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It wasn’t 1968. It wasn’t even close. After months of anticipation, planning and vows of mass protest in Chicago that called to mind the https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/us/dnc-1968-chicago-protests.html of the 1968 Democratic National [...]

At least 55 demonstrators protesting the Democratic convention were detained on Tuesday after scuffling with the police outside Israel’s consulate. Hundreds more marched Wednesday. The Chicago police arrested at least [...]

One group said it would demonstrate at the Consulate of Israel in downtown Chicago. The police said they would not tolerate violence. Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters faced off with the [...]

It was August 1968, and Chicago was ready to combust.The Democratic National Convention had come to town, along with thousands of delegates, guests and journalists. Demonstrators arrived in the city [...]

As tens of thousands of delegates and guests arrive for the Democratic National Convention, they will encounter a sight familiar to Chicagoans but startling to most out-of-towners: clusters of migrants [...]

About 50,000 people are expected in the nation’s third-largest city for the Democrats’ convention. Some Chicagoans are thrilled. Others are fleeing town. Workers rushed around in the shadow of the [...]

The Secret Service, which has been under scrutiny since the assassination attempt against Donald J. Trump, says it has reviewed its security plan for the convention in August. Chicago is [...]

The former president did not win them over — not that they like the alternative. Former President Donald J. Trump began his prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention on [...]

The Republican National Convention is underway in Milwaukee, the largest city in the key swing state of Wisconsin. The four-day affair has put the city in an international spotlight just [...]

Outside the arena, an uneasy relationship between the city and the convention has intensified. The latest * Republicans were https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/16/us/trump-gop-convention-biden during the second night of the Republican National Convention. * [...]

After the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, protest organizers said their rally would proceed as expected. Law enforcement authorities said they were prepared. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/trump-rnc-news-biden A crowd of left-leaning demonstrators gathered [...]

On Today’s Episode: * Biden Asks America to ‘Lower the Temperature’ After Trump Shooting, * Here’s What Is Known About the Suspect Who Tried to Assassinate Trump, * After Shooting [...]

As 50,000 people began arriving in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention, Secret Service officials and local leaders aimed to reassure the public about safety. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/15/us/trump-rnc-news-biden Milwaukee was always an [...]

Cavalier Johnson, the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee, was one of the biggest cheerleaders for holding the Republican National Convention in the city. Mayor Cavalier Johnson was zipping in and out [...]

In May, parts of Chicago were covered for the first time in 17 years by a brood of buzzing, mating, crawling red-eyed cicadas. The city’s tiniest trees were ready. Homeowners [...]

The Chicago City Council is seeking the public transit chief’s ouster as the system wrestles with financial woes, sluggish service and crime complaints since the pandemic. Until recently, Dorval R. [...]

Heidi Heitkamp was in her office at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics when protesters occupied the building. Former Senator Heidi Heitkamp was sitting in her second floor office [...]

Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago understands the comparison to 1968. Once again, the city is gearing up to host a late-summer Democratic National Convention amid a backdrop of fury and [...]

As the third graders of Cumberland Elementary in the Chicago suburbs colored, clipped and glued paper to make cicadas with filmy wings, they confided their fears about what is about [...]

His acquittal in the infamous trial involving Nicole Brown Simpson’s death prompted powerful backlash that helped change the perception around domestic violence. In December 1994, investigators from the Los Angeles [...]

Justice Ann Walsh Bradley, whose term ends in July 2025, said she will not seek re-election. The race to replace her will decide whether the court has a liberal or [...]

Yee Leng Xiong, a 29-year-old nonprofit executive, has been an elected official in Wisconsin since he was a teenager. From a north central county known for ginseng farming and downhill [...]

Nine people have been charged with crimes, including weapons violations, in connection to the shooting in Kansas City, Mo., last month. A third man has been charged with murder in [...]

A proposal to raise the transfer tax on sales of high-value properties was trailing. Two Democrats were locked in a close Cook County prosecutor primary. Vote counting continued in Chicago [...]

A proposed tax change to fund homelessness programs in Chicago and the Democratic primary for Cook County’s chief prosecutor pit moderates against progressives. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/03/19/us/primary-election-ohio-trump-biden Two local races in the Chicago [...]

