Neighbors in the south and southwest suburbs described their fear after at least five tornadoes and a derecho moved through the area.

Thousands of people remained without power Wednesday, and many gas stations from Chicago Heights to Indiana were also out of service, leading to long lines at the limited number of stations that remained open.

One of the two people found shot to death in a Southwest Side school earlier this week has been identified.

Chicago Bears executives are expected to deliver an update Thursday on the team's stadium plans, which officials in Indiana say continue to center on Hammond where there is ongoing due diligence at multiple locations.

A man charged in a deadly weekend hit-and-run crash in Lakeview was placed on electronic monitoring instead of being detained while awaiting trial, a decision Cook County prosecutors say jeopardizes public safety.

Across a wide band of northern and central Spain and Portugal, millions of people enjoyed some of mainland Europe's best views of the eclipse. It also passed over slivers of Greenland and Iceland.

Police are investigating after a man was shot to death in Skokie on Tuesday.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers in Luigi Mangione's federal case are expected to discuss a possible plea deal during a conference scheduled for federal court on Friday.

Lindsay Clancy messaged one of her caregivers less than two months before she killed her three young children in 2023 that she was having "intrusive thoughts I never had before."

Sen. Darline Graham and U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman have advanced to a runoff in South Carolina's special Republican primary to replace the late Lindsey Graham in the U.S. Senate, one month after his sudden death.