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"The cost that we are bearing fails in comparison to the cost of what is happening," said Nick Mayor, co-owner of the Brewed Coffee, one of the small businesses in Chicago that will close Friday in support of a national general strike.

The American Red Cross warned of a severe blood supply shortage on Jan. 20, ahead of extreme winter weather conditions across the country. Local health care specialists urge people to get out and donate.

These lower-seeded teams are feeling less pressure in the regionals, typically playing loose and with nothing to lose. Here are the most dangerous teams seeded outside the top five in this week’s regional play.

Like it or not, coach Billy Donovan is going to continue trying to win games. That's not an easy sell for those who think the Bulls should be focusing on development and on dropping in the standings to improve their lottery chances.

Kevin Huerter, who was shipped to the first-place Pistons right before the Feb. 5 trade deadline, had a homecoming of sorts Saturday. The former Bull would love to be playing more and have a significant role, but for now, he's just enjoying being on an elite team.

A 22-year-old man was pronounced dead after police found him unresponsive inside a vehicle in a parking garage in the 100 block of East Ohio Street in Streeterville on Friday morning.

Rob Dillingham played just 10 minutes in the team's 110-101 loss to the Raptors. Jaden Ivey didn't play.

In Illinois, six grant awards to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the University of Illinois-Chicago that are collectively worth over $20 million — which Raoul said are to “make the electricity grid more reliable and resilient, reduce carbon emissions, and utilize domestic sources of…

Jackson's family amended funeral services Thursday to include celebration of life services in South Carolina and Washington, D.C. A "People's Celebration" in Chicago to honor the civil rights icon will now take place March 6.