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2 Chicago-area priests arrested in Miami Beach after being caught performing sex acts in car, police say

May 23, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

Two priests from the Chicago area were arrested in Miami Beach on Monday after police observed the two men performing oral sex on one another in a parked car, Miami...

1 dead, 1 wounded after shootings on South Side

May 23, 2019 at 1:15 a.m.

One man is dead and another man is wounded Tuesday after separate shootings on the city’s South Side, police said. Just after 7:20 p.m., a 28-year-old man was shot in...

Wreckage at the scene where several pedestrians were hit by a vehicle near Navy Pier on Sept. 1, 2018.

Police: 8 injured, mostly pedestrians, after taxi, ride-share vehicle collide near Navy Pier

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Several pedestrians were injured when a taxicab and a sport utility ride-share vehicle crashed near Navy Pier on Saturday afternoon, officials and witnesses said. The wreck occurred about 4:30 p.m....

Tolanda McMullen hugs son Makheil as he arrives home from school in Country Club Hills on Aug. 31, 2018. A blood test when he was younger revealed he was severely lead poisoned, likely because of the lead-based paint in their home at the time in Gresham.

‘No safe level of lead exposure’: New state rules would halve the level of lead in kids before intervention and boost fines

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Something was definitely wrong with Tolanda McMullen’s son. The shift happened around the time he was 1½ in 2011. His appetite suddenly vanished, even for ice cream, a favorite treat....

LaSalle County senior is first to die of West Nile virus in Illinois in 2018

May 31, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

A LaSalle County senior is the first person to die of West Nile virus in the state this year, the Illinois Department of Public Health said in a Wednesday news...

Abana Tabb panhandles in front of the Chicago Cultural Center in 2015. A coalition on Tuesday, Aug. 28, sent letters to 15 Illinois municipalities challenging their panhandling ordinances.

ACLU, homelessness advocates call on Illinois cities to repeal laws prohibiting panhandling, citing First Amendment

May 31, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

Laws prohibiting panhandling not only criminalize those who are homeless, but are unconstitutional, said a coalition of civil liberties and homelessness advocates on Tuesday as they launched a campaign to...

Black Lives Matter Chicago activist Kofi Ademola and other protesters hold a press conference outside the Chicago Police Department's District 1 headquarters on Jan. 13, 2017.

From the ’68 DNC to today, progressive activists fight the same power, raising the question: Are they getting anywhere?

May 23, 2019 at 1:12 a.m.

Political machines whose players are more interested in keeping the engines running than ending the wars in their backyards and abroad. Racism and prejudice that keep some communities locked in...

3 charged with felony robbery in Lakeview thefts: police

May 23, 2019 at 1:13 a.m.

Police have arrested three men in connection with a pair of Friday thefts in the Lakeview neighborhood. Herbert Sanderfer, 19, was charged with two counts of felony robbery and one...

The nasal spray version of the flu vaccine is expected to work better this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Nasal spray flu vaccine gets green light from CDC this year

August 19, 2019 at 3:57 a.m.

After advising the public to avoid the nasal spray version of the flu vaccine for the last two years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now giving it...

Major Traylor, 17, takes a shot Aug. 18, 2018, while competing in the skills challenge during the "Bridging the Gap Globally" summer basketball tournament in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood.

A West Side basketball tournament turned tragic. That didn’t stop Englewood organizers from holding a similar event the next day.

May 23, 2019 at 1:11 a.m.

Just about every person at the “Bridging the Gap Globally” charity basketball tournament, held in Englewood for most of last week, knows Kenny Doss Jr. Many of the more than...

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