Oversight agency releases video of fatal Chicago police shooting in Southwest...
COPA released video Thursday showing a man being fatally shot by police Sept. 5 after he was hit with a Taser and lunged at a sergeant with a butcher knife.
View ArticleCoronavirus in Illinois updates: Chicago won’t cancel Halloween as Mayor Lori...
Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.
View ArticleProsecutors drop case against Jackie Wilson — who claimed Burge torture —...
At the tail end of Jackie Wilson’s third trial for the 1982 slaying of a Chicago police officer, special prosecutors late Thursday abruptly dropped all charges against him. It was a stunning twist in a...
View ArticleOversight agency releases video of fatal Chicago police shooting in Southwest...
Chicago’s investigative police oversight agency released video Thursday showing a man being fatally shot by police after he was hit with a Taser and lunged at a sergeant with a butcher knife.
View ArticleLast month was deadliest September since 1993, but Chicago police point to...
Last month was the deadliest September in Chicago since 1993, though police officials emphasized Thursday that other violent crime dropped from their summer levels.
View ArticleColumn: The year of voting nervously, very, very nervously
Mary Schmich: Voting this year feels different: precious, scary, essential.
View ArticleHouse Speaker Michael Madigan says it’s not ‘ethically improper’ to find...
The longtime Illinois house speaker defended his hiring recommendations, but they may come at a cost to taxpayers.
View ArticleGov. J.B. Pritzker vows to fight climate change with clean energy. Only three...
Gov. J.B. Pritzker vows to fight climate change with clean energy. Only three other states mined more climate-changing coal than Illinois last year.
View Article10 years of Madigan coverage: Read the Tribune’s investigations into...
The Tribune has spent the last decade chronicling how Madigan operates, including how he places allies in taxpayer-funded jobs.
View ArticleDaywatch: Trump tests positive for COVID-19, inside Democratic Speaker...
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View ArticleColumn: COVID hits the White House that played it down. Don’t gloat — vote.
Rex Huppke: Will Trump's diagnosis finally drive home to Americans that viruses don’t care about your boldness or politics, and that science is a better guide to decision-making?
View ArticleWhere are they now? COVID-19 victims, family members and heroes reflect on...
Over the course of the pandemic, the Tribune has chronicled stories of those most affected by COVID-19. Here’s an update on several of them.
View ArticleDetroit-style pizzeria in suburbs plus Rosebud Steakhouse reopens: How...
How Chicago restaurants are adapting to bring customers back in during the coronavirus pandemic. A running list.
View ArticleIllinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin says President Trump, newly diagnosed with...
Sen. Dick Durbin had a message for President Donald Trump on Friday: Get well soon — and maintain the Affordable Care Act. Before blasting Trump’s swift nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S....
View ArticleCoronavirus at Illinois long-term care facilities: 30,243 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 ArticleIllinois puts 28 counties on latest coronavirus warning list; daily death...
Illinois public health officials on Friday said 28 counties, none in the Chicago area, were considered at “warning level” for the coronavirus, and again scolded businesses that “blatantly disregard”...
View ArticleFrench bulldog pups rescued from O’Hare warehouse given reprieve by CDC: ‘All...
Fifteen French bulldog puppies that were rescued from an O’Hare airport warehouse were granted amnesty by federal authorities Friday to remain in the U.S. permanently, officials with the group that...
View ArticleAuto industry rebounding, but it’s slim pickings at Chicago-area new car...
While the automotive industry is showing signs of recovery, months of production stoppage have left Chicago-area dealers with few new cars to sell.
View ArticleProsecutors won’t file charges against Midlothian officer in 2018 killing of...
Cook County prosecutors won’t bring charges against a Midlothian police officer who killed security guard Jemel Roberson during a chaotic 2018 confrontation outside a Robbins nightclub, the state’s...
View ArticleThe Spin: President Trump heading to hospital, receives experimental drug...
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