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Two statues of Christopher Columbus are removed from Chicago's Grant Park and Arrigo Park, in the city's Little Italy. Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot said these temporary removals are a response to demonstrations that became unsafe for both protesters and police. Injuries and arrests resulted when, on July 17, police clashed with protesters who attempted to topple the Grant Park statue. Activists say that monuments of Columbus, blamed for the genocide and exploitation of the Americas' Indigenous people, should not be on public display. Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police criticized these removals.
2020-07-24

Fifteen people are injured, six seriously, in a mass shooting at a funeral home in Chicago, Illinois. One person is in custody, but a motive remains unclear.
2020-07-21

A shooting takes place at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, leaving four dead, including the gunman.
2018-11-19

The Cook County Board of Commissioners' Finance Committee, which includes Chicago, repeals the tax approved in November 2016 on soft drinks and other sugary beverages.
2017-10-10

A study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, reports 26 percent of cancer patients can't afford to pay for their treatment, and 18 percent can't afford their prescriptions.
2016-06-3

At least eight people are killed and 45 wounded in shootings over the weekend across Chicago.
2015-09-21

A suburban Chicago woman, Elzbieta Plackowska, 40, of Naperville, Illinois, is held without bail after allegedly fatally stabbing her 7-year-old son, Justin, Tuesday night 100 times, and then killing a 5-year-old girl, Olivia Dworakowski, who she had been babysitting and who had witnessed the homicide. She told investigators she did it because she was angry with her husband, a truck driver who was often away, leaving her to do work as a maid and care for the child, work that supposedly was beneath her, according to DuPage County, Illinois State's Attorney Robert Berlin.
2012-10-30

Teachers go back to work in Chicago after the union leadership votes to suspend its strike while the membership reviews a tentative pact with mayor Rahm Emanuel.
2012-09-19

Radiation detectors trigger alarms at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport as radiation enters the United States.
2011-03-17

Richard M. Daley announces that he will not seek reelection as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois in 2011. [http:--www.chicagotribune.com-news-nationworld-sns-chicago-mayor,0,3316276.story?track=rss (Chicago Tribune)]date=August 2019
2010-09-7