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Cook County officials met in the city’s Roseland neighborhood Tuesday to celebrate the opening of the Freedom Defense Center of Roseland, a first-of-its-kind community law office that aims to take traditional criminal legal defense out of the courtroom and into …

Harry Walker was in his backyard when he heard police and fire sirens racing toward his street in the North Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side Tuesday afternoon. Walker came to the front of his house to see what was …

After mountain runner Michelino Sunseri ascended and descended Grand Teton in record time last fall, his corporate sponsor, The North Face, heralded his achievement as “an impossible dream—come true.” Then came the nightmare: Federal prosecutors charged Sunseri with a misdemeanor …

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday it will investigate Northwestern University for alleged civil rights violations against Jewish students. In a statement, the agency and the Trump administration accused Northwestern and other elite universities of failing …

The union that represents Chicago Public School principals is tearing into the embattled head of the school district, accusing him and his team of planning to release school-level budgets Thursday “that are magical, that are false.” In a letter to …

Skye Blue started wrestling out of defiance. She remembered being in high school watching tables, ladders, and chairs matches, observing wrestlers perform in dangerous but exhilarating spots. Blue turned to her mom and told her, “I’m gonna do that one …

A left-leaning online streamer with almost 3 million followers said he was detained at O’Hare Airport for about two hours Sunday so that federal agents could “put the fear of God in me.” “It wasn’t a very warm welcome. What’s …

The Bears will find out their full schedule at 7 p.m. Wednesday, with details emerging during the course of the day. New head coach Ben Johnson will make his Week 1 debut in a “Monday Night Football” home game against …

Two years ago, Walmart closed it’s Chatham supercenter—along with three other smaller Chicago stores — with only two hours’ notice to the local alderperson who fought for it. Then Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) was told the store was hemorrhaging money …

Ald. David Moore (17th) threw his support behind the city’s chief operating officer John Roberson to run the Chicago Transit Authority during a contentious public comment at the agency’s board meeting on Wednesday. Moore accused the board of “moving the …

Chicago motorists now have 11 more reasons to slow down near schools and parks: newly installed speed cameras that spew out automatic warnings and costly tickets. The 11 new locations announced Wednesday are the second round of 50 speed cameras …

“He totally f——ed us.” It’s rare to hear a political party operative speak this way about one of his own. It’s almost unheard of to hear a well-known campaign adviser like David Plouffe speak this way on the record about …

The Illinois Supreme Court is considering whether a former sheriff’s deputy accused of murder in the fatal shooting of Springfield resident Sonya Massey should be released from jail before his October trial date. Sean Grayson, 30, responded to Massey’s 911 …

Geico, the country’s third-largest auto insurer, on Wednesday announced the launch of a Chicago office in the Merchandise Mart, where it will house more than 100 employees in corporate roles, including communications, finance and marketing. Some of Geico’s Chicago staff …

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — El nuevo papa comenzó con un viejo chiste. “Dicen que cuando aplaudes al principio, no significa mucho”, dijo el Papa León XIV a más de 6,000 periodistas de todo el mundo el lunes en su primera …

McDonald’s anunció el lunes que este verano planea contratar hasta 375,000 empleados para sus restaurantes en Estados Unidos, incluidos más de 14,000 en Illinois, lo que constituye su mayor esfuerzo de contratación en años. El gigante de las hamburguesas de …

Citando el aumento desmedido del costo de la educación universitaria, un comité del Concejo Municipal acordó el martes eliminar ese “techo de papel” permitiendo que los candidatos a empleos municipales puedan sustituir la experiencia laboral por un diploma. Por petición …

Illinois lawmakers took another step this week to end the program offering healthcare coverage to Illinois residents without legal status in the United States. The legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules this week gave a green light to rules that …

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel openly flirted with a 2028 presidential candidacy Wednesday, telling a nationally televised talk show audience that he is “in training” for a White House bid. Emanuel’s remarks on ABC’s “The View” stopped short of an …

There’s no shortage of literature about artificial intelligence turned sentient and posing an existential threat to its operators and/or humanity in general. From Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey ” to the grim world of Netflix’s …