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Ald. Debra Silverstein, 50th, highlighted and harshly criticized a post recently made by Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, 33rd.

Northwestern University President Michael Schill was grilled for several hours by lawmakers in Congress about the rise of antisemitism on campus — including allegations that a Jewish student at the elite Big Ten school was recently assaulted and a student wearing a yarmulke was spat upon.

The Baltimore Museum of Industry is seeking to capture the stories of those most impacted by the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in their own words.

A federal judge Wednesday temporarily blocked part of a Florida law that criminalized transporting into the state anyone who lacked lawful immigration status, raising new legal questions for other states pursuing similar measures.

A man was found fit Thursday to stand trial on charges of killing four people and injuring seven others during a series of frenzied attacks in a neighborhood in Rockford, Illinois.

The Rondout train heist was the largest looted amount the United States had ever seen, and it still remains the largest, according to local historians, likely due to a number of security changes made to postal trains after the robbery.

The teachers’ union resolution alleges Herrmann has created a, “chaotic and hostile work environment, forcing multiple administrators to leave (the) District in the past year.”

A 6-year-old boy was in critical condition after he was pulled from the water Wednesday evening at Montrose Harbor in the Uptown neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Two men got themselves to the hospital after police were called to a shooting Wednesday night in an alley in the Edgewater neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Chicago police responded to a traffic accident Wednesday night that killed a 45-year-man and injured two other victims in the West Pullman neighborhood.

Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.

Kelly Simkins owns a variety of exotic animals from around the world: Two snakes, two tarantulas, two parrots, two geckos and seven hissing cockroaches. But the rarest pet in her collection was found on a tree in the Orland Grasslands Forest Preserve.

There is a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday and Sunday, but Saturday is expected to be sunny, the weather service says.

On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

A man was fatally stabbed Wednesday afternoon inside City Winery in the West Loop, authorities said. The victim, a 47-year-old man, was attacked by another man about 5 p.m. at the entertainment venue in the 1200 block of West Randolph Street, according to Chicago police. The victim, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was rushed to […]

New plover is identified as Searocket, one of three captive-reared chicks released at Montrose last summer.

The historic but largely symbolic move further deepens Israel's isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza.

A judge in Springfield issued a temporary injunction blocking a law passed by Democrats that would have prevented Republicans from slating candidates for legislative races not filled in the March primary.

A contractor that says its $323 million contract for work on the massive Interstate 294 project was improperly terminated has sued the Illinois Tollway.

Former Naperville North High School student Amara Harris, who successfully fought Naperville in court over a charge that she stole a fellow classmate’s AirPods, has filed suit seeking $20 million in compensatory damages from the city.

The 34 to 14 vote to give the City Council final say over the mayor’s cancellation plans sharply defies Johnson.

Governor Pritzker highlights attack-dog role at event preparing for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August.

The hearing comes as schools across the country face accusations of fostering climates that are hostile or discriminatory to Jews.