White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost was born in Chicago, grew up in south suburban Dolton and served as prior of a local Augustinian ...

A new government study provides the most complete picture yet of early-onset cancers, finding that the largest increases are ...

Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, ...

Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was meeting last week with representatives from a teachers union when things ...

There promises to be nothing boring about the Illinois race to replace U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who will retire in 2027 after ...

Between superheroes and super friends, ballet dancers and a champion bulldog, this week’s picks bring a cast of characters ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, ...

Two hours in the state capital was enough for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to criticize ...

A federal judge in New York issued a preliminary order Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from cutting off states’ ...

Casey Means has no government experience and dropped out of her surgical residency program, saying she became disillusioned ...

That massive growth funneled $5.84 billion into the special districts designed to spur redevelopment and eradicate blight, according to five years of reports on TIF districts published by the Cook ...