Unaccompanied immigrant children in the U.S.
Thousands of unaccompanied children flooded across the southwest border of the United States and caused a humanitarian crisis in 2014. Since then, these children have made their way through an...
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Honduran teen, who entered U.S. as unaccompanied child, awaits word on fate
On the morning of her immigration court hearing, 15-year-old Maryori Urbina-Contreras woke before dawn. Her family's small two-bedroom apartment in Waukegan was dark and quiet as she dressed in a...
Cubs’ Javier Baez driven by memory of sister
He plays with a glove embroidered with her name. Because every catch Chicago Cubs infielder Javier Baez makes, every hit and home run, is for his sister, Noely, who was...
Norway Building from 1893 Chicago World’s Fair heads home
Olav Sigurd Kvaale walked up the old wooden stairs of the medieval-style church. He paused under the gabled portico and reached out to touch the intricate, 122-year-old carvings that surround...
At VA suicide-prevention program, loss turns to hope
The call came in at 3:30 p.m. "I just want you to know that I'm about to check out," the caller said. "There's a train track nearby. I can just...
Low-income kids soar on summer trips abroad
Growing up in Englewood, 18-year-old Lawon Pace spent his free time playing video games inside his family's three-bedroom apartment because he knew it wasn't safe on the street. When he...
At Chicago Botanic Garden, veterans find healing in nature
Amid overflowing pots of purple pansies and cheerful white English daisies, Alicia Green — sunglasses perched atop her head and a pair of gardening gloves tucked into a pocket of...
Long-running Lakeview parade teaches children about Memorial Day
Just moments before the parade was set to kick off, the rain stopped and the sky cleared. Tony Weisman, 55, gave a thumbs-up to the police officers who had closed...
Bringing up baby while doing time
Decatur Correctional Center's E-wing is a place of stark juxtapositions, where the crackle of guards' radios mix with the happy cries of a toddler learning to take his first steps....
Fairdale tornado draws help from neighbors, strangers
When they heard about the tornado, they got in their cars and drove toward the devastation, not knowing who or how they might help. Some packed their cars with pallets...