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An Illinois lawmaker on Monday renewed her push to change the Columbus Day state holiday to Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Members of Chicago’s Italian American community have planned a rally for Columbus Day at Arrigo Park in Little Italy, a celebration they say is more important than ever this year. NBC 5’s Trina Orlando reports.

Columbus Day is expected to be much different this year in Chicago – with the presence of a nationwide movement to replace the federally-recognized holiday altogether and the absence of the city’s annual parade. Still, members of Chicago’s Italian American community have planned a rally at Arrigo Park in Little Italy, a celebration they say is more important than...

A man accused of stabbing three sleeping homeless men over the summer is now facing a murder charge in connection with a fourth attack in Grant Park. Bryant McCalip, 28, is charged with one count of first-degree murder in the death of 58-year-old Aaron Curry, Chicago police said. McCalip was hit with the new murder charge Monday. He was previously…

Although Lollapalooza won’t take place in Grant Park this year due to concerns brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the popular music festival will still go on — albeit in a different way. Lolla2020, a four-night music broadcast event on YouTube, will kick off Thursday evening, coinciding with what’s typically festival weekend. The virtual event, which starts at 5...

Chicago police are searching for a suspect accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man and injuring another in a pair of incidents in Grant Park this month. According to authorities, the recent cases both occurred in the 1100 block of South Michigan Avenue. In each incident, the suspect approached homeless victims while they were sleeping in the park and brutally…

Crews took down Christopher Columbus statues in Grant Park and Little Italy. NBC 5’s Lisa Chavarria reports.

Video shows the moments two Christopher Columbus statues in Chicago were taken down. One was in the city’s Grant Park and a second in the Little Italy neighborhood.

President Donald Trump called Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Wednesday night to confirm his plans to send federal aid to the city to supplement ongoing federal investigations regarding violent crime. The mayor’s office said in a statement that Lightfoot continues to address these resources will be investigatory in nature and coordinated through the U.S. Attorney’s office. “The mayor has made...

The Wieners Circle celebrated National Hot Dog Day in a way only the city’s rudest hot dog stand could – with a strongly worded message tackling city politics on its marquee. The eatery, famed for its snarky and mean service, has made headlines for stances taken on its widely-seen marquee. On Wednesday, that was no different. “Federal agents unless ur…

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he will send a “surge” of federal agents to Chicago as part of a plan to combat “violent crime.”

President Donald Trump is set to deliver remarks from the White House Wednesday on “combatting violent crime in cities” as part of the so-called “Operation Legend,” his office announced.

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is sending federal law enforcement agents to Chicago and Albuquerque to combat violent crime. The agents will come from several agencies, including the FBI, DEA and DHS, to help execute “Operation Legend.” Agents have already been sent to Kansas City.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot confirmed Tuesday that federal agents are being sent to Chicago, but so far the city doesn’t “see a Portland-style deployment coming.”

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot confirmed Tuesday that federal agents are being sent to Chicago, but so far the city doesn’t “see a Portland-style deployment coming.”

Watch the news conference live in the player above. Chicago activists are set to hold a news conference at Grant Park’s Christopher Columbus statue ahead of a 6 p.m. rally Monday. Just days earlier, on Friday, protests at the monument turned violent, resulting in at least one dozen arrests and 49 Chicago police officers being injured.

“That’s not peaceful protest. That’s anarchy, and we are going to put that down,” said 18-year-old activist Miracle Boyd.

Following a now-controversial protest near a statue of Christopher Columbus last week in Grant Park, the Chicago Police Department on Monday released “pod cam” and body cam footage that top police officials said shows a peaceful march that turned violent and left officers injured.

The protest at Grant Park’s Christopher Columbus Statue on Friday — and the police response to it — appear, days later, more complex than was originally thought. One activist is telling her side of the story after she said she left the protest without her front teeth. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.