A systemwide American Airlines outage briefly grounded flights nationwide, knocked out its app and jammed customer-service lines. Chicago travelers were caught in the ripple effects.

Chicago is turning its firearm purchasing power into a public-safety tool as Mayor Brandon Johnson prepares to sign a new procurement order.

Infleqtion leased 7,500 sq ft at 125 S. Wacker to open a downtown Chicago Quantum Innovation Center as it prepares a 2027 hardware deployment at IQMP.

A Lakeview homeowner is suing the federal government and CBP agents over a 2025 immigration raid at his property.

One person was killed and another critically injured in a South Shore shooting Wednesday. Initial details about the victims and circumstances remain limited.

Eleven people were shot and one was stabbed across Chicago’s South and Southwest sides, leaving two people dead and several others hospitalized.

Northwestern has landed $20 million to build the nation’s first publicly accessible AI-powered protein engineering cloud lab. The Evanston facility could let researchers run sophisticated experiments remotely.

An ISP pursuit on I-57 ended in a crash in Dixmoor; one person was arrested and two minors were taken into custody while the shooting probe continues.

Chicago gets a sunny, comfortable Wednesday before rain and possible heavy thunderstorms move in Friday and Saturday.

CPS added $85 million in projected TIF funds to its tentative FY27 budget — a move the district says could stave off unpaid furloughs while unions push for permanent revenue.

Street-level retail beneath the Palmer House Hilton is being offered at auction, including an 18,693‑sq‑ft flagship and multiple smaller storefronts.

An Aurora 18‑year‑old was charged with multiple counts of sharing and possessing child sexual‑abuse material; the court denied a detention request and set supervised release.

Flightradar24 logged a single‑day tracking record of 153,359 commercial flights on July 23, driven by peak summer schedules and wider ADS‑B coverage. The total reflects the platform’s visibility, not a passenger census.