Новости за 06.05.2026

The Illinois attorney general’s office and consumer advocates say Peoples Gas’ proposal to raise rates by $202 million would ultimately cost homeowners while lining the pockets of the utility’s shareholders and proposed a rate decrease instead.

Anjanette Young, a social worker who became a police reform advocate after an infamous botched raid on her home in 2019, is one step closer to becoming a bureaucrat with sway over police policy.

Bryson Graham’s words on Wednesday were profound.

Then again, they often are in prepared introductory press conferences.

Bulls fans, however, are at the point where they deserve more than the decades-long distraction of the Michael Jordan statue in the United Center atrium representing their only recent positive history. They deserve more than words and promises from new hires.

Even one like Graham who has gone from interning with the New Orleans Pelicans back in 2010 in which... Читать дальше...

Drivers are being alerted to several road closures planned for Thursday and Friday due to funeral services for Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew in Edgewater.

Newly appointed Zoning Committee Chair Gilbert Villegas led his first meeting Wednesday and started chipping away at the backlog of 138 projects stalled by the stalemate over who should head up one of the City Council’s most powerful committees.

Some might get a queasy feeling looking over the railing at the top of the 33-foot-high slide that anchors a new exhibit at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry

Beachgoers may notice changes at several lakefront parking lots this summer as the city rolls out a new “modernized” payment management system.

"The Bear" is coming to an end this summer — and now fans can save the date.

La Policía del Estado de Illinois (ISP) ha comenzado una investigación sobre el tiroteo fatal de Silverio Villegas González, casi ocho meses después de que fuera asesinado por un agente federal de inmigración durante una parada de tráfico en el suburbio de Franklin Park, al inicio del Operativo Midway Blitz.

A pesar de un esfuerzo federal para reducir el número de vacunas requeridas para los niños, nuevos datos muestran que las tasas de vacunación siguen siendo altas entre los niños en edad escolar en Illinois.

Chicago filmmaker Joe Swanberg often centers women in his ensemble improv films, and his new romantic drama “The Sun Never Sets” observes yet another wayfinding woman charting her changing relationships.

At the start of this week, a look through one of the leading sports betting sites revealed 44 players on whom one could place futures wagers to win National League MVP.

Chicago’s free summer concert series is back, and highlights include Chicago DJ Ca$h Era, Atlanta hip hop ensemble Arrested Development and Prince collaborator Sheila E., often dubbed the “Queen of Percussion.”

Millennium Park’s Summer Film series returns in full force in 2026 with a lineup of free movies, including a double feature on July 14 of films (“When Harry Met Sally” and “This is Spinal Tap”) directed by the late Rob Reiner.

El desfile del Cinco de Mayo en Chicago solía atraer a grandes multitudes a La Villita, pero la celebración de este año fue aún más apagada que la del año pasado, según los dueños de negocios.

A union strike at Brookfield Zoo has ended on its third day after zoo officials and union workers signed a four-year collective bargaining agreement.

Six people suffered injuries in an apartment fire in Des Plaines early Wednesday morning, according to multiple media reports.

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???? Below: Illinois State Police have opened an investigation into federal immigration agents' fatal shooting of a man in September — the most high-profile independent inquiry regarding Operation Midway Blitz.

????️ Plus: A Cook County tax official is cleared of a drunken driving charge, Kilbourn Park doubles down on native plants for this year’s Mother’s Day sale and more news you need to know.

???? Keeping score: The Cubs beat the Reds, 3-2; the Sox fell to the Angels, 4-3. Читать дальше...

Online car retailer Carvana plans to create about 100 jobs near Chicago by adding inspection and reconditioning services to its wholesale auction site in Hoffman Estates.

Ona Judge escaped George Washington once.

Now the federal government is trying to make her disappear again.

I teach in Philadelphia, a short walk from the site of the President’s House. George and Martha Washington lived there when the city was the nation’s capital. Nine enslaved people lived there too.

My own family fought in the American Revolution. We descend from the youngest boy to carry a musket at Lexington. So I grew up believing the American story belongs to every American. Читать дальше...

We celebrate mothers one Sunday a year. But last July 4, the federal government showed us what it actually thinks of them.

DEAR ABBY: I'm a man younger than my age married to a woman who is older than hers. Ten years ago, we couldn't get along, so we separated. While separated, I met a wonderful woman, "Cynthia." We became friends with benefits and fell in love.

Gov. JB Pritzker envisions Illinois as a leader in life-science investment and jobs, highlighted by the $1.5-billion partnership announced in March with the biotherapeutics company CSL.

Delivery robots have some growing up to do.

That’s the consensus among scientists and engineers who were analyzing the safety and efficiency of this developing technology before two of the robots crashed into a CTA bus shelter in March.

A 2025 study from engineering experts at the University of Pennsylvania may have some solutions. They include improving complex internal sensors and addressing the simple optical illusion that makes clean glass harder to see than a dirty surface.

Vijay Kumar... Читать дальше...

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