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A seasonally cool, wet weekend was expected in much of the Chicago area, with some precipitation changing to snow in some far north and nort...

In a video conference, Senator Tammy Duckworth vowed to keep fighting for federal assistance to the restaurant industry

With beds in short supply, some Illinois hospital emergency rooms are sending COVID-19 patients home to recover

We talked to those working with the homeless population to find out their plans and concerns for making sure everyone is taken care of in Ch...

Three Chicago-area residents are among the roughly half-million Americans who have signed up to participate in various vaccine trials as sci...

A central Illinois man accused of murder who was mistakenly released from prison last month is back in custody after being arrested Thursday...

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

Getting millions of doses to people in the U.S. alone will require a massive logistical effort with an extra challenge: vaccines that must b...

A man who was wearing bloody clothing when he turned himself in to police police Wednesday afternoon has been charged with murder in the sta...

A woman was discovered dead in a vacant lot Friday morning in the Bronzeville neighborhood, police said.

Two girls, 8 and 5 years old, died in a house fire in northwest suburban Ingleside. The fire also injured four adults.

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Two young girls died and four adults were injured in a house fire in Ingleside in Lake County Thursday night, according to fire officials.

On Dec. 21, the winter solstice, two planets will appear nearly aligned, resulting in an uncommon event. At one time, astronomers may have f...

In the past nine months of pandemic, walking, above all else, has saved my sanity.

For John Sullivan, being Santa Claus is a lifestyle and fielding questions from inquisitive kids a highlight. “The answer is always magic.”

Amid pandemic fears of overrun hospitals, federal regulators have released figures on bed usage at each hospital. The data covers the most r...

Richard's Bar posts "carry-out only" sign on door after published reports of a sign defying the coronavirus shutdown rules.

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Luis Rodriguez-Mena was extradited from Mexico and handed over to Des Plaines police at O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday.

After closing one restaurant this summer, the owner said he didn’t have the energy to open another location. But the pandemic economy change...

After raising hopes of a spectacular light show in parts of the country that usually don’t get to see the northern lights, scientists who pr...

A 71-year-old St. Charles man died Thursday morning after he was struck by a car in Geneva, police said.

From the Great Fire to modernist houses to the designs of Jeanne Gang, a rich array of architecture books for the holidays

Department leaders on Thursday announced a new online tool to gauge the public’s feelings about its officers.