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Enter the DNA diet; a diet plan said to be tailored to your genetic response to food and exercise. More>>
Imagine your car sinking. What do you do? How do you get out? You only have seconds to react. More>>
Three schools in three different cities perform a live concert, streaming online for the world to see. More>>
Parents at Manierre on the North Side are pleased that their school will remain open. More>>
A 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East High School in Lombard has been charged with planning to commit an act of violence at the school. More>>
The Chicago Board of Education made its final decision Wednesday afternoon - to close 48 Chicago Public Schools in June, with one school delayed a year and to save five others. More>>
Illinois public schools that teach sex education will have to include information about contraception and sexually transmitted diseases instead of a curriculum focused on abstinence. More>>
Students at a Wilmette school are breaking records, but it has nothing to do with academics. More>>
Jurors have withdrawn to begin deliberations about whether Donald Trump cheated an 87-year-old who claims the "Apprentice" star cheated her in property deal. More>>
Police found two bodies in the trunk of a car Wednesday afternoon on the South Side. More>>
Police are looking for a man who tried to lure two teenage boys to a car this month on the Southwest Side. More>>
Legislation increasing the speed limit on interstate highways in Illinois to 70 mph is headed to Gov. Pat Quinn. More>>
The Will County Courts website is suffering from a hack attack, the Herald-News is reporting. More>>
Police are looking for a man who tried to lure two teenage boys to a car this month on the Southwest Side. More>>
Protesters of Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's plan to close dozens of city schools have been removed from a school board meeting in Chicago and from the State Capitol in Springfield. More>>
A woman was reportedly hospitalized after being rescued from the Chicago River near the Michigan Avenue bridge Wednesday morning. More>>
A 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East High School in Lombard has been charged with planning to commit an act of violence at the school, DuPage County prosecutors announced Wednesday. More>>
Though at least five ambulances and Fire Department personnel were dispatched to Midway Airport when a 737 reported a cracked windshield, the plane landed safely Wednesday morning. More>>
The FBI says a man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation.The man is said to be linked to suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. More>>
A one-of-a-kind Chicago Public School is doing very well amid the controversy surrounding CPS closures, and the final Chicago Board of Education vote on the plan scheduled for Wednesday. More>>
A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening. More>>
State Rep. Lou Lang abruptly and surprisingly ended his sponsorship and potential future involvement in gambling-expansion legislation Tuesday.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Tuesday he'll take his political lumps for his controversial school-closing plan. More>>
A woman robbed a Lake View bank Tuesday afternoon on the city's North Side. More>>
Illinois Sen. Donne Trotter has apologized for remarks that compared a member of Gov. Pat Quinn's cabinet to a Nazi. More>>
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is supporting Penny Pritzker as President Barack Obama's choice for commerce secretary. More>>
Illinois' congressional delegation has asked President Obama to add 16 Illinois counties to the list of those eligible to receive disaster aid after last month's flooding. More>>
Allergy season runs from April through October and for weeks already, pollen counts have been high in the Chicago area. More>>
In Englewood, Altgeld Elementary is shutting down, but staying open. Wentworth Elementary is moving there and taking over, making everyone unhappy about something. More>>
Jenn Gibbons embarked on a two month trip around the perimeter of Lake Michigan to raise money for the non-profit organization she founded for breast cancer survivors called Recovery on Water, or ROW. More>>
A northwest suburban day care worker who is in prison for murdering a toddler is getting some support as she appeals her case. More>>
Members of the Board of Education will likely vote Wednesday to shut down dozens of schools, but sources tell FOX 32 News that at least a few on a list of 54 proposed closings will likely be spared. More>>
A Schaumburg Village Trustee and his wife are recovering from injuries they sustained in the tornado. More>>
Emergency crews searched the broken remnants of Moore, Okla. for survivors of a tornado that flattened homes and demolished an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children. More>>
Police are looking for man who inappropriately touched a woman at a South Loop CTA station Tuesday morning. More>>
