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A massive 70-pound octopus is counting its blessings after a California fish market decided to let the creature return to the ocean.
A rookie K-9 officer in California has already made a big impression on his new department after finding nearly 60 pounds of meth in a suspect's car.
A 14-year-old student at Highland High School in Palmdale was wounded Friday in a shooting at the campus, and another teen who is also a student was taken into custody, authorities said.
Todd Thomas discovered that his 14-year-old child was secretly sexting with 42-year-old Hugo Rabson.
The court proceeding is the latest step as authorities seek to sever ties between David and Louise Turpin and their 13 children.
13 siblings, aged 2 to 29, were rescued from a California home where they were found chained to beds and malnourished, police say.
A swarm of bees stung a California dog more than 300 times resulting in the death of the animal.
Aaron Morganstein, 33, and 27-year-old Mariya Mitkova disappeared last week after heading out for a camping trip in the sand dunes of southern California.
Two dozen people are facing federal drug charges after prosecutors say they used Amtrak trains to transport cocaine and heroin from California to Chicago.
A heavily armed Indiana man was arrested Sunday morning in Santa Monica, California, while heading to the Los Angeles gay pride parade, and he allegedly told police he wanted to do harm to the event.
An Oak Forest police officer was among three people arrested in connection to a stabbing outside a California gym on Sunday.
An eye-popping and unprecedented Powerball jackpot whose rise to $1.6 billion became a national fascination will be split three ways. The winners' identities remain a mystery, but they bought their tickets in Florida, Tennessee and a Los Angeles suburb.
A brief profile of five of the best luxury resorts in California
Authorities have named the two shooters who killed 14 people and wounded more than a dozen others in a gun massacre in San Bernardino, California, on Wednesday, and one of the pair was born in Illinois.
The FBI's violent crime report is not a ranking — there are no winners, no losers. Mostly, these statistics are here to help individual cities track their crime over long periods of time...
The Lockport Moose Lodge has been collecting donations to send to a fellow lodge in Clearlake Oaks, California, just north of San Francisco. That lodge has been housing and feeding 150 people forced to evacuate their homes due to wildfires this summer.
Ford's publicist released a statement Thursday night saying the actor was flying a World War II vintage plane that had engine trouble on takeoff.
One of the oldest 'L' stations in the city has been shut down for six weeks, to undergo a major renovation.
Jared Goff threw for 281 yards and three touchdowns, Jalen Jefferson had a key interception, and California hung on to beat Northwestern 31-24 Saturday in the season-opener.
Most people who live in Illinois were born here, but a New York Times analysis shows that the lure of warmer climates is more popular among residents here than in other states.
A half-billion dollar CTA renovation project on the O'Hare branch of the Blue Line will mean two stations will close for several weeks this fall. The California stop will be closed for six weeks starting next month; and the Damen stop will be closed for nine weeks, starting in October.
The state of Illinois has a beef with the Michigan Wolverines.
You don't have to travel the world to enjoy fabulous whale watching. Here are five of the best U.S. whale watching tours.
If we have to choose whether to devote resources to solving violent crimes or bike thefts, the choice is obvious. With that said, some are wondering why Chicago can't have adequate resources devoted to both.
The rear emergency slide opened in the cabin of United flight 1463 after it left O'Hare International Airport late Sunday night. None of the 96 passengers or 5 crew members were injured.
A lawsuit was set to be filed Tuesday against Live Nation and the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in the southwest Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, claiming a lack of security at a concert led to the sexual assault of a minor.
As "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" airs its final week of shows, the comedian returned to his old Chicago stomping grounds.
Burglars targeted a BP gas station in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood early Tuesday morning.
The Obama Foundation will host an official watch party for the Obama Presidential Center and Library grand opening on Midway Plaisance in June.
A court hearing was set for Tuesday for a young soccer star who attends Stephen Tyng Mather High School in Chicago, but is now being held in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Survivors say they'd asked for more medical support before the Iranian drone strike that killed six U.S. soldiers at their command post in Kuwait in the war's first 24 hours.
