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Authorities: Woman said voices in head told her to kill her toddler

January 4, 2025 at 4:55 p.m.

Police said a baby was found unresponsive inside a residence in the 500 block of North Springfield around 8:30 a.m. Dec. 20.

A bald eagle perches on a tree near Diversey Parkway along the North Branch of the Chicago River on Dec. 30, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Bald eagles, now officially the national bird, not uncommon within city limits

January 3, 2025 at 11:58 a.m.

The bald eagle, which became the country’s national bird on Christmas Eve, no longer avoids Chicago.

Justin Link, center, Dante Tota, second from right, and José Carrera, right, watch the Sugar Bowl between Notre Dame and Georgia at The Kerryman, 661 N. Clark St., on Jan. 2, 2025. The game was originally scheduled for Jan. 1 in New Orleans but was postponed until Jan. 2 because of security concerns resulting from a nearby vehicle attack on people that caused multiple deaths and injuries. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicagoans struggle to process deadly New Year’s Day terrorist attack in New Orleans

January 2, 2025 at 9:51 p.m.

In the wake of the New Orleans terrorist attack which postponed the Sugar Bowl on New Year's Day, Chicagoans struggle to process the tragedy.

The Blackhawks arrive for the NHL Winter Classic against the St. Louis Blues at Wrigley Field on Dec. 31, 2024. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Struggling Blackhawks, lousy weather fail to dampen spirits ahead of Wrigley hockey game

January 1, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

The showdown at Wrigley was set to be the Blackhawks’ seventh appearance in a game outdoors — where hockey originally was played.

Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele enters the Daley Center on Dec. 27, 2024, for her initial court appearance for her Nov. 10 DUI arrest. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Cook County tax commissioner Samantha Steele gets license back after DUI arrest

December 27, 2024 at 4:50 p.m.

Samantha Steele, the Cook County Board of Review commissioner arrested last month for driving under the influence of alcohol after a car crash, won back her right to drive on...

Man says he was shot Tuesday on CTA property in Loop

December 24, 2024 at 1:27 p.m.

Chicago police said the victim was shot three times and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition.

Illinois State Police Trooper Clay Carns was struck and killed along I-55 near Channahon on Dec. 23, 2024. (Illinois State Police)

Wilmington man charged in death of state trooper who was struck while cleaning debris off I-55

December 24, 2024 at 1:21 p.m.

Illinois State Trooper Clay Carns was fatally struck while removing debris from Interstate 55 Monday night.

Evangeline Herff, 2, looks back at her family while standing near the Nativity scene in Daley Plaza in the Loop on Dec. 16, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Illinois group puts up Nativity scenes around nation

December 24, 2024 at 1:44 p.m.

Despite some misconceptions, private groups can put up Nativity scenes on public property as an expression of free speech.

Jury awards $66 million to mother’s family in medical-malpractice case

December 21, 2024 at 7:42 p.m.

Idalia Corcoles bled to death after being negligently treated at plastic surgeon Ayoub Sayeg's clinic, according to her family's lawyers.

Director of Conservation Kim Nichols shines a light on Ayer 1485, a Nahuatl-language manuscript, to show a score line on the paper in the conservation lab at Newberry Library on Dec. 11, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Newberry Library learns it holds the largest example in existence of an extremely rare paper type

December 26, 2024 at 11:16 a.m.

Little was known about the manuscript, which donated by Edward Ayer, a tycoon who made his fortune supplying railroad ties.

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