Laura Murillo’s arrest last fall represented a rupture for Chicago’s immigrant community and in the life she had built around ...

Hailey Weathers likes to spend her summers playing volleyball in the sand with her friends at Chicago’s beaches, taking breaks in between games with dips in Lake Michigan. But sometimes the ...

Like that kid at your high school who was somehow always a step ahead of everyone else in listening to the next cool band, Chicago theater audiences recently have been given plenty of opportunities to ...

The American Red Cross has declared a severe blood shortage in the U.S. as supplies fall to its lowest levels since the pandemic. An uptick in extreme weather and a decrease in donors are some of the ...

As my WBEZ colleague Esther Yoon-Ji Kang reports, the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act allows renters in some districts to band together to try to buy their building if it goes up for sale. While ...

The new additions, four females expected early Thursday morning, will increase the aquarium’s total beluga population to 16.

From school assemblies to “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood,” Ella Jenkins was a rhythm specialist and children’s music pioneer. Her childhood in Chicago was her launching pad. In our last episode, we learned ...

One of the world’s largest scuba organizations was founded in the suburbs. Local scuba divers carry on the legacy.

But the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says it’s more likely artificial intelligence will lead to job changes, not necessarily job loss. What everyone agrees on is that Americans are very worried ...

The bobolink spotted in Illinois this spring is a gynandromorph, meaning it is both genetically male and female.

At least five Chicago breweries have closed or announced closures this year, and industry experts predict more are on the way. Alarmist Brewing & Taproom in Sauganash permanently closed Feb. 1, and ...

As schools gear up to welcome students back to class this month, they’ll also have to come up with an idea of how to use – or ...