Chicago Temple News Today

Content warning: This story contains discussion of hate crime. A week after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, 6-year-old Palestinian-American Wadee Alfayoumi was stabbed 26 times in his home in Plainfield, Illinois, in an alleged hate crime. On Sunday evening, the First United Methodist Church in Chicago, also known as the Chicago Temple, held...

The Chicago Tea Festival, Handmade Market and Northwest Brewfest also return this weekend.

Olivia Castor and Austin McNair met at Harvard through Ms. Castor’s roommate, who had a knack for matchmaking.

A Newsweek columnist thinks Republicans are part of the problem in failed Democrat-run cities where Republicans hold no power.

A Newsweek columnist thinks Republicans are part of the problem in failed Democrat-run cities where Republicans hold no power.

“Wherever he goes, he leaves and there’s questions, and a mess, and promises didn’t pan out.”

Both candidates have an education background but differ greatly on school issues.

Answering a question about whether she had been treated unfairly, Lightfoot replied: "I'm a Black woman in America. Of course."

The Chicago mayoral election is swiftly approaching, with four candidates emerging as top contenders to lead the city through rising crime rates, changes in education, and increasing immigration.

For years, Republicans have sought to win over voters by depicting Democratic-led cities as lawless centers of violence that need tough-on-crime policies.