The Chicago Marathon kicked off Sunday morning in Grant Park for its 46th year. Since its first race in 1977, more than one million runners have crossed the finish line, including a record 52,150 runners...
Connor Upshaw, Contributing Writer
• October 14, 2024
More people are using electric scooters and e-bikes for faster and more eco-friendly transportation. Last year, there were over 3.7 million rides taken using city-sanctioned scooters from Divvy, Lime and...
Isabel Riley, Contributing Writer
• October 14, 2024
Chicagoans who once found solace in affordable housing face instability as property companies threaten to shut down multiple low-income apartment buildings on the North Side.
Prompted by the planned...
Climate change is an irrefutable fact.
The summer average for 2024 was 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit hotter than the previous record holder, the not-so-distant year of 2023, and an entire 2.25 F warmer than...
Sarah Hendry, Current Events Beat Writer
• October 7, 2024
The Chicago Transit Authority recently began testing security technology from an artificial intelligence security company as a part of ongoing efforts to address gun violence. The tech, from company ZeroEyes,...
The city of Chicago is set to close three migrant shelters this month as the number of buses coming from Texas decrease due to President Joe Biden’s executive order limiting newcomers from entering the...
Sabrina Castle, Contributing Writer
• September 30, 2024
Teens and young adults in the United States are risking death to get high as recreational use of nitrous oxide — commonly known as whippits — is “rising rapidly,” according to doctors at the Yale...
Lina Gebhardt, Multimedia Editor
• September 30, 2024
Plastic is everywhere — even in hotel rooms. Since the 1970s, people have come to expect travel-sized toiletries during hotel stays, but starting in 2025, that will change.
The Single-Use Plastic...
Sarah Hendry, Current Events Beat Writer
• September 16, 2024
Lyft became the second rideshare service to roll out a rider verification program in cities across America in an attempt to improve driver safety. In Chicago, the process began Sept. 5, 2024. Rider verification,...
Foxtrot reopened its first store on Thursday, Sept. 5 in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. The reopening comes several months after Outfox Hospitality, then-parent company of the upscale corner store...
Six closed clinics later, Chicago residents continue to lack accessible mental health resources. Four of the closed clinics were in neighborhoods on the South Side.
