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(CHICAGO) -- As Chicago remembers the 81st Anniversary of the the liberation of Jews at Auschwitz, leaders and organizations across the region are praising recent efforts by Ald. Raymond Lopez, Ald. D...

(Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Employment Security reports that the unemployment rate was 4.6 percent in December, up +0.2 percentage point from November, and down -0.3 percentage poi...

(CHICAGO) -- An extreme cold warning is in effect until noon Friday with the windchill expected to hit -30 to -35 degrees. As arctic air moves into Illinois, AAA is urging drivers and homeowners to ta...

Christian McCaffrey has become only the second player to be a finalist for three AP NFL awards in the same year, as he joins Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence, Drake Maye and Matthew Stafford in the running...

(Davos, Switzerland) -- President Donald Trump this morning held a signing ceremony for his Gaza Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland. The president praised the inaugural members of the board calling ...

Seventy years ago, Mayor Donald E. Stephens helped shape a bold vision along River Road-creating the Village of Rosemont, a community where tradition, culture, and progress have grown side by side sin...

The New York Mets acquired Luis Robert Jr. in a trade with the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, filling a hole in center field. New York sent infielder Luisangel Acu=nd minor league pitcher Truman Pauley...

(Springfield, IL) -- As the Illinois House convenes in Springfield, the Illinois Freedom Caucus is warning that Illinois families cannot afford a repeat of the political theater that dominated the Spr...

President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he's picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town w...

Israel will honor the late Charlie Kirk for his work combating antisemitism at a conference in late January, four months after the conservative activist was assassinated. Israeli Prime Minister Benjam...