Zareen Syed

The new Metropolis Coffee concession at O’Hare International Airport Terminal 5 is seen on Aug. 13, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

New concessions in O’Hare’s Terminal 5 include more local favorites like Metropolis Coffee and Publican Quality Bread

August 13, 2024 at 4:54 p.m.

The Chicago Department of Aviation welcomed five new culinary and retail offerings to Terminal 5 at O’Hare International Airport Tuesday.

People enter Oud Coffee & Cafe, located at 714 N. Wells Street in Chicago, on July 26, 2024. The owners are of Palestinian heritage and they pay tribute to that culture through food and drinks. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Oud Coffee & Cafe hits a chord with customers looking for culture, community and a chance to support a Palestinian-owned business

August 7, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

Since the June 30 opening, many customers have been arriving at Oud’s bright white storefront specifically to support a Palestinian-owned business.

Alithia Zamantakis, assistant professor at Northwestern’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing, in downtown Chicago on July 23, 2024. Cook County prosecutors dropped criminal charges on Friday against four Northwestern University staff members who participated in the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the institution’s Evanston campus in late April. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Charges dropped against NU educators involved in pro-Palestinian encampment

July 23, 2024 at 3:14 p.m.

Prosecutors ultimately declined to pursue misdemeanor charges filed by the Northwestern Police Department, “consistent with our office’s policy to decline prosecution against peaceful protesters,” a spokesperson for the Cook County...

Customers line up for lunch at Hot Chi on May 25, 2023, in Revival Food Hall. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Soon-to-be renamed Revival Food Hall will remain open, rebrand under Atlanta-based hospitality management company

July 12, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.

STHRN Hospitality, which manages similar food halls in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Cincinnati, and other cities, will oversee Revival's 14 vendors and the central bar in the National Building.

Jousef Shkoukani, school board candidate in the 5th District, second from right, attends an initial objections hearing for school board candidates at a Board of Elections meeting room at 69 W. Washington St. on July 9, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

School board candidate roster narrows as more than half face objections before the Chicago Board of Elections

July 10, 2024 at 9:57 a.m.

The roster of Chicago's elected school board candidates roster narrows to 43 as more than half face objections before the Chicago Board of Elections.

Potential Chicago School Board candidates including Jason Dones with sons, Benicio, 6, Felix 2, and wife Marci, line up to file nomination petitions at the Chicago Board of Elections Supersite office on June 17, 2024. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

In hotly-contested elected school board race, objections filed against more than half of 47 candidates across 10 districts

July 2, 2024 at 5:09 p.m.

Challenges to candidates running for a seat on Chicago's first elected school board were released Tuesday and more than half received objections to their nominations. Of the 47 candidates vying...

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New concessions in O’Hare’s Terminal 5 include more local favorites like Metropolis Coffee and Publican Quality Bread

Oud Coffee & Cafe hits a chord with customers looking for culture, community and a chance to support a Palestinian-owned business

Charges dropped against NU educators involved in pro-Palestinian encampment

Soon-to-be renamed Revival Food Hall will remain open, rebrand under Atlanta-based hospitality management company

School board candidate roster narrows as more than half face objections before the Chicago Board of Elections

In hotly-contested elected school board race, objections filed against more than half of 47 candidates across 10 districts

Chicago Teachers Union endorses slate of candidates for Chicago’s school board election

Pritzker signs bill creating new Department of Early Childhood

Chicago school board candidates tops off at 47 candidates across 10 districts

Appellate Court backs Chicago Public Schools’ decision not to renew Urban Prep charter: ‘It is sad and unfair’