A selection of 144 items owned by the Lincoln Presidential Foundation chronicling Lincoln’s personal and political life went ...

Just five months into the year, Chicago taxpayers have spent at least $144.5 million to resolve nearly two and a half dozen ...

Before the vote, Mayor Brandon Johnson repeatedly questioned whether the measure is constitutional and frequently said that ...

The Chicago City Council unanimously agreed Wednesday to pay $15.5 million to the private firm that leases the city’s parking ...

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

Turnout gear, also known as bunker gear, is the specialized protective clothing worn by firefighters to protect them when ...

Five years since the murder of George Floyd. We explore what’s changed and what hasn’t — from community relations to DEI pledges.

Nationwide protests erupted in the summer of 2020, a so-called racial reckoning, shortly after a video of the killing surfaced online. Residents took to the streets demanding systemic change to ...

The Chicago Park District announced it has recruited enough lifeguards to have all 22 beaches open for swimming seven days a ...

WTTW News producer Josh Terry presents must-see live music shows from indie rock to jazz, country, hip-hop and more.

When Danielle Moore started Semicolon Books in West Town in 2019, business was slow — until the social justice movement after George Floyd’s murder in May 2020 launched her store into the spotlight as ...

Blaze and Pepper — the piping plover momma and papa who raised three chicks on a Waukegan beach in 2024 — are back on the nest with a full clutch of four eggs.