Northwestern first in Illinois to reach 10,000 abdominal transplants
Northwestern recently performed its 10,000th abdominal organ transplant, and was the first network in the state to reach that number
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Woman fatally shot in Washington Park home Sunday night
Police said they found the woman, 23, on her kitchen floor on the 6100 block of S. King Dr.
On a difficult holiday, mothers create bonds through shared loss of children to violence
Women gather on Mother's Day to help each other heal: 'You can always lean on them.'
Northern Lights perk up the sky for a second consecutive night
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, were visible in intervals throughout Saturday night and into Sunday morning in Illinois.
Third member of great horned owl family found dead in Lincoln Park
Experts said the baby owl almost certainly died from rodent poisoning, and the two adult birds are suspected of dying from the same cause.
U. of C. faculty members gather to support pro-Palestinian student protesters
A group of University of Chicago faculty gathered Monday morning on campus to express their support for the pro-Palestine encampment on the school’s Main Quadrangle a day after the university...
Tensions flare between DePaul pro-Palestine encampment and counterprotesters
Jewish groups said they organized the demonstration to help Jewish DePaul students feel safer.
Cinco de Mayo Parade in Little Village canceled after reports of gunfire, police say
Gang violence in the area Sunday led to multiple arrests, including gun arrests, according to police.
2 men shot and killed overnight Saturday
One man was killed in Pilsen Saturday night. Another was shot through his front windshield and killed in Gage Park early Sunday morning, police said.
Baby owl dies from suspected rat poisoning three weeks after father
Advocates, also worried about the welfare of Lincoln Park's mother owl whose foot was bleeding, call for alternatives to rat poison.