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Chicago’s travel order was updated once again Tuesday, with Puerto Rico now on the city’s quarantine list.

A third statue of Christopher Columbus in Chicago was taken down on the city’s South Side early Friday.

A third Christopher Columbus statue in Chicago was removed from its post early Friday morning.

A Christopher Columbus statue on Chicago’s South Side that was left standing after two other Columbus statues were removed last week may yet be taken down, a City Council member says.

Four states, including Wisconsin, were added to Chicago’s emergency travel order Tuesday, requiring anyone visiting or returning to the city from one of now 22 states to self-quarantine for 14 days.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot wrote a letter to the CEO of Commonwealth Edison Monday, calling the utility company’s response to its involvement in a federal bribery scandal “inadequate.” In a letter addressed to CEO Joseph Dominguez, Lightfoot said she was “deeply disturbed” by ComEd’s conduct in a bribery scheme in which investigators say the company admitted to arranging jobs...

Chicago won’t be adding Indiana to its emergency travel order this week, the city’s mayor said, though she noted the city is “watching all of our neighbors very carefully.”

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

The reason behind the removal of Chicago’s two Christopher Columbus statues early Friday wasn’t what some might think. According to a statement from the mayor’s office hours after the statues were taken down, the move was actually was done in an effort to “protect public safety.” Crews were seen taking down the statues in Grant Park and the city’s...

Hundreds of protesters took part in a large anti-police demonstration Thursday night near Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Chicago’s two Christopher Columbus statues were taken down early Friday morning, nearly one week after protests erupted in the city.

The removal of Chicago’s two Christopher Columbus statues early Friday was done in an effort to “protect public safety,” the mayor’s office said in a statement hours after the statues were taken down. Crews were seen taking down the statues in Grant Park and the city’s Little Italy neighborhood during the overnight hours. By 6 a.m., only the pedestal...

Chicago’s two Christopher Columbus statues were taken down early Friday morning, nearly one week after protests erupted in the city. Lauren Petty reports.

Hundreds of protesters took part in a large anti-police demonstration Thursday night near Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Logan Square home. As the protest demanding the defunding of the Chicago Police Department continued, reports surfaced on social media in the evening, stating the Christopher Columbus statue at Grant Park could be taken down as soon as late Thursday night. While...

President Donald Trump offered few details when he announced this week that the government will dispatch hundreds of extra federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to fight an uptick in violent crime. The absence of a clear, publicly available plan has left city leaders, residents and even federal agencies to speculate about exactly what will happen and when….

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.”

Indoor service at bars in Chicago will be forced to shut down and other restrictions will be heightened once again as the city sees an increase in its average daily cases, officials announced Monday.

Protesters marched in downtown Chicago Monday to detest President Trump’s plan to send federal agents to Chicago to combat violence. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Demonstrators gathered at Federal Plaza Monday evening in protest of President Trump’s plan to send federal agents to Chicago to crackdown on violence. The president tweeted over the weekend what some have taken as a veiled comment that federal help could be sent to multiple cities, including Chicago. “Look at Portland, where the pols are just fine with 50 days…

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.