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The attorney for an Arcadia father explains why his client wanted 21 children as the family remains under investigation in a surrogacy scandal.

Miguel Salguero Olivares is accused of killing University of North Carolina student Faith Hedgepeth with an empty bottle of rum.

A day after Cornell authorities alerted students about a reported rape, campus police got an anonymous tip about Chi Phi seeking to keep the alleged incident under wraps.

R&B singer and Harlem native Freddie Jackson has died at the age of 70.

Season 6 of 'Abbott Elementary' premieres Wednesday, October 7, on ABC.

Cook County and local leaders announced an investment of more than $8 million to help remove hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of debris left behind.

The Kremlin on Monday welcomed President Donald Trump’s offer to provide assistance to Russia over a case of pneumonia of unknown origin reported in the Irkutsk region.

OEMC has announced street closures for the 2026 Bank of America Chicago Marathon.

For the tenth straight year, Chicago has been voted the best big city in the U.S. by Condé Nast readers.

It's official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.

More than a dozen children and teens were ejected from a wagon after a tractor overturned during a hayride in upstate New York.

It's one of the handiest tools you can keep around the house. Learn how acrylic latex caulk can erase minor imperfections around trim, baseboards and molding.

Starbucks is facing a lawsuit over claims that the protein drinks labeled “sugar-free” on its cafe menus may actually contain more sugar than a Reese’s peanut butter cup.

Business owners and a South Side alderman will have an emergency meeting Tuesday after five businesses were hit along a stretch of East 75th Street alone.

Televangelist Jim Bakker has died at 86. He built an evangelical empire around the hugely successful "The PTL Club" with his first wife Tammy Faye.

A hidden danger may be lying beneath communities across Illinois, Indiana and the rest of the country: abandoned mines that were built more than a century ago.

Two former suburban police officers now face charges for allegedly misusing Flock license plate reader cameras.

Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring contacts of an employee at a plague research institute who contracted pneumonia of an “unknown” cause.

Burglars hit four South Side businesses, and they were caught on camera stealing an empty cash drawer and cake slices from Soul Veg City, according to the restaurant.

Gayden's mother, who asked not to be identified, apologized to Hernandez's family and said her daughter had struggled with mental health issues for years.

The Supreme Court formally begins a new term, taking on a wave of appeals from President Trump along with major cases on guns, religious freedom, and climate change.

Chicago school board president candidate Hilario Dominguez said he will remain in the race after the CPS IG reopened an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him.

A 29-year-old Chicago woman has been charged with attempted armed robbery after a deadly double shooting at a west suburban mall last week, the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office said Monday.

New Orleans Saints legend Steve Gleason is opening up about his 15-year ALS fight and how it has brought him closer to other NFL players.