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Housing and Development

1 year ago

Is Hawthorne Race Course being torn down for a data center? Cicero thinks so.

14 hours ago

City bans shared e-scooters from Sheridan Road to reduce sidewalk riding

17 hours ago

Former Bears assistant coach Eric Bieniemy's wife shot

19 hours ago

Chicago renters' rights are at stake in dueling City Hall proposals

1 day ago

Mariah Woelfel | WBEZ

3 months ago

Esther Yoon-Ji Kang | WBEZ

2 months ago

Storms hit Chicago area, downing trees, delaying flights, damaging homes and leaving 300,000 without power

9 hours ago

Extreme heat blamed for 7 deaths in Cook County this year, the most in more than a decade

18 minutes ago

Chicago's mayoral campaign revs up as circulation of nominating petitions starts

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Movies and TV

4 years ago

Rogers Park's historic 400 Theater set to reopen this week with new owner, cheap tickets

18 minutes ago

Courtney Kueppers | WBEZ

1 year ago

Rookie Noah Schultz doesn't help his case to stay in White Sox' rotation

8 hours ago

Temporary protected status ends for Haitian and Syrian immigrants

9 hours ago

Dear Abby: Jeanne Phillips bids adieu as 'Dear Abby' endures

9 hours ago

The Chicago Mini Crossword

7 months ago

Lithuania: Chicago's Baltic Bond

3 days ago

Furniture to tech: Lithuania's economy a bright spot amid Trump's tariffs

2 days ago

Nation and World

1 year ago

At 250, here's what the U.S. can learn from Lithuania, a younger democracy aided by Chicagoans

6 days ago

Why I traveled 4,700 miles from Chicago to Lithuania

5 days ago

Natalie Y. Moore

29 days ago

Memorial to Burge torture victims is about acknowledging pain, healing

3 days ago

Visual artist captures broader picture of South Asian, Muslim immigrant communities

10 days ago

A root canal AND rotator cuff surgery? Lucky me.

6 days ago

WNBA's Sophie Cunningham is the woman of the moment

1 day ago

Pedestrian killed in Gage Park crash

18 hours ago

Meet Chicago's other president

20 hours ago

Illinois sees 16% drop in SNAP enrollment 1 year after food program overhaul

14 hours ago

Arts and Culture

5 months ago

George Clinton expands his Afrofuturist universe through paintings, now on display in Chicago

1 day ago

Review: St. Vincent's Ravinia performance is a coronation of her latest and greatest self

1 day ago

At Joliet prison, desperate men set themselves on fire

4 days ago

Shannon Heffernan | The Marshall Project

4 days ago

Chaotic, crowded Chicago immigration mega court hearings are fueling record deportation orders

4 days ago

Secrecy over sex abuse permeates traditionalist Catholic group whose leaders were excommunicated by Pope Leo

4 days ago

Separate classrooms, more staff: How CPS copes with staggering rise in special ed needs, costs

7 days ago

Sarah Karp | WBEZ

12 days ago

A new Illinois law keeps hospital finances hidden from the public

23 hours ago

Motorcyclist dies after crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Lake View

2 days ago

Shoppers left stranded as Save A Lot grocery stores in Chicago permanently close: 'We have to eat, too'

2 days ago

Architecture and Design

1 year ago

What's your favorite iconic Chicago sign? Here's what you told us

2 days ago

Chicago fragrance YouTuber stocked luxury cologne collection through mail fraud scheme, investigators say

3 days ago

4 teens killed after pickup drives off overpass during police chase in Bedford Park

11 hours ago

Man critically wounded in Englewood shooting

15 hours ago

Woman wounded in Rogers Park shooting

21 hours ago

Gunman on scooter wounds man on West Side

9 hours ago

Why thousands packed Wrigley Field for the Savannah Bananas game — even those who dislike baseball

2 days ago

Review: Benson Boone is a 'Wanted Man' — but who is he really?

2 days ago

60 songs we're listening to ahead of Lollapalooza 2026

3 days ago

Murals and Mosaics

1 year ago

John Prine mural adorns Old Town School of Folk Music

3 days ago

In the age of parents vs. robots, Dr. Dana Suskind's new book offers practical guidance

4 days ago

Swinging hot bat, reserve infielder Pedro Ramirez impressing Cubs with work in limited playing time

9 hours ago

Cubs' series-opening game with Cardinals starts in weather delay

11 hours ago

White Sox outfielder Everson Pereira says he won't think twice about running into walls

10 hours ago

Former Cubs manager Dusty Baker on deck for Baseball Hall of Fame

11 hours ago

To make the playoffs, the Sky need an epic surge and a Mystics collapse

12 hours ago

Four questions facing Bears' decision-makers as training camp begins

13 hours ago

Bears guard Joe Thuney ranked 49th on NFL Top 100

19 hours ago

Bears must back up offseason talk, especially on offense, with sharp start to training camp this week

