Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Nick Cave fights racism with beauty

You’ve only got a few weeks left to catch the show at the Museum of Contemporary Art.

Chicago Sun-Times

TV Tinsel: Marlyne Barrett never thought she'd be a nurse, but that was before 'Chicago Med'

Actress Marlyne Barrett, who plays the charge nurse on “Chicago Med,” violates the old joke about not being a doctor but playing one on TV.

Tribune News Service

67 years after Emmett Till’s Chicago funeral, his best friend remembers him

CHICAGO — When the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. thinks of Emmett Till, he sees him running toward home plate with the grace of a lumbering Pullman freight train. Emmett’s slow speed lost their team a softball game, he remembers.

Chicago Tribune

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

5 Bold predictions ahead of the Bears’ 2022 season

From Cole Kmet's breakout season to a banner year for pass rushers, here are our 2022 regular season bold predictions for the Chicago Bears.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Companies are using carrots, not sticks, to get workers back as hopes fade for post-Labor Day return to the office

CHICAGO — Michelle Feuillerat works remotely most days but makes a special effort to come into the office on Mondays or Fridays, which her firm, Zurich North America, dubs bring-your-dog-to-work days.

Chicago Tribune

MA Cannabis Regulator Gets New Chair & Other Key Executive Changes You Should Know About

Top CEOs, investors and leaders in the cannabis industry will soon convene at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on Sept. 13-14 in Chicago.

Benzinga

Many libraries in Chicago stock free, life-saving Narcan to fight opioid overdoses

CHICAGO — Overdose deaths kill more people in Chicago than gun violence and car crashes combined, officials have said. But a simple nasal spray, Narcan, can save lives by stopping overdoses.

Chicago Tribune

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Bears open as 6.5-point home underdogs vs. 49ers in Week 1

There's not a lot of confidence in the Bears heading into their Week 1 opener against the 49ers.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dozens of beagles rescued from cruel drug experiment excitedly arrive at home

A van carrying 36 rescue beagles has arrived at an animal centre in Chicago, US, after around 4,000 dogs were saved from a breeder who sold them to research laboratories for drug experiments

Daily Mirror

Bears 2022 predictions: Can Chicago shock everyone with a favorable record?

No one's expecting Chicago to shock the world in 2022. Our Bears Wire staff share their final record predictions ahead of the opener.

USA Today Sports Media Group

NFC predictions: How each team will finish in its division this season

LOS ANGELES — The Rams coach is 5-0 to start seasons, a record as pristine as his haircut. Sean McVay opened the last five seasons with wins over Indianapolis, Oakland, Carolina, Dallas and Chicago, averaging 32.6 points in those victories.

Los Angeles Times

Ald. Susan Sadlowski Garza won’t seek a third term

She was the first member of the Chicago Teachers Union to be elected to the City Council and the first woman to represent the 10th Ward — a position she’s held since 2015.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Human crisis’: Chicago seeks help as Texas buses over migrants

Chicago says about 125 asylum seekers, many of them families with small children, arrived from Texas so far.

Al Jazeera

Ax-wielding man dies after attacking Chicago cannabis dispensary guard, police say

CHICAGO — A security guard shot and killed a man who attacked him with an ax after an argument outside a cannabis dispensary in Greektown on Monday, Chicago police said.

Chicago Tribune

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Labor Day weekend gun violence in Chicago: 10 killed, 46 wounded, including 13-year-old boy

The fatal attacks included a shooting early Sunday outside a bar in the Loop, and a man who was found with a gunshot wound in Old Town on the Near North Side.

Chicago Tribune

There were plenty of surprises in prosecution’s case against R. Kelly. But will any spell acquittal?

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Video shows guard ‘defending himself and employees’ as he fatally shot ax-wielding man outside Greektown pot dispensary: source

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Understanding, tolerance can bridge divisions between rural Illinois, Chicago

Wherever you go, whomever you meet, people are individuals first, not groups.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Chicago Sun-Times

Historical documents offer glimpses of the Underground Railroad in Chicago

Chicago had been a destination for freedom seekers. The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 changed things, making Canada a safer final destination and Chicago largely a way station on the Underground Railroad.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bear Necessities: Chicago excited for N’Keal Harry’s eventual return

Bears WR N'Keal Harry was placed on IR last week, meaning the soonest he can return is Week 5. Chicago is looking forward to his return.

Chicago Sun-Times

City’s test of additional dwelling units finds most takers in gentrified wards

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘South Side’ to take a trip down to the Lower Wacker auto pound

HBO Max series’ upcoming third season will bring characters to the ominous underground facility that a show producer calls ‘kind of hauntingly beautiful.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Illinois Republicans aim to win control of state Supreme Court for first time in 53 years

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 Sun-Times

Labor’s brewing renaissance: Union drives gain steam at Starbucks, other coffee shops

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.

Chicago Tribune

After a tough summer for air travel, what will the fall bring?

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

1 … 430 431 432 433

People

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere

408 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.