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Chicago-area students skip school to call attention to climate change
Some Chicago-area students missed school Friday and flocked downtown to protest the perceived inaction of lawmakers to develop a plan to stave off the most dire effects from climate change....
Indiana has the most generous rules for public beach access. Where does Illinois fall?
Illinois Who owns what? Private ownership extends to the edge of “water at a quiet state.” The state owns all land submerged in water. Where is the public allowed? The...
Where can you walk on a Lake Michigan beach? It depends on which state you’re in.
When Ray Cahnman bought a beachfront home in Porter, Ind., a decade ago, he envisioned it as a place to escape the hustle and bustle of Chicago where he could...
Chicago is sinking. Here’s what that means for Lake Michigan and the Midwest.
The sightlines at Wrigley Field, the panorama from Navy Pier, the vantage points at the Adler Planetarium observatory — all structures built more than 100 years ago — are at...
The massive glacier that formed the Great Lakes is disappearing — and greenhouse gases are to blame for its untimely demise
From a boardwalk overlooking a deserted Ohio Street Beach in the throes of winter, it's not hard to imagine the last ice age. A blanket of fresh snow covers the...
U.S. EPA records highest level of cancer-causing gas in Willowbrook since it began testing near Sterigenics
The levels of ethylene oxide detected by air monitors near Sterigenics in Willowbook in January were the highest readings since the federal government began testing, according to the U.S. Environmental...
Judge in cop killing trial lifts gag order and unseals documents, but they stay hidden
The Cook County judge poised to oversee the murder trial of a man accused of fatally shooting Chicago police Officer Michael Bailey in 2010 on Friday overturned an earlier decision...
Missing Northwestern University student found in Chicago
Four days after Northwestern University student Gabriel Corona went missing, authorities found him alive and in good condition Saturday in Chicago, according to the Evanston Police Department. Chicago police officers...
At 52 hours, cold stretch was Chicago’s 4th-longest stint below zero on record
After 52 consecutive hours of subzero weather, Chicago temperatures climbed into positive territory early Friday, according to the National Weather Service. About 6 p.m. Tuesday, temperatures dropped below zero as...
As face-freezing weather subsides, Chicagoans ready for a break: ‘Zero is going to feel warm’
It wasn’t an all-time record, and it wasn’t even as cold as the day before, but the polar vortex that held northern Illinois in an icy grip for the second...