Life in America's third-largest city is already expensive: Motorists pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation, and shoppers get hit with sales taxes higher than those in New York or Los Angeles. Now it could get even worse.
A federal judge on Thursday refused to order the city to give aldermen the names of hundreds of police officers who have been repeatedly accused of misconduct.
More than half of Chicago's aldermen asked a federal judge Monday to release confidential information to them about hundreds of police officers who have been repeatedly accused of abusing civilians.
A car circles a high-rise three times. Someone leaves a backpack in a park. Such things go unnoticed in big cities every day. But that could change in Chicago with a new video surveillance system that would recognize such anomalies and alert authorities to take a closer look.
The Rev. Al Sharpton plans to open a branch of his National Action Network in Chicago to target what he calls chronic police misconduct and a lack of political accountability. It's also the home turf of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.
Never mind that Chicago hosted the 2006 International Gay Games. Or that it has the country's first government-recognized gay neighborhood. Or that up to 400,000 people attend the city's Gay Pride Parade each year.
Fire broke out in a vacant post office Tuesday where a movie crew had been filming scenes for an upcoming "Batman" sequel.
The city's planning board has endorsed a proposal for a twisting lakefront tower that would become the nation's tallest building.
Fire broke out on the roof of a 45-story office building Wednesday, sending some workers fleeing into the downtown streets.
A convicted killer tried to escape from a Chicago hospital in leg shackles and stabbed a nurse and three other people with a metal shank before he was caught on a bus outside, authorities said.
An attorney who has fought City Hall's political patronage hiring for nearly 40 years says a $12 million settlement could finally drive a stake in "Chicago-style politics."
Democrat Barack Obama piled on the praise last month as he stood beside Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and embraced the mayor's bid for a sixth term.
An effort to honor the NFC Champion Chicago Bears hit a snag Tuesday morning when a huge football helmet broke as it was being placed on one of the lion statues that stands guard outside the Art Institute of Chicago.
Five months after the city ordered restaurants to stop selling foie gras, it's liver and let liver in Chicago.
When the longtime Cook County Board president suffered a stroke and couldn't run for another term, he anointed a successor: his son, a Chicago alderman.
Mayor Richard M. Daley announced Monday he will run for a sixth term, a move that could put him in office longer than his legendary father.
The gunman who went on a deadly shooting spree at a downtown law office was convinced a toilet he invented for truck drivers would transform his quiet life, his family said.
Carrying a cache of weapons into a bustling downtown office, a man chained a law firm's doors closed and fatally shot three people before a police sniper killed him as he held a hostage at gunpoint, authorities said.
A Muslim convert who authorities say talked about waging violent jihad is in custody after federal agents say he tried to make an unusual trade: two stereo speakers for a 9 mm pistol and the grenades he would need to pull off his alleged plot.
Robert Cheruiyot wore a wide grin and made one thing clear Tuesday as he finally celebrated his victory at the Chicago Marathon.
Hundreds of residents from a working-class neighborhood gathered Wednesday behind six white caskets at the funeral for the children killed in an apartment fire over Labor Day weekend.
Mayor Richard Daley vetoed an ordinance Monday that would have required mega-retailers to pay their workers more than other employers after some of the nation's largest stores including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. warned the measure would keep them from opening their doors within the city's limits.
From her window, Kizzie Edwards often would see the Ramirez children playing on their back porch, some of them tapping out tunes on a miniature xylophone. "I used to wave to one of the little girls every morning," Edwards said Sunday. "I can't believe I can't do that anymore."
The City Council brushed aside warnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to approve an ordinance that makes Chicago the biggest city in the nation to require big-box retailers to pay a "living wage."
Bears coach Lovie Smith called Oakland Raiders coach Lane Kiffin ''a man of his word.''
Chicago's Police Department is investigating an officer's use of a Taser last month on an 82-year-old woman who police say was swinging a hammer when they arrived.Lillian Fletcher was rushed to the hospital after being jolted by the Taser last week but has been released, poli …
In his recent conversations with Wood, general manager Jim Hendry has told Wood he sees him joining Bob Howry in the closer's role if he returns, with Carlos Marmol serving as a setup man for him.
Ten Shell gas stations in the Windy City are testing biometric systems that let consumers walk up to the pump, scan their fingertips on a device and fill up their vehicles.
One of the world's biggest movie theater operators has acquired FunAsiA, a Texas company that offers a unique, Bollywood-based multimedia entertainment format appealing to the booming population of affluent South Asians.
This morning, OPEN from American Express® announced a national partnership with SCORE® "Counselors to America's Small Business" to create the "Small Business Speed Coaching Test Drive," a multi-city seminar tour designed to support small-business growth, and trigger success thr …
Today the movement shows signs of coming apart beneath its leaders.
It's not enough that Cook County Illinois has some of the highest gas prices in the country. At what point are we overtaxed?
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On October 27th in five cities around the country, concerned citizens will be protesting dressed like they are going to the most important job interview of their life. The message is simple. We are intelligent. We are organized.
Chicago women take up pole dancing to get into shape
Vows to spend night outside Daley's house to push civilian review board
'If the ball was snapped between the quarterback's legs, he has to be the one to get the ball,'' assistant supervisor of officials Art McNally said. ''Under those circumstances, it has to be ruled a false start.
Andy Reid says "nothing is impossible." After watching his defense let the Chicago Bears' 28th-ranked offense drive 97 yards in the final 1:52 without a timeout to score the winning touchdown in a 19-16 Bears victory, he might be rig
A majority of Chicago aldermen are opposing Mayor Daley's stand on protecting the names of police officers accused in numerous cases of excessive force. Twenty-eight of 50 aldermen want the names of those officers revealed and are going to court to force the city to release them.
"Community developer using grant to help others achieve dream of going to college."
Brian Griese has come a long way since that day nine years ago when he made his NFL debut against the lowly Ray Rhodes Eagles.
Some Bears admit they may have lost their hunger after tough Super Bowl loss, writes David Haugh.
Could minute of silence before any activity will really solve personal dilemmas and social conflicts like Will Okun concluded? What do you think?
Former Mt. Carmel standout likely will remain with Eagles. Yes, there is a good chance Donovan McNabb will be coming to Chicago in 2008.
Andy Reid would rather have a root canal -- maybe two -- than openly discuss his game plan, but the Eagles coach made no bones about his preferred strategy against explosive Chicago Bears kick returner Devin Hester on Sunday.
A Chicago ordinance banning the use of hand-held cellular phones in vehicles has bitten one of its creators.
Bears middle linebacker Brian Urlacher consistently has set a high standard of play. So when he fails to reach that standard, inquiring minds want to know why.
They're [the Eagles] already one of the worst in the league at covering kickoffs. And here comes Devin Hester. The greatest returner in NFL history visits Philadelphia for the first time Sunday when the Bears face the Eagles at the Linc.
When the schedule was announced back in March, Sunday's Eagles game against Chicago was circled on many calendars as the game to see.