The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965, when police brutally attacked civil rights protesters, Jackson crossed the…

Police say a man has been shot outside of a Chicago O’Hare International Airport terminal following an altercation among multiple people

Chicago's Lyric Opera to host 'A Night Of Mellon Collie and Infinite Sadness' for seven nights in November

An Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi was forced to return to O'Hare Airport on March 5 after the majority of its toilets became clogged mid-flight.

Police arrested a suspect in the killing at a truck stop in Michigan

the plane, with nearly 300 passengers on board, turned back and landed in Chicago

The Chicago Police Department sent nearly two dozen officers to protect a Tesla dealership over the weekend, stoking a heated debate on who the force is protecting.

Charles Chambers was a key innovator in dance music, speeding up beats and adding raunchy lyrics, and inspiring Daft Punk and Justice

Mayors of New York, Denver, Chicago and Boston faced a contentious hearing about policies that Republicans believe thwart Trump’s mass deportation plan

Democratic mayors of four major cities say Congress and the Trump administration are exaggerating crime committed by immigrants and attacking so-called sanctuary cities simply to score political points, as Republicans hammer the policies for shielding criminals and discouraging cooperation with federal officials

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson testified before Congress about his city's sanctuary policies, rejecting the claim that the laws protects violent criminals.