Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed a bipartisan law making a host of changes, including making cocktails-to-go permanent in the state. The idea took hold during the COVID-19 pandemic, but under provisions of Senate Bill 0618, the program will now be permanent, giving a boost to restaurants and bars in the state. The bill also permits the ...

Dozens of volunteers spent the weekend stuffing stockings with thoughtful and curated gifts for patients at Lurie Children’s Hospital. On Monday morning, they delivered the gifts to nearly 60 children and their families who are spending the holiday season at the hospital’s cardiac unit. Being in the hospital is terribly hard no matter the time of ...

As brutally cold conditions gripped the Chicago area this past weekend, a rather peculiar phenomenon surfaced along Lake Michigan. Multiple videos captured along the lakefront showed a stunning sight – what appeared to be a band of clouds visible near ground level, just above the water. Oak Street Saunas posted footage of the uncommon occurrence ...

One of Chicago’s most iconic hot dog and Italian beef restaurants appears to be opening a new location downtown. According to a permit application filed with the city of Chicago Dec. 1, Portillo’s is looking to build a new dine-in restaurant on the ground floor of 300 N. Michigan Avenue. The build-out, the permit says, incudes construction for a ...

An MRI confirmed Green Bay Packers star pass rusher Micah Parsons tore his left anterior cruciate ligament, a person with knowledge of the test results told the Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the results, which will knock Parsons out for the remainder of the season. The Schultz ...

An immersive “entertainment experience” at a busy suburban mall is shutting down less than a year after opening. Wonderverse Oakbrook, which opened at the former Sears store at Oakbrook Center Mall, will close Dec. 22 “as the venue prepares to transition to a new concept,” a message posted by the organization to Facebook said. “If you have ...

For the first time since the 2018 season, the Chicago Bears have won 10 games in a season, and their playoff chances have gone up accordingly. Whats better for Chicago, the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions both lost this weekend, giving a boost to the Bears as they hope to reach the postseason for the first time since 2020. Heres the very latest on ...

The Chicago Blackhawks have been dealt a tough injury blow this week, as Connor Bedard was placed on injured reserve Monday. Bedard suffered the injury in Fridays loss to the St. Louis Blues, grabbing at his right shoulder in the closing seconds of that defeat. Head coach Jeff Blashill told reporters the injury was a freak accident, and that the star ...

With winter virus season officially underway, many might be experiencing a variety of symptoms, but when should you seek care from your doctor and how do you know if it’s time to go to the emergency room? It’s a question many might ask themselves, but doctors say some symptoms shouldn’t be ignored. The University of Chicago Medicine group said ...

Click here for a look back at all of the weekend’s developments in the Brown University shooting investigation. What to KnowA shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded nine others in a classroom at Brown University on Saturday during final exams.School officials said they were told that 10 people who were shot were students. An ...

Providence police have released the person originally detained in connection with an investigation into the deadly mass shooting on the Brown University campus over the weekend, with the Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, saying during a press briefing Sunday night “there is no basis” to consider the invidiual a person of interest. “As ...

Jail records showed director Rob Reiner’s son Nick was being held in jail on suspicion of murder early Monday, with bail set at $4 million, and two law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case confirmed the arrest was in connection with the murders of his parents. Nick Reiner, who police initially declined to name as a suspect, was arrested at ...

Australian federal and state government leaders on Monday agreed to immediately overhaul already-tough national gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, leaving at least 15 people dead. The action would include renegotiating the landmark national firearms agreement that virtually banned rapid-fire ...

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After a brutally cold weekend with single-digit temperatures and wind chills as low as -30 degrees, winter weather in the Chicago area was expected to rebound starting Monday, the NBC 5 Storm Team said. And while Monday started out cold, it wasn’t as bad as its been, NBC 5 Storm Team Meterologist Alicia Roman said. “No single digits with morning ...

Longtime Hollywood filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their in their Los Angeles home Sunday, a source close to the Reiner family confirmed to NBC News. The couple appeared to have died from stab wounds, the source said. In an update Sunday night, LAPD Deputy Police Chief Alan Hamilton said officers ...

Authorities say a person of interest who was in custody in connection with Saturday’s Brown University mass shooting is being released. Shortly, we will be releasing the person of interest who had been detained earlier today,” Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said there was some degree of ...

Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele were found dead Sunday afternoon inside their Brentwood mansion, according to officials. The Los Angeles Fire Department said a man and a woman were found deceased inside, approximately 78 and 68 years old, around 3:30 p.m. A source close to Reiner has confirmed to NBC News that Reiner and his wife were ...

A man armed with a knife was shot by a police officer on Sunday in Gary, Indiana, authorities said. Gary police said officers were called to a residence in the 2100 block of Tennessee Street to assist an agency with a suicidal person who had stabbed himself. Police responded to the area and encountered the individual in an alley near East 22nd Avenue and ...

Two people were found dead Sunday afternoon inside a Brentwood, Los Angeles home owned by director and actor Rob Reiner, multiple law enforcement sources told NBC Los Angeles. The LA Fire Department said a man and a woman were found deceased inside, approximately 78 and 68 years old. LAPD Robbery Homicide Division detectives were assigned to the ...

The Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers are set to renew acquaintances next week, but the Packers may have suffered a horrendous loss. According to multiple reports, including from NBC Sports Mike Florio and ESPNs Adam Schefter, it is believed that pass rusher Micah Parsons tore his ACL in Sundays loss to the Denver Broncos. Parsons will undergo an ...

While Christmas and New Year’s are just around the corner, the Super Bowl, America’s single most-watched sporting event, isn’t far away, either. Super Bowl LX is just under two months away, with the big game falling on Sunday, Feb. 8 early next year. while predictions are certainly being made, it’s too soon to tell who will face off in the ...

Two men who were reported missing early Sunday died after their snowmobiles fell through the ice on a lake in northern Michigan, authorities said. UpNorthLive, the NBC affiliate in Traverse City, reported sheriff’s deputies were called at around 12:30 a.m. by family members who said they hadn’t heard from the two men for several hours. Relatives ...

A Chicago firefighter was injured during a two-alarm house fire on Sunday afternoon in the city’s Hegewisch neighborhood, prompting a mayday call. The fire was reported before 4:15 p.m. at a residence in the area of East 135th Street and South Avenue M. The Chicago Fire Department shared photos on social media of more than a dozen firefighters ...

The person of interest taken into custody in connection with the mass shooting that killed two people and wounded nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, previously lived in Wisconsin, public records revealed. Multiple sources told NBC News 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson was detained as a person of interest. On Sunday afternoon, ...