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Chicago canine influenza epidemic traced to Asian strain

August 18, 2019 at 7:14 p.m.

Hunter, a fox red Labrador retriever, spent 10 days at a North Side boarding facility earlier this month while Alicia Fitzgerald was on vacation. When Fitzgerald returned to pick up...

Donna Peek holds a photograph of herself, from left, her mother Jacklyn Klosa and her sister Melissa, which Peek found amid the debris at her mother's house in Fairdale on April 11, 2015. A tornado caused major damage to most of the town April 9, killing two people, including Jacklyn Klosa.

Tornado puts spotlight on little-known town of Fairdale

May 22, 2019 at 7:43 p.m.

Before Thursday, many people probably never heard of the small town of Fairdale, Ill., barely identifiable on a map. At 7:15 p.m. Thursday, a tornado touched down, damaging every building...

Kecil, a 1-year-old Bornean orangutan, plays as his 53-year-old surrogate mom, Maggie, forages for food April 1, 2015, in the Tropic World Asia exhibit at Brookfield Zoo.

Swing over to Chicago zoos for new orangutan, macaque exhibits

May 9, 2019 at 7:22 p.m.

The sun is out and so are the monkeys and orangutans. Kecil, the baby orangutan who arrived at Brookfield Zoo in June, will make his public debut this weekend. Now...

Abandoned lot in West Rogers Park may soon get renovations

May 22, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

The slab of concrete sits at the end of miles of otherwise well-kept parks along the North Shore Channel. Untouched for at least a decade, the empty parking lot is...

Jeff Tweedy leads Wilco at the Riviera Theatre in Chicago.

Wilco cancels Indianapolis show over Indiana’s religious objection law

August 18, 2019 at 7:06 p.m.

Chicago-based band Wilco canceled its upcoming concert in Indianapolis after Indiana enacted a controversial religious freedom law last week. The rock band posted on its Facebook and Twitter pages Monday...

Chicago-area universities will study NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly, left, and his twin brother Mark Kelly while Scott spends a year in space.

Chicago team to study long-term stay in space

May 22, 2019 at 7:37 p.m.

As a twin, astronaut Scott Kelly knew his mission to spend a year on the International Space Station offered the perfect opportunity for a science experiment. Kelly launched into space...

James Cozad, former board president and CEO of Lyric Opera, dies at 88

August 18, 2019 at 7:03 p.m.

James W. Cozad, a businessman who served as chief executive officer and president of the board of the Lyric Opera of Chicago in the early 1990s, has died, his family...

Mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia prepares to join the Chicago Teachers Union and Fight for 15 at a news conference March 25, 2015, to call for an increase in the minimum wage for Chicago Public Schools employees.

Garcia wants $15 minimum wage at CPS, but won’t say how to pay for it

May 22, 2019 at 7:36 p.m.

Mayoral challenger Jesus "Chuy" Garcia joined the Chicago Teachers Union in a call for a $15 minimum wage for public schools employees and contractors on Wednesday, but did not say...

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