Three new species of king cobras have recently been identified, and the Field Museum’s collection has been harboring one of ...

Michael Madigan’s defense team rested Thursday, nearly three months after opening statements and testimony began in the ...

Artist and photographer Tonika Lewis Johnson and sociologist Maria Krysan compiled Chicagoans’ stories in their new book. The ...

Most people don’t even know about it. We have 30,000 beds in Guantanamo to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens ...

An officer who was part of the team that fired 96 times in 41 seconds in the fatal shooting of Dexter Reed resigned from the ...

For many in Chicago’s transgender community, the order and other policies of the new administration are cause for concern.

State Rep. Sonya Harper (D-Chicago), sponsor of the Enslavement Era Disclosure and Redress Act, said it’s a way for corporations that profited on the backs of enslaved people to help repair the legacy ...

"These gifts are, by definition, city property; if they are squirreled away and hidden from view, people are only left to ...

Frida Kahlo lived a dramatic and creative life that continues to inspire. Playwright and performer Vanessa Severo tells the ...

Steelworkers Park in South Chicago with WTTW cameraman Tim Boyd. (Marc Vitali / WTTW News) ...

Illinois was one of 22 Democratic-led states that filed suit Tuesday asking a federal court to block the sudden pause on ...

Medicaid, the health care program for low-income people and families, is jointly administered by the federal and state government, which also share costs.