Covid was declared a national emergency on March 13, 2020. Even as the threat of severe illness and death has faded, the pandemic’s effects linger. Jessie Thompson, a 36-year-old mother [...]

An unseasonably warm winter peaked on Tuesday with melting ice rinks and 70-degree weather. Temperatures will plummet from there, but even so, this winter without winter has left some people [...]

The authorities said the teenagers had been charged with resisting arrest and gun violations, and that additional charges are expected. Two teenagers were charged with resisting arrest and “gun-related” offenses [...]

Homicides in Kansas City, Mo., increased last year, many of them attributed to arguments, officials say. Across the country, Americans were shocked and horrified by the images on Wednesday from [...]

Before its beloved Chiefs won the Super Bowl on Sunday, Kansas City, Mo., had been full of anticipation about its team — and about Taylor Swift. Chiefs flags fluttered on [...]

Prayer candles adorned with the faces of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift gaze out from shop windows. Chiefs flags flutter on car windows zipping down highways. Red clothing appears to [...]

In recent weeks, buses have been bypassing the city for its smaller outlying communities, where people are unaccustomed to the flow of newcomers. In different times, the tiny brick Metra [...]

High winds and heavy snow turned much of the Midwest into a frosty mess on Friday. Roads and sidewalks across the region became treacherous, forcing some highways to close and [...]

With snow and sleet falling on Friday and frigid air expected to follow, Mayor Brandon Johnson said the city would not leave anyone out in the cold. Chicago could see [...]

An armed 17-year-old student left one dead and five wounded at Perry High School. In downtown Perry, Iowa, on Friday, residents wore blue to support each other, reflecting the school [...]

After Colorado’s top court ruled that the former president was disqualified for engaging in insurrection, justices in Michigan considered a similar challenge. The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday paved the [...]

The ruling, coming just months after liberals gained a 4-to-3 majority on the State Supreme Court, could undo gerrymanders that have given Republicans lopsided control of the State Legislature. The [...]

Kevin M. Guskiewicz of the University of North Carolina is to become Michigan State University’s sixth president in six years. Michigan State University confirmed a new president on Friday, an [...]

The Supreme Court justice, who died at 93 on Friday, made a series of influential rulings and inspired women across a range of fields as she cemented her legacy. When [...]

A challenge to district maps that have locked in Republican control of the Legislature is being argued on Tuesday before a State Supreme Court with a new 4-to-3 liberal majority. [...]

The prosecution of a Fourth of July attack that killed seven in 2022 could broaden the legal interpretation of who bears responsibility for a mass shooting. In a case that [...]

Robert Crimo Jr., whose son is accused in a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Illinois, agreed to a plea that will send him to jail for 60 [...]

The city’s police chief emphasized that the attack did not appear to be related to antisemitism. No arrests have been made. The authorities in Detroit said on Monday that they [...]

The family of Wadea Al-Fayoume remembered him at a funeral in suburban Chicago. The man accused in the boy’s death appeared in court. At the front of an Illinois mosque, [...]

For Judith Raanan and her teenage daughter, Natalie, the voyage to Israel that began in September was abundant with meaning, a trip to celebrate the Jewish holidays and the 85th [...]

The clinic had suspended abortions during a legal battle over an 1849 law, which is ongoing. Planned Parenthood said on Thursday it would resume providing abortions in Wisconsin, where the [...]

Concerns about gun violence at large public events leave some contemplating safety measures or even staying home. Luca and Lennyn Fantasia, ages 7 and 5, were bouncing around the Park [...]

Across the nation’s middle, unhealthy air from Canadian wildfires sent summer campers home and left residents coughing, and asking when this would end. The Great Lakes region was enveloped in [...]

Thick smoke from the seemingly endless Canadian wildfires has again blanketed large swaths of the United States, prompting warnings for residents to stay indoors with few signs of any immediate [...]

Chicago residents were warned to stay indoors or wear masks, and the popular paths along Lake Michigan were quiet. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/29/us/canada-wildfires-air-quality-smoke Chicago and much of the Upper Midwest were blanketed with [...]