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Residents have begun forming volunteer groups to monitor their neighborhoods for federal immigration agents. Others honk their horns or blow whistles when they see agents nearby. Residents have begun ...

A North Chicago man apparently fatally shot his domestic partner before taking his own life, according to Lake County authorities. The Lake County Coroner’s Office identified the couple as Olivia ...

The rodent-shaped sidewalk impression has become a beloved local attraction. Turns out Chicago's famous "rat hole" was squirrelly all along. A new study has determined that the famous full-body ...

Billionaire Ken Griffin said his hedge fund’s Chicago footprint will shrink to just two floors as crime, taxes and other challenges push employees to relocate to Miami and New York. "Chicago, you know ...

Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda won the Chicago Marathon after being under world record pace for about 22 miles, while Conner Mantz finished fourth with the fastest time ever run by an American. Kiplimo ...

Week by week, the federal campaign to ramp up immigration enforcement in the Chicago area has created fear and inflamed tensions. By Julie Bosman Allison McCann and Arijeta Lajka Julie Bosman reported ...

CHICAGO, Oct 10 (Reuters) - On a chilly morning outside Nash Elementary School in a working-class Chicago neighborhood, teachers greeted students with the usual high-fives and hugs, while handing out ...

Federal Border Patrol agents on Friday, Oct. 10, detained a Chicago news producer during an immigration enforcement operation. Video of the incident shows masked agents holding Debbie Brockman, of WGN ...

Jean Dolores Schmidt, the beloved Loyola Chicago men’s basketball chaplain known as “Sister Jean,” died on Thursday, the school announced. She was 106. Sister Jean became a national sports icon during ...

Some National Guard members ordered to Illinois by President Donald Trump now are protecting federal property near Chicago ahead of a Thursday court hearing on their deployment. On Wednesday, 200 ...