"Shocking video captures a white woman calling 911 on a Black state senator canvassing for votes. His response leaves her ...

For years now, conservative voices have railed against the outsize influence of public-sector unions on the running of ...

Local leaders are remembering the Rev. Jesse Jackson Tuesday after the civil rights giant and a two-time presidential candidate died at the age of 84. Jackson’s family said he died peacefully on ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: Feb. 16, 1933 ...

There’s a powerful story emerging from Chicago that feels both intensely local and nationally relevant. In the Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, a Black woman-owned grocery store is ...

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Without Black women, it's very unlikely Black History Month would be what it is today. Terrell believed Black history was essential to racial equality, and after Frederick Douglass died in 1895 she ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- When it comes to major appointments, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says it is important for his appointees to share his values. But, after a year of searching, the mayor has yet to ...

A woman’s body was recovered from the Chicago River near 2700 S. Ashland Ave. at about 1:19 p.m. Thursday and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities are investigating; her identity has not ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man and woman were found shot to death in Brighton Park Wednesday night, Chicago police said. Officers responded to a call of a shooting at about 8:03 p.m. in the 4500-block of ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year, according to evidence released Wednesday by attorneys ...