Pilsen just might be the most colorful neighborhood in Chicago. And a coffee shop opened for less than a year slots right in. It’s called Cafe Carranza, and it’s named after the owner, Francia Carranza. She came to Chicago from Mexico at age two, grew up in Gage Park, and translated her lifelong obsession with coffee into a brick-and-mortar ...

A type of the highly popular mystery squishy dumpling toys was recalled on Thursday because they pose a potentially deadly hazard to children, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. Florida-based Toyworld168 Inc. recalled its Rainbow Mystery Squishy Bun Toys because the water beads inside the dumplings can expand larger than permitted by the ...

A 54-year-old man died a day after he was injured while riding an e-bike in a two-vehicle hit-and-run crash in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge neighborhood, authorities said. Juan Martin Marquez Luna of Chicago died from the injuries he sustained in the crash around noon on Tuesday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner. The deadly crash occurred ...

Plainfield police are asking residents to avoid a portion of the community after a major incident Thursday night. According to a pair of alerts issued by police, residents are being asked to avoid 127th Street between Naper-Plainfield Road and Route 59 amid the response to the incident. It was not immediately clear what took place in the area, but ...

A woman has pleaded guilty to pushing her 3-year-old nephew off of Navy Pier and into Lake Michigan, leading to the toddlers death. According to prosecutors, Victoria Moreno officially pleaded guilty to one count of first-degree murder in the death of 3-year-old Josiah Bell Brown, who died six days after he was shoved into Lake Michigan in September ...

The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States and is charged by Congress to maintain a stable economy and financial system. One of the ways the Fed does this is by increasing and lowering the cost of borrowing money. Interest rate cuts are intended to encourage more borrowing and spending by people and companies. That spending, in turn, ...

After a brief lull, the chance of rain will roar back into the Chicago forecast, with a threat of severe weather possible this weekend. According to the NBC 5 Storm Team, Friday will likely start out dry, though some scattered showers could occur across the area as the afternoon and evening hours roll around. Late Friday night and into Saturday ...

Editor’s Note: Video in the above player is from a previous report. Witnesses helped lead to the arrest of a Northwest Side man who allegedly attacked two women and a 16-year-old girl during three separate Avondale incidents Friday night that happened minutes apart, Cook County prosecutors said Wednesday. Zayer Picado-Sevilla, 33, is charged with ...

A police investigation has halted trains on multiple Metra lines on Chicagos Northwest Side Thursday. According to service alerts from Metra, all outbound trains on the North Central Service are currently being stopped near Grand/Cicero because of the investigation. In addition, all trains are currently stopped in both directions on the Milwaukee ...

American Girl debuted their next Girl of the Year doll on Thursday and she’s the first in the company’s history to be from Wisconsin. The 2027 Girl of the Year is Daisy Davenport is a 10-year-old girl living in Madison, Wisconsin, who likes to play soccer and guitar and is going to sleepaway camp for the first time. “When one thing after ...

OEMC is literally a matter of life and death for Chicagoans, but Chicago officials are busy preparing to change over their 911 dispatching system. For crime victims, families who wake up in a burning home, or for somebody having a heart attack, 911 is a critical resource, and now the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications is on the ...

All southbound lanes and some northbound lanes on the Edens Expressway in the north suburbs were closed after a semi-truck driver struck a bridge and caused damage to several other cars during the afternoon rush hour on Thursday. Around 5:20 p.m., the driver of semi-truck a bridge while heading south on I-94 near Lake Avenue in Wilmette, Illinois State ...

Illinois lawmakers are calling for state intervention in Cook County School District 130 after teachers reported dirty bathrooms, overflowing garbage and other unsanitary conditions following the districts decision to replace union janitors with a private company. The Illinois State Board of Education told NBC 5 it is looking into the complaints. ...

The Chicago Bears have released their injury report after Thursdays practice, with Darnell Wright returning to the field. Wright, who missed Wednesdays practice due to a knee issue, returned in a limited capacity on Thursday, according to the team. Defensive lineman Neville Gallimore was also back on the field Thursday after missing the first ...

Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate known as the Godfather of AI, issued an ominous warning to lawmakers: Congress may only have one year left to implement safeguards on artificial intelligence before it loses control of it. Maybe a year, but not much more than a year, Hinton said Wednesday evening after he and other AI experts huddled with Senate and ...

A social media showing a crew taking sledgehammers to a brand-new wooden fence went viral this week, and now we’re learning more about what happened to cause the destruction. Originally, the homeowner was accused of calling ICE on the Hispanic workers who had installed the fence, and that accusation accompanied the video as it went viral. However, ...

A 9-year-old boy took his grandma’s car for a high-speed drive in northwest Indiana that ended in a fiery crash, authorities said on Thursday. Around 11 a.m. on Sept. 11, officers with the Gary Police Department responded to the 3400 block of Dunes Highway after a report of a crash. When they got there, the officers found an unoccupied and extensively ...

Prosecutors Thursday announced the indictment of a man accused of ordering the killing of a Chicago postal worker. Lyndell Deyoung, 35, has been charged with one felony count of first-degree murder and one felony count of murder by acts creating a strong probability of death or great bodily harm in connection with the shooting death of 48-year-old ...

The first ever “National Women in Medicine Day” is Thursday and Chicago-based Dr. Shikha Jain, an oncologist at UI-Health, founded the organization that spearheaded the national day of recognition. “I never thought I would be in this role. This is not where I saw my career going. We joke that my autobiography is going to be, ‘how I accidentally ...

A mans body was found inside of a police vehicle at a Far South Side station on Thursday morning, authorities said. According to Chicago police, the body was found in the back of a police vehicle at approximately 9:15 a.m. Thursday in the 700 block of East 112th Street in the Pullman neighborhood. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, and ...

The Chicago Cubs are inching closer to clinching a playoff spot, and their win over the Atlanta Braves helped them out on Wednesday. The win, powered by an incredible night from Pete Crow-Armstrong, kept the Cubs in the top spot in the National League wild race with a narrow lead over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cubs are off on Thursday, but ...

NOTE: The above package is from an earlier report following Uribe’s arrest A Customs and Border Protection officer has been found guilty of all charges after he was accused of using his official position to sexually assault multiple women. Officer Luis Uribe was found guilty on all charges by a jury on Thursday after he was charged in connection ...

What to KnowMountain lions are rare in the state of Illinois, with only a dozen confirmed reports in the last 25 years Most mountain lions in the state have arrived from elsewhere, especially the northern Great Plains Experts are offering tips to keep residents safe in the event they encounter a mountain lion in the wild Conservation officials are ...

An unprecedented surge in border crossings over the past decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest levels ever. Now, data obtained exclusively by The Associated Press paints a picture of who these migrants are, where they went, and what happened after the ...

It was another big year for Clear The Shelters. NBCUniversal Local’s 12th annual pet adoption and donation campaign led to over 135,000 adoptions and raised more $480,000 in donations for participating shelters and rescues. The adoption push took place over the entire month of August, while the donation initiative was held from July 15 to Sept. 15. ...