The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

CHICAGO — Early in his media session at the NBA draft combine this week, Cason Wallace was asked to explain why the league is filled with so many Kentucky guards who were “slept on” in the draft only to quickly assert themselves as star players.

CHICAGO — Barring any situation that involves a trade, the Pistons will draft a high-level forward with the fifth pick in next month's NBA draft, which is set for June 22.

CHICAGO — The first pitch White Sox starter Michael Kopech threw Friday night nearly hit Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. in the head

CHICAGO — More than three years after an officer was seen on video slamming a man to the ground, the Chicago Police Board voted to suspend another officer involved in the arrest for 90 days.

I guess for Ramaswamy, the Republican presidential candidate supposedly bent on “out-Trumping” Donald Trump, watching a clip of Chicagoans shouting “We don’t want them here” and “Close the border” was incentive to rush back to the city, like his immigrant mother and father did years ago when they…

After Dr. George Chronis was found dead in a fire in 2018 at his hunting getaway ranch in rural Texas, authorities said the Palos Park physician died accidentally. Then, his widow authorized a new autopsy in Illinois last year.

The Belarusian community in Chicago, many who left their homeland because of political and economic reasons, plans to march in the Loop on Sunday.

A Chicago tax on financial transactions, a proposal that’s been repeatedly floated from some progressives, is off the table in Springfield.

CHICAGO — The belief among NBA executives is that James Harden will rejoin the Houston Rockets this summer.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chonkosaurus eluded reporters trying to catch a glimpse of the city’s latest wildlife obsession — but there were lessons learned along the way.