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CHICAGO — You’ve likely heard this before, or felt it in your bones, but it’s horrifying, debilitating and worth repeating, especially right now, as we head into a political season: At least half of this country hates the other half. According to the Pew Research Center, 75% of Democrats think…

One of them is in Laredo, which has elevated rates of cancer, according to a recent state analysis. The findings come after reporting by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.

Recluse janitor Henry Darger spent more than 40 years in a tiny one-room apartment in Lincoln Park, writing, painting, sketching, collecting and fantasizing.

Ten leading cartoonists revisit their most memorable sketch of the outgoing PM, and reveal what lies in store for his successor

CHICAGO — Not everyone liked the things that artist Claes Oldenburg made, which were gigantic sculptures of such commonplace items as a hamburger, a lipstick case, clothespin, ice cream cone, pretzel, ironing board, teddy bear, aspirin, and a very, very big bat in Chicago.

A six-year newsroom veteran, Audience Director Bobby Blanchard is now our chief audience officer and a member of the Tribune’s senior management team.

CHICAGO — Following Lollapalooza’s long and lucrative run in Chicago, the future of the flagship music festival is still to be determined, with its decade-old contract ending this year.

CHICAGO — Back in March, a high-ranking Cook County prosecutor sent an email that by her own admission was “desperate.”

Minnie Miñoso’s induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday culminated a long and complicated journey to Cooperstown, N.Y., that few imagined would end this way.