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Daniel Johnson, right, donated a kidney to his father, Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, during a transplant operation on Aug. 30, 2017.

Son giving kidney to top cop Eddie Johnson: ‘You want something done right, you do it yourself’

May 22, 2019 at 11:52 p.m.

Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he couldn't bring himself to follow doctors' advice earlier this year to seek out donors when his kidneys were suddenly functioning at less than...

Eclipse turns from foreboding to celebratory phenomenon with romance, spectacle

May 22, 2019 at 11:49 p.m.

To Jazmin Pruneda, a 21-year-old with a deep appreciation for science, nothing seems more sublime or sentimental than marrying the man she loves on the day of the solar eclipse....

Chance the Rapper becomes Chance the grand marshal at Bud Billiken Parade

May 22, 2019 at 11:48 p.m.

The Bud Billiken Parade is the end-of-summer treat for the children of Chicago's South Side, the truest way to ring in the new school year. But the familiar sights and...

Man gets 7 years for shot fired near Wrigley after Cubs 2015 division win

May 22, 2019 at 11:47 p.m.

A man who fired a handgun near Wrigley Field the night the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals to win the National League Division Series in 2015 was sentenced...

Twists and turns in mystery as Northwestern professor, U.K. man arrested in stabbing death

May 22, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

First came the slaying of Trenton Cornell-Duranleau.It was a mystery in itself: The 26-year-old Chicagoan last week was found lying face down on the floor of a Northwestern University professor's...

Woman pleads guilty to bilking elderly Palatine man of almost $4.5 million

May 22, 2019 at 11:46 p.m.

A woman pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of fraud for bilking an elderly Palatine man out of nearly $4.5 million over a six-year period through an elaborate lottery scam....

2 men identified after being pulled out of Lake Michigan

May 22, 2019 at 11:45 p.m.

Two men died early Saturday after being pulled from the crashing waves of separate Chicago beaches, according to officials. Just before 3:40 a.m., officials responded to the 1000 block of...

A Cubs World Series baby boom? Some parents and hospitals think so

May 22, 2019 at 11:44 p.m.

Last fall, Jackie Young told her husband a joyous but unexpected bit of news: She was pregnant. The couple did the math to figure out when their baby was conceived...

A police car sits outside Comer Children's Hospital, where a 10-year-old boy was pronounced dead July 15, 2017, after being shot the night before. A 31-year-old man was wounded also in the shooting in the 3500 block of East 97th Street in Chicago.

10-year-old boy killed in Southeast Side shooting: ‘I carried him’

May 22, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

Wearing a neon T-shirt stained with what appeared to be blood, a distraught man walked out of the Comer Children's Hospital early Saturday and approached a group of men. "Look...

Reward for information about missing Chinese scholar raised to $50,000

May 22, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

As the search for a missing Chinese scholar extends into a second month at the University of Illinois, the Champaign County Crime Stoppers has increased the reward to anyone with...

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