LIsa Balde

President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, is accusing Trump of being a “racist,” citing in part a comment the president made during a trip to Chicago.

A Michigan-based bar and restaurant chain plans to change the name of its “Crack Fries” in January to distance itself from a word associated with the drug epidemic.

Ikea announced its Oak Creek store opening day plans and promotions for Wednesday.

While opening day plans and promotions are still forthcoming, Ikea noted in a statement that customers can begin lining up at 5 a.m. that day.

The Chicago area can expect a wetter winter this year, but temperature predictions aren’t quite as clear, national forecasters said.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday forecast higher-than-average precipitation for northeastern Illinois and many other northern states.

The family of a north suburban Uber driver, allegedly killed by a 16-year-old girl with a machete last month, has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart for letting her leave the store without paying for the weapons.

Some say Illinois can’t afford to cut its media service that transmits state news, even though it costs $3 million a year as the state is in financial turmoil.

The man charged with the “vicious and brutal” murder of a woman in her Hinsdale home earlier this month pawned her wedding rings after the attack, prosecutors said.

As the city of Chicago looks for ways to fill a nearly $600 million hole to fund Chicago Public Schools, a new setback has been revealed for Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

In the wake of Chicago’s latest rash of gun violence, including a gunman opening fire at a South Side restaurant, the city’s police chief told reporters, “as a Chicagoan, I’m angry and sick.”

An unsuspecting group of tourists on a Los Angeles sightseeing tour took a pitstop of a lifetime Sunday night at the Academy Awards thanks to a prank instigated by host Jimmy Kimmel.

A 20-year-old man was shot in the head while looking for a place to park a car in the Belmont Central neighborhood early Friday on the Northwest Side.