Layoffs hit FAA, including employees tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps
Terminated probationary employees at the FAA include some who work on the team responsible for producing air traffic ...
Chicago soul music giant and politician Jerry Butler dies at 85
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago soul music giant and politician Jerry Butler has died at 85 years old. Butler first broke onto the charts in 1958 with The Impressions for the ballad "For Your Precious Love." ...
ABC7 Chicago architecture critic weighs in on 1901 project near United Center, Ravinia renovations
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Architecture critic Lee Bey joined ABC7 Chicago Friday to talk about the latest big stories in and around ...
DePaul University meeting with Jewish group to discuss safety canceled at last minute
DePaul students Max Long and Michael Kaminsky say they face unsettling uncertainty, as they work to continue their studies at ...
President Trump fires Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot as part of a campaign to rid the military of ...
Metra sued by family of woman fatally struck by train at South Side station
The family of a 22-year-old woman hit and killed by a Metra train last summer is now suing the rail agency over safety ...
Judge blocks Trump's executive order ending federal support for DEI programs
A federal judge on Friday blocked a sweeping executive order from President Donald Trump that sought to end government ...
1 in custody after Amber Alert, stabbings of mother, 2 young brothers on South Side, police say
A 39-year-old man was arrested in northwest Indiana Friday morning after an Amber Alert and stabbings that left a mother dead ...
Anjanette Young, victim of botched CPD raid, pushes for reform 6 years later
Mayor Brandon Johnson campaigned on passing the so-called Anjanette Young ordinance. But, two years later, it is still stuck ...
5 people found dead at home in Lake Station, Indiana, officials say
Officers conducting a welfare check found five deceased people Friday afternoon inside a home in Northwest Indiana.
City begins removal of Gompers Park tent encampment on Northwest Side
Cranes were seen at Gompers Park Friday morning, taking away some of the tent homes of unhoused people. Several of the people ...
Luigi Mangione's defense cites evidence concerns, no trial date set
Luigi Mangione wore a bulletproof vest to court in Lower Manhattan, where a judge set deadlines for paperwork -- but no trial ...