The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, as cardinals were designated to take his place presiding over the most important liturgical services leading up to Easter.
Paris is hosting a series of talks Thursday about Ukraine and its security, including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, French President Emmanuel Macron and top Ukrainian and European officials.
A federal judge on Thursday will hear arguments in three cases from national Democrats and voting rights groups that are challenging President Donald Trump’s recent executive order on elections, which, among other changes, would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.
A 28-year-old man was found fatally wounded on the sidewalk Wednesday night in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. Shortly before 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a call of a person shot in the 800 block of West Lill Avenue and found a man lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest, police said. […]
A 13-year-old boy was discovered wounded Wednesday night on a CTA Red Line train in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 8:30 p.m., officers responded to a call of someone shot on a Red Line train in the 200 block of West Garfield Boulevard and discovered a 13-year-old boy with a gunshot wound to […]
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A blackout across Puerto Rico affected the main international airport, several hospitals and hotels filled with Easter vacationers.
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on April 17, according to the Tribune’s archives.
On April 17, 1972, the Boston Marathon allowed women to compete for the first time. Nina Kuscsik was the first officially recognized women’s champion, with a time of 3:10:26.
A team of researchers is offering the strongest indication yet of extraterrestrial life, not in our solar system but on a massive planet that orbits a star 120 light-years from Earth.