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Police are investigating after an attempted crash and grab at a Neiman Marcus on Michigan Avenue.

A hearing is scheduled Monday to determine if the construction of a migrant base camp in Brighton Park will be put on pause.

An arson investigation is underway after a fire broke out at the landmark Swift Mansion in Chicago.

An arson investigation is underway after a fire broke out at the landmark Swift Mansion in Chicago.

On a soggy morning in Norwood Park, scenarios mimicking active shooter situations and kidnappings took place over and over again to help teach kids about how to spot danger and react appropriately. 

Construction work continues on a large winterized tent camp that will soon shelter migrants in Brighton Park, despite a report showing that the site was contaminated. 

Ron DeSantis completed his campaign promise to visit each of Iowa’s 99 counties, crossing a symbolic but also tactical threshold by telling his audience in a central Iowa town “this should show you that I consider myself a servant, not a ruler.”

You can learn, feel and see an entirely new experience at the Museum of Illusions in the Loop.

Alaska Airlines is set to acquire Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal, the companies announced Sunday.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Saturday off the southern Philippine coast, prompting many villagers to flee their homes in panic around midnight after Philippine authorities issued a tsunami warning.

Los Angeles authorities are asking for the public's help in finding the person who has allegedly killed at least three homeless people in different parts of the city.

A man is believed to have fatally stabbed four family members, including two children, before he was shot and killed by police in Queens Sunday morning, officials said.