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CTA chief announces exit amid funding woes

By Marni Pyke
Jan 13, 2025 10:47 am - CTA President Dorval Carter, who oversaw projects like the Red Line extension, is retiring. He faced pressure to step down over issues like ridership drops and crime.
Dead body found in wheel well of United plane from Chicago to Maui

By Associated Press
Dec 26, 2024 7:34 am - Maui police are investigating the discovery of a dead body in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane after it landed in Maui, the airline and police department said in statements on Wednesday.
Chicago middle-schooler finds goose poop that has cancer-fighting compound

By Sydney Page
Dec 23, 2024 3:06 pm - When Camarria Williams, 13, stumbled upon goose poop in a neighborhood park, she enthusiastically scooped some up. She and six other students were looking for bacteria samples. She learned, with university researchers’ help, that her goose poop contained a cancer-fighting compound.
Suspect in 3 deaths killed by police in far-right influencer's Chicago-area neighborhood

Dec 20, 2024 1:47 pm - A man suspected in the killings of three people in Illinois was fatally shot by police in Berwyn while in the neighborhood of a far-right political influencer.
IBM to build new quantum computer in state-backed technology park

By Andrew Adams
Dec 17, 2024 2:40 pm - IBM, the tech giant known for revolutionizing computing over the past 70 years, is setting up shop on Chicago’s South Side to develop what could be the field’s next big l...
Why you won’t be able to use Kennedy Expressway reversibles until mid-January

By Marni Pyke
Dec 17, 2024 11:44 am - Upgrade complications are delaying the Kennedy Expressway reversible lanes reopening, with lots of work going on “behind the scenes.”
Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar tells Illinois Republicans

By Tina Sfondeles
Dec 10, 2024 4:12 pm - Tom Homan made his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP holiday party. He also warned Mayor Brandon Johnson about the deportation plan, saying, “If he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way.”
Cloud computing tax threatens Chicago’s Silicon Valley dream

By Miranda Davis, Shruti Date Singh and Isis Almeida
Dec 10, 2024 11:06 am - Chicago’s bid to become the Silicon Valley of the Midwest has registered some major wins in recent years: Google bought a huge downtown building, PsiQuantum Corp. announced a $1 billion investment in the city, and local startups raised a record $19 billion in 2022.
US closes investigation into E. coli outbreak linked to onions in McDonald’s Quarter Pounders

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and JONEL ALECCIA
Dec 04, 2024 10:52 am - The U.S. government said Tuesday it has closed its investigation into an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald's Quarter Pounder hamburgers after determining there is no long...
Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned

Nov 21, 2024 10:12 am - The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday overturned actor Jussie Smollett’s conviction on charges of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying to Chicago police, saying he should not have been charged a second time after reaching a deal with prosecutors.

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