Testimony has concluded at a civil trial in Chicago pitting an 87-year-old investor against "Apprentice" host Donald Trump. More>>
A man impersonating a police officer pulled over a northwest suburban student as she was drove to school Monday, searching her car before letting her leave, Pioneer Press is reporting. More>>
People in Aurora are voicing their concerns about what children will be reading next year. More>>
Rescue crews aren't the only ones heading to help tornado victims in Oklahoma. Addison's Lutheran Church Charities sent ten comfort dogs to Moore on Tuesday, to help console victims. More>>
A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing a Chicago fan at a popular waterfront shopping area before a Bears/Jaguars football game last fall. More>>
Police are warning Loop train riders about a recent increase in robberies on CTA trains and platforms. More>>
An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high... More>>
The legal woes of embattled rapper Chief Keef continue. He was charged with disorderly conduct on Monday, in the suburbs of Atlanta. More>>
A Moore resident thought her dog did not survive the tornado that devastated the Oklahoma City suburb. But miracles do happen. More>>
Police are asking for help to identify the body of woman or teen girl found strangled and badly burned in a Northwest Side Avondale neighborhood Dumpster Sunday night. More>>
A Minnesota teen with terminal bone cancer passed away Monday, but not before making a big difference. Zach Sobiech wrote a song called "Clouds" that reached millions around the globe.
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Every time a tornado makes news, the local public cannot help but think about what happened in this area, back in 1967. A destructive storm system hit the southwest suburbs 46 years ago. More>>
A shooting near Old Orchard Mall Friday night was "not a random act," Skokie police said at a village board meeting Monday. More>>
Another protest of the Chicago Public School closings is planned for Tuesday in advance of Wednesday's school board vote on school closings. More>>
Whatever happened to millionaire candy heiress Helen Brach? More than 35 years later, it remains one of Chicago's biggest mysteries. More>>
Drinking and college: Two words that seem to go together when teens graduate from high school. More>>
Chicago Public School officials are making a new round of promises about the safety of students who will be forced to transfer next fall. More>>
A Merrillville police officer shot a man Monday afternoon when the two got into a fight in the parking lot of the Merrillville Planned Parenthood office. More>>
After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr... More>>
A crooked Chicago cop who joined forces with drug dealers was sentenced to 18 years behind bars Monday. More>>
Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock ‘n' roll, has died. He was 74. More>>
Gov. Pat Quinn said Illinois lawmakers have a chance to make history on two fronts this month by approving a plan to fix the state's decades-old pension crisis and legalizing same-sex marriage. More>>
A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured Sunday when a neighbor's dog jumped a fence and attacked him in his Roseland neighborhood backyard. More>>
Police are seeking the public's help in locating the suspects in several armed robberies in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood in May. More>>
United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them. More>>
A church was discovered vandalized Saturday on the Southeast Side by a deacon preparing for morning service. More>>
Former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers has been appointed to head the board of a government-supported nonprofit that promotes Chicago as a tourism and convention destination. More>>
An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme has told jurors she had qualms about suing the developer-turned-TV star given his power and influence. More>>
Five people died and six others were taken to hospitals Monday after the van they were riding in left a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times, Illinois State Police said. More>>
When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left. More>>
Chicago teachers, parents and students are hitting the streets for a third and final day of citywide marches in protest of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to close dozens of schools. More>>
Transit officials said the first rush hour of CTA's five-month Red Line construction project went smoothly Friday morning. Mayor Emanuel also stopped by to thank commuters for taking the project in stride. More>>
Twelve people have been charged with misdemeanor offenses after police responded to groups of teens running through traffic on North Michigan Avenue and elsewhere on the Gold Coast. More>>
The derailment of an Amtrak City of New Orleans train on the Near South Side Sunday morning led to delays and a couple cancellations for trains on Metra's Rock Island District line. More>>
A woman was found dead near a bus stop at O'Hare International Airport Saturday, authorities said.
