Officials are asking for help identifying the body of a person pulled from Lake Michigan along the Indiana Dunes shore over ...

Leo received a standing ovation as he entered the Vatican auditorium for his first meeting with representatives of the ...

Sea Rocket, who mated with Imani in 2024, has landed at Montrose Beach. Blaze and Pepper, who raised three chicks last summer, are also back on a Waukegan beach.

Several family members and advocates with loved ones incarcerated in prisons across Illinois told WTTW News that their ...

In his first formal meeting with cardinals, which began with a standing ovation, the new pontiff said he chose his papal name ...

Robert Prevost is the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. And Prevost’s brother, John, ...

In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images and ...

Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...

In a surprise twist, the papal conclave elects a Chicago native as the new pope. And Mayor Brandon Johnson gets a big win on ...

Chicago was once a swamp. In some places, it still is. But will climate change undo wetland restoration efforts?

Students from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, in early 2025. Once ...

In Buenos Aires, one restaurant is transforming the lives of neurodivergent employees with a thoughtful system designed for inclusion.