Working from home? Out of work? Here’s what you need to know now for next...
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, next year’s tax season could bring some unpleasant surprises for Americans whose work life has been upended by office closures and job loss.
View ArticleChicago Public Schools announces ‘record-high’ graduation rate despite remote...
The dropout rate went down to 5.6% from 6% previous year, CPS officials said.
View ArticleChicago aldermen advance ban on sale of flavored vaping products in city;...
Aldermen advanced a watered-down plan to restrict flavored nicotine products in Chicago that would outlaw selling flavored vaping products favored by teens but not curtail the sale of flavored tobacco...
View ArticleFederal task force kills Portland shooting suspect during arrest
Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him in Lacey, Washington, about 120 miles north of Portland. Reinoehl was suspected of fatally shooting a...
View ArticlePolice officers in suffocation death of Daniel Prude followed training, union...
"To me, it looks like they were watching the training in front of them and doing step by step what the training says to do."
View ArticleR. Kelly asks again to be released from federal custody after inmate says he...
R. Kelly asks again to be released from federal custody after inmate says he beat the R&B; singer in Chicago jail.
View ArticleBus contractors, uniform suppliers, trophy makers: Many Chicago-area...
School vendors are struggling as students begin the year from home and school districts cut back and cancel services. And if remote learning plans creep into next year, it might send some companies to...
View ArticleBest friend remembers Daniel Prude: ‘He challenged me and inspired me. ......
Best friend remembers Daniel Prude: ’He challenged me and inspired me. ... That’s the main reason why I can’t be silent.’
View ArticleCoronavirus at Illinois long-term care facilities: 27,738 confirmed cases and...
The Pritzker administration released for the first time details of the number of cases and deaths tied to long-term care facilities in Illinois. The data shows at least 189 long-term care facilities in...
View ArticleMan shot by Cook County sheriff’s deputy charged with assault, gun possession
A man who was shot by a Cook County sheriff’s deputy after allegedly pulling a gun on officers this week has been charged with aggravated assault and and illegal gun possession, records show.
View Article17-year-old motorcyclist dies after being struck by another driver in Skokie
A motorcyclist died in a Skokie accident.
View ArticleFauci warns that Illinois and six other states are at higher risk for a...
The nation’s top infectious disease expert warned that Illinois and a half-dozen other states with increasing COVID-19 numbers are at risk for a surge in cases over Labor Day weekend, according to...
View ArticleMan with a shotgun tried to rob gas station, using woman as shield. A patron...
Police were looking for a gunman who fatally shot a robber holding a customer as a “shield” during a convenience store holdup in the city’s Park Manor neighborhood late Thursday night.
View ArticleIllinois employers warn of another round of mass layoffs as some companies...
An airline catering company and travel plaza operator were among employers announcing layoffs and furloughs in August that will affect 1,980 employees, according to a report by the Illinois Department...
View ArticleFacing $2 billion budget shortfall, Lightfoot says she has to work better...
Can Mayor Lori Lightfoot tone down her confrontational approach as she works with aldermen on budgets decimated by the pandemic economy?
View ArticleState catches up after data processing slowdown, reports 5,368 new cases; 29...
The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday there was significant slowdown in the agency’s test reporting earlier this week that it is just catching up with, resulting in a unusually high...
View ArticleThe Rev. Leon Finney, longtime South Side activist and developer, dies at 82
The Rev. Leon Finney Jr., a longtime South Side pastor, activist and developer, died Friday, a longtime friend said. Finney, 82, died at the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to Hermene...
View ArticleThe Spin: Duckworth blasts Trump over reported insults of war dead | Ken...
Welcome to The Spin, the Chicago Tribune's politics newsletter.
View ArticleFormer red-light camera executive who wore FBI wire could see bribery charges...
Omar Maani, former SafeSpeed executive, could see bribery conspiracy charges against him dismissed as part of a deal cut with federal prosecutors, attorneys revealed in court Friday.
View ArticleUPDATE: Death of 3-year-old girl on West Side ruled homicide
A little girl was found unresponsive in her bed early Friday on Chicago's West Side and police are conducting a death investigation.
View Article