The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

More than 2,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities are competing this week in the Special Olympics Spring Games.

At a gathering at the station where she was assigned, slain Officer Aréanah Preston was remembered as powerful, goal-directed and the kind of officer CPD needs.

Grace Barry’s ties with the Daley family helped her career and drew criticism when she was awarded a no-bid gift shop concession contract at O’Hare Airport.

The 52-year-old man was inside a home in the 7200 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when he was shot just after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Chicago police said.

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Simione Dunn and Sonya Brown face charges in federal court in Chicago.

At an afternoon news conference, the mayor slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing new arrivals to Chicago, saying he had “manufactured” a crisis “for cynical political purposes,” and is “unable to see the humanity” in those coming to the United States seeking a better life.

The company said it is discussing terms of the offer, intended to help it meet requirements for ownership by racial minorities, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

City funding for the arts shouldn’t “be subject to the vagaries of a hotel tax,” Lightfoot told a crowd Tuesday at the Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater.