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View ArticleFrom Notre Dame to Chicago’s 7th Circuit to Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney...
President Trump is expected to announce Amy Coney Barrett as a U.S. Supreme Court nominee on Saturday.
View ArticleUS congressman Mike Quigley joins effort to halt deportation of French...
With more than a dozen French Bulldogs found abandoned in an O'Hare warehouse facing a Monday deportation, U.S. Congressman Mike Quigley is among those demanding that the CDC halt its planned...
View ArticleYouth hockey in Illinois has been frozen by COVID-19 restrictions.
Youth hockey in Illinois has been frozen by COVID-19 restrictions. Some parents say it’s time for a thaw.
View ArticleIllinois House Speaker Michael Madigan declines to testify before special...
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has declined an invitation to testify before a special committee investigating his conduct in connection with Commonwealth Edison’s alleged “yearslong bribery...
View ArticleRead Speaker Madigan’s letter to the special committee investigating his...
Speaker Madigan declined an invitation to testify before a special committee investigating his conduct in connection with ComEd’s alleged “yearslong bribery scheme.” Read the speaker’s letter to the...
View ArticleFederal investigators seek to question 3 CPS employees; Board of Ed pays for...
The three employees "are not under investigation for their conduct but may have information or evidence that would be helpful to an investigation,” CPS says.
View ArticleElections board says mail-in applicants who instead want to vote in person...
Illinois election authorities are asking voters who applied for a mail-in ballot but then decide to cast their vote in person to “allow sufficient time” until their ballot arrives before heading into...
View ArticleAt least 2 Lake Bluff fifth-graders test positive for COVID-19 after social...
All fifth-grade students at Lake Bluff Elementary School will stay home next week after positive coronavirus tests.
View ArticleYouth hockey in Illinois has been frozen by COVID-19 restrictions. Some...
Parents of youth hockey players who are unable to compete in Illinois under current health rules say the sport is safer than others classified as high risk.
View Article3 dead, at least 12 wounded in overnight shootings in Chicago
Three people are dead, and at least 12 people were wounded in overnight shootings in Chicago, police said.
View ArticleMan, 42, shot during robbery in Little Village neighborhood
A man was shot during a robbery Saturday morning in the Little Village neighborhood, police said.
View ArticleState of Illinois takes pledge to protect monarch butterfly habitat as...
Four state agencies have signed a pact to protect monarch butterflies and other important pollinators whose numbers are dwindling.
View ArticleRally to remember Breonna Taylor, police shooting victims
My Block, My Hood, My City organized a rally at Daley Plaza to remember police shooting victims, including Breonna Taylor, and raise awareness for organizations helping to empower Black women-owned...
View ArticleWatch live: President Donald Trump to announce his Supreme Court nominee
President Trump is expected to announce his nominee for the Supreme Court, following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death last Friday. Watch live here.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: 2,441 new known COVID-19 cases and 25...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleTeenage boy fatally wounded in shooting in South Austin, man critically...
A 17-year-old boy was fatally wounded Saturday morning on the West Side, Chicago police said.
View ArticleDuckworth to vote ‘no’ on Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination while...
Sen. Tammy Duckworth to vote "not," Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin says he doesn’t know if Amy Coney Barrett is qualified for Supreme Court
View Article‘It’s just not making sense to me,' says neighbor after girl, 5, fatally...
A 6-year-old has been fatally stabbed on the city's West Side on Saturday morning.
View Article15-year-old boy killed in Far South Side shooting, police say
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the head Saturday night on the Far South Side, according to Chicago police.
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