The high-stakes game of chicken between Mayor Brandon Johnson and his council antagonists over the 2026 budget now moves into ...

There's a new, unique holiday trolley tour that takes riders around to the Chicago area's independent bookstore.

For the second year in a row, the ice skating rink at Campus Martius in downtown Detroit tops USA Today’s 10Best list of Best ...

Brandon Johnson is at odds with moderates over his push for a monthly ‘head tax’ on large companies, which aims to help fill ...

A federal appeals court has blocked the immediate release of hundreds of immigrants detained during a Chicago-area ...

Empowering young Black and Brown girls on the South Side of Chicago is the mission of Black Girls Dance, a nonprofit that is ...

Passengers say the journey on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief is worth it: no TSA lines, ground-level scenery spanning deserts and ...

The actor Sir Ian McKellen, a Shakespearean actor also known as the wizard Gandalf in all three “Lord of the Rings” films, is ...

The family of a Chicago police officer who was fatally shot by her partner while on duty has filed a lawsuit contending the ...

Former President Barack Obama surprised elementary students at a Chicago Public Library branch, reading to them and joking ...

Video shows former President Barack Obama engaging with young readers during a Dec. 9 stop at the Chicago Public Library.

A woman was hospitalized after being shot and wounded in Chicago's Calumet Heights neighborhood early Thursday morning.