Residents packed a public meeting to voice concerns about Amtrak's proposed Midwest maintenance facility in Bridgeport, with many criticizing the project's potential impact on nearby neighborhoods and questioning how the proposal has moved forward.

A commercial vehicle hit a bridge on the Edens Expressway Thursday evening in the north suburbs, hospitalizing at least two people and shutting down all southbound lanes and two northbound lanes for a time, Illinois State Police said.

An 8-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car while riding a motorized scooter last week in the southwest suburbs, officials said.

An arrest has been made months after the murder of a city worker. She was found fatally shot inside of a home on the city's North Side in February, Chicago police said.

Five Lincoln-Way East High School students have "voluntarily withdrawn" from the school following an investigation into alleged racial harassment at a football game, according to Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210.

OpenAI has disclosed six reports of "unexpected or concerning" behavior in AI models, including an unreleased research model inserting "jailbreak-like instructions" into its own notes to disregard its normal constraints and telling itself to be "freed from the roles and identities that bind other chatbots."

Former Homeland Security officials and federal cybersecurity agencies are warning that artificial intelligence is increasingly being exploited by terrorists, criminals and foreign adversaries, raising concerns about potential threats to national security.

A.B. Quintanilla III has filed a lawsuit against his sister, Suzette Quintanilla Arriaga, for more than $1 million in connection with Selena Quintanilla's estate, according to court documents.

A second proposal aimed at strengthening protections for renters is now headed to the full City Council after the zoning committee approved the alternative to Mayor Brandon Johnson's Protecting Renters Ordinance, which cleared the housing committee a day earlier.

It's Hispanic Heritage Month, and the powerful play "Disposable" explores the plight of workers struggling to survive with dignity and purpose. Chicago native Jasmin Cardenas is the exciting young performer who wrote and stars in the show.