The 1930s building will shift from coffee to classrooms.

Community leaders have been pressuring Chicago mayors for more than a decade to create a stand-alone city department focusing exclusively on reducing and preventing gun violence, but they now have a champion in Mayor Brandon Johnson.Johnson on Tuesday embraced the call after a Juneteenth weekend that, as he put it, should have been a celebration, and was ...

The Redding man went hiking on Sunday and hasn't been seen since, authorities say.

The penalties, issued in an attack where a police officer was shot, dwarfed those given to Jan. 6 rioters and appeared to signal that at least some courts will deal aggressively with ICE protesters.

Actors and guides are leading tours of two cemeteries on Baraboos north side.

Gird your loins. "The Devil Wears Prada 2" will stream exclusively on Disney+ and Hulu soon. See when you can start streaming.

World Cup tickets are expensive. Flights to North America are expensive. Hotel rooms in many places are expensive. Then there’s the price of beer. There are some fun and yes, sometimes pricey food and drink offerings at the venues playing host to the World Cup. A $75 caviar-topped tray of tater tots and a $40 empanada weighing in at 5 pounds (2.2 ...

Una coalicin de funcionarios de la ciudad y el condado, as como grupos de defensa, est impulsando la creacin de un nuevo Departamento de Reduccin de la Violencia Armada en la ciudad."Esto creara un departamento estabilizado a largo plazo que no solo responda a los caprichos del presente cuando nos enfrentamos a problemas continuos", dijo el vicealcalde de ...

The city of Chicago has filed a lawsuit accusing short-term rental home company Airbnb and one of its hosts of improperly listing numerous properties.The complaint filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court alleged that real estate broker Milan Rubenstein and his company, Slumber Stay LLC, did not properly register his short-term rentals and used a single ...

The U.S. is easing its restrictions on Irans World Cup team. It can travel to Seattle on Wednesday, ahead of its match Friday, after which it must depart.

A Tesla drove through the wall of a home in Texas, killing a woman inside. The company says autopilot was overridden.

A woman was stunned after spotting what turned out to be a human jawbone with teeth on the beach.

A nasal spray sold by a popular brand is being recalled after testing found a possible contamination that could cause “serious and life-threatening infections.” Beekeeper’s Naturals voluntarily recalled hundreds of bottles of its saline nasal spray sold on Amazon after the company said they “tested above our acceptable microbiological limits for ...

Several new laws will go into effect in Illinois next week, and some of them will impact your money. But one law that has typically gone into effect over the past several in the state won’t take place 2026: Minimum wage. Under provisions of a law passed in 2019, the states minimum wage had increased by $1 per year from 2020 through 2025, culminating ...

A former marine received the stiffest punishment of 100 years in federal prison.

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A 15-year-old boy has become the third suspect accused in a deadly October, 2025 shooting that left two teen boys dead and a man injured in Auburn Gresham, police said. The boy, who is not being identified because of his age, was cited in a juvenile petition with two felony counts of first-degree murder and one felony count of attempted first-degree murder, ...

Chicago Public Media is excited to welcome our 2026 summer intern class to the newsroom. These seven rising journalists will contribute across the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ through early autumn, embedded in teams working in audio, engagement, photography, video and news.Please join us in welcoming the class of 2026: ...

Few independent surveys were published in Democratic primaries despite prominent candidates and some ideological tests.

New Berlin Republican writes that America is still worth believing in and fighting for

For the owner of an average Madison home, the $613 million budget will mean about a 6.39% increase in the school portion of their property taxes.

Longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on a podcast that "there's no chance I would support the Republican Party" ahead of the November midterm elections.

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo announced a female-driven music festival on Monday, and it's set for Irvine's Great Park later this summer. Here's when fans can get tickets.

Cristiano Ronaldo became the first player to score in six different World Cup tournaments on Tuesday, getting a goal in the sixth minute of Portugal's match against Uzbekistan.