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Surrounded by family and friends, Leonore Harris listens to a Facebook Live video that she believes pertains to the death of her sister, Kenneka Jenkins, near the Crowne Plaza hotel in Rosemont on Sept. 10, 2017.

Medical examiner: Kenneka Jenkins died from exposure, and her death was an accident

May 23, 2019 at 12:01 a.m.

The Cook County medical examiner's office has determined that Kenneka Jenkins' death at a Rosemont hotel was an accident. She died of hypothermia from exposure to cold in a walk-in...

Officials seek missing woman, 39, who has family in Lisle and La Grange Park

May 16, 2019 at 6:12 a.m.

The DuPage County sheriff's office is seeking help in locating a missing woman, who authorities say was last seen Sept. 25 in the Lisle area and is without a cellphone,...

People run from the Route 91 Harvest country music festival after apparent gun fire was heard on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Political rhetoric won’t explain shooting, says St. Charles man wounded in Vegas rampage

May 23, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.

A St. Charles man who was one of the hundreds wounded by gunfire during the Las Vegas shooting said Wednesday morning he is still angry about what happened, but he...

Daniel Holz, from left, Associate Professor and LIGO member, speaks at the University of Chicago following an announcement on efforts to detect gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of spacetime, seen here at the University of Chicago William Eckhardt Research Center in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016.

Nobel Prize in physics has Chicago-area connections

May 23, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.

As the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics was announced in Stockholm Tuesday, Chicago-area scientists celebrated connections to the prestigious award. Rainer Weiss, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,...

‘Survival mode’ kicked in after Las Vegas shooting, Chicago-area tourists say

May 22, 2019 at 11:59 p.m.

Las Vegas has long been a playground for people from the Chicago area and rest of the Midwest, but the usual fun turned to horror Sunday night. Several people from...

Volunteers Nicole Costello, left, and Alex Ripley talk with dinner guests Chantee Evans and Sidney Wright during a Dinners for Humanity meal at Caravan on Sept. 12, 2017, in Chicago.

Over dinner, Chicago residents connect with homeless

May 22, 2019 at 11:56 p.m.

At a trendy restaurant in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, diners sat at a table near the front window and chatted casually over drinks. To someone looking in from the busy stretch...

Dylan Piazza, 24, from left, Clay Frankel, 23, and Chris Bailoni, 24, jump into Lake Michigan near North Avenue Beach in Chicago on Sept. 20, 2017.

Wednesday’s 92-degree high in Chicago sets record as summer heat flares up

May 22, 2019 at 11:57 p.m.

Fall may be approaching, but it still feels like summer outside. Wednesday's high temperature, a whopping 92 degrees, set a record — and it's well above the average of 73...

Sophia Trujillo cries and is consoled by principal Julie Noonan after she hugged her friend Rylie Rosato, right, as Sophia arrived for her first day of third grade at St. Philip the Apostle Catholic School in Addison on Sept. 11, 2017.

After 2-year, ‘nerve-wracking’ bone marrow treatment, Crystal Lake girl returns to school

June 2, 2018 at 1:17 p.m.

Two years ago, Michelle Trujillo and her gravely ill 6-year-old daughter, Sophia, packed two suitcases and headed to the National Institutes of Health in Maryland for groundbreaking treatment they hoped...

Protesters shine flashlights from their cellphones at the Federal Building at Congress Parkway and Clark Street in Chicago on Sept. 5, 2017, to protest President Donald Trump's action against the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program.

Chicago DACA recipients spurred to action after Trump ends program

May 11, 2019 at 6:30 a.m.

A morning of heartbreak turned into an afternoon of determination for Chicago-area recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, who vowed to turn fear into action after the...

Safe Humane Chicago group saves ‘Court Case Dogs’ from euthanasia

June 2, 2018 at 4:19 p.m.

Their owners are the ones facing criminal charges — neglect, cruelty to animals, dogfighting. But in tall, cinder-block, barred cages a few blocks away from Cook County Jail, the four-legged...

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