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A central Illinois jury found a pediatric surgeon acted negligently in his treatment of a baby more than a decade ago and awarded the now-teenager more than $2 million, according to the law firm representing the teenager and her family. A Peoria County jury returned a verdict on Friday and found Dr. Mark Holterman, then a pediatric surgeon at OSF&#...

Officials are warning pet owners to “take special precautions” as a historic cicada emergence begins in the city and suburbs.

Chicago’s Field Museum has unveiled an incredible new fossil that displays the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs, with Illinois’ governor calling it the “world’s most important fossil.” That fossil, known as Archaeopteryx, dates back to the Jurassic Period, roaming the Earth 150 million years ago according to Field Museum scientists. Wi...

The magazine’s ‘New Ivies” consists of 10 public universities and 10 private colleges, and many of them are in the Midwest.

A Wisconsin man has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery, including strangulation, after what authorities said was a seemingly random attack on a woman walking her dog in a suburban park over the weekend. According to police, Raymond P. Link, 47, was with his unleashed dog in Petersen Park in McHenry Sunday when he suddenly att...

Chicago police are releasing more details about a series of incidents that impacted the city’s Cinco De Mayo parade on Sunday afternoon.

Fashion’s biggest night of the year takes place Monday evening.

Millions of birds are currently flying through the Great Plains and the Midwest as they make their way toward their spring breeding sites, and many of those birds are flying through Illinois this week.

Cicadas are officially emerging from the ground in several parts of the Chicago area as the start of a historic emergence begins. But where can you expect them most?

Chicago’s weather forecast Monday calls for a dry and sunny day, but rain and strong to severe storms are on the horizon, the NBC 5 Storm Team said.

Each year, thousands of birds are killed during migrations when they strike buildings and power lines, with experts urging the public to take steps to protect their health and safety.

At 150,000 square-feet, the store in Eden’s Plaza will be Wayfair’s first “large-format” store. It will also feature an on-site restaurant called “The Porch”

As Pro-Palestine encampments at college campuses across the country continue, the University of Chicago said talks between protesters and the school have been suspended as the University called the protesters’ requests “inconsistent with the University’s principles.”

Chicago police on Sunday were looking to locate the hit-and-run driver who struck a woman in the city’s Bucktown neighborhood, officials said. In an alert to residents, police said a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle at around 10:51 p.m. Saturday in the 2100 block of West Armitage Avenue. The woman was using a crosswalk when a driver hit her...

A 3-year-old girl died and three others sustained injuries in a single-vehicle crash late Sunday morning along DuSable Lake Shore Drive, authorities said. The crash was reported at around 11:48 a.m. in the 5300 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, near Harold Washington Park. According to Chicago police, a 31-year-old man driving a Chevy Malibu...

First round arrives Tuesday