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In a city with an iconic skyline, the Obama presidential museum aims to reshape Chicago architecture

By SOPHIA TAREEN
May 29, 2026 2:51 pm - Crews are putting the finishing touches on the Obama Presidential Center ahead of the official public opening in Chicago on Juneteenth. But the unusual design of the $850 million campus _ particularly a 225-foot gray high rise _ has provoked a debate in the city celebrated as the birthplace of the modern skyscraper.
Chicago mayor sees Pope Leo XIV as key ally on social justice, migration after Vatican meeting

By ANDREA ROSA and GIADA ZAMPANO
May 29, 2026 8:02 am - ROME — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson cast Pope Leo XIV as a powerful global ally on social justice, migration and reparations after meeting the Chicago-born pontiff at th...
DOJ probes Democratic-allied nonprofit that helped pay E. Jean Carroll’s legal bills

Perry Stein
May 28, 2026 7:13 pm - The Justice Department has launched a criminal probe into a Chicago-based nonprofit backed by billionaire Reid Hoffman over its payment of legal bills of E. Jean Carroll,...
Sam ‘Cheezborger’ Sianis, legendary owner of the Billy Goat Tavern, dies at 91

By Mitch Dudek
May 15, 2026 10:11 pm - Sam Sianis, legendary owner of the Billy Goat Tavern, died Friday from natural causes at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital. He was 91.
Bald eagle hatchlings spotted in a Chicago park may be the city’s first for more than a century

By LAURA BARGFIELD and TODD RICHMOND
May 13, 2026 11:24 am - Two bald eagles hatchlings have been spotted in a nest in a Chicago park in what city officials believe is the raptors' first successful wild breeding in the Windy City i...
2nd man charged with hate crime in 2024 attack of Jewish DePaul student from Buffalo Grove

By Mary Norkol
May 08, 2026 8:52 am - A second man faces hate crime charges in a 2024 attack of two Jewish DePaul University students. In November 2024, Max Long and Michael Kaminsky were outside the DePaul s...
‘Broadview 6’ defense accuses feds of keeping grand jury transcripts secret

By Hannah Meisel
May 06, 2026 11:10 am - Attorneys for the remaining “Broadview Six” immigration protesters charged in October say federal prosecutors are abusing their power in order to keep secret what they told the grand jury that indicted them, including on a rare conspiracy count.
Chicago Mayor Johnson determined to block Bears' move to Arlington Heights

By Fran Spielman
May 05, 2026 3:25 pm - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday mounted the legislative equivalent of a goal line stand against the Bears’ quest for the property tax break needed to pave the way for a domed stadium in Arlington Heights.
Suspect in shooting of 2 Chicago officers allegedly pulled handgun from under blanket at hospital

By SOPHIA TAREEN and STEVE KARNOWSKI
Apr 27, 2026 3:22 pm - A robbery suspect who authorities say pulled a handgun from under a blanket at a Chicago hospital and shot the two officers who brought him there for treatment will remai...
Chicago police officer killed in hospital shooting identified, second officer in critical condition

Apr 26, 2026 4:30 pm - CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago officer who was fatally shot by a man receiving treatment at a hospital while in police custody has been identified as 38-year-old John Bartholom...

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