The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

CHICAGO — High-profile federal conspiracy trials like the one unfolding in Chicago against disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly don’t typically have many made-for-TV bombshells.

The source described the guard’s actions as “heroic” and said he was released from police custody without charges being filed. He was being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for a cut to his leg.

In the rollout of additional dwelling units, or ADUs, 83% are headed to Chicago’s North or Northwest sides with little activity in other areas.

The success of SEIU in organizing baristas in Chicago has led to the arduous task of negotiating first contracts in settings where worker turnover can be high.

Democrats hold the advantage in two races for open Illinois Supreme Court seats because last year they redrew the court’s boundaries for the first time in 58 years. The two down-ballot elections hold enormous stakes if the court changes hands — potentially impacting abortion, gun control and union…

CHICAGO — Ellie and Ryan Weseloh feel lucky to have escaped the worst of what the summer brought for air travelers.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot encouraged residents to help support a second wave of migrants who arrived Sunday afternoon by bus in Chicago and urged Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to collaborate on a more humane transition.

On Sunday, Lightfoot again lambasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for “manufacturing a human crisis” by sending immigrants to the city with no prior communication as to their needs.

CHICAGO — Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee had a concert in the Chicago area Sunday night, but he took in the Twins-White Sox game the afternoon before it.