The Chicago Department of Public Health announced yesterday that it expects to lay off 80 employees, cut spending by 25 percent, and reduce lead testing in response to the state budget crisis.

It is the eve of Independence Day so before you blow anything up check out what is legal and illegal.

A series of photos showing the shrine to the late king of pop in his hometown.

Not saying it's good or bad, just kind of weird. I suppose the department of health should be stocked up on female condoms so they can give them out. $6 million dollars probably buys quite a few.

As the closure of a popular South Side women's clinic looms, opponents of the University of Chicago's plan to close the facility gave a list of demands to UC President Robert Zimmer.