Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted to establish a new precedent that will allow them to roll back vehicle emission ...

Nationwide protests erupted in the summer of 2020, a so-called racial reckoning, shortly after a video of the killing surfaced online. Residents took to the streets demanding systemic change to ...

Mayor Johnson defends Chicago's diverse leadership as DOJ opens hiring probe — and he’s not mincing words about President Trump.

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Brandon Pope, of WCIU, and longtime Chicago journalist Cate Plys! The Rascals start off ...

The Trump administration is walking away from police settlements in two major cities and closing investigations in six others. It comes days before the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. His ...

Nearly five years since the police murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd sparked fundamental changes in the way numerous U.S. police departments operated, the Justice Department has reversed ...

Currently, landlords are not required to give a reason for eviction or lease terminations. Organizers say the law gives ...

A 90-year-old former Secret Service agent is set to testify about the incompetence and conspiracy to kill JFK before Dallas ...

Amidst the Illinois' trans athlete debate, political figures demand federal scrutiny and potential funding cuts to protect girls' sports integrity.

The department took issue with comments the mayor made at a public event Sunday, in which he identified six high-level ...

Ishan Daya apologized for tearing down the poster in 2023, whose wording he also called “racist and dehumanizing.” ...

NPR stories by Mariah Woelfel ...