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A new marina for boaters set to open at Navy Pier next month
Starting June 14th boaters will be able to pull up and dock on the north side at Navy Pier. The marina will not offer permanent slips but boaters will be able to rent a space to park for the day. The ...
May 28, 2025
We are learning more about the background of the Chicago man who shot and killed two in Washington DC
In the years before he was accused of killing two Israeli Embassy employees, the suspect in the fatal shootings was an active participant in Chicago's left-wing protest scene, speaking out against pol...
May 23, 2025
Chicago born actor George Wendt has died
- George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy "Cheers" and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in "Art,"...
May 20, 2025
Indiana executes a man convicted of killing a police officer
An Indiana man convicted in the fatal shooting of a police officer in 2000 was executed Tuesday by lethal injection in the state's second execution in 15 years. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, had been on India...
May 20, 2025
No major back up at O'hare security lines as Real ID requirement takes effect
Most airports around the United States operated smoothly Wednesday as new REAL ID requirements took effect because travelers without the updated document were still allowed to move through security ea...
May 07, 2025
Measles cases continue to grow across the U.S. with cases in Illinois and Indiana
With one-fifth of states seeing active measles outbreaks, the U.S. is nearing 900 cases, according to figures posted Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's confirmed ...
Apr 30, 2025
Alderman Slams Mayor
(CHICAGO) -- Chicago Ald. Raymond Lopez (15) is slamming Mayor Brandon Johnson's appointed Public Health Commissioner's decision to restrict 2025 PlayStreets grants to only traditionally known African...
Apr 25, 2025
The Highland Park shooter sentenced to life in prison
The suburban Chicago man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibil...
Apr 24, 2025
Funeral services set for Pope Francis
Pope Francis ' funeral has been set for Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's Square, and a viewing of his body will begin on Wednesday in St. Peter's Basilica, days after the popular pontiff died of a s...
Apr 22, 2025
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks in Chicago
The Federal Reserve can stay patient and wait to see how tariffs and other economic policies of the Trump administration play out before making any changes to interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said ...
Apr 16, 2025
