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The risk for house fires is always present, but it especially rises during the holiday season.

A planetary parade is set to be visible in the night sky for the start of the new year — and this one will bring with it a rare occurrence.

Police in west suburban Cicero were searching for two suspects in a deadly shooting that led to a crash on Sunday, leaving one person dead and injuring six others, village officials said Monday.

A gang member was arrested in connection with a shooting that left a Cicero police officer seriously injured on Saturday, according to a village spokesman.

Grammy-winning music superstar of the 2000s Nelly is embarking on a world tour in 2025, with 54 dates across the globe including a stop in the Chicago area, according to an announcement from Live Nation.

When 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, a person of interest in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was taken into custody by police after being spotted by a McDonald’s worker in Altoona, Pennsylvania, he had with him a ghost gun and a manifesto that officials believe could give insights behind the brazen murder that unfolded last we...

While the winter solstice hasn’t happened just yet, the darkest days of the year for 2024 are officially upon us.

RCS text messaging has gained plenty of attention in recent weeks, but for some phone users, a change could be in store, according to a recent alert from Verizon.

Country music superstar Keith Urban has announced a new world tour for 2025 with a stop in Chicago.

The word of the year in 2023 was “authentic.” This year’s comes as large swaths of the U.S. struggle to reach consensus on what is real

Star rapper and entrepreneur Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has released a statement after being accused in a lawsuit of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000, allegedly along with Sean “Diddy” Combs, NBC News reported.

More mild temperatures were in the Chicago forecast Monday before a major temperature swing will bring a chance for flurries and wind chills as low as -20 degrees.

A man was fatally shot on Sunday evening in the city’s South Chicago neighborhood, authorities said.