Research teams create easy tests for "forever chemicals" in drinking water
We know how important clean water is, but tricky chemicals that get into our water can be hard to detect, posing dangers to our water systems and our health – until now.
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We know how important clean water is, but tricky chemicals that get into our water can be hard to detect, posing dangers to our water systems and our health – until now.
Chicago Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara has taken a voluntary leave of absence from his position with the Illinois FOP board.
A woman was pulled out of Lake Michigan on Thursday near Rainbow Beach on the South Side of Chicago, and crews were still searching for another person missing in the water.
A suspect is dead after authorities said he shot his wife and killed her parents Thursday morning in New Canton, Illinois.
The teenage girl was inside a home on the block when she suffered a gunshot wound to the chin, police said.
The superintendent of Iowa's largest school district, who was detained last week by immigration agents, falsely claimed a doctoral degree when applying for the job two years ago but was hired even after the school board learned about the misrepresentation.
In a filing with the Illinois State Board of Elections, the purpose of the political committee Friends of Mike Quigley was listed as "to elect Mike Quigley as the Mayor of the city of Chicago."
Someone has been leaving hate-filled messages since June, ranging from antisemitic slurs to wishing death on Jewish people.
Border patrol said they believed the person detained was a driver who fled, and was suspected of stealing construction equipment nearby.
Illinois Veterans for Change was joined by members of the American Civil Liberties Union at a news conference Thursday morning.
A sport-utility vehicle was apparently heading east toward Chicago when it crashed between Wolf and Mannheim roads in Hillside.
Businesses in the Wrigleyville area are hoping for a deep postseason run so they can keep their doors open for a few more weeks.
Bright Star Church, which runs the former migrant shelter, now a 260-bed homeless shelter, said Homeland Security never contacted them to see if who they were looking for was registered.
Police said the 4-year-old girl was crossing the street when she was hit by a minivan on Wednesday night.
Chicago police said that the victim was on the bus when he got into an argument with another unknown person who pulled out a handgun and fired shots.
