Man charged with murder after accomplice dies in robbery try: Court
A man extradited from Georgia last week is charged with murder in the death of an accomplice killed while trying to rob several people outside a Near North Side restaurant...
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Bill seeks to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to register as organ donors in Illinois
State lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to register as organ donors when they receive their driver's license or state identification card. The proposal would...
Up to 50 held at O’Hare on Monday for Trump immigration ban
Between 40 and 50 travelers were held at O'Hare International Airport for additional questioning Monday, as concerns and confusion continued over President Donald Trump's immigration ban. About 15 of those...
Chicagoans decry travel restrictions as family, friends held at O’Hare
BBC journalist Ali Hamedani left his native Iran in 2009 with no intention of returning to the land that had imprisoned his family. These days, even though he holds a...
Immigrants, advocates vow to fight Trump orders on wall, sanctuary cities
Striking a defiant tone, immigrants and their advocates in Chicago responded immediately to President Donald Trump's executive orders Wednesday to jump-start construction of a border wall with Mexico and strip...
Looking back on the Blizzard of 1967
Before he was commissioner of the city's Department of Streets and Sanitation, Charles Williams was nearly trampled by a snow plow. Williams was 16 when a record-setting blizzard struck Chicago...
Northwestern Academy opens high-tech Streeterville campus
The Northwestern Academy for Chicago Public Schools, which helps low-income high school students prepare for highly selective colleges and universities, on Sunday unveiled its new facility, located at the university's...
Community policing panel starts work to help Chicago, police
Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson met with city leaders and experts Tuesday to discuss changes to the department's community policing strategy. "In the '90s, we were the leader in community...
Civil rights activist remembers MLK at St. Sabina: ‘We found that if you love, you win’
Sitting in the front row of St. Sabina Catholic Church, Angelia Kinard gazed over at a framed black and white portrait of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. resting near...
Former Buffalo Grove teacher sentenced to 13 years in child porn case
A former suburban middle school teacher was sentenced Tuesday to 13 years in federal prison for receiving pornographic photos and videos from a teen boy who prosecutors say felt "brainwashed"...