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For victims desperate to protect their identities, any help, federal or otherwise, is welcomed.
A shooting shut down the Stevenson Expy. near Cicero Avenue on Wednesday morning.
After holding meetings exclusively by video conference for the past 11 months, the City Council could resume in-person meetings as early as April, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at Wednesday's meeting.
Lightfoot apparently didn't realize her microphone wasn't muted when she uttered "you got to be f*****g kidding me," during the meeting.
Lightfoot said the $377 million in federal grants include $179 million for the Chicago Department of Public Health's response to the pandemic, and $79.8 million for the Department of Housing for rental assistance programs.
Officers learned the driver of a 2018 Black Jeep Wrangler, identified as Graves, was traveling on Illinois 53 northbound at Kirchoff Road while a 2019 Blue Ford Fiesta was stopped on the right shoulder.
"Far too many people have a tough time figuring out what student repayment plan is best for them."
Illinois State Rep. Edward Guerra Kodatt, who was picked to succeed former state Rep. Michael Madigan in the Illinois House, has resigned only three days after he was appointed to his seat.
The state's 7-day average case positivity rate stands at 2.8%, and has now been below 3% for 10 consecutive days, the longest such stretch since late June and early July.
In announcing its Seven Most Endangered Buildings for Chicago in 2021, Preservation Chicago renewed a call to turn the city's lakefront into a national park, and also issued a push for preservation of Catholic churches and West Loop industrial buildings.
Top-ranked Gonzaga headlines a full slate college basketball games on CBS Sports Network featuring ranked teams.
"To call her a firecracker wouldn't be enough to say. She was more of a stick of dynamite. So she was a hugely, unbelievably a true labor leader," said Ald. Nicholas Sposato (38th).
Police said a male gunman tried to carjack a male victim around 6:15 a.m. on the 2300 block of North Sacramento Avenue.
In all three burglaries, four people dressed in all black broke into a store and stole merchandise. In one case, they also stole an ATM.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon has your 5 p.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
A U.S. postal worker is facing multiple felony charges over alleged Paycheck Protection Program loan fraud.
Police are looking for the robbers who pistol-whipped a worker Tuesday morning in River Forest, Illinois.
The city is crediting a creative strategy involving rideshare drivers with helping to prevent some teen takeovers this past weekend. The new strategy comes as city leaders debate changing the downtown curfew for teens.
A passenger was arrested at O'Hare International Airport after a gun was found in his bag Tuesday afternoon.
Attorneys for imprisoned former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan were set to return to court Thursday, in hopes of getting his corruption conviction overturned.
An appellate court has ruled that Iowa can fully enforce a law restricting instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools up to sixth grade.
Wednesday's briefing came after President Trump announced late Tuesday that he had agreed to "suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks."
Illinois Democrats on Capitol Hill decried President Trump's threats against Iran as his deadline for the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz draws closer, calling on their Republican colleagues to join them in stopping the escalation.
Vice President JD Vance made the remarks in Hungary, where he is supporting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Tuesday ahead of Orbán's reelection bid.
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.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias this weekend issued a warning about a surge in text messages that falsely claim to come from his office or the DMV within it.
Tenants at a South Loop luxury high-rise that has been plagued with problems like broken elevators are vowing to fight five-day eviction notices.
It's become an annual March Madness tradition at CBS Chicago, pitting our city's best eateries in direct competition in a foodie bracket challenge. We did pizza, we've done Italian beef, we've done Chicago dogs. This year, we're taking flight with wings.
Allergy season is here, and the dreaded pollen can trigger sneezing, congestion, wheezing, and shortness of breath.
Northwestern Medicine and the American Red Cross teamed up for a community blood drive in Chicago on Monday morning.
Ending domestic violence is the goal of groups and advocates all over the world, and some experts in Chicago say it is time to become less reactive and more proactive when it comes to the people causing harm.
A new Iowa law bans local nondiscrimination protections on the basis of gender identity after the state became the first in the U.S. to roll back its civil rights code last year.
Food containing norovirus may smell and taste normal but still cause serious illness if consumed, FDA warns.
A new restaurant has joined the busy stretch of Halsted Street toward the south end of Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood that is also home to Alinea and Boka.
