Chicago and Cook County saw another steep decline in fatal opioid overdoses last year, records show, four years after a ...

The Cubs made a necessary move to strengthen their rotation, while the Marlins acquired a hitter who could join their ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a beloved South Side dance coach in May 2021. Verndell Smith, 32, was shot multiple times as he left a nearby Dunkin Donuts. The ...

Heart transplant patients in the United States typically spend months waiting for a donated organ. But Kayoko Hira was not a typical patient.

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. - Illinois State Police is asking for the public's help locating an endangered woman from Country ...

Black Illinoisians had the highest rate of maternal mortality at 78 deaths per 100,000 live births. The report found discrimination was present in 74% of the deaths related to Black pregnancies, ...

What began as a battlefield partnership became a deep friendship, as an American veteran worked for years to help an Afghan interpreter enter the U.S. Just when it seemed they succeeded, the Trump ...

Professor Svetlana Mojsov and Professor Carlos Kenig, among other eminent figures, were selected to win the 48th session of ...

Leon Harris, 35, is intimately familiar with the devastation guns can inflict. Robbers shot him in the back nearly two ...

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Recent federal scrutiny of an additive in some vaccines — aluminum salts — offers a clue about what’s to come.

Carmen Court gained prominence in 2020, when Hines, then under contract to buy the property, signaled it wanted to demolish ...