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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.
On Sunday night, police rushed to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with a SWAT team and put one of Chicago's biggest hospitals on lockdown for hours. Sources now say it was all a hoax.
The two officers and the other driver were hospitalized in fair condition.
The incident happened near 113th Street and Langley Avenue, police said.
A total of 44 more people now have a clean record, after Cook County prosecutors agreed to vacate more convictions connected to corrupt former Chicago Police Sgt. Ronald Watts.
Cook County prosecutors have agreed to dismiss a total of 212 convictions tied to Watts since December 2016.
Police are still searching for the driver, who fled the scene.
Police have not said the two incidents are related.
The shooting death of an unarmed Black man in Grand Rapids, Michigan has led to protests and growing calls for accountability.
The patrol unit went on to hit a home and come to rest on the front lawn, as seen on video. The airbags were visibly deployed.
Four different people were held up at gunpoint on CTA 'L' trains and platforms in three separate incidents Thursday morning.
Chicago Police said Tuesday that they will maintain the resources to ensure safety on the city's transit system, following a mass shooting and smoke bomb attack that left 29 people injured in the New York City subway.
With the uptick in carjackings in Chicago lately, Chicago Police Supt. David Brown on Friday announced a new strategy to combat them.
In the Grand Crossing (3rd) District, police officers are holding weekly meetings to tell the community about crimes with the goal of solving them.
Safety and violence were the focus of a townhall meeting on the city's Southwest Side Monday, the same day Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced a program to help people pay for doorbell cameras and motion lights.
The city wants more cameras to capture the moments crime occurs.
The officer who pulled the trigger was James Hunt, who also bragged on camera about killing someone and who has since been relieved of his police powers.
One officer was hit by a car, and another was shot in the pinky finger, during a traffic stop on the city's West Side Monday night.
The crash on June 7, 2024, killed 76-year-old Bernice Pawilan. The driver had a history of traffic offenses, and, in fact, wasn't supposed to be on the road at all.
Porter was released on electronic monitoring while a new trial in the 2002 shooting death of Laymond Harrison was ordered to take place.
Melody Townsend was convicted after the body of her daughter was found by first responders wrapped in plastic inside the attic of a burned, abandoned home in Markham in 2017. No charges were filed in the murder.
Kirill Kaprizov scored the shootout winner as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3.
The Blue Demons are experiencing a turnaround, especially at home, in Chris Holtmann's second season at the helm.
Outside of the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center on Tuesday, veterans, medical professionals, and many other Chicagoans built a memorial for Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis man shot and killed by federal immigration agents last week.
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily barred federal immigration officials from deporting 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father.
More than half of House Democrats support impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
Funding for federal immigration enforcement was one of the first topics the Democratic frontrunners for U.S. Senate in Illinois discussed at a debate Monday night.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem is facing internal scrutiny after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, multiple sources told CBS News, but she is expected to keep her job.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
Police in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva are warning of a scam involving spoofed phone numbers.
Protesters on Tuesday were cranking up the heat on Peoples Gas over a recently proposed rate hike that would add an additional $10 to $11 a month to utility bills.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital said Tuesday that it is no longer initiating gender-affirming medical treatment for minors.
Roughly 1.4 million fewer Americans have signed up for an Affordable Care Act plan as expiring tax breaks drive up premiums.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
A development proposal issued this month calls for the replacement of a building housing a Giordiano's pizzeria in Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood with a new mixed-use building with 28 residential units.
United Airlines flight attendants picketed outside Chicago's Willis Tower Thursday morning as they fought for a new contract.
WSCR-AM, 670 The Score, will begin a simulcast on 104.3 FM next month.
Does the Chicago Bears' dramatic improvement this season, culminating in their first playoff run in five years, change the discussion about where they will build a new stadium?
In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, revealed that the right frontal lobe of his brain was injured in a car accident 25 years ago.
Sales of tickets to NHL games jumped more than 20% after the hit HBO show debuted in the fall, according to ticket vendor.
Among the names missing when the 98th Academy Award nominations were announced were Ariana Grande, George Clooney, Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and anyone associated with "Wicked: For Good."
The nominees for the 98th annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning, and though "One Battle After Another," "Marty Supreme," "Frankenstein" and "Hamnet" were all nominated for plenty, it was "Sinners" that broke through with a record-smashing 16 nominations.
Prince Harry struck a combative tone as he testified in his lawsuit against the Daily Mail's publisher.
Chief Meteorologist Albert Ramon is tracking more lake-effect snow as it remains cold and breezy.
CBS News Chicago found that the Wisconsin driver had already been labeled a habitual traffic offender after three drunk driving convictions in 2007 and 2008, plus two cases of trying to flee police.
Found guilty of murder for the fatal 2002 shooting of Laymond Harrison, Antonio Porter will have another chance at freedom.
On Monday, a jury found the infant's mother, Melody Townsend, guilty of endangerment and concealing a homicide, but the murderer is still out there.
Downers Grove police launched a homicide investigation after the fire and said they have taken a person of interest into custody. No charges have been filed at this time, police said.
The suspect is facing multiple felonies, including first-degree murder and aggravated arson.
The co-owner and chef of acclaimed Chicago restaurant Warlord is charged with sharing sexually explicit images of a woman without her consent.
The crash on June 7, 2024, killed 76-year-old Bernice Pawilan. The driver had a history of traffic offenses, and, in fact, wasn't supposed to be on the road at all.
Porter was released on electronic monitoring while a new trial in the 2002 shooting death of Laymond Harrison was ordered to take place.
Melody Townsend was convicted after the body of her daughter was found