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Striking UIC grad workers rally for higher pay as some say they struggle to afford groceries and rent
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (728+ words) Unionized graduate student workers at the University of Illinois Chicago and their supporters rallied on Tuesday calling for higher wages, affordable healthcare and more protections for international graduate student workers. Alex Hagan shops at four grocery stores. Not because he's…...
Herbie Hancock brings home to Chicago an international jazz concert that will stream to millions
15+ hour, 22+ min ago (1001+ words) On Thursday, jazz musician and composer Herbie Hancock will perform with more than 40 artists at the Lyric Opera House for UNESCO International Jazz Day's All-Star Global Concert. Herbie Hancock is having a Chicago moment. That was true in 1952, when he…...
Chicago hosts UNESCO International Day of Jazz
6+ hour, 53+ min ago (120+ words) After weeks of events, the celebration will culminate in the All-Star Global Concert at the Lyric Opera House on April 30. Kurt Elling at International Jazz Day Press Conference, Jan. 2026 In 2011, UNESCO designated April 30 as a day to honor the way…...
Chicago Public Media journalists honored with twelve National Headliner Awards
8+ hour, 52+ min ago (329+ words) WBEZ Chicago Chicago Public Media journalists honored with twelve National Headliner Awards WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times staff received a record-breaking number of awards for the organization. Read this story for free. We won't share your information with outside organizations. Why…...
Barbara Flynn Currie, 'trailblazer who opened doors for generations of women' dies - WBEZ Chicago
1+ week, 3+ day ago (252+ words) The Illinois House majority leader for 20 years, Currie harkened back to a more civil time in politics....
Matt De Caro, longtime Chicago actor, dies at 70 after "Ma Rainey" performance
15+ hour, 5+ min ago (856+ words) Matt De Caro's stage career spanned four decades across major stages in Chicago and around the country. Chicago actor Matt De Caro never took being a working actor for granted. Last week, before an unusually early-in-the-day staging of August Wilson's…...
CPS projected to end school year with $45 M deficit as budget challenges persist
15+ hour, 15+ min ago (1132+ words) The Board of Education received news last week that Chicago Public Schools is projected to finish a second consecutive school year with a deficit. For the second year in a row, Chicago Public Schools is on track to spend more…...
Man shot Chicago cops, killing one, after pulling gun from under blanket at Swedish Hospital, prosecutors say
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1243+ words) The family of slain Chicago police officer John Bartholomew, 38, arrives Monday for a hearing at the George N. Leighton Criminal Courthouse. Prosecutors on Monday said a convicted felon somehow took a gun into Swedish Hospital after he was arrested this weekend,…...
Cuts to SNAP food assistance starting this week worry grocers, local vendors
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (516+ words) Melody Winston, senior executive at Living Fresh Market in suburban Forest Park, says there is a ripple effect when there is a drop in people using SNAP benefits that hurts local businesses. Living Fresh Market, an independent grocery store in…...
The Rundown: New details in fatal shooting of police officer
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (995+ words) Police officers work the scene outside Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital in Lincoln Square, on Saturday, April 25, 2026. (Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ORG XMIT: ILCHS602 Good afternoon! It's Monday, and my plant next to a drafty window almost lost a leaf…...