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Maritza Flores, center, sits with her oldest daughter, Laura Portillo Flores, 18, during a 12th Ward Independent Political Organization fundraiser for the Flores family on Sept. 15, 2018.

Central American mother seeking asylum is reunited with teen daughter after separation at border

December 12, 2018 at 4:56 p.m.

For much of their lives, it was only Maritza Flores and her daughters as they sought safety from gang threats, but Saturday evening, they were surrounded by extended family on...

Escena del incendio en 100th St y South Avenue L, en el vecindario de East Side.

Muere el abuelo que salvó a su nieto durante un incendio

December 12, 2018 at 4:54 p.m.

Días después de salvar a su nieto de un incendio en su casa, murió Apolonio Castellano, de 69 años, dijeron las autoridades. El Abuelo murió casi una semana después de...

Shortly before 11:45 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2018, in Little Village, an 18-year-old man was shot in the leg while standing outside in the 3300 block of West Cermak Road. A dark vehicle drove by and someone inside shot him, police said.

2 killed, 8 wounded in city shootings

May 23, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

At least 10 people were shot, two of them fatally, in shootings Saturday and early Sunday across the city, according to police. Most recently, a 29-year-old man was killed and...

Family of construction worker killed in Tri-State Tollway crash devastated: ‘His biggest fear was to die this way’

December 12, 2018 at 4:49 p.m.

It seemed like Frank Caputo had worked in construction with his family since he could walk, and at 61 years old, he had no plans of retiring anytime soon, his...

Smoke from an extra-alarm shredded rubber fire at Ozinga Materials near 117th Street and Torrence Avenue is seen on the Far South Side.

Firefighters extinguish extra-alarm shredded rubber blaze at Far South Side business

May 23, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

The Chicago Fire Department battled an extra-alarm shredded rubber fire at a Far South Side business Friday afternoon, officials said. Firefighters responded about 1:40 p.m. to Ozinga Materials near 117th...

President Donald Trump has disputed the reported death toll of nearly 3,000 in Puerto Rico from last year's Hurricane Maria, saying the figure has been inflated "to make me look as bad as possible."

Chicago’s Puerto Rican community rebukes Trump over false claims about Hurricane Maria death toll: ‘His comments … are ludicrous’

May 23, 2019 at 1:16 a.m.

Leaders in the Chicago-area Puerto Rican community are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s tweets disputing reports that the death toll from Hurricane Maria last year was about 3,000. U.S....

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Central American mother seeking asylum is reunited with teen daughter after separation at border

Muere el abuelo que salvó a su nieto durante un incendio

2 killed, 8 wounded in city shootings

Family of construction worker killed in Tri-State Tollway crash devastated: ‘His biggest fear was to die this way’

Firefighters extinguish extra-alarm shredded rubber blaze at Far South Side business

Chicago’s Puerto Rican community rebukes Trump over false claims about Hurricane Maria death toll: ‘His comments … are ludicrous’

Cards Against Humanity backs plan to save murals, make Chicago America’s street art capital

Grandfather in critical condition after saving 7-year-old grandson from Southeast Side fire

2 children, 3 adults, firefighter hurt in suspicious extra-alarm fire on South Side

After fire that killed 10 children, officials give out smoke detectors in Little Village