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An Amazon employee remains behind bars Tuesday, accused of fatally shooting his co-worker in the parking garage of the Melrose Park facility where they worked. Authorities were led to Quentin Williams, 20, after a license plate reader snapped a picture …

Los Cubs causaron revuelo en el norte de California y no tuvo nada que ver con la acción en el campo este fin de semana. Después de todo, los Giants ganaron la serie y podrían haberla barrido. La preocupación se …

Not long after President Donald Trump took office last year, Chicago Public Schools landed in the crosshairs of a Republican-led attack on protections for transgender students and programs aimed at helping specific student groups, like Chicago’s Black Student Success Plan. …

Former Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg was never charged in a sprawling federal corruption investigation that engulfed the south suburb, but members of his family keep paying the price. On Tuesday, Kellogg’s older brother, 78-year-old Derrick Muhammad, was sentenced to six …

LONDON — After nearly four years away from professional tennis, Serena Williams made a winning return at Queen’s Club on Tuesday. The 44-year-old Williams showed she still has plenty of her trademark power, hitting service winners of up to 120 …

“This is the permanent home for hope,” Valerie Jarrett, former top White House adviser and current CEO of the Obama Foundation, told an assemblage of reporters last week at the new Obama Presidential Center. Good, I thought. So if we …

Nine minutes into her second attempt to secure an indictment against the group of Operation Midway Blitz protesters who would become known as the “Broadview Six,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Sheri Mecklenburg excused a grand juror who called the case a …

When the two were together in Detroit, Bears coach Ben Johnson would let wide receiver Kalif Raymond in on an occasional secret. He would show Raymond a play and tell him exactly how an opponent two weeks into the future …

Immigrant rights groups in Chicago are slamming the Trump administration’s treatment of FIFA World Cup officials and players as they enter the U.S. this week for the quadrennial soccer tournament. About three-fourths of World Cup games are being played in …

A city agency Tuesday endorsed a $201.6 million public subsidy for the Foundry Park development that would cover 31 vacant acres on the North Side along the Chicago River. Foundry Park, a long-term project with an estimated $3 billion cost, …

Las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS) están reemplazando su actual examen de admisión para escuelas secundarias dirigido a estudiantes de octavo grado por un examen diferente que es más del doble de largo y estará disponible sólo en inglés. A …

The Bears had good and bad news on the injury front at mandatory minicamp Tuesday afternoon. Defensive end Dayo Odeyingbo and linebacker T.J. Edwards, both coming back from major injuries, participated in team drills, which was significant progress. Odeyingbo tore his Achilles midseason, …

Property tax bills usually sent out in July will once again be delayed, according to Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle. Preckwinkle, who announced the two-month delay Tuesday, said she intends to reopen a no-interest loan program for government bodies …

A City Council committee moved Tuesday to shut down open-air drug markets peddling marijuana in broad daylight near Chicago public schools and parks. One week after Mayor Brandon Johnson’s progressive allies used a parliamentary maneuver to recess the Committee on …

Gov. JB Pritzker said Tuesday he’s not feeling pressure in the pocket as Indiana rushes to sack the Bears’ future in Illinois, but he’s ready to call an audible if the General Assembly can reach a stadium deal before lawmakers …

It’s probably a bad analogy, Shane Smith said by phone from Charlotte, North Carolina, which is only 100 or so minutes by air from Chicago but might as well be on the other side of the moon in his current …

A former Chicago Housing Authority director and the president of a local construction company face charges for allegedly paying and receiving bribes in exchange for construction work with the city. Ryan Ross, a former senior director of asset management for …

Alyssa Gonzalez waited over two hours to fill up her tank, drawn by gas prices so low they haven’t been seen in the Chicago area in years. Gonzalez was one of hundreds who formed a mile-long line at a Shell …

To understand the Sky’s struggles on offense, start by appreciating what it takes to be a top-tier offense in today’s WNBA. You have to have an elite scoring engine — an A’ja Wilson, a Paige Bueckers, a Brittney Sykes — …

DENVER — The way frustrated Cubs fans have let Alex Bregman have it recently, you’d think he was the sole reason this team is in its current funk. Bregman was the one taking the blame after Sunday’s loss, talking about …