A Plainfield landlord found guilty of a vicioushate crimethat left a 6-year-old Muslim boy dead and wounded his mother days after the start of Israel-Hamas warin 2023 was due in court Friday for sentencing. A jury convicted 73-year-old Joseph Czuba in February of murder and hate crime charges in the fatal stabbing ofWadee Alfayoumi, who was Palestinian ...

A man is in custody and charges pending after a 21-year-old woman walking on a pathway was sexually assaulted Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood, police said. The arrest comes days after Chicago police sent a community alert about as many as five recent criminal sexual assaults, armed robberies and burglaries nearby, including in West Ridge. It ...

The Labor Department is expected to release the April jobs report today to show where the US economy is heading. What to KnowEconomists expect nonfarm payrolls to post an increase of 133,000, which would be a steep slide from the 228,000 in March, according to the Dow Jones consensus.The report will be released at 8:30 a.m. ET.China said it is ...

Jill Sobule, the award-winning singer-songwriter whose witty and poignant writing first attracted widespread attention with the gay-themed song I Kissed a Girl, died in a house fire Thursday. She was 66. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, David Elkin, in an email Thursday afternoon. It was not immediately clear how the fire in Woodbury, Minnesota, ...

In what is known as the most exciting two minutes in sports, the 151st iteration of the Kentucky Derby will be stepping off at Churchill Downs this weekend. Held each year on the first Saturday in May, the Kentucky Derby features 20 of the world’s fastest horses in a race that is expected to attract approximately 100,000 spectators. From the start ...

A recent survey sought out to find the best public restroom in each state across the country, with the Illinois location in a spot you might not have expected. The American River Wellness survey asked over 3,000 truckers and drivers about the restrooms they believe to be the best, with the final list compiling the best spots in each state. Coming in ...

Originally it appeared that a low-pressure system bringing waves of showers and storms to the Chicago area would be gone by the weekend, but thats all changed. Thats because the low-pressure system thats caused the rainy weather in recent days has become disconnected from the jet stream, according to the NBC 5 Storm Team, and as a result its going to ...

The critically acclaimed Galit restaurant in Lincoln Park has a new sibling, right next door. And our Food Guy says its quite a departure from the Middle Eastern-focused tasting menu of its big brother This new caf is almost a polar opposite of its predecessor. No tasting menu, no reservations and a renewed emphasis on its pastry program. In essence, ...

Chicago Vocational High School was built to educate 4,000 students when its sprawling, 22-acre WPA Modern campus opened on the citys Southeast Side in 1941. But today, between 700 to 800 attend the school, now called Chicago Vocational Career Academy. Large portions of the building have gone unused for years, prompting fears from architecture devotees ...

An Indiana woman says she was left disgusted and deeply saddened after the company she hired to take care of her husband’s remains mishandled them. Work originally brought the couple together. And years later, their love was still as strong as ever. We met working for the postal service, said Darla Smith of Munster. Years later, their love was ...

A man who filmed a fan’s frightening 21-foot fall at PNC Park during Wednesday night’s Cubs-Pirates game told NBC News he initially didn’t know what he had filmed as fans were cheering a go-ahead RBI double. The fall occurred during the bottom of the seventh inning moments after former National League MVP Andrew McCutchen slugged a double to give ...

Countless movies and TV shows have used Chicago as a backdrop, and the Windy City has been a more than capable star. Dozens of iconic buildings and streets have served Hollywood over the years, including one brick building just to the southwest of the skyline that dates back more than 100 years. It dates back to the old bloody Maxwell Street days, ...

It looked and sounded like a traditional draft day celebration at Leo Catholic High Schoolbut the announcements werent about professional sports contracts. Instead, dozens of young Black and Brown men were applauded for academic triumphs and full-ride college scholarships. One by one, students proudly declared where they will spend the next four ...

Stargazers will have an opportunity to see an iconic meteor shower next week, but this one is a bit more unique than others. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is set to peak on the morning of Tuesday, May 6, and while only 10 meteors per hour could be visible at its peak, residents are still encouraged to check for the spectacle. According to NASA, the ...

Nearly three months after disgraced Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was convicted of corruption, federal prosecutors have heaped on new public allegations that he lied repeatedly while on the witness stand. These are not new criminal charges against Madigan, although theoretically they could form the basis for a perjury indictment. Instead, the ...

Just under a year after the merger between Cedar Fair and Six Flags led to the new company having a much larger park portfolio, the permanent closure of one of their parks has been announced. Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor, located near Upper Marlboro, Maryland in the Washington, D.C. area, will close for good following the 2025 season, with ...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is getting his first salary increase in a decade, with his 2025 pay rising to $49.9 million, a new filing shows. The chip company’s co-founder saw his salary and variable cash both go up by about half. Huang’s security costs also rose for the 2025 year. Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty ImagesNvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang delivers his ...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is getting his first salary increase in a decade, with his 2025 pay rising to $49.9 million, a new filing shows. The chip company’s co-founder saw his salary and variable cash both go up by about half. Huang’s security costs also rose for the 2025 year. Sam Yeh | AFP | Getty ImagesNvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang delivers his ...

For more than two decades, a custom red Amsale gown hung undisturbed in Allison Winn Scotchs closet a relic of her brothers wedding in 2003. This spring, it found new life: her teenage daughter, Amelia, wore the vintage bridesmaid dress to prom offering proof, that occasionally, you really can wear it again. I could never bring myself to part with it ...

Kohls said it has terminated its new CEO Ashley Buchanan after an investigation determined that he directed the retailer to engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest. Kohls named Chairman Michael Bender as interim CEO, effective immediately. In connection with the appointment, Bender will step down as a member of the ...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ordered flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the lives lost in Mondays tragic crash in downstate Chatham. In that crash, a total of four people, including three children and an 18-year-old, were struck and killed by a vehicle that left a roadway, drove through a field and crashed into an after-school camp in the ...

The race for Illinois Sen. Dick Durbins open Senate seat is heating up. Gov. JB Pritzker quickly endorsed his Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, and now, multiple sources confirmed to NBC 5 Chicago that Pritzker and his team are using their muscle to deter other Democrats from running against Stratton. Durbin announced last week he will retire at the end of his ...

Police revealed new details Thursday on what may have led up to a deadly crash at a Chatham, Illinois, daycare that left multiple children dead earlier this week. According to a preliminary investigation, Illinois State Police Director Brendan Kelly said some evidence has suggested the driver of the vehicle that crashed into the after-care center may ...

Chicago police are searching for a suspect who targeted a pair of North Side cannabis dispensaries with Molotov cocktails in recent days. According to authorities, the incidents occurred in the 4700 block of North Milwaukee Avenue on the morning of April 19 in the Portage Park neighborhood, and in the 4000 block of North Damen on Sunday morning in the ...

Flights were briefly halted from departing Chicagos OHare International Airport amid thunderstorms impacting northern Illinois. According to the FAA, the ground stop was briefly issued on Thursday afternoon due to thunderstorms in the area, but the stop was lifted just before 3 p.m. Even with the stop lifted, flights departing the airport are being ...