The Great Lakes piping plover population, which reached an all-time low of 13 pairs in the 1980s, has rebounded to around 70 breeding pairs thanks to recent conservation efforts.
A major credit rating agency has boosted its view of Lincoln-Way High School District 210’s financial health as the district continues its recovery from a spending spree that got it on the state’s financial watch list and resulted in the federal indictment of its former superintendent. The upgrade comes as the federal trial of Lawrence […]
Several hundred Northwestern University students calling for the college to divest financial support to Israel gathered for an organized encampment Thursday morning as the university changed the student conduct policy banning tents or other temporary structures on campus.
Court filings show Omar Zegar was armed with a rifle and fired more than 20 times in the direction of several people outside a home in the 5500 block of Babette Court in Oak Forest.
Volunteers who have been providing care packages and assisting migrants off of buses and onto trains at Wilmette’s Metra Station urged the Wilmette Village Board to not follow neighboring communities by adopting a busing ordinance during Wednesday night’s meeting. Despite concerns, trustees voted unanimously to limit unscheduled bus drop-offs to weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Village Manager Michael Braiman, who told Pioneer Press in early January the village had no plans to move forward with busing ordinances... Читать дальше...
Fifty years ago this week, a small team of Tribune employees flew to Washington, D.C. and back in order to beat every other American newspaper to the punch — printing the entire transcript of the Watergate tapes, which were conversations recorded by Nixon in the White House.
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Burke joined the club on West Jackson Boulevard in the mid-1970s and was one of its most high-profile members. He had his resignation accepted Tuesday, according to a member who requested anonymity.
Devon Ward was accused of attacking Wayne Deutsch, 39, with a metal object June 12, 2020 at his business, Shades of Darkness Window Tinting, after an argument. Deutsch, of Orland Park, died of his injuries five days later.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office released Reed’s autopsy and toxicological reports Thursday, five weeks after he was fatally shot in the 3800 block of West Ferdinand Street.
National Weather Service officials believe the chilly weather is over for the season, but a large storm system headed toward Chicago is expected to bring rain and scatter thunderstorms over the weekend. Warmer temperatures are on tap beginning Friday but a storm system moving out of the plains was expected to hit over the weekend […]
Doctors and advocates say step therapy can prolong patients’ symptoms or worsen their conditions.
New regulations require coal-fired power plants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 90% and clamp down on toxic metals dumped into lakes and rivers.
On April 25, 2002, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of the Grammy-winning trio TLC died in an SUV crash in Honduras; she was 30.
For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker and state legislative leaders slow to embrace public funding for new Bears stadium and lakefront improvement plan.
The Archdiocese of Chicago is facing a lawsuit in connection with a former priest accused of sexually abusing and exploiting an altar boy at a now-closed elementary school and parish in the Lower West Side neighborhood.
Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers.
The hot-button lawsuits related to Northwestern University’s hazing scandal — some alleging widespread abuse on the football team, another claiming ex-coach Pat Fitzgerald was wrongly fired — will be consolidated for the time being, a Cook County judge ruled this week. The decision came after attorneys representing ex-players accused Northwestern’s lawyers of using confidential information obtained in the ex-players’ lawsuit to help craft their strategy in the separate Fitzgerald case. A lawyer for... Читать дальше...
