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Apr 18, 2024
Donald Trump lost a bid Thursday to pause a string of lawsuits accusing him of inciting the U.S. Capitol attack, while the former president fights his 2020 election interference criminal case in Washington.
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Apr 18, 2024
The funding represents the majority of the $100 million Board President Toni Preckwinkle dedicated in her $9.6 billion 2024 budget to the county's Disaster Response and Recovery Fund.
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Apr 18, 2024
The United States vetoed a widely backed U.N. resolution on Thursday that would have paved the way for full United Nations membership for the state of Palestine.
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Apr 18, 2024
"Chicago is not just a place where segregation happened, but ... the intellectual and bureaucratic headquarters for ... how to carry it out," one expert said.
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Apr 18, 2024
Putting him at odds with Mayor Brandon Johnson's school board, Gov. J.B. Pritzker expressed his support for extending a moratorium on closing any public schools in Chicago by two years.
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Apr 18, 2024
Putting him at odds with Mayor Brandon Johnson's school board, Gov. J.B. Pritzker expressed his support for extending a moratorium on closing any public schools in Chicago by two years.
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Apr 18, 2024
The U.S. and U.K. have imposed a new round of sanctions on Iran as concern grows that Tehran's unprecedented attack on Israel could fuel a wider war in the Middle East.
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Apr 18, 2024
The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City. The NHL Board of Governors voted Thursday to approve a $1.2 billion sale from Alex Meruelo to Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith, clearing the way for the franchise's move to Utah next season. The deal includes a provision for Arizona to get an expansion team if a new arena is built within the next five years. The deal will be facilitated through the NHL, with $200 million going to league owners as a relocation fee.
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Apr 18, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Apr 18, 2024
We're checking in on our friend Paul Durica, director of exhibitions for the Chicago History Museum, as he continues to wade daily through pages of the Chicago Tribune from 100 years ago.
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Apr 18, 2024
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin's bill also would attempt to prevent corporations from seeking protection under bankruptcy laws to avoid lawsuits seeking compensation for health damages.
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Apr 18, 2024
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, "Ramblin' Man," has died. He was 80.
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Apr 18, 2024
The effort by Shedd employees is the latest in a series of unionization campaigns at Chicago's prominent cultural institutions in recent years.
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Apr 18, 2024
Of the eight districts surveyed -- from Highland Park to Round Lake, and from Barrington to Waukegan -- the statistics mirrored the national trend, with absenteeism higher than it was before the pandemic.
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Apr 18, 2024
Los grupos que representan a las personas que han migrado de manera indocumentada y a sus hijos con ciudadanía estadounidense —así como a sus empleadores— instan al presidente a desplegar el mismo tipo de poder para abrir vías a los más de ocho millones de personas que viven en Estados Unidos y tienen vetado el empleo legal.
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Apr 18, 2024
One person was killed after a vehicle struck the Barrington Road Toll Plaza in Hoffman Estates early Thursday morning, state police said. The crash happened on Interstate 90 westbound at around 4:24 a.m. The car hit the toll plaza and became engulfed in flames, according to state police. The sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Apr 18, 2024
The Justice Department is ramping up its efforts to reduce violent crime in the U.S., launching a specialized gun intelligence center in Chicago and expanding task forces to curb carjackings.
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Apr 18, 2024
The brewery in Long Grove, a suburb about 35 miles northwest of Chicago, created the limited edition ale with lavender in honor of Friday's release of Swift's 11th original album, "The Tortured Poets Department."
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Apr 18, 2024
Prosecutors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump asked Thursday for the former president to be held in contempt and fined because of seven social media posts that they said violated a judge's gag order barring him from attacking witnesses.
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Apr 18, 2024
Prosecutors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump asked Thursday for the former president to be held in contempt and fined because of seven social media posts that they said violated a judge's gag order barring him from attacking witnesses.
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Apr 18, 2024
Jury selection in the hush money trial of Donald Trump enters a pivotal and potentially final stretch Thursday as lawyers look to round out the panel of New Yorkers that will decide the first-ever criminal case against a former president.
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Apr 18, 2024
Prince William returns to public duties on Thursday for the first time since his wife's cancer diagnosis, bolstering the royal family's ranks as health problems continue to sideline the princess and King Charles III.
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Apr 18, 2024
Russian air defenses downed what authorities described as five Ukrainian balloons overnight, the defense ministry in Moscow said Thursday, as the sides kept up long-range strikes that have featured heavily in what has largely become a war of attrition.
