Family Of 8-Year-Old Handcuffed By Chicago Police Raid Files Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit
A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of an 8-year-old who was handcuffed by Chicago Police when they raided a home in March.
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A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the family of an 8-year-old who was handcuffed by Chicago Police when they raided a home in March.
In at least three of the crashes this week, Chicago police had their emergency lights and sirens activated.
One man died and another man was injured during a shooting in the West Englewood neighborhood on Wednesday.
A young man was shot and killed by Chicago police during an arrest attempt. Police said they were looking to take another man into custody who was wanted in connection with a deadly shooting.
Slick roads due to weather may have been a factor in a late-night crash that left a police car damaged on the city's Northwest side.
Just before they began to get ready for school on a Friday morning, 8-year-old Royal Smart, his siblings and his mother said they woke up to flashing lights and the sound of a bullhorn.
A horrific crash involving a Chicago police van ended with the death of an 84-year-old woman Saturday. Tuesday her family met with Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson to get some answers.
Police are searching for three suspects seen on surveillance video bolting down Bloomingdale Trail around 12:15 Tuesday morning after shooting and killing a 22-year-old man.
A shooting on the 606 Trail in Logan Square has left a man dead and two others injured.
Over Memorial Day weekend, 39 people were shot in Chicago--seven of them were killed, police said.
A man with a valid FOID card and concealed carry license shot another man, who displayed a handgun at the first man, in the Little Village, police said.
Mayra Osorio and her daughter Samara are missing from the 5500 block of West School Street in Portage Park, police said.
"From 11:00 to 3:00, our brave men and women in the police department are going to be out in the streets. We're also going to be asking community leaders to be out and be diligent to encourage our young people to go home."
A dozen people were hurt, including ten Chicago police officers, in a multi-vehicle crash on the city's west side in the Austin neighborhood.
UPDATE: Anisa Kornafel, 16, who had been reported missing from the Jefferson Park neighborhood last month, has been located, Chicago police said Sunday.
A Chicago police officer was injured in an accident in the Rogers Park neighborhood on Sunday.
As the Memorial Day weekend continues, Chicago police have responded to at least two dozen shootings.
Brian Mondragon, 13, has been reported missing, Chicago police said. He was last seen Saturday in the Little Village neighborhood.
A woman was sexually assaulted early Saturday morning in Lincoln Park, Chicago police said.
Two Chicago police officers were on patrol Saturday night when they saw a man drinking in a vacant lot. Shots were later exchanged between the man and officers.
There was a police-involved shooting in North Lawndale Saturday night, police said.
Chicago police confirmed the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man in Roseland Saturday evening was the first homicide of Memorial Day weekend.
On Saturday morning, Chicago police said they had already seized 54 illegal guns and arrested eight people on gun charges during the Memorial Day weekend.
Days after a Cook County judge vacated the sealing order on Jussie Smollett's case file, President Donald Trump tweeted out his reaction to the handling of the alleged hate crime reported by the "Empire" actor.
Two men were arrested for carjacking a woman in the Gage Park neighborhood Saturday, police said.
A police officer has been placed on administrative leave in the south Chicago suburb of Dolton after an incident at a home over the weekend.
Chicagoans will soon elect the Chicago Board of Education president for the first time ever, and among the four candidates running is incumbent board member and former Chicago Public Schools principal Jessica Biggs.
Benjamin Satterley, an English-born wrestler known for high-flying moves that delighted fans worldwide, was known as "Pac."
Police said no one was seriously injured after a crash involving a Chicago Transit Authority bus on the Magnificent Mile.
The man charged in the shooting of a 1-year-old girl inside an apartment on Chicago's Southwest Side was due in court on Monday.
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.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is demanding the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration reject President Trump's call to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex."
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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.
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.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
A wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago’s South Side late Sunday night, leaving a woman dead.
The man charged in the shooting of a 1-year-old girl inside an apartment in the 6400 block of South Mozart Street was due in court on Monday. Darius Johnson reports.
A police officer has been placed on administrative leave in the south Chicago suburb of Dolton after an incident at a home over the weekend.
Fighter jets intercepted multiple planes that violated flight restrictions the Federal Aviation Administration put in place due to the president's visit on Sunday. Lauren Victory reports.
Chicagoans will soon elect the Chicago Board of Education president for the first time ever, and among the four candidates running is incumbent board member and former Chicago Public Schools principal Jessica Biggs. She joins Dana Kozlov to outline her platform and address controversies.
There was a scramble in the skies Sunday tied to President Trump's visit to the Chicago area.
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.
Benjamin Satterley, an English-born wrestler known for high-flying moves that delighted fans worldwide, was known as "Pac."
A police officer has been placed on administrative leave in the south Chicago suburb of Dolton after an incident at a home over the weekend.
Chicagoans will soon elect the Chicago Board of Education president for the first time ever, and among the four candidates running is incumbent board member and former Chicago Public Schools principal Jessica Biggs.
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.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
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.
Williams suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of the Bears' home opener against the Minnesota Vikings.
The man charged in the shooting of a 1-year-old girl inside an apartment on Chicago's Southwest Side was due in court 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.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
