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Thanks to shifting demographics, shrewd campaigning and the divisive reign of President Donald Trump, Democrats made big gains this year in...

An appellate court Friday reversed a lower court ruling that had allowed a Geneva restaurant to stay open for indoor dining despite a ban on...

In the last 30 days, people who tested positive for the novel coronavirus reported having recently visited a total of 647 public and private...

Illinois COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising so quickly that, in roughly a week, the number could surpass the highest tally seen in the spr...

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Centered around the Edison Park neighborhood east of O’Hare International Airport, Chicago's 41st Ward was the only one in the city where a...

Near record-breaking temperatures in the 70s are forecast to continue in the Chicago area possibly into early next week, says the National W...

The city's official Christmas tree was actually made up of many smaller trees before 2009. Since then, these families have donated their tal...

When a retired Chicago teacher decided to sell her home, her family knew a spruce planted years ago had to go. Now it's the city's Christmas...

Record-tying temperatures will likely stay with us throughout the weekend and potentially into early next week, dropping to the 50′s overnig...

As the pandemic continues, the Tribune is tracking Illinois deaths, cases, test results and more here.

A Chicago man killed his girlfriend, her mother and her sister in an eruption of rage after his girlfriend declined to cook him breakfast an...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker gives an update on the state’s response to COVID-19. Watch live here.

Akeem Kosoko and his postal carrier brother had allegedly been stealing people’s personal funds from the U.S. mail for months when the feder...

The South Side home of Emmett Till has taken key steps toward becoming an official city landmark and a museum.

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Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

Illinois health officials reported a record number of new coronavirus cases for the second straight day Friday, with newly confirmed infecti...

Two officers were shot and wounded early Friday after confronting a hit-and-run suspect in Wisconsin, police said.

Medical aid was not immediately provided to Marcellis Stinnette after he was shot by a Waukegan police officer because authorities feared he...

A Chicago police officer was stabbed in the abdomen while responding to a mental health call on the South Side Thursday night, authorities s...

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By Friday morning, Biden overtook Trump in the number of ballots counted in the battleground. Here's the latest.

Local School Council elections are coming up in Chicago, with nearly 6,000 candidates on the ballots.

Rep. Lauren Underwood, the Democrat from Naperville, expresses confidence as mail-in votes continue to be counted in her tight contest with...