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The City Council held a similar meeting last summer, when they spent hours grilling CPD Supt. David Brown about efforts to fight violent crime.
By all accounts at this point, the teen was unarmed when he was shot by police.
Chicago Police Officer Carlos Yanez Jr., who was wounded in a shooting during a traffic stop last year, is sharing his story in his first sit-down TV interview.
The biggest payout is a proposed $14.25 million settlement in a wrongful conviction case that already has cost Chicago taxpayers more than $13 million.
The officer who was struck was stabilized at a local hospital.
Leaders are scrambling to find a way to curb the downtown chaos caused by large groups of kids – which resulted in a 16-year-old boy being shot and killed in Millennium Park this past Saturday.
This weekend's havoc in the Loop is only adding more urgency to Monday night's already-planned meeting with police about what, if anything, can be done to maintain order.
Police said 17-year-old Richardson, who they believe was involved in the shooting, was found a block away on Michigan Avenue.
CBS Investigators look into the backlog of thousands of recovered guns waiting to be tested.
A long, hot summer to come has not even officially begun yet, and we've already seen chaos in the streets.
At 8:45 p.m., police had pulled over a white Mercedes in the 600 block of North Michigan Avenue, near Ohio Street, when the driver took off.
Dubbed "Operation Hustle" authorities found multiple kilos of heroin, some laced with fentanyl, and cocaine. Handguns, rifles, a submachine gun, a shotgun, and more than 450 rounds of ammunition.
Police returned fire and shot the suspect, Lovelle Jordan, in the incident on July 30, 2020.
The fight over the release of five decades of Chicago Police misconduct records made it all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Police and SWAT teams with Homeland Security took a man into custody in East Garfield Park Wednesday.
A solemn tribute was offered Tuesday, honoring fallen police officers in Cook County.
This makes at least 10 armed robberies in Lakeview and Lincoln Park in less than a week, including the one that left 23-year-old-Dakotah Early shot three times Friday morning over a cell phone.
What if a computer model could detect misconduct without a whistleblower ever coming forward?
In just the past three days there have been four shootings in downtown Chicago – nine people have been shot, two of them were killed, and three of them were caught in crossfire.
Frank Campbell, 58, shot two people and fired shots at police during a hostage standoff on April 3.
Between illegal street racing and spectators being surrounded by a circle of fire right in the middle of Lower Wacker Drive over the weekend, it was an accident waiting to happen.
It turns out the rate at which the CPD has been solving cases for many violent crimes is at a shocking low.
A stabbing, an aggravated robbery, and an assault on a CTA train operator are three crimes that Chicago Police are no longer investigating.
Twenty-three-year-old Eric Morgan is facing weapons charges for his role in French's death, and injuring her partner Carlos Yanez, Jr.
Cook County Judge Sophia Atcherson exonerated Rodriguez of the 1991 murder of Jose Hernandez Jr.
"This is a generational opportunity which the city has been working towards for over 30 years," said Jennie Huang Bennett, the mayor's chief financial officer.
"They told me to hire a good lawyer, that this is probably a billing issue with the city."
CBS 2's Tara Molina has been looking at how other cities are handling safety and security - specifically, the reporting of issues and concerns.
The university is providing a $3 million grant to the city to fund installation of 110 new police surveillance cameras and license plate readers in the neighborhoods surrounding its South Side campus.
"Dave's my hero. He's my family's hero. He's Dakotah's hero. So glad he did what he did. I wouldn't have my son."
"The guy that I got this sh** from told me to bring it here and dump it."
The three-alarm inferno broke out Saturday afternoon.
According to CBS 2 Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon, expect it to be partly cloudy and cool for Tuesday with highs ranging from low 60s near the lake, to low 70s along and south of I-80.
Weeks after a violent murder outside a West Side gas station, the gas station in question is back open.
A Huntington Bank branch right downtown was robbed late Monday.
It's usually given to teachers and others who work inside schools, so this was a first.
Metra said the driver of the truck was killed in the crash. A Metra passenger was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The woman was being held in jail late Monday and will be in court on Tuesday.
Major League Baseball suspended Josh Donaldson for one game Monday after the New York Yankees slugger made multiple references to Jackie Robinson while talking to White Sox star Tim Anderson during the weekend.
It'll be windy and wet on Wednesday with isolated thunderstorm chances. Leftover showers for Thursday.
The City Council held a similar meeting last summer, when they spent hours grilling CPD Supt. David Brown about efforts to fight violent crime.
It was released three years ago after Brian Schodorf filmed it over the course of 15 years. In the film, Schodorf examines the root causes of violence in the city... and how chicago isn't making any progress to stop it.
The mayor has proposed rolling back the citywide curfew for minors from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, and to expand the city's curfew to include 17-year-olds.
After pausing operations in March, caffeine brand completes departure and condemns "horrific attacks on Ukraine."
Even children are learning to speak up about their struggles but sometimes grown-ups don't know how to help.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
The company says it'll give U.S. regulators the data soon. Moderna is already seeking U.S. clearance to vaccinate kids 5 and under.
At least one person is dead and 30 are wounded in weekend shootings across the city as of Sunday evening.
Monday's high temperatures will be in the low 60s with cloudy skies in the afternoon.
Police said the teen was outside, in the 3300 block of West Madison Street around 11:30 p.m., when shots were fired.
"This is a generational opportunity which the city has been working towards for over 30 years," said Jennie Huang Bennett, the mayor's chief financial officer.
