A U.S. lawsuit against financial firm Think Finance alleged the firm deceived borrowers into repaying loans they did not owe. The CFPB’s victims relief fund will disburse $384 million to 191,000 customers across 17 states.
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In January, doctors successfully performed lung surgery on Arthur “Art” Gillespie. Doctors said it was the first double-lung transplant at Northwestern on a set of lungs that had been independently damaged by COVID-19 and cancer.
Author Rachel Carson’s book about the threat posed by the pesticide DDT ultimately led to the creation of the EPA and other environmental milestones.
Of the City Council’s 50 members, 19 — and counting — have signed a non-binding resolution demanding Carter’s ouster. The resolution lays out a lengthy bill of particulars against Carter.
The Illinois Legislature should save the 340B program, which is holding on by a thread. In some counties, patients are being forced to travel far out of their way to get vital medications.
Flights leaving from O’Hare were delayed by over an hour as of 8 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Delays were expected to increase as thunderstorms passed through.
Oscar winner will portray journalist Edward R. Murrow in adaptation of his 2005 film.
Plus: Ascension ransomware attack continues, CTU’s lobbying field trip and more.
Eversley is no stranger to being in the rumor mill for a promotion with another organization, and now the Pistons have entered the picture.
Rest easy, Gene Lyons says. The Trump Show is about to be canceled. He has zero chance of winning the popular vote. None.
Protesters’ demands have focused on divestment — demanding universities cut ties with Israel and businesses supporting the war in Gaza.
James suffered cardiac arrest during a USC practice session in July 2023 and needed a procedure to fix what was diagnosed as a congenital heart defect, then missed several months while recovering.
The hospital group that operates Ascension Resurrection in Chicago and St. Alexius in Hoffman Estates is continuing to recover from a cyberattack last week.
The City Council’s Finance Committee passed the mayor’s two-year plan on a unanimous voice vote.
The crash happened just after 11 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of East Lake Avenue, police said.
There is untapped talent our city has to offer, and it is critical to push for more permanent resources like the ones being built for the convention.
The number of people who consider climate change a very serious problem should be 100%, but now it’s less than half. Meanwhile, most scientists believe global warming is accelerating quickly toward the point of irreversible ecological damage.
Older man knows he needs to move on but can’t shake the deceptive lover from his head.
Carbon capture and sequestration technology is vital to help meet decarbonization goals.
In the robberies, which occurred May 6-10, the suspects allegedly approached female passengers on CTA property and engaged them in physical altercations before robbing them, authorities said.
A man, 40, was on the sidewalk in the 3900 block of West Madison Street about 7:10 p.m. when a vehicle pulled up and someone inside fired shots, hitting the man in both legs, police said.
A 15-year-old boy was on the sidewalk in the 100 block of North Dearborn Street about 4:40 p.m. Sunday when four men approached him, two of whom produced knives and stabbed him in the back, police said.
Kierra Coles has been reported missing in South Chicago for nearly six years. Diamond Bynum and her nephew King Walker were last seen July 25, 2015, at their home in Gary, Indiana.
For those who followed Boo Buie’s remarkable career with the Wildcats, it might be a bit surprising to see him on the NBA’s pay-no-mind list so soon after it ended — and in his own backyard, no less.
Taillon felt good throwing off the mound Saturday, but the Cubs decided to give him another couple of days to recover from a back issue.
Hendricks held the Pirates to one run through five innings.
The Sun-Times’ Bears experts — Patrick Finley, Jason Lieser and Mark Potash — break down the team’s dynamic offseason to this point.
The yearly Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism honor the city’s best media work.
How good is he? Good enough that he might be bad coach–proof.
Khalil Dunbar, 22, was in an alley near the 10800 block of South Indiana Avenue just before 5 p.m. Sunday, when he was shot in the neck, police said. Dunbar was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition where he later died, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Soroka has a 6.39 ERA in nine starts.
Look to the garden or farmers market for fresh leafy herbs, and mix and match to your preference.
A wide variety leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
Club teams Mid-Pro Academy, Young & Reckless and Fundamental U impressed.
“It’s a real serious accusation, and I’m aware of that,” Shannon, who will stand trial on June 10 in Kansas, said at the NBA Draft Combine in the South Loop.
There’s plenty of talent available in the Class of 2025.
In early 2020, the FDA discussed algorithms that could operate without human oversight. Shortly afterwards, radiology professionals warned regulators in a letter that they “strongly believe it is premature for the FDA to consider approval or clearance” of such systems.
The Cubs made the trade late Monday night.
The robberies were reported in several neighborhoods including Back of the Yards, Greektown and two in Albany Park, police said.
Stephanie Migawa’s nearly 20-pound brown trout put some extra celebration into her 20th anniversary on the Long Gone 3 charter out of Waukegan and earns Fish of the Week.