CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...

The video appears to further settle a debate between the Sox and the Cubs over the Chicago-born pontiff's baseball loyalties.

Yellowstone National Park has recorded the year's first violent encounter between a visitor and bison, just weeks into the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dramatic moments unfolded on the city's West Side on Friday. Police chased and eventually tracked down a ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- An 83-year-old man was found dead on a South Side street on Saturday morning, Chicago police said. CPD said officers responded to the Englewood neighborhood's 200-block of West 70th ...

Buckingham Fountain will switched on for the season in Grant Park. ComEd is teaming up with the Chicago Park District for the 11th consecutive Switch on Summer event.

Indian officials say that Pakistan had attacked 26 locations across India and the Pakistani military had begun moving its troops "into forward areas." ...

Illinois' largest single-day blood drive honors Naperville resident Kimberly Sandford, who died in 2020 after being diagnosed with a very rare cancer.

A man was killed in a drive-by shooting on the city's Southwest Side early Saturday morning, Chicago police said.

"Lilo & Stitch" brought Hawaiian musical talents Iam Tongi and Bruno Mars onto the project to keep the film authentic. It premieres in theaters May 23.

The distrust is motivating a renewed push by some city council members to beef up a city research office most taxpayers have never heard of that could be a key to bringing critical analysis to the ...

While Chicago is celebrating the election of a new pope from the South Side, not everyone's cheering. Some are hoping this ...