Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,668 new known COVID-19 cases and 7...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleThe Spin: Controversy over Trump’s trip to Kenosha tomorrow; The Rev. Jesse...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View Article‘I thanked the Creator.’ Man wins freedom after COVID-19 delays,...
LaRon Warren, sentenced to life in prison for murder as a teen, will soon be released after 26 years despite delays that kept him locked up during the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
View Article‘In the last month alone, we cut the murder rate in Chicago in half.’ When...
Chicago and its violence have been a frequent subject of President Donald Trump's attention. It was a common campaign thread Trump used to hammer Hillary Clinton, President Barack Obama and others....
View ArticleR. Kelly attorneys say he was attacked in jail, argue again for his release
General population is not safe for Kelly, his attorneys argue.
View ArticleChicago family lawyer charged with sexually attacking a client and two...
Lawyer charged with sexually attacking a client and two associates at law firm.
View ArticleHinsdale accountant gets 16 1/2 years in federal prison in $80 million fraud...
U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood said Sultan Issa’s misconduct was “startling” in its breadth and that he would not have been able to carry out the schemes without first gaining the “trust and...
View ArticleThe wilds of one Lake Ontario bay reveal how coastal habitats suffer from a...
Throughout the Great Lakes basin, about 70% of wetlands have vanished, and coastal areas in particular have lost 50% of their wetlands, mainly because of urban development and agriculture.
View ArticleProblems on the smallest Great Lake
Lake Ontario — the smallest Great Lake — and a controversial regulation plan upend life along Lake Ontario.
View ArticleDaywatch: Trump is headed to Kenosha, big problems for the smallest Great...
Good morning, Chicago. Here are some of the top stories you need to know to start your day.
View ArticleBlack editor resigns in protest from the Kenosha News over rally coverage...
A journalist resigned from the Kenosha News in Wisconsin after objecting to the headline of an article that chronicled a rally in support of Jacob Blake.
View ArticleColumn: Emmett Till house poised to take first step toward official landmark...
The red brick two-flat in Chicago's West Woodlawn neighborhood where Emmett Till lived before his brutal 1955 murder in Mississippi may gain landmark protection.
View ArticleBurned trucks, damaged street lights: Kenosha unrest has caused $2 million in...
Damage to city-owned property from the violence that erupted over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha is estimated at nearly $2 million so far.
View ArticlePresident Trump visits Kenosha following days of protests
President Donald Trump will visit Kenosha Tuesday over the objections of the city’s mayor and Wisconsin’s governor, nine days after the police shooting of Jacob Blake spurred protests, violent clashes...
View ArticleGary teen faces extra prison time if guilty in Portage woman’s killing; trial...
Shaun Thompson, 17, of Gary, was 16 when he was charged with murder in the perpetration of a robbery and felony robbery in the Nov. 19 death of Adriana Saucedo, 27.
View ArticleBig problems for smallest Great Lake: More precipitation, warmer temperatures...
Residents on Lake Ontario find their homes and businesses at the anxious intersection of climate change, international regulations and COVID-19.
View Article‘I miss my son’: Family and friends of stabbing victim Elias Valdez remember...
Family and friends of Elias Valdez remember him as easy-going and caring and said they are angry that his suspected killer is currently on house arrest.
View ArticleTuesday weather: Cooler Chicago temps, chance of thunderstorms combine with...
With overcast skies, cooler temperatures and a chance of scattered showers or thunderstorms, along with dangerous high waves, forecasters say Tuesday won’t exactly be a day at the beach for Chicagoans.
View ArticleChicago teen charged in connection with three armed robberies in Oak Park,...
A Chicago teen has been charged with four counts of armed robbery in connection with three separate incidents that occurred this summer in Oak Park, authorities said.
View ArticleChicago police fatally shoot man after shots fired at officers in Pilsen
Chicago police shot and killed a man after officers were fired upon as they got out of their car in the Pilsen neighborhood on the West Side Monday night, authorities said.
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