With new COVID strain XEC spreading, Chicago health experts urge up-to-date vaccination
Chicago area public health experts are concerned about a pattern of troublingly low COVID and flu vaccination rates in recent ...
School board campaign donations top $2.3 million a month before election, as money pours in from teachers union and charter groups
School board campaign donations top $2.3 million a month out from general election, as hundreds of thousands pile in from ...
As jury selection plods on in Madigan trial, 82-year-old ex-speaker laughs at being called ‘young’
Attorneys in the sweeping corruption case against ex-House speaker Michael Madigan resumed questioning potential jurors ...
Harris’ doctor reports she’s in ‘excellent health.’ Her campaign wants to draw a contrast with Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and “possesses the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as ...
Data shows migrants aren’t taking ‘Black jobs’ or ‘Hispanic jobs,’ despite what Trump says
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected — ...
Biblioracle: John A. Williams deserves to be in the literary canon. Here’s why.
Writers like Charles Stevenson Wright, William Melvin Kelley and John A. Williams should be brought back into the light.
As 7 charter schools plan to close, Chicago Teachers Union asks district to step in
The largely Latino Acero charter school network in Chicago plans to shutter seven schools, and the Chicago Teachers Union ...
Letters: The climate crisis should inspire us to reach across the aisle
Our common values such as national security and concern for our children’s future should unify Americans on climate change.
Use a high-quality bird seed in your feeder
The hostas under my bird feeder have been decimated. Is there another plant that I can use under the feeder? — Rebecca ...
Victim pronounced dead, two others wounded late Friday night on West Side
One victim was found fatally wounded outside on a sidewalk and two others were discovered inside a residence slightly before midnight Saturday on the West Side in the Garfield Park neighborhood, ...
CPD officer shoots man during exchange of gunfire in Brighton Park
A Chicago police officer shot an armed man during an exchange of gunfire just after midnight on Saturday in Brighton Park, police said. Police responded to a local business in the 3900 block of S ...
Indian fusion restaurant wants to give diners a ‘burst of flavors’ when it opens in downtown Naperville
TEMPTINN, an Indian fusion restaurant opening in Naperville in November, will mix Indian with Italian, Mexican and other ...