Chicago was founded by a Haitian. Chef Daniel Aurel, 26, wants people to know that. There is a large, vibrant mural of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable — the city’s founder — on the outside of his ...

I have a group of three girlfriends from middle school/high school. We stayed close during college and were in each other’s weddings, etc. I have known these women for more than 50 ...

Rayshawn Palmer's senseless death at a Detroit tailgate gathering sparks community outcry as his family remembers him as a ...

The city has laid out plans to keep the crowds safe and manage traffic, including a first-of-its-kind festival at Grant Park ...

Frankie Beverly, the “Before I Let Go” hitmaker with his band Maze, has died. He was 77. His death was announced Wednesday by ...

"My heart is heavy. I'm asking whoever did this to my jewel, please turn yourself, here, right now. I'm hurting," said ...

Family and friends of Juan Sebastian Salgado hold balloons and candles at a gathering in his honor Monday at Benito Juarez Community Academy. The 17-year-old was shot to death Aug. 19. Tyler ...

Phil Wocken, Vice President of Marketing and Communications at World View Enterprises, confirmed on Friday afternoon that the balloon was gathering solar radiation data as part of a mission ...

CHICAGO -- A family of Venezuelan migrants, who are among the 47,000 new arrivals to Chicago in the last two years, are now achieving the American dream. The Gomez family saved up money to buy a ...

Joseph Patrick Kennedy is born in Boston to former stevedore, saloon owner, and local politician Patrick Joseph Kennedy and his wife Mary Augusta Hickey, daughter of an affluent family from ...