Viewers summed up their thoughts about math after our talk with "Beyond Infinity" author Eugenia Cheng.

Spare bedrooms are bringing in decent money for some Chicago residents: According to vacation rental website Airbnb, Chicago-area hosts earned an average of $4,100 in 2016.

All seven Illinois House Republicans voted in favor of the bill Thursday that rolls back several features of the Affordable Care Act.

Overall state and local government support for higher education across the country fell by $130 per student in 2016, the first time that figure failed to grow in four years. And one group is pointing the finger squarely at Illinois.

A beer tasting in Soldier Field, live music and kite-flying pros usher in the weekend. Here are 10 things to do in and around Chicago.

SEIU Healthcare Illinois members reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract with the Illinois Association of Health Care Facilities late Wednesday night, avoiding a strike in which 5,000 nursing home workers across 53 Chicago-area facilities were expected to participate.

A candidate for Illinois governor gets an early boost from one of Democrats’ traditional allies.

Watch the May 3, 2017 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

If you’re not a fan of math, Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to change your point of view. 

James Beard Award winner Sarah Grueneberg dishes on her newly minted best chef prize. 

What does the future hold for Helmut Jahn’s 16-story Loop office building?

The first conceptual designs for the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park have been revealed. Take a peek at the renderings.

A west suburban forest preserve is dispatching an army of freshwater mussels to clean up contaminated waters. “They may be small, but they have enormous beneficial effects on the lives of other organisms,” said one staff member.

Feasting while dieting may sound counterintuitive, but a new study found that dieters who alternated between feasting and fasting lost as much weight as those who cut calories. 

Since about 1915, a 7-foot-tall stone man has been shouldering a heavy burden on the corner of a Southeast Side building — more than hundred years without a break! But there’s some debate as to exactly who he is.