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At 31, Congressman Aaron Schock is the youngest participant of the Year 25 series. It’s a designation he’s pretty used to.

Chicago Zoological Society officials say three Brookfield Zoo bottlenose dolphins are pregnant. 

A proposal that aims to create thousands of jobs in southern Illinois by kick-starting high-volume oil and gas drilling cleared a top committee Tuesday, sending it on to the House floor.

Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died.

A picket line stretched for roughly two blocks in front of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in the south Loop. The demonstration was organized by Unite Here which represents Hyatt Hotel workers.

Students at Lindblom Math and Science Academy are helping get a fish spy camera underwater in Antarctica.

Emergency crews searched an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday for survivors of a tornado that flattened homes and demolished a school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least nine children, and those numbers were expected to climb.