Report calls for reducing number of incarcerated women in Illinois and more...
A task force of hundreds of experts, researchers and incarcerated women delivered a lengthy report offering sweeping recommendations about how to better serve women behind bars.
View ArticleResearchers hope this weekend’s nature challenge inspires Chicago’s citizen...
To participate in the challenge, you just need to snap a photo of a wild organism — including plants and creatures, and ideally not house cats or the fruit aisle at Jewel — and share it on the citizen...
View ArticleColumn: Rudy Giuliani is INNOCENT. (Please ignore the file marked ‘Rudy’s...
Federal investigators had the gall to execute a so-called search warrant on the New York City apartment of my hero and close personal friend Rudy Giuliani, America’s mayor and former lawyer to the most...
View ArticleVideo of fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez by Chicago police is released;...
Video of the fatal Chicago police shooting of 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez was released by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability.
View ArticleThe Spin: Lightfoot reboots peace message ahead of Anthony Alvarez fatal...
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View ArticleMan charged in connection with carjacking in Aurora that left woman seriously...
A man has been charged in connection with a carjacking in an Aurora Wendy’s parking lot in January that left a woman severely injured after she was shot in the back, officials said.
View ArticleElmhurst University issues ‘all clear’ following lockdown for reports of...
After about two hours on lockdown for reports of a gunman on the Elmhurst University campus in the western suburbs, school officials issued the “all clear” shortly after 6 p.m. Wednesday.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker’s clean energy pitch offers limited subsidies for nuclear...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker makes his clean energy pitch, trying to balance union jobs and nuclear plants with the need to show he's keeping ComEd accountable.
View ArticleSocial Graces: With more COVID vaccines and some states reopening, should you...
With more states reopening and with more COVID vaccinations, should you go to an out of state wedding this summer?
View ArticleRenaming Chicago’s Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable set for...
A plan to rename Lake Shore Drive to honor the Black man credited with founding Chicago is set for a key City Council vote Thursday, but it’s facing headwinds from Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office. South...
View ArticleCPS urged not to use $2 billion in COVID-19 relief toward debt but on direct...
CPS has relied on borrowing for many years and owed billions in debt in 2019.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Daily COVID-19 vaccination average continues...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleOvercrowded nursing homes led to disproportionate number of preventable...
State: Overcrowded nursing homes led to disproportionate number of preventable deaths among Black and brown residents
View ArticleColumn: Look on the bright side, GOP. Maybe the raid on Rudy Giuliani will...
Perhaps the FBI discovered incriminating evidence against the Bidens beneath Giuliani’s laundry, Dahleen Glanton writes.
View ArticleDaywatch: Video released of fatal shooting of Anthony Alvarez by cop, the...
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View ArticleNo one injured when shots fired at Chicago police, officer returns fire in...
No one was injured Wednesday night when a group under surveillance by Chicago police opened fire on the officers on the South Side, prompting at least one officer to shoot toward the group, police said.
View ArticleTo mask up outdoors or not? Some Chicagoans welcoming loosened CDC rules,...
The CDC now says it's okay for vaccinated people to be maskless outdoors in most situations, and for the unvaccinated in some. How are Chicagoans reacting?
View ArticleBison roaming a bridge over the Mississippi River? ‘Crazy’ idea for national...
A plan to convert the Interstate 80 bridge over the Mississippi River into a 100-acre national park where bison would roam between Illinois and Iowa near the Quad Cities is gaining momentum. Dubbed the...
View ArticlePlan: Bison Bridge park over Mississippi River
A plan is gaining momentum to turn the current I-80 bridge over the Mississippi River into a first-of-its kind national park – a greenway with roaming bison. The Bison Bridge would take the current...
View ArticleSpringfield jail inmate dies after being shocked with Tasers when he resisted...
A correctional officer was conducting a cell check when he observed what appeared to be blood on the inmate's jail togs. The inmate then resisted attempts to be handcuffed and checked.
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