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The Chicago City Council’s Budget Committee approved an additional $70 million in funding for the city’s programs addressing the ongoing sheltering of asylum seekers, with a full council vote expected in coming days.

Five dogs, rescued from the West Bank, are available for adoption in Cook County.

It still looks like Christmas in Long Grove, and there’s a good reason for the (way-too-early) season.

A Chicago Public Schools employee has been removed from the classroom after students – including one as young as five years old – had their mouths duct taped during a classroom incident, NBC 5 Investigates has learned. The March 18 incident happened at Carter G. Woodson South Elementary School in Bronzeville. An internal investigation is underway w...

In the wake of Monday’s protests that shut down a portion of the Kennedy Expressway leading to O’Hare International Airport, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker faced questions regarding safety and security preparations for this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators staged a protest along the ex...

A collaborative effort aims to provide much-needed health care resources in ten zip codes on the West Side of Chicago, which suffers disproportionately from chronic rates of disease and mental illness. The program, Wellness West, is funded by the Healthcare Transformation Collaborative of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, w...

Unsafe road conditions caused by a massive sinkhole prompted the Illinois Department of Transportation on Monday to shut down a portion of Illinois Route 185 in the central portion of the state.

Verizon customers eligible to file a claim and join a $100 million class-action settlement again the company only have until the end of the day Monday to sign up.

An Illinois privacy law that was the basis for a large class-action settlement against Facebook is now the basis of a class-action suit against Target.

Chicago police have confirmed multiple arrests following protests that snarled traffic near O’Hare International Airport on Monday.

Travelers heading to Chicago O’Hare Airport Monday morning were forced to walk from the freeway to terminals with their luggage in tow as a protest blocked lanes and caused heavy traffic and backups on the Kennedy Expressway.

Video posted to social media showed empty lanes in front of a typically busy O’Hare terminal, with travelers having to walk with luggage from the freeway.

“Solid traffic” backups were reported as far as I-90, Total Traffic reported.