A massive 2,389-pound pumpkin named Rocky grown by horticulture teacher Travis Gienger has won the annual pumpkin-weighing contest in Northern California.
Two suspicious letters containing what appeared to be white powder prompted hazmat responses Thursday at separate government buildings in downtown Chicago, while federal authorities investigate a series of similar mailings.
The man charged in a nine-hour-long standoff at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse last year has pled guilty to knowingly entering the federal facility with a dangerous weapon.
Sixty years ago, a small group of young Black organizers founded the Black Panther Party on the west coast. But, it was in Chicago that the movement found some of its most enduring work, and voices.
Members of the Chicago area South Asian community are calling for greater acknowledgment of and action against hate after the arrest of a Palatine man accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Hindu temple in Aurora.