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Ebony’s 1970s Chicago test kitchen needs a new home: ‘These spaces are identifiably black spaces’

May 23, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.

To longtime architecture critic and historian Lee Bey, walking into the late modernist building that used to house Johnson Publishing’s Ebony magazine to find a funky test kitchen covered in...

Early morning commuters board a late-arriving Union Pacific Northwest Metra train on Jan. 30, 2019 in Palatine.

Metra offering free rides to increase weekend ridership, give riders ‘pat on the back’ after polar vortex

May 23, 2019 at 1:46 a.m.

Metra is offering free rides on all of its lines Saturday and Sunday, according to a news release from the agency. The public can ride any of Metra’s 11 rail...

A toy car stakes a claim on a shoveled-out parking spot on Huron Street and Damen Avenue on Chicago's West Side on Jan. 12, 2009.

Look up: Why ‘Caution, falling ice’ signs sprout in the Loop in cold weather

May 22, 2019 at 6:50 a.m.

Signs warning downtown Chicago pedestrians of falling ice start to sprout after the first major storm each winter. Those signs have been part of winter in Chicago dating to 1994,...

Derrick Lewis speaks to the media after his conviction and those of nine others were vacated at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on Feb. 11, 2019.

Drug convictions overturned for 10 framed by Chicago police sergeant: ‘He took everything from me’

May 23, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.

Derrick Lewis knew he wasn’t guilty of committing drug-related crimes in the mid-2000s. But he pleaded guilty to the cases in his mid-20s because he knew he faced the possibility...

American Red Cross workers remain at the scene of the fire Aug. 26, 2018.

Investigation into Little Village fire that killed 10 kids finds blaze started by open flame, but could have been accident

May 23, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.

The Chicago Fire Department determined Friday that the fire at a Little Village home that killed 10 children last year was “incendiary,” meaning started by an open flame, but the...

Demolerán edificio donde murieron 10 niños en La Villita

February 7, 2019 at 2:17 p.m.

El edificio de apartamentos en el barrio de La Villita, donde 10 niños murieron en un incendio el año pasado, será demolido en julio en virtud de un acuerdo legal...

Little Village building where 10 children died to be demolished by July after legal agreement

May 23, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.

The Little Village apartment building where 10 children died in a fire last year will be demolished by July under a legal agreement reached Thursday. Attorneys for the city and...

Man dies after being found unresponsive on CTA bus at Far North Side terminal

May 23, 2019 at 1:45 a.m.

A 52-year-old man died Wednesday after he was found unresponsive on a CTA bus on the city’s Far North Side, according to authorities. A CTA driver found the man on...

Clouds move between buildings downtown as a wintery precipitation passes through the Chicago area on Feb. 5, 2019.

Chicago was mostly spared from a predicted ice storm. Here’s why.

May 22, 2019 at 6:49 a.m.

Chicago was spared a dreaded ice storm overnight, with no ice accumulation reported at O’Hare International Airport or Midway Airport as of Wednesday morning, while some north and northwest suburbs...

As Chicago thaws from deep freeze, crews ready for uptick in potholes

May 22, 2019 at 6:49 a.m.

First, it seemed like snow messed up the roads every day in Chicago. Then dangerously low temperatures kept almost everyone indoors. Now residents will have to prepare to dodge potholes...

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