Mayor Brandon Johnson blocked the city’s watchdog from searching for gifts he accepted on behalf of the city without ...

Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S.

The MacArthur Justice Center and the ACLU of Illinois filed a lawsuit alleging ICE officials are denying detainees access to ...

The museum is celebrating its own history as the first planetarium in the Western Hemisphere by preparing for its centennial celebration in 2030.

Some SNAP funds will be released as the government shutdown drags on. And meet the Adler Planetarium’s new president.

The government shutdown is poised to become the longest ever this week as the impasse between Democrats and Republicans has dragged into a new month.

This year, Heitz is confident the team picked a beaut that checks all the right boxes: a 6-ton Norway spruce donated by the ...

State lawmakers ride to the rescue for Chicago-area public transit. And federal prosecutors file charges against anti-immigration enforcement protesters.

Chicago has a number of towering timekeepers, some of them works of art, some of them landmarks, and all of them a reminder that time never stands still.

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis had ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom every weekday at 6 p.m. to recap the events of the day and inform her of any use of force.

From the public health perspective, it is about protecting the children and protecting adults who don’t really know what is ...

The program serves about one in eight Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. Word in October that ...