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Members of the Chicago police SWAT team work in an alley in the 4600 block of North Springfield Avenue on July 20, 2026. Two people, including a SWAT officer, were shot and the suspect barricaded himself in a building with a woman and a teenage girl. The suspect was eventually taken into custody. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Person in custody after SWAT officer shot during Albany Park barricade

July 20, 2026 at 7:31 p.m.

A person was taken into custody Monday afternoon hours after a Chicago police SWAT team officer was shot during a barricade situation in Albany Park, according to police.

Summer sun, free tunes: ‘We’re literally just busking’

July 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A Chicago band — including members who grew up playing together in the suburbs — draws a growing following for free, pop-up shows.

Teen charged with murder in May death of young boy in South Chicago: police

July 17, 2026 at 7:45 p.m.

A 17-year-old is facing a murder charge in connection to the death of a young boy who was found shot on the city’s South Side earlier this spring, authorities said.

A sign welcomes drivers to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, on July 9, 2026. The airport was formerly known as Palm Beach International Airport. (Joe Raedle/Getty)

Free pass to fly by Trump airport? United says no go.

July 17, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

United Airlines is pushing back on a recent report that it would allow passengers to avoid flying into Florida’s recently renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport if they balked...

Officers work at the scene where four people were shot near the 5100 block of South Calumet Avenue in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood on July 16, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Four shot, one fatally, in Washington Park near Green Line: police

July 17, 2026 at 2:42 p.m.

Four men were shot, one critically, near a CTA station in Washington Park Thursday night, authorities said.

A few beachgoers hang out at 57th Street Beach in Hyde Park on July 16, 2026, as wildfire smoke from Canada and Minnesota settled over northern Illinois. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Summer comes to a standstill as air quality prompts closures and cancellations across Chicagoland

July 16, 2026 at 6:39 p.m.

As local air quality hit hazardous levels Thursday, beaches and pools were closed, day camps and other summer activities moved indoors and some events canceled altogether.

CTA Yellow Line resuming after vehicle collision halted service

July 14, 2026 at 3:09 p.m.

The Chicago Transit Authority has temporarily halted service along the Yellow Line due to a collision with a vehicle, the agency said.

State Sen. Lakesia Collins talks to reporters on July 13, 2026, in an alley between 54th Street and 54th Place near Union Avenue in Chicago where the body of Zenobia Weatherspoon was found days earlier. Collins said she watched Weatherspoon grow up. “She did not deserve this, and she was loved by so many.” (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Woman found in Back of the Yards garbage can identified: ‘Loved by so many’

July 13, 2026 at 6:35 p.m.

State Sen. Lakesia Collins identified a woman found dead in a garbage can in Back of the Yards Saturday evening as Zenobia Weatherspoon.

D Jean Baptiste, left, and Jason Ashworth dance to the music of Jai Paul during Pitchfork Music Festival at Union Park on July 19, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Pitchfork Festivals sues co-founder, alleges $564k in festival funds misappropriated

July 11, 2026 at 4:16 p.m.

Pitchfork Festivals LLC is suing the co-founder of its namesake festival, alleging he misappropriated and pocketed some $564,000 in outstanding event funding after the festival shuttered in 2024.

An earthquake rumbled Lake Michigan. So what?

July 10, 2026 at 11:38 a.m.

Earthquakes in Illinois are more common than some might think, experts say.

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