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A Wisconsin middle school was locked down Wednesday after school officials reported an “active shooter” at the building with police responding to the scene.

McDonald’s plans to step up deals and value messaging to combat slowing sales.

Four Chicago businesess were named on a new list of the “Top 100 Local Businesses in the U.S.” by Yelp.

Brunch, anyone?

Attention parents: your child might just be the next Gerber baby, but you may need to wait awhile before applying.

Once they’re out in big numbers, there’s no escaping them — and that goes for your trees, too.

A man in his 30s who was cycling in suburban Melrose Park was killed in a hit-and-run crash early Tuesday morning, according to authorities.

As the U.S. is poised to reclassify cannabis at the federal level, owners of cannabis businesses and those with past criminal convictions are among many impacted by the change.

For months, NBC 5 Responds has been looking into how scammers are using your medical information to con insurance companies into paying out big bucks in a scam that has impacted people across Illinois.

Experts are warning residents of high volumes of migrating birds overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday morning, urging them to take precautions to keep the animals safe.

Similar to protesters on other campuses, demonstrators at DePaul are calling on the university to disinvest from companies that do business with Israel, while also calling on the university to call for a ceasefire.

What’s a “hack” to living in Chicago that only someone living in the city would know?

Caschaus Tate, 20, was ordered detained Tuesday afternoon by a Cook County judge after being arrested Friday for allegedly trying to get rid of Officer Luis Huesca’s stolen gun.