A gregarious man with a mission, a complex personality, hard-nosed politician, he strode from the pulpits of politics to the precipice of the Oval Office, paving the way along…
The city has long had a fascination with South African jazz — and now with its visual artists
Lori Lightfoot, a 56-year-old former federal prosecutor and practicing lawyer was elected as Chicago mayor
The United States president’s successor, Republican Donald Trump, will be sworn into office on January 20.
The next Spike Lee joint needs to do more than add to the growing list of reductive and voyeuristic features and documentaries about the tough city.
Literary reportage adds to the hard facts a nearly forgotten texture that rewards savouring.
Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter – whose name is synonymous with gourmet cuisine – has died at the age of 54.
Chicago is plagued by deadly shootings where as many children die from guns every four months as were killed at the school shooting in Connecticut.
Singer Jennifer Hudson is one of 300 potential witnesses in the trial of her then brother-in-law, which started on Monday.
United States President Barack Obama’s ex-enforcer Rahm Emanuel was crowned mayor of Chicago on Tuesday.
“Howlin’ Wolf was the most distinctive of Chicago’s blues singers: his demonic howl was legendary”.
US President Barack Obama let his love for Chicago flow in a bid to capture the 2016 Olympic Games from rivals Rio, Tokyo and Madrid at Friday’s vote.
Rio de Janeiro and Chicago’s chances of hosting the 2016 Olympics were boosted on Wednesday as they appeared to come out tops in the IOC’s evaluation.
Spain’s IOC representative thinks US President Barack Obama has the chance to get the 2016 Olympics for his home city, Chicago.
The Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Games is strong and impressive, the chair of the International Olympic Committee’s evaluation commission said.
Who says print is dead? A Chicago-based start up is hoping to revitalise the newspaper by reprinting blogs in hyper-localised free papers.
A report, due out on Tuesday, is expected to clear US President-elect Barack Obama’s staff of any improper dealings with the governor of Illinois.
An elderly woman has been living with two skeletons and a badly decomposed body of her siblings in a suburb of Chicago, authorities said.
At 8 o’clock last Monday morning, the day before he was to become president elect, learned that the woman who had raised him was dead.
Alaa Al Aswany, author of <i>The Yacoubian Building</i>, has a new novel,<i> Chicago</i>. He speaks to Maya Jaggi.
