More than 40 million people in the U.S. were under heat alerts Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

A bungalow-style home with a storied history of ownership will be renovated and raised, bringing it into the 21st century.

We were experiencing all of these emotions, but we also had to act. We filed a home insurance claim three days after assessing the damage on our property, and although we received assistance, it ...

In early 2025, Time Out magazine named Chicago the most beautiful city in the world. The city is known for its lush green spaces, with more than 600 parks spread over 8,800 hectares. It also offers ...

Having launched in time for the 140th anniversary of the Home Insurance Building, the world’s first skyscraper, in 2025, the Inside Chicago team takes travellers on a whirlwind walking tour of ...

Virginia residents will see a 45% increase in flood insurance rates with the new method, according to the insurance broker Policygenius. The average cost is $743 annually, and could rise to an ...

Chicago resident Ellen Grimes, 66, is fed up. She has tried finding a more affordable homeowners insurance policy for her Bridgeport two-flat but kept getting rejected by companies that didn’t want to ...

Illinois home insurance premiums have increased by 50% between 2021 and 2024, the second-highest increase in the U.S. after Utah. The national average increase during the same period was 24%.

A new study found a typical Illinois single-family homeowner paid almost $1,000 more for home insurance in 2024 compared with three years earlier, a jump of about 50%, making it the second-highest ...

Featured steel objects include beams from Chicago’s Home Insurance Building (which is considered the world’s first skyscraper), an Olympic torch from the 2024 Paris Summer Games and “Angle Form,” a ...

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