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A Chicago woman is suing her plastic surgeon for posting photos of her pre- and post-op nose on the surgeon's website 10 years ago, as an example of an affliction called "cocaine nose."

Chicago police say a demoted worker shot and critically injured his company's CEO before fatally shooting himself at their office in a downtown high-rise office building.

Chicago police say one man is dead and another is in critical condition after a shooting inside a downtown high-rise office building.

At least two people were wounded this morning in separate shootings on the city's West and South sides, said police.

Workers dye the Chicago River green as part of the city's annual St. Patrick's day celebrations in Chicago.

A Cook County judge has sentenced a Chicago man to 20 years in prison for attempted murder by choking and stabbing a flower shop employee.

I was still mourning the great Bel Kaufman when I happened to see Stage Left Theatre's production of Principal Principle , Joe Zarrow's play about teaching in Chicago.

A man was killed and at least seven other people were wounded in shootings across Chicago on Tuesday.The fatal shooting happened about 10 p.m. on the Near West Side.A 17-year-old boy and two men, ages 49 and 18, were standing on a sidewalk in the 200 block of South Western Avenue when a male got out of a dark-colored sedan and opened fire, police ... (more)

The body of a Chicago man who vanished in May when a boat caught fire in Lake Michigan has been found along the lake's southern shoreline.

Four Chicago police officers from a unit at the center of one of the worst misconduct scandals in department history amassed 200 complaints in the years leading up to revelations that some members of the unit were repeatedly abusing and robbing citizens, according to documents made available to the Tribune.

On the Chicago block where that 3-year-old boy was shot in the stomach, a victim of the city's murderous gang wars, there was a woman watering her flowers.

Authorities have released the name of a 53-year-old man fatally shot by an off-duty Chicago police officer in the Bucktown neighborhood, nearly two days after the incident happened.

This week's blog post is by WDP co-host Matt Rocco, who lives in the Edgewater Glen neighborhood of Chicago with Professor Foster , and their 2-year-old daughter Viva, who are getting their act together and taking it on the road.

Randy Garutti, CEO at Shake Shack, examines the company's growth and success on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop."

"Salaam Day-Peace Day" was a gathering devoted to unity, celebrating youth, promoting peace, combating violence and organizing residents in this South Side neighborhood that boasts access to beaches, access to the city's famed Lakefront, parks, a golf course and excellent transportation.

The high-rise at 500 N. Lake Shore Drive is the second-most expensive in the city, with rents for a one-bedroom apartment approaching $3,000 a month, well beyond the reach of most Chicago residents.

Every week during a stretch of the Chicago Seed 's 1967 to 1974 print run, staffers would make the trip: a pickup or VW Minibus loaded with hand-mixed ink and negatives for the next issue-diligently pasted up and typed out twice on an IBM Selectric-would drive two hours north to Port Washington, Wisconsin, so William Schanen, a free-press advocate, ... (more)

When the FBI named Chicago the "murder capital" in 2012, they fixed the city with a label that was both misleading and open to interpretation.