As thousands gathered at Chicago’s Millennium Park Friday evening for the annual tree-lighting ceremony, social media posts advertising the latest and what would become perhaps the deadliest “teen ...

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Aranya Sahay‘s “Humans in the Loop” has locked in dual distribution, with Netflix streaming the film stateside from Nov. 10 and boutique shingle One Rising orchestrating a limited theatrical run and ...

Aridai Castaneda was just finishing up her shift at McDonald’s on the corner of Wells and Adams streets Friday afternoon when a crowd of teenagers began fighting inside, she said. Fights inside the ...

A 14-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting on Friday afternoon in the Loop in downtown Chicago. Police said, around 4:20 p.m. the boy was standing on the sidewalk in the 100 block of South Wells ...

A 14-year-old boy was injured after an unknown offender fired shots in their direction, striking him in the leg around 4:19 p.m. in the 100 block of South Wells Street, Chicago police said. The victim ...

Luna, a 5-year-old ball python, died in the Nederland shopping center fire on Oct. 9, 2025. Courtesy of Wild Bear Nature Center. Westie, a 20-year-old turtle who “loved crickets and attention,” and ...