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The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, formerly known as the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, has a reputation for working miracles.

Justin Pearlman died of a fentanyl and heroin overdose last September after what his mother calls his reluctant return to illicit opioids af...

A group of affordable housing advocates have occupied all week the planned site of a luxury apartment tower in Uptown.

Celebrations ended tragically this month in Lake Michigan’s “Playpen” area when a boat rammed into a mom of two, leaving her without feet, a...

Three teens shot in South Austin Friday afternoon

The alderman of the 5th Ward has served on the council since 1999.

The Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, formerly known as the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, has a reputation for working miracles helping patien...

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But the notable number also comes after Chicago and Illinois saw a slowing number of new cases for two straight weeks, public health data sh...

Under guidance by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, license holders are prohibited from selling their prelim...

A new first-of-its-kind report details the conservation status of all 881 native tree species in the contiguous U.S.

A new report on native American trees, the most comprehensive of its kind, found 881 species, at least 1 in 9 of which are threatened with e...

As temperatures continue to creep down, fall is approaching in Chicago.

The EPA is designating some toxic industrial compounds used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances under the so...

Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly’s attorneys are slated to begin cross-examining a key witness against him Friday at his Chicago federal trial on...

Joe E. Tata, the actor known as the Peach Pit diner owner Nat Bussichio on the 1990s teen drama “Beverly Hills, 90210” has died. He was 85.

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After a recent string of Chicago police officer suicides, mental health experts spoke with a City Council committee Thursday afternoon on wh...

Briahna Gatlin of Swank Publishing has been on the drill music scene for years. She discusses her new endeavor, the Purple Block Party.

Pension protections and Illinois referendum guaranteeing collective bargaining are promoted.

New information from a police report obtained by the Tribune offered more details about what happened Wednesday when a hail of gunfire hit p...

NASCAR has named a veteran racing executive to oversee the pop-up Chicago Street Course coming to Grant Park next summer.

The nationally regarded Chicago lawyer and telecommunications law expert embraced yoga, first as a student and later as a teacher.

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What's considered officially “dangerous heat” in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate...