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This March 5, 2020, photo made available by NASA shows the main mirror assembly of the James Webb Space Telescope during testing at a Northrop Grumman facility in Redondo Beach, California.

The momentous James Webb Space Telescope launch is scheduled for Christmas morning. Chicago astronomers are ‘waiting with bated breath’ to use its data for a better understanding of the cosmos.

December 24, 2021 at 5:43 p.m.

Astronomers around the world — including those in Chicago — are anxiously awaiting the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful observatory of its kind...

Police stage near Lifetime Fitness at Oakbrook Center shopping mall in Oak Brook after a reported shooting at the mall on Dec. 23, 2021.

‘It doesn’t scare me away’: Oakbrook Center’s Christmas Eve shoppers unfazed after Thursday shooting that left 4 people injured

December 26, 2021 at 8:15 a.m.

Half a day after SWAT teams combed through Oakbrook Center in the wake of a gunfight that left four people injured, a flock of Christmas Eve shoppers filled the upscale...

Bottles of abortion pills at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, in 2010.

Abortion by mail: FDA permanently eases abortion pill restrictions, allowing direct shipment to patients in many states, including Illinois

December 16, 2021 at 7:14 p.m.

Women can now terminate a pregnancy without leaving home by mail-ordering abortion pills, a new means of accessing abortion care that's recently gained a footing in many states — including...

Elena Rosales, de 3 años, recibe su segunda dosis de la vacuna Moderna COVID-19 en su pierna de la enfermera Lela Lartey, a la izquierda, con su madre, Mariaelena Lozano, el 7 de diciembre de 2021, mientras participaba en un ensayo en el Lurie Children's Hospital.

Dentro de un ensayo de vacuna covid para bebés y niños pequeños

December 16, 2021 at 9:59 a.m.

La pequeña dijo que "sería valiente" poco antes de que la aguja atravesara la parte carnosa de su muslo derecho. Aunque sus grandes ojos marrones se abrieron un poco al...

Elena Rosales, 3, receives a second injection in her leg from nurse Lela Lartey, left, with her mother, Mariaelena Lozano, right, on Dec. 7, 2021, while participating in the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine trial at Lurie Children's Hospital.

Inside a Chicago COVID-19 vaccine trial for babies, toddlers: ‘It will help all of the littles get their shots.’

December 14, 2021 at 4:45 p.m.

The toddler announced she was "going to be brave" shortly before the needle pierced the fleshy part of her right thigh. Although her big brown eyes widened a bit at...

Demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, in Washington on Dec. 01, 2021.

Four things to know about the Mississippi abortion case and how the Supreme Court decision might affect Illinois

December 2, 2021 at 6:50 a.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court has before it one of its most significant abortion cases in decades, and its decision could challenge Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that established...

Holiday travelers check in with United Airlines inside Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport on Nov. 28, 2021, after the Thanksgiving weekend.

Many Americans returning to pre-pandemic Thanksgiving traditions — despite climbing COVID rates in much of the nation, including Chicago, pollsters say

November 24, 2021 at 7:30 p.m.

Recent polls indicate more Americans plan to return to pre-pandemic Thanksgiving routines and are dropping many social distancing protocols — even as COVID-19 cases are still rising in large swaths...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Illinois health department urges everyone 18 and older to get a COVID-19 booster; CDC authorizes boosters for all adults nationwide soon after

November 19, 2021 at 5:28 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Public Health on Friday announced that all adults statewide should get COVID-19 booster shots, a few hours before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially...

The moon is seen from Portage Park in Chicago on Jan. 31, 2018, just before a super blue blood moon eclipse.

The longest partial lunar eclipse of the century will occur early Friday. Here are 7 things to know about viewing the moon locally.

November 17, 2021 at 6:25 p.m.

The longest partial lunar eclipse of the century will occur early Friday, when 97% of the moon will be covered by the darkest part of the Earth's shadow, with just...

George Haupt, 88, of Crystal Lake, served as a Sentinel guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from December of 1954 through September of 1955.

‘Highest of honors.’ On Veterans Day, former guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to attend its centennial events

November 11, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Seven decades ago, George Haupt of Crystal Lake served among the elite military guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, a post he...

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