One man is dead, and nearly two dozen residents were rescued after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Chicago's Austin neighborhood early Tuesday morning. Police said around 1 a.m., firefighters were called to a fire at a multi-unit building in the 300 block of South Kilpatrick Ave. Flames were coming from a unit on the third floor.

Builders putting residences near a CTA train or bus line will soon no longer need special approval to completely forgo parking spaces.

National sports card franchise, Replay Sports Cards, plans to donate 1 million cards to more than 40,000 youth and teens in Chicago to "grow the hobby."

With the trade deadline looming, the Chicago Cubs have extended president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer amid one of the team's best seasons.

Addressing the National Bar Association's national centennial gathering, the first Black woman on the U.S. Supreme Court discusses her memoir and her struggles ascending to the highest court in the land.

Pritzker acknowledged there is no one reason Chicago's homicide rate is down 3% from last year, shootings down 40%, and carjackings down 50%.