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Illinois State University will not require returning students to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but those who do not provide vaccine documentation will be required to participate in free on-campus testing for the virus.
From Beverly to Old Town, carjackers are striking fast and furiously – and numbers are on the rise.
After Ald. Daniel La Spata (1st Ward) got tired of complaints about private companies booting cars in his ward, he and the City Council approved an ordinance to stop it. The trouble is, the city botched the beginning of the ban.
Back on the sea; for the first time since the pandemic, a cruise ship is carrying American passengers in the Caribbean.
The cell phone video is all over social media. It shows three women on the hood and roof of a Chicago Police SUV, as the vehicle slowly drives through a large crowd of cheering onlookers.
Chicago police warning about robbers targeting women waiting for the bus on the Near West Side.
Tuesday starts off with a muggy morning with patchy fog.
There were at least two carjackings near downtown Chicago Saturday night.
On Tuesday, the system will be overhead, keeping a similar pattern in place.
A woman was caught on video destroying the front yard of a Northwest Side couple's home with a sport-utility vehicle, and screaming loudly as she did so. The man believes his criticism of the local alderman made him a target.
Art Johnston and José "Pepe" Peña were just two guys who met at a bar and fell in love. The problem was that society had a problem with them. They were gay, and it was shortly before gay men started dying of a strange disease.
After onetime child actor Kevin Clark was struck and killed while biking home in Logan Square, his family is fighting to make the intersection where the tragedy happened safer in his name.
Major train delays have been causing problems on the city's Southwest Side.
Chicago Transit Authority Red and Purple Line service was halted north of Belmont for hours Monday evening after a train derailed at the Bryn Mawr stop in Edgewater.
Police on Monday were asking the public to help find a 13-year-old boy who went missing earlier in the day in Lawndale.
A Miami jury ordered Tesla to pay $329 million to victims of a deadly crash involving its Autopilot driver assistance technology.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said they arrested a man for allegedly dealing meth at a North Chicago, Illinois home that also housed a home day care.
A New Lenox teen was reunited with the surgeon who amputated his foot as a toddler and, in the process, saved his ability to walk and play sports after more than a decade.
Metra trains were stopped and then delayed Friday morning after a freight train derailed in Aurora on tracks owned by BNSF.
A Chicago man has been arrested and charged with a hate crime in a stabbing in the city's Portage Park neighborhood in early July.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s closed-door research has yet to produce evidence linking vaccines and autism.
As a Democratic Congressman, Chicago mayor, ambassador, and chief of staff in the Obama White House, Rahm Emanuel has been a key and combative moderate; he says his fight, now and in the future, is bigger than him and his party.
Alyssa's Law requires all school districts to have a mobile panic alert system to automatically notify law enforcement during on-site emergencies.
Senate Democrats are demanding answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during the aircraft carrier's record-setting deployment.
President Trump said Karoline Leavitt will be leaving her role to focus on her young family.
Illinois is one of 46 states that have reached a $15.5 million settlement with a Pennsylvania-based mortgage servicer for improperly imposing new insurance policies on homeowners who already had insurance.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
Researchers from the University of Chicago have uncovered some information on how space travel affects — or actually doesn't affect — the heart.
As people age, it becomes crucial to do whatever possible to protect from issues like memory loss. But leading neurologist Dr. David Perlmutter said the process actually starts well before advanced age.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is not adopting new federal child vaccine guidelines and will continue following recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics.
In a wide-ranging interview with the CBS News partner BBC News, Hunter Biden grew emotional as he discussed his father's condition, describing it as very sad to watch.
With the cyclosporiasis linked to iceberg lettuce growing and consumers wary of the products on grocery shelves, many in Chicago are turning to local farmers market for fresh and safe greens.
The Original Rainbow Cone celebrated its 100th anniversary on Sunday with a special event at its Beverly location.
The Shops at North Bridge on the Magnificent Mile announced plans Thursday for a multimillion-dollar renovation project.
While the building that housed the flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue has been torn down, the renowned Chicago restaurant chain is now set to open a new Lakeview location.
Nationally, data centers used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023 — a figure projected to reach 72.6 billion gallons by 2028, raising concerns about states' water supplies.
Chicago's Wishbone Restaurant will soon be closing after 36 years in business.
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in "Remember the Titans" as a child actor and rose to fame in the sci-fi series "Heroes," has died at the age of 36.
Buddy Guy was honored with the Chicago Music Legend Award at the Obama Presidential Center's Chicago Culture Ball this weekend.
Bal Khabra is the author of the four-part series "Off the Ice," a college hockey romance collection that is wrapping up at just the right time.
Crews need about a week and a half to tear down the festival site before the city can begin its own inspection — and past cleanup costs have topped $1 million.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
One man died and another was hospitalized after falling into Lake Michigan near the 31st Street Beach on Sunday night.
The Chicago public safety commission is holding the first of five scheduled listening sessions Monday as part of the process of searching for a new police superintendent.
There are a few different things you can do with your tongue or your mouth to change the sensation of worry in your body. Dr. Alexandria Holliday of Advocate Children’s Hospital explains how it works to Marie Saavedra.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 5 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, Aug. 17, 2026.
Floodwaters from the hurricane caused a highway to collapse, leaving up to 2,500 trapped. Reid Binion has the latest.
One man died and another was hospitalized after falling into Lake Michigan near the 31st Street Beach on Sunday night.
The mayor of the south Chicago suburb of Robbins was grazed by a bullet wound during a shooting at a restaurant and bar over the weekend.
Hayden Panettiere, who starred in "Remember the Titans" as a child actor and rose to fame in the sci-fi series "Heroes," has died at the age of 36.
It comes just a week after another high-profile party inside, sparking concerns about safety and cost.
Chicago's Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability is holding the first of five scheduled listening sessions Monday as part of the process of searching for a new police superintendent.
The discovery of dozens of decomposing bodies at a Chicago funeral home run by a couple with a history of mishandling human remains has raised questions about how Illinois regulates the funeral home and crematory industries.
An arrest at a Lululemon athletic wear store in the Gold Coast neighborhood in Chicago led investigators to a crew that was exploiting unhoused people and responsible for thefts totaling $100,000.
More violations at Chicago's Bohemian National Cemetery and Crematorium have surfaced, which is now under investigation for its role in mishandling bodies connected to the family that ran South Chicago Chapel.
Many unanswered questions remain after 56 decomposing bodies were found inside a Chicago funeral home last week.
A lawsuit on behalf of a man who was shot and killed by police in Humboldt Park in March claims a CPD officer fired deadly shots just after arriving at a controlled scene instead of de-escalating.
Kamilla Cardoso had 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Natasha Cloud scored 20 points.
Chicago lost for the third time in four games.
Munetaka Murakami hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and the Chicago White Sox rallied for a 7-5 win over the Detroit Tigers to complete a three-game sweep.
One of Tommy John's biggest legacies to MLB was his comeback elbow reconstruction surgery that now bears his name.
The series ends Sunday afternoon when the Cardinals send Hunter Dobbins against fellow right-hander Edward Cabrera.
Chicago police early Monday were looking for three people who they said got into a fight with a man in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, and then shot and killed him.
A driver caused a chain-reaction crash in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood after fleeing from troopers, Illinois State Police said Monday morning.
A woman was shot and killed early Sunday morning in front of the Original Maxwell Street hot dog and Polish sausage stand in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
A woman was killed in a shooting on Chicago's Near West Side early Sunday morning.
A shooting left one man dead and another in the hospital in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood early Sunday morning.
