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The new plan also includes an amphitheater, which will take at least 15 years to complete. It's part of the zoo's 30-year vision.
As of Tuesday evening, a total of five tornadoes had been confirmed in the Chicago area from the storms Monday night and six Sunday night.
Crews were called to the river to search for the child a little after 3 p.m.
The players came over to help with the cleanup after their practice on Tuesday morning and made some new fans.
The Chicago Football Classic promotes Historically Black Colleges and Universities. It is coming up this year on Sept. 21.
In Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood, a street was blocked by not one but two trees, and people who commute through that area said the damage was from two separate storms.
Meanwhile in Milwaukee Tuesday, at a breakfast for the Illinois RNC delegates, CBS News Chicago asked leaders about the somewhat significant divide between Vance and Trump.
Monday's storms came not even two days after another set of storms over the weekend caused significant damage and power outages.
A total of 32 confirmed tornadoes hit July 15 alone, while 9 more were confirmed during the July 14 storm.
The list by U.S. News and World Report ranks hospitals based on several specialties.
Severe storms in the Midwest have overtopped a dam in southern Illinois and left the Chicago area cleaning up.
The program, Restorative Justice Community Court, helps young people get rid of their criminal record.
The Shedd Aquarium's animal care team is giving the parents of each chick extra food "to keep their energy levels high and ensure they have plenty of food to provide their chicks, which they feed through regurgitation."
Joe "Jellybean" Bryant, a former Philadelphia 76ers and La Salle University basketball great and the father of the late, NBA legend Kobe Bryant, has died. He was 69.
Severe storms brought heavy rain, high winds, and tornadoes across the Chicago area and Northwest Indiana Monday night.
There were many activities across the Chicago area, including the massive Mexican Independence Day parade in Little Village.
Delays and closures are getting underway along DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Chicago as a big resurfacing project kicks back into high gear.
Former President Donald Trump was golfing Sunday afternoon in Florida when secret service agents noticed a rifle pointing through the bushes on the golf course.
This is the latest violence to plague an area where increasingly frequent shootouts are fueling fears of the possible start of an intra-cartel war.
Czech, Poland, and Romania are experiencing flooding that hasn’t been seen in decades, prompting some red alerts
Former President Donald Trump is "safe and unharmed" and a suspect is in custody after allegedly pointing a high-powered rifle through golf course fence, officials say.
The former first lady, senator, secretary of state and presidential nominee opens up about personal matters in her new book, "Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty."
The University of Wisconsin administration has published a new policy that requires school leaders remain maintain neutral viewpoints in their public statements.
It was revealed Thursday night that the village's bank was so fed up that it ordered the village to close its account and take its business elsewhere.
The baseless rumors have been amplified in recent days by former President Donald Trump and his allies.
The Internet lit up this week with news that a Chicago restaurant is offering a luxe cocktail for $13,000, purportedly the most expensive martini in the United States.
Scammers have taken more than $100 million meant for senior citizens' Medicare bills, which comes from taxpayer money. The fraud scheme was exposed after swindlers made $3 billion worth of fake Medicare claims.
Bon Appetit magazine recently unveiled its list of must-try new eateries, and among its selections is Akahoshi Ramen, which opened last year in the Logan Square neighborhood.
A local expert said contrary to the concerns of the FTC, Jewel and Mariano's operating as one company could reduce prices and likely keep stores open.
A Chicago mom who asked to remain anonymous is one of the towing company's latest victims.
Thanks to vaccinations, measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. But measles cases are now back; one reason is that more families have exempted their children from routine immunizations than ever before.
Boar's Head will no longer make liverwurst and is indefinitely closing the location where the product was made, impacting 500 workers.
Doctors say it almost seems like positive test results will be the new normal at big events like the Democratic National Convention.
Deadly listeria outbreak linked to recalled Boar's Head deli meat is the largest in the U.S. in more than a decade.
Health officials say two people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus.
The factory's parent company said it gave workers the opportunity to move to other facilities.
One season ticket owner shared his take. His seats for Sunday, with a face value of $250, sold for about $599 each.
A local expert said contrary to the concerns of the FTC, Jewel and Mariano's operating as one company could reduce prices and likely keep stores open.
The FTC is seeking to block the merger, arguing it would eliminate competition between the supermarket chains and would lead to even higher prices for shoppers.
It's hard to know exactly how many local residents stayed home—or even left the area. But the fact that some businesses saw such slow sales is a sign.
Singer Jon Bon Jovi helped bring a woman back off the ledge of a pedestrian bridge in Nashville Tuesday night, police said.
Taylor Swift wrote that Vice President Kamala Harris "is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos."
A Michigan judge on Monday ordered hip-hop mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs to pay out a $100 million judgment to a man currently in prison who claimed Combs drugged and sexually assaulted him at an afterparty in 1997.
Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor James Earl Jones' majestic voice became internationally recognized as the villainous Dark Lord in the "Star Wars" franchise.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, says she's finished chemotherapy less than six months after she announced her cancer diagnosis.
There were many activities across the Chicago area, including the massive Mexican Independence Day parade in Little Village.
Delays and closures are getting underway along DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Chicago as a big resurfacing project kicks back into high gear.
Former President Donald Trump was golfing Sunday afternoon in Florida when secret service agents noticed a rifle pointing through the bushes on the golf course.
This is the latest violence to plague an area where increasingly frequent shootouts are fueling fears of the possible start of an intra-cartel war.
Czech, Poland, and Romania are experiencing flooding that hasn’t been seen in decades, prompting some red alerts
Former President Donald Trump is "safe and unharmed" and a suspect is in custody after allegedly pointing a high-powered rifle through golf course fence, officials say.
Delays and closures are getting underway along DuSable Lake Shore Drive in Chicago as a big resurfacing project kicks back into high gear.
Conditions stay dry and warm all week.
During the second night of celebrations, people inside the caravans, which are very popular and also a way for people to demonstrate their pride and heritage, waved flags from their vehicles or had them covered.
There were many activities across the Chicago area, including the massive Mexican Independence Day parade in Little Village.
One of the videos showed the arrest of a journalist who said he was just doing his job when he was zip-tied and held for at least eight hours.
While the video does not show an up-close perspective of the 59 arrests that happened that night, it does provide a much better look at the bigger picture than has been seen up to this point.
Next week marks one year since Illinois outlawed cash bail, and advocates and critics of the change have been waiting patiently to see it if has been successful — or as some predicted, a disaster.
Jomaury Champ's family sued the Chicago Public Schools for what happened to the fourth grader after officials let an unauthorized person into the school.
The city on Monday also released long-awaited data on ShotSpotter's effectiveness.
The Rockies took their second consecutive game from Chicago.
The home slide was a franchise record.
Michael Busch had three hits for the Cubs, including a three-run home run off Victor Vodnik (4-3) in the top of the eighth that pulled the Cubs into a 5-5 tie.
At 33-115, the White Sox are approaching the post-1900 record for losses — 120 by the 1962 New York Mets in their inaugural season.
Napheesa Collier scored 20 points, and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Chicago Sky 83-66 for their fifth straight victory.
It is believed the thieves somehow obtained clean copies of the keys to the cars.
Late Friday, no one was in custody and Belmont Area detectives were investigating.
There were two to four thieves involved, police said.
CBS News Chicago is giving you the most accurate, up-to-date data on gun violence incidents from the Chicago Police Department and the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
The incident happened outside Haven Middle School, at 2417 Prairie Ave. in the northwest part of Evanston.