Last June, a Chinese scholar at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was reported missing, and video surfaced of the student, Yingying Zhang, waiting for a bus on campus, then getting […]
A bright fire ball flying over the Midwest Tuesday evening was confirmed by NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office to be a meteorite. According to the U.S. Geological Service, the vibrations from […]
President Trump, frustrated with reports that he used the term, “shithole,” to describe countries in Africa, El Salvador and Haiti last week, issued a tweet Monday that read, “Senator Dicky […]
In an effort to improve student test scores, Proviso East High School is experimenting with a new way of teaching: competency-based learning. This type of education is derived from the […]
Chicago’s food industry is thriving due to the city’s coffee lovers, who have proven themselves creatures of habit. Good deals and loyalty programs are feeding the morning ritual. The coffee […]
The Textalyzer is a tool police would use to determine when a driver was texting before a traffic accident. Ald. Edward Burke proposed the use of the technology, though he […]
Residents of Wilson Men’s Hotel in Uptown are preparing to pack and leave amid the “cage hotel” closing for renovation by its new owners. Some of those residents do not […]
Walmart is closing 63 of its Sam’s Club locations nationwide in an effort to keep a balance between physical stores and online retail hubs. Six of the warehouse clubs closing […]
A death near Bryn Mawr on the CTA Red Line tracks affected all runs between Howard and Belmont. The only two stops that were not affected are Sheridan and Wilson. […]
Governor Rauner ran a political ad targeting J.B. Pritzker’s campaign Thursday, which displayed a recorded 2008 phone conversation between Pritzker and Former Governor Rod Blagojevich. In the conversation, Pritzker is […]
After two men held a woman at gunpoint to rob her car in Hermosa, they crashed the car into a building on the 3000 block of North Laramie Avenue. Police […]
The Field Museum will add “plant clouds” to its Stanley Field Hall entrance where Dinosaur Sue lived for years. The floating plants are meant to foster the feeling of roaming […]