Local bassist Tony “Chicago” Russell was awarded a Creative Arts Emmy Award for outstanding music direction at the ceremony, ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were conducting “targeted law enforcement activity” in Franklin Park when ...

Federal judges temporarily blocked Trump administration proposed changes limiting who can access the government programs for ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson says united local opposition to a federal intervention led the president to "back down." ...

President Donald Trump's disparaging comments about the city didn't deter one arts group from moving ahead with an ...

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A day after activist and Illinois native Charlie Kirk was fatally shot at a Utah campus event, students say they want a ...

In 2024, Chicago's immigrant population climbed to nearly 600,000, its highest level since 2006, according to a WBEZ analysis ...

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The federal government stopped publishing comprehensive data in January after President Donald Trump took office, but ...

On an anxiety-filled day for the city, there were sporadic reports of arrests in Chicago’s Latino community as hundreds of ...

Lawsuits targeting Watts, who ran a corrupt public housing unit and was sent to federal prison for shaking down an FBI ...