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Former President Barack Obama answered some of Stephen Colbert's hot-button questions on Chicago while giving a tour of his new presidential library.
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Former President Barack Obama answered some of Stephen Colbert's hot-button questions on Chicago while giving a tour of his new presidential library.
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday met with David Axelrod, a longtime Democratic strategist and former senior advisor to former President Barack Obama.
The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park will officially open on Juneteenth, the Obama Foundation announced this past weekend.
The former president took to social media on Saturday morning to share the announcement.
Former President Barack Obama, speaking at the funeral services for Rev. Jesse Jackson Friday afternoon, credited Jackson's presidential runs in the 1980s with setting the stage for other Black leaders, including his own successful 2009 presidency and re-election.
President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy for Rev. Jesse Jackson at his funeral at House of Hope in Chicago.
As former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden took their seats in the front row, Rev. James Meeks and Dr. Charles Jenkins led the crowd to recite Jackson's signature poem, "I Am Somebody."
Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden are among the big names who will be in Chicago Friday for Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral.
Two Chicago pastors are set to lead Friday's funeral for Rev. Jesse Jackson, a task they take on with pride and joy, while former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be in attendance.
Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden are among the big names who will be in Chicago Friday for Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral.
As America turns 250 years old in 2026, CBS News Chicago is looking back at two presidents who called Illinois home.
Former President Barack Obama this past weekend shared new information and new views inside the Obama Presidential Center.
After setting social media abuzz by saying aliens were real, former President Barack Obama said he didn't see evidence that aliens "have made contact with us."
The former president said he admires how Pope Leo "got his hands dirty" and worked in places that needed the most help.
President Barack Obama talked about his personal belief in aliens on a podcast but said he never was shown any evidence they're real or have been to Earth while he was in office.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
Applications were open Tuesday to work at the Obama Presidential Center, which is looking for 150 new full-time employees to be ready when it opens later this year.
The sprawling 20-acre campus in Jackson Park, just blocks from the lake, includes buildings, gardens, playgrounds, and a 225-foot museum tower.
The world-renowned institution is expected to attract nearly 800,000 visitors a year.
A major milestone was reached Tuesday at the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park on Chicago's South Side.
The famed Leo High School Choir got quite the surprise from former President Barack Obama.
Students at a library in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood got a special surprise Tuesday from former President Barack Obama.
After more than a decade of planning, construction, and delays, the Obama Presidential Center will open on the South Side of Chicago next summer, the former president announced this week.
The Border Patrol leader who's behind an aggressive immigration crackdown across the Chicago area is applauding his agents' use of force and aggressive tactics.
Just days before the election, former President Barack Obama spoke at a rally for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger in Norfolk.
Officer French was shot and killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop in August of 2021.
Nothing was stolen, but police taped off a section of the facility on Sunday morning as they investigated.
Chicago police do not know if the same suspects targeted both restaurants.
The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that was relocated to Tropicana Field.
President Trump's presence in the Chicagoland area brought crowds of supporters and protesters.
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she says ended her career.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is demanding the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration reject President Trump's call to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex."
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Madonna was up for 13 awards at the 2026 VMAs — the most of any nominee on MTV's biggest night.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Fifty scholarships were presented to kids of Chicago officers and those who are enrolled in CPD programs.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller is tracking when those showers will arrive this week in First Alert Weather.
The race started in historic Jackson Park and ran along the lakefront in Kenwood and Hyde Park before heading back south to the finish line.
The cyclists left the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago on Tuesday and rode through Illinois and Wisconsin before stopping at Pollyanna Brewing Company in St. Charles on Saturday.
Nothing was stolen, but police taped off a section of the facility on Sunday morning as they investigated.
President Trump's presence in the Chicagoland area brought crowds of supporters and protesters.
Williams suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of the Bears' home opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
Officer French was shot and killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop in August of 2021.
Nothing was stolen, but police taped off a section of the facility on Sunday morning as they investigated.
The five-day ride helped raise money for pediatric cancer research.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that was relocated to Tropicana Field.
President Trump's presence in the Chicagoland area brought crowds of supporters and protesters.
The White Sox open their best-of-three AL Wild Card series at either Houston or Texas on Tuesday.
Williams suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of the Bears' home opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
Illinois kept it competitive despite Smith's monster game.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A Mundelein, Illinois, high school teacher and volleyball coach appeared in court Wednesday morning on charges of making an unauthorized video recording of a minor.
