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Tovia Siegel, director of the Healthy Illinois Campaign, speaks during a press conference at Alivio Medical Center on on May 16, 2023, in Chicago.

Advocates push for bill to expand state-funded health insurance to adults 19 and over, regardless of immigration status

March 11, 2024 at 1:05 p.m.

Though Erica does not qualify for state-funded medical health care for people in the country without legal permission because she is not yet 42 years old, she dedicates her time...

Vendors Minerva Garcia, left, and her daughter Tania Cuevas sell flowers on Mother's Day, celebrated in Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala on May 10th, and for Mother's Day in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood of Chicago on May 10, 2023.

These mothers sell flowers on the streets of Chicago for Mother’s Day

May 14, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.

Every Mother's Day, Minerva Garcia is surrounded by hundreds of bouquets of roses. The red ones are her favorites. They remind her of love, she said as she softly touched...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot arrives at a news conference at City Hall on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency in response to the thousands of migrants who have arrived in the city.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot declares state of emergency over migrants arriving in Chicago: ‘We’ve reached a breaking point’

May 10, 2023 at 1:04 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared a state of emergency Tuesday in response to the thousands of migrants who have settled in the city, often under harsh living conditions, after crossing...

A Chicago police officer briefly draws with a child after setting up a large piece of paper as Venezuelan migrant families take shelter in the lobby of the 17th District Chicago police station on Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Alcaldesa Lightfoot declara estado de emergencia por llegada de migrantes a Chicago

April 15, 2024 at 3:47 p.m.

La alcaldesa de Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, declaró el estado de emergencia el martes en respuesta a los miles de migrantes que se han asentado en la ciudad, a menudo en...

Chicago police and fire department personnel prepare for a fallen police officer to arrive at the Cook County medical examiner's office on West Harrison Street in Chicago on May 6, 2023.

Chicago cop, 24, killed just after her shift ends. ‘I wanted to be an officer … a person to fight for justice,’ she said in 2021 interview.

March 6, 2024 at 2:58 p.m.

A young Chicago police officer who had recently earned her master's degree and whose family called her "happy" and "intelligent" was shot dead early Saturday shortly after leaving the station...

Workers use heavy equipment to pull freight train cars upright following a derailment on April 20, 2023, in Blue Island.

CSX freight train derails in Blue Island Wednesday night

March 6, 2024 at 2:58 p.m.

A CSX freight train derailed in Blue Island shortly before 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. The transportation company said in a statement there were no injuries as a result of the derailment,...

Farruko performs at Sueños Music Festival in Chicago's Grant Park on Saturday.

Latino music festival Sueños, set to return to Grant Park next month, brings economic boost to city, organizers say

March 6, 2024 at 2:58 p.m.

More than 80,000 festivalgoers attended the inaugural two-day Latino music festival Sueños in Grant Park last year during Memorial Day weekend, which created nearly 1,000 jobs and contracted dozens of...

A large group of young adults and juveniles congregate in the streets of downtown Chicago Saturday night.

16 arrested after 3 teens shot as groups of young adults, juveniles swarmed downtown area Friday, Saturday nights

March 6, 2024 at 2:57 p.m.

Several large groups of young adults and juveniles swarmed downtown Friday and Saturday night as three teenagers were wounded in two separate shootings leading to 16 related arrests and sparking...

Chicago police work the scene following a police involved shooting in the 3800 block of W. Flournoy on April 15, 2023.

Man, 24, who turned to cops with gun, shot dead by police in Garfield Park neighborhood: Chicago police, family

March 6, 2024 at 2:57 p.m.

Police fatally shot a man who turned to them while holding a gun during a foot chase Saturday morning on the West Side. The shooting happened in the 3800 block...

The building at 206 S. Jefferson St. in Chicago, pictured on March 31, 2023, was the home of The Warehouse, a three-level nightclub that was popular in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Warehouse, legendary former West Loop dance hall, granted preliminary landmark recommendation

March 6, 2024 at 2:51 p.m.

The Warehouse, a former dance hall in West Loop, received a preliminary landmark recommendation from the Commission on Chicago Landmarks on Thursday after thousands signed a petition asking the city...

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