Sen. Markwayne Mullins (R-Okla.) nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday advanced out of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee despite reservations from Democrats as well as the committees Republican chair. The roughly 3-minute meeting was a whirlwind process after a testy hearing just one day prior ...

Three men who alleged that actorKevin Spaceysexually assaulted them have settled their civil claims before going to trial at the High Court in London, courts document show.

WGN News sits down with the stars of "Tow," Rose Byrne and Dominic Sessa.

The Food and Drug Administration has announced the recall of children's ibuprofen after complaints of the presence of a "foreign substance."

Here are some storylines from the first round of the NCAA Tournament, which is Thursday and Friday at various sites around the country:

The new development follows the e-commerce giant having already reduced postal shipments.

WGN News sits down to talk with the stars of 'Daredevil: Born Again,' Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio.

CHICAGO A man was shot during an attempted robbery Wednesday night in West Ridge. At around 10:05 p.m., a 48-year-old man was walking outside in the 6400 block of North Campbell when he was approached by an unknown male suspect. The suspect demanded the man's property and he yelled for help. The suspect then [...]

HICKORY HILLS, Ill. Charges have been filed against a Cook County woman after she allegedly sent a child images of herself engaging in sex acts. Officials from the Cook County Sheriff's Office say 24-year-old Megan Chladek, a Hickory Hills resident, has been charged with distribution of harmful material to a minor and non-consensual dissemination [...]

Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors' energy sites Thursday, hitting a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea and setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze.

Iran intensified its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors' energy sites Thursday, hitting a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea and setting Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze.

CHICAGO An investigation is underway on Thursday after a woman was fatally shot on the city's North Side overnight. Chicago police say the deadly shooting unfolded around 1:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of West Pratt Boulevard, in Rogers Park. According to police, the victim, an 18-year-old woman, was walking with a group of [...]

GURNEE, Ill. (WGN) Just over a month ahead of the park's opening day, Six Flags Great America announced plans to celebrate the park's 50th anniversary season. The theme park first opened to the public on May 19, 1976, as Marriott's Great America. They plan to recognize their history during a 50th Anniversary Celebration spanning [...]

Jim Lee, Richard Laumeyer, and Arthur Porter are three of the longest-tenured employees at Ford's Chicago Stamping Plant, with a combined 195 years of service, and have adapted to the changing automation of the factory over the decades.

DEKALB, Ill. (WGN) - Last week, strong storms across Chicagoland produced some mammoth hailstones. We saw them splashing in the Kankakee River and even crashing down on the highway, shattering as they hit the pavement. Some of the hail stones reside in a refrigerator at Davis Hall, a building on the Northern Illinois University campus [...]

BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) - A reality TV star was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually abusing a minor during a family vacation in Panama City Beach. 31-year-old Joseph Garrett Duggar of TLC's "19 Kids and Counting" was charged with lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor and molestation of a victim less than 12 years [...]

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Clouding over, not as cold as recent nights. Chance of some light and spotty showers late. Winds: Light west shifting south. Low: 33. THURSDAY: Clouds, perhaps an early morning shower, then partial clearing in/by afternoon. Milder, especially inland where peak readings top out in the low to mid 50s, but an easterly lake [...]

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In windows all across Whiting, Indiana, signs supporting union workers at the BP refinery can be seen.

A teen was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly tried to rob a man at gunpoint on the Far South Side.

CHICAGO (AP) Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday condemned special interest money that poured into the state ahead of this week's primary, including from a pro-Israel political group that the billionaire and potential 2028 presidential contender once supported. Pritzker, a Jewish Democrat who also spent money to influence races Tuesday, was a donor to ...

An annual count of monarch butterflies conducted by the United States and Mexico as the insects migrate back and forth over the border finds habitat for the insects isn't enough to sustain their populations, and are at-risk for extinction.

Funeral arrangements have been announced for Chicago firefighter/EMT Michael Altman, who died while fighting a Monday morning fire on the city's North Side.

Medical Watch Digest For March DEA Warns of fake Xanax There is a warning out about a drug circulating on the streets of Chicago. Seventy-eight people have died in Cook County by taking a drug the DEA is now labeling as an emergency. Bromazolam is a synthetic drug used to make counterfeit Xanax. The U.S. [...]

On Tuesday night, Illinois Democrats ushered in a new generation of lawmakers, picking five new nominees for Congress in open seats that are favored to remain in Democratic hands this fall.