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People will gather Thursday for visitation to remember seven-year-old Eddimar Hernandez.

Workers at the Obama Foundation and Presidential Center said they're forming a union.

Two people were taken into custody, accused of carjacking a vehicle and crashing into several others cars in the Loop, including a marked police vehicle, CPD said.

Members of the Jewish community in the Chicago area gathered to mark three years since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, honoring those killed and taken hostage while reflecting on a conflict that continues to reverberate across Israel and Gaza.

In 1987, Angel Delgadillo sparked the movement that preserved Route 66's history today. He still lives in Seligman, Arizona, the real "Radiator Springs."

As ABC's "Abbott Elementary" returns for its sixth season, members of the cast are looking ahead to a major milestone: the show's 100th episode.

The mother of a 3-year-old beaten to death over a year ago has been arrested.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is laying the groundwork for a budget proposal that could rely heavily on new taxes on corporations and wealthy residents as the city confronts an $880 million budget shortfall.

A former Joliet police lieutenant is facing felony charges after an investigation into the misuse of the city's Flock system. Illinois State Police say he allegedly used the license plate reader system for personal benefit.

The WHO said on Wednesday it does not have enough information from Russian authorities to conduct a full risk assessment after the death of a plague laboratory worker.

"Dead Girl's Quinceañera" is a wild thriller steeped in tradition, friendship and intrigue that just opened at the Goodman Theatre. Chicago native Ariana Burks is elated to be back home, and on a stage that helped launch her career!

Three years after the October 7 attacks in Israel, former hostages Keith and Aviva Siegel are sharing their experiences in captivity.

For some veterans, traveling to Washington, D.C., to visit memorials honoring their service is no longer possible. Honor Flight Chicago is bringing that experience to them instead as part of "Operation Eagles Landing."

A 14-year-old boy remains hospitalized after he was struck in the neck by a stray bullet a North Side shooting last week, and court documents show he is now paralyzed from the chest down.

The Lyric Opera of Chicago is giving audience members with hearing impairments a new way to experience foreign-language opera with American Sign Language interpretation during an upcoming performance of Mozart's "Don Giovanni."

Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he continues to support Chicago school board president candidate Hilario Dominguez despite a reopened investigation into sexual harassment allegations against him.

The Treasury Department announced on October 1 that it had automatically enrolled all eligible children for Trump Accounts.

Music teachers from across the nation, including one from the Chicago area, will be honored Wednesday night in Nashville, Tennessee at the 10th annual Music Teachers of Excellence Ceremony, hosted by the Country Music Awards Foundation.

The FBI thwarted an attack on the Mall of America by a teenager after agents supplied him with an assault rifle, authorities announced Wednesday.

The Block 37 shopping complex in the Loop has a new owner and will soon have a new name.

Christa Pike was sentenced to death after being convicted of the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.

IKEA is relocating its Bolingbrook location to Naperville.

Health officials are reporting the first West Nile virus death of the year in DuPage County.

A mariachi wedding proposal has gone viral after a woman confronted a camera crew and made racist comments that were captured on video.

Three years after the deadliest day in Israel’s history, the country marked the somber occasion with a series of ceremonies, memorials and protests.