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The Weber Arch at Northwestern University campus in Evanston on July 21, 2020. It was constructed in Weber's last presidential year and named for him.

Former Northwestern University President Arnold Weber remembered for ‘brilliant leadership’

August 28, 2020 at 1:38 p.m.

Former Northwestern University President Arnold Weber died Aug. 20at age 90 after being recently hospitalized for congestive lung failure. Weber's leadership as the 14th president of Northwestern University from 1985...

‘To call me an agitator just flips all of the narrative on its head,’ says protester accused of hitting Chicago cop with skateboard

August 24, 2020 at 10:16 a.m.

Jeremey Johnson says he has been falsely accused of being an agitator who helped turn a Loop march last weekend into a violent clash with police. That doesn't mean he's...

Man who was arrested in Gary on suspicion of shooting Kenosha police officer could be extradited Friday

August 13, 2020 at 7:34 p.m.

A man accused of shooting a 30-year-old Kenosha police officer has been arrested after being found wounded in a home in Gary and was scheduled to appear in court Friday...

Carolyn Liou sanitizes Spin electric scooters at their warehouse on Aug. 10, 2020.

Electric scooters are back in Chicago: Here’s what you need to know about the program from Lime, Spin and Bird

August 12, 2020 at 6:48 a.m.

Electric scooters from Lime, Spin and Bird are being deployed Wednesday in Chicago, kicking off the city's second pilot program for the scooters, running from mid-August to mid-December. This year's...

A damaged car is surrounded by downed tree branches on North Hamilton Avenue, Aug. 11, 2020, after a powerful storm tore through the area Monday evening in the West Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. A tornado was also confirmed to have touched down in Rogers Park Monday according to the National Weather Service.

Storms sweep through Chicago area, with high winds downing trees and utility poles

August 11, 2020 at 6:14 p.m.

High winds and hard rain swept through the Chicago area Monday, ripping off roofs, crashing trees to the ground and causing widespread power outages, but officials said the area generally...

A piece of yellow police crime tape is strewn across the front yard of a home along the 1200 block of Greenwood Road on Aug. 7, 2020 in Glenview.

Investigation continues into Wednesday stabbing death of 15-year-old Glenview boy described as ‘kind, charismatic’

August 7, 2020 at 2:53 p.m.

Police continue to investigate Friday the death of a 15-year-old Glenview boy who was found Wednesday evening with a stab wound to his chest. On Friday, police said the investigation...

Man and woman identified after both died following South Austin fire

August 7, 2020 at 7:44 a.m.

A woman in her 80s and a man in his 70s died during a house fire on the West Side early Thursday, according to police and fire officials. Only one...

West Side man facing charges in weekend double homicide in Lawndale

August 5, 2020 at 3:48 p.m.

A South Austin man was held without bail Wednesday on murder charges in an attack in the Lawndale neighborhood that left two men dead over the weekend, authorities said. Ladelle...

Household items are strewn about at a homeless encampment in the 1100 block of South Desplaines Street on April 23, 2020, in Chicago.

Grant Park killing, other violence spurs activists to call for increased housing funds for those experiencing homelessness

August 6, 2020 at 9:25 a.m.

Jill Keiser could never remember the punchlines to Aaron Curry's jokes. Curry, 58, would stop into Keiser's social services site run by nonprofit Chicago Lights, sometimes laughing so hard he...

Monia Taylor poses for a portrait near her home in the East Side neighborhood on Aug. 4, 2020, in Chicago.

Coalition works to expand payments for Illinois residents with disabilities, who have been hit hard by COVID-19

August 4, 2020 at 5:19 p.m.

Monia Taylor, 64, must decide whether her monthly Supplemental Security Income will pay for food or rent, but not both. COVID-19 worsened the problem. "The poverty Black people and disabled...

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