The future looked brighter in summer 2021, relative to the year before. Mass vaccinations were beginning to push COVID-19 to the margins. George Floyd’s murderer was in prison. And it appeared that ...

I was born in Puerto Rico to a deeply conservative Catholic family that is proudly Republican. The American flag flew outside our home more often than the Puerto Rican one. In my 30s, I had an ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — A teenage boy was injured in a shooting in the Loop on Monday night, according to Chicago police. Police say the 14-year-old was standing outside in the 0-100 block of East Washington ...

A 14-year-old was shot in Chicago’s Loop on Monday night, authorities said. According to Chicago police, the shooting unfolded in the first block of East Washington Street at approximately 8:31 p.m.

Yes, the Seahawks won the biggest prize in U.S. professional sports and sparked a week of giddy celebration in the city, but for many in the region, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio’s Super Bowl ...

Like many in Chicagoland, I greeted last Sunday with eager anticipation of the Super Bowl. Our household started preparing the game day spread early, but rather than wings and dip, we set out pernil ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year, according to evidence released Wednesday by attorneys ...

How Bad Bunny became the global voice of a generation in crisis — and what it means when resistance becomes profitable. Vanessa Díaz, professor of Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies at Loyola Marymount ...

When Ismael Mendez was in fifth grade, he told his parents he wanted to go live with his grandmother in Puerto Rico, a place that had always “felt like home.” They agreed to let their ever-independent ...

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Puerto Rico’s residents typically don’t pay U.S. income taxes on income sourced to the island. That, and a special tax break for newcomers, has attracted some rich folks from the states. About 135 ...