Serious crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive
A car was wrecked in the crash on the southbound Drive at Belmont Avenue. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
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A car was wrecked in the crash on the southbound Drive at Belmont Avenue. Kris Habermehl reports from Chopper 2.
Skimming involves the theft of a debit card PIN using an illegal device installed on an ATM. And it's happening in Chicago right now.
Just after 9 p.m., the Brown Line was shut down for the second time between the Southport stop and the Kimball terminal due to police activity.
At 7 p.m., the teen was in a fight with someone he knew in the 6700 block of West Belmont Avenue – and the other combatant took out a gun and shot him once, police said.
The victim was shot in the lower left abdomen, and died soon afterward at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.
The ambulance sustained front-end damage to the bumper and is drivable, the Fire Department said.
Police said the man was walking toward his car when two men with guns came up and demanded his belongings.
The suspect was arrested after a Chicago Police officer was hit by a car Friday night on DuSable Lake Shore Drive near the Museum Campus.
In the past 24 hours, two businesses near Elston, Belmont, and California avenues were handed fake $100 bills.
Police said the driver left the truck unattended while making a delivery, and someone hopped in the driver's seat and left.
Police said the driver left the truck unattended while making a delivery, and someone hopped in the driver's seat and left.
"They said this would be a jewel of Chicago, and this is not a jewel of Chicago," said Timothy Sable. "This is literally a hazard."
The CTA Brown Line flyover north of the Belmont Avenue stop is less than a year old – but for months, we have been documenting chunks of concrete falling from it. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
A Chicago Police officer returned fire, but did not strike anyone.
A Chicago Police officer returned fire in the incident, but did not strike anyone. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
A U.S. Marshal and a K-9 were shot and wounded Thursday afternoon in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
When a power outage halted the CTA Red, Brown, and Purple lines during the morning rush Thursday, many passengers turned to rideshare apps to get to work once they got off the stalled trains. Those passengers were faced with fares they say aren't fair.
"[He] poured bleach all over my office. Over the papers. Whatever he had probably touched."
A woman was attacked, beaten, and robbed by eight people Wednesday evening near Belmont and Sheffield avenues in Lakeview.
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Witnesses said they heard a bang, and ran to a Toyota Camry that caught fire, with a 39-year-old woman inside.
Police said the victim and his attacker both got off the Red Line platform around 12:30 a.m
A car slammed into a building far west on Belmont Avenue in the Schorsch Village neighborhood Saturday.
A woman and three young people were injured Saturday evening in a rollover crash on Lake Shore Drive near Belmont Avenue.
A CBD dispensary in the Clark and Belmont district in Lakeview was robbed Tuesday evening.
A supervisor, who said that due to a glitch, the Tollway recently discovered a batch of previously unbilled tolls.
Three new women's world records have been set at the Lumberjack World Championships in Hayward, Wisconsin.
A Chicago police officer and at least one other person were shot late Monday morning amid an apparent hostage barricade situation in the Albany Park neighborhood.
A scam discovered at a local gas station uses a drilled hole and screw to disable a fuel pump's safety latch, allowing a thief to return and collect free gas charged to another customer.
Chicago weather today could include severe storms later in the evening and into the night as rain and thunderstorms could suddenly worsen.
Parents of students in the Chicago Public Schools system had a chance Monday to weigh in on the next budget.
Local leaders and housing advocates on Monday called on Chicago's City Hall to push back on a so-called FAIR Ordinance, which would scale back some of the plans in Mayor Brandon Johnson's Protect Renters Ordinance.
This is the first time in more than 150 years that a vice president's family had a child while in office.
Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez ended her Democratic primary campaign for Wisconsin governor Friday, citing financial problems she said would distract from an election Democrats need to win.
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Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
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As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
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Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
The actor's agent said he was providing more information following news reports "which contain inaccuracies and outright falsehoods."
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
The 46th Taste of Chicago is cashless for the first time, accepting only credit cards, with a drone and fireworks show scheduled for approximately 9:15 p.m. Friday near Buckingham Fountain.
A Chicago police officer was shot in the stomach, and a woman was shot in the face during a SWAT standoff on Monday in the Albany Park neighborhood.
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A Chicago police SWAT officer and at least one other person were shot late Monday morning during an apparent domestic dispute and hostage situation in Albany Park.
A Chicago police officer was shot late Monday morning amid an apparent hostage barricade situation in the Albany Park neighborhood.
A Chicago police officer was shot late Monday morning in the Albany Park neighborhood, according to the local alderperson.
A Chicago police officer and at least one other person were shot late Monday morning amid an apparent hostage barricade situation in the Albany Park neighborhood.
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has extended an air pollution action day through Monday night.
A man was shot and killed in a fight in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood Sunday night.
The FDA said that as of Sunday, it had not found any "confirmed positive sample results for product testing for Cyclospora."
A supervisor, who said that due to a glitch, the Tollway recently discovered a batch of previously unbilled tolls.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Chicago has been feeling the heat this week, with highs in the 90s the past five days, but officials are making moves to cool off some of the hottest parts of the city, specifically Chicago Park District fieldhouses where many turn to keep cool.
Gene Rush survived throat cancer, but he didn't survive a trip to the Porter County Jail over 4th of July weekend. His family said jail staff failed to provide lifesaving medical care.
Haze from Canadian wildfire smoke that has settled in Chicago on Thursday is directly connected to climate change, according to experts, who said days like this could be more problematic moving forward.
A pair of jewelry importers have been charged in federal court in Chicago with smuggling millions of dollars in gold jewelry into the U.S. to avoid taxes, schemes uncovered by a federal task force that has surpassed $1 billion in recoveries and penalties over the past year.
Spain topped Argentina in extra time, one-nil, after playing scoreless for 90 minutes at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Jordin Canada didn't score a point in the first half. With 0.3 seconds on the clock and the game tied at 91, she scored the biggest basket of the night.
Braden Montgomery had two hits and an RBI as the White Sox bounced back from Saturday's 1-0 loss to take two of three from the Blue Jays. Toronto scored five total runs in the series.
Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer in the first and Imanaga (6-8) took over from there, allowing six hits with one walk before leaving after 99 pitches.
Spain dominated the match, outshooting Argentina 20-3, but couldn't manage a goal in regulation — finally scoring in the second period of extra time.
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A man was shot and killed in a fight in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood Sunday night.
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