Chicago area marks one year since Hamas' Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel
Survivors of the Nova Music Festival addressed the one-year mark of the attacks.
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Survivors of the Nova Music Festival addressed the one-year mark of the attacks.
Exactly one year after Hamas' terrorist rampage in Israel, 101 hostages are still missing and the death toll is still climbing.
In the year since Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel, setting off a yearlong war in Gaza, the ripple effect has been felt across the U.S., as anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes have surged.
It's been one year since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel. About 1,200 people were killed – marking the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust – and more than 250 others were taken hostage, setting off a yearlong war in Gaza. Jews across the Chicago area were spending Monday honoring those who were killed in the attack, and demanding the release of more than 100 hostages believed to still be in captivity in Gaza.
The White House earlier warned both Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group against "escalation of any kind" following pager and walkie-talkie explosions targeting Hezbollah members.
The family of Aysenur Eygi, a U.S. citizen who was shot and killed in the West Bank on Friday, is demanding an independent investigation into her death.
A nonprofit from France entertained children in Gaza with song and dance as they waited for polio vaccinations. Organizers said it was intended to provide a brief moment of relief and joy amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
A massive campaign is underway in Gaza to vaccinate 640,000 children against polio, after a 10-month-old baby got the virus and is now partially paralyzed. Chicago area non-profit MedGlobal is helping with the vaccination efforts, with dozens of doctors and nurses on the ground helping to give out doses.
Pressure is building for a ceasefire and hostage release deal between Israel and Hamas, after the bodies of six hostages were recovered from Gaza.
Israel's biggest union goes on strike as Benjamin Netanyahu faces a surge of anger and demands to nail down a cease-fire with Hamas.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris personally spoke to the grieving parents.
The mass demonstration erupted after the Israeli military announced they had recovered the bodies in a tunnel under the Gaza city of Rafah on Saturday.
A daring rescue by the Israeli military returned a hostage to his family, 326 days after his capture during the Oct. 7 terror attack by Hamas, which sparked the ongoing war in Gaza.
The Israeli military said Tuesday that it has rescued one of the scores of people abducted in Hamas' Oct. 7 attack, which ignited the ongoing war in Gaza. The military said Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued "in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip."
"The exclusion of a Palestinian American from the stage felt so deeply offensive, so deeply shocking that it left us stunned," said Abbas Alawieh, an uncommitted delegate from Michigan.
The Israeli military acknowledged targeting a school, saying there was a command center inside. Hamas denied that.
Khalil's recovery will not be easy because his care will include multiple surgeries in the next couple of months.
Among the members who didn't attend Netanyahu's speech were U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, and Reps. Jan Schakowsky and Delia Ramirez.
Baraa lost his right foot and suffered significant injuries to his arm from an Israeli bomb.
Schneider, a Democrat from Illinois, called the vandalism "a vile act of hate."
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone took pointed criticism from Jewish groups in May after he reached a deal to end a pro-Palestinian campus protest. The dayslong demonstration was part of a nationwide protest on college campuses against Israel's war in Gaza.
For more than a month, there has been outrage over the 2023-2024 yearbook published and distributed at Glenbrook South.
The daily pause announced by the military applies to about 7.4 miles (12 kilometers) of road in the Rafah area.
Four Israeli hostages taken by Hamas were rescued during an operation in Gaza, but Hamas officials say hundreds of Palestinians were killed in the raid.
Organizers said they had planned the encampment in response to violence Saturday in the Gaza Strip.
The new permanent director of Chicago Animal Care and Control is working to make pet ownership and adoption easier as the drop-off levels at city shelters remains high.
A man admitted this week to ramming a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle during Operation Midway Blitz last fall, and then falsely claiming that his own vehicle had been stolen.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM are renewing the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute, a partnership first launched in 2021.
An Illinois judge has sentenced a Texas man to more than two decades in federal prison for orchestrating a $20 million cryptocurrency scam.
Gregory Morgan Jr. of Temple Hills, Maryland, was charged Thursday morning with two counts of second-degree assault in the Feb. 5 incident.
But underground construction work on a presidential bunker underneath the ballroom can continue, the judge said.
