May 4, 2026 Flight passenger yells, 'I want off,' calls crew 'idiots' and yanks open emergency exit door A viral social media post captured an unruly passenger opening a plane's emergency door after hours on the tarmac on a Chicago-bound flight leaving Atlanta.
May 2, 2026 Black Chicagoans call on reparations from government, money deposits like 'stimulus' checks Chicago residents call for reparations from local to federal government, with some advocating cash payments and others pushing for tax breaks and housing assistance.
April 30, 2026 Chicago reparations advocates say federal gov morally owes '7 quadrillion dollars' in slave labor ADCRC Chair Marvin Slaughter Jr. claims slave labor contributed "7 quadrillion dollars" to the U.S. at a reparations panel at Kennedy King College in Chicago.
April 30, 2026 'Giggling' cop killing suspect slammed by judge as prosecutors fought bail release for repeat felony offender Alphanso Talley, who was on pretrial release in armed robbery case, is accused of killing Chicago police officer John Bartholomew at Swedish Hospital.
April 29, 2026 Father of slain student Sheridan Gorman calls death a 'failure' after illegal immigrant's not guilty plea Illegal immigrant Jose Medina-Medina pleads not guilty to murdering 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman in Rogers Park.
April 29, 2026 May Day protests to take place Friday as agitators across the US push 'Workers Over Billionaires' motto Nearly 500 organizations plan over 750 May Day 2026 events nationwide as workers boycott jobs, school and shopping under a Workers Over Billionaires motto.
April 29, 2026 Illinois no-cash bail law 'utterly manipulated' by violent offenders, Dem alderman says after cop's killing A Chicago alderman calls for changes to Illinois' no-cash bail law after a felon on pretrial release allegedly killed a police officer in a hospital.
April 29, 2026 Happy Lee Elia Day: An annual celebration of the greatest rant in the history of sports It's been 43 years since Cubs manager Lee Elia unleashed his legendary profanity-filled rant after a 1983 loss to the Dodgers at Wrigley Field.
April 28, 2026 Chicago’s South Side is drowning in excuses, dependency and decay Pastor Corey Brooks reflects on his Walk Across America and calls on Chicago's South Side to reject excuses and embrace faith, family and hard work.
April 27, 2026 Chicago officer killed at hospital by suspect who was free on pretrial release, prosecutors allege A man out on pretrial release allegedly opened fire at a Chicago hospital, killing one police officer and wounding another, prosecutors allege.