[Vernita Gray, left, and Patricia Ewert hold their Illinois marriage license after they were married in Chicago on Wednesday. While the state's gay marriage law takes effect in June 2014, the couple was granted an expedited marriage license because Gray is terminally ill. Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast via AP]

[Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs the state's Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act into law during ceremonies on Wednesday in Chicago. The bill, which won't take effect until June 1, makes Illinois the 16th state to legalize same-sex marriage. Photo by Charles Rex Arbogast via AP]

After jumping the turnstile at the Granville station of Chicago's Red Line — the Chicago Transit Authority's busiest line — and slapping several commuters, a fully nude woman announced that she was taking over the train and was heading to the front to drive it.

Police in Chicago say a man who caught another man in bed with his girlfriend decided to teach him a "lesson" by setting his balls on fire.

[The Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat announced on Tuesday that One World Trade Center in New York City is the officially the tallest building in the United States. Suck it, Chicago. Image by Mark Lennihan via AP]

A petty thief who tried to lift the iPhone of a customer at acclaimed Chicago sushi joint Juno realized a bit too late that he probably should have picked a restaurant that isn't co-owned by a martial arts expert who used to be a bouncer.

This video is being called "the worst hit-and-run attempt ever," and with good reason.

A gay couple filed a human rights complaint on Monday against a Chicago-area taxi company because a driver told them to leave his cab after they shared a kiss.

A Chicago man who discovered a trunk of rare papers formerly belonging to Harvard University's first black graduate says he plans on burning them all if Harvard doesn't stop lowballing him on the price. Rufus McDonald is not playing around: "I'll roast and burn them," he told the Chicago Sun-Times.

After last week’s announcement that Krokodil had made its way to suburban Chicago, two sisters have confirmed that they are two of the five people being treated at the Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet for complications from the drug.

The flesh-eating drug Krokodil made its horrifying United States debut two weeks ago in Arizona, but as many feared, its use has spread: there have now been three reports of the drug in a Chicago suburb.

Two trains collided this morning at Chicago’s Blue Line Station in Forest Park. At least 33 people were hospitalized, though none of the injuries were serious.

"One day while driving east on I-290" begins this Penthouse Forum-esque footage of a Chicago couple unabashedly "smashing" in the driver's seat while cruising along the Eisenhower expressway.

Thirteen people were shot Thursday night at a park in Chicago, including a three-year-old boy who was shot in the head. Twelve of the 13 victims remain hospitalized, including five in serious or critical condition, with the 3-year-old the most seriously injured.

As gun violence continues to plague Chicago, the Chicago Tribune presents its series "Chicago Under the Gun." The project, which pairs up Tribune crime reporters with photographers and videographers, offers small but heartbreaking and important slice-of-life glimpses into some of the city's shootings.

Jesse Jackson Jr. was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for misusing nearly $750,000 in campaign funds. Jackson's wife was also given a year in jail for filing false tax returns. The presiding judge agreed to let the Jacksons stagger their sentences so their children could have at least one parent in the home.

The Boston Globe's new business editor, Mark Pothier, once played keyboards for industrial savants Ministry. "Then, I had to 'Work for Love,'" notes Pothier. "Now I just work."

There's not really anything to say about this except that the little girl is perfect and should never change, and thank God it's Wednesday.

Michelle Obama dragged her daughters, Malia, 15, and Sasha, 12, out for a visit with her friend Mrs. Carter in Chicago last night, even though Mrs. Carter only ever wants to talk about mortgages and interest rates and mulch and Sasha and Malia would rather spend their time snapchatting pix of their dog to their friends.

"Scabby," the giant inflatable rat that the Teamsters union sets up to protest nonunion workplaces, was stabbed by a scab in Chicago last weekend. The Rat Stab Scab was arrested. The judge on the case is named "Adam Bourgeois."