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President Donald Trump granted a sweeping pardon on Jan. 20, 2025, to nearly everyone "convicted of offenses related to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021." He also ordered the attorney general to seek dismissal of all pending indictments.

The cost to replace just 380,000 in Chicago could reach $10 billion, an official said at a U.S. Senate hearing on getting rid of pipes with the brain-damaging metal.

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The Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit also has offices on both coasts and in Texas.

The American Lung Association ranked the Chicago metro area’s levels of smog and particle pollution among the top 25 in the country.

A woman was critically wounded in a shooting while she was in a backyard of a home in the 2400 block of West Eastwood Avenue.

The $1 million giveaway is planned for Saturday at 16 locations in Chicago and 14 others in the suburbs, according to a post on Wilson’s Facebook page.

The risks and costs would be completely disproportionate to the potential gain if the Rivers Casino proposal in the 78 mega-development is approved.

Chicago actress Catherine Zeta-Jones shared a selection of black-and-white pictures of her daughter on Instagram on Wednesday as she celebrated the teen's birthday

A Chicago 2024 Host Committee, tasked with raising millions of dollars for the bid, is expected to be named soon.

At one point Wednesday, the smoke clouds at Rise in Mundelein got so heavy they set off the smoke detectors, prompting a brief evacuation and a visit from the fire department.