Sunday marked a significant milestone for a Chicago grad student who reached his goal of running every single street in the city. Joabe Barbosa took the past two years to run each block in Chicago, completing over 5,000 miles on his journey. “I just woke up one day and I thought Im just going to run the whole city,” Barbosa said. His final ...

Police in west suburban Lombard were investigating after a motorcyclist died following a crash with a vehicle on Sunday, authorities said. The crash was reported at around 1:04 a.m. in the area of Finley Road and 22nd Street. Police said the motorcycle rider sustained critical injuries and was pronounced dead following the crash. The rider hadn’t been ...

Two helicopters collided over Rio de Janeiro on Sunday morning and crashed in the citys western zone, killing all six people aboard, firefighters said. Rio de Janeiros Military Fire Department said that one of the helicopters crashed on a car dealership, where several electric vehicles were parked, igniting a fire that was extinguished. Officials ...

Actor Sarah Jessica Parker delivered the commencement address to Northwestern Universitys Class of 2026 on Sunday, imploring graduates to stay true to themselves, stay curious and dream big. Parker received an honorary Doctor of Arts degree during the ceremony at the United Center, where E. Patrick Johnson, the dean of the School of Communication, lauded ...

The Chicago Hounds are preparing to face Old Glory DC on Monday night in the semifinals of the Major League Rugby playoffs, and theyre hoping to make more history. The Hounds, who play their home games at SeatGeek Stadium in suburban Bridgeview, have their destiny in their own hands as they could potentially punch a ticket into the leagues title game, ...

National Weather Service teams are still evaluating tornado touchdowns from Thursdays severe weather outbreak, and a brief twister touched down in Naperville. According to the latest updates from the NWS, the EF-0 tornado touched down in Naperville and traveled into far-western Lisle before lifting back into the sky Thursday night. There were no ...

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki was scratched from the teams lineup against the San Francisco Giants. Suzuki had left Saturdays game against the Giants after dealing with right knee discomfort according to the team, and while he had originally been slated to serve as the teams designated hitter Sunday, manager Craig Counsell scratched him from the ...

A community is mourning after a woman was struck and killed by a train while riding her bicycle in suburban Grayslake. According to police, 60-year-old Virginia Girmscheid was riding her bike on Tuesday evening at approximately 8:12 p.m. when she was struck by a passing CN freight train near the intersection of North Lake and Hillside Avenue. She ...

A teen was sexually assaulted inside of a vehicle in an Arlington Heights parking garage over the weekend, according to police. According to a press release, the assault occurred in a parking garage at 155 East Eastman Street at approximately 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Police say a teen victim was approached by an unknown individual on the top level of the ...

Starting Monday Metra will increase service to numerous stops along its Electric Line, which provides service to the south suburbs and downtown Chicago. The new schedule is one of several changes made by Metra that the agency says is in line with goals set by the newly formed Northern Illinois Transit Authority. Illinoisans deserve modern, ...

A 36-year-old man has died after he was shot following a verbal altercation in the Roseland neighborhood Saturday night. According to Chicago police, the man was walking in the first block of East 95th Street just before 10 p.m. Saturday when he became involved in a verbal altercation with another individual. During that altercation the suspect in ...

A 17-year-old has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in connection to a shooting death that occurred in the Wicker Park neighborhood in 2025. According to Chicago police, the suspect was also charged with armed robbery in connection to the Nov. 15, 2025 incident, which unfolded in the 1500 block of North Honore. It is alleged the ...

An Illinois Department of Transportation worker was injured when their truck was hit while assisting a stranded motorist Sunday morning on the Dan Ryan. According to Illinois State Police, the worker was assisting a stranded motorist near 37th Street in the express lanes of the southbound Dan Ryan at approximately 1:56 a.m., and had parked their truck ...

Chicago-area residents woke up to cloudy skies and rain Sunday, but the forecast should slowly clear as the day moves along. According to the NBC 5 Storm Team, that rain will likely impact the area for most of the morning, with heavy rain even causing flooding concerns in some communities overnight. Slowly that rain will wind down in the late morning ...

Motorists are being urged to use caution when driving in northwest Indiana Sunday morning as flood waters are impacting a major highway. According to Indiana State Police, crews have been working to clear a stretch of Interstate 80-94 just across the state line for several hours, but high water remains on the roadway and is leading to hazardous driving ...

Residents in suburban Addison are being asked to avoid a portion of the community amid an ongoing police investigation. According to Addison police, that investigation is taking place in the 300 block of North State Street on Sunday morning. Residents are being asked to avoid the area, with a Facebook post from the department going out at ...

It was bedlam on Broadway as the New York Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years on Saturday night, with exuberant celebrations marred by mayhem and violence. Outside Madison Square Garden, a crowd watching on a big screen roared as the Knicks rallied from a 16-point deficit to beat the Spurs in San Antonio in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. ...

Jalen Brunson and the Comeback Knicks did it again. And now they’re the Champion Knicks. For the first time in 53 years, New York rules the NBA. Brunson scored 45 points, including 13 straight for New York in the fourth quarter, and the Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Saturday night. The Knicks won the series ...

After a 21-year-old man was shot and killed outside Chicago’s Ford City Mall that’s slated for closure later this month, an alderman is raising concerns about safety near the mall if its left abandoned. A man later identified as Martin Murrillo was shot around 2:50 a.m. on the 7600 block of South Cicero Avenue after someone approached him and fired ...

A popular kids pool toy was recalled this week because of a risk of impalement, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Joyin recalled roughly 254,000 of its Sloosh dive sticks on Thursday because they violate a federal ban, the CPSC’s recall notice stated. “The recalled dive sticks violate the federal dive sticks ban because ...

At least 11 tornadoes touched down in northeast Illinois and northwest Indiana during severe storms that rolled across the region on Thursday, the National Weather Service confirmed. National Weather Service crews have been assessing areas in Illinois and Indiana hit by Thursday’s storms and have already confirmed several tornadoes with levels ranging ...

Police are investigating after a man was caught on camera lighting an explosive device outside a Chicago alderman’s home early Saturday. Around 12:45 a.m., an explosion occurred near West 21st Street and South Damen Avenue outside the home of 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho Lopez’s house in the city’s Heart of Chicago neighborhood, according to a ...

Nearly 30,000 NIPSCO customers are still without power following the outbreak of severe storms and tornadoes in northwest Indiana earlier this week. Crews hope to have services restored for residents in the Town of Merrillville by next Tuesday. The community there was hit with an EF-2 tornado on Thursday night. When it came the noise just kept getting ...

Police in a north suburb of Chicago asked drivers to avoid part of the area on Saturday as authorities responded to an incident involving a train. Just before 3 p.m., Mundelein police said an crossings at Route 176, Park Street and Hawley Street were blocked because of an “incident involving a train.” “Motorists are advised to avoid the area and ...

Authorities have identified the man killed in a shooting that also left two others injured in the Garfield Park neighborhood. Jacquell Phillips, 28, of Chicago, was shot and killed at around 11:05 p.m. Friday in the 3800 block of West Monroe Street, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office. Chicago police said officers responded to a ...