The federal government is suing Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona over efforts to regulate prediction market operators such as Kalshi and Polymarket.
The owners of the popular Uncommon Ground restaurant, live music venue, and brewery in Chicago's Wrigleyville community announced this week that they're looking for a successor to take over the business.
Chicago consistently ranks in the top three cities in Fortune 500 company headquarters, and now a competition has been launched to build on Chicago's power in business.
The flagship Ann Sather restaurant on Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community will be moving later this year, a restaurant representative said Tuesday.
Mozart's "Don Giovanni," the local premiere of the 2022 opera "Omar," and a fresh production of "Guys and Dolls" are among the highlights of the 2026-2027 season for Chicago's Lyric Opera.
Federal magistrate Renee Harris Toliver told Pooh Sheisty that the evidence against him is strong.
A major music festival featuring the rapper formerly known as Kanye West was canceled after the U.K. government blocked Ye from entering the country.
"Beverly Hills, 90210" actress Tori Spelling was involved in a two-car crash in Temecula on Thursday night, according to her manager and Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials.
Chicago blues legend Muddy Waters' birthday is Saturday, and in his memory his eldest son is putting on a concert in Chicago.
Crystal Lake police officers are being honored for the daring rescue they made for a person in a wheelchair trapped in a house fire.
Mount Prospect police are investigating a bold attempted car break-in caught on home security camera.
A son is charged in his elderly mother's murder, after she was reported missing at the end of March.
First lady Melania Trump denied she had any friendship or relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell Thursday as she called on Congress to hold a public hearing with Epstein's survivors.
A look back from 1989 at John "Bulldog" Drummond's first 20 years of reporting on colorful crimes and characters for CBS 2. (This rerun on the CBS News Chicago stream appeared May 11, 2021.)
A son is charged in his elderly mother's murder, after she was reported missing at the end of March.
A person was found dead in a pond on Thursday afternoon in northwest suburban Elk Grove Village.
Mount Prospect police are investigating a bold attempted car break-in caught on home security camera.
Federal magistrate Renee Harris Toliver told Pooh Sheisty that the evidence against him is strong.
Two people were injured in an apartment fire Thursday morning in west suburban Carol Stream.
Financial exploitation is the leading type of elder abuse in Illinois. One Streamwood woman learned that personally, when her brother took hundreds of thousands of dollars from their parents' financial accounts.
One year after a teenage girl was shot outside her home in Country Club Hills, Illinois, and was told she would never walk again, she continued to defy the odds and reclaim her independence.
A Morgan Park family is still in shock after a staggering 300% spike in their latest property tax bill, and the man poised to take over as Cook County Assessor at the end of the year says it's an error he wants to make sure doesn't happen again.
Researchers at the University of Chicago have built a "self-driving" lab that uses robotics and artificial intelligence to accelerate work that would take humans weeks or months to complete.
Johnson said the position was temporary, but when the chief homelessness officer was first appointed, she told CBS News Chicago that her role was funded for three years, not two.
Two throwing errors — one by right fielder Jake Fraley, the other by catcher Hunter Feduccia — helped the Cubs score two more runs before Boyle could escape. He gave up six runs, five earned, and four hits in 4 1/3 innings.
The White Sox scored a run in the fifth to go up 3-2 thanks to three walks and two errors on one play by Orioles starter Kyle Bradish.
The Chicago White Sox are celebrating their most famous fan, Pope Leo XIV, by offering White Sox-themed pope hats to fans who purchase tickets for their Aug. 11 game against the Cincinnati Reds.
The Cubs announced before the game that ace Cade Horton would miss the rest of the season after an MRI revealed UCL damage in his right elbow.
In the first game since they fired their top two basketball executives, the Bulls were in firm control by the end of the first quarter.
Federal magistrate Renee Harris Toliver told Pooh Sheisty that the evidence against him is strong.
A man was injured in a fight with a woman at a CTA the CTA Belmont Avenue Red-Brown-Purple Line station this week, but police said he didn't report until several hours later.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about car break-ins targeting patrons of a gym in the city's Irving Park neighborhood.
Chicago police on Tuesday issued a community alert about a rash of car break-ins in Jackson Park on the city's South Side.
A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead Tuesday morning in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood.
