A woman kneels on the ground after being randomly punched by a man who walks away in the 600 block of North Rush Street on […]
IBM claims 45% productivity gains with Project Bob, its multi-model IDE that orchestrates LLMs with full repository context
For many enterprises, there continue to be barriers to fully adopting and benefiting from agentic AI. IBM is betting the…
Has this stealth startup finally cracked the code on enterprise AI agent reliability? Meet AUI's Apollo-1
For more than a decade, conversational AI has promised human-like assistants that can do more than chat. Yet even as…
OpenAI Dev Day 2025: ChatGPT becomes the new app store — and hardware is coming
In a packed hall at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, against a backdrop of the Golden Gate Bridge, OpenAI…
Murdered boy found in Washington Park area once covered by ShotSpotter system
A woman heading to work on Wednesday morning discovered the body of a murdered 16-year-old boy lying next to her car in Washington Park, prompting […]
22 years for carjacking victim while on electronic monitoring for shooting at sheriff’s deputy
A Chicago man who carjacked a Facebook Marketplace seller while on electronic monitoring for trying to kill a Cook County sheriff’s deputy was handed a […]
ICE commander wrongly identifies man as a rapist offficials allowed to walk the streets of Chicago
Federal agents detain Columbino Ramos. Seen inset are Alexander Ramos, along with some of the wrong things a federal commander wrote about Columbino. (CMDROpAtLargeCA; Chicago […]
$10K reward offered in unsolved River North mass shooting that left 4 dead, 14 wounded
Left to right: Devonte Williamson, Leon Henry, Aviance King, and Taylor Walker. (Cook County Crime Stoppers) Three months after what is believed to be the […]
‘Loop Puncher’ attacked *another* woman while on pretrial release, police say
A man widely suspected of being one of Chicago’s so-called “Loop Punchers,” known for randomly attacking women downtown, was arrested again Thursday morning after police […]
Ex-Chicago cop sentenced to 20 years for sexually abusing 4 victims, including 2 kids he met on-duty
A former Chicago police officer who sexually abused four victims, including two children he met through his work as a cop, has been sentenced to […]
The Extra Reward for Owning Stocks Over Bonds Has Disappeared
Stocks haven’t looked this unattractive, by at least one measure, since the aftermath of the dot-com era. Plenty of investors are piling in anyway. The […]
Chinese Investors With Few Options Turn to Dividends
Chinese stocks have been a money pit for the past few years. But for investors willing to look past the wreckage, some companies are giving […]
Tax Season Starts Today. Here’s What to Know Before You File Your 2024 Returns
All the early birds with simple returns can file away. Tax season begins Monday. Even though Congress didn’t make major changes for this year, there […]