If you were once an owner of the iPhone 7, or its larger sibling the iPhone 7 Plus, you could qualify for a piece of the $35 million settlement Apple has agreed to pay out.

Today: Air Quality Alert. Hazy sun, unseasonably warm except along the lake. SSW 5-15 mph (Air quality concern is small particulate matter (PM2.5) that as of this morning was four times higher than the WHO suggested limits) High 87. Tonight: Mostly clear & mild. WNW 5-10 mph Low 61. Tomorrow: Increasing clouds & continued [...]

On March 11, 2020, the director-general of the World Health Organization told the world that COVID-19 "can be characterized as a pandemic." Is that still the case?

From extreme cold to extreme heat 1977 was a year of extremes for Chicago's weather. January 1977 was exceptionally cold, with a record 17 days at zero or below and an average temperature of just 10.1 degrees, making it the city's coldest month on record. By mid-May, the weather shifted drastically with an early-season heat [...]

Above normal temps to dominate the next 7 daysbefore a trend towards cooler weather in the final week of May Average temperature anomaly through May 22 Average temperature anomaly May 23 through May 29 What' the average number of temps in Chicago above 70 in the days leading up to June 15? Chicago's 90-degree heat [...]

Images of one hostage, Shani Louk, had spread over social media, showing her mangled body in a truck.

The suspect is due in court on Saturday.

OAK LAWN, Ill. Advocate Health Care workers gathered in Oak Lawn to voice concerns about the way the health system is handling the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and its employees who are impacted. On Friday evening, doctors and nurses stepped away from patient care to take a public stand. "We feel like we have no choice because of [...]

The State Department renewed aglobal security warningFriday for Americans overseas, adding to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence."

CHICAGO Police on the city's South Side are searching for answers after a man was fatally shot while inside his home on Friday afternoon. According to Chicago police, the deadly shooting unfolded just after 4:30 p.m. in the 3800 block of West 85th Street. Authorities say the victim, a 54-year-old man, was inside his home when he [...]

CHICAGO A group of Pro-Palestinian protestors occupied a building on the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park on Friday afternoon, according to a report from the independent studentnewspaperThe Chicago Maroon. At around 5 p.m., a group of protestors occupied the Institute of Politics building, along South University Avenue, as another group of ...

DUPAGE COUNTY, Ill. There have been sightings, but this weekend could be a big one in terms of the visible population of cicadas. "It's kind of the early birds to the party that are coming out now," said Jennifer Rydzewski of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. "I think with the warm weather [...]

CHICAGO Charges have been filed against a handful of people accused of staging robberies around Chicagoland in order to apply for immigration visas that are reserved for some crime victims. According to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Chicago, 26-year-old Parth Nayi, 31-year-old Kewon Young, 51-year-old Bhikhabhai Patel, 32-year-old Nilesh ...

NEW YORK (AP) Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in "9 to 5" and the nasty TV director in "Tootsie," has died. He was 92. Coleman died Thursday, his daughter, Quincy Coleman, told The Hollywood Reporter. No other details were immediately available. The great Dabney [...]

CHICAGO A dream is coming into full bloom for one woman from Chicagos Auburn Gresham neighborhood. It takes a special person to find not only beauty but possibility in all things. While most see vacant boarded up strips as eye sores, Tatiana Williams saw the perfect foundation to grow a flower shop. Herdream floral [...]

Police did not immediately name the suspect or announce the charges, but said a person was in custody for the assault.

CHICAGO A first-of-its-kind street festival is bringing live music, food and margaritas to the West Side this weekend. The Windy City Margarita Fest is a three-day celebration that is set to kick off in Pilsen on Friday evening and run through Sunday. The event will feature live music, local foodand15 unique margarita flavors ranging [...]

You likely hear the warning every year: don't leave your pets inside a vehicle. It's dangerous. And leaving the windows open a touch may be of little help.

CHICAGO A search is underway on Friday afternoon for five men who police say beat and robbed a passenger on a CTA Red Line train in late April. Officers say the violent robbery occurred just before 9 a.m. on April25 on a Red Line train in the1100 block of South State Street. According to police, five [...]

CARROLL COUNTY, Ind. The Delphi murders defense team is asking the court to push back a pretrial evidence hearing scheduled for May 21. Richard Allen, the man accused of killing teen girls Abby Williams and Libby German in February 2017 near the Monon High Bridge in Delphi, was originally set to go to trial [...]

Members of Congress hurled insults at each other during a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. A man was found guilty Thursday for killing his roommate, chopping him up and disposing parts of his body in the trash. The investigation began on Aug. 29, 2022 when Michigan City police received a call at their front desk. The man on the other end of the line, John Hallett, [...]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- David DePape, the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer, was sentenced on Friday. DePape, 43, was looking for Nancy Pelosi when he broke into the couple's home on Oct. 28, 2022. Prosecutors say DePape was animated by [...]

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