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Apr 18, 2024
The Maine Legislature approved sweeping gun safety legislation including background checks on private gun sales, waiting periods for gun purchases and criminalizing gun sales to prohibited people before adjourning Thursday morning, nearly six months after the deadliest shooting in state history.
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Apr 18, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Apr 18, 2024
On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere began his famous ride from Charlestown to Lexington, Massachusetts, warning colonists that British Regular troops were approaching.
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Apr 17, 2024
An extra-alarm fire destroyed a home and damaged two others on the near West side Wednesday night, though fire officials said no one was injured in the blaze. The fire broke out around 8:30 p.m. on the 1300 block of West 16th Street in the Pilsen neighborhood, according to a social media update from the Chicago Fire Department. Officials quickly upgraded the blaze to a 2-11 fire. Neighbors who clustered around the scene Wednesday night said the home had been under construction and appeared to be vacant. Although the fire was declared struck out at 9:30 p.m. in a social […]
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Apr 17, 2024
A new report shows that the head of Maui's emergency management agency dragged his heels about returning to the island as wildfires ripped across the island last August.
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Apr 17, 2024
To get the Chicago mayor recall mechanism question on ballots this fall, backers need to collect 56,463 petition signatures. So far, they have none.
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Apr 17, 2024
The U.S. Justice Department has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle claims with about 100 people who say they were sexually assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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Apr 17, 2024
President Joe Biden on Wednesday misstated key details about his uncle's death in World War II as he honored the man's wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief.
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Apr 17, 2024
Donald Trump's legal team says it tried serving a subpoena on Stormy Daniels as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the former president's criminal trial, refused to take it and walked away.
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Apr 17, 2024
A total of 60 former patients have now sued former gynecologist Fabio Ortega, Endeavor and/or Swedish Hospital, where Ortega previously worked.
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Apr 17, 2024
The desert nation of the United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain ever recorded there after a deluge flooded out Dubai International Airport, disrupting flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel.
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Apr 17, 2024
A former warehouse coordinator for Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia is set to plead guilty next month in federal court in Chicago to charges he stole millions of dollars in Masters Tournament memorabilia over a 13-year period and transported it to Florida for resale, court records show.
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Apr 17, 2024
A U.S. government investigation into unexpected automatic braking involving nearly 3 million Hondas is a step closer to a recall.
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Apr 17, 2024
The report questioned how leadership of the Cook County Health Foundation spent nearly $80,000, entered into contracts and hired outside counsel.
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Apr 17, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson's $1.25 billion bond deal and other high-stakes City Council proposals scheduled for final votes Wednesday instead got delayed, but could resurface Friday. Aldermen "deferred and published" three major measures, using the council tactic to stall consideration.
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Apr 17, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson's $1.25 billion bond deal and other high-stakes City Council proposals scheduled for final votes Wednesday instead got delayed, but could resurface Friday. Aldermen "deferred and published" three major measures, using the council tactic to stall consideration.
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Apr 17, 2024
The Senate has dismissed all impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ending the House Republican push to remove the Cabinet secretary from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Apr 17, 2024
President Joe Biden is promising to block the acquisition of U.S. Steel by a Japan company, saying it "should remain a totally American company. American-owned, American operated."
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Apr 17, 2024
Lawmakers approve a measure that would make mental health professionals who get sent on emergency calls alongside law enforcement eligible for the same benefits as other first responders .
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Apr 17, 2024
Former football star and celebrity criminal defendant O.J. Simpson was cremated Wednesday, the lawyer handling his estate said following his death last week at home in Las Vegas at age 76.
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Apr 17, 2024
Evergreen Park High School received the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The National Association of Music Merchants Foundation, a gesture the school says reiterates the importance of music education in its classroom.
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Apr 17, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Apr 17, 2024
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he strongly supports a proposal from House Speaker Mike Johnson to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
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Apr 17, 2024
A National Public Radio editor who wrote an essay criticizing his employer for promoting liberal views resigned on Wednesday, a day after it was revealed that he had been suspended.
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Apr 17, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson's ambitious $1.25 billion bond plan advanced in the City Council Wednesday after previously being held up by opponents. The mayor's plan to raise funds earmarked for housing, job growth and cultural projects had been scheduled for a vote in the city's Finance Committee Monday, but that was tabled amid an attempt to […]
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Apr 17, 2024
Mayor Brandon Johnson's ambitious $1.25 billion bond plan advanced to the full City Council Wednesday after previously being held up by opponents, only to get stalled by a mayoral ally once it got there. The mayor's proposal to raise funds earmarked for housing, job growth and cultural projects had been scheduled for a vote in […]
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Apr 17, 2024
Parts of the Chicago area could see scattered thunderstorms Wednesday morning, with gusty winds and small hail, according to weather officials.
