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Man charged in triple shooting that killed 2-year-old on West Side

May 22, 2019 at 11:06 p.m.

Fighting back the emotions of a heavy heart, Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Saturday announced a murder charge in the Valentine's Day shooting of 2-year-old Lavontay White Jr. and...

Trump rhetoric has created ‘atmosphere of terror’ for immigrants, advocate says

August 8, 2019 at 2:58 a.m.

On paper, last week's raids of immigrants seem routine: Both federal enforcement officials and local activists agree the arrests align with raids that occurred under former President Barack Obama's administration....

Demonstrators march from a Department of Homeland Security office through the West Loop in Chicago on Feb. 1, 2017.

On Devon Avenue in Chicago, news of immigration raids intensifies fears

August 21, 2019 at 10:08 p.m.

News that Chicago was one of the cities targeted this week by federal agents in a series of immigration enforcement raids has intensified growing fear and anxiety in immigrant communities...

University of Illinois investigates two reports of sexual assaults at fraternities

May 22, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

Police at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are investigating reports this week that allege two students were sexually assaulted at fraternities, according to two campus safety alerts. Campus police...

MSNBC host Chris Hayes moderated a town hall meeting on violence in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017. The program, taped at the South Shore Cultural Center, will air at 7 p.m. Friday on MSNBC.

Jobs, education, mentoring to fight Chicago crime, say those at South Side meeting

May 22, 2019 at 11:04 p.m.

Panelists and community members at a South Side town hall meeting on violence put together by MSNBC agreed on Thursday that a greater investment in jobs, education and youth mentoring...

U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, R-Ill., speaks at Walk On Farm in Barrington on March 11, 2015.

Roskam among Republicans on tightrope with constituents over Trump

May 15, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Rep. Peter Roskam, of Wheaton, a six-term incumbent with a high profile and fundraising muscle in a reliably Republican district, would not be the target of the House Democrats' campaign...

A crew with the Chicago Department of Transportation fixes potholes along East End Avenue at 88th Street in Chicago on Feb. 3, 2017.

Lack of snow in Chicago this winter good news for pothole repairs

May 22, 2019 at 11:02 p.m.

Chicago's unusual midseason snow drought has city workers getting a head start on patching potholes, a process that would normally start in late winter or early spring. "When weather's better...

Officers, strangers offer to donate kidney to Chicago’s top cop, who needs transplant

May 22, 2019 at 11:01 p.m.

Police superintendent Eddie Johnson's godmother always told him, "God works in mysterious ways." The number of people who've volunteered to donate a kidney to Johnson in the 24 hours after...

Canaryville resident Charles Siu works the register at No. 1 China Express in Chicago's Fuller Park neighborhood. Siu and his family moved from Chinatown to Canaryvilleto be closer to his restaurant.

Chinatown’s South Side neighbors see surge in Asian-American residents

June 6, 2018 at 4:12 a.m.

On paper, the South Side neighborhoods of Bronzeville and Canaryville could not be more different. The first is named for the skin color of people who migrated to the area...

Yasmin Haj, 17, center,and Jackelin Vargas, 17, to her right,march during the theWomen's March on Chicago on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after President Donald Trump's inauguration.

Thousands fill Loop after Women’s March rally in Chicago draws estimated 250,000

January 12, 2026 at 8:03 a.m.

An estimated quarter-million demonstrators poured into downtown on Saturday, so many that organizers of the Women's March on Chicago told the throngs that the event would only be a rally...

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