Morgan Greene

Rush-hour traffic crawls along on westbound Interstate 55, the Stevenson expressway, on May 16, 2018. Traffic is likely to be heavy during Memorial Day weekend.

Worst time to drive in Chicago this Memorial Day weekend? During Friday night’s rush hour

May 23, 2019 at 12:50 a.m.

More than 41 million people will travel in the United States over Memorial Day weekend — the most to take to the roads and skies since the heady pre-recession years...

Litter floats near the surface of the lake at Margaret T. Burroughs beach and park (formerly 31st beach) on May 24, 2018.

Let’s hear it for Memorial Day weekend at the beach. Oh, but the litter …

May 23, 2019 at 12:51 a.m.

Every Memorial Day weekend, it seems, the sea of red cups, beer cans and cigarette butts scattered across North Avenue Beach is a warm-weather reminder that for some, the world...

Students gather outside at Walter Payton College Prep on Sept. 18, 2013. A faculty member at the school is being investigated following allegations of "inappropriate behavior" with a former student, according to a letter sent to the school community.

Walter Payton faculty member removed after allegation

May 23, 2019 at 12:51 a.m.

A faculty member at Walter Payton College Prep is being investigated following allegations of “inappropriate behavior” with a former student, according to a letter sent to the school community. “The...

R. Kelly performs onstage at the BET Awards in 2013.

After R. Kelly is a no-show in court — and his attorneys quit — Chicago judge tosses lawsuit

May 23, 2019 at 12:51 a.m.

After his two attorneys abandoned ship and no one else showed up for a series of court hearings, R. Kelly has lost a lawsuit. Last April, the embattled Chicago R&B...

A rock with a plaque celebrating former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, sits at the 1400 block of east 53rd St. in Chicago. This corner is reportedly the location of the couple's first kiss.

As city waits for ex-president’s library, luster of Obama tourist sites fades

December 13, 2018 at 9:51 a.m.

On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, there were no tourists walking through the doors of the Hyde Park Hair Salon, where Barack Obama regularly got his signature cut before he became...

Former White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks May 14, 2018, at the University of Chicago.

Former Obama spokesman-turned-Amazon exec Jay Carney talks Trump White House, Chicago’s chances of landing HQ2

December 13, 2018 at 9:44 a.m.

Former White House spokesman Jay Carney was in Chicago this week and pulled back the curtains a bit on what it's like to be a mouthpiece for the president. But...

Women listen as an author speaks to inmates at Cook County Jail in Chicago on March 29.

Number of moms in U.S. prisons on the rise, but each time that happens ‘you incarcerate the whole family,’ Chicago woman says of experience

December 13, 2018 at 9:33 a.m.

Lavette Mayes spent two Mother's Days in Cook County Jail, missing the momentous and the mundane events in her children's lives: birthdays, an 8th grade graduation, park outings and her...

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Worst time to drive in Chicago this Memorial Day weekend? During Friday night’s rush hour

Let’s hear it for Memorial Day weekend at the beach. Oh, but the litter …

Walter Payton faculty member removed after allegation

After R. Kelly is a no-show in court — and his attorneys quit — Chicago judge tosses lawsuit

As city waits for ex-president’s library, luster of Obama tourist sites fades

Former Obama spokesman-turned-Amazon exec Jay Carney talks Trump White House, Chicago’s chances of landing HQ2

Number of moms in U.S. prisons on the rise, but each time that happens ‘you incarcerate the whole family,’ Chicago woman says of experience

Spotify drops R. Kelly from playlists

R. Kelly’s team hints he got the ax from lineup at UIC Pavilion show

Is R. Kelly’s time up? Movement takes aim at Chicago-born R&B singer