An attorney for Chicago Ald. Jim Gardiner (45th) on Monday called an ethics investigation into the alderman's conduct a malicious "travesty."
In a move aimed at curbing the growing problem of "teen takeovers," D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is threatening to bring charges against parents if their teens violate the local curfew.
State Rep. Josh Turek and State Sen. Zach Wahls squared off Thursday over which candidate can flip Iowa's open Republican-held Senate seat, as millions in outside spending reshapes the primary's final stretch.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Chatham residents say they're losing a vital resource as Walgreen's prepares to close its store near 86th and Cottage Grove.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas in Chicago was $5.17 on Friday, up from $3.75 a year ago.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
A person suspected of having hantavirus in Winnebago County, Illinois, turned out to be a false alarm, officials said Monday.
The DuPage County Health Department has confirmed its first positive tests for West Nile virus in pools of mosquitoes this year.
The Kane County Health Department was set Monday to offer a free mental health awareness webinar.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Engineers at Northwestern University have created a wireless polygraph to detect stress.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
The Chicago Fire FC announced Wednesday morning that its new stadium in the South Loop will be named McDonald's Park.
The Chicago-born house music track, which began as a personal poem in 1982 and became a defining anthem of the city's house music scene, has been selected for permanent preservation by the Library of Congress.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
"The Chi" returns to Paramount+ for its eighth and final season this Friday.
As “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” airs its final week of shows, the comedian returned to his old Chicago stomping grounds.
At least 131 people are believed to have died from the latest outbreak of the virus in Congo, health minister Samuel Roger Kamba said Tuesday.
ESPN reports team owners are expected to get a special briefing on the Bears’ two main stadium options — Arlington Heights and Hammond, Indiana. Darius Johnson reports.
A court hearing was set for Tuesday for a young soccer star who attends Mather High School in Chicago, but is now being held in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Lauren Victory reports.
Thornwood High School's commencement was disrupted when guests started fighting and police had to step in.
The battle over the Chicago Bears' next home is taking center stage on Tuesday.
Lanes are closed on I-55 after a crash involving two semi-trucks in DuPage County on Tuesday morning.
A lawsuit was set to be filed Tuesday against Live Nation and the Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in the southwest Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, claiming a lack of security at a concert led to the sexual assault of a minor.
As "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" airs its final week of shows, the comedian returned to his old Chicago stomping grounds.
Pothole complaints continue everywhere, but especially on one street in the Pullman neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
People in Lincoln Park and Lakeview have rallied against a plan to build a new industrial ComEd electrical substation in their neighborhoods, pushing local and state leaders to get involved.
Monday marks one year since Illinois enacted Karina's Law — legislation aimed at taking firearms out of the hands of people accused of domestic abuse.
Tenants at a South Shore apartment building said they've noticed their rent fluctuating by hundreds of dollars a month due to a change in how their utility billing system is set up.
A man from the Chicago suburbs lost $69,000 of his savings to a scam by a thief using an AI-generated U.S. Marshals badge to intimidate him.
The battle over the Chicago Bears' next home is taking center stage on Tuesday.
Touted prospect Colt Emerson launched a three-run homer for his first major league hit, and the Seattle Mariners stopped a three-game slide with a 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Jake Bauers homered and drove in four runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Chicago Cubs 9-3 in the first meeting this season between the longtime NL Central rivals.
Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong says he regrets the words he used during a heated exchange with a fan.
Rookie Gabriela Jaquez set career highs with 20 points and eight rebounds, Kamilla Cardoso had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and the Chicago Sky beat the Minnesota Lynx 86-79.
A truck driver was sentenced to over 13 years in prison for smuggling $9.4 million worth of cocaine in a shipment of Skims, Kim Kardashian's shapewear brand.
Police in Michigan City, Indiana, were searching Monday for the person they said shot and killed a 14-year-old boy.
Burglars hit a string of businesses in Chicago's South Loop early Monday morning.
Burglars broke into a CBD and kratom dispensary on Chicago's Near West Side early Monday morning.
The Cook County State's Attorney's Office will announced a new taskforce Monday bringing federal officers on board to help with crime on CTA.
