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Six Chicago-area candidates running for office on a platform of baseless claims about fraud in the 2020 election came up short on their nominating petitions, officials say. But the group’s gubernatorial candidate countered that they “would be embarrassed to be on a fake ballot with fake…

Cynthia Albritton, who as Cynthia Plaster Caster successfully channeled a teenage desire to lose her virginity to a rock star into a lifelong project creating casts of their erect penises, died on Thursday in her native Chicago after an undisclosed illness, according to a press release. She was 74.

By 2025, Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to have a “robust outdoor air quality monitoring network” and also is pushing for a big emissions cut by 2040.

Chester Wilk, who was 91, died Thursday at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge.

Gunshots rang out Friday afternoon, striking her in her arm in the 4500 block of North Central Park Avenue, Chicago police said.

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The last 80-degree day in Chicago was over six months ago, on Oct. 9.

With Julién Davenport joining the Bears, here's a look at where Chicago's offensive line depth stands.

The innocent and guilty alike are ground down by cynical, self-serving officials.

Heroin and marijuana have long been Mexican cartels’ big moneymakers in Chicago. But DEA cocaine seizures rose 50% in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana in the year ending Sept. 30 and keep rising in the Chicago area.

Peoples Gas, despite record profits, has the most customers struggling to pay their bills of any Chicago-area utility, with the South Side and West Side hit hardest.