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As holiday lights go up, studies show that artificial light at night can harm a wide range of wildlife.

Joyce DeFauw, 90, graduates from Northern Illinois University. She started her degree in 1951 and recently returned to finish her education....

Joyce Defauw came from humble beginnings, growing up on a farm with her parents and three siblings. But education remained important in her...

A bar fight in Portage Park on the Northwest Side turned fatal early Sunday morning after gunfire broke out, leaving three people dead and o...

Aurora police officers were justified in pursuing two suspects believed to be involved in an Arlington Heights stabbing in June in the momen...

U.S. and Scottish officials say the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 19...

In a North Shore suburb, a showdown is taking place over a controversial plan to carve up a public beach and swap part of it with a private...

As the state Environmental Protection Act marks its 50th anniversary, state officials and environmental advocates say IDNR’s reviews are hin...

Chicago police fired shots Saturday night on the South Side.

The Archdiocese of Chicago's investigation "concluded that there is no reason to suspect Father Pfleger is guilty" of child sexual abuse all...

State party leadership doesn't change despite Democratic dominance in November.

The incident began Thursday around 4 p.m. when Lombard police officers responded to a report of an armed robbery at Pipes & Tobacco Smoke Sh...

In an ultimate game changer, a concealed carry license holder fired back at two men who fired at him while he was walking to his vehicle tha...

Fourteen years after Hurricane Ike, the House voted Thursday to authorize a project to protect against the next raging storm.

A decade ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden shocked the political world and preempted his boss by suddenly declaring his support for gay mar...

Chicago police were conducting a death investigation after an unidentified male died in a fiery crash early Saturday morning in the Logan Sq...

A male suspect was placed into custody after a 31-year-old woman was shot in the head during a domestic-related incident Friday night in the...

As brokenhearted friends try to piece together the events leading up to the family’s deaths, they’ve organized a GoFundMe, which will pay fo...

The increase this year in COVID-19 cases has been accompanied by surging cases of flu and other respiratory viruses.

Jose Duran, a 28-year-old chef at Schwa, was pushed off the CTA Blue Line Division stop platform and fell face first onto a rail.

The state senator's office said he died Friday from complications of a large brain tumor.

Stellantis is idling the Belvidere Assemby Plant, the exclusive production of the Jeep Cherokee, and laying off its remaining 1,350 workers.

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In the midst of a number of high-profile botched police raids, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office is requiring officers who ask a pro...

Lawyers for a doctor who intentionally defied a Texas abortion law that the lawyers called a “bounty-hunting scheme” say a court has dismiss...