Growing the sport of soccer doesnt always require growing grass fields. Tyler Adams of the U.S. mens national team is helping to expand and diversify the game one field at a time by building mini-pitches across the country. The playing surfaces, however, arent made of green grass that can be a challenge to maintain, but of a blue hard-court. When you ...

The Chicago Bulls have made it official: Tiago Splitter is their new head coach. “Welcome to Chicago, Tiago!” the team wrote on social media. The announcement comes one day after reports indicated the Bulls were finalizing a deal to hire the Portland Trail Blazers interim boss as their permanent coach following an exhaustive search. ...

A “powerful” storm system moving into the Chicago area Wednesday will bring multiple rounds of thunderstorms, including the “threat for a dangerous outbreak of damaging tornadoes,” the National Weather Service warned. The looming risk of severe weather comes as showers and pockets of heavy rain moved from west to east Tuesday morning in northern ...

A person of interest is in custody in connection with a cross found burning in Chicago’s popular Grant Park last week, police confirmed to NBC Chicago Tuesday. The latest development comes just hours after NBC 5 Investigates identified a 21-year-old college senior who said he is the person in the photo released by police and who described what he did ...

It will forever be known as The Tonight Shoe. Before the New York Knicks raise their championship banner at Madison Square Garden to commemorate the franchise’s historical milestone, another memento from the team’s successful season was raised over a different stage Jimmy Fallon’s studio. The team stopped by “The Tonight Show” on Monday to ...

A shooting early Tuesday morning near Chicago’s Grant Park left a 27-year-old bicyclist dead, according to police. About 12:15 a.m., Chicago police officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 300 block of East Jackson Drive. According to an initial investigation, a 27-year-old man was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk when he heard shots and ...

A chaotic scene unfolded Monday night in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood after an argument between two men led to a deadly shooting and then a police pursuit, with Chicago police also firing shots and a suspect in critical condition. A preliminary statement from the Chicago Police Department said the incident began about 8:22 p.m. in the 1400 block of ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined world leaders at the Group of Seven summit of major industrialized nations Tuesday for talks on ending the war in Ukraine after more than four years of conflict sparked by Russias full-scale invasion. Zelenskyy was welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron ahead of a morning working session with G7 ...

It will forever be known as The Tonight Shoe. Jimmy Fallon raised his game-worn sneaker to the roof of his 30 Rock studio on Monday after welcoming the NBA champion New York Knicks onto NBCs The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The entire roster and head coach Mike Brown appeared on the show two days after defeating the San Antonio Spurs to win the ...

An officer-involved shooting was reported in the Uptown neighborhood on Chicago’s North Side on Monday evening, authorities said. At around 9:30 p.m., Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability confirmed it was responding to an officer-involved shooting in the 1400 block of West Argyle, which is near North Glenwood Avenue. Additional ...

It was a startling and offensive scene. A burning cross in Grant Park last Tuesday – the century-old flaming symbol of racism and hatred. For nearly a week, Chicago police and the FBI have been trying to identify the man who was suspected of setting up the cross and torching it. NBC 5 Investigates has identified a 21-year-old college senior who ...

Four days after tornadoes ripped through Illinois and northwest Indiana, a new wave of volunteers was preparing to assist with cleanup in one of the hardest hit areas on Monday. Cleanup was underway throughout the town of Merrillville, Indiana, after an EF-2 tornado tore through late last week. More than 5,700 people remained without electricity as ...

A Wisconsin beagle breeding and research facility thats been the site of recent violent protests is closing, and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group. Big Dog Ranch Rescue announced Monday that it has reached an agreement for the permanent closure of Ridglan Farms and the transfer of its 475 remaining beagles starting this ...

A Catholic school in south suburban Evergreen Park will close later this year, with officials citing a decline in enrollment. The Archdiocese of Chicago announced on Monday Queen of Martyrs School won’t reopen for the 2026-2027 school year. Greg Richmond, superintendent of schools, said in a letter it became clear in recent weeks that a significant ...

Chicago Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said he believes it was “an act of intimidation” when someone set off an explosion outside his home in Pilsen. “There was an explosion in the middle of the night. That is unprecedented. I never had felt vulnerable in my own home,” Sigcho-Lopez told NBC Chicago. Sigcho-Lopez, who represents the 25th Ward, shared ...

A B-52 Stratofortress with eight people onboard crashed shortly after takeoff on a test mission Monday from Edwards Air Force base in California’s Mojave Desert, according to the military base. The crash was reported at about 11:20 a.m. at the remote base about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. In a news release Monday afternoon, the base said eight ...

Julin Quiones and Ral Jimnez may have scored the goals, but a duck stole the show. As Mexico celebrated its World Cup-opening victory over South Africa on Thursday, Merlin, a 2-year-old duck dressed in the national teams colors, became an unlikely internet sensation and the tournaments first unofficial mascot. Images of Merlin parading through ...

ALDI customer will soon have chance to score free items from the discount grocery retailer – but what they’ll get is a mystery. Inspired by the growing blind box trend, the Batavia-based company is launching the “ALDI Blind Box,” described as “a new wayto turn everydaygroceryshopping into somethinga littleless predictable.” A specific ...

A corporate jet pilot from Chicago is back on U.S. soil after he said he was detained and held captive in the West African country of Guinea for more than five months. He says he was jailed for violating the countrys airspace, which he says is false. On June 1, Brad Schlenker finally got to embrace his 90-year-old father. It was quite emotional, ...

Multiple elected officials are condemning the vandalism of a mural honoring three fallen Chicago police officers, as a reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. The artwork, located along South Pulaski Road near West 68th Street in the West Lawn neighborhood, pays tribute to officers Luis Huesca, Andres Vasquez Lasso and Enrique Martinez. ...

The Chicago area is still cleaning up from severe weather that tore through the area last week, but yet another system could cause significant problems in the coming days. According to a new forecast issued by the National Weather Service, the Chicago area could be at risk of extremely heavy rainfall on Wednesday afternoon and into the evening, with ...

Hate crime charges were filed against a suburban Plainfield man who allegedly used a racial slur against a child in Naperville, prosecutors revealed Monday. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office said Jeffrey Feigenbaum, 29, pushed a 9-year-old boy and threw his bike during a dispute this past weekend. On Saturday, Naperville police responded ...

New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson had an NBA Finals for the ages as he helped the team to its first title in decades, and his high school coaches had a feeling his star would rise quickly. Brunson moved to the Chicago area when his father Rick was an assistant coach for the Bulls, and he honed his skills at Adlai Stevenson high school in the northern ...

Chicago police are seeking a man who sexually assaulted a woman who was jogging at Rainbow Beach Park in the South Chicago neighborhood Saturday morning. According to a police alert issued this week, the assault occurred just after 6 a.m. at the park in the 3100 block of East 79th Street. A 44-year-old woman was jogging when a man grabbed her from ...

Just days after the city hosted Pokmon GO Fest in Grant Park, Chicago has been named the host of the 2027 Pokmon North American International Championship. According to organizers, the annual event, which had been held for the last three years in New Orleans, will move to the Windy City next year, bringing together some of the top Pokmon players in the ...