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Nurses had been set to walk off the job for a one-day strike Thursday.

Level II trauma centers can treat patients with serious injuries resulting from shootings, crashes and similar traumatic incidents, with general surgeons always available.

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Parents and caregivers influence a child’s home environment and daily routines around mealtimes, sleep, active and screen use.

Sunny, breezy weather is predicted across the Chicago area Monday, with temperatures creeping into the 70s Tuesday. Predicted highs Monday range from 61 to 68, with winds gusting 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. “The normal high today is about 45, so we’ll be about 20 degrees above,” meteorologist Mike Bardou said. The dry and windy conditions have posed an elevated brush fire danger. People should exercise extreme caution with smoking materials outside, the weather service said. Читать дальше...

Two people were critically injured after a fire tore though an apartment in Calumet Heights late Sunday night, police said. The fire broke out in an eight-floor apartment the 9100 block of South Chicago Avenue at around 11:38 p.m. A 64-year-old man was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital and transferred to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. A woman was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, also in critical condition. No other injuries were reported, according to police.

A death investigation is underway after a teen was found shot in Garfield Park Sunday evening, police said. The teen, 15, was discovered in a residence on the 3000 block of West Jackson Boulevard at around 6:15 p.m. He had ben shot in the chest and was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, according to police. The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the teen as Ledereon Williams. Police said the shooting has been classified as a death investigation.

An American man was convicted of murder and other charges on Monday for brutally attacking two American women near Germany’s famed Neuschwanstein castle last summer. Family and friends at the time said the victims were recent graduates of the University of Illinois.

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A Cook County judge’s order kept the Chicago Police Board frozen for much of the first two months of 2024. The Civilian Office of Police Accountability, meanwhile, was busy.

The United Electrical Workers union is teaming up with an art group to save a historic mural — considered one of the oldest public art pieces in the Chicago area — inside its Near West Side meeting hall, a space that will soon be developed into apartments.  The sprawling mural, entitled “Solidarity,” spans the building’s two lobbies and central staircase, narrating the history of industrial unionism. A team of artists painted the vibrant work in the style of Diego Rivera between 1973 and 1974. “To... Читать дальше...

The lakefront site would replace Soldier Field and increase open space on the museum campus by 20%, a source familiar with the deal said.

One year after Chicago U.S. Attorney John Lausch stepped down, the caustic political landscape in the nation's capitol has left the high-profile position in limbo with little sign of the logjam breaking anytime soon.

People in their 20s and 30s are asking themselves: 'Why would I want to bring a child into a world that’s so messed up?'

Incumbents face primary challenges as Democrats try to maintain supermajorities in both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly.