Bodies of aid workers killed in Israeli airstrikes transported out of Gaza
The bodies of several foreign aid workers killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza are being taken back to their home countries.
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The bodies of several foreign aid workers killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza are being taken back to their home countries.
"Unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's armed forces "unintentionally" struck a convoy from the humanitarian group late Monday, killing the seven aid workers,
Israel's military said it killed scores of Hamas and other militants and seized weapons and valuable intelligence during a two-week raid on Gaza's largest hospital. But one Palestinian said, "The occupation destroyed all sense of life here."
Leyan, 14, says her life was forever changed on Oct. 27 when a blast hit her house.
More than a million Palestinians in Gaza are facing imminent famine, according to a new report from the United Nations, and the International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to immediately allow food and water into the Gaza Strip. Israel has been accused of deliberately starving Palestinian civilians. Dr. John Kahler, a pediatrician and co-founder of the medical nonprofit Medglobal, recently returned from his second aid trip to Gaza and shared what he witnessed.
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez has said he wasn't aware a flag was burned before he spoke at a protest rally. Some colleagues want him to lose his seat as Housing Committee chair.
Israel says the U.S. declining to block a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Gaza cease-fire "gives Hamas hope."
Protest organizers want to be able to march in sight and sound of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center.
Bennett Johnson has spent a lifetime championing and advocating for marginalized communities. He's organized with Dr. King, and consulted for Muhammad Ali.
Many Palestinian-Americans and their allies are using their vote in the Illinois primary to protest President Joe Biden's refusal to call for a permanent ceasefire in the war in Gaza.
Many people in the Chicago area were using their vote in Tuesday's primary election as a form of protest against the war in Gaza. It's part of a nationwide movement reaching the city, as some voters protest President Joe Biden's refusal to call for a permanent ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas by writing in "Gaza" as their chosen presidential candidate on the Democratic primary ballot.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his military will press on with plans to push into the southern Gaza border town of Rafah as ceasefire talks continue between Israel and Hamas amid a new "precise operation" carried out by the Israel Defense Forces.
A similar protest took place in Southeast Michigan – which, like the Chicago area, has a significant Arab-American population.
Senior White House officials are in Chicago, meeting with Arab and Palestinian leaders to discuss the war in Gaza, amid growing concerns over Islamophobia in the U.S. Meantime, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an "obstacle to peace" and urged Israel to hold new elections.
International aid organizations are saying children in Gaza are dying of starvation, and are warning of a looming famine amid the Israel-Hamas war, even as the U.S. and other countries airdrop food and work to deliver badly needed aid.
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says the U.S. is in near-constant ceasefire talks with negotiators in the Middle East. Blinken also is urging Israel to open more access points into Gaza for humanitarian aid.
The U.S., Jordan, Egypt, France, the Netherlands and Belgium dropped aid over Gaza in an attempt to get supplies, including desperately needed food, to residents.
During a City Council meeting Tuesday night, residents voiced a wide range of opinions.
Three planes from Air Forces Central dropped 66 bundles containing about 38,000 meals into Gaza on Saturday.
A senior U.S. official says Israel has essentially endorsed a framework of a proposed Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, and it is now up to Hamas to agree to it.
The announcement comes after Israeli forces fired this week on Palestinians who were waiting for desperately needed aid.
While symbolic, the Chicago City Council's call for a cease-fire was meaningful to some Palestinian American locals.
"We found the bodies of my parents, my sister-in-law, and my nephew on the street."
Dozens of Palestinians were killed in airstrikes that were part of the raid in the city on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian hospital officials.
Police were investigating after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in Chicago's Bronzeville community this weekend.
Family and former coaches expressed pride knowing that players will be representing their communities on one of the biggest stages in sports.
A father says his 15-year-old son was injured during full-contact drills without padding at practice.
Illinois led 39-35 at halftime after six ties and nine lead changes and was ahead by nine points early in the second half.
The Bulls led 104-97 after closing the third period on a 16-2 run, but Denver started the final quarter on a 20-2 spurt to take the lead for good.
The footage is included in a video that promotes false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against Mr. Trump.
The FBI has arrested "one of the key participants" behind the attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 that killed four Americans.
A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.
As immigration sweeps expand nationwide, the work of justifying detentions is overwhelming federal prosecutors, who are being forced to sideline a range of other cases in order to keep pace.
Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in October, plans to attend President Trump's State of the Union address to Congress later this month, according to her attorney.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
A Near West Side diner known for drawing in Blackhawks fans and players is up for sale.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Brad Arnold, the founder and lead singer of the 3 Doors Down has died following "his courageous battle with cancer," the rock band announced Saturday on social media.
Gamers across the world can now recreate drone strikes in Ukraine from the comfort of their own home, with this newly released game.
The members of Ratboys were teenagers when they met by chance, and now in their 30s, the Chicago band formed by two college friends almost two decades ago appears to be on the brink of something big.
Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early '70s has died. He was 83.
Bad Bunny used his Grammy acceptance speech on Sunday to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and call for the end of the ongoing immigration crackdown.
Police were investigating after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in Chicago’s Bronzeville community this weekend.
The Seattle Seahawks' Julian Love, Rylie Mills, and Eric Saubert, along with the New England Patriots' Robert Spillane, are just some who trace their football beginnings to Chicagoland high schools.
The family says the team was not supposed to be running full-contact drills, and no helmets were worn.
Early next week, highs become much warmer in the upper 30s and lower 40s. Get ready for this February thaw.
Video shows three people stepping inside, including a deliveryman with a big bag of gas-filled balloons. Suddenly, the balloons explode into a huge fireball.
Waukegan police said more information will be released after the investigation is complete.
Authorities said investigators found evidence that the child suffered long-term neglect, physical abuse, and mental abuse.
A father says his 15-year-old son was injured during full-contact drills without padding at practice.
Police were investigating after a 10-year-old girl was found dead in Chicago's Bronzeville community this weekend.
Family and former coaches expressed pride knowing that players will be representing their communities on one of the biggest stages in sports.
Fewer Chicago kids are getting the dental care they need, and some dentists are blaming Chicago Public Schools.
Cynthia Eason recounted the moment Chicago police officers raided her family's home in 2018.
Water bills could be going up in several Chicago suburbs and other parts of Illinois, as Illinois American Water seeks a rate increase to fund infrastructure improvements.
The case involves a Chicago grandmother, her daughter, and her four grandchildren, who all said that Chicago police officers pointed guns at them during the botched raid.
Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel no longer will have to testify about an alleged "code of silence" at the Chicago Police Department, after a federal judge reversed an earlier ruling that would have allowed him to take the stand in a lawsuit over a botched police raid.
Family and former coaches expressed pride knowing that players will be representing their communities on one of the biggest stages in sports.
Illinois led 39-35 at halftime after six ties and nine lead changes and was ahead by nine points early in the second half.
The Bulls led 104-97 after closing the third period on a 16-2 run, but Denver started the final quarter on a 20-2 spurt to take the lead for good.
More than 35 local, state and federal agencies have been working for the last 18 months to prepare for Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California.
Two west suburban high schools have something extra to celebrate Sunday, when alumni from their schools make their Super Bowl debuts.
Local and federal authorities said "investigators are actively inspecting the information provided in the message for its authenticity" regarding the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.
A South Side community came together on Friday, hoping for justice after a woman was shot and killed while her baby was in the back seat of their car earlier this week.
A Chicago city employee was found shot to death Friday morning inside an apartment in the West Ridge neighborhood.
Actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted on four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child, officials said Friday.
A burglary crew smashed into a restaurant in Chicago's southwest suburbs, leaving the owner cleaning up a big and frustrating mess.
