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A website offering college students a way to sign up for casual sexual encounters with fellow students is expanding its operation.
Big tuition increases are coming for college students at some of the area's finest universities.
A group of University of Chicago students have created a new website that offers students help to hook up with other students for casual sexual encounters.
The University of Chicago has started its first ever engineering school, at the institution always known for its basic or pure research as opposed to applied or technical development.
A new five-screen movie theater will be coming to the Hyde Park neighborhood, finally replacing a once-grand theater that has been shuttered for nearly a decade.
A woman at a bus stop near the University of Chicago was shot multiple times Tuesday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood.
Two construction workers were hospitalized Friday morning when the elevator they were riding in fell about 12 feet on the University of Chicago campus.
The Chicago Public Schools have named a University of Chicago professor as the new chief education officer.
Along with the Chicago Public Schools, all of the city's major universities were also back in class today, and some were even able to reopen yesterday.
Married people may think they communicate well with their partners, but psychologists have found that they don't always convey messages to their loved ones as well as they think.
A University of Chicago specialist in Haiti says the best that can be said about former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's return is he probably won't be able to steal much.
The University of Chicago plans to buy the Meadville Lombard Unitarian Universalist theological school's current building, as the seminary moves to a new location.
The University of Chicago's head dinosaur hunter has unwrapped a small new package with teeth and claws--a distant ancestor of T-Rex.
The University of Chicago and Northwestern University are both seeing a record number of applications from incoming freshmen.
A University of Chicago researcher says the 2009 flu pandemic has provided clues that might help get rid of the disease entirely one day.
A second suspect pleaded guilty Thursday to the 2007 murder of a University of Chicago graduate student and was sentenced to 41 years in prison.
President Barack Obama's term in office is not yet half over, but two universities are already vying for his presidential library.
Friends of a slain South Side teen are keeping up pressure on the University of Chicago Medical Center with a protest today designed to get the hospital to reopen its trauma center.
Thousands of swimmers across the country dove in head first for a great cause on Tuesday, in honor or one of their fellow athletes whom they lost four years ago.
A study is examining how social and physical environments interact with genetics to affect kids' health.
A South Side man was sentenced to 35 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the slaying of University of Chicago graduate student.
The University of Chicago Medical Center has received a $5 million grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.
A Chicago firefighter is out of the hospital after being struck by debris Tuesday evening, while fighting a blaze in the Math-Stat Building on University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus.
Fire officials are investigating an extra-alarm blaze that broke out at the University of Chicago's Math-Stat Building on Tuesday evening, and left a firefighter injured.
A Chicago firefighter was hospitalized after battling an extra-alarm blaze in a building under rehab on University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus.
Joliet police said officers responded to the scene and found a 31-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
PAWS Chicago welcomed 25 beagles from a massive rescue operation on Saturday.
The White Sox broke through against Michael King (3-2) in the sixth and then chased the Padres' top starter in the seventh.
Habitat for Humanity and By the Hand Club for Kids broke ground on the project last spring.
The airline ran out of cash, failed to secure a $500 million federal bailout, and felt the pressure of surging fuel prices.
Elmwood Park, Center Cass, Oak Lawn Hometown, and Atwood Heights are among the Illinois districts being investigated by the Justice Department over classroom instruction on gender and sexuality.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
The longest shutdown of a federal department in U.S. history came to an end on Thursday when President Trump signed a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security following a breakthrough on Capitol Hill.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
Illinois lawmakers are not planning to pursue a constitutional amendment on redistricting after a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Chicago gas prices are spiking as the war with Iran drags on, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
The second-largest physicians' group in the U.S. has issued a surprising switch in breast cancer screening recommendations.
A new $48 million wellness center opened Thursday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The goal is to improve the health and quality of life for people on the West Side of Chicago.
La Rabida Children's Hospital went all out for Earth Day on Wednesday, with volunteer cleanup efforts by staffers and activities for patients and families.
It has been several weeks since West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, abruptly shut down — and then on Wednesday, it just as swiftly partially reopened, with some services available.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 80% of deaths related to pregnancy are preventable, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
Thousands of people marched from the West Loop to Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago on Friday for May Day, with activists calling for workers' rights, stronger labor protections, and increased school funding.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Holiday Club in Chicago's Buena Park neighborhood will soon be going out of business, as the building that houses the popular bar is set to be torn down.
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Lincolnwood Village Board approved a pre-development agreement with the mall, providing a roadmap with the property owner for further preparations and government approvals for redevelopment.
The only remaining location of Pal Joey's pizzeria in Batavia, Illinois, will soon be going out of business, its owner announced this week.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Tickets for the 2026 Ravinia Festival season went on sale Thursday morning.
Chicago police are looking for the people responsible for separate shootings that didn’t happen far from each other. At least three victims were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
From a foundation helping people to rebuild their lives to the Chicago sky giving the city a high five. Here’s what caught Suzanne Le Mignot and Mary Kay Kleist’s eye this week.
Last week, more than a thousand dogs were rescued from Ridglan Farms in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, after weeks of protests over their treatment of the dogs.
The victim suffered trauma to the body and was taken to Mt. Sinai, where he was pronounced dead.
Breezy southwest winds Sunday, helping push highs into the 60s. Meteorologist Laura Bannon has the latest.
Joliet police said officers responded to the scene and found a 31-year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
The ages of the victims range from 16 to 58, according to Chicago police.
PAWS Chicago welcomed 25 beagles from a massive rescue operation on Saturday.
Habitat for Humanity and By the Hand Club for Kids broke ground on the project last spring.
The airline ran out of cash, failed to secure a $500 million federal bailout, and felt the pressure of surging fuel prices.
More than four months after a Chicago woman battling ALS was told she couldn't get a disabled parking placard in front of her home, the sign is up and her life is about to change.
An elderly woman has essentially abandoned her home of three decades because of constantly broken elevators at her high-rise condo building on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Violent retail crime is on the rise in Illinois, according to a new report from the Illinois Organized Retail Crime Association.
A top administrator in the Libertyville school district has been placed on leave after a fiery school board meeting focused on how the district handled allegations of grooming leveled against a former teacher.
Potholes along one stretch of road in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood are so bad, people say they damage their cars just getting to work.
The White Sox broke through against Michael King (3-2) in the sixth and then chased the Padres' top starter in the seventh.
The Cubs had not won 10 in a row at home since they had 14 straight victories at Wrigley from May 18-June 22, 2008.
Munetaka Murakami hit his majors-leading 13th homer of the season to highlight a six-run second inning, Colson Montgomery added his ninth home run, and the Chicago White Sox beat the San Diego Padres 8-2 for their fourth straight win.
Michael Busch had two hits and two RBIs, helping Colin Rea and the Chicago Cubs top the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5.
The Kentucky Derby saw a field of 18 horses Saturday in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown.
Chief Geoff Guttschow, who has an autistic child who drives, says the Blue Envelope Program gives officers a tool to recognize when a driver may need additional communication support.
A woman has been charged with shooting a 15-year-old boy outside an indoor track facility near Gately Park in Chicago in 2024, after getting into a fight with another woman during a back-to-school event in the Pullman neighborhood.
Sexual abuse charges were filed this week against a Park City, Illinois, police officer.
Attorneys for the man convicted of the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana, have filed a new brief with the Indiana Court of Appeals to overturn his case.
Attorneys for a woman convicted of killing her 69-year-old landlord in Chicago's Arcadia Terrace community have filed an appeal.