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Apr 17, 2024
During a City Council Committee of the Whole meeting in October, city staffers said a daylong slate of events like what marked the 2023 holiday is "not sustainable."
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Apr 17, 2024
Tesla will ask shareholders to reinstate a compensation package for CEO Elon Musk potentially worth $55 billion that was rejected by a judge in Delaware this year and to move the electric car maker's corporate home from Delaware to Texas.
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Apr 17, 2024
The latest Russian bombardment came as the war stretched into its third year and approached what could be a critical juncture as a lack of further military support from Ukraine's Western partners increasingly leaves it at the mercy of the Kremlin's bigger forces.
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Apr 17, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Apr 17, 2024
Senate Democrats could end the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday before arguments even begin.
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Apr 17, 2024
Senate Democrats could end the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday before arguments even begin.
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Apr 17, 2024
Ticket sales for the Chicago Sky are soaring after the team selected three star players in the WNBA draft Monday, the latest surge of support dedicated to women's basketball nationwide.
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Apr 17, 2024
Ticket sales for the Chicago Sky are soaring after the team signed three star players in the WNBA draft Monday, the latest in a surge of support dedicated to women's basketball nationwide. With the No. 3 and No. 7 pick, the Sky added South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso and LSU forward Angel Reese to its roster. In the second round, the Sky selected Gonzaga guard Brynna Maxwell with the No. 13 pick. "There has definitely been an increase in ticket sales throughout the year that coincides with the tremendous amount of talent coming out of the NCAA and into the […]
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Apr 17, 2024
On April 17, 1964, Ford Motor Co. unveiled the Mustang at the New York World's Fair.
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Apr 16, 2024
A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's longtime civil rights organization resigned Tuesday after less than three months on the job.
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Apr 16, 2024
Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87.
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Apr 16, 2024
National Public Radio has suspended a veteran editor who wrote an outside essay criticizing his employer for, in his view, journalism that reflects a liberal viewpoint with little tolerance for contrary opinions.
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Apr 16, 2024
The Chicago Board of Ethics voted Monday 5-0 to find that a city official violated the ethics ordinance 12 times. The Tribune has identified her as the subject of the board's ruling.
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Apr 16, 2024
The Deerfield-based company has been cutting jobs every few months over the last year.
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Apr 16, 2024
A dead, unidentified man was pulled from the water near Lincoln Park early Tuesday morning, according to authorities.
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Apr 16, 2024
Parts of the Chicago area could see severe thunderstorms with hail, strong winds and possible tornadoes Tuesday evening, according to meteorologists. Brett Borchardt, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Romeoville, said northwestern Illinois and the western Chicago suburbs were forecasted to bear the brunt of the weather, though he added that there was a chance that thunderstorms, quarter-sized hail, potential tornadoes and winds up to 60 mph would develop in the city. Borchardt said the storms would likely arrive in the area early Tuesday evening and dissipate between 11 p.m. and midnight. Parts of Illinois closer to the […]
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Apr 16, 2024
The first day of Trump's history-making hush money trial in Manhattan ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
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Apr 16, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is sending impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday.
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Apr 16, 2024
Gunfire damaged a window of a public charter school Tuesday morning on the city's Northwest Side, according to police and school leadership. Chicago police said no one was hurt during the shooting at Intrinsic School's Belmont campus in the Irving Park neighborhood about 9:20 a.m. Intrinsic Schools CEO Melissa Zaikos confirmed the school in the […]
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Apr 16, 2024
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday used a visit to Chicago by Ukrainian Prime Minister to blast Congressional Republicans who have held up further aid to the war-torn country.
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Apr 16, 2024
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday used a visit to Chicago by Ukrainian Prime Minister to blast Congressional Republicans who have held up further aid to the war-torn country.
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Apr 16, 2024
An ex-employee of Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has been charged in federal court in Chicago with stealing millions of dollars in Masters Tournament memorabilia over a 13-year period and taking it to Florida.
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Apr 16, 2024
The first day of Trump's history-making hush money trial in Manhattan ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
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Apr 16, 2024
Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office.
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Apr 16, 2024
A federal judge has cleared the way for a high-profile trial this summer over allegations that Black employees at the Chicago Department of Water Management were subjected to years of racist and sexist slurs, including some by politically connected top-level supervisors.
