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The Northwestern University campus in Evanston on July 10, 2023.

Northwestern being investigated by US Department of Education over accusations of campus antisemitism amid Israel-Hamas war

February 6, 2024 at 9:47 a.m.

The U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into accusations of antisemitism at Northwestern University, as similar allegations continue to rock colleges and universities across the country in the...

Joliet police officers work near the scene of a multiple deaths investigation in the 2200 block of West Acres Road in Joliet on Jan. 23, 2024.

‘So scary’: Joliet residents describe fear, unease before suspect wanted for fatally shooting 8 died in Texas

January 23, 2024 at 1:44 p.m.

Police vehicles and orange cones lined West Acres Road in Joliet Tuesday morning, blocking access to two homes that were the site of one of the worst crime scenes suburban...

Hope Miller outside an abortion clinic on North Western Avenue in Chicago, Jan. 17, 2024, where she was passing out leaflets.

Roe v. Wade anniversary: Two activist families fight contrasting abortion battles in Illinois, Indiana.

January 21, 2024 at 9:33 a.m.

Every day, 19-year-old Hope Miller prays for an end to abortion. The young woman from north suburban Hawthorn Woods was elated in June 2022 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks to the crowd gathered at a rally in Chicago's Federal Plaza on June 24, 2022, in reaction to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortions.

Illinois abortions surged the year Roe fell, with nearly 17,000 patients traveling from other states — a 49% spike

February 7, 2024 at 11:06 a.m.

More than 56,000 abortions were performed in Illinois the year the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, marking the most pregnancy terminations statewide since the mid-1990s, according to the...

The School of the Art Institute in the Loop, Jan. 4, 2024.

Lawsuit: Student alleges antisemitism, discrimination at School of the Art Institute

January 8, 2024 at 12:05 p.m.

The Israeli American student enrolled at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago seeking a world-class education in art therapy, but instead claims she faced a pattern of antisemitic...

New Year's Eve fireworks explode over the Chicago River on Jan. 1, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

7 tips to help keep New Year’s resolutions, from a University of Chicago expert on motivation

January 1, 2024 at 9:31 a.m.

As 2024 approaches, roughly a third of American adults plan to make New Year's resolutions, according to a recent public poll conducted by YouGov, an international online research group. Yet...

A woman ties a young boy's shoe while migrants sleep inside the Austin District (15th) police station in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2023.

Migrants’ first Christmas in Chicagoland: Oak Park woman celebrates holidays with new arrivals she took into her home

March 11, 2024 at 12:10 p.m.

The Nativity set inside the house in Oak Park was complete with all the typical figurines, except one conspicuously missing piece: The baby Jesus won't be displayed until Christmas Eve,...

Ephrem Chen, 9, receives his COVID-19 booster shot and a flu vaccine from an IDPH nurse during a walk-in clinic Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023, at St. Procopius School in Pilsen. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

¿’Tripledemia’? Médicos expertos locales instan a la vacunación ante el aumento de las hospitalizaciones por COVID, gripe y RSV en todo el país

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

A medida que aumentan las hospitalizaciones por COVID-19 en amplias zonas de Illinois y del país, sólo alrededor del 11% de los residentes de Chicago están al día en la...

Ephrem Chen, 9, receives his COVID-19 booster shot and a flu vaccine from an IDPH nurse during a walk-in clinic on Dec. 3, 2023, at St. Procopius School in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago.

‘Tripledemic’? Local medical experts urge vaccination as COVID, flu and RSV hospitalizations spike nationwide.

December 18, 2023 at 3:18 p.m.

As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise across large swaths of Illinois and the nation, only about 11% of Chicago residents are up to date on vaccination against the virus. The combination is...

Rabbi Mendy Weg gives freshman William Xia a dreidel for Hanukkah on the campus of Northwestern University, Dec. 5, 2023.

Hanukkah celebrations ‘add light to the world’ for Jews amid darkness of war, antisemitism

December 8, 2023 at 12:59 p.m.

In preparation for Hanukkah, Rabbi Mendy Weg drove around the campus of Northwestern University in his "HannuKart" — a golf cart outfitted with a large menorah on a flatbed in...

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