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Around 8:30 p.m., the officer was walking through a parking lot in the 800 block of West Addison Street when they were struck by a car, Chicago police said.

As the conflict between Israel and Hamas rages, the number of hate crimes in the United States is on the rise. The Department of Homeland Security is warning of a heightened threat targeting Arabs, Muslims and Jews in the near to medium term. Vigils have been taking place after a…

Of all places, the city picks a site that once contained a zinc smelting operation — a process that can potentially leach toxins into the soil. It’s another example of blunders on handling Chicago’s migrant crisis.

The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability will vote Thursday on asking the city’s inspector general to investigate cops named on an Oath Keepers list.

Anthony Driver, who heads the Community Commission on Public Safety and Accountability, said the commonalities he has discovered between police and the public has been the “defining moment” of his 14-month tenure.

Mexican singer-songwriter, performing in the city for the first time in seven years, says latest album ‘00:00’ marks fresh starts in his personal life and his career.

Plus: Suspect in teacher’s murder arrested, the state of Chicago’s music scene and more.

The Full Plate Program will supply organizations that provide food and meal services. Eligible nonprofits can apply to receive up to $10,000.

A fire that raged through the Iroquois Theatre in 1903, where the Nederlander Theatre now stands, killed 602 people. The fire was “a disaster unmatched even by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.”