Each year, CBS News Chicago remembers some of the many people who made the city tick through a variety of talents and achievements. Here are 62 people whose memories Chicago is honoring in 2025.

It all started when Joni Mitchell showed up at a Halloween party in 1976 dressed in Blackface, an afro, a pimped out jacket ...

Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the ...

Michael Jackson's "Beat It" debuts on both of Billboard's global charts, becoming another hit for the late superstar as "Billie Jean" climbs to never-before-seen peaks. Portrait of American Pop and ...

Jackson wrote “Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)” by himself. The song says in part, “I’m just a singer of simple songs / I’m not a real political man / I watch CNN, but I’m not sure I ...

Janet Bill, Director of the California DOJ’s Office of Native American Affairs and an enrolled member of the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians, shares how her deep love for family, culture, ...

Larry Summers once drove Cornel West out of Harvard in a very public fight. Now, Summers is back in the spotlight, and West can’t help but point out the irony. “There's a certain level of, not just ...

Johnny Cash had a simple explanation for legal and geographical inaccuracies in "Folsom Prison Blues", released on 1955.

The Black faith community, civil rights and justice advocates and supporters and well-wishers from around the world are mourning the loss of Bishop Reginald Jackson, a respected prelate of the African ...

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. My name is Jimmy Hoover. I am the Supreme Court correspondent for the National Law Journal and Law.com. In this newsletter, I provide SCOTUS watchers with the latest ...

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MADISON (WLUK) – Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz denied former Justice Michael Gableman’s request to remove herself from his disciplinary case. A special referee appointed by the ...