Illinois

A newly-inaugurated Illinois congresswoman who invoked Adolf Hitler in a speech at a rally responded on social media after her remarks sparked backlash, including from a group of state lawmakers who called on her to resign.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. lambasted Republican colleagues who were pushing for a rejection of electoral college votes on Wednesday. “By trying to overturn this election, they are placing more trust in Reddit conspiracy theories over the Constitution,” Duckworth said.

Mariah Guzman, a graduate student at the University of Illinois, and Chancellor Robert Jones gave NBC Chicago an inside look at their high-tech efforts to keep students on the Urbana-Champaign campus safe from COVID-19, including twice a week saliva tests and contact tracing via Bluetooth. One week after opening its doors, the school had an outbreak anyway.

Michael Bloom hopes his project makes a positive statement about the country at a time when it’s divided: ‘How do we show that when we combine things that are American, we can get a greater product in the end?’

A white woman faces a felony hate crime charge after police said she initiated a racist confrontation with a group of Black men at a beach in suburban Chicago

Chicago Police said at least 14 people were hospitalized. “All we saw was just bodies laying everywhere,” said one resident.

Rose Gagnon now can hug her great-grandchildren thanks to the hug guard built by her granddaughter 

A Chicago-area woman was fatally mauled by a French bulldog she had rescued, police said Wednesday.

Photographer Eddie Rodriguez captured video of near-barren Chicago landmarks at night as the city undergoes a stay-at-home order.

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted shutdowns of schools, businesses and events across the U.S. Here are how some states are responding to the outbreak.

Dr. Emily Landon is the chief infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Chicago Medicine, who moments after Pritzker issued the ordinance to take effect Saturday evening, took to the stand with a 7-minute-long speech that went viral after striking a chord for many individuals.

A Chicago doctor’s call-to-action has gone viral after a moving speech following Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement Friday of a stay-at-home ordinance amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Emily Landon is the chief infectious disease epidemiologist at the University of Chicago Medicine, who moments after Pritzker issued the ordinance to take effect Saturday evening, took to the stand with a 7-minute-long...

Gov. J. B. Pritzker announced a “stay-at-home” order for the state of Illinois effective this Saturday. Here’s what it entails.

A third person in Illinois has tested positive for the coronavirus, Cook County and state health officials said in a news release Saturday. The person, who has not been identified, remains hospitalized in isolation, health officials said. Additional details about the patient, including their condition, weren’t immediately available. However, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle tweeted Saturday night that...

Animal experts say pets often process loss in a manner similar to humans. In a recent newsletter published by the Funeral Consumer Alliance of Maine, researcher Jessica Pierce says a growing body of research into ‘animal thanatology’ suggests common pets such as dogs and cats seem to share with humans many behavioral reactions to death, such as mourning and rituals...

Welcoming a furry addition to a home can be a fun and exciting event. But ensuring a smooth transition for the pet – and the family – takes some preparation and work. Here are some tips from animal shelters about what to do before, during and after the adoption.

Prospective pet owners can now choose the furry friend they want without having to leave their home. Five years after it first launched, the adoption app WeRescue has expanded its reach across the U.S. and in Canada, and has hundreds of thousands of pets available for adoption at over 3,000 rescue organizations. “We pull in data from all these different...

An Illinois couple’s dog stole the show during his owner’s wedding with his joyful reaction to their nuptial. Angie Blumberg married Jayce Conway at Rainbow Ranch Lodge in Big Sky, Montana, on July 28, NBC affiliate WFLA reported. The couple grew up in the same town and have been best friends since preschool.

An informal but dedicated network of pet hospice volunteers across the Twin Cities is working through local animal rescues to provide comfort to terminally ill and elderly animals. The Pet Project Rescue has been running the Lukas Project hospice program since 2011, Minnesota Public Radio reported . Secondhand Hounds also launched a hospice program called Forever Loved about three years ago.

A turkey hen at a suburban wildlife center has taken to sitting on a nest full of duck eggs after the mother of the eggs was killed by a hawk.