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A group of women dressed in outfits made famous by "The Handmaid's Tale" gather outside the Thompson Center in Chicago on Aug. 9, 2017, to urge Gov. Bruce Rauner to sign legislation that would keep abortion legal in the event that Roe v. Wade is overturned.

Timeline: Abortion funding in Illinois from Medicaid to the Reproductive Health Act

June 24, 2022 at 10:14 a.m.

Though abortion laws have been on the books in Illinois since the 1800s — and will continue to allow access to reproductive freedoms despite a Supreme Court ruling that overturned...

Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer are handcuffed together as they arrive Jan. 14, 2014, at Denpasar District Court for the first day of their trials in Bali, Indonesia.

Heather Mack’s daughter will temporarily live with foster mom from Indonesia in Forest Park

June 19, 2022 at 9:03 a.m.

A Cook County judge on Friday ruled that the 7-year-old daughter of Heather Mack will temporarily live in suburban Cook County with her foster mother from Indonesia, who cared for...

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Here are 5 things to know about the upcoming televised Congressional hearings into the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, including ties to Illinois

June 9, 2022 at 8:11 a.m.

The world witnessed the stunning Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol through live news reports and social media videos, which chronicled the unprecedented attack on American democracy. After...

El 27 de mayo se llevo a cabo una asamblea en la escuela de la catedral de San Nicolás, en el barrio Ukrainian Village, por la 'Carrera por Ucrania', una carrera de 10 millas que se llevará a cabo en Soldier Field.

Refugiados ucranianos en Chicago cuentan cómo escaparon de la guerra. ‘Ningún niño debería vivir esto’

June 2, 2022 at 10:38 a.m.

Cada vez que sonaba una sirena de la policía o zumbaba un avión, Olena Raczkiewycz revivía el terror de sus últimos días en Ucrania, cuando los tanques y las bombas...

St. Nicholas Cathedral School in the Ukrainian Village neighborhood holds a "Run for Ukraine" assembly at the school in advance of a 10-mile race that will be held at Soldier Field, May 27, 2022.

Newly arrived Ukrainians recount escaping war, finding haven in Chicago. ‘No child should have to live through this.’

May 29, 2022 at 11:00 a.m.

Each time a police siren wailed or an airplane whirred overhead, Olena Raczkiewycz would relive the terror of her last few days in Ukraine, when Russian tanks and bombs besieged...

Residents say a prayer with a Texas state trooper at the entrance of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Everyone in Uvalde seemed to know one of the children who had been gunned down. Or had gone to high school with their parents or grandparents. Some had lost several family members.

Políticos ponen de nuevo a Chicago como ejemplo de por qué el estricto control de armas no funcionará

May 26, 2022 at 9:58 a.m.

Para Aline Stern, del vecindario de Lincoln Square, fue difícil enviar a sus dos hijos a la escuela el miércoles, la mañana después de que un hombre armado de 18...

Gabriella Uriegas, a soccer teammate of Tess Mata who died in the shooting, cries while her mother, Geneva Uriegas, holds her as they visit a memorial outside the Uvalde County Courthouse in Texas on May 26, 2022.

‘Look at Chicago’: Politicians again use city as example of why strict gun control won’t work even as Texas school shooting jolts local parents

May 26, 2022 at 6:58 a.m.

Aline Stern of the Lincoln Square neighborhood found it difficult to send her two children to school on Wednesday, the morning after an 18-year-old gunman opened fire in an elementary...

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