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Dozens of voters line up to cast their ballots to choose a governor and make choices for other statewide offices at O'Keeffe Elementary School in Chicago on Election Day, Nov. 6, 2018.

Young people drive high turnout as Chicago area sees voting surge

May 12, 2019 at 1:41 p.m.

Voters across Cook County turned out at the polls in near record-high numbers Tuesday, with a surge in young voters in Chicago and suburban Cook County driven by everything from...

Phillip Jackson, founder of the Black Star Project, speaks during the Mass Black Male Graduation Ceremony on June 29, 2013, at the Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center at Chicago State University.

Phillip Jackson, community activist and former CHA leader, dies at 68

May 23, 2019 at 1:27 a.m.

Phillip Jackson, who rose from growing up in public housing to leading the Chicago House Authority, died Sunday, according to the nonprofit organization he founded. He was 68. Jackson died...

After viral video of family sleeping on Blue Line, donors may get money back

December 11, 2018 at 7:28 p.m.

More than 400 people who had reached into their wallets to help a family spotted sleeping on a CTA Blue Line train may get their money back, according to the...

A memorial honoring Maira Coronel stands at the edge of Blackhawk Park on Nov. 1, 2018, following the fatal shooting of the 21-year-old woman during a robbery the night before following a night of trick-or-treating with her twin sister and her sister's children.

‘Today we were left alone.’ Father grieves after daughter killed in front of twin sister, young nieces

May 23, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

Maira Coronel spent Halloween trick-or-treating on the Northwest Side with her two little nieces and her twin sister, the girls’ mother. Their evening of candy collecting had just wrapped up...

Immigration attorneys blame glitch for long lines in Chicago court

May 23, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

People in deportation proceedings and immigration attorneys Wednesday were faced with long lines that snaked through immigration court in Chicago, the apparent result of a glitch in the way hearing...

A skeleton lounges on a bench in front of Portage resident Rich Cummins' house for the Halloween season on October 25, 2018. (Kyle Telechan/Post Tribune)

Mild Halloween evening awaits trick-or-treaters

May 23, 2019 at 1:26 a.m.

At least the weather won’t be scary for trick-or-treaters this Halloween evening. Temperatures in the Chicago area are expected to remain in the 50s during prime trick-or-treating hours this evening,...

Legal experts say President Donald Trump's plan to end birthright citizenship runs afoul of the Constitution.

5 things about Trump’s plan to end U.S. citizenship for children born to immigrant parents

May 23, 2019 at 1:25 a.m.

President Donald Trump announced in an interview this week his plans to issue an executive order to end citizenship for children born in the country to noncitizen parents, another way...

Jocelyn Aranda toca puertas para animar a sus vecinos a registrarse para votar.

Inmigración, un asunto clave en la contienda Rauner vs Pritzker

December 12, 2018 at 11:23 a.m.

Jocelyn Aranda creció en el suroeste de la ciudad y comenzó a creer en el poder de votar al observar a familiares trabajar largas horas con bajos sueldos, y sintiéndose...

Man found dead at North Side metal recycling company didn’t work there, officials say

May 23, 2019 at 1:25 a.m.

A man found dead Monday at a metal recycling company near the North Branch of the Chicago River was not a worker there, a spokesman for the company said. Just...

A westbound Pink Line train wrapped in Dia de los Muertos art passes a church at Paulina Street and 18th Place in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood on Oct. 25, 2018.

Yes, it’s an ad campaign, but here’s the back story about those Pink Line trains covered in Dia de Los Muertos art

May 23, 2019 at 1:24 a.m.

Bob Gallo learned about the traditions of Dia de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead years ago during a trip to Mexico, but it wasn’t until last year that...

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