Chicago
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Illinois leaders call on Biden to let state sponsor migrant workers
Aug 30, 2023 1:00 am - Elected officials and business leaders in Illinois are calling on President Joe Biden to ease work restrictions for asylum-seekers and other long-term undocumented worke...
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Blue supermoon doesn't disappoint: A few views from the suburbsAug 30, 2023 1:00 am - The second full moon of August rose Wednesday night, making for a spectacular sight in the suburbs. Wednesday's blue moon also was a supermoon, which means that it was a...
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TV news crew robbed at gunpoint in Chicago
Aug 29, 2023 1:00 am - Members of a Univision Chicago TV news crew were robbed at gunpoint early Monday in West Town as they were reporting on a recent rash of armed robberies. The reporter an...
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Chicago police are investigating a shooting at White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field
Aug 26, 2023 1:00 am - Two women were injured Friday night in a shooting during a White Sox baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field. Chicago police say a 42-year-old woman sustained a gunshot w...
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Rhiannon Giddens is as much scholar as musician. Now, she's showing her saucy side on a new album.
Aug 25, 2023 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Most people familiar with singer Rhiannon Giddens know her scholarly side. She won a MacArthur “genius grant” for her work making sure the contributions of Bl...
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4 things to watch when the Bears face the Bills in Saturday's preseason finale
Aug 25, 2023 1:00 am - The Bears have one last tuneup. They will take on the Buffalo Bills during their third and final preseason game Saturday at Soldier Field. Justin Fields and the starters...
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'GMA' will stop in Chicago Monday on its 'United States of Tacos' tourAug 24, 2023 11:00 pm - Chicago will be the first stop on the “United States of Tacos” series Monday morning as “Good Morning America” goes on a four-city tour looking for the country's top tac...
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Madigan's former chief of staff convicted of perjury, obstruction bid
Aug 24, 2023 1:00 am - Tim Mapes, who spent two decades as the chief of staff to Illinois' once-powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, has been convicted of perjury and attempted obstruction ...
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Best Bets: Comedian Jay Pharoah, rocker Rick Springfield, LatiNxt at Navy Pier and moreAug 23, 2023 6:00 am - Forge Art Fest The Forge: Lemont Quarries adventure park, at 227 Heritage Quarries Drive, Lemont, expands its programming this weekend to include an art festival featuri...
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Sound check: The Pixies, Bands in the Sand, Wilmette, Jonas Brothers and moreAug 23, 2023 6:00 am - Cultivate Roll up for some rock, hip-hop, reggae and punk as the Cultivate Festival hits Chicago this weekend with three days of music, food and culture and featuring s...