Dallas-based Southwest announced plans to abandon its free checked bag policy Tuesday. After axing open seating and other ...

Academics in Chicago worried that the threat of deportations and the Trump administration's crack down on student protesters ...

A 20-year-old CTA rider was shot while getting on a bus on Chicago's South Side Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said.

President Donald Trump’s administration is downsizing the Department of Education. Some experts say that may cause trouble ...

The Trump administration has framed Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil's detention and possible deportation as a national security issue. Chicago immigration rights groups say that's a lie ...

Heeding opposition from Black clergy and the Black Caucus, the City Council voted 26 to 19 not to impose a ban on the sale of ...

Demonstrators gathered in Southwest Portland on Tuesday to protest the arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil at ...

Several Black aldermen and clergy members rallied ahead of the meeting to urge the council to vote down a proposal from Ald.

The Chicago City Council voted to approve a $280,000 settlement with an activist who was struck and injured by a Chicago police officer during a protest in 2020. Miracle Boyd, then 18 years old, said ...

Wednesday to pay $280,000 to activist Miracle Boyd, who was struck by a Chicago police officer during a protest in Grant Park ...

Police officer Nicholas Jovanovich hit Boyd's phone into her face as she filmed police during a 2020 protest. An ...

Chicago’s city council approved a $280,000 settlement to a lawsuit filed in 2024 against the city and its police officers.