9+ hour, 37+ min ago   (32+ words) This year's parade theme was "United We Ride: Stronger Than Ever," and organizers said the event serves as a cultural celebration and an economic driver for local businesses....

11+ hour, 25+ min ago   (980+ words) Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian, center, and Longhorns players celebrate their win over Ohio State in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026. Oregon, meanwhile, plummeted 15 spots to No. 21, its lowest ranking in four years, after its 39-31 road loss to an Oklahoma…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (797+ words) The Associated Press' analysis focused on arrests made during protests last summer and fall in LA, Chicago, Portland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C. — cities with significant protests where President Donald Trump sought to or successfully deployed the National Guard....

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (40+ words) Police on Wednesday were responding to a home in the 2000 block of Touhy Avenue at 2:32 p.m. for someone being “violent” and breaking windows when they found Ayham Babidi in the front yard with an electric hedge trimmer....

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (29+ words) "Nobody's paying that kind of money for something that didn't happen," said Marc Pearlman, one of the attorneys representing the sexual assault victims....

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (625+ words) Illinois officials said it’s time to put pressure on the Trump administration to restore a lifeline they say can save the lives of LGBTQ+ youth experiencing mental health crises. Officials, including U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, are pushing the administration to…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (916+ words) At a Chicago after-school program, an instructor helps elementary schoolers put their handwritten notes into an AI tool to generate music. Roughly half of Chicago School Board candidates say they’d support putting a pause on CPS students and teachers using…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (467+ words) My dad was questioned by the FBI after a neighbor combed through our trash after 9/11. Now Big Tech is doing the spying....

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (406+ words) Gun violence costs Illinois about $20 billion each year. That figure includes direct costs like medical care and funeral expenses and indirect costs such as loss of income and childcare....

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (428+ words) A rapid responder blows a whistle as federal immigration enforcement agents in CHicago stop a group of people to question their citizenship in November 2025. Several members of the Illinois congressional delegation are calling for the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector…...