Hollywood is mourning the loss of an icon. Actor Josh Brolin and director Michael Mann are among those paying tribute to Val Kilmer, who died Tuesday at age 65. The “Top Gun,” “Batman Forever,” “Heat” and “Tombstone” star died from pneumonia and was surrounded by friends and family in Los Angeles Tuesday night. Here’s a look at some ...

Several Chicago suburbs will see new leadership after an election night of upsets, including Waukegan, Orland Park, Aurora, Dolton and more. In Wisconsin, voters chose to amend the state’s constitution regarding Voter ID during elections, and results are in the Supreme Court race that drew national attention Here’s a look at where election ...

The first of multiple rounds of strong storms were moving across the Chicago area Wednesday morning, with hail, lightning and heavy downpours pummeling several suburbs. As the morning goes on the rain will lift Northeast, NBC 5 Storm Team Meteorologist Iisha Scott said, followed by some breaks in showers. By Wednesday afternoon and evening, severe ...

Editor’s Note: As of 5:38 a.m., a ground delay was in effect at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, with delays averaging 134 minutes. Ground stops or delays were possible after 7 a.m. at both Midway and O’Hare due to storms, the FAA said. Many across the Chicago area Wednesday woke up to stormy weather with rain, thunder and more as the first ...

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in Top Gun, donned a voluminous cape as Batman in Batman Forever and portrayed Jim Morrison in The Doors, has died. He was 65. Kilmer died Tuesday night in Los Angeles, surrounded by family and friends, his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, said in an email to The Associated Press. Val ...

Tuesdays elections in Wisconsin and Florida were kind to the favorites, but not to billionaire White House adviser Elon Musk. And that result could stick around long after the votes are counted. Judge Susan Crawford won a pivotal election to maintain liberal control of Wisconsins Supreme Court despite a big push from Musk and his millions, while two ...

Former Waukegan Mayor Sam Cunningham will return to City Hall after he apparently defeated incumbent Mayor Ann Taylor in Tuesdays election. In the four-way race, Cunningham earned 47% of the vote, according to unofficial results from the Lake County Clerks Office. He was ahead of Taylor by just over 800 votes, with independent candidate Keith Turner and ...

It appears an upset has occurred in Illinois second-largest city, as incumbent Mayor Richard Irvin has conceded his race against Alderperson-at-Large John Laesch. With vote counts completed in Kane, Will and Kendall counties, Laesch was ahead by just over 800 votes and four percentage points, leading in all four counties with Aurora voters. “I ...

Weeks shy of the 42nd anniversary of Karen Schepers’ disappearance in Elgin, a major break in the cold case occurred. Her canary yellow Toyota Celica was found in the Fox River last week. Days later the Kane County Coroner would confirm through dental records that human skeletal remains found inside the car, matched Karen’s. “You put six months ...

The Democratic-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court defeated a challengerendorsed by President Donald Trumpand billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday, NBC News projects. The victory cements a liberal majority on the court for at least three more years, according to the Associated Press. Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge who led legal fights to ...

Trustee Jason House, who defeated incumbent Mayor Tiffany Henyard in the February primary, is headed toward the mayors chair, leading Casundra Hopson-Jordan by a wide margin. With 16-of-17 precincts reporting in Dolton, House is leading Hopson-Jordan by a margin of 2,903 votes to 142, with nearly 3,100 ballots cast and turnout of 18.7%, according to ...

Former Orland Park trustee Jim Dodge is declaring victory over incumbent Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau in a hotly contested election. With 96% of precincts reporting in Cook County, Dodge held a commanding lead of more than 2,200 votes according to unofficial results from the Cook County Clerks Office. Dodge also held the edge in votes tallied in Will ...

A teenager was attacked by a sea lion in Long Beach while she was trying out to become a junior guard cadet. Fifteen-year-old Phoebe Beltran has several cuts on her right arm and was hospitalized following the confrontation with the animal on Sunday. Although she has since been released from the hospital and was well enough to return to school, she said ...

It’s officially a record-breaking speech. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker took to the Senate floor Monday evening saying he would remain there as long as he was physically able. After speaking for 24 hours and 19 minutes, Booker officially broke the record for the longest continuous speech ever given in the Senate. That surpassed Sen. Strom Thurmond, ...

The recall comes over concerns that the products may contain a cleaning solution with sodium hypochlorite A Michigan establishment is recalling over 200,000 pounds of liquid egg products. The recall comes over concerns that the products may contain a cleaning solution with sodium hypochlorite, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food ...

Illinois voters will cast ballots in a series of local and municipal elections, while Wisconsin residents will help decide control of the States Supreme Court. The races will have significant consequences in both states, and voters headed to the polls Tuesday to decide on a wide variety of issues. Here are the races well be following closely on ...

For Shayna Gould, “23 years of terror” started at a bus stop in Israel. It was during a torrential rain storm that the college student from Skokie, along with more than 40 other people, were hit by gunfire from a Palestinian terrorist armed with an automatic rifle. The confusion and carnage that day on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem included a youngwoman ...

An arrest has been in connection to the shooting at a bar in Hammond, Indiana Sunday morning. Police said officers responded to reports of gunfire at around 4 a.m. at Portside Pub, located at 1516 Indianapolis Boulevard in Hammond, where they found two people killed and three others wounded. According to police, the shooting was originally believed ...

A Chicago suburb has signed a contract with a private security firm to help provide patrols amid an ongoing police shortage. The police department and the village entered into a one-year contract with P-4 Security Solutions to provide the additional support on a daily basis, adding what they call an extra set of eyes and ears in the community to help ...

The Chicago area could see multiple rounds of severe weather this week, with gusty winds, damaging hail and isolated tornadoes all possible with the storms. According to the NBC 5 Storm Team, the first round of severe weather could occur early Wednesday morning, and a second, more powerful round could develop late Wednesday morning and stick around the ...

Former NFL player Richard Sherman is the latest sports figure whose home has been burglarized. The Super Bowl champion posted pictures and a video on social media asking if anyone recognized three armed intruders that broke into his house last weekend. Sherman, an Amazon Prime Video analyst, was a three-time All-Pro and five-time Pro Bowl defensive ...

Will Social Security checks go out as planned this month as the agency eyes a number of changes to combat fraud and budget cuts? As of the start of April, no changes had been announced to the payment schedule, though the changes to identity verification were delayed until the middle of the month. That means checks are slated to go out as scheduled. ...

The Chicago area could see multiple rounds of severe weather this week, with gusty winds, damaging hail and isolated tornadoes all possible with the storms. According to the NBC 5 Storm Team, the first round of severe weather could occur early Wednesday morning, and a second, more powerful round could develop late Wednesday morning and stick around the ...

Health officials issued a warning this week after someone at a suburban Chicago high school was diagnosed with active tuberculosis. According to the Lake County Health Department, the case was confirmed at Waukegan High School, where an unidentified person was “recently diagnosed with active tuberculosis.” The school’s district was notified and ...

Minecraft has officially arrived at McDonald’s. Three different Minecraft-themed meals are now on the menu at McDonald’s, according to an announcment: two for adults and one Happy Meal. The meals come ahead of the release of “A Minecraft Movie,” set to hit theaters April 4. The adult Minecraft meals offer choice of Big Mac or 10-piece Chicken ...