Is 20 minutes enough time to eat lunch? Parents in a suburban school district are saying no after learning the lunch period for their middle school students was shortened. Carlos Lopez is among a group of parents not happy about the change to the lunch schedule, shortening the period from 30 minutes to 20 minutes, at Daniel Wright Junior High School, ...

The Chicago White Sox have stumbled a bit in recent days, but they still control their own playoff destiny as the regular season nears its end. With 17 games to go in the regular season, the White Sox still have not only a lead in the American League Central, but they also still hold an edge in the battle for a bye through the Wild Card Series. So ...

A warning from a former Anthropic researcher who said artificial intelligence “could kill us all” in the coming months and years, has led to headlines, confusion and plenty of speculation, but could AI actually kill humans? And if so, how? Jacob Coxon announced this week that he was resigning amid fears the company and its chief rival OpenAI are ...

The bridge carrying DuSable Lake Shore Drive over the Chicago River will close for two nights for maintenance and testing. According to the Chicago Department of Transportation, the bridge will be closed on Thursday night beginning at 10 p.m., with that closure expected to last until Friday morning. A second closure is also planned for Tuesday, ...

Editor’s Note: Video in the above player is from a previous report. A 15-year-old boy is facing several charges including first degree murder five months after he allegedly shot two Hyde Park Academy students while they waited as a bus stop near the school, police announced on Thursday. The 15-year-old, who was not named by police, was arrested on ...

The Chicago Bears practiced at Halas Hall Thursday, and its looking more likely they could have a different backup quarterback this weekend. Thats because Tyson Bagent was out of action again as he continues to deal with a back injury. While Wednesdays injury report was an estimation, he was not on the field working with the team on Thursday, causing a ...

Forecasters from the National Weather Service say conditions are favorable for the development of funnel clouds Thursday afternoon. According to a special weather statement, those conditions are possible to the south and the west of Chicago, especially in LaSalle and Grundy counties on Thursday afternoon. While the funnel clouds are expected to only ...

It was a disastrous week for the Chicago Cubs, as they were swept by the Milwaukee Brewers and now find themselves at-risk of opening the playoffs on the road. The Cubs still have a very good chance of making the postseason, but they now trail the Philadelphia Phillies by 1.5 games in the race for the top wild card spot, a spot that would leave them ...

Forecasters are growing increasingly confident of a very strong El Nio event that could shatter records in the coming months. According to the latest updates from the Climate Prediction Center, forecasters now believe there is a greater than 90% chance of a very strong El Nio event occurring during the fall and winter months in the Northern Hemisphere. ...

During Humanas recent earnings call, the health insurance company announced it will drop some of its Medicare Advantage plans in the coming months. According to the Companys Chief Financial Officer, Humana anticipates the plan exits will impact approximately 600,000 members, “though we will work to recapture a significant portion of that volume. These ...

Long Island troubadour Billy Joel revealed Tuesday that he underwent brain surgery because he didnt want to lose his marbles. Speaking on his SiriusXM channel, the 77-year-old Piano Man singer admitted he initially balked at going under the knife for hydrocephalus, a disorder he was diagnosed with in 2025. I said, Well, what does that entail? he said ...

Health officials in Chicago are urging residents who traveled through Union Station late last month to monitor for symptoms of measles. According to the Chicago Department of Public Health, a confirmed measles exposure occurred at Union Station after 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 27, with a patient testing positive for the virus after spending multiple ...

Uh oh — more than 8,000 people in Michigan who recently applied for or renewed their driver’s licenses got cards in the mail with the wrong photo. A statement issued Saturday by the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office said approximately 8,200 people who recently applied for or renewed a driver’s license or state ID in Michigan had received a ...

From the sequel to a 1990s cult favorite, just in time for fall, to the return of a Peacock sitcom with co-creator roots to “The Office,” Richard Roeper reviews what’s new to watch in theaters and to stream at home. “Practical Magic 2” (in theaters) The original “Practical Magic” in 1998 was neither a commercial nor critical smash, but ...

Lets roll. Those were the last two words from Todd Beamer. Sept 11, 2001, Beamer was on United flight 93 when the plane was hijacked. While on the phone, he uttered those words as he and other passengers and crew tried to fight back. The plane would eventually crash in an open field in Pennsylvania. Mike Schauer’s, Todd’s friend and former ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker issued a warning about AI, saying now is the “time to sound the alarm” in wake of recent comments from an Anthropic researcher who recently resigned from the company over concerns the technology could pose a risk to human lives. “It’s time to sound the alarm – louder – on reining in Artificial Intelligence,” ...

Legendary Chicago pizzeria Lou Malnati’s is opening a new restaurant in the western suburbs. The restaurant, at 3050 E. Main St. in St. Charles, will take the space of a former eatery in the area’s new Fox Haven Square development. According to a release, the restaurant will be Lou Malnati’s 71st location. The 6,200 square-foot restaurant is ...

A 16-year-old was shot and killed Wednesday night near a busy area of Grant Park, prompting a large police response just as hundreds of fans were leaving the sold-out Inter Miami-Chicago Fire soccer match at Soldier Field. Just after 9 p.m., a 16-year-old boy was found in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue with a gunshot wound to the neck. ...

Chicago’s first AI-driven, teacher-free school kicked off its academic year this week, offering a new education model with a $55,000 price tag. Alpha Chicago is a new location of a chain of private schools that was first founded in 2014 in Austin, Texas, by MacKenzie Price. The Chicago school is the first location in Illinois, though the company ...

Police in suburban Des Plaines are investigating a shooting in which an officer shot a man during a domestic disturbance call. According to police, officers were called to the 2000 block of Touhy Avenue just after 2:30 p.m. Wednesday for reports of a domestic disturbance. During that response, an officer-involved shooting took place, with a male ...

Editor’s Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer accused of sexually assaulting women in Chicagos suburbs is a flawed and weak man who disgraced his family and country but he is not guilty of robbing and raping his alleged victims, his lawyer argued Wednesday. Rather, CBP officer ...

Ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on America, former President George W. Bush is planning to sit down with former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday evening for an event at the George W. Bush Presidential Center at SMU in Dallas. The event, titled “A Legacy of Service: America at the 25th Anniversary of ...

The Chicago Bears did not hold a full practice at Halas Hall Wednesday, but the teams first official injury report has been released. The Bears are getting ready to face the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte on Sunday, and while two of their players would have been limited participants in a workout, backup quarterback Tyson Bagent would not have been on ...

The FBI special agent who oversaw the investigation at the Pentagon in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks visited the memorial there for the first time Wednesday morning. It certainly brings back a lot of memories, because this was where we, the FBI, set up our operation on 9/11 to begin the crime scene investigation and evidence in ...

Students at Lincoln-Way East High School walked out of class Wednesday afternoon to protest racism following a football game incident and a disputed allegation involving the schools cross-country program. Carrying signs and cheering, students at the Frankfort school said they wanted to support Homewood-Flossmoor students and push school leaders to ...