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In Chicago runoff election for mayor, Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson differ on crime
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO – Two candidates with different approaches to public safety are battling to be the new mayor...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses bid for reelection
ABC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe race for Chicago's next mayor was shaved to just two candidates Tuesday while voters...
Daywatch: Brandon Johnson to be sworn in as Chicago’s 57th mayor. How did he get here?
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGood morning, Chicago. Today, Brandon Johnson officially becomes Chicago’s 57th mayor. The 47-year-old will be sworn in at the Credit Union 1 Arena on the University of Illinois at Chicago campus ...
Gregory Royal Pratt: ‘They won’t burn my city down.’ How Mayor Lightfoot handled the rioting in...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe following lightly edited excerpt is from Tribune reporter Gregory Royal Pratt’s new book, “The...
Chicago’s messy, caustic mayor’s contest has Democrats feuding over crime
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe party strife has made the Chicago mayor’s race a crucible for how high-profile Democrats are threading their messages around policing, violence and racial justice.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Martin Luther King Jr. leads ‘the first significant freedom movement in the...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s name first appeared in the Chicago Tribune in early 1956, for his leadership of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. “We must use the weapon of love. ... We ...
Shooting at gas station in South Loop caught on camera
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 1 month agoCHICAGO — A shootout at a gas station in the South Loop was captured on surveillance cameras....
The Hope Diamond: The 'cursed' blue gemstone coveted by royalty
Live Science via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoThe Hope Diamond gets its blueish color due to trace amounts of boron, a chemical element, in the...
A modern history of museum lootings
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMuseum theft. Illustrated | Getty Images On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, the show's host explored the dark history of museums,...
America’s biggest museums fail to return Native American human remains
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis story was originally published by ProPublica. Read the full series online. As the United States...