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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive for the College Football Playoff National Championship game between LSU and Clemson on Jan. 13, 2020, in New Orleans.

Notre Dame and University of Michigan among sites of 2020 presidential general election debates

October 11, 2019 at 3:11 p.m.

The University of Notre Dame and the University of Michigan will be among the sites for presidential debates in the run-up to the 2020 general election, the Commission on Presidential...

Simon Tolzmann, 14, looks at a dead monarch butterfly near Foster Avenue Beach on Oct. 7, 2019, in Chicago.

Here’s why there are so many dead monarch butterflies along Chicago’s lakefront

October 8, 2019 at 7:13 a.m.

Douglas Liu was walking with his wife on Foster Avenue Beach in the Edgewater neighborhood Monday when he saw hundreds of monarch butterflies dead on the ground, he said. "It's...

Derek Chairs once lived in transitional housing and now works for the same agency that assisted him on East Garfield Boulevard in Chicago.

As hope for new source of city money fades, Chicago youth homeless programs at risk of losing federal funding too

October 4, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.

After Derek Chairs was evicted from an apartment in California at 18, he bounced around from couch to couch across the country. "I just traveled by bus, state to state,...

Loyola Chicago investigates viral video showing man in restroom discarding box for menstrual products meant for transgender men

October 4, 2019 at 6:33 p.m.

Loyola University Chicago is investigating a video appearing to show a man throwing out a box for menstrual products meant for transgender and gender-nonconforming students in a men's bathroom on...

Jury awards $3.6 million to mother of man who was fatally shot by security guard on Near West Side

October 3, 2019 at 6:38 p.m.

A jury Tuesday awarded $3.6 million to the mother of a man who was fatally shot by a security guard in a public housing complex in the University Village neighborhood...

People cross North Michigan Avenue at East Wacker Drive in Chicago as the rain pours down Friday, Sept. 27, 2019.

Flash flood watches declared as 5 inches of rain could hit parts of Chicago area Friday; showers to hang around through weekend

September 27, 2019 at 3:39 p.m.

Storms were expected throughout Friday in the Chicago area, with some potential for severe weather in the afternoon and evening and a chance of rain much of the rest of...

Blue Line service resumes after hour suspension for reports of gas leaks in Loop

September 27, 2019 at 12:49 p.m.

CTA Blue Line service was suspended through downtown for about an hour midday Friday following reports of possible gas leaks in the Dearborn Street subway, authorities said. Fire officials were...

The historic Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago, said to be the future site of the National Museum of Gospel Music, on Sept. 26, 2019. The church was gutted in a 2006 fire.

Former Pilgrim Baptist Church blessed for conversion into gospel museum, as backers make push to raise bulk of $40 million needed for project

September 26, 2019 at 6:43 p.m.

More than 70 ministers, gospel singers, politicians and community members gathered in the backyard of the former Pilgrim Baptist Church on Thursday, outside the limestone walls of the historic building...

Illinois State Museum is first in world to return artifacts as part of Australian project to reclaim aboriginal art

September 25, 2019 at 4:24 p.m.

The Illinois State Museum will be returning Australian First Nation artifacts in its collection to the aboriginal communities they were acquired from nearly a century ago, according to the museum...

Supporters walk through the Loop during the Women's March Chicago-sponsored March to the Polls on Oct. 13, 2018.

Women’s March Chicago ‘taking over the city once again’ in 2020 as census and elections near

September 24, 2019 at 4:50 p.m.

As the 2020 census and presidential elections approach, Women's March Chicago announced on Tuesday its plans for marches next year aiming to encourage participation in the two national events. The...

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