Crystal Hendricks-Kretzer was spending the winter months out of state with her husband when she felt horrible pain in her armpit. When it didn’t go away after a week, she went to an urgent care for help. “The doctor did a breast exam, checked my lymph nodes, she said there’s nothing untoward. You likely have fiber cystic breasts.” Because ...

A teacher who was shot by a teenage gunman in a Bend, Oregon, elementary school last week said she saw the attacker and tried to shut the classroom door, but the shooter was already there. Becky Drury said she was shot at close range in the rampage at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday. Lying on the floor, I saw that my left hand was almost ...

A suburban school bus driver was charged with 10 felony counts of possession of child sexual abuse materials, police said on Wednesday. Jon Roth, a 43-year-old who drives buses for Huntley Community School District 158, was arrested and charged after information obtained from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children data system was shared ...

In the wake of the 2022 mass shooting at Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook police put up more license plate reader cameras across the village, and this week the department gave NBC 5 a rare look at how officers use the technology every day. “Is there anywhere you can go in Oak Brook that you’re not going to be tracked by a license plate reader?” NBC 5’s ...

Parents should check their bathroom cabinets after millions of tubes of toothpaste were recalled this week, including several brands marketed toward kids. More than half of the 4 million tubes subject to the recall are flavored pastes from the brand Brush Buddies that feature popular kids characters and toys like Barbie, Hot Wheels, My Little Pony, and ...

Special education students at a Chicago school are being taught in offices, hallways, storage rooms, stairwells and in classrooms with asbestos, some parents say. The parents say students are facing the questionable conditions at Prescott Elementary School, located in the city’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. They say their concerns are being ignored, and ...

The race to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin is heating up, as Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and former Illinois GOP chairman Don Tracy square off. The midterm elections are less than two weeks away, and Illinois race to replace a sitting senator is part of a larger backdrop over the battle for control of the Senate between Republicans and ...

The Chicago Bears and New England Patriots will kick off Week 7 of the NFL schedule with a highly anticipated showdown, but how can fans catch the action? The matchup not only features the Bears facing off against last years AFC champion Patriots, but it will also pit two high-profile 2024 NFL Draft picks against one another, as No. 1 pick Caleb ...

Imagine the thrill of shopping without ever getting a bill. Thats whats happening on new websites that allow users to order everything from food to clothing without paying  because nothing gets delivered. These shopping simulation sites offer the rush that can come from shopping without being charged. The fake websites, which originated as a joke in ...

Could ordering online soon cost you more in Chicago? Mayor Brandon Johnson proposed a new tax on package deliveries as part of his annual budget address Wednesday. The mayor said packaging is “the largest category of waste in America” and that Chicagoans throw away most of their packaging items instead of recycling them. To combat that, ...

The Federal Aviation Administration has announced it will investigate the blown tire incident that shook up passengers and tied up a runway for more than an hour Tuesday at OHare International Airport. Tuesday’s incident at O’Hare is one of several that has happened at the airport in recent months, and while the incidents aren’t necessarily ...

The Chicago Bulls will kick off their 2026-27 season on Wednesday against the Toronto Raptors, and the team has unveiled their tribute to the late Stacey King. King, who passed away over the summer at the age of 59, is being honored by the team both for his playing career and also for his post-playing career as an iconic broadcaster, where he endeared ...

Editor’s Note: The video in the above player is from a previous report. Pope Leo XIV does not need any further treatment for lung cancer after testing confirmed the disease has not spread, according to an update from his doctors on Wednesday. Testing on tissue from the lower lobe of Leo’s right lung that was removed during a surgery last week ...