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Lawsuit filed after transgender student gets locker room access in Palatine

May 22, 2019 at 9:47 p.m.

A group of suburban students and parents is suing the U.S. Department of Education and Illinois' largest high school district after school officials granted a transgender student access to the...

Jill Langham blows into a tube for the first of her lung tests. Langham, 60, who now lives in Palm Springs, Calif., flies into Chicago for her participation in the CARDIA heart study that she has been involved in for 30 years through Northwestern University.

Landmark heart disease study marks 30 years of research

May 22, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

Her heart beats thump, squish, thump, squish. Depending on the angle, the muscle appears to squeeze and release or wobble side to side. Blood flows toward the skin, then away....

River Forest man held on $500,000 in Friday sexual assault

May 22, 2019 at 9:46 p.m.

A 49-year-old River Forest man was charged with sexually assaulting a 30-year-old woman in the West Garfield Park neighborhood Friday.William Wallace, of the first block of Park Avenue in the...

Chicago State University campus on April 22, 2016.

As Chicago State ends semester early and some funds OK’d, uncertainty looms

August 18, 2019 at 3:45 p.m.

Chicago State University ends its spring term this week with an eleventh-hour infusion of cash but no clear road map for its financial future. Like many state universities and community...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta.

10 Illinois residents infected with Elizabethkingia

May 22, 2019 at 9:43 p.m.

Ten people in Illinois have been diagnosed with infections caused by Elizabethkingia, though state public health officials say it is a different strain of bacteria from the one found in...

Man trying to find ex’s new boyfriend goes on West Side shooting spree: prosecutors

May 22, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

An Irving Park man faces a litany of felony charges in two attacks in which authorities said he shot and seriously wounded one man early Friday, not long after he...

Toyota Park, located at 7000 South Harlem Avenue in Bridgeview, is seen here on Dec. 17, 2012.

Man charged with trespassing after running onto field at Fire game

May 22, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

A 28-year-old man was charged with a felony after running onto the field after a Chicago Fire game on Saturday, according to authorities. Anthony Lopez, of the Heart of Chicago...

Man charged in killings of two 19-year-old men on West Side

May 22, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

A 31-year-old man was held without bail Sunday in the killing of two men. Prosecutors say he followed the two men for almost 2 miles from outside an Austin neighborhood...

Ex-Cook County sheriff’s officer gets 7 1/2 years for robbery scheme

May 22, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

A former Cook County sheriff's police officer was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison Wednesday for teaming up with a couple of other law enforcement officers to rob drug...

The University of Illinois at Chicago campus in Chicago on February 12, 2014.

UIC aims for more sustainable campus

May 22, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is launching an ambitious effort to drastically cut energy use, water consumption and waste on its Near West Side campus in hopes of helping...

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