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Tiffany Smith plays with her daughter, Trinity, 4, at the home of Trinity's grandmother in the Austin neighborhood on June 28, 2017. "Of course they wanna move to better themselves and better their kids," she said. "Why not. Why not? I'd be the first to jump on it."

Austin population drops to No. 2 in city for 1st time in 45 years

May 22, 2019 at 11:40 p.m.

In a neighborhood as large as Austin, each block can be its own world. The tree-lined ones, with restored Victorian homes or brick two-flats and kids playing in polished gardens,...

Pastor Corey Brooks of New Beginnings Church in Chicago's predominantly black Woodlawn neighborhood said, "I've noticed people have been leaving the city of Chicago, absolutely."

Black exodus accelerates in Cook County, census shows

May 22, 2019 at 11:35 p.m.

Cook County in 2016 again recorded the largest black population of any county in the U.S., but it carries that title with less conviction than previous years as more African-Americans...

Michel Mora, 18, visits her parents in Chicago during her college holiday break on Dec. 27, 2016. Mora, who was brought to the U.S. when she was 5, said the Trump administration's announcement is a relief, though "my future is still in their hands and undecided, which is scary."

‘Dreamers’ safe for now — but still uneasy about the future

May 11, 2019 at 6:30 a.m.

The Trump administration's announcement that so-called "Dreamers" who were brought into the country illegally as children won't lose their protection from deportation or their ability to work — at least...

Chicago police create a buffer between a small group of protesters against Islamic Sharia law and a group of counterprotesters on Wacker Drive across from State Street and Trump Tower on June 10, 2017.

Chicago protest against Sharia law outnumbered by counter-protesters

August 21, 2019 at 11:41 p.m.

A small but emotional rally billed as opposing Islamic Sharia law downtown Saturday sparked a counter-protest nearly twice as large, causing a phalanx of police officers to act as a...

Firefighters work to extinguish a parking garage fire in the Loop at 17E. Adams St. on June 10, 2017.

Crews douse fire in Loop parking garage

May 22, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

Chicago firefighters doused a fire in a parking garage Saturday afternoon in the Loop. The fire in the 12-story garage at 17 E. Adams St., at Wabash Avenue, started about...

Metropolitan Iakovos of Chicago blesses worshippersat the altar at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Chicago on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007.

First Metropolitan of Chicago dies at 89

May 22, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Metropolitan Iakovos grew up hiding Jews in his home during the Axis occupation of Greece, sparking a life of interfaith and unifying work. The first to hold the position of...

Developers named for former Michael Reese Hospital site

May 22, 2019 at 11:30 p.m.

Plans to redevelop the former site of Michael Reese Hospital, once proposed as the location for Chicago's Olympic Village, are moving forward with the mayor's announcement Friday of the development...

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after sentencing on Wednesday, April 27, 2016.

New accuser sues Dennis Hastert, alleging sexual abuse

August 21, 2019 at 11:31 p.m.

Less than three months before Dennis Hastert's scheduled release from prison, a new accuser has come forward with allegations saying he was sodomized by Hastert decades ago, according to a...

Chicago’s new center for police-torture victims is first of its kind in U.S.

May 22, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

Standing in a corner of the newly opened Chicago Torture Justice Center on Friday, Darrell Cannon quietly recalled the details of his experience with Chicago police detectives almost 34 years...

Chicago only major U.S. city to lose population from 2015 to 2016

May 22, 2019 at 11:28 p.m.

Chicago was the only city among the nation's 20 largest to lose population in 2016 — and it lost nearly double the number of residents as the year before, according...

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