Winter blast of snow, ice and bitter cold grips the US from the Midwest to the East Coast
A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from ...
A look back at the top Chicago stories of 2024
All the way back in January 2024, Chicago’s bitterly cold temperatures created a graveyard of electric vehicles in suburban ...
Downward trend in homicides continues in Chicago, but officials aren’t celebrating
Despite recording more than 570 homicides in 2024, Chicago actually saw signs of improvement, with that total marking the ...
Hemp business owner sues over what he calls illegal raid, as officials in several towns consider bans
A raid and criminal charges against a suburban smoke shop owner have ignited a dispute over enforcement of hemp laws, with ...
Higher Social Security payments coming for millions of people from bill that Biden is signing
President Joe Biden on Sunday plans to sign into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees.
ABC 7 Chicago3d
Person struck, killed by train; services delayed in north suburbs, officials say
(WLS) -- A pedestrian was killed after being struck by a train on Thursday morning in the north suburbs, according to officials The person was struck by Union ... Waukegan police said the ...
The French Quarter’s metal barriers were gone on New Year’s, leaving a critical security gap
Steel columns known as bollards were installed to restrict vehicle access to Bourbon Street. The posts retracted to allow for ...
Statewide police body camera requirement kicked in Jan. 1, but full compliance picture unclear
Under one of the few significant mandates of the controversial 2021 SAFE-T Act that was backed by both advocates for police reform and law enforcement, every police officer in Illinois as of New ...
On This Day: China reports first cases of COVID-19 to WHO
On Dec. 31, 2019, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission in China first reported a cluster of cases of pneumonia, later ...
ATVs are swarming Pembroke Township. Residents say a rare ecosystem and the community are defenseless
Shortly after George Floyd was murdered blocks from her home in Minneapolis, Mihesha Gibbs-Lumpkins decided to return to ...
Maryland Matters5d
A look back at the images of 2024; yeah, you lived through that
The Key Bridge collapsed, Joe Biden became a one-term president and Donald Trump became a two-termer. Violent crime was down, but the cost of eggs was up. That, and more, was 2024. We take a look back ...
Chicago Teachers Union: Contract negotiations at standstill
CTU President Stacy Davis Gates claimed that Chicago Public Schools’ negotiators now say they need the Board of Education’s ...