According to data from the city and Chicago Police Department, total violent crime is down at least 22% thus far in 2025, ...

People in the country illegally are largely ineligible for federal public benefits such as food stamps, student loans and ...

Richard Hunt created more public sculptures and monuments in the U.S. than any other artist — over 160 by the time he died in ...

While lauded by President Donald Trump as overdue and necessary to make the department leaner, more nimble and more efficient ...

Researchers studied specimens of small mammals in the Field Museum’s collection to explore the ways animals are adapting to ...

At least two dozen bills have been introduced across 15 states this year. Most of the legislation is related to ...

Scientists who study and treat diabetes noted that CDC officials released only a 600-word online summary of their new ...

Federal agents descend on a local museum, with community leaders saying they meant to bully and intimidate. And the mayor and governor decry the president’s signature new spending bill.

Nationally, construction and agriculture workforces had the highest shares of undocumented workers as of 2022, according to the American Immigration Council.

Michael McClain, 77, a former Illinois representative lobbyist for Commonwealth Edison, was convicted of bribery conspiracy ...

In all, Chicago taxpayers have spent more than $120.3 million since January 2019 to resolve 31 lawsuits filed by Chicagoans ...

Texas and the rest of the nation are mourning as the death toll rises to 120 almost a week after catastrophic flooding ...