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A man is jailed awaiting trial after Chicago police allegedly saw him violently mug a female DePaul University student in the Loop. The victim, a 19-year-old woman, had just finished class at the school’s downtown campus and was walking south on State Street when Romeo Luna, 24, began following her around 1:45 p.m....

Former Chicago mayor and U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel is proposing a mandatory retirement age of 75 for workers across all three branches of government, including elected leaders, as part of what he’s pitching as an ethics and reform effort.

CHICAGO — Chicago doled out $26.5 million in overtime in recent years to government employees who should not have gotten it, according to a report released Wednesday by the city’s Inspector General. Over 1,000 likely ineligible employees received the extra pay from 2020 to 2024, according to the...

CHICAGO (TCN) -- A middle school girl who had reportedly been bullied for six months was allegedly attacked with corrosive acid at her apartment complex. WFLD reported Jan. 19 that the victim’s mother, Aspen Clark, said her daughter, who has not been named, has been bullied for the past several months at school. She...

Hundreds of thousands of students have been affected by the school closings so far, with the list likely to grow.

A jury has found a man guilty in the murder of cook county judge Raymond Myles.

With below-zero temperatures and wind chills as low as -35 degrees in the Chicago area, getting into a bitterly cold car might be the last thing drivers want to do. But should you actually warm up your car and how long should do it?. While warming up your car before...

Dr. Arnaud Wautlet of Rush University Medical Center explains the viral trend known as lüften and how briefly opening windows can improve indoor air quality.

You won’t believe what security found in one traveler’s bag at O'Hare. Let’s just say, it’s a real lesson in travel awareness.

CHICAGO - A 17-year-old was shot Wednesday night in Chicago's Burnside neighborhood. The teen was standing in a yard around 10:10 p.m. when gunfire broke out and struck him in the chest and back in the 13000 block of South Evans Avenue, according to Chicago police. He was treated at...