The City of Chicago on Thursday kicked off bus tours as part of its new reparations initiative.
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself what police described as a murder-suicide in their home in Annandale, Virginia, police said Thursday.
A coalition of banks, credit unions, and card companies argue that Illinois lawmakers must repeal the state's first-in-the-nation Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, slated to take effect July 1.
O'Hare workers drinking on the job and CPD employees scamming the federal government were just some of the jaw-dropping findings in the latest quarterly report from the city's inspector general.
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.
It has been several weeks since West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, abruptly shut down — and then on Wednesday, it just as swiftly partially reopened, with some services available.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 80% of deaths related to pregnancy are preventable, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
The United States has long struggled with understanding and finding ways to help treat mental illness. A new documentary, which is screening Saturday in Chicago, examines the reality of living with mental illness in America.
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.
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.
Blues icon and world music pioneer Taj Mahal will be headlining the Chicago Blues Festival this June.
The United States has long struggled with understanding and finding ways to help treat mental illness. A new documentary, which is screening Saturday in Chicago, examines the reality of living with mental illness in America.
Afrika Bambaataa, a rapper and producer, was best known for breakthrough tracks like 1982's "Planet Rock" and for founding the Universal Zulu Nation art collective.
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 break from the severe weather Thursday in Chicago, where afternoon breezes will give way to patchy fog and cool temperatures at night. Lows in the low 50s.
Trader Joe's is paying more than $7 million to settle a class action lawsuit over receipts.
Gordy is our Pet of the Week! The 2-year-old is sweet and chill. Chicago Animal Care and Control will waive fees on Saturday.
Hyde Park Academy student Eric Billups was identified as the teen killed in a shooting at Woodlawn bus stop Wednesday just after school let out. Two other Hyde Park Academy students died unexpectedly in the last month.
The City of Chicago on Thursday honored what it calls "heroes under the headset" — 911 call-takers and dispatchers, 311 operators, and other emergency personnel.
Eric Billups is the third Hyde Park Academy student to die unexpectedly in the last month.
A man was shot and killed after a struggle with Illinois State Police in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood on Wednesday night.
The new permanent director of Chicago Animal Care and Control is working to make pet ownership and adoption easier as the drop-off levels at city shelters remains high.
A man admitted this week to ramming a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle during Operation Midway Blitz last fall, and then falsely claiming that his own vehicle had been stolen.
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM are renewing the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute, a partnership first launched in 2021.
Some parents in southwest suburban Oswego are fired up, saying the school district invited all non-white students to participate in summer remedial programming, regardless of how they're doing in school.
New proposed Illinois legislation would allow renters or people who can't install massive rooftop panels to also harness the power of the sun.
When a rusty light pole snapped and fell on a woman's car in Bucktown, causing thousands of dollars in damage, she thought the city would pay for it. She was wrong.
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.
The Blackhawks won four of their last 15 games and three of their last 11 home games, but finished with 72 points, 11 more than last season.
Nico Hoerner drove in a career-high five runs, Shota Imanaga struck out 11 in six strong innings and the Chicago Cubs routed the Philadelphia Phillies 11-2 on Wednesday night.
Chicago White Sox pitching prospect Noah Schultz had an uneven major league debut in a start against the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night after being recalled from Triple-A Charlotte.
Ben Williamson doubled twice and drove in three runs as Tampa Bay spoiled the major league debut of White Sox starter Nick Schultz.
Carson Kelly hit a three-run homer, Colin Rea pitched six strong innings and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 10-4 on Tuesday night.
Gregory Morgan Jr. of Temple Hills, Maryland, was charged Thursday morning with two counts of second-degree assault in the Feb. 5 incident.
Members of the Cook County State's Attorney's office visited CTA train stations across Chicago on Thursday.
Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax shot and killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself what police described as a murder-suicide in their home in Annandale, Virginia, police said Thursday.
Chicago police on Wednesday issued an expanded community alert about a rash of incidents in which thieves broke into vehicles and stole construction equipment in and around downtown Chicago.
Chicago police on Wednesday asked the public to help them find three men who stole items from four work vans early this past Monday morning, and tried to carjack one of the vans' owners at gunpoint.
