Seventeen women imprisoned by one institution feel liberated by one another. They're the first incarcerated women to earn degrees from a Top 10 university.

The Chicago Bulls lost 135-92 to the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night in the season opener for both teams.

Saint Viator High School announced on Wednesday that its head football coach and former Chicago Bears kicker Robbie Gould has resigned from the position.

Police said in each instance, the thieves approached diners seated in a restaurant or coffee shop, posing as fundraisers and placing a flyer or newspaper directly on top of the victims' wallet/purse or cell phone, stealing it while engaged in conversation with the victim.

More than 100 athletes from Chicago area schools gathered under one roof on Wednesday morning for a day not focused on competition, but for a meeting of the minds.

A woman has been charged with attacking a 73-year-old man as he was getting off a CTA bus earlier this month in downtown Chicago.

Yorkville police are asking for information from anyone who attended, worked or hosted an event at Martini Banquet Hall in 2023.

Pope Leo XIV will not need any further treatment after having lung cancer surgery, his doctors said in a statement. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/pop…

Illinois First Lady MK Pritzker donated $500,000 to Amy Acton's campaign to become Ohio governor in the wake of Republican Vivek Ramaswamy releasing attack ads featuring her estranger mother. cbsnews.com/chicago/news/ill…

Chicago sports bar Woodie's Flat has a new wing flavor through the end of October, featuring Chicago's most well-known, and hotly debated spirit: Malort.

In an unsigned order, the Supreme Court rejected an emergency appeal seeking to revive a policy ending certain medical treatments for transgender inmates.

A fire caused major damage to a home and destroyed multiple cars in northwest suburban McHenry on Wednesday morning.

Surveillance video released Wednesday captured a crash-and-grab burglary at a BP gas station​ in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood the morning before.

Democrat Amy Acton's estranged mother calls her a liar in a new Ramaswamy campaign ad. Acton's brother says the ad marks a "despicable low" and says their stepfather sexually abused Acton when she was a child.

A body was pulled from Lake Michigan on Wednesday morning near Northwestern University.

Two of the southbound lanes of I-90 are closed at Hubbard Street after a crash involving tow truck carrying a forklift at Hubbard's Cave.

A teenage boy was shot and killed in west suburban Bellwood, Illinois, police said. Three people are in custody.

Both candidates are vying for the seat to replace Dick Durbin, who announced his retirement from the position last year after nearly 30 years in the Senate.