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Chicago police investigate the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy June 1, 2016, in the 5600 block of South Keeler Avenue.

Slain boy, 16, was ‘targeted because he was a big kid’: grandfather

May 22, 2019 at 9:56 p.m.

Day after day, 16-year-old Victor Felix and his longtime friends would sit and chat on the front porch steps of the Southwest Side apartment building where his grandmother lived. At...

Chicago to test all public schools for lead after 1 shows high levels

May 22, 2019 at 9:52 p.m.

Officials said Friday that water will be tested for lead at all public schools in Chicago after a pilot testing program uncovered elevated levels of the toxic metal in three...

People pack the sidewalk on a downtown Chicago street May 18, 2016.

Chicago losing population, could be overtaken by Houston as 3rd-largest

May 22, 2019 at 9:51 p.m.

Chicago, the only city among the nation's 20 largest to see population loss in 2015, could be overtaken in a decade by Houston as the third-most-populous city if the trend...

Former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on April 14, 2016, after appearing at a hearing where he was scolded by a judge for violating bond.

Prosecutors downplay Mel Reynolds’ claim he can’t prepare for trial in jail

May 22, 2019 at 9:50 p.m.

Prosecutors are downplaying former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds, who claims that he can't prepare for trial in jail and will need to throw in the towel and plead guilty to...

Lee McCullum Sr., is comforted by his niece Shayla McCullum Barnett on May 12, 2016. His son, 22-year-old Lee McCullum III, was shot and killed earlier that day.

‘Sad day’ after Fenger grad featured on ‘Chicagoland’ killed in shooting

August 8, 2019 at 10:03 p.m.

A Fenger Academy High School graduate who talked about his struggle to escape gun violence in the CNN documentary series "Chicagoland" was killed early Thursday on the South Side, family...

People wait to catch a CTA bus along Archer Avenue in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood on May 6, 2016. Chinatown has flourished from a community that was partially Chinese into one where the majority of its residents speak a Chinese dialect, as nearly 65 percent are foreign-born.

Here’s why Chicago’s Chinatown is booming, even as others across the U.S. fade

May 22, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

One of the first things Chinese immigrant Sau Fung Lam did upon arriving in Chinatown 24 years ago was go to the local grocery store to try to buy an...

Doctor charged with stealing medical equipment from NorthShore hospitals

May 12, 2019 at 9:31 p.m.

A physician at Evanston NorthShore Hospital has been charged with stealing nearly $200,000 worth of equipment from two of the medical group's facilities, according to prosecutors and Evanston police. In...

Police officers greet a protester as he walks his bicycle along East Jackson Boulevard and Michigan Avenue after a protest near the NFL's Draft Town in Grant Park on April 30, 2016, in Chicago.

Lake Shore Drive at Jackson reopened; 17 protesters arrested near NFL draft

May 22, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

Seventeen women who were protesting and blocking Lake Shore Drive near Jackson Drive have been arrested and the street has been reopened Saturday afternoon in the Loop, city officials said....

Strips of tire and stainless steel make up the piece "Gridlock" (2008), part of a new sculpture instillation by the artist Chakaia Booker at the Boeing Galleries at Millennium Park in Chicago.

Sculptures made of discarded tires coming to Millennium Park

May 22, 2019 at 9:45 p.m.

Six sculptures spun from discarded rubber tires and stainless steel will be joining Millennium Park's public art collection Saturday. Chakaia Booker's sculptures will be on exhibition through April 2018 in...

Bail set at $100K for man accused of punching West Side alderman

May 22, 2019 at 9:44 p.m.

A judge Saturday set bail at $100,000 for a man who prosecutors say punched a West Side alderman. Rafheal Taylor, 30, was charged with a felony count of aggravated battery...

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