"They told me to hire a good lawyer, that this is probably a billing issue with the city."
CBS 2's Tara Molina has been looking at how other cities are handling safety and security - specifically, the reporting of issues and concerns.
The university is providing a $3 million grant to the city to fund installation of 110 new police surveillance cameras and license plate readers in the neighborhoods surrounding its South Side campus.
"Dave's my hero. He's my family's hero. He's Dakotah's hero. So glad he did what he did. I wouldn't have my son."
"They told me to hire a good lawyer, that this is probably a billing issue with the city."
CPS officials said a technology vendor, Battelle for Kids, was the victim of a ransomware attack last December, on a server that stores course information and evaluations.
The troubling reality is mass shootings like this are skyrocketing in Chicago compared to the rest of the country.
An 11-year-old abused girl, considered a risk to herself and others, has spent two months in what's considered a shelter and has been waiting months longer for a secure residential treatment center placement.
Michael Walters thought he did everything right.
"This is a generational opportunity which the city has been working towards for over 30 years," said Jennie Huang Bennett, the mayor's chief financial officer.
The university is providing a $3 million grant to the city to fund installation of 110 new police surveillance cameras and license plate readers in the neighborhoods surrounding its South Side campus.
The City Council held a similar meeting last summer, when they spent hours grilling CPD Supt. David Brown about efforts to fight violent crime.
The mayor has proposed rolling back the citywide curfew for minors from 11 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, and to expand the city's curfew to include 17-year-olds.
The City Council Public Safety Committee voted 14-3 on Friday to approve the one hour rollback of the curfew hours on weekends, as well as to expand the city's curfew to include 17-year-olds.
With parents struggling to navigate the baby formula shortage, breast milk donation banks are seeing a sharp increase in demand — but also a jump in donations.
Walk into the baby formula aisle at just about any drug or grocery store around the country, and you will still see rows of empty shelves.
Abbott Nutrition said after its plant in Sturgis, Michigan gets back in operation, product could be back on shelves in six to eight weeks, subject to approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $5.12 as of Tuesday morning.
Parents are struggling to keep up with the nationwide shortage of baby formula – with several retailers now limiting how much you can buy. So what do you do if you can't find any?
The company says it'll give U.S. regulators the data soon. Moderna is already seeking U.S. clearance to vaccinate kids 5 and under.
It has been almost three months since city leaders dropped COVID-19 restrictions – but as we head toward summer, experts warn we could see more COVID cases.
There is one more hurdle: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must decide whether to formally recommend the booster for this age group.
Sturgis plant will reopen soon as nationwide out-of-stock levels of baby formula rise above 40%.
The Evanston Department of Health and Human Service reported 397 new COVID-19 cases over the last seven days – up from 305 the prior week.
There is still a push from nearby residents to stop the billon-dollar Bally's project that is planned for the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center site in River West.
Such events as the chaos downtown that led to a deadly shooting right in the middle of Millennium Park have led people to cancel trips, meetings, and events in Chicago because they don't feel safe.
The village of Skokie is telling Carvana it cannot build a proposed 14-story car vending tower, just three months after the project won approval from village trustees.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot helped cut the ribbon Tuesday morning to open the official U.S. headquarters of FTX, a Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange.
The city did not conduct a new safety study to determine how crime would be impacted by a casino - in hopes of getting the casino up and generating revenue quickly.
Major League Baseball suspended Josh Donaldson for one game Monday after the New York Yankees slugger made multiple references to Jackie Robinson while talking to White Sox star Tim Anderson during the weekend.
Tim Anderson hit a three-run homer and then put a finger to his lips to silence fans booing and chanting "Jackie" at him, capping a tumultuous weekend at Yankee Stadium and helping the Chicago White Sox beat New York Sunday night for a doubleheader sweep.
Mallory Pugh and the Red Stars took on the Orlando Pride in NWSL action Sunday.
The Wolves were ready to flex on the Milwaukee Admirals Sunday in Game 2 of the AHL Central Division Finals.
The Northwestern Wildcats women's softball team was looking to clinch a trip to the NCAA Super Regionals Sunday – and clinch they did.
CBS announced its 2022-2023 primetime programming lineup of CBS Originals, featuring four new dramas and more.
The controversial comic laughed off the incident after being tackled, and video appeared to show the person who charged him being beaten onstage.
"We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness," the Judd sisters said on social media.
The new national tour of "Jersey Boys" opens next week at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, celebrating the music of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
The lineup includes Thursday headliners Metallica and Lil Baby, Friday headliners Dua Lipa and Machine Gun Kelly, Saturday headliners J. Cole and Kygo, and Sunday headliners Green Day and Doja Cat.
It's hard to see the potential in a place when all you see is trash everywhere. But an abandoned school in Gary, Indiana is being repurposed and neighbors say the change can't come soon enough. CBS 2's Tim McNicholas reports.
Firefighters in St. Charles were still chasing hot spots Monday evening at the old Pheasant Run resort – after a huge fire this weekend.
On Tuesday, a bus driver gets the prestigious Blue Ribbon Society Award. It's usually given to teachers and others who work inside schools, so this was a first. CBS 2's Marie Saavedra has his story.
The University of Chicago will be funding a project to install more than 100 new surveillance cameras and license plate readers near its Hyde Park campus, which would be monitored by the Chicago Police Department. CBS 2's Meredith Barack reports.
Weeks after a violent murder outside a West Side gas station, the gas station in question is back open -- but with a list of rules. CBS 2's Steven Graves reports.
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