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This weekend, thousands of volunteers will descend on Great Lakes beaches as part of the second annual International Pellet Count. Preproduction pellets, also known as nurdles, are the polystyrene feedstock used in manufacturing plastic products. About the size of a …

Two Chicago police officers were shot April 25 inside Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. One officer, 38-year-old John Bartholomew, was killed. The other, a 57-year-old, is fighting for his life. This happened inside a hospital during a routine prisoner transport. And …

Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: After a mother was arrested by immigration agents, her three kids were left alone. Isabel Conde couldn’t find adults in their lives to take them in. So she did it herself. 🗞️ Plus: Mayor Brandon …

Des Plaines would purchase most of a historic — but flood-prone — campground for $4 million under a deal before the city council. If approved, the proposed agreement will end a five-year legal battle over the property at 1250 Campground …

Before the UNESCO International Jazz Day Global Concert kicked off on Thursday night, the Lyric Opera House buzzed with excitement. “I’m giddy,” said Elizabeth Sprattling, 60, of Chicago Heights, who has loved the art form since she was in diapers. …

Antoine “Twan Twan” Humphries got his start dancing as a kid in 1985 to the jukebox in his great-grandmother’s Bronzeville restaurant. Inspired by Michael Jackson and his older cousin, Humphries said, he would dance and earn money from the gangsters …

Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday underwent a “routine outpatient urology procedure” and will be stepping back from public duties next week. Pritzker, 61, underwent the procedure on Friday morning and will fulfill his duties next week but pause public events …

One of the Bears’ biggest recent disappointments is getting a shot with their archrival. Wide receiver Chase Claypool got a tryout with the Packers on Friday at the start of their rookie minicamp. Claypool, 27, hasn’t played in a game …

United Airlines is cutting more than 100 daily flights at O’Hare Airport this summer to comply with federal limits meant to pare down the recent flight expansions by airline rivals United and American. Chicago-based United, in a letter to employees …

Eleven-year-old Ricardo Juarez stepped up to the people manning each table in the park across the street from his school and asked in a confident voice: “What do you do for the community?” “I just want to listen and see …

A Cook County judge ordered a Maywood man detained Friday after he allegedly robbed a dollar store with Alphanso Talley shortly before the Swedish Hospital shooting that killed Chicago police officer John Bartholomew and left another cop critically wounded. Jeron …

At home Friday morning, Flor Ramirez moved between chores and preparations for the afternoon May Day march — packing tamales and cleaning out the family van to make sure there was enough room for the kids plus a friend she …

The federal Food and Drug Administration said Friday it will grant some patients early access to Revolution Medicines’ experimental pancreatic cancer drug daraxonrasib. The drug — which former U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, is being treated with for his Stage …

Former Chicago area Mormon figure Wade Christofferson, accused of molesting children he came into contact with through a far northwest suburban congregation as well as out of state, is likely going to be staying in jail until his trial starts …

Illinois is receiving $148.8 million from Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family as part of a nationwide $7.4 billion settlement agreement that took effect Friday, marking the state’s latest payout from companies that systematically addicted generations of Americans to opioids. …

After clashes between fans and security at an all-ages show at Chop Shop, the venue owner said he will implement new measures, including a barrier to prevent crowd-surfing. The pledge comes after a sold-out emo show on April 26 at …

Loved ones of a Venezuelan teenager killed in an electric scooter crash last week in Douglas have launched a fundraiser to cover funeral expenses. Astrid Alexandra Carrillo Noguera, 17, was riding a scooter around 4:15 p.m. April 24 in the …

More than a year ago, the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget was projecting a $3.2 billion deficit for what is now the current fiscal year. Part of the problem was that existing revenues were flat while spending was growing, …

A federal appeals court has restricted access to one of the most common means of abortion in the United States by blocking mailing of prescriptions of mifepristone. A panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled …

Neighbors and project partners gathered Friday on East 118th Street in Roseland to celebrate the newest homes built under the community-led campaign Reclaiming Chicago. The Hope Center Foundation and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives, partners in the campaign, held a ribbon-cutting for …