Sunny and warm with highs near 88°F and gusts to 25 mph; NWS warns of elevated grass‑and‑brush fire risk. Showers and thunderstorms become likely Friday night.

FDA found Bacillus cereus and other quality lapses at Medline's Waukegan drug plant; the agency ordered independent risk assessments and remediation timelines.

A garage blaze ripped through an alley in Garfield Ridge Wednesday afternoon near the 4500 block of S. Kilpatrick. Crews remain on scene and officials have not released a cause.

Bailey’s campaign asked election officials to disqualify Collin Corbett from the Nov. ballot, saying thousands of petition signatures are invalid.

A Northwestern experiment finds voter support for gay candidates has grown, but visible gender nonconformity still costs some men votes.

A 27-year-old man was shot in the stomach during an armed robbery in Bronzeville and is in serious condition at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

Naperville’s City Council approved a new ordinance limiting ICE use of city property and requiring departments to document any federal civil‑immigration activity on municipal sites.

A 1-year-old was found unharmed in an abandoned stolen vehicle in Woodlawn after the car he was in was taken on the Far South Side; detectives are investigating.

A city-YMCA partnership will give Chicago residents ages 12–18 free access to seven community Ys this summer, with programming and pool/gym use through Aug. 31.

Cook County sheriff’s investigators say they recovered more than $5,200 in stolen Ulta merchandise; two teens were charged after the getaway car was tracked to Chicago.

An early‑morning collision at 31st and Halsted left two CPD officers with minor injuries; the pickup driver was taken to Stroger Hospital and expected to be OK.

Three top South Side brokers have turned buyers, building a roughly $70M Chicago portfolio while foreclosure fights and a federal raid shine a spotlight on the deals.

A Glencoe blufftop that sold for $9.2M in 2025 is back on the market at $14.8M after a modernist rebuild — an about‑face that tests the North Shore luxury market.