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In a recent conversation over a Reuben and matzo ball soup, the strategist behind Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns veered from raconteur to philosopher to armchair psychologist to pundit.

The Republican candidate for governor praises Trump, disses teachers, and serves up immorality wrapped in faith.

A Chicago alderman on Monday demanded that police crack down on drag racing on Lower Wacker Drive after a driver did donut stunts around spectators who were surrounded by a circle of burning gasoline.

Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd) issued the warning after dozens of spectators, surrounded by a flaming ring of gasoline, jumped through the fire moments before a driver did donut stunts around the flames.

Bail was denied Friday for a man accused of initiating a shootout with Chicago police officers trying to arrest him and two others in a stolen car on Lower...

Three men have been charged — one with attempted murder — in connection with a police shooting on Lower Wacker Drive.

Edgardo Perez, 24, faces a count of attempted murder of a police officer in Wednesday night’s confrontation, which was captured on surveillance video. Perez was shot at least three times and appeared at a Friday court hearing in a wheelchair.

A suspect was taken to an area hospital in critical condition after he was shot during a confrontation with Chicago police officers in the Loop on Wednesday...

With wind chills dropping to their lowest levels of the season overnight and into Wednesday, outreach workers are making efforts to help protect Chicago’s...

To quell a rising controversy 25 years ago that threatened to derail his grand plan to raze the public housing complex, Mayor Richard M. Daley made promises to the residents he was kicking out — including jobs.