Cardinal Robert Prevost was born in Chicago, grew up in south suburban Dolton and served as prior of a local Augustinian ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after ...

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union when things ...

Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, ...

A new government study provides the most complete picture yet of early-onset cancers, finding that the largest increases are ...

There promises to be nothing boring about the Illinois race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who will retire in 2027 after ...

The deal that former Ald. Danny Solis made to work as a government informant ensured he would avoid a trial and keep his city pension, which paid him nearly $109,000 last year.

Between superheroes and super friends, ballet dancers and a champion bulldog, this week’s picks bring a cast of characters ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

That massive growth funneled $5.84 billion into the special districts designed to spur redevelopment and eradicate blight, according to five years of reports on TIF districts published by the Cook ...

Tax-increment financing wasn’t invented in Chicago, but former Mayor Richard M. Daley perfected it as he worked to transform Mud City into a gleaming metropolis.

As Illinois residents scrambled to meet the Real ID deadline, many instead ran into long lines, appointment shortages and ...