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Olivia Rodrigo performs at Lollapalooza on Aug. 1, 2025, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Lollapalooza 2025: Olivia Rodrigo is Friday’s fest favorite, with Chance the Rapper added for Saturday

August 2, 2025 at 11:45 a.m.

There was a sea of Olivia Rodrigo’s signature purple at the T-Mobile by noon on Friday.

Karen Jimenez, 26, looks over the damage in her apartment following an early morning fire in an 18-apartment building in the 300 block of south Kilpatrick Avenue in Chicago on July 29, 2025. One man died in the fire. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Migrant families displaced after fatal Austin neighborhood fire: ‘I grabbed my kids and just ran’

July 29, 2025 at 6:13 p.m.

A man believed to be in his early 50s was pronounced dead following an apartment fire at a building in West Garfield Park.

Joseph Czuba, shown here when he was formally indicted on felony charges in connection with the death of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the stabbing of his mother, was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the hate crime on May 2, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Plainfield landlord convicted of killing 6-year-old Palestinian American boy dies in custody, sheriff says

July 27, 2025 at 8:17 a.m.

Joseph Czuba, 73, was convicted of murdering 6-year-old Palestinian boy Wadee Alfayoumi dies in custody, authorities say.

Boy, 17, faces murder charge in fatal West Lawn shooting, police say

July 25, 2025 at 11:12 a.m.

A 17-year-old boy faces a murder charge after he allegedly shot two teenagers, one fatally, earlier this week in the West Lawn neighborhood, Chicago police announced Friday.

Francisco Guerrero, left and Tania Navarrete, both former Gompers Park encampment residents, watch Navarrete’s cat, Tinkerbell, as she plays in her new apartment on July 18, 2025, in Chicago. (Audrey Richardson/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces $40 million to upgrade Chicago’s homeless shelters

July 23, 2025 at 6:09 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Department of Family and Support Services called it the “largest local shelter capital investment in Chicago’s history.”

The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued a fine of $50,000 against City View Multicare Center in Cicero, seen here on March 12, 2021. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Chicago-area nursing homes fined for ‘severe’ violations that led to patient deaths, Illinois health department says

July 18, 2025 at 6:14 a.m.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has doled out tens of thousands of dollars in fines to dozens of nursing homes throughout the Chicago area.

Storm clouds move in over Chicago's North Side, July 16, 2025. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Severe thunderstorms expected across Chicago area Wednesday, weather officials say

July 16, 2025 at 7:19 p.m.

Besides temperatures feeling in the high 90s, Chicago and surrounding areas are under an air quality alert until midnight, weather officials said.

Michael Mihalik, a double-lung transplant recipient, who was diagnosed with asbestosis, is given a spirometry pre/post test to assess how well his new lungs are working by Sardina Aurelia, registered respiratory therapist/certified pulmonary function technologist, at Loyola Medicine-Oakbrook Terrace on July 1, 2025, during a follow-up appointment. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

As Trump EPA reconsiders asbestos ban, Indiana man with asbestosis gets lifesaving lung transplant

July 2, 2025 at 11:28 a.m.

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reconsiders the ban on asbestos, an Indiana man suffering from asbestosis recovers from Loyola Medicine's life-saving double lung transplant.

Chicago fire investigators on the scene after an overnight fire killed four, June 26, 2025, in the 5200 block of West North Avenue in the Austin neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

‘Special’ longtime editor of The Austin Voice among 4 killed in suspicious West Side fire

June 27, 2025 at 8:27 p.m.

A fourth person has died after a suspicious fire erupted at an apartment building in the Austin neighborhood Thursday morning, the Chicago Fire Department announced Friday.

Police officers investigate the scene of an extra-alarm fire on June 26, 2025, in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. Four people were killed, including a 5-year-old. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

3 dead in Austin apartment building fire; ATF investigating as possible arson

June 26, 2025 at 7:23 p.m.

Two juveniles and one adult were pronounced dead after an extra alarm fire broke out at an apartment building in the Austin neighborhood.

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