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Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, at the Vogue World fashion event in New York on Sept. 12, 2022.

Kanye West is making worldwide news with controversial comments. Some Chicagoans find the rapper’s words destructive

October 19, 2022 at 7:07 a.m.

The whirlwind of controversy encircling the Chicago rapper born Kanye West may have created widespread ripples of news across business, fashion, politics and social media, but it has raised nary...

87-year-old woman died in assault at senior building, authorities say

October 16, 2022 at 5:07 p.m.

An autopsy determined that an 87-year-old woman found dead at her South Side apartment was the victim of a deadly assault. Mae Brown suffered multiple injuries from an assault and...

University of Chicago professor Douglas Diamond speaks during a news conference in Friedman Hall on Oct. 10, 2022, after he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

University of Chicago professor wins 2022 Nobel economics prize alongside former Federal Reserve chair

October 11, 2022 at 8:19 a.m.

A University of Chicago finance professor considered one of the world's foremost minds regarding the banking industry is one of three winners of the 2022 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic...

Negocios y el Logan Theatre en la cuadra 2600 N. Milwaukee Ave., en Logan Square el martes, 27 de septiembre de 2022.

Mientras Logan Square se reinventa, la vivienda asequible en el centro de atención

October 9, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Hace dos décadas, un rectángulo entre avenidas residenciales en el oeste de Logan Square, conocido como Ronda (Police Beat) 1413, fue la ronda policial más mortífera de la ciudad. Las...

An "apartment for rent" sign on a building along the 2600 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square on Sept. 27, 2022. As development in Logan Square continues westward, affordable housing options are shrinking.

As Logan Square reinvents itself, the spotlight on affordable housing has never been brighter

October 10, 2022 at 10:13 a.m.

Two decades ago, a rectangle of residential avenues in west Logan Square, known as police Beat 1413, was once the deadliest police beat in the city. The densely populated rows...

Passengers recount hours-late Amtrak trip to Chicago without power aboard: ‘I’ve been on a train that hit a car, a cow…But this is the worst’

October 8, 2022 at 8:48 p.m.

Detroit area business analyst Sheri Laufer is no stranger to the Amtrak's Wolverine line train between Troy and Chicago. She has taken the six-hour train ride to Chicago to see...

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Kanye West is making worldwide news with controversial comments. Some Chicagoans find the rapper’s words destructive

87-year-old woman died in assault at senior building, authorities say

University of Chicago professor wins 2022 Nobel economics prize alongside former Federal Reserve chair

Mientras Logan Square se reinventa, la vivienda asequible en el centro de atención

As Logan Square reinvents itself, the spotlight on affordable housing has never been brighter

Passengers recount hours-late Amtrak trip to Chicago without power aboard: ‘I’ve been on a train that hit a car, a cow…But this is the worst’

Recent traffic woes in Chicago likely to worsen before it gets better — and then there’s the marathon on Sunday

‘South Side’ Season 3 will have Chance the Rapper, Lollapalooza and a scene with Lower Wacker’s auto pound as Mordor

Building inspectors examine, stabilize Austin apartment explosion that injured 8

At least eight injured in explosion at West Side apartment building, officials say