Workers from the Chicago Region Trees Initiative demonstrate how to properly plant a tree during a tree planting ceremony outside Shriners Children’s Chicago Hospital, Oct. 4, 2022. Too few women are part of the green industry sector,…
DEAR ABBY: I have a friend who talks nonstop. Honestly, I can put the phone down and go make a cup of tea, and she'll still be talking when I get back. I don't think she even takes a breath. I want to tell her she sometimes needs to ask…
A customer shops for food at a grocery store on March 12 in San Rafael, California. According to a report by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, inflation rose by 3.2% for the 12 months ended in February, up slightly from January’s 3.1%.
Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr. celebrates after his dunk against Iowa State during the first half of the Sweet 16 college basketball game in the men’s NCAA Tournament, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Janise Cordero (left) and her sister Jessica show off their Puerto Rican pride outside United Center ahead of the first of three Bad Bunny shows on Thursday.
Eileen O’Neill Burke (left) speaks with reporters during a campaign stop at Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen on election day; Clayton Harris III (right) speaks at Taste 222 in the West Loop on election night.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - MARCH 28: Justin Steele #35 of the Chicago Cubs leaves the field after an injury during the fifth inning of the Opening Day game against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field on March 28, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo…
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - MARCH 28: The Texas Rangers unveil their 2023 World Series Champions banner prior to the Opening Day game against the Chicago Cubs at Globe Life Field on March 28, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty…
Four people were killed and seven wounded in a stabbing attack Wednesday in a residential area of Rockford. A suspect is in custody. The victims included a mother and son, a postal worker and a teenage girl.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Alicia Tate-Nadeau in 2019 to lead the state agency overseeing pandemics, natural disasters and an influx of migrants. An executive assistant to Tate-Nadeau — Amy Gentry — resigned in October in response to…
Bana, a western lowland gorilla (pictured in 2022) at Lincoln Park Zoo, was euthanized this month after diagnoses of congestive cardiac failure and pneumonia that did not respond to treatment.
John (Micah Turner Lee, from left), Michael (Reed Epley ), Wendy (Hawa Kamara) and Peter (Nolan Almeida) celebrate the magic of being airborne in “I’m Flying,” one of the musical numbers featured in “Peter Pan” at the Nederlander Theatre.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and U.S. Rep. Danny Davis greet acting U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Adrianne Todman, who announced a federal grant for upgrades at Archer Court Apartments in Chinatown.