The Palestinian Family With Their Own Checkpoint

When Charlie Beck was picked to temporarily lead the Chicago Police Department, he quickly made some of the most sweeping changes in recent department history. He announced plans to shift more police resources to patrol commanders to better combat violence. He launched a leadership shake-up involving

A “vibrant’’ Logan Square woman who “loved the city’’ was shot dead while waiting in a social-distanced line outside a 7-Eleven on Tuesday night, only blocks from her apartment, her family and police said. “She was awesome,’’ said her tearful father, Jeffrey Baute, Wednesday night, of his only

Former Outcome Health CEO Rishi Shah and former president Shradha Agarwal wanted to access $10.3 million the government froze as part of a $1 billion fraud case playing out in Chicago federal court. A federal judge has denied the request. Judge Thomas Durkin ruled Wednesday that the money was “indisputably

The Greater Chicago Food Depository on Wednesday set up a $1 million grant program to help food pantries across Cook County remain open and is seeking volunteers to help pack boxes of food. The grants will be $1,500 to $5,000 each and will be made available to pantries in need, according to the

In discussing COVID-19 updates with the village board, Oak Park health director Mike Charley revealed at least four senior living homes have reported a resident testing positive for the coronavirus. The matter came up during a virtual village board meeting April 6, where Charley and other department

On their first album in seven years, The Strokes seem to have known they’d be returning at a crazy time. “We are trying hard to get your attention,” singer Julian Casablancas sings on the first song, “The Adults Are Talking.” Nine songs later, the band has definitely gotten our attention.