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The natural area along the southern tip of Northerly Island Park on Aug. 27, 2024, in Chicago. The island is a 119.7-acre park along the Lake Michigan shoreline and was the site of the Century of Progress World Fair in 1933. The natural area features prairie and savanna, a 5-acre pond, and walking paths. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Northerly Island’s potential as an urban oasis goes unrealized as grand plans come and go

May 22, 2026 at 7:48 p.m.

A century after its construction, the island is home to traffic bottlenecks on concert days, erosion problems and a little-known nature preserve.

Gwen Walz, left, and children Gus and Hope watch a video about her husband and their father, Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, before his speech at the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 21, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Parents call for ouster of radio host Amy Jacobson as Amundsen volleyball coach after she mocked Gus Walz

August 28, 2024 at 4:35 p.m.

Chicago school parents are calling on radio host Amy Jacobson to step down as head coach of Amundsen High School's varsity volleyball teams.

Kevin Zimmerman, 36, right, and Samuel Titze, 36, jump in Lake Michigan near Montrose Beach on Sunday Aug. 25, 2024, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Excessive heat warning issued for Monday and Tuesday as CPS students return to class

August 26, 2024 at 9:49 a.m.

CPS said it has canceled all outdoor activities or moved them inside and assured parents that all classrooms have air conditioning and will be kept at comfortable levels.

Police: Teens injured in 3 separate shootings on West and Southwest Sides

August 25, 2024 at 10:11 a.m.

Police are investigating all three shootings. No one is in custody yet.

Fisherman Lance Nacio, of Anne Marie Shrimp in Montegut, Louisiana, uses a stick to measure a blue crab in the Barataria Basin between the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers on Jan. 23, 2024. (Matthew Hinton/for the baiduhai)

Members of Midwest farming community connect with shrimper, researchers in Gulf dead zone visit

August 25, 2024 at 5:00 a.m.

The trip aimed to increase understanding of how agricultural runoff in the Midwest affects ecosystems a thousand miles away.

Willam Belli, co-founder of Drag PAC, performs during Drag PAC and Lucy Stoole’s DNC Drag Night Chicago to empower LGBTQ+ voters during the Democratic National Convention at Metro on Aug. 21, 2024. (Tess Crowley/baiduhai)

Drag queens take the stage to draw attention to LGBTQ+ threats and urge voter turnout

August 22, 2024 at 2:23 p.m.

The number of anti-trans bills introduced nationwide has increased every year for the last five years, according to Trans Legislative Tracker.

Emma Levine, from left, Sam Schwartz and Drew Spiegel stand in the DemPalooza at McCormick Place Convention Center on Aug. 19, 2024. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

After RV tour championing Democrats, Gen Z activists bring DNC to peers

August 20, 2024 at 1:29 a.m.

Tour organizer Sam Schwartz, 20, got involved in political activism after his cousin was killed in the Parkland school shooting in 2018 in Florida.

Two people walk past a fenced-off parking lot during preparations for the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 14, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Pro-Palestinian coalition organizers denounce city’s protests routes and restrictions ahead of DNC

August 18, 2024 at 5:56 p.m.

Leaders of the Coalition to March on the DNC say they will urge the city for a longer protest route until the the start of the march.

COPA investigating after police shoot, kill armed suspect following Pilsen double-shooting

August 18, 2024 at 4:50 p.m.

One man is dead and another man and a woman were in critical condition following a police-involved shooting in the Pilsen neighborhood early Sunday.

4 separate car crashes leave 2 men dead and 2 others in critical condition, police say

August 18, 2024 at 5:15 p.m.

The driver remained at the scene in only one of the four collisions. Two of the collisions also involved gun violence.

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