The Chicago Police Board fires four police officers accused of covering up the fatal 2014 shooting of black teen Laquan McDonald by white Officer Jason Van Dyke.

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The latest on Sterigenics. Area transit systems get a big capital infusion. A revealing documentary on Chicago’s deadly 1995 heat wave. And meet some local acts performing at Pitchfork...

Remembering Chicagoan John Paul Stevens. Big news for a giant local port. The inspiring story of a local singer. And Geoffrey Baer solves a mystery about the local founder of the Harlem...

“Chance the Snapper” is snapped up. How should employers handle legalized marijuana? Retired Col. Jennifer Pritzker on transgender people in the military. Hedy Weiss reviews “The Music Man...

The latest on potential immigration raids in Chicago. The bungalow of the future. And an update on that elusive alligator with a special in-studio cousin of his – or hers.

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This week, our panelists discuss the new federal sex crime charges against singer R. Kelly, who was arrested Thursday night and is currently being held within the Metropolitan Correctional...

How Chicago is preparing for stepped-up deportation raids. The end of an era at the Chicago Defender. The latest on Humboldt Park’s scaly visitor. And Chicago’s top social media...

The latest in the sentencing of Brendt Christensen. The danger of potential earthquakes in Illinois. An update on the alligator in the Humboldt Park Lagoon. And an artist whose medium is...

A local push for an accurate 2020 census count. The campaign to keep a Pilsen church open. Expressing climate science through art. And a new production of “The Music Man” goes beyond “76...

New relief for people who have their cars impounded by the city. Preparing for life-and-death decisions in the ICU. And the impact of the U.S. women’s soccer team’s World Cup victory.

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