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When the media sink their teeth into a big and powerful institution, it loses control of its own narrative, in the revised script playing the part of crook or dupe or incompetent.

At a frigid Navy Pier Saturday morning, a cargo of Christmas trees brought to Chicago on the Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw was distributed to needy families.

Hector Avalos was riding his bike, one of the things his family said he loved, when he was fatally struck by a van Friday night in Douglas Park.

In the animated film Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? , philosopher, linguist, and logician Noam Chomsky fields questions lobbed at him by Oscar-winning director Michael Gondry.

Chestnut Tower was completed in 2000. It was the last apartment tower built in Chicago in the 20th century and marked an end to a nearly 10-year drought of new apartment construction on Chicago's Near North Side.

Delish Diner in Wicker Park will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on New Year's Day .

Hey, Chicagoans, there is a new dog food in town for your pets to try. It was developed and launched by Jami Ippolito, a long-time animal lover and the owner of Chicago's West Loop's popular pet product boutique, Paw Naturals .

The pastor of one of Chicago's oldest Roman Catholic parishes Sunday is facing an allegation of child sex abuse and is removed from his duties, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.

Tonight at the Gene Siskel Film Center, the Northwest Chicago Film Society presents Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka , screening in a new 35mm print.

Eight people were shot in a 10-hour span starting Saturday evening across Chicago, including a 26-year-old man fatally shot in the North Austin neighborhood and three men injured when gunshots were fired into an Englewood lounge.

Chicago Diner, the city's foremost purveyor of veg Reuben sandwiches and other meat-free foods, turned 30 this year, and co-owner Jo A. Kaucher released a cookbook to celebrate.

A suburban Chicago man is accused of blinding a motorist in one eye by punching him during a road rage confrontation.

Looking for new, creative ways to decorate during the holiday season? How about creating something personal and environmentally friendly that will barely crack open your wallet? Recycled-material crafts make a fun family project and give a second life to otherwise discarded objects.

Troy Stefano DeFilippis, 18, of the 4N800 block of Honey Hill Circle, Wayne, was charged at 9:56 a.m. at 333 N. Randall Road with defrauding drug and alcohol screening tests.

There are so many concerts going on in the next seven days, that you'd think it were a holiday season or something.

DuPage family law firm Davi Law Group opens a new office to better serve individuals located in Chicago and Cook County.

Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: a federal Securities and Exchange Commission investigation is nothing to sneeze at.

The Goodman's New Stages festival will feature three staged readings and two full productions of new work by five Latino playwrights, including Pulitzer winner Quiara Alegria Hughes and finalist Kristoffer Diaz.

Chicago baker Paula Haney grew up in Indianapolis, went to high school at Brebeuf and attended college at IU.

For the past 20 years, the nonprofit Neighborhood Writing Alliance has run writing groups in city neighborhoods, mostly in branch libraries.