Department of Education faces up to 50% layoffs after closure notice
Mass layoffs are expected to start Tuesday night at the Department of Education, two sources told ABC News. They said that the "reduction in force" notices are expected to go out at 6 p.m. Nearly half ...
Relive highest-scoring men's March Madness performances
Legendary records can be set in March Madness games. Check out the highest-scoring individual men's performances in NCAA ...
31st annual ABC7 Chicago Gibbons Run at Montrose Harbor set for this May
Runners, walkers, leukemia supporters and survivors are encouraged to join the Chicago community on Saturday, May 31 for the 31st annual ABC7 Gibbons Run at Montrose Harbor.
USDA cuts two programs worth roughly $1B, impacting local schools, food banks and farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is cutting two programs worth roughly $1 billion. One of them provided roughly $660 million for schools to buy food from local farms. The other helped food banks ...
Notre Dame escapes with 55-54 victory over Pittsburgh in 1st round of ACC Tournament
Nikita Konstantynovskyi scored with a tip-in in the final minute and Tae Davis hit 1 of 2 free throws with 0.5 seconds left ...
Man found shot to death in Chatham identified by officials
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has been identified after Chicago police said he was found shot on the city's South Side. The victim was found as police responded to a call of shots fired at 11:49 p.m. on ...
Suspect in estranged wife's South Loop stairwell death released from jail on Michigan warrant
The man arrested months after his estranged wife was found dead in a South Loop stairwell has been released from jail after paying bond issued in Michigan.
Metra wants to hear from riders on possible new line names, as Union Pacific phased out
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Metra is phasing out the names for some of its lines, and wants to hear from its riders. The commuter rail is phasing out the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West lines. Some new ...
TikTok expands Family Pairing feature with new parental controls
Since the launch of Family Pairing, TikTok has continued to expand its parental controls. Parents now have access to over 15 adjustable settings, including options to enable a STEM-focused feed, ...
San Francisco's Arion Press celebrates 50 years of creating beautiful books by hand
The San Francisco book publisher creates several unique, limited-edition books every year that are printed from metal types ...
Trump vowed to make the economy better on Day 1. Now, he says US is in 'transition'
After vowing to immediately make America more affordable if elected, Trump is now declining to rule out a recession as he ...
Morton Arboretum expert explains how Chicago-area weather might affect spring plants
Christy Rollinson is the arboretum forest ecology research scientist at the Morton Arboretum, and joined ABC7 Chicago Tuesday to talk about how the weather might affect spring blooms. The next month ...