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Police and fire departments are on the scene at Orland Square Mall where a shooting occurred Monday evening, Jan. 21, 2019, in Orland Park.

Orland Square shooting highlights malls’ dilemma: keep shoppers safe while staying out of the way

January 26, 2019 at 7:54 p.m.

The midweek scene at the Orland Square Mall was an odd mix of the serene and the surreal. Mall walkers took their usual laps around the brightly lit corridors. Store...

James MacDonald, center, senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, and his wife, Kathy, right, greet church members following services in December 2013 in Rolling Meadows. MacDonald has been the popular face of Harvest for decades.

James MacDonald, Harvest Bible Chapel’s founder and senior pastor, takes indefinite leave, cites actions ‘that can only be called sin’

January 17, 2019 at 8:32 p.m.

Harvest Bible Chapel Senior Pastor James MacDonald, who founded the church in the 1980s and built it into one of the largest evangelical communities in the Chicago area, has announced...

Rep. Lauren Underwood is greeted by supporters as she heads back to her office for a reception after her official swearing-in on Jan. 3, 2019, in Washington.

Lauren Underwood flipped Illinois’ 14th District from red to blue. But can she keep the seat?

May 15, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

Lauren Underwood, bundled against the January chill in her now-familiar bright green coat, beamed for the cameras as she stood shoulder to shoulder with the highest-ranking woman in American politics....

Incoming U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood makes her way through a tunnel to the Capitol on Jan. 2, 2019, in Washington. Underwood would be sworn in the next day to represent Illinois' 14th Congressional District.

Lauren Underwood sworn in as youngest ever black woman in Congress; Illinois’ freshmen Democrats vote Pelosi for speaker

May 15, 2019 at 5:25 p.m.

Three new Illinois Democrats were sworn into Congress on Thursday, capping a blue wave that helped the party win the U.S. House and taking their seats amid ongoing partisan wars...

Goodyear unveils tire mascot sculptures of the Notre Dame leprechaun and the Clemson tiger on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018, in Arlington, Texas. The sculptures are made from 375 tires.

Opponents on the football field, Notre Dame, Clemson researchers team up in the classroom to solve mysteries of the universe

December 28, 2018 at 8:18 a.m.

When Notre Dame tangles with Clemson on Saturday in the first of two College Football Playoff semifinal games, Yue Wang could cheer from either sideline. An associate professor of mechanical...

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Orland Square shooting highlights malls’ dilemma: keep shoppers safe while staying out of the way

James MacDonald, Harvest Bible Chapel’s founder and senior pastor, takes indefinite leave, cites actions ‘that can only be called sin’

Lauren Underwood flipped Illinois’ 14th District from red to blue. But can she keep the seat?

Lauren Underwood sworn in as youngest ever black woman in Congress; Illinois’ freshmen Democrats vote Pelosi for speaker

Opponents on the football field, Notre Dame, Clemson researchers team up in the classroom to solve mysteries of the universe

‘To this day, I’m obsessed with Notre Dame’: Chicago pipeline remains strong as Irish gear up for Cotton Bowl

Big money boosted Lauren Underwood, but $7 million was not enough for Peter Roskam in defeat

Roosevelt University student accused of stabbing classmate repeatedly in dorm room dispute

Police: Convicted felon charged in North Side armed robberies

Slain Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez remembered as loving husband, standout colleague