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By John Dempsey, WLS News (CHICAGO) The U.S. Labor Department says employers added 292 thousand jobs in December, with the unemployment rate staying at five percent. Bankrate.com Senior Economic Analy...

No one had the winning numbers for the estimated $524 million Powerball jackpot — 47, 2, 63, 62, 11 and the Powerball of 17 — which means Saturday’s jackpot will be an estimated $675...

Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Griffey was a 1st round draft pick, so he seemed destined for stardom from the beginning, but Piazz...

Rahm Emanuel spent many years making enemies in New York, Washington and here in Chicago. Now he seems to be paying the price for it. Author and Columnist Rick Perlstein joined John Howell to talk abo...

North Korea said it successfully tested a powerful nuclear bomb on Wednesday, drawing threats of further sanctions even though the United States and weapons experts voiced doubts the device was as adv...

Forecast Summary Meteorologist Ray Stagich WLS-AM Forecast Thursday, January 7th, 2016 SPOTTY Light freezing rain may cause slick spots on bridges & overpasses early Thursday before a transition t...

(CHICAGO) Police are warning residents of a string of armed robberies over the past two weeks in the University Village neighborhood on the Near West Side. The robberies occurred: at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 22...

(PALATINE) One person suffered "minor injuries" when a car was hit by a Metra train Wednesday afternoon in northwest suburban Palatine, authorities said. Emergency crews were called about an accident ...

News Release from the Illinois Department of Transportation for Public Notice (CHICAGO) The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that starting Sunday, Jan. 10, overnight lane closure...

North Korea says it has successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test. A hydrogen bomb is more powerful than plutonium weapons, which is what North Korea used in its three previous underground nuclear...