The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Tourists have returned to Chicago’s downtown this summer, and anyone looking at the crowds thronging Millennium Park, the Riverwalk and stores on Michigan Avenue might think the city’s pandemic crisis is past. But “For Rent” signs still cover many downtown storefronts, and office workers remain scarce, which means fewer customers…

Target Corp. will open three new package-sorting centers during the next year — two in greater Chicago and one in the Denver area — to further its strategy of using stores to handle online orders.

CHICAGO — Inflation won’t quit. The price of gas has reached the stratosphere. The stock market is taking a beating. And I won’t even start on crypto.

They were standing in the front room when someone outside fired at them from a car, Chicago police said.

PHILADELPHIA — Wins always lighten the mood in the clubhouse.

The teen was near a parking lot Sunday evening when he was struck by gunfire, Chicago police said.

CHICAGO — On a winter evening a little over a decade ago, as their husbands were busy cooperating against the most wanted cartel boss in the world, Valerie Gaytan and Vivianna Lopez were driving around Chicago’s North Side with more than $4 million in cash in their SUV.

The three were standing near a sidewalk when someone approached in a car and opened fire, Chicago police said.

CHICAGO — Dylan Cease probably will never know the reason why he wasn’t selected this season to the American League All-Star squad.