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It's been two days since we first told you about Constellation Energy buying several hundred acres of land in or near the Village of Essex and it's still anyone's guess what they are going to do with all of that land.

The family of an Indiana teen is now suing Amazon. The teen had catastrophic injuries from a school bus crash from last year. The family is alleging the company failed to keep an unsafe driver off the road. 

A Kankakee 14-year-old discovered a larger-than-average hailstone during severe storms in Illinois. That hailstone broke the record for largest hailstone not just in Illinois but possibly for any place east of the Mississippi River. FOX Chicago meteorologist JD Rudd explains how the hailstone was discovered and how researchers found it broke the record.

What parents expected to be a safe place for children to spend their summer has instead become the focus of a police investigation after disturbing videos surfaced appearing to show children fighting inside a Dolton summer camp.

A vaccine for leishmaniasis years in the making has been developed and approved for testing in humans, with clinical trials set to begin in a few months. Dr. Abhay Satoskar from The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center joins ChicagoLIVE to talk about what the disease is and the testing process for the vaccine. 

Hundreds showed up to tell the Northbrook Village Board how they feel about plans for downtown development.

Chicago Public Schools leaders explain why hundreds of jobs are being cut, furlough days are being added and a district-wide spending freeze is taking effect just weeks before students return to class.

An Indiana family is filing a lawsuit against Amazon after a crash involving an Amazon delivery driver dealt several traumatic injuries to the family's son. FOX Chicago's Kasey Chronis explains the backstory and gives the details of the lawsuit just filed last week.

Nicotine pouches, commonly referred to by the brand name "ZYN", have increased in popularity in recent years. Smile Plus founder Howie P. joins ChicagoLIVE to talk about how he took inspiration from nicotine pouches to create teeth whitening pouches. 

A woman was charged this week in the death of her newborn baby who was found in a dumpster back in 2001. Chief Ryan Rodriguez and Commander Paul Grace of Round Lake Beach Police Department talk about working on the case from the beginning until now. 

A large apartment complex may soon be coming to downtown Northbrook, demolishing several businesses in the process. Susan Nelson of Save Downtown Northbrook joins ChicagoLIVE to explain the movement against this development.

You have never seen a Chicago-style hot dog like this.

A new experimental drug may help slow Alzheimer's disease by targeting one specific protein that fuels the disease. Laurel Curran from the Alzheimer's Association joins ChicagoLIVE to talk about how this drug works and the process of testing this drug.

Investigators have identified a woman found murdered in rural Indiana in 1976 as 69-year-old Jane Hart of Chicago, thanks to decades of work and advances in genetic genealogy.