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17+ min ago (34+ words) Elgin police said the chain of events Saturday all stemmed from a car crash involving federal agents and escalated quickly. Darius Johnson reports. Elgin, Illinois leaders demand answers after federal agents clash with residents...

21+ min ago (31+ words) Israel is pushing for the disarmament of Hamas, while Hamas is asking for a path to Palestinian statehood. Bradley Blackburn reports. Focus is on next steps for Israel-Hamas peace deal...

24+ min ago (39+ words) Greene sat down with Lesley Stahl on "60 Minutes" in her first interview since announcing her resignation from Congress. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses President Trump of forsaking supporters Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses President Trump of forsaking supporters...

32+ min ago (26+ words) Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has your 5 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Multiple active weather systems this week in Chicago...

34+ min ago (64+ words) A federal trial was set to begin Monday to decide if Chicago police officers violated Ariel Roman's civil rights when they shot him at the Grand Avenue CTA Red Line station in 2020. Federal jury trial to begin for man shot by police at CTA Red Line station Federal jury trial to begin for man shot by police at CTA Red Line station...

42+ min ago (184+ words) December 8, 2025 / 5:21 AM CST / CBS Chicago One woman was killed and another hospitalized when a car lost control and crashed in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood early Monday morning. At 1:30 a.m., the two women were in a black sedan when heading west in the 3800 block of West Diversey Avenue when the woman who was driving, 31, lost control and struck a parked car, police said. The car then veered across the road and hit the rear of a semi-trailer truck that was headed east on Diversey Avenue. The woman in the passenger seat of the car that crashed, also 31, was ejected and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver of the car was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in good condition. The man who was driving the truck was not injured and refused medical treatment. Citations were pending Monday morning....

48+ min ago (34+ words) One woman was killed and another hospitalized when a car lost control and crashed in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood early Monday morning. Woman killed after sedan hits parked car, semi in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (401+ words) The government shutdown may be over, but Congress still hasn't solved the biggest problem left on its plate: Extend the expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies to avoid a'doubling of insurance premiums or replace them with something new altogether. Lawmakers have committed to a vote in December. While public debate about the issue has centered on dollars and deficits, the stakes are actually far greater: Access to comprehensive health coverage can determine whether people live or die. But HSA deposits do nothing to prevent the real harm. The health consequences of losing insurance " or of having insurance that is difficult to affordably use " are well documented. A substantial body of'research shows a clear relationship between lack of comprehensive coverage and higher death rates. The U.S. Supreme Court once observed that "the power to tax involves the power to destroy." In the context…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (696+ words) This page has long supported the responsible use of nuclear power to generate electricity. Illinois was the birthplace of the first-ever reactor at the University of Chicago, after all, and now has more reactors than any other state. Westinghouse, a nuclear pioneer, has announced plans to build 10 large reactors in the U.S., with construction to begin by 2030. Each of its AP1000s could supply 750,000-plus homes or, alternately, some of the power-hungry data centers coming online to fuel the artificial intelligence boom. Trump issued executive orders in May that aim to quadruple the use of nuclear power in the U.S. by 2050, including a "wholesale revision" of Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations. So far, so good, as government red tape is a glaring reason why just a few new reactors have come online since the 1980s. Unfortunately, Trump's otherwise welcome support of nuclear power comes with a…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (562+ words) Friday night was a bit chilly in Geneva, but Lara Sisto insisted that hearts and spirits were still warm thanks to the annual Christmas Walk going on in the city's downtown. "I'm from Geneva and I come to this every year," she said at the Christmas Walk. "If it's the holidays I have to be here. I moved here in 2012 and I've been here every year since. I haven't missed a year. It just feels very joyful " a lot of small-town community." The Geneva Chamber of Commerce sponsored the annual Christmas Walk on Friday, an event that continues to bring thousands to the downtown area in order to take part in a tradition that has spanned nearly seven decades. Chamber staff added that there were no changes this year to the holiday event and that the traditions of the Candy…...