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Hundreds of people gathered to protest downtown after President Trump ordered the killing of a top Iranian general, raising fears of an escalating conflict in the Middle East.
Aleah Newell was charged Saturday morning with murdering her two young children and attempting to kill her grandfather.
A Chicago firefighter was injured during a rescue of a resident from a blaze on the South Side on Saturday.
Police released images of a man they believe exposed himself and then assaulted a woman on the Red Line train near Morse Avenue.
Chicago police say a security guard shot and killed a man with a gun after they got into a confrontation outside the restaurant where the guard was working.
Nicholas August faces multiple charges after he took a woman hostage in Heritage Credit Union, which led to a nearly seven hour standoff.
An armed suspect surrendered to polce and released his one hostage late Friday after robbing the Heritage Credit Union in Rockford on Friday afternoon, police said. He also surrendered to police.
Chicago police have released photos of six suspects wanted in connection with a robbery and aggravated battery on a CTA Red Line Train, at the Roosevelt Road Station.
Cassandra Tanner Miller did everything she was supposed to do after separating from her husband, but she said law enforcement, the Illinois National Guard, and the judicial system all let her down.
A person has been arrested and faces first degree murder charges in the strangulation death of a woman found near a dumpster.
CBS 2 Chicago is learning more about how two toddlers died at a South Shore apartment building yesterday.
Another attack on the CTA--this time a 65-year-old man was punched several times in the face.
Service on part of the Orange Line was suspected on Friday night after People's Gas hit a six-inch gas main in the 2800 block of South Ashland.
An alleged drug dealer wanted on a $1 million bond engaged police in a nearly three hour standoff that included a multi-county officer pursuit.
The value of a collection of World War 1 medals is mostly sentimental, but the effort to find the homeless man who sold them has real worth.
The Illinois Supreme Court is considering whether to release a sheriff's deputy from jail, ahead of his murder trial. Sean Grayson is the former Sangamon County deputy charged with murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey in her Springfield home last July.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias said state DMV facilities were affected by a nationwide outage impacting U.S. passport verification Wednesday.
Indiana State Police said they have solved a cold case murder from 1977.
In an interview with Political Reporter Chris Tye, Johnson talked about his swings, his misses, and why he thinks his poll numbers will likely rebound.
The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago, but its effects continue to be felt by people in the United States, and one organization is trying to heal through art.
A group of 26 members of the Chicago City Council, the same group that torpedoed Mayor Brandon Johnson's 2026 budget, sent the mayor a letter with their demands for the next fiscal year.
In the race for the seat currently held by retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Democratic Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton is facing off against former Illinois Republican Party chairman Don Tracy and independent candidate Whitfield Harrington.
Gov. JB Pritzker is seeking to become the first Democrat ever elected to a third term in Illinois, and is facing a rematch with Republican Darren Bailey. There's also an independent candidate on the ballot, Collin Corbett.
President Trump on Monday announced that the company Mesabi Metallics will build a $15 billion steel plant in Iowa over the coming years.
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she says ended her career.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Survivor, Koko Taylor, The Plain White T's and REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin were among those honored Sunday night at the Harris Theater. The ceremony is the hall's largest fundraiser.
Madonna won Artist of the Year while Taylor Swift became the most awarded artist in Video Music Awards history.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
Chief meteorologist Albert Ramon has the latest, including the return of showers this week, in First Alert Weather.
A missing 12-year-old is safe after a Lake County sheriff's K9, Loki, helped deputies find him in a wooded area in unincorporated Zion on Monday night.
The agency, known as Marta, says a station cleaner was mistakenly paid that amount in April, but they didn't notice the clerical error until July. The agency says the money still has not been returned.
Wrestling fans are mourning the death of Benjamin Satterley, the All Elite Wrestling star known as “Pac,” who died after a match in Chicago over the weekend.
History will be made at Soldier Field on Monday night when Grammy-nominated band Mariachi Herencia de México will become the first mariachi band to perform the National Anthem at the stadium.
Oak Park village officials confirmed that Fenwick High School is being evacuated because of a fire at their parking garage.
There was a scramble in the skies Sunday tied to President Trump's visit to the Chicago area.
A body was found on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign on Monday morning, authorities said.
Cary police did not say what led to the shooting.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
The Bears will look to rally from last week's ugly loss to the Vikings when they host the Eagles on Monday night at Soldier Field.
Benjamin Satterley, an English-born wrestler known for high-flying moves that delighted fans worldwide, was known as "Pac."
The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that was relocated to Tropicana Field.
President Trump's presence in the Chicagoland area brought crowds of supporters and protesters.
The White Sox open their best-of-three AL Wild Card series at either Houston or Texas on Tuesday.
Chicago police put out an alert about dozens of car burglaries, including some in which the suspects pulled guns when confronted by the owners, on the Near South Side and South Commons neighborhoods in September.
The investigation into an alleged rape at Cornell University in 2024 will be reopened, authorities said Monday.
The man charged in the shooting of an 18-month-old girl inside an apartment on Chicago's Southwest Side was ordered held until trial on Monday.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
