The U.S. military budget is vast and opaque. Projects touted as engineering marvels end up facing years of delays and ballooning costs. ProPublica has launched a series to report on the Pentagon’s spe...

Rush arrives soon for a series of concerts at the United Center. The veteran prog-rockers have had a close history with this town since they played a high school in Palatine in 1975.

I’m shocked at how few people understand the symbiotic relationship Chicago has with northwest Indiana and Hammond, where I’m from.

Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.

A focus on certain types of power foods helped the nation survive a blockade.

Parson's Chicken and Fish and Big Star are part of larger restaurant groups. Many of Chicago’s most famous dining spots are.

Humans are experiencing high levels of stress. Animals are encountering the alcohol, drugs, and nicotine we leave behind.

Mexico is to pet MRIs what Turkey has become for hair transplants.

On Monday, the Joliet City Council will vote on the largest data center in the state. Residents say development is too much, too fast.

Lio Cundiff — who can't swim — was out for a walk when strong winds blew a stroller with a baby inside into the lake Wednesday. He jumped in, holding the stroller above water until bystanders helped p...

'Deepfaking Sam Altman,' the new documentary from filmmaker Adam Bhala Lough, satirically probes the potential benefits and ethical perils of AI

The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.

The boys team, made up largely of Mexican Americans, is chasing a rare state championship while their community faces fear and uncertainty.

Washington Post reporters analyzed data from over 800 TikTok users to learn how the app turns people into power users, some of whom spend hours per day scrolling.

Under dim Capitol Hill streetlights on September 20, Gary Dziekan headed down 8th Street Northeast dressed in lederhosen, walking home from the Oktoberfest party he co-hosted five blocks away. Dziekan...

The Puerto Rican star’s recently announced Super Bowl halftime show has major social and political implications.

Nearly half of Florida farmworkers’ bodies reached dangerous temperatures in one study — but short breaks pulled them back from the danger zone.

USAID antimalarial and HIV supplies valued at nearly $140 million were delayed in the first half of the year or not delivered at all due to the Trump administration’s foreign aid pause, The Post found...

The mother and two young children who were arrested Sunday in Millennium Park are being held at O'Hare Airport, while the father is in Broadview. A neighbor was able to bring the family some supplies ...

Loved ones remember Sagan as a passionate, humble "renaissance man" who had a seven-decade-long journalism career. He and his wife Bette Cerf Hill helped bring the Joffrey Ballet to Chicago and starte...

President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign is forcing some immigrants to isolate at home. But relatives, friends and strangers are stepping up to try to keep them connected.

The federal troops were seen in Millennium Park, on the Magnificent Mile and in the Gold Coast — days after patrolling the Chicago River in a boat. "This is another brazen provocation from the Trump a...

The storefront will serve more than 30 signature flavors in addition to custom sundaes, milkshakes, root beer floats, ice cream sandwiches and plenty of to-go pints.

Lydia Miller has become a darling of the Critical Mass bike ride circuit, dispensing beer and other home-brewed beverages for free from her tricked-out e-bike.

Yohei Yamada reunites boaters with valuables they've dropped into the lake — from cellphones to wedding rings and Rolex watches. In the water is also where he is finding himself again.

As they crisscrossed the country in the late 1960s, the likes of The Who, Cream, The Yardbirds and Buffalo Springfield famously made stops at the legendary Arlington Heights teen music club, The Cella...

The groundbreaking print children’s section is shutting down as the profitable publisher opts to focus on new digital projects.

Search-engine optimization now feels dated. Generative-engine optimization is all about trying to trick AI chatbots.

Our tech columnist drafted 65 community notes, Meta’s new crowdsourced system to fight falsehoods. It failed to make a dent.

The whole premise of internet publishing — that you could reach audiences far and wide — is starting to crumble.

Multiple people told to come in for a check-in appointment over Father’s Day Weekend; most left wearing ankle monitors.

These days it feels like the next fight is always just around the corner. What matters is picking your battles—and knowing how to win.

Shopify's chief design officer dropped the UX from design and writing titles at the company. What comes next is an evolution of the craft.

In Illinois, a domestic labor shortage and costly migrant workers deter farmers from growing fruits and vegetables.

In Chicago, the dish is a ritual. It’s dramatic, it’s delicious, and — let’s be honest — it’s also a little absurd in the best possible way.

One year out of college and with no apparent national security expertise, Thomas Fugate is the Department of Homeland Security official tasked with overseeing the government’s main hub for combating v...

Visualize the science behind the glow of the northern lights, as it travels from the Sun to the Earth.

A student journalist for Prospect High School’s newspaper uncovered former Principal Alvin Kulieke’s ties to a fringe religious group and its early embrace of eugenics principles. Now Northwest Su...

Temperatures may still be hovering in the 60s, but one more sure sign of summer’s arrival has graced Chicago: Chonkosaurus has risen. The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus&#82…

The operatives behind the SAM Project explain their plan to help Democrats win young men who drifted to Donald Trump in 2024.

When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...

Black men in their mid-fifties to mid-seventies accounted for nearly 38% of the city’s opioid fatalities in 2022, while only making up about 4% of D.C.’s total population.

Federal agents visited restaurants, while feared raids of schools never came to pass.

Two critics — one AI-skeptical, the other AI-curious — discuss the merits of art made by machines.