Black History Month: Celebrating the innovators, teachers and legends from Chicago and beyond
CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.
Doomsday Clock is closest its ever been to human extinction, but University of Chicago scientists remain optimistic
University of Chicago professor Daniel Holz is one of the people who moved the Doomsday Clock forward last month. He's the ...
The Department of Education Threatens to Pull the Plug on Colleges
The department gives schools until Feb. 28 to comply with this interpretation of the law or risk losing their federal funding ...
Allen Sanderson, U. of C. economics professor who was skeptical of public subsidies for sports stadiums, dies at 81
Allen Sanderson, a  University of Chicago economics professor who built a national reputation for his knowledge about sports ...
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Chicago Police Say An Officer Shot A Man With A Knife Near Far South Side Forest Preserve
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability is investigating the shooting, which police say came after a report of a man ...
Forrest Claypool: Chicago is holding itself back from a bright future
“The word bankruptcy has been hanging over Chicago like a storm cloud about to burst,” wrote American Enterprise Institute ...
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Alex Grelle Marks 10 Years Of Serving ‘Obsessive Homage And Empowering Spectacle’ To Rapt Chicagoans
"The Grelley Duvall Show" previously featured now-famous performers like Sarah Sherman and Meg Stalter, and features other ...
Pritzker announces round 3 of medical debt relief program at University of Chicago
Governor JB Pritzker and healthcare professionals have announced a new round of medical debt relief for families across Illinois, aiming to reduce medical debt by $1 billion and provide debt ...
What should you do (and not do) with your money because of Trump’s tariffs? We asked the experts
Trump’s tariffs could lead to higher prices and supply shortages, potentially threatening the global economy. Not all tariff ...
Family of young journalist struck, killed by train sues Metra
The family of a young journalist struck and killed last summer in Hegewisch has sued Metra. Metra, who owns the Hegewisch ...
Chicago police officer shoots man with knife at forest preserve on Far South Side, police say
Officers were responding to a call of a knife-wielding man chasing another person in the Eggers Grove Forest Preserve near ...
A Parade of Planets Is Marching Through the Night Sky
To see the parade, find a dark place with a clear view of the western horizon at nightfall. Mercury and Saturn will be low in ...