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Ed Siskel, then-attorney for the City of Chicago, speaks at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Aug. 8, 2017.

Biden taps Chicago attorney Edward Siskel as White House counsel

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

President Joe Biden named Chicago attorney Edward "Ed" Siskel White House counsel Tuesday. Siskel, who was Chicago's corporation counsel under Mayor Rahm Emanuel and White House deputy counsel under President...

Westmont teen killed in shooting in Austin park, second teen wounded

August 19, 2023 at 8:47 p.m.

Two teens were shot, one fatally Saturday afternoon in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on the West Side, authorities said. The teens, a 16-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl, were in Galewood Park...

Shawna Thomas dances during the Chicago Caribbean Carnival in Midway Plaisance Park in the Hyde Park neighborhood on Aug. 19, 2023.

At Chicago Caribbean Carnival in Hyde Park, an opportunity to celebrate ‘all kinds of people’

August 20, 2023 at 4:21 p.m.

The revelers at the Chicago Caribbean Carnival smelled a mix of incense, fried conch fritter and smoking jerk chicken. They heard a bouncy medley of bass notes merging from competing...

One injured in 15th floor fire at Lakeview high rise: Fire department

August 18, 2023 at 6:58 p.m.

Chicago firefighters extinguished a fire in a Lakeview high rise near DuSable Lake Shore Drive that left one person injured Friday evening. Firefighters responded to a fire call on the...

Chicago police officer charged with abusing sleeping teens, filming child porn

August 18, 2023 at 6:31 p.m.

Prosecutors charged a Chicago police officer Friday with allegedly filming as he sexually abused sleeping children whom he met while working. Officer David P. Deleon, 30, was charged with eight...

Boy, 7, hospitalized after shooting himself in hand in Humboldt Park

August 17, 2023 at 7:50 p.m.

A 7-year-old boy accidentally shot himself in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Thursday evening, police said. The boy was handling a firearm in the bedroom of an apartment on the 4000...

Diners arrive for a drag brunch performance at UpRising Bakery and Cafe in Lake in the Hills on Aug. 7, 2022. The bakery was vandalized ahead of its drag show.

Alsip man pleads guilty to hate crime for pre-drag show vandalism at Lake in the Hills bakery

August 18, 2023 at 7:33 a.m.

The man accused of vandalizing a Lake in the Hills bakery ahead of a planned family-friendly drag show pleaded guilty to a felony hate crime charge in McHenry County court...

High waves break near Elder Lane Park Beach on Aug. 15, 2023, near where a teen went missing after swimming in Lake Michigan.

Body of missing swimmer recovered at Wilmette Harbor identified as Glendale Heights teen

August 20, 2023 at 10:34 a.m.

Authorities on Thursday afternoon recovered the body of the teen who went missing after swimming in Lake Michigan in Winnetka earlier this week. The 18-year-old's body was recovered at Wilmette...

Trevian Kutti's name is seen in the indictment in Georgia against former President Donald Trump on Aug. 15, 2023. Trump and several allies have been indicted in Georgia over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. The criminal case announced Monday is the fourth brought against the ex-president in a matter of months.

Trump indictment: Chicago publicist for Kanye West, R. Kelly and Orland Park pastor among 19 charged

August 16, 2023 at 6:17 p.m.

Two people from the Chicago area are among the 19 defendants named in the Georgia indictment accusing former President Donald Trump and others of "criminal enterprise" illegally attempting to overturn...

Chicago police officers work the scene of a fatal shooting near East 57th Street and Morgan Drive in Washington Park near the University of Chicago on Aug. 13, 2023. The shooting led to a fight in the emergency room at the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to Chicago police.

UChicago Medicine pledges to improve security after emergency department fight injures 3 employees

August 16, 2023 at 5:38 p.m.

UChicago Medicine leaders promised to take action to make their Hyde Park medical center safer after a large fight broke out in the emergency department in the aftermath of a...

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