Most of the 14,000 immigrants who have arrived in Chicago during the last year have come from Texas, largely under the direction of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Many are from Venezuela
After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the biochemist escaped Russia and joined the National Cancer Research Center in Madrid to find a cure for pancreatic cancer
Warmer air over metropolitan areas combined with many square miles of impermeable concrete add up to intensifying storms that generate billions of gallons of run-off rainfall with nowhere to go
The legendary Italian director reflects on the past, present, and future of classical music following his farewell concerts as conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
The 64-year-old singer is hospitalized in New York due to a bacterium, as confirmed by her agent. Her tour was set to begin in two weeks and was going to take her to 35 cities
A National Weather Service meteorologist says fires in northern Quebec and low pressure over the eastern Great Lakes are sending smoke to Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois
Authors, scholars and librarians have gathered as several states push to restrict access to books in schools and libraries, overwhelmingly those about race, ethnicity and LGBTQ+ topics
About nine in 10 Democrats and Republicans agree about the importance of values like compassion, personal responsibility and fairness. But only about a third of either party sees those values reflected on the other side
‘World Travel: An Irreverent Guide’, Bourdain’s posthumously released book, gives readers an atlas to the places he considered the most culinarily important
Most large American cities are reporting fewer homicides this year, according to data collected by the Council on Criminal Justice, which created a Crime Trends Working Group this spring in hopes of providing more real-time information on crime
The sheriff’s office said the explosion, which brought down some power lines at the plant in Chicago’s southwestern suburbs, may have been ‘from an asphalt tank’
The settlement is the latest payout from the embattled e-cigarette giant, which laid off hundreds of workers and settled thousands of lawsuits last year
Nationwide, schools report that about 10% of students are receiving ‘high-dosage’ tutoring multiple days a week, according to a federal survey from December
All the military services are struggling to compete for young people in a tight job market where private companies are often willing to provide better pay and benefits