1999: Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Walter Payton died of bile duct cancer and liver failure at age 45. “The last 12 months have been extremely tough on me and my family. … Our greatest thanks goes out ...

2018: Chicago native Derrick Rose scored a career-high 50 points in the Minnesota Timberwolves’ 128-125 win over the Utah Jazz in Minneapolis. Rose became the fourth player that season to score at ...

The Loyola-Chicago University men's basketball team will honor the late nun Sister Jean Dolores Smith on the court this ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Pope Leo XIV met with Mar Awa III, the leader of the Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East ...

Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoener, a former Stanford Cardinal, had an underrated 2025 campaign. He hit .297 with a .345 ...

R&B star Brandy revealed she suffered a health scare that forced her off stage early during a Chicago show after outraged ...

With Major League Soccer celebrating its 30th season, here's a look at the key milestones in the league's history.

The president authorized the deployment of National Guard troops after Gov. Pritzker says he refused to order them into Chicago. By Nicholas Slayton Published Oct 4, 2025 8:37 PM EDT The Trump ...

The heavily armed agents carrying out President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement push in Chicago are often masked. The man leading them is not. Nearly three decades into his career ...

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump called for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to be jailed Wednesday, a dramatic rhetorical escalation as he tries to flood the city with ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker talks with NPR Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep during a visit to the Chicago neighborhood of Pilsen, days after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered an increased federal ...

FBI Director Kash Patel told Fox News there were “110,000 gang members” active in Chicago after a visit to the city on Tuesday. Newsweek contacted the FBI and Chicago Police Department for comment on ...