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Lyric Porter receives an injection of medication from nurse Lexie Egan during at the University of Chicago's Comer Children's Hospital on Dec. 20, 2023.

Revolutionary gene therapy may offer new life for patients battling chronic sickle cell disease

January 2, 2024 at 5:18 p.m.

Lyric Porter wanted her life back. Born with sickle cell disease, she had a fever at age 5 that scarred her lungs and required her to roll an oxygen tank...

Crews work on demolishing the grandstand and surrounding structures at the Arlington International Racecourse on Sept. 25, 2023, in Arlington Heights.

Chicago Bears’ drive for new stadium stalled in 2023 — but options remain open as talks with Arlington Heights continue

April 26, 2024 at 10:17 a.m.

Another Chicago Bears season is drawing to a close with no breakthroughs in sight for a new stadium — but those involved on all sides say they're working on it....

Teresa Haley, president of the Illinois NAACP, speaks at the Illinois State Capitol, May 15, 2019.

Illinois NAACP president apologizes for saying migrants are rapists and likening them to ‘savages’

December 15, 2023 at 6:31 p.m.

Illinois NAACP President Teresa Haley has apologized "to anyone who may have been hurt or offended" when she said migrants were rapists and "like savages," while branch presidents said they...

Snow falls while migrants wait to go inside St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy church after spending the night at the 15th District Chicago Police Station in the Austin neighborhood Oct. 31, 2023 in Oak Park. Most of the migrants who slept inside the police station were mothers and children while others slept in tents near the entrance or across the street in a parking lot. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Oak Park, que ha dado cobijo a inmigrantes, les exigirá que abandonen el hotel y el YMCA antes del 31 de enero

April 15, 2024 at 3:37 p.m.

Todos los inmigrantes alojados en dos locales de Oak Park deberán mudarse antes del 31 de enero, según revelaron el miércoles las autoridades municipales. Esta semana se notificará la fecha...

Migrants and their belongings are seen outside Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park on Nov. 1, 2023, where they were being given shelter.

Migrants arriving by busload in Rosemont and Cicero are sent away, but welcomed in Oak Park, as suburbs respond differently to crisis

March 11, 2024 at 12:14 p.m.

Busloads of migrants were brought in the past week to Rosemont and Cicero, officials said, but were turned away. Several buses from El Paso, Texas, arrived in the past week...

Snow falls while migrants wait to go inside St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Church in Oak Park after spending the night at the 15th District police station in Chicago's Austin neighborhood on Oct. 31, 2023.

Oak Park, which has been providing shelter for migrants, will require them to move out of hotel, YMCA by Jan. 31

March 11, 2024 at 12:14 p.m.

All migrants housed in two locations in Oak Park will be required to move out by Jan. 31, village officials disclosed Wednesday. The approximately 160 people at The Carleton of...

Former NAACP DuPage County Branch President Patrick Watson sits in his apartment lobby in Lisle on Dec. 12, 2023. Watson resigned in protest and is calling for the resignation of Teresa Haley, state NAACP president, for her comments calling migrants "like savages."

Illinois NAACP leader is asked to step down after video shows her likening migrants to ‘savages’ and accusing them of rape

March 11, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

In a videotaped criticism of migrant policy, the president of the Illinois NAACP compared migrants to "savages" and accused them of rape — comments that have prompted a call for...

Migrants and their belongings are seen outside Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, where they are being given shelter. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Los inmigrantes que llegan en autobús a Rosemont y Cicero son expulsados, pero bienvenidos en Oak Park, ya que los suburbios responden de forma diferente a la crisis

April 15, 2024 at 3:38 p.m.

La semana pasada llegaron autobuses cargados de inmigrantes a Rosemont y Cicero, según las autoridades, pero fueron rechazados. Varios autobuses procedentes de El Paso, Texas, llegaron la semana pasada a...

Migrants arriving by busload in Rosemont and Cicero are sent away, but welcomed in Oak Park, as suburbs respond differently to crisis

March 11, 2024 at 12:15 p.m.

Busloads of migrants were brought in the past week to Rosemont and Cicero, officials said, but were turned away. Several buses from El Paso, Texas, arrived in the past week...

Police tape surrounds a home in the 600 block of Red Coach Lane in Algonquin on Nov. 9, 2020, after police discovered two bodies there on the previous night. Arin Fox has pleaded pleaded guilty but mentally ill to a first-degree murder charge in the deaths of Noreen Gilard, 69, and Leonard Gilard, 73.

Caretaker gets 55-year sentence in stabbing deaths of elderly couple in Algonquin

December 7, 2023 at 6:41 p.m.

A woman who pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the stabbing deaths of an elderly couple she had been caring for in Algonquin was sentenced to 55 years in prison,...

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