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Did you take your leftovers home with you the last time you ate out at a restaurant? More people are leaving them behind.

Several people have been injured and rescued Thursday afternoon at the scene of a high-rise apartment building that erupted in flames Thursday afternoon.

An Illinois lawmaker has proposed a crackdown for speeding drivers on DuSable Lake Shore Drive, but the potential solution has drawn mixed reaction from drivers.

A new ranking of universities that could be dubbed “New Ivies” has named an Illinois school and multiple Midwest colleges among the top.

A teacher at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville is facing felony grooming and sexual abuse charges after an investigation into allegations of a relationship with a student, authorities said.

Police in suburban Gurnee are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash initially believed to be a hit-and-run that left a 33-year-old woman dead.

New travel requirements will soon begin across the U.S. — even for those who are traveling domestically.

A 16-year-old pregnant girl from Wisconsin who went missing in February from Beaver Dam was found safe Wednesday, thousands of miles away, according to authorities.

A search is underway after a 5-year-old girl was abducted on Wednesday on Chicago’s South Side, police said.

The nominations for the restaurant industry’s prestigious 2025 James Beard Awards are out, and five Chicago spots have made the list.

In response to the tariffs, global markets tumbled overnight, and the double-digit tariff hikes sent shivers across world markets, as economists warned it raises the risk of recession

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners — a 34% tax on imports from China and 20% on the European Union, among others — that threaten to dismantle much of the architecture of the global economy and trigger broader trade wars.