Chicago

A proposal to raise the transfer tax on sales of high-value properties was trailing. Two Democrats were locked in a…

He appeared memorably in “American Buffalo” and in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Glengarry Glen Ross,” but gave up a career…

Domestic shootings are a small portion of the city’s violence, but victims’ advocates say the new spike is worrisome.

Faheem Majeed, a member of the art collective the Floating Museum and one of the artistic directors of this year’s…

On the road the past few weeks, the 82-year-old singer-songwriter has been peppering sets with surprising crowd-pleasers.

Before Connor Bedard had laced up his skates for a regular season game, the 18-year-old hockey phenom had already caused…

The buses packed with Venezuelan migrants are now arriving in downtown Chicago day and night, doubling in number in recent…

Reimagining the Broadway musical for audiences near Beirut meant new character names, choreography and lyrics.

He sentenced Rod Blagojevich to 14 years to send a message about corruption in high places. As a prosecutor he…

“Wild, outrageous, goofy and uplifting,” as one fan put it, he was based in Chicago for most of his career…