Balloonfest '86 promised to raise publicity for the still-rebounding city of Cleveland with the release some 1.5 million ...

In 1986, the New York Mets weren’t just a baseball team -- they were a force of nature.

Court-ordered changes in redistricting policy is part of a conservative movement to roll back civil rights legislation create ...

Cloud cover will slowly clear over the Chicago area Sunday, but cooler and blustery conditions are expected in the forecast. According to the NBC 5 Storm Team, cloud cover will eventually start to ...

They’re celebrating in Port Charles. ABC’s “General Hospital” dominated the 52nd Daytime Emmys, winning seven prizes on Friday night — including outstanding drama series. “GH” also picked up wins for ...

A man is in custody after two people were shot at a Walmart in suburban Evergreen Park Wednesday afternoon, police said. Just before 3 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to a report of an active shooter ...

Hundreds of thousands of YouTube users across the country reported issues with the video-sharing website Wednesday afternoon, including in Chicago. According to the website Downdetector, nationwide ...

A Republican congressman from Ohio is condemning the display in his office of an altered American flag that included a swastika, calling it “a vile and deeply inappropriate symbol” that is now under ...

Scientists who inspected Chicago's famous "rat hole" now say the imprint was not actually made by a rat, calling it a case of "mistaken identity." In an analysis published in the journal Biology ...

Teachers are banning the slang “67” — and disciplining students who breach the rule. “I’ve been teaching for 20 years and I’ve dealt with all sorts of slang — nothing has driven me crazier than this ...

Days after a federal judge issued an order aimed at reining in federal immigration agents' use of chemicals on protesters, tear gas was used by immigration agents on Tuesday to disperse what a ...

Tempers were on edge on Tuesday afternoon when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicle chase terminated in a neighborhood on Chicago's Southeast Side. When Homeland Security officials ...