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

The World Health Organization gave emergency use authorization Friday to a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinopharm.

Portraits of Barack Obama projected onto Chicago’s Merchandise Mart? That’ll scare the Republicans away!

The former executive director of a North Shore nonprofit aimed at helping disabled children has been charged in federal court with stealing...

Inferior screening and structural racism contribute to higher breast cancer deaths in Black women, experts say.

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee filed a lawsuit Friday demanding state corrections officials relax COVID-19 protocols and allow ministers to vi...

Three people have died after a black powder device exploded along a bank of the Illinois River in the northern part of the state, authoritie...

Chicago officials lifted a boil order Friday morning on areas served by the Roseland Pumping Station after verifying the water is safe to dr...

A gas station clerk was shot in the leg as he wrestled with a man he suspected of shoplifting Thursday night in the Burnside neighborhood, p...

Chicago police worked Friday morning to recover a body found in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier, officials said.

One of the mottos of the lab is "saving the world one box turtle at a time."

In exchange for going undercover and helping federal prosecutors nab powerful Alderman Edward Burke, a former Burke colleague on the City Co...

Let’s talk birds and chipmunks for change.

Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.

A longtime Democratic operative already indicted in a federal bribery investigation was hit with new charges alleging he helped funnel payme...

A 12-year-old was taken to the hospital in critical condition after he was shot Thursday evening, officials said.

Some medical practices are hoping to soon offer COVID-19 vaccines in their offices, following Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Thursday tha...

A 53-year-old Chicago man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on I-290 near Itasca on Thursday afternoon, leaving the southbound lanes clos...

Six Boykin spaniels lead a search for ornate box turtles May 6, 2021, at the Nachusa Grasslands in Lee County. A team of researchers and vet...

A second analysis by the city inspector general on Chicago Police Department search warrants has flagged concerns about gaps in details reco...

A light blue 1979 Corvette caught fire after a crash on the Dan Ryan Expressway Thursday afternoon, closing several lanes of traffic.

The Jane Byrne Interchange project, which began in late 2013, continues.

With Chicago and Illinois set to enter into a phase with fewer coronavirus restrictions and new events being announced each day, we want to...

Just as in saltwater, dissected museum specimens reveal particles of plastic have been increasing in the ecosystem since the 1950s.

Diverse learners are students with disabilities or functional needs.