A law giving every convicted criminal the opportunity to speak prior to sentencing increasingly is seen as merely a nice ...

Concrete is all around us, and we haven’t quite wrapped our heads around it. Understanding its history more clearly, the ...

CPS has offered some arts programs, but the 1970s marked a significant decline in funding for the arts across the United ...

Democratic state attorneys general and government lawyers argued Friday over the implications of President Donald Trump's ...

Researchers from Harvard and universities in California and Texas are studying the long-term effects of the Eaton and ...

The federal government recognized June as Pride Month under three Democratic presidents. Two Republican presidents did not ...

A small crowd formed in front of Silverman Hall by 3 p.m. Thursday. Some of these community members gathered around two tables, talking with volunteers for Stand Up for Science Chicago — an ...

The Italianate-style Ida County courthouse was constructed in 1883 and replaced an earlier courthouse, which burned down in ...

Another large fire exacerbated by climate change is threatening the health of Chicagoans. Government officials issued an air ...

In a world obsessed with bigger, faster, and louder, Princeton stands as a gentle reminder that sometimes the best life is found by slowing down, looking around, and rediscovering the joy of community ...

Here’s a guide to the Chicago-area locations as they appeared in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” which reportedly took place on June 5, 1985.