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NBC 5 Responds explains the risks of injectable weight loss drugs, and how you can safely obtain them online.

Jennifer Pham is doing whatever she can inside a local pharmacy to preserve her family’s deep roots in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood.

Chicago public health officials are warning about a rise in cases of meningococcal disease.

Following months of closure, construction at one of Chicago’s most iconic tourist destinations will be concluding soon as summer approaches.

A motorcyclist was killed and a passenger was injured after a motorcycle slammed into a school bus in suburban Minooka on Wednesday afternoon.

As weight loss medications continue to grow in popularity, the Illinois Poison Center is seeing more calls from people unintentionally misusing or misdosing the medications.

As experts predict the historic 2024 cicada emergence will be in full force very soon, many are wondering: how long will it last?

A 39-year-old man was shot to death Wednesday morning while getting into his car outside his home at a Bridgeview apartment complex, officials said.

Millions of birds are expected to take to the skies over the Chicago area in the coming days, as improved weather will make for ideal migrating conditions.

Popular online furniture and home furnishings retailer Wayfair will come to life next weekend as the company’s opens its first-ever brick-and-mortar store inside Eden’s Plaza in suburban Wilmette.

It has been nearly three months since Wisconsin toddler Elijah Vue disappeared in a mystery that continues to spur headlines, but in a recent update, authorities said while Elijah remains missing, they wanted to clear up some “rumors” about the case.

The American flag and the State of Illinois flag will be flying at half-staff on Wednesday.

Dorothy Jean Tillman II’s participation in Arizona State University’s May 6 commencement was the latest step on a higher-education journey the Chicago teen started when she took her first college course at age 10.