Some talented chess players faced off Tuesday at Chicago's Harold Washington Library. The chess players are seasoned ...

Living history: The National Public Housing Museum, opening April 4, explores the history of public housing in the U.S. and ...

A Chicago man was convicted of sex trafficking five victims, including a 15-year-old girl, and kidnapping two of them. The ...

The controversial firing last year of the Oak Park Public Library director is reverberating in this year’s Library Board race ...

Marian “Cindy” Friend Pritzker, the matriarch of one of Chicago’s most powerful families, has died at the age of 101. She was ...

The museum explores the history of public housing through a wealth of exhibitions, installations and recreated apartments. It opens April 4 inside the remaining building of the former Jane Addams ...

Audiobooks might be the best way to keep kids occupied during famly road trips, and there are plenty available to be borrowed ...

The highest concentrations of undocumented immigrants in Midwest states are in cities with "sanctuary" policies.

To mark its bicentennial, the Brooklyn Museum highlights the pieces that have shaped its collection—and the foundational art ...

One recent morning on Chicago’s southwest side, the manager of a Mexican grocery store began the day posted at the front door, rehearsing the phrase “I wish to exercise my right to remain silent” in ...

Measles development in the country has rapidly changed since January, with the CDC reporting almost 400 cases nationwide.