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Arnulfo Ochoa, father of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, breaks down as he walks with assistance from family and friends toward the Cook County medical examiner's office on May 16, 2019.

El hospital no alertó sobre la situación del bebé de Marlen Ochoa a las autoridades

May 20, 2019 at 9:52 a.m.

Cuando un recién nacido fue ingresado al Advocate Christ Medical Center, el personal pronto se enteró de que la mujer que afirmaba haber dado a luz al bebé en casa,...

The house where Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was killed has become a memorial to her life

May 18, 2019 at 3:01 p.m.

The house where Marlen Ochoa-Lopez was killed, and her baby cut from her, has now become a memorial to her life. Flowers, balloons, candles, stuffed animals and framed pictures of...

A controversial proposal by private, Virginia-based Immigration Centers of America would construct a detention center to house U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in Dwight, Ill., about 80 miles from Chicago.

ICE detainees could not be held in private detention centers under measure heading to Illinois governor

May 19, 2019 at 6:18 p.m.

A push to ban privatized immigration detention centers across Illinois is headed for Gov. J.B. Pritzker's desk. The state Senate approved House Bill 2040 this week, advancing the measure that...

Marlen Ochoa-Lopez dreamed of becoming a singer or fashion designer: ‘She had a big future’

June 21, 2019 at 3:37 p.m.

Marlen Ochoa-Lopez dreamed of one day meeting her grandparents. She was brought as a toddler to Chicago from San Luis de la Loma, a coastal town in the Mexican state...

Judge tells teen dad of newborn left in Chicago alley: ‘I hope this is the lowest point of your life’

June 14, 2019 at 1:47 p.m.

A Cook County judge who will decide the custody of a newborn temporarily left in an alley hours after his birth tried to reassure the teen father during his first...

1 adult, 1 infant injured in Northwest Side apartment fire

May 13, 2019 at 1:03 p.m.

One adult and an infant were injured Monday morning in a fire in a four-story building in the city's Jefferson Park neighborhood, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The fire...

Laura Kwider kisses her granddaughter Opal Lang during Cardinal Blase Cupich's visit on Christmas Eve 2018 to Lurie Children's Hospital.

Suburban toddler gets a new heart; 3 days later, she gets a new brother

May 12, 2019 at 6:06 p.m.

Two-year-old Opal Lang had been in the hospital for more than 100 days when a doctor finally delivered the news: A heart donor had been located for the toddler, and...

Karla Antimo walks out the Leighton Criminal Court Building on May 10, 2019. Antimo, the grandmother of the baby, has been charged with falsely claiming she found him abandoned in an alley near the firehouse.

Grandmother thought newborn was dead but then heard noise from shopping bag: Prosecutors

May 10, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

In a few desperate moments Tuesday, Karla Antimo went from believing her newly born grandson was dead to helping save his life. It started with a call from her 17-year-old...

Karla L. Antimo, a la izquierda, la abuela del bebé, fue acusada de afirmar falsamente que lo encontró abandonado en un callejón.

El bebé abandonado nació 10 horas antes de ser llevado a la estación de bomberos, los médicos temen daño cerebral

May 10, 2019 at 1:38 p.m.

Una jovencita de 16 años dio a luz a un bebé casi 10 horas antes de que fuera entregado en una estación de bomberos en el noroeste de la ciudad,...

Activists rally outside the Supreme Court about the upcoming 2020 census, in Washington, on April 23, 2019.

How much will it cost Illinois to get a correct census count in 2020? One group says $33M — and worth every penny

May 23, 2019 at 2:03 a.m.

Kathie Kane-Willis wants people to think about the 2020 census not just as a questionnaire but a tool that can wield power and money. That is, money in the form...

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