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At least eight tornadoes hit north-eastern Illinois, with no immediate reports of injuriesTornadoes and thunderstorms battered the Chicago area on Wednesday, forcing airports to halt air traffic and prompting officials to advise residents to seek shelt…
St Louis-bound bus crashed into three semis parked along a highway exit to a rest area along Interstate 70A Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway exit to a rest area early Wednesday in southern Illinois, kil…
At least 15 people shot dead across the country in mass shootings so far on the holiday weekend celebrating the US’s independenceA long holiday weekend of bloodshed has intensified after a heavily armed gunman in a bulletproof vest opened fire on the s…
Heat dome of high pressure hovers over Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma as thousands remain without power in Chicago with heavy rains knocking down trees and power linesThe heating of the earth’s atmosphere and oceans by the burning of fossil fuels made t…
There have been more than 305 mass shootings in the US so far this year as of Sunday morningAt least 38 people were shot – including two fatally – in three different mass shootings reported Saturday and Sunday in separate parts of the US, according to …
A bill passed the state legislature that will require state-funded institutions to provide halal and kosher meals on requestAs a student at Sullivan high school in Chicago, Ridwan Rashid frequently skipped lunch and was distracted by hunger, even thoug…
Governor JB Pritzker expected to sign bill that would block state funding for public libraries and schools that ban booksGovernor JB Pritzker is expected to sign a bill that would make Illinois the first state to legislate to end book bans – by punishi…
Attorney general releases investigation into abuse between 1950 and 2019 and hails survivors ‘who have long suffered in silence’An Illinois attorney general’s office investigation released on Tuesday found that 451 Catholic clergy sexually abused nearl…
More than 70 cars and several big-rig trucks involved in vehicle collisions on Interstate 55 that left 37 people injuredAt least six people were killed and nearly 40 others were injured Monday in a pile-up involving more than 70 cars along Interstate 5…
Republican-backed culture warrior candidates fare poorly in Illinois and Wisconsin, offering hope to the leftScores of rightwing extremists were defeated in school board elections in April, in a victory for the left in the US and what Democrats hope co…