1 day ago

Bears CB Kyler Gordon, LB T.J. Edwards among 6 players put on injured lists

2 days ago

CBS NFL analyst Tony Romo arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence

3 days ago

Bulls have sneaky depth with a few outsiders trying to crack rotation

2 days ago

Trump calls LeBron James 'maybe a racist' compared to Michael Jordan

3 days ago

LeBron James will close out his career with the Philadelphia 76ers

3 days ago

Horoscope for Tuesday, July 28, 2026

5 hours ago

Horoscope for Monday, July 27, 2026

1 day ago

Dear Abby: Sister makes being around her an unpleasant experience

1 day ago

Thunderstorms mixed with heat and humidity move into Chicago area

1 day ago

First look at Shedd Aquarium's newest beluga whales: Acadia, Lillooet, Osiris, Sierra

4 days ago

Museums and Zoos

1 year ago

Rescued belugas have arrived in Chicago. The move is unprecedented — and controversial

6 days ago

Laos' famous beer brand Beerlao makes a splash in the Midwest

3 days ago

Chicago small businesses hard hit by immigration raids eligible for $5,000 grants

4 days ago

Small businesses took on debt, raised prices to cope with tariffs

4 days ago

Magnolia Bakery reopens week after failed health inspection

5 days ago

Food and Drink

1 year ago

Froyo startup Mikono hits pause on Pilsen storefront after one week, citing staggering demand

5 days ago

Bring this cochinita pibil recipe to your next family dinner

5 days ago

High School Football

4 months ago

Brother Rice DL Brayden Parks is third top-10 player from Illinois headed to Irish in 2027 recruiting cycle

2 days ago

High School Basketball

4 years ago

St. Laurence senior Markese Peoples, one of the summer's breakout stars, commits to Central Michigan

5 days ago

Benet's Ed Stasys getting long-overdue attention

5 days ago

How Chicago helped a tiny Baltic country produce star NBA players

4 days ago

New Ryan Field gives Northwestern a spectacular football venue 100 years in the making

6 days ago

Bulls' Derrick Rose chosen for cover of NBA 2K27 video game

5 days ago

Bulls' Caleb Wilson is a summer winner after dazzling in Vegas

9 days ago

How Bulls might replace late TV analyst Stacey King — here are 5 candidates

11 days ago

Forecasting Blackhawks' lines with Patrick Kane and Bowen Byram — but without Connor Bedard

1 day ago

Patrick Kane determined to help Blackhawks' new generation make the playoffs

3 days ago

Blackhawks reunite with Patrick Kane, signing him to two-year contract

4 days ago

How we photographed Lithuanians' passion for democracy

2 days ago

Inside Lithuania's defense strategy against Russia

5 days ago

Nolan Wells autopsy, released in Chicago, finds 'undetermined' cause of death

5 days ago

Illinois added to CDC's investigation into diarrhea-causing cyclosporiasis outbreak

3 days ago

Women suffer more severe neurologic symptoms from long COVID than men, researchers find

6 days ago

6 heat-related deaths in Cook County mark July as deadliest month in more than a decade

7 days ago

Robbins renames Dwyane Wade's childhood street after the NBA champ, hometown hero

16 hours ago

Tom Grosspietsch, a well-known figure on Chicago's rollerblading scene, has died at 66

4 days ago

14-year-old e-bike rider killed in Wauconda crash

5 days ago

Chicago School Board

2 months ago

CTU and SEIU back different candidates for school board president, widening rift between staff unions

4 days ago

Spending in Chicago school board election exceeds $1.8 million as limits lift in race for board president

10 days ago

Chicago police cadet goose-stepped at Jones College Prep while wearing Nazi-like uniform

12 days ago

Teresa Weatherspoon, fired by the Sky in 2024, 'absolutely' wants a second crack at coaching in the WNBA

2 days ago

All-Star Angel Reese sky-high and living the Dream; says double-doubles 'don't matter' without winning

3 days ago

'Act of God' an excuse for government's poor flood preparation

23 hours ago

Pete Hegseth should know more testosterone won't make a tougher soldier

2 days ago

Remembering victims of 1919 Chicago race riot: 38 names set in stone

3 days ago

Letters to the Editor

7 years ago

Breakthrough pancreatic cancer drug illustrates importance of research

23 hours ago

Canada wildfire smoke ignites urgency for climate action

2 days ago

Black-crowned night heron love spreading their wings in Chicago

3 days ago

3 people fatally shot on South Side in overnight violence

1 day ago

Man shot and killed in West Garfield Park

2 days ago

2 shot, including 5-year-old boy, in Little Italy

2 days ago

What can American democracy learn from... Lithuania?

14 hours ago

How accessible are Chicago's streets and sidewalks?

14 hours ago

What do you want?

3 days ago

WBEZ's Weekly News Recap, July 24, 2026: Rescued belugas arrive, Midwest grapples with cyclospora outbreak, and more

3 days ago

Dish about your (secret) family recipes

4 days ago