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The TikTok app logo appears in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2020. (AP Photo / Kiichiro Sato, File)

Illinois Among 14 States Suing TikTok Alleging Social Media App Targets Kids With Addictive Features

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and top prosecutors from more than a dozen other states filed a lawsuit against social media app TikTok alleging the platform has deceived the public about the dangers it presents to children and teens.

File photo of a CTA train in Chicago. (WTTW News)

State Lawmakers on Efforts to Merge CTA, Metra and Pace: ‘We Need a Central Agency’

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What You Need to Know Ahead of Chicago’s First Board of Education Elections

Heavy rains can overwhelm Chicago's sewer system. (Roman Grac / Pixabay)

MWRD Dubs April ‘Overflow Action Awareness Month.’ Time to Have a Talk About Wastewater

Apr 1, 2021 | Patty Wetli
Hope Edelman has been writing, speaking and leading bereavement workshops for 25 years. Edelman joined “Chicago Tonight” to discuss loss, grief and grieving on pause, one year into the pandemic. (Credit: Hannah Kozak)

Author Hope Edelman on Grief and What Comes After

Apr 1, 2021 | Alexandra Silets

April 1, 2021 - Full Show

Apr 1, 2021 | WTTW News
Amazon employee Bekim Mehmedi speaks with WTTW News during a demonstration at facility in Gage Park on Thursday, April 1, 2021.

Amazon Employees in Chicago Demand Accommodations for ‘Brutal’ Shift

Apr 1, 2021 | Nick Blumberg
The Cubs home opener at Wrigley Field on Thursday, April 1, 2021. (WTTW News)

‘Chicago Tonight’ in Your Neighborhood: Wrigleyville

Apr 1, 2021 | Quinn Myers
In this image from video, witness Courteney Ross answers questions as Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill presides Thursday, April 1, 2021, in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

George Floyd’s Girlfriend Recalls Their Struggles With Addiction

Apr 1, 2021 | Associated Press
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Cases of More Transmissible UK COVID-19 Variant Up 47% in Illinois: Officials

Apr 1, 2021 | Heather Cherone
A plover parent and chick at Montrose Beach in 2019, courtesy of the Shedd Aquarium. (Credit: Susan Szeszol)

Help Clean Up the Plovers’ Other Favorite Chicago Beach

Apr 1, 2021 | Patty Wetli
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13-Year-Old Identified as Person Killed by Chicago Police Officer in Shooting Monday

Apr 1, 2021 | Matt Masterson
People walk their dog outside of Wrigley Field on opening day for the Chicago Cubs, Thursday, April 1, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo / Shafkat Anowar)

US Draws Close to 100M Vaccinations as Baseball Resumes

Apr 1, 2021 | Associated Press
CMPI fellow Zachary Allen participates in a coaching session with CSO Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti on March 31, 2021. (Credit: Todd Rosenberg)

Maestro Riccardo Muti Coaches Young Musicians Via Zoom

Apr 1, 2021 | Hedy Weiss
A sign at the United Center mass vaccination site on March 29, 2021. (WTTW News)

No End in Sight to Latest COVID-19 Spike: Chicago’s Top Doc

Apr 1, 2021 | Heather Cherone
Investigators gather outside an office building where a shooting occurred in Orange, Calif., Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)

Child Among 4 Dead in Shooting at California Office Building

Apr 1, 2021 | Associated Press
(WTTW News)

Shootings, Homicides Continue to Spike in Chicago Despite Overall Drop in Crime

Apr 1, 2021 | Matt Masterson

March 31, 2021 - Full Show

Mar 31, 2021 | WTTW News
President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)

Biden Announces Huge Infrastructure Plan to ‘Win the Future’

Plus: Our Spotlight Politics team weighs in on ‘Chicago Tonight’

Mar 31, 2021 | Associated Press
Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, said the latest surge in COVID-19 cases is being heavily driven by younger Chicagoans—18-29 years old leading. (WTTW News)

Another Spike in COVID-19 Cases Shows Clear Pattern, Cause for Caution

Mar 31, 2021 | Blair Paddock
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell has said ending the filibuster would bring a “nuclear winter” on the Senate floor. (WTTW News)

How Changing the Filibuster Could Impact Bipartisanship

Mar 31, 2021 | Marissa Nelson
Mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, Colorado, have once again brought questions of gun control to the fore. One possibility with Democrats in power in Washington is a revival of a federal assault weapons ban. (WTTW News)

Northwestern Study Says 1994-2004 Federal Assault Weapons Ban Worked

Mar 31, 2021 | Paul Caine
In this image from store video, George Floyd, right, is seen inside Cup Foods on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis. Former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for the death of Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

Ex-Cop Told Onlooker Floyd Was Big, ‘Probably on Something’

Mar 31, 2021 | Associated Press
In this Monday, Aug. 31, 2020 file photo, some of the nearly 900 large poster-sized photos of Detroit victims of COVID-19 are displayed on Belle Isle in Detroit. (AP Photo / Carlos Osorio)

COVID-19 Pushed Total US Deaths Beyond 3.3 Million Last Year

Mar 31, 2021 | Associated Press
This image taken from surveillance video provided by the New York City Police Department shows a person of interest in connection with an assault of an Asian American woman, Monday, March 29, 2021, in New York. (Courtesy of New York Police Department via AP)

Suspect in Attack on Asian American Woman in NYC Is Arrested

Mar 31, 2021 | Associated Press
The first doses of the Pfizer vaccine in Chicago were administered at the Loretto Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. (WTTW News)

All Essential Workers in Cook County Now Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccine: Officials

Mar 31, 2021 | Heather Cherone
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Chicago Still Using ‘Deeply Flawed’ Gang Databases: Watchdog

Mar 31, 2021 | Heather Cherone
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Report: Progress Made, But Chicago Police Have More Work to Do on Consent Decree Compliance

Mar 31, 2021 | Matt Masterson
In this Jan. 24, 2021, file photo, a vial of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 is shown at a one-day vaccination clinic set up in an Amazon.com facility in Seattle and operated by Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Pfizer Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Protects Younger Teens

Mar 31, 2021 | Associated Press
Unlike plastic, corrugated cardboard is highly recyclable. The Fibre Box Association says the industry’s recovery rate hovers around 90%. (WTTW News)

Box Boom: Record 2020 Leads to Lingering Fallout for Corrugated Packaging Industry

Mar 30, 2021 | Quinn Myers
Dr. Igor Koralnik, left, examines a patient. (Credit: Northwestern Medicine)

Study: COVID-19 Long Haulers’ Symptoms Impact Quality of Life, Cognitive Abilities

Mar 30, 2021 | Kristen Thometz
President Joe Biden speaks during an event on COVID-19 vaccinations, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Monday, March 29, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)

Biden Wants Infrastructure Package Approved Over Summer

Mar 30, 2021 | Associated Press
Illinois’ law regulating the collection of biometrics – or physical measurements like fingerprints – is one of the strictest in the nation but could be amended through a current bill in the state Legislature. (WTTW News)

Illinois’ Law Protecting Biometric Privacy Could Be Changed

Mar 30, 2021 | Evan Garcia
Last week, Chicago aldermen approved a resolution calling for the city to use dollars from federal relief funds for a basic income pilot program. (WTTW News)

Universal Basic Income Skeptics Say Cash Should Go to Existing Services

Mar 30, 2021 | Blair Paddock
(Photo by Lightscape / Unsplash)

As Officials Warn of Another Surge in COVID-19 Cases, Clear Pattern Emerges

Mar 30, 2021 | Heather Cherone