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Lake Michigan. (Patty Wetli / WTTW News)

Chicago Sues Monsanto for Polluting City’s Air, Water, Soil with Toxic Chemicals

Representatives of Bayer, which now owns Monsanto, said Chicago's lawsuit was “meritless” because the company never manufactured or disposed PCBs in or near the Chicago area.

A server working in a restaurant. (WTTW News)

Deal to Phase Out Tipped Minimum Wage in Chicago Passed by Key City Panel

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Ride Along With a Task Force Working to Reduce Car Jackings in Chicago

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As Delta-8 Cannabis Products Gain Popularity, Chicago and Illinois Officials Debate How to Best Regulate the Substance

Products made from delta-8 promise to deliver a milder marijuana-like high. But unlike marijuana, which is strictly regulated and can only be sold in licensed dispensaries, delta-8 can be sold in convenience stores and cafes, and there are no age minimums for purchase.

Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Ward) said the tipped minimum wage should be eliminated to protect workers from sexual harassment, wage theft and abuse. (Heather Cherone / WTTW News)

How Brandon Johnson Crafted the Deal to Phase Out Tipped Minimum Wage in Chicago

Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko speak with “Chicago Tonight” on Sept. 19, 2023. (WTTW News)

In Chicago, Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko Talks Putin, Poisoning and the Need to Combat Russian Aggression

Dancers from Ballet Folklorico de Chicago rehearse. (WTTW News)

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A Chicago Dance Studio Is Working to Keep Traditional Mexican Folk Dancing Alive

Sep 20, 2023 | Joanna Hernandez
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How to Order Free COVID-19 Tests Starting Monday

Sep 20, 2023 | CNN
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Chicago Bears Defensive Coordinator Alan Williams Resigns

Sep 20, 2023 | Matt Masterson
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Arts & Entertainment

Chicago’s Looking for Its Next Official Millennium Park Christmas Tree. Think You’ve Got What It Takes?

Sep 20, 2023 | Patty Wetli
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CPS Board Set to Approve Expanded Parental Leave Policy for Educators and Employees

Sep 20, 2023 | Matt Masterson
Sergio Brown speaks during an NFL event for kids in south London, Wednesday, July 15, 2015. (AP Photo / Matt Dunham, File)

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Maywood Police Investigating If Missing Ex-NFL Player Sergio Brown Posted Videos About Mother’s Death

Sep 20, 2023 | Associated Press
Immigrants from Venezuela are reflected in a marble wall while taking shelter at the Chicago Police Department's 16th District station on Monday, May 1, 2023. In Chicago, where 13,000 migrants have settled in the last year, Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wrote Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to ask for parole for asylum-seekers, which, they say, would allow him to get around the wait for a work permit. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, FIle)

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Biden's Democratic Allies Intensify Pressure for Asylum-Seekers to Get Work Permits

Sep 20, 2023 | Associated Press
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Ride Along With a Task Force Working to Reduce Car Jackings in Chicago

Sep 19, 2023 | Joanna Hernandez
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Chicago Explores Possibility of a City-Owned Grocery Store In Effort to Improve Food Access

Sep 19, 2023 | Blair Paddock
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2023 Chicago Festival Guide

Sep 19, 2023 | WTTW News
Sergio Brown speaks during an NFL event for kids in south London in 2015. (Matt Dunham / AP)

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Search for Former NFL Player Sergio Brown Continues After Mother Found Dead in West Suburb. Here’s What’s Known

Sep 19, 2023 | CNN
United Auto Workers from engine team 50 man the picket line outside the Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023 in Toledo, Ohio. (Isaac Ritchey / The Blade via AP)

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Union Threatens to Expand Targeted Strike Against Big Three Automakers If There Is No Substantive Progress by Friday

Sep 19, 2023 | Associated Press
Michael Davidson has been named president and CEO of the conservation organization Openlands. (Courtesy of Openlands)

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Openlands Announces Michael Davidson as CEO, First New Leader at the Conservation Organization in 35 Years

Sep 19, 2023 | Patty Wetli
Chicago Public Library sign. (WTTW News)

