It's Academic: January 14, 2017

• Brookfield Zoo offering free admission days in January

  

• Human services center in Aurora to close in January

  

• Miami "Grinch" arrested for alleged Christmas Eve apartment building break-in

  

• Christmas Eve tragedy for Brooklyn family as son is shot dead

  

• North Texas hits record high the day after Christmas, another cold front on the way

  

• Delays linger on Metra MD-N line after vehicle stuck on tracks

  

• Shelter in place lifted near 17th and Emerson after suspect arrest

  

• An inside look at what it's like to work as a Tracy first responder on Christmas