Chicago
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Woman dies after jump from burning Chicago building
Jun 05, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say an extra-alarm fire at an apartment building that forced a resident to leap to her death is being investigated as an arson. The fire de...
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Journalism group condemns killing of Chicago video blogger
Jun 05, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An organization that promotes press freedom is condemning the shooting death in Chicago of a founder of a YouTube website that features local musical tale...
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Chicago makes list of best urban parks
Jun 04, 2018 11:00 pm - Chicago's green spaces have helped it secure a spot on a list of best cities for urban parks. Trust for Public Land analyzed the 100 largest cities in the country and de...
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Chicago charity renamed over flap with Kanye West
Jun 04, 2018 11:00 pm - A Chicago-based nonprofit originally named after Kanye West's late mother now has a new name: Art of Culture Inc. The name change comes in the wake of recent comments fr...
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Illinois village rescinds English language resolution
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago suburb has rescinded a resolution that made English its official language. Carpentersville's then-trustees said the 2007 measure w...
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Chicago diver who died during search recalled as servant
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A priest has told the young sons of a Chicago Fire Department diver that their father lived his life in service and was willing to risk his life for other...
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Judge: No sanctions for questioning of slain teen's mother
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A judge has refused to sanction the city of Chicago after one of its attorneys asked the mother of teenager shot by police officer if she conceived the vi...
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Chicago police say slain 11-year-old boy was shot in head
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say an 11-year-old boy whose body was found on the floor of a South Side home was shot in the head. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi ...
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Former Cook County State's Attorney Bernard Carey dead at 83
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former Cook County State's Attorney Bernard Carey, a Republican who was elected in the wake of a Chicago police raid that killed two Black Panther Party m...
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Top Chicago White Sox prospect Eloy Jimenez doing it all at Class AA BirminghamJun 04, 2018 1:01 am - Eloy Jimenez is doing it all at Class AA Birmingham. In addition to ranking first in the Southern League with a .988 OPS, second with 10 home runs and 39 RBI (in 41 game...