Chicago Tonight

Blackhawks chairman Rocky Wirtz — credited for rebuilding the team into three-time champions and criticized for coverup of sex assault by a coach — is dead at 70.

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The Bears meet with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson again. Residents in Edgewater protest the use of a community center as a refuge. And how the current heat wave threatens the power grid.

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Hundreds of migrants still living in Chicago police stations. Are we alone in the universe? Hearings in Washington raise the question. And the end of the Silver Room Block Party.

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Police overtime spending balloons. Ethics investigations at City Hall. Two attorneys filing lawsuits in the Northwestern hazing scandal. And early garbage pickups persist.

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The latest in our series WTTW News: A Safer City — is social media behavior a predictor for crime? How the news media outlets contribute to perceptions of violence. And meet a young group...

Advice for future college students in a post-affirmative action world. A local group training Black millennials to line the political bench. And preserving a historic YMCA.

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The growing imbalance between water scarcity and flooding. Unpacking new research on long COVID. And how a local chef educates diners on fine Mexican cuisine.

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More Northwestern University graduates come forward to sue their alma mater alleging that the hazing they endured was traumatic and life-altering. They say the assistant coaches knew about...

The Chicago connection to the new blockbuster movie “Oppenheimer.” How the Cook County sheriff plans to help people when they get out of jail. And inside the city’s contribution to hip-hop...

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx on how she’ll implement the new no cash bail law. Northwestern football players speak out about alleged abuse. And the fate of plowing the city’s...