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An ambulance leaves a crime scene on 43rd Street at Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago where multiple people reportedly were shot, Aug. 11, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

5 injured in Bronzeville shooting, police say

August 12, 2025 at 7:42 a.m.

Five people were injured, one seriously, in a shooting Monday afternoon in Bronzeville, authorities said.

Lori Cannon at GroceryLand, 5543 N. Broadway, in Edgewater in 2025. (Jerry Nunn)

Volunteers, friends vow to carry on work of late Chicago LGBTQ+ activist: ‘We’re her legacy’

August 10, 2025 at 3:45 p.m.

The late LGBTQ activist Lori Cannon founded and ran Chicago food pantry GroceryLand for decades to help feed HIV patients and others in need.

Man fatally shot in South Side parking lot: police

August 8, 2025 at 9:02 p.m.

A young man was fatally wounded Friday night in a shooting on the South Side in the Chatham neighborhood, police said.

Rebecca Nancekivell sits in Terminal 1 on Aug. 6, 2025, at O'Hare International Airport after her flight to New Zealand was canceled and changed to Thursday after United Airlines paused departures of flights nationwide due to a technology issue. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Tech issue grounds departing United Airlines flights nationwide

August 7, 2025 at 11:16 a.m.

The unspecified technological issue caused a 6:30 p.m. ground stop that affected airports alongside Chicago include Denver, Newark, Houston and San Francisco.

Jerry Lee stands on a bustling South Wentworth Avenue at 23rd Street in Chicago’s Chinatown neighborhood on Aug. 1, 2025. Lee and other Chicago residents have started to wonder about the neighborhood’s future as Chinatowns in other cities continue to dwindle. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chinatown residents express aspirations — and concerns — for proposed Chicago Fire stadium

August 2, 2025 at 12:18 p.m.

Residents are worried about the future of Chinatown, fearing that the proposed $650 million Chicago Fire soccer stadium would drive up rents and displace locals.

Pianist Mark Burnell, who underwent brain surgery at the Mayo Clinic in April, rehearses in his Chicago home with drummer Bob Rummage on July 29, 2025. Burnell and his wife, singer Anne Burnell, will perform for the first time publicly since Burnell had surgery at the Copernicus Center on Thursday. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicagoan who played piano during life-changing brain surgery ‘grateful’ to make music again

August 1, 2025 at 3:07 p.m.

Longtime Chicago pianist and singer Mark Burnell said he's grateful to be back performing after an innovative brain mapping technique that effectively treated seizures he suffered.

Bibiana Mesa paints over graffiti reading “ICE RULES” on July 20, 2025, after an overnight vandal tagged their grocery store, La Fruteria, for the second night in a row in the 2700 block of West Cermak Avenue in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Hate crime charges filed against suspect in ‘ICE rules’ vandalism in Little Village

July 28, 2025 at 7:05 p.m.

Felony hate crime charges were filed against a man who allegedly spray-painted buildings in Little Village with swastikas, police announced Monday.

Pedestrians sprint for cover during a brief downpour on East Monroe Street in downtown Chicago on Monday. Hot and humid conditions are expected to continue through Tuesday with a chance of thunderstorms through Wednesday night. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Heat advisory issued for Chicago area, scattered storms possible

July 28, 2025 at 4:17 p.m.

Monday’s heat advisory is set to expire at 8 p.m. The advisory cautioned heat index values of up to 109 degrees.

Chicago police issue community alert after antisemitic stickers, graffiti found in Hyde Park

July 21, 2025 at 9:49 p.m.

Between June 23 and June 30, stickers or graffiti were left on various properties, including a mailbox, stop sign, lockers and an emergency bell.

Demi Remick performs during the Rhythm World’s 35th Anniversary Gala JUBALEE fundraiser presented by Chicago Human Rhythm Project at the Studebaker Theatre on July 16, 2025, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

In spite of federal cuts, Chicago arts organizations press on

July 21, 2025 at 9:29 p.m.

Local arts programs have to cut back on their programming or resulted to fundraising drives to counteract the steep federal cuts made to art programs by the Trump administration.

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