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Parents’ technology addictions lead to behavioral problems in kids, study says

June 4, 2018 at 10:48 p.m.

Caution, parents: Your smartphone addiction could be harming your children. Research by a professor at Illinois State University has found that parents who say they struggle to limit their time...

Emily De La Paz, from left, Amelia Comings and Sidney Leffel work on tablet computers with other students at Heritage Middle School in Berwyn in preparation for Heritage's virtual summer school program.

Cash-strapped schools offer virtual summer learning

May 22, 2019 at 11:22 p.m.

Summer school — once the dreaded stretch of vacation when students were required to be back in the classroom for weeks — is getting an update at several elementary and...

Sham, 2, talks to family members Khaled, from left, Abdulmajeed, Mohamad and Baraa Haj Khalaf, and Fattoum Bakir on July 16, 2018, at their apartment in Skokie.

Syrian refugee family finding its way in Chicago: ‘I’m trying to smile the way people smile here’

May 11, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

The Haj Khalaf family is safe now, and all together. It's a sense of peace the Syrian refugees have cherished even during the most mundane moments since their tearful reunion...

Schools crack down on student absences for vacations

June 5, 2018 at 6:37 a.m.

It was the Friday before spring break, but at Jackson Elementary School in Elmhurst, 58 of the school's 448 students already were far away from their classrooms. The parents of...

Eileen Wagner, 99, who was raped at age 16 and recently reconnected with the daughter she had given up for adoption more than 80 years ago, sits at her home in Monroe, Wis., on May 13, 2016.

Birth mother dies a year after reuniting with daughter she gave up 80 years ago

June 5, 2018 at 8:09 a.m.

Nearly a year after reconnecting with a daughter she gave up for adoption more than eight decades ago, a Wisconsin woman died peacefully at home Friday at 100. Eileen Wagner,...

Chicago-area groups concerned, confused over Meals on Wheels budget cut talk

May 22, 2019 at 11:13 p.m.

Leaning on a cane near the window of her living room Friday, Ollie Carter was glad to see a delivery driver park in front of her West Pullman home, then...

Elvira Arellano answers a question from the media after church services.

Immigration activist Arellano allowed to remain in United States for another year

May 11, 2019 at 6:29 a.m.

Elvira Arellano, an immigration activist whose year living inside a Humboldt Park church about a decade ago made her a lightning rod in the nation's immigration debate, was granted a...

‘Paranoia’ toy-gun game among Glenview teens worries police, educators

June 5, 2018 at 3:21 p.m.

A popular game known as Paranoia — in which high school students carry toy guns and pretend to kill classmates for a cash prize — has prompted warnings from school...

From left, Caitlyn Garofoli, Zoe Martin, both 13, Caitlyn's little sister Keira, 6 and their brother Ryan, 10, after making slime for their business, Chicago Slime, at Caitlyn's home in Chicago on March 7, 2017.

Local teens cash in on slime-making trend

June 5, 2018 at 4:00 p.m.

At an age known for peer pressure and friend wars, Chicago 13-year-olds Caitlyn Garofoli and Zoe Martin have discovered the recipe for junior high success: 3 tbs glue 1 tsp...

Katie Driscoll (not pictured) and her 8-year-old daughter, Grace (center) who has Down Syndrome, are made up and primped for a spread in Women's Health Magazine featuring mothers and daughters at Root photo studio in New York, New York.

Palos Park mom influences retailers to use kids with disabilities in ads

June 5, 2018 at 7:33 p.m.

For five years, Katie Driscoll of Palos Park worked day and night trying to persuade retailers to use more children with disabilities in advertising. She flew all over the country...

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