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University of Chicago students and community members gather at an encampment on campus, May 1, 2024 in support of Gaza and the Palestinian people. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

U. of C. withholds degrees of four seniors who participated in pro-Palestinian encampment

May 29, 2024 at 1:22 p.m.

The University of Chicago was Youssef Hasweh’s dream school. It’s why the senior chose to work at its admissions office. He guided campus tours, answered phones for prospective students and...

Former DuPage County prosecutor accused of threatening state reps on social media

May 27, 2024 at 1:40 p.m.

A former DuPage County prosecutor was arrested and charged with threatening two Illinois state representatives in a social media post earlier this year, federal prosecutors announced. Authorities also connected Samuel...

Jimalita Tillman, left, and her daughter Dorothy Jean Tillman, 18, at their home in Chicago on May 17, 2024. Tillman earned a doctorate from Arizona State. She is the youngest person ever to graduate from ASU’s behavioral health doctoral program. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

She earned her first college degree at 10. Now, this Bronzeville teen has a Ph.D.

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

Dorothy Jean Tillman II had always dreamed of her prom dress: royal blue, with a sweetheart neckline and a fitted bodice. “She’s such a teenager,” her mom, Jimalita Tillman said....

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, center left, watches as Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling speaks about public safety during a news conference at the Chicago Cultural Center on May 24, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Mayor Johnson, CPD announce Chicago’s summer safety plan ahead of Memorial Day weekend

May 24, 2024 at 5:42 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson and other city officials unveiled a summer safety plan Friday ahead of Memorial Day weekend, including increased youth programs and expanded police presence across Chicago.

A Purple Heart from an abandoned bank safe deposit box is displayed during a news conference on May 23, 2024, about Operation Purple Heart. The Illinois treasurer’s office is trying to reunite unclaimed Purple Hearts with their owners. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Ahead of Memorial Day, Illinois treasurer seeks to return a dozen unclaimed Purple Heart medals

May 24, 2024 at 10:04 a.m.

The medals were submitted to the treasurer's office through the unclaimed property program, but their stories remain shrouded in mystery.

DePaul student journalists, Ryan Hinske, front left, and Nadine DeCero, front right, Jake Cox and Zoe Hanna, work on stories in the newsroom at DePaul University in Chicago, on May 17, 2024. DePaul journalists covered the protests and encampments at the school. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Amid campus protests against Israel-Hamas war, student journalists assume the spotlight

May 22, 2024 at 4:25 p.m.

Student journalists across the Midwest and the country have been thrust into the spotlight as protests against the Israel-Hamas War engulfed universities.

A work truck at the ComEd headquarters building on July 17, 2020, in the 3400 block of North California Avenue in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Nearly 7,000 ComEd customers were left without power following high winds and overnight storms

May 22, 2024 at 8:37 p.m.

More than 14,700 customers were without power since a line of storms blew into the area overnight, ComEd reported Wednesday.

A Brood XIII cicada excretes a fluid as it flies off three-year-old Fennec Van Schaik's hand in the 10700 block of South Longwood Drive in the Beverly neighborhood Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Chicago. Fennec's family drove from Stratford, Ontario to experience the emergence of cicadas in Chicago and central Illinois. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

After a 17-year wait, cicadas emerge a little early in Chicagoland: ‘It’s a milestone’

June 19, 2024 at 3:17 p.m.

It’s official, Chicago. Periodical cicadas have arrived. The large insects, which last emerged in Chicago 17 years ago, have been spotted in droves in pockets of the city.

Bedford Park man charged in fatal Bridgeview shooting, alleged lover charged with soliciting murder, police say

May 18, 2024 at 9:31 p.m.

A Cook County judge on Saturday ordered a Bedford Park man detained on a murder charge tied to the apparent ambush slaying of a romantic rival in southwest suburban Bridgeview,...

Teens from Glenbrook South High School gather on Monday, May 13, 2024, to mourn their friend Marko Niketic, who was killed in a car crash late Sunday along the 1200 block of East Lake Avenue in Glenview. Preston Schute said Niketic was his best friend and “the best guy I ever knew.” Schute said, “He’s one of those people that you meet him and he’s glowing. The most genuine human being ever.” Schute added, “He was super popular.” (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Northbrook man charged in crash that killed Glenview teen, police say

May 18, 2024 at 4:51 p.m.

A Northbrook man was charged in the horrific crash that killed a 17-year-old Glenbrook South High School senior and injured himself and two others in Glenview on Sunday night, police said.

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