The group donned blue mariachi suits and bows with the Bears colors and logo to perform a rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner," marking the first time a mariachi band played the national anthem in ...

It's been nearly a year since start of Operation Midway Blitz, and more than two months since a judge denied a bid for a special prosecutor. In doing so, Cook County Circuit Judge Erica Reddick asked ...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch fights to keep his job amid questions over sexual harassment at the Capitol. And two new entrants in the already crowded race for Chicago mayor.

"My stomach was in pain, like somebody hit me with a hockey stick," said Edgar Mercado, who fell ill after taking his son out to eat.

Illinois, Colorado, Utah, Minnesota, Maryland and Georgia join together to demand accountability for federal immigration agents.

While licenses for short-term rentals have declined citywide since 2019, they have increased by 46% in the 20th Ward, which includes most of the Woodlawn community just west of the Obama Presidential ...

Bears fans who gathered Friday around the football team’s original Chicago home — Wrigley Field — had mixed feelings about the potential move. Those who live in the city fumed, while most fans from In...

Get ready for fun with this guide to neighborhood street fests, art shows, outdoor concerts, cultural celebrations and events of all sizes across Chicago and the suburbs.

As war of words erupts between Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Hammond mayor Tom McDermott, Jr., Northwest Indiana residents say the chance to lure the Bears across the border is 'opportunity of a lifet...

Illinois Democrats call for removing the president from office after he threatens to wipe out Iran. And planned May Day demonstrations have the Chicago Teachers Union and new CPS CEO at odds.

“It’s not the first time that political leaders have tried to compromise scripture and the Word of God for their own purposes, and I think most people see through that,” Cardinal Blase Cupich said in an exclusive interview with WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times. “It seems to me to be a pretty weak…

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Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, spoke to WBEZ’s Michael Puente as the U.S. and Iran maintain an uneasy ceasefire.

Chavez, who died more than three decades ago, has long been revered in the Latino and labor strongholds of Chicago with several murals and a public elementary school honoring him.

CTA promises to double police on trains, Illinois Attorney General challenges Ticketmaster settlement.

The firm, Loevy and Loevy, said 200 individuals and organizations are supporting a petition to appoint an outsider to the office of Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke, who has spent wee...

Ojala Islamic Center, located in a former church, is among a handful of Latino-led mosques nationwide.

Remembering civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson. And Gov. JB Pritzker faces a $2 billion deficit and federal funding uncertainty as he presents his budget proposal.

While federal immigration enforcement shrank when many agents left Chicago in November, the aftermath is affecting what people do every day in Little Village, Pilsen and the Southeast Side.

Her attorney disclosed her plans in a fiery court filing, in which he also accused Chicago's U.S. Attorney's office of being "active enablers of an out-of-control client."

In a wide-ranging interview with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ, Martinez discusses her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fi...

As the government's harsh crackdown continues, Chicago-area residents are cut off from communication with relatives in Iran. They worry that military action could inflict pain and hardship on those su...

Visits to emergency rooms are up; health officials say holiday travel and gatherings are helping spread the virus. The H3N2 variant can cause severe symptoms in the elderly as well as younger healthy ...

Last month, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced plans to shift $3.9 billion in long-term housing to transitional housing requiring work and addiction treatment. More than 7,...

Even though Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino and many of his agents left Chicago, some small business owners in predominantly Latino neighborhoods say their clientele has yet to fully return.

The Crossing Borders Music String Quartet brought their own form of protest to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Tuesday: classical music.

Agents took the entire family into custody: Arnoldo Carrillo, 26, Arnoldo’s 53-year-old father, Rosario; Arnoldo's 56-year-old mother, Martha; his 24-year-old sister, Sarai and their 14-year-old broth...

Forcing Chicago and Illinois law enforcement officials to help federal agents conduct deportation operations is unconstitutional, U.S. District Judge Lindsay Jenkins ruled.

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A tiny township in Michigan, best known as a vacation resort area, has become one of the top markets for marijuana sales. And it now has a new nickname: New Puffalo.

President Donald Trump again floats the idea of sending troops to Chicago. And residents call for aid after getting slammed with storms and flooding.

While RFK Jr. said coronavirus vaccines would be removed from the CDC schedule for healthy children, it’s still recommended in consultation with doctors.

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This is the first time sandhill cranes have died from avian influenza.