Officers responded overnight to a call of a person shot inside a residence in the Jackson Park neighborhood and found two people wounded, one fatally, Chicago police said. Shortly after 12:30 a.m. Saturday, officers were called to a residence in the 1700 block of East 67th Street and found a 23-year-old woman with gunshot wounds to the face and neck. She was taken in critical condition to UChicago Medicine. Another victim, also 23, was found with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and chest, and was taken to the same hospital where he was pronounced dead. No one was in custody […]
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Newberry Library discovers it holds the largest example in existence of an extremely rare paper type
Little was known about the manuscript, which donated by Edward Ayer, a tycoon who made his fortune supplying railroad ties.
Goodbye and good luck to a good boy: As Dexter the dog moves away, his human pals reflect on puppy friendships
We take it for granted, but Dexter is a real part of our lives, Gregory Royal Pratt writes of his dog’s best friend.
‘Bad for everything:’ Invasive aquatic plant hydrilla discovered in DuPage County
Ginger Creek in Oakbrook is connected to other bodies of water so there’s a high chance that hydrilla has spread.
Illinois awarded $20M to begin transition to electric buses
The Illinois State Board of Education has been awarded nearly $20 million to begin transitioning to zero-emission buses.
Today in History: First newspaper crossword puzzle published
On Dec. 21, 1913, the first newspaper crossword puzzle, billed as a “Word-Cross Puzzle,” was published in the New York World.
Chicago Board of Education votes unanimously to fire schools chief Pedro Martinez
Chicago Board of Education voted Friday to fire Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Pedro Martinez.
Board of Education votes to absorb five Acero schools
The Chicago Board of Education on Friday finalized the array of support the district will provide the approximately 2,000 impacted students, who are predominantly Latino.
LA Zoo hatches first-ever perentie lizards, one of largest lizard species in the world
Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said Thursday.
Giant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest
Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons — and when startled, they brandished immense claws.