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A new study of midcentury fish specimens at the Field Museum finds that they have been ingesting tiny bits of petroleum-based materials sinc...

Coronavirus restrictions in Illinois will be further loosened in Illinois on May 14 with the goal of a full reopening set for June 11, Gov....

Some Chicagoans ages 12 to 15 could be fully vaccinated from the coronavirus by June, the city’s top health official said Thursday while pre...

In the federal budget for cancer research, only a tiny slice is for kids; parents have long sought more child-centered research and treatmen...

Buckingham Fountain will “definitely” be turned on this month after its pools were kept dry in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, but...

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

A 110-year-old water pumping station on the South Side went offline Thursday morning, temporarily leaving thousands of households, businesse...

After Teresa Kirschbraun closed the store in December, Logan Square resident and Chicago Public Library librarian Stephanie Kitchen bought t...

According to prosecutors, Travis Stackhouse was angry that his children were eating cheesecake he had gotten for Father’s Day and admitted s...

An investigation by Elmhurst police found that a York High School student put two noose up in January on the metal bleachers at the football...

CVS Health is now allowing walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations at more than 300 stores in Illinois, joining Walgreens, Walmart and Sam’s Club in n...

A 19-year-old man was shot early Thursday during an apparent road rage dispute in the Ravenswood neighborhood, according to Chicago police.

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Four men were shot Wednesday night as they stood on a porch in South Shore, according to Chicago police.

An off-duty Lynwood police officer was being investigated in a shooting at a gas station Sunday, according to police.

In 2019, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Chicago would add crossing signals with audible tones for blind and low vision pedestrians at up to 50 in...

Of course, we shouldn’t have to bribe people to take care of themselves and others, Dahleen Glanton writes.

‘My first instinct was to make sure TK was okay’: Teen drives friend TK Howard to hospital after shooting Monday in Englewood.

The head of the agency that investigates shootings by Chicago police officers and allegations of officer misconduct announced her resignatio...

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A worker at the old Copley Hospital renovation site in Aurora was taken to the hospital with serious injuries Monday after bricks fell on hi...

A man was found dead after authorities pulled a car from Wolf Lake late Tuesday night, Hammond police said.

Chicago rap sensation G Herbo has been hit with new federal charges alleging he lied to an FBI agent investigating fraud case.

The striking bird, with teal plumage and a bill that’s a flash of red, is generally found summering in Mexico, along with areas in southern...

COVID-19 has prompted people "for the first time to calculate the value" of a college degree, one official said.