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Mayor Brandon Johnson Denounces Bomb Threats That Closed Chicago-Area Libraries as ‘Attack on Our Democracy’

Sep 19, 2023 | Heather Cherone
A colony of ants formed their own life raft, seen in Hickory Creek Preserve in Will County. (Courtesy of Meagan Crandall)

Science & Nature

After Recent Rains Flooded Ant Colonies, They Formed Their Own Life Rafts

Sep 19, 2023 | Patty Wetli
Kinda, Brookfield Zoo’s new baby giraffe, with mom Arnieta. (Jim Schulz / CZS-Brookfield Zoo)

Science & Nature

Brookfield Zoo Has More Big News to Celebrate: A Record-Setting $40M Donation

Sep 19, 2023 | Patty Wetli
(WTTW News)

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Family of 4 Found Fatally Shot in Their Romeoville Home, Police Investigating As a Murder

Sep 19, 2023 | CNN
The Dirksen Courthouse is pictured in Chicago. (Capitol News Illinois)

Crime & Law

Suburban Chicago Man Convicted in 2006 Pipe Bomb Explosion at Hinsdale Train Station

Sep 19, 2023 | Matt Masterson
Paul Fehribach cooks Chicago-style barbecue. (WTTW News)

Arts & Entertainment

Chicago Chef Celebrates the Underappreciated Reach of Midwestern Food in New Cookbook

Sep 18, 2023 | Nick Blumberg

Sept. 18, 2023 - Full Show

Sep 18, 2023 | WTTW News
Olga Bautista, the executive director of the Southeast Environmental Task Force, lauded Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposal. (Heather Cherone/WTTW News)

HealthPolitics

Mayor Brandon Johnson Vows to Pass New Law Protecting South, West Sides from Pollution

Sep 18, 2023 | Heather Cherone
(Michael Izquierdo / WTTW News)

Crime & Law

A Look Inside Cook County Courtrooms on the Day Cash Bail Ends in Illinois

Sep 18, 2023 | Matt Masterson
A gun store display is pictured in a file photo. (WTTW News)

Politics

Illinois Gun Owners Who Want to Keep Now-Banned Assault Weapons Must Register Them

Sep 18, 2023 | Peter Hancock — Capitol News Illinois
This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzmán López being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, Oct. 17, 2019. (CEPROPIE via AP File)

Crime & Law

In Chicago Courtroom, ‘El Chapo’ Son Ovidio Guzmán López Pleads Not Guilty to US Drug and Money Laundering Charges

Sep 18, 2023 | Associated Press
The cast of the touring company of “Hamilton” will perform at the Nederlander Theatre in Chicago. (Credit: Joan Marcus)

Arts & Entertainment

Exuberant as Ever, a Grand-Scale Production of ‘Hamilton’ is Back in Chicago

Sep 18, 2023 | Hedy Weiss
Federal Emergency Management Agency had just opened a Disaster Recovery Center in Calumet City Sept. 14 to assist people with claims from flooding that happened in July. (Facebook / City of Calumet City)

Science & Nature

Nearly a Foot of Rain Devastates Calumet City With Second Flash Flood This Year: ‘All My Stuff Is Gone’

Sep 18, 2023 | Patty Wetli
Sergio Brown is shown here helping to coach a team of local school children on July 15, 2015, in London, England. (Dan Mullan / Getty Images via CNN)

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Former NFL Player Sergio Brown Missing After His Mother’s Death Ruled a Homicide in Maywood

Sep 18, 2023 | CNN
Protesters are seen in the Wisconsin Capitol Rotunda during a march supporting overturning Wisconsin’s near total ban on abortion, Jan. 22, 2023, in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo / Morry Gash)

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Planned Parenthood Resumes Abortion Services in Wisconsin After More Than a Year

Sep 18, 2023 | Associated Press
In this image taken from video, Matthew Bussler, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer at Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, uses mapping equipment in Dowagiac, Mich., on Aug. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Melissa Winder)

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Centuries After Native American Remains Were Dug Up, a New Law Returns Them for Reburial in Illinois

Sep 18, 2023 | Associated Press
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