Supporters say the new agency NITA will have broader authority to integrate the Chicago region's transit systems and improve coordination.

Des Plaines police said the 21-year-old man fatally shot by police Wednesday afternoon was "armed with an electric hedge trimmer."

A 16-year-old boy died after he was found shot at the Grant Skate Park in the South Loop Wednesday night, Chicago police said.

A 15-year-old has been charged with the murder of a Hyde Park Academy student.

Students of Emma E. Booker Elementary School in 2001 remember watching President George W. Bush react to 9/11.

Two members of the Chicago City Council announced they will not seek reelection, marking another shift in a growing season of departures at Chicago City Hall.

It's a race against time to escape the beast's belly. Austin Abrams stars in the upcoming survival thriller "Whalefall," accidentally trapped in the stomach of a whale. Having to rely on childhood lessons and his own instincts, it's a race against the clock before his air runs out. "Whalefall" heads to theaters Oct. 16.

"There's no place like Africa." National Geographic takes a comprehensive look at new animals and new behaviors in its new series "Africa: Earth's Wildest Home." It premieres Oct. 2 on Nat Geo and streams the next day on Disney+ and Hulu.

Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs pleaded no contest Thursday to misdemeanor charges of battery and criminal damage to property stemming from a May altercation with his girlfriend during which she said he threw her to the ground.

Ten students at Hinsdale Central High School notched perfect scores of 36 on their ACT college entrance exams.