1970: As the first Earth Day was observed in the United States, Illinois Attorney General William Scott told a rally at the Civic Center (now Daley) Plaza that he planned to sue the city of Milwaukee ...

It’s going to be a wet and chaotic week in the Chicago area, as multiple rounds of showers, thunderstorms and even severe ...

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The first meteor shower of the year is here, with the Lyrids peaking late tonight into the pre-dawn hours on Tuesday.

Monday, April 20, 1981, was artist Joan Miró's 88th birthday. It was also the day that Mayor Jane Byrne pulled a cord to ...

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Hundreds of Catholics in Chicago commemorated Good Friday with by observing various versions of the Way of the Cross, ...

Famed foodist Alton Brown will dish about food media, his favorite culinary mega-hacks, and sing some of his funny food songs ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Former President Joe Biden will deliver his first public remarks since leaving office in Chicago Tuesday. He's returning to the national stage to help raise concerns about the health ...

Even leaders of the two groups pushing for the split from Illinois insist they don’t want to become part of Indiana, at least ...

CSO and The Joffrey Ballet: 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 10-11, and 3 p.m. Sunday, April 13, at the Chicago Symphony ...