James Steinbauer

Portraits of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub shooting victims are carried at the beginning of the 47th annual Chicago Pride Parade on June 26, 2016, on Halsted Street.

Taking the temperature of Chicago’s Pride Parade in era of Trump

May 22, 2019 at 10:05 p.m.

Last year, Chicago's Pride Parade was mournful, coming just two weeks after the vicious mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., where 49 people were killed. Before that,...

Boosted by rain, Lake Michigan approaches 20-year high water level

May 23, 2019 at 4:33 a.m.

Boosted by above-average rainfall this spring, Lake Michigan is on pace to swell to its highest water level in two decades. The rising water, which could climb more than 1...

Charges filed after racist rant, fight outside Loop Starbucks

May 23, 2019 at 4:31 a.m.

Charges have been filed against a Chicago man caught on video throwing a punch after yelling racist insults at black patrons at a Loop Starbucks, according to police."I will have...

Female, left, and male American dog tick (D. variablis) specimensin a lab onJune 8, 2017, at Morrill Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

As more ticks spread to Illinois from north and south, experts warn of severe season

May 23, 2019 at 4:31 a.m.

When Keith Clay became interested in ticks almost 17 years ago, the lone star tick couldn't be found in southern Indiana. Now, he says, it is the most common. Clay,...

Chicago firefighters looks out of a nearby window at the scene of a 3-11 alarm fire at a furniture store in the 2900 block of North Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square neighborhood on June 1, 2017.

Northwest Side furniture store being torn down after extra-alarm fire

May 23, 2019 at 4:29 a.m.

An extra-alarm fire gutted a Northwest Side furniture store in the Logan Square neighborhood Thursday morning, but no injuries were reported.Police were initially called to the Famsa store in the...

NASA spacecraft will aim straight for sun

August 22, 2019 at 4:33 a.m.

In a space exploration mission 60 years in the making, NASA announced Wednesday that it will send a spacecraft to touch the sun. The mission will bring the craft seven...

A woman walks with an umbrella in the rain as Game 1of a doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers is postponed because ofweather on May 26, 2017, in Chicago.

Thunderstorms hitting Friday evening, tornadoes possible south of I-80

May 23, 2019 at 4:28 a.m.

The National Weather Service was warning that severe thunderstorms were possible south of the Chicago area Friday afternoon and into the evening. The storms could bring the threat of tornadoes...

Four people shot on South, West sides Friday morning

May 23, 2019 at 4:28 a.m.

A woman and three men were shot in attacks on Chicago's South and West sides Friday morning, according to police.Two men were wounded shortly before 10:30 a.m. in the Lawndale...

Paramedics transport a 23-year-old man who was shot on the 5600 block of South Wabash in Chicago on May 25, 2017.

Shooting in Washington Park: ‘Let me see my baby! I have my ID!’

May 23, 2019 at 4:28 a.m.

The woman waved her driver's license in the air, trying to prove she was the mother of the man lying shot on the other side of the yellow tape in...

Chicago police investigate a shooting where an officer also was injured in a West Side alley near West Concord Place and North LeClaire Avenue on May 24, 2017.

Chicago police: Officer shoots suspect who rammed him with stolen car

May 23, 2019 at 4:27 a.m.

A Chicago police officer shot and seriously wounded an 18-year-old suspect in a stolen car after the driver pinned the officer against another car on the West Side Wednesday, authorities...

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