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Fourteen years ago, Nicole Bubolz was standing along the Chicago Marathon course with her 8-year-old son, having just started running after giving birth to nine children, including three sets of twins.

Do you have a cell phone? Expect it to buzz Wednesday afternoon.

Chicago has been named the “Best Big City in the U.S.” for the seventh straight year by readers of Condé Nast Traveller Magazine, officials announced Tuesday.

As Chicago receives multiple buses of migrants daily, two new shelters are set to open, in the Pilsen and Austin neighborhoods.

Two Ford plants, one in Chicago and one in Lima, Ohio, have announced layoffs for workers following the UAW strike. Sandra Torres has more.

Some roads suburban Park Ridge were closed and police were investigating early Tuesday after a one-car crash overnight left one person dead.

The abrupt closure of Chicago’s iconic fine dining restaurant The Signature Room on the 95th floor of the former John Hancock Center has left employees in shock and some customers seeking refunds for event deposits they say have not been returned.

Stargazers will encounter striking views next week as a solar eclipse becomes visible in the skies across the U.S. But depending on where you live, what exactly you see might vary greatly. An annular eclipse will travel through parts of Oregon, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas on Oct. 14, creating a “ring...

Plans to open a temporary migrant shelter in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood sparked a heated discussion at a meeting on Monday night, the latest escalation in the ongoing migrant crisis. The proposed shelter, inside a former warehouse at 22nd and Halsted, could welcome asylum-seekers in the coming days. “The city of Chicago has 17,000 new neig...

A freshman student at a South Bend, Indiana, high school died suddenly on Monday in what school district officials referred to as an “isolated health-related incident.” The South Bend Community School Corporation said a student at John Adams High School, whose name or age hasn’t been released, received immediate medical attention ...

Terrifying moments erupted outside a Walmart in south suburban Country Club Hills when a shootout transpired after multiple armed suspects tried to rob an armored truck, police said. According to the Country Club Hills Police Department, at around 10:24 a.m., officers were initially called to Walmart, 4005 W. 168th Place, regarding what was initial...

More than 40 million borrowers have to start making student loan payments again. The CPA Society offered three “smart money management tips” as student loan repayments resume.

Some Bank of America Chicago Marathon runners will be racing to finish first, others will be racing to set a personal best, but for some, there’s another big challenge on the horizon: the 2024 Olympics.

The number of questions on federal student aid applications will drop from 100 to about 40, and the deadline is changing too.