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Demonstrators protest against the Trump Administration's "Operation Midway Blitz" in West Chicago, Illinois, on October 19, 2025. Credit - Joe Raedle—Getty Images On a street in the South Shore ...

A Chicago Public Schools security guard has been charged with sexually assaulting two high school girls between 2018 and 2021. Heather Pancer, 48, has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Oct. 20, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. The theater planned a move to the ...

The 2025-26 season is Joel Quenneville's first behind an NHL bench since the Jenner & Block report was released. Darren Yamashita / Imagn Images CHICAGO — Joel Quenneville, returning to Chicago for ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 16-year-old boy has died after being shot in the chest in the South Chicago neighborhood Thursday night, Chicago police said. The shooting took place at about 10:55 p.m. in the 8800 ...

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to quickly lift a lower court order that blocked the deployment of federalized National Guard troops to assist immigration officials in the ...

WASHINGTON — A recent study on Chicago's 'rat hole' is putting a new twist on the viral landmark. The study, published by the Royal Society on Wednesday, suggests that the famous sidewalk hole shaped ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The former head of the Illinois National Guard says ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A U.S. citizen says armed Border Patrol agents snatched him off the street in broad daylight early Wednesday morning. In a WGN exclusive, a man named Angel said he was on his way to ...

Chicago — Troubled by clashes between agents and the public, a judge on Thursday ordered federal immigration officers in the Chicago area to wear body cameras and also summoned a senior official to ...