Photos from the Chicago River Swim on Sept. 21, 2025, which raised $100,000 for research into ALS and celebrated the river’s recovery from its polluted past. Swimmers compete in 1st official Chicago ...

For the first time in nearly a century, swimmers took to the open water of the Chicago River on Sunday. Participants in the Chicago River Swim made their way along a one- or two-mile route downtown.

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson gave a fiery news conference where he condemned President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime. At one point, he said, "Jails and incarceration and law ...

The Trump administration is pushing Chicago Public Schools to abolish its "Black Student Success Plan" and guidelines allowing transgender students to participate in sports and use bathroom facilities ...

Rapper Megan Thee Stallion wants to force a New Jersey podcaster to testify in her ongoing legal battle against a Texas YouTuber whom she claims is working with the man who once infamously shot her in ...

Klay Thompson and Megan Thee Stallion made it well past Shaquille O'Neal's diabolical prediction of six weeks. But given the bliss of the happy couple over the summer with their many adventures ...

The Village of Broadview said they've launched a criminal investigation after a CBS News Chicago reporter had a projectile fired at her vehicle by an ICE agent late Sunday morning. Reporter Asal ...

Megan Thee Stallion is taking legal action to compel DJ Akademiks to disclose the identity of the anonymous source who provided him with sealed legal documents tied to the 2020 shooting incident ...

Travis Kelce and Megan Thee Stallion recently started trending after netizens began discussing the former’s dating life, and the latter’s name became part of this discussion. Kelce has made headlines ...

Sara Tenenbaum is the Senior Digital Producer for CBS News Chicago covering breaking, local and community news in Chicago. She previously worked as a digital producer and senior digital producer for ...

Federal law enforcement agents deployed pepper balls and tear gas Friday during a standoff with anti-U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters outside of Chicago. The tense ...

A gutsy cyclist taunted US Customs and Border Protection officers in downtown Chicago — shouting “I’m not a US citizen!” — before sparking a wild street chase caught on video. The tense interaction ...