A federal jury on Tuesday rejected claims and awarded no damages to a man who brought a lawsuit over his February 2020 shooting by a Chicago police officer inside a CTA Red Line station.The shooting followed a lengthy struggle during a rush-hour commute.The jury deliberated for a little less than two hours at the end of the seven-day civil trial. In the ...

The roots of the Bears rebuild that has them in position to take the North possibly this weekend after a disastrous 2024 season of discombobulation are pretty easy to trace: Lovie Smiths Texans beating the Colts in Week 18 in 2022 to give the Bears the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft. General manager Ryan Poles parlaying that pick into a haul from the ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health this week issued its first-ever comprehensive statewide report on alcohol use by adults and teens statewide.The health department collected and analyzed data from multiple sources for the report, Alcohol Use in Illinois. The state agency also used its own Illinois Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey and ...

The states vaccine advisory committee voted Tuesday to reaffirm and continue the practice of administering the hepatitis B vaccine to all healthy and stable infants within 24 hours of birth in Illinois.The recommendation once again puts the state at odds with federal health officials who this month voted to end longstanding guidance to give newborns the ...

Chicago-based Kraft Heinz announced Tuesday that Steve Cahillane will lead the global food company.Cahillane, who previously served as CEO of Chicago-based Kellanova, will become CEO Jan. 1 and will join the company's board of directors, according to Kraft Heinz.The announcement comes three months after the company said it would be splitting into two ...

A Berwyn man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to two felony counts of burglary for his involvement in a statewide video gaming theft ring, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday.Joseph Montoro, 40, pleaded guilty to two Class 2 felony counts of burglary. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by DuPage County ...

Root vegetables are fall and winter's best-kept secret. Packed with nutrients, natural sugars and starch, these humble ingredients make a healthy and flavorful alternative to the classic russet potato. They're also a wonderful way to boost your intake of vitamins and minerals during the colder months.Once peeled, these earthy gems reveal a rainbow of ...

As the CTAs holiday train was making the rounds through the Loop recently, Santa Claus was the one being naughty.Well, at least someone dressed up like him was.In videos circulating on social media, someone in a Santa outfit is shown subway surfing atop the holiday train, climbing to the trains roof and standing, walking and, at times, waving while engaging ...

The Bears held a walk-through Tuesday and issued an estimated injury report, their first of Packers Week.Wide receivers Rome Odunze and Luther Burden did not participate, with Burden dealing with an ankle injury he suffered in the third quarter Sunday and Odunze fighting a chronic foot issue. Odunze was cleared to play Sunday but felt pain shortly before ...

The city's watchdog agency says poor recordkeeping is hindering the Chicago Police Department from properly tracking officers' disciplinary histories.The reason is that the records are siloed in three different places: CPD, the citys Department of Human Resources and the Office of Public Safety Administration, according to a report released Tuesday by city ...

A Chicago police officer has alleged that another officer sexually assaulted her Friday morning after they attended a Christmas party with other cops assigned to their Southwest Side police district.Officers responded Friday afternoon to Trinity Hospital, where a nurse told them that a 26-year-old female officer had reported being assaulted by her ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation pumping $1.5 billion per year into Chicago area transit agencies and instituting a new oversight system, ending years of debate over how to govern and finance the CTA, Metra and Pace as they struggle to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.Lawmakers bridged the $200 million-plus fiscal cliff that had faced the agencies ...

In March 2023, Rocio Lasso said she received a phone call no one awaits.The call that her son, Chicago police Officer Andres Vasquez Lasso, had been killed in the line of duty. Receiving that phone call tears your heart into pieces, Rocio Lasso said Tuesday, through a court interpreter. For us as a family nothing is ever going to be the same. Part of me ...

When Manual Cinemas Christmas Carol debuted in 2020, we were throttled in the maw of a pandemic that turned the world into a hellscape. But as the year entered its final weeks, Manual Cinemas intimate, intricate, livestreamed, puppet-centric take on Charles Dickens classic offered a reflection of devastating loss and a reminder that creativity and joy can ...

Bears coach Ben Johnson has seen the Packers defense without Micah Parsons.So has quarterback Caleb Williams.Both have a sense, then, of what their rival will look like Saturday without the star edge rusher, who tore his ACL Sunday against the Broncos and is out for the season. Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley was calling plays last season when ...

TORONTO Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill chewed out rookie defenseman Artyom Levshunov during practice Monday in Chicago, then took him out of the lineup Tuesday against the Maple Leafs.Blashill's eruption was prompted by Levshunov absentmindedly missing his turn through a five-on-five drill, which led to forward Tyler Bertuzzi shouting at him to get back ...

After struggling to start fast the week before, Caleb Williams was so good in the first quarter Sunday that Bears coach Ben Johnson asked his quarterback what he had for breakfast.The answer: Williams typical iced matcha green tea plus an omelet and a singular pancake with syrup.We just need to keep doing that on game day from here on out, Johnson told ...

A medida que cientos de personas se reunieron el mes pasado en un parque de Chicago para un mitin contra la enforcement agresiva de la inmigracin, un grupo de adolescentes estaba ocupado vendiendo bolsas de tela color burdeos y sudaderas adornadas con Apoyo a los estudiantes indocumentados.Los adolescentes asisten a la Escuela Secundaria Solorio y forman ...

Chicagos cultural chief says one of her priorities is to deliver arts to Chicagoans where they live.Acting cultural commissioner Kenya Merritt said Monday she plans to steer more city grant funding to the departments Neighborhood Access Program to bolster cultural programming across Chicago. She spoke to WBEZ before leading her first meeting of the Cultural ...

Chicago isnt ready to let go of its feel good story of the year.The Leo High School choir, which captured hearts while placing fourth on Americas Got Talent in September, is booking gigs around town at an unparalleled clip with no end in sight.A recent sampling includes a carnival-themed holiday party for employees of Leo Burnett, one of the citys largest ...

The Oak Park village board has granted landmark status to a 96-year-old commercial building that was the first built-from-the-ground-up Marshall Field's store outside of Chicago.The five-story structure, 1144 Lake St., in the village's downtown was cited for its connection to the historic, but now defunct, upscale retailer and for its architecture a ...

Coby White was telling his bosses what they are.Sure, the guard dressed it up with a cute little nickname of Cardiac Bulls, referring to an all too familiar pattern of falling behind early and having to come back to try and win close games, but White wasnt talking out of turn on the current roster construction.I dont think weve gone into games acting like ...

The Cubs are set to bring back a key component to their bullpen success last year.They are in agreement with left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar on a one-year deal, a source confirmed Tuesday. The terms of the contract, which is pending a physical, were not immediately clear. Source confirms the Cubs and left-handed reliever ...

An emboldened City Council majority was poised to make a clean break with Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday, advancing its own plan to balance the 2026 city budget without a corporate head tax, but with a revenue mix that includes a surprise 50% increase in Chicagos 10-cent tax on shopping bags.A renegade group of moderate and conservative alderpersons ...

The Bears can clinch a playoff berth this weekend.If they beat the Packers on Saturday night, they'd need the Lions to lose or tie against the Steelers at 3:25 p.m. Sunday in order to clinch a postseason spot. If the Bears tie, they'd get in with a Lions loss.The Packers can say the same.The NFL released their official playoff scenario rundown on Tuesday."I ...