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Thinking of using a chatbot for medical advice? Read this first.

By Ariana Eunjung Cha
Apr 23, 2026 8:59 pm - When researcher Nicholas Tiller began to feed health questions into chatbots as a test, he expected some imperfections — but not this level of failure. Five AIs, 250 questions and a total score of just over 50% correct responses.
‘Two ways of calculating’: Trump defends his mathematically impossible calculations on drug prices

By WILL WEISSERT
Apr 23, 2026 6:58 pm - President Donald Trump, who helped push the term “fake news” into the mainstream, now seems to have a new favorite subject: fake math.
Cue the Senate: What’s next for bill to shuffle Bears to the suburbs?

By Marni Pyke and Steve Zalusky
Apr 23, 2026 6:06 pm - After the state House passed legislation aimed at keeping the Chicago Bears in Illinois late Wednesday, the ball is now in the Senate’s hands.
Open house for $7 million stage addition at Carl Sandburg Middle School in Mundelein

By Mick Zawislak
Apr 23, 2026 5:42 pm - Carl Sandburg Middle School in Mundelein is hosting a grand opening event for the completion of a $7 million landmark project.
What a 5,000-mile-long marine heat wave means for summer in the US

By Ben Noll
Apr 23, 2026 4:32 pm - A massive ocean hot spot is stretching across a 5,000-mile swath of the Pacific — from Micronesia to the coastal waters of California. Across this zone, waters are as much as 6 to 8 degrees above average.
Proposed law takes aim at harassing people by phone, computer or gaming platform

By Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 23, 2026 4:23 pm - State legislators are considering making it illegal to use phones and electronic devices to harass people by intentionally causing emotional distress.
Debris from Hurricane Helene is helping fuel Georgia’s wildfires

By EMILIE MEGNIEN, RUSS BYNUM and JEFF MARTIN
Apr 23, 2026 4:13 pm - The destructive wildfires tearing through Georgia this week are being fed by not only a persistent drought, but also by fallen trees and limbs scattered across the South by Hurricane Helene well over a year ago.
A ‘strong grocer’: Sprouts Farmers Market plans Wheaton store as part of suburban expansion push

By Katlyn Smith
Apr 23, 2026 2:58 pm - Sprouts Farmers Market is not yet a household name in suburban Chicago, but that will soon change with planned stores in Wheaton and Buffalo Grove.
New grocer coming to former Dominick’s site in Buffalo Grove

By Steve Zalusky
Apr 23, 2026 2:42 pm - The former Dominick’s space in Buffalo Grove’s Chase Plaza development will have a second tenant — and it turns out to be a grocery store.
Millionaire tax amendment fails to gain enough support from House Democrats

By Ben Szalinski
Apr 23, 2026 2:31 pm - A “millionaire tax” proposal floated in the Illinois House failed to gain enough traction in Springfield this week, making it increasingly unlikely that voters will be asked to approve the measure in November.

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