Volunteers and staff with Cradles to Crayons packed 36,000 backpacks with school supplies in less than two hours during the organization's 11th annual Backpack-a-thon at Wintrust Arena Wednesday.

Bullets recovered from two bystanders killed during a shootout at a Seattle festival last weekend do not appear to have come from the gun that a 15-year-old arrested at the scene was firing, police said.

A 13-year-old boy was among two people shot and injured Wednesday inside of an apartment building on the city's South Side, Chicago police said.

A missing 61-year-old Chicago man was found hospitalized after an apparent hit-and-run crash, bringing both relief and concern to the close-knit group of neighbors who had been searching for him.

The Chicago Board of Education is expected to vote Thursday on an almost $10 billion budget as debate continues over potential amendments and funding assumptions.

The "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" season 18 trailer is as outrageous as you'd expect it to be. The new season premieres August 17 on FXX, FX and Hulu.

The Manhattan DA's office is urging an appellate court in New York to reject President Trump's challenges to his 2024 criminal hush money conviction.

A humanitarian initiative at M&R Printing Equipment in Roselle is bringing together Venezuelan artists from across the United States to create T-shirts for people affected by last month's earthquakes in Venezuela.

Nolan Wells’ mother, Christine Wonsley, issued subpoenas to several major social media and technology companies amid questions over her son's death.

A Lake County coroner's inquest has determined the death of Mary Alice Love was a homicide, a finding that her family says offers hope as they continue to seek accountability in the police-involved shooting case.