants’ advocates and the real estate industry in Cook County is set to boil this month when a Board of Commissioners panel is expected to vote on a proposal to toughen...
View ArticleColumn: Chief Justice John Roberts, please do America a favor and make Donald...
Roberts needs to let Trump know plainly that these ridiculous, unsubstantiated lawsuits are rubbish, Dahleen Glanton writes.
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