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Chicago-area doctor part of first relief team in Bahamas town devastated by Hurricane Dorian

September 17, 2019 at 2:43 p.m.

Dr. Kaleem Malik, a Chicago-area emergency medicine doctor, was cleaning up debris in a clinic on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas when he saw a newspaper dated mid-August, he...

A truck is parked the 500 block of North LaSalle Drive in Chicago where a female pedestrian was fatally stuck on Sept. 17, 2019.

Woman dies after being hit by semi truck on Near North Side

September 18, 2019 at 9:01 a.m.

A woman died after being hit by a semi truck as she crossed the street in the River North neighborhood late Tuesday morning, police said. Emergency crews were called near...

Lightning strikes as a storm moves through downtown Chicago on June 26, 2019.

Four things to know about what’s changed about tornado, severe storm predictions

September 16, 2019 at 2:58 p.m.

Soon after storms started to move into Illinois last Wednesday night, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Lake County, parts of Cook County and parts of McHenry...

Marchers protest President Donald Trump's immigration policy in Chicago on July 13. Over the summer when ICE raids were expected to occur, community organizations in Chicago staged large-scale rallies.

ICE plans to create ”Chicago’ style replica’ in new training facility

September 13, 2019 at 7:43 p.m.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is building a training facility that will house simulations of structures that its agents are expected to encounter, including a "'Chicago' style replica," according to...

Architectural detail on the exterior of the substation in the 600 block of East 40th Street in Chicago on Sept. 12, 2019.

Amid community pushback, ComEd gets permit to demolish historic Bronzeville substation

September 13, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

Despite community groups' efforts to halt the demolition of a historic substation in Bronzeville, ComEd recently received a permit to raze the Prairie-style structure designed by an associate of Frank...

A new gate at the corner of Halsted Street, Fullerton Avenue and Lincoln Avenue on Aug. 16, 2018, at DePaul University in Chicago.

$20 million gift jump-starts DePaul’s new diplomacy school

September 12, 2019 at 4:53 p.m.

Once a long-term goal, DePaul University's creation of a school of diplomacy has been made a reality by a $20 million donation. The Grace School of Applied Diplomacy, part of...

A harvest moon Sept. 30, 2012, backlights The Spirit of Progress statue at North Larrabee Street and West Chicago Avenue.

A full moon for Friday the 13th this month, the first time in years

September 11, 2019 at 7:51 p.m.

In a spooky coincidence, a full moon will fill the night sky on Friday, the 13th of the month. According to NASA, the moon will officially be its fullest at...

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