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The arguments come as R. Kelly’s trial has stretched into its fifth week at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse.

Jean-Luc Godard, the ingenious “enfant terrible” of the French New Wave who revolutionized popular cinema in 1960 with his first big endeavo...

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If the Waters Elementary ecology program can't bounce back without Leki, it would be "an immense loss," a Local School Council member said.

The book club may have started with the pandemic, but it continues to be a communal safe space for Black male readers.

“Let’s work together on this," said Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson.

Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and m...

The cancellations are intended to avoid possible disruptions should freight railroad workers walk out on strike while long-distance trips ar...

Sheldon Brown, 35, was sentenced Friday in Lake County court for the 2020 shooting death of Dwayne Young.

The Chicago area saw between 2.5 and 4.5 inches of rainfall throughout the city and suburbs, with the North Side of the city experiencing mu...

A 10-year-old boy and his father died inside a home in Inverness Sunday after the father apparently poisoned himself and his two children, p...

Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Anne Burke announced Monday she is retiring on Nov. 30 after 16 years on the high court.

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In some area 4.5 inches of rain fell Sunday, overwhelming storm sewers and flooding basements and roads.

The shootings came less than 14 hours after two unrelated shootings Sunday afternoon that left two other teens wounded, including a 14-year-...

Presentations from prosecutors as well as lawyers for Kelly and two of his former associates are expected to last all day, with jury deliber...

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Lucien Lagrange, an architect who designed several of Chicago's most iconic skyscrapers, has joined the Lamar Johnson Collaborative.

The surge in respiratory cases is posing a particular challenge this year because of staffing shortages

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District disregarded studies finding PFAS in food grown in its compost and downplayed health risks, docum...

A 14-year-old girl was struck by gunfire in the facial area while in a residence in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on Sunday afternoon.

Members of the Chicago Fire Department gathered outside the station at 55 W. Illinois Street for a remembrance of the 21st Anniversary of S...

The car owner pulled out a handgun and fired shots at the 13-year-old. The boy was shot in the leg and was taken to Comer Children’s Hospita...