Deaths from distracted driving are rising sharply. We talk with a transportation safety expert about what can be done to bring the number of fatalities down.

International speaker Taylor Gerring explains how Bitcoin’s blockchain technology could revolutionize multiple industries.

Roughly 20 percent of the produce grown in this country is never eaten, and a lot of it never even makes it off the farm because it doesn’t look right. Now, Chicagoans can buy that perfectly good (but unattractive) produce. 

A suburban high school struggling with the death of three teachers commissions an orchestral work to help the healing process.

Watch the Jan. 15, 2018 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

We visit a Chicago museum that presents history in an unexpected way: as told by buttons.

On a day honoring a man devoted to racial harmony, many leaders and activists are reacting to assertions from President Donald Trump that he is not a racist.

The Obama Foundation revised its plans for the Jackson Park project after criticism, but activists still have significant concerns over roadwork, traffic and community engagement.

Christian Picciolini talks about his life within the white supremacist movement and his subsequent efforts to combat racism, as told in his new book “White American Youth.”

After a public call for Apple to make its smartphones less habit-forming, we take a look at internet addiction in a digital age.

Two GOP senators say it didn't happen, Sen. Dick Durbin says it did. More on the fallout from the president’s reported comments about Haitian and African immigrants.

Watch the Jan. 11, 2018 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."

The Illinois primary is March 20, but you don’t have to wait until then to cast your ballot.