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Apr 16, 2024
After clocking out of her shift at The Gage restaurant near Millenium Park Monday, Jess Dennsion saw a message on a Taylor Swift fan page that she couldn't ignore. She ran to River North, where painters hoisted on a green scissor lift created a fairly inconspicuous QR code using the letters "ttpd" and the number "13" on the side of a building at 33 West Grand Avenue. The QR code links to a 13 second YouTube short on Swift's account, where the message "Error 321" and a faded "13" pop up in a typewriter font. Swift's 11th studio album "The […]
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Apr 16, 2024
Ald. Nicholas Sposato sent a letter to the city's Office of the Inspector General calling for COPA's ongoing probe into the 26-year-old's death to be turned over to state police.
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Apr 16, 2024
With the five year anniversary of the slaying of 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez looming, the woman accused of killing the teen and cutting her baby out of the womb in a sensational case that drew international attention was sentenced to 50 years in prison Tuesday.
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Apr 16, 2024
An order up for a final vote Wednesday is designed to give the City Council power to determine ShotSpotter's fate.
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Apr 16, 2024
Arlington Heights Police Department have joined the FBI in the North Suburban Safe Streets Task Force to expand crime-fighting initiatives, officials announced. "It's an opportunity to network with our federal partners and it's a force multiplier," said Arlington Heights Police Chief Nicholas Pecora in an interview with Pioneer Press April 1. "By embedding a police officer in an FBI task force, we get to use the resources of the FBI and conversely, we can maintain that northwest suburban collaboration because we all know crime is not restrictive; it doesn't support jurisdictional boundaries. It's better to chase with the long arm […]
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Apr 16, 2024
Flossmoor's former police Chief Jerel Jones takes issue with what the village administrator said were errors in his performance, arguing her critiques were "contrary to accepted Police Department practice in modern times."
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Apr 16, 2024
Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.
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Apr 16, 2024
Keith Freeman filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy Jan. 3 of this year, and the filing included information about all of his assets and sources of income, as well as any claims against him, according to the news release.
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Apr 16, 2024
Take a look at the notable celebrities and newsmakers who have died so far in 2024. These prominent people have made an impact in their fields of sports, public service and the arts.
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Apr 16, 2024
On Monday, staff members delivered a petition with 150 signatures to Columbia President and CEO Kwang-Wu Kim, who is stepping down in July, imploring him to seek alternative budget strategies.
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Apr 16, 2024
The world installed 117 gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2023, a 50% increase from the year before, making it the best year for new wind projects on record, according to a new report by the industry's trade association.
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Apr 16, 2024
Chicago Teachers Union unveils demands for new contract with Chicago Public Schools calling for fully funded schools amid budget shortfall
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Apr 16, 2024
Whitey Herzog, the gruff and ingenious Hall of Fame manager who guided the St. Louis Cardinals to three pennants and a World Series title in the 1980s, has died.
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Apr 16, 2024
In the aftermath of the referendum, Lockport District 205 will investigate other potential life safety issues that can be done within its bonding authority. This includes updates to the roof, electrical, heating and cooling, masonry, windows and bathrooms to make the building more handicap accessible.
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Apr 16, 2024
Confronted with an influx of migrants making their way to Chicago, New York and other big cities, Biden has used executive power to allow several hundred thousand of them to live and work temporarily in the United States in an effort to make them less reliant on shelters and other assistance.
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Apr 16, 2024
Indiana allows so few abortions that health officials stopped releasing individual reports to protect patient privacy — a move some Republicans are now fighting to reverse.
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Apr 16, 2024
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is sending impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday.
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Apr 16, 2024
Here are some things to know as the "Rust" case against Alec Baldwin nears.
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Apr 16, 2024
President Joe Biden's administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020.
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Apr 16, 2024
Good morning, Chicago. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day.
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Apr 16, 2024
The first day of Trump's history-making hush money trial in Manhattan ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
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Apr 16, 2024
The first day of Trump's history-making hush money trial in Manhattan ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
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Apr 16, 2024
The first day of Trump's history-making hush money trial in Manhattan ended with no one yet chosen to be on the panel of 12 jurors and six alternates.
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Apr 16, 2024
Parents of a teenager who committed suicide join push for law that would prohibit social media platforms from blocking outside safety software.
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Apr 16, 2024
On April 16, 2003, Michael Jordan played his last NBA game with the Washington Wizards, who lost to the Philadelphia 76ers, 107-87.
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