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The state of Illinois has found that the Lincoln Museum offered Glenn Beck the use of the historic Gettysburg Address for his event display.

A Chicago Cubs player and cancer survivor raised $1.3 million for kids with cancer at a fundraiser on Sunday.

A Wisconsin teenager is being recognized for her generosity after she raised money to ensure police officers in Chicago are equipped with life-saving tourniquets.

CHICAGO (AP) — Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett says his $10,000 payment after the close of a criminal case should prevent Chicago from seeking reimbursement for a police investigation of his claim that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack.

CHICAGO (AP) — A purported street-gang leader from suburban Chicago who became radicalized in prison faces federal charges accusing him of seeking to provide money to Islamic State militants in Syria, according to a complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Chicago.

An American Airlines flight slid off an icy runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday morning.

Chicago Police Chief Eddie Johnson announced his decision to retire Thursday morning at the department’s headquarters.

Former first lady Michelle Obama said Tuesday that her husband, former President Barack Obama, could have built his presidential library anywhere in the world because many feel he is “their president.” 

A seven-year-old girl is reported in critical condition after being shot while trick-or-treating on Chicago’s West Side.

A storm that made many areas of the Midwest feel more like winter than fall shattered a 96-year-old winter weather record in Chicago.

President Trump lamented the death and carnage the city has witnessed on Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s watch.

President Donald Trump compared Monday the Democrat-led effort to impeach him to actor Jussie Smollett’s failed attempt to “scam” the criminal justice system with a fake hate crime.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said on Sunday the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) “cannot simply take yes for an answer” as the teachers strike moved into its eighth day with no end in sight.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) took her 2020 campaign for the Democrat presidential nomination to Chicago on Tuesday, where she joined striking members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) on the picket lines.

Four executives at a Chicago, Illinois manufacturing plant have been charged with knowingly hiring illegal aliens over American citizens, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency reveals. 

A man in the Windy City has become the nation’s’ next “Mad Pooper” after authorities caught him smearing feces on cars and storefronts in Chicago.

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has refused to dismiss Chicago’s lawsuit against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is working to elevate her status as one of the most outspoken pro-union presidential candidates and is expected to join teachers in Chicago on Tuesday as part of their ongoing strike, visiting a South Austin elementary school and “picketing with teachers and American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten,” according to local reports.

A father in California is warning others after a Google Nest Cam hacker threatened to kidnap his son. 

The strike by the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) continued into its third day on Saturday as negotiations with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) failed to reach a resolution.

The sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, released an illegal alien into the public despite being wanted in Louisiana for bank fraud, money laundering, and felony theft.

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) followed through on their earlier threats and went on strike on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of all classes for the 361,000 K-12 students who attend Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

Chicago teachers began a planned strike Thursday morning after many unsuccessful attempts to reach a deal regarding contract negotiations. 

One thousand members of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) marched through the streets of downtown Chicago on Monday, demanding more money.

A suspect in Chicago allegedly shot and killed four of his neighbors as they ate dinner on Saturday evening on the city’s Northwest Side.

Four teenage boys allegedly restrained a 12-year-old girl and tried to sexually assault her in Chicago’s Northwest Side on September 23, according to reports. 

Chicago gangbanger Dwright Boone-Doty was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday in the November 2015 death of 9-year-old Tyshawn Lee.  

President Donald Trump praised a worker Tuesday who stopped an out-of-control beverage cart at the Chicago O’Hare airport.

Rap-producer and fashion mogul Kanye West is set to release an IMAX film next month, entitled, Jesus Is King. The film will reportedly celebrate the spiritual “Sunday Service” gatherings hosted by West in cities across the country.

A little girl was pursued to her house from her tree swing by a bold coyote in South Villa Park on Tuesday.

At least 25 people shot, five fatally, over the weekend in Democrat-controlled Chicago.

Woodfield Mall in the northwest Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, is on lockdown on Friday after a driver plowed an SUV into the building, according to reports.

Prosecutors in Chicago say two men on trial for murder purposefully executed a nine-year-old boy because they believed the boy’s father was a member of the rival gang they blamed for shooting one of their own members

One of former Vice President Joe Biden’s top donors slammed Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (D-VT) on Thursday, saying they do not “represent the Democratic Party.” 

The principal of a Chicago high school has come under fire for writing that the departure of a teacher accused of sexually assaulting a student is “bittersweet.”

At least 25 people were shot, seven fatally, over the weekend in Democrat-controlled Chicago. The deceased included people who were driving at the time they were shot, who were sitting in parked cars, who were walking down streets or standing on sidewalks.