Stories by Eunice Alpasan

The 16th annual Open House Chicago will be held this weekend. The lineup features more than 200 sites across more than 30 neighborhoods. Adam Rubin, senior director of public engagement at the Chicago Architecture Center, joined “Chicago Tonight” to give a preview.

The lawsuit, which was filed in Illinois, said McDonald’s pricing tool uses artificial intelligence to collect data that competing franchises wouldn’t normally share, like store-level sales.

We preview the only televised governor forum between JB Pritzker and Darren Bailey. And McDonald’s is sued over an AI tool that is allegedly helping set menu prices.

Heartland Human Care Services will close its pre-trial residential shelter for justice-impacted youth, the Manuel Saura Center, on Nov. 30, a spokesperson for the organization confirmed.

Chicago Bears defensive end Montez Sweat has been suspended for two games for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing substances policy.

Tests confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma, the Vatican said in a medical bulletin after the surgery. It said the diagnosis had been suspected by preoperative tests and was confirmed during surgery.

Chicago Blackhawks captain Connor Bedard is set for his season debut on Tuesday night against Pittsburgh.

Chicago attorneys have filed more than a half dozen lawsuits alleging the Archdiocese of Chicago knew its priests were running a “sex ring” for decades at a South Side parish but did nothing to stop it from happening.

After a three-week trial, a Cook County jury determined that the fatal injuries suffered by Dominga Flores Gomez, who was survived by five children and eight grandchildren, were the fault of the driver who refused to stop for police, records show.

Chicago basked in rare October heat Monday, setting a new daily record high temperature of 88 degrees, blowing past the old record of 84, according to the National Weather Service.

A former CTA bus driver is calling out the transit agency for not doing enough to protect its workers after she was attacked while on her route.

Meet the people helping to shape Chicago’s new transit oversight agency. And remembering Mike Ditka.

It’s a new era for CTA, Metra and Pace as the Northern Illinois Transit Authority becomes the new oversight agency for all three systems. NITA was created by the Illinois General Assembly as part of a $1.5 billion transit bill.

Chicago is remembering Mike Ditka, the iconic Bears coach and Hall of Fame player who died Friday. Ditka appeared on “Chicago Tonight” a few times over the years.

Officer John Kaporis “blatantly and repeatedly used vulgar homophobic and racist language, despite policy dictating that supervisors may randomly audit these videos,” the Civilian Office of Police Accountability concluded.

Hundreds of hotel workers from a half dozen Chicago hotels remain on strike Monday, days after walking off the job in a push for improved wages, healthcare benefits and a safer workload.

A game-worn, autographed Michael Jordan road jersey from the 1998 NBA Finals has been privately sold for $14 million, an auction house announced Monday, calling it the highest price ever paid for a piece of basketball memorabilia.

“The Living Canvas” at the Bridgeport Art Center will feature 15 Chicago-area artists whose clients will model tattoos. The formal event will have a jazz band, living paintings, tattoo artist seminars, a live piercing demonstration and more.

“We’re all super motivated and we’re all super passionate, and so it’s not going to be something that fizzles out anytime soon,” said Robyn Detterline, advocacy chair with Chicago Ornithological Society.

The Bears wore No. 89 stickers on the backs of their helmets Sunday. The Packers and Bears honored Ditka with a pregame moment of silence. Perhaps the most notable tributes to Ditka came in the stands rather than on the sidelines.

Pope Leo XIV announced Sunday he will undergo surgery “in the coming days” to remove a nodule on his lung, in the first major health event of his 17-month pontificate.

New legal actions against the Trump administration over “Operation Midway Blitz” shootings. And Chicago Bears legend Mike Ditka dies at 86.

Staff at Shedd Aquarium are mourning the loss of another rescued beluga whale, announcing the death of 27-year-old Caspian, who arrived at Shedd in August from the shuttered Canadian park Marineland.

“Neighborhoods with the greatest infrastructure needs should not face additional barriers to securing essential public investment,” Mayor Brandon Johnson wrote in his official veto measure. “Delaying infrastructure projects can increase construction costs, worsen deterioration and ultimately cost taxpayers more.”

Drivers blocking bicycle and bus lanes racked up nearly $4.5 million in fines since November 2024, when an effort to use automated cameras to make streets safer for cyclists and pedestrians launched downtown, according to city data.

A Cook County judge on Friday ordered that Shavon Gayden, 48, remain held at Cook County Jail, days after she was charged with first-degree murder in the Oct. 3 killing of 7-year-old Eddimar Hernandez Chacon.