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An Illinois appeals court on Wednesday vacated the conviction of an alleged Chicago police torture victim who has served nearly 25 years in prison for the 1990 robbery and murder of a cab driver.
Three times in as many weeks, a man has snatched a necklace off a passenger on the CTA's Blue and Red lines, prompting police to issue a community alert.
Gary police arrested a woman early this morning for what they're calling a very disturbing crime.
It wasn't a typical day at work for CBS 2's Dana Kozlov.
What started as a hashtag has become a movement. Now, there's mounting evidence that the Black Lives Matter campaign is making a major impact on whites.
University of Illinois trustees committee rejects $400,000 bonus for departing chancellor.
Spokesman Michael Mullen says affected workers are in the U.S. and Canada and were to be notified in person. About 700 of the cuts were coming in Northfield, Illinois, where Kraft had been headquartered.
A 15-year-old boy was critically wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.
A man charged in connection with a mass shooting two years ago at Cornell Square Park was sentenced to prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to a weapons charge and obstruction of justice.
The first lawsuit against United was filed more than a year ago. The latest is the 19th accusing United of not doing enough to stop sex abuse of boys who ranged in age from 5th grade through high school in the late 1990s.
The most recent shooting happened about 8 a.m. in the South Side Grand Boulevard neighborhood. Two men were shot in a possible drive-by in the 5100 block of South Indiana, police said.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel paid a visit to some young people taking part in the city's "One Summer" jobs program on Wednesday in the West Englewood neighborhood.
Apple is looking to move its flagship Michigan Avenue retail store, according to a published report.
Twenty-five years is just a drop in the bucket for a 65-million-year-old fossil, but it's still a big milestone for the Field Museum, which is celebrating what it calls "unearth day" for Sue the T-Rex.
