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Chicago dad, baby are shot as he changes her diaper

2013-03-11 20:33:00

A Chicago man and his baby daughter were shot while he changed her diaper in a van on the street, police said Monday. Jonathan Watkins, 29, was shot in the left side, cheek and right buttock, police said. His daughter, identified by family members as�...

Actor burned at Lyric Opera of Chicago dress rehearsal; father there

2013-02-05 13:24:00

A performer with Lyric Opera of Chicago suffered serious burns Monday afternoon when his face went up in flames during a dress rehearsal of Wagner’s “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” at the Civic Opera House in Chicago. Wesley Daniel,...

Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk hospitalized after suffering stroke

2012-01-23 09:11:00

Sen. Mark Kirk was hospitalized after suffering a stroke over the weekend and underwent surgery Monday in Chicago, his office said. According to a statement, Kirk, 52, checked himself in to Lake Forest Hospital in the Chicago area on Saturday, where...

R. Kelly has emergency throat surgery, takes 'indefinite' break from performing

2011-07-20 16:35:37

The gender line

2010-04-05 00:00:00

Say what you will about Mars and Venus, but anatomically, male and female hearts look the same. When healthy, both should be about the size of a fist. Both have three main coronary arteries, the large blood vessels that wrap around the outside of the...

Man dies after falling from ledge during Bears-Eagles game [Updated]

2010-11-29 16:33:09

Demystifying the cardiac stress test

2010-04-05 00:00:00

Dr. Marc Wallack routinely passed his cardiac exercise stress test with flying colors. He was, after all, a veteran marathon runner with respectable cholesterol and blood pressure numbers. But as many heart disease patients discover, a treadmill analysis...

Koko Taylor dies at 80; singer was Chicago blues icon

2009-06-04 00:00:00

Koko Taylor, a Chicago musical icon who became one of the most revered female blues vocalists of her time with signature hits such as "Wang Dang Doodle," "I'm a Woman" and "Hey Bartender," died Wednesday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago of...

Yury Verlinsky dies at 65; pioneered genetic testing method

2009-07-22 00:00:00

Yury Verlinsky, the Russian emigr� who was the first researcher in the United States to perform chorionic villus sampling to detect birth defects and who pioneered the development of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to detect potential genetic...

Man, 19, dies after South Side shooting

2013-05-21 04:09:00

A 19-year-old man was fatally shot in the South Side's Lake Meadows neighborhood in one of three shootings Monday night on the South and West Sides, officials said. Torri Stewart, of the 900 block of East 81st Street, was shot in the head about 8:20 p....

Near North elevator malfunction sends 4 to hospitals

2013-05-17 13:32:00

An elevator malfunction in a Near North building sent four people to the hospital, officials said. The malfunction happened at 3 p.m. in a building at 60 E. Delaware St. in the Near North neighborhood, according to Chicago Fire Department officials....

At least 7 wounded in shootings across Chicago

2013-05-16 02:12:00

A man was shot and critically wounded inside a building in the Beverly neighborhood Wednesday afternoon, among seven people shot across Chicago into the evening, police said. The man, 34, was shot in the 9900 block of South Walden Parkway about 12:30 p....

Steve Blye has joined Legat Architects as senior design director and associate director of health care. In the former role, Blye will lead planning efforts, collaborative design charrettes and conceptual development of a variety of faciliies.

2013-04-19 00:00:00

Chicago Fire Department officials respond to a person who threatened to jump into the Chicago River at the intersection of State Street and Wacker Drive on Sunday. The Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle had to be rerouted off of State Street, due to this incident.

2013-04-07 00:00:00

Pamela McCoy has been appointed assistant dean for executive degree programs, which includes the Executive MBA and MBA Health care Management programs, at Loyola University Chicago's Quinlan School of Business.

2013-03-28 00:00:00