State Rep.: 'Maybe The Police Are Killing Some Of These Kids'
An Illinois state representative has publicly raised the possibility that Chicago police officers might be the ones responsible for the unsolved murders of black youths in Chicago.
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An Illinois state representative has publicly raised the possibility that Chicago police officers might be the ones responsible for the unsolved murders of black youths in Chicago.
Make the most out of the summer by getting the whole family involved in a worthwhile volunteer opportunity. This not just contributes to the community but also helps to get the whole family out and about in an outdoor activity in Chicago.
Park rangers have brought in ground-penetrating radar to help determine why a 6-year-old boy plunged 11 feet under the sands of Mount Baldy at the Indiana Dunes a week ago.
Andre Bunton, 37, was sitting in a car in the 200 block of East 16th Place about 11:25 p.m. when shots were fired and at least one bullet struck him in the chest.
The shooting happened in the 600 block of East 73rd Street about 9:20 p.m.
Firefighters responded at 7:40 p.m. to a fire at a single-family frame house in the 1800 block of Laurel Avenue.
Arthur Johnson, 77, was walking east across 83rd Street when a Mercedes-Benz traveling north on Racine Avenue struck him Wednesday morning.
From Jan. 1 to July 1, 18 heroin-related deaths were reported. But suddenly in the last 17 days, there were 15 more heroin overdose fatalities. CBS 2's Mike Parker reports.
You would think that some of the busiest restaurants in the city -- those located in tourist destinations -- would be some of the safest. CBS 2's Pam Zekman reports.
The layoffs include 1,036 teachers, of which 545 are tenured, and 1,077 non-teachers.
The unidentified 50-year-old man and his friends jumped into the water for a swim near Whihala Beach in Hammond, Ind. Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
A pregnant woman boarded a plane in Abu Dhabi and flew 7,200 miles to Chicago. Just as she got off the plane, she went into labor – and her baby wasn't going to wait. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
A baby western lowland gorilla, injured earlier this year at Lincoln Park Zoo, has been reunited with her mother and other troop members after months of around-the-clock care.
-A much-debated proposal to renovate Wrigley Field and add controversial features such as a pedestrian bridge over Clark Street won the endorsement of the Chicago Plan Commission Thursday.
It's not exactly the mayor in a mosh pit.
