Mary Norkol

Aisha Buford-Morrison and Terrell Johnson were one of about 200 couples who entered the lottery to receive the first marriage license of the year.

“He wasn't trying to hurt me. I never broke a nail, he never touched me, but his demeanor worried me,” said Charlotta Pritchett, who called the

Allie, a 37-year-old bottlenose dolphin, is in her second trimester of pregnancy and expected to give birth sometime in June, according to Dr. Michael Adkesson, Brookfield Zoo's president and CEO.

Mamayan Jabateh, a senior at the University of Chicago, was arrested, removed from campus and suspended from classes in December following a pro-Palestinian protest in October.

Mayor Brandon Johnson, Michael Eric Dyson, faith leaders and other speakers celebrated Black history and urged people to continue fighting racism at the city's interfaith breakfast celebrating the life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a law that would require the popular app to be sold or banned, but enforcement remains a question.

Jesus Castrejon was delivered at five months after his mother was fatally shot while pregnant. He was initially given a 25% chance of survival and died Thursday night.

Jesús Castrejón nació a los cinco meses, después de que su mamá fuera asesinada el 16 de enero en Portage Park. El bebé murió el jueves por la noche.

The Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which runs the clock, decided to move the clock one second closer to midnight because of climate change, nuclear threats and biological hazards.

“There's just a lot we don't know and this is sort of the first step in getting a better grasp on what this biodiversity really means,” said Sara Ruane, associate curator of reptiles and amphibians at the Field Museum.