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It didn't seem right to Clinton Shepherd that the birthplace of the Ferris wheel didn't hold the record for the longest Ferris wheel ride. More>>
Five people have been killed and at least 18 others wounded — including a 12-year-old boy left in critical condition — in shootings across the city since Friday night. More>>
Four people were injured in a crash on the Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side Sunday morning.
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A 23-year-old woman was killed and four others were critically injured when two cars crashed into a building in the Far South Side Washington Heights neighborhood early Sunday. More>>
A little boy who was found alone near Douglas Park on the West Side Sunday morning has been reunited with his family.
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One number in Saturday night's Powerball drawing was the difference for a dozen Illinois players between being $10,000 richer and living the life of a multi-millionaire - whose ticket was purchased in Florida. More>>
A mentally handicapped woman who went missing Friday from the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side has been found and returned home. More>>
Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart says there is an outbreak of lice and scabies at the county jail and the hospital serving jail detainees. More>>
So much for those dreams that many Illinoisans had, of enjoying the upcoming Memorial Day holiday with an extra couple hundred million dollars. More>>
FOX 32 has uncovered new information about the rape kits discovered last February, gathering dust in a police station in south suburban Robbins. More>>
We all know Chicago has great pizza and now a survey of the country's food experts proves it. More>>
On Friday, the current Chicago Teacher's Union President Karen Lewis announced that she has been re-elected and says she won with 80 percent of the vote. More>>
Three teenagers have been charged with sexual assaulting a 12-year-old girl last year and posting a video of the attack on Facebook. More>>
Emergency crews rescued two people from a boat that capsized in Lake Michigan Friday afternoon near the Woodlawn neighborhood. More>>
Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge say a 63-year-old Chicago man conducted a fictitious business that defrauded people in at least four states. More>>
The state poison center is starting to get calls about a dangerous new synthetic drug called 2C-E. More>>
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday. More>>
Donald Trump got his chance this week to speak to jurors at a civil trial in Chicago and now the 87-year-old woman who sued him gets her turn. More>>
An outbreak of lice and scabies at the Cook County Jail prompted sheriff's police to issue an isolation order for some inmates. More>>
Four people were hospitalized Friday afternoon when an elevator they were in at a Near North Side parking garage dropped five stories. More>>
A man who tried to rob three women with a knife in the River North area Thursday night was apprehended by police who spotted him downtown soon after the crimes. More>>
Two people were killed in a south suburban fire early Friday, authorities said. More>>
A DePaul University student will spend the next 145 days in jail for his role in a deadly beach brawl in 2011. More>>
A 15-year-old boy was killed in a shooting Thursday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, authorities said. More>>
Police in northwest suburban Park Ridge say a 63-year-old Chicago man conducted a fictitious business that defrauded people in at least four states and they are now looking for additional victims. More>>
The Powerball jackpot has jumped again! An incredible $600 million is up for grabs, and officials expect it will increase even more before Saturday night's drawing. More>>
An elderly man was hospitalized after he was knocked to the ground and robbed of his wallet at a Loop CTA subway station Thursday morning. More>>
Nine stops on the south branch of the CTA's Red Line – from Cermak/Chinatown to 95th/Dan Ryan - will be shut down starting Sunday for a five-month $1 billion reconstruction project. More>>
Police are warning businesses in the River North area of a spate of burglaries, mainly at night, over the past couple weeks, including one night this week when businesses were targeted. More>>
The Chicago Police Department says a woman who claimed she was robbed of cash and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands on the Mag Mile earlier this week, made the whole thing up. More>>
Imagine how embarrassed you'd be if your neighbors and friends learned you'd been accused of illegally downloading adult porn films. More>>
He's known for his age, size and lyrics. Now, rapper Lil Mouse is accused of threatening to kill a boy nearly half his age. More>>
A person sent us an email about an Instagram account filled with risqué pictures of women riding the Chicago Transit Authority's trains and busses. More>>
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