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Cuando las vacunas COVID-19 entraron en el mercado comercial, el gobierno federal presentó un programa para hacer que las vacunas fueran accesibles a las personas con cobertura limitada o sin seguro. Ese programa, que proporcionó millones de vacunas gratuitas a personas de bajos ingresos está llegando ahora a su fin, dijeron funcionarios de salud de EE.UU.

Advocates say more than 120 Chicago Public Schools stand to lose vital after-school programs this summer due to a funding error by state officials and are calling on leaders in Springfield and Chicago to keep the initiatives running.

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball says robot home plate umpires are unlikely for 2025.

El debut de Kamilla Cardoso en la temporada regular de la WNBA ya es un hecho.

Un popular medicamento contra la acidez estomacal con un ingrediente activo que se degrada en un carcinógeno tan virulento que “es el Terminator del cáncer”.

Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85.

A judge in Springfield this week sided with a group of Republican office seekers who say they are blocked from November’s ballot under a controversial new law that’s been derided as a “dictator-style tactic of stealing an election.”

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) was quoted Wednesday branding those questioning Mayor Brandon Johnson's shuffle of council chairmanships as "the new Vrdolyak 29." Johnson is reportedly reneging on a promise to make Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) housing chair in order to give a leadership position to Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th).

When Illinois legalized recreational marijuana in 2020, state legislators sought to correct the effects of the drug war on Black and Brown communities with "the most equity-centric law in the nation."

The former federal prosecutor overseeing police reform in Chicago urged officials Thursday “to not lose focus on making deliberate progress” as they prepare for the Democratic National Convention this summer.

Brynne Frauenhoffer has a thing for dramatic workplaces. The Chicago-based playwright has set previous plays in a vape shop and a Pizza Hut.

Two members of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s political inner circle are under fire for making inflammatory and "hateful comments" on social media.

Customers line up outside Wayfair at Edens Plaza in Wilmette on its opening day Thursday.

Scottie Scheffler speaks during a news conference after the second round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club on May 17, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky.

A Cook County jury found that two drug makers were not responsible for a Brookfield woman’s colon cancer.

“Ofendra for Adam,” a 2021 traditional Day of the Dead tableau at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen.

Northwestern University President Michael Schill testifies during a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce regarding pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 23, 2024, in Washington.

File photo from the Calumet system with a boat wake.

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David Moore of St. John's, Indiana, faces multiple charges in an alleged cheating case in a Cal Sag Bass Anglers event on May 11.

He was allegedly videotaped stashing smallmouth bass in a Calumet slip by an alert tug engineer, Joe, the night before. (Joe asked that his last name not be used.)

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The biggest spring weekend of the travel basketball season is in the books.

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The Justice Department has filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, accusing the companies of running an illegal monopoly over live events in America and squelching competition.

A person was fatally struck by a Metra train on May 23, 2024 in Bartlett.

The Sky played in the WNBA’s first Canada game last year, beating the Lynx 82-74 in front of a sellout crowd.

In “Hit Man,” mild-mannered college prof Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) gets a side job posing as a killer for hire in police stings.

The boy was rescued about 6:40 p.m. and taken to Lurie Children’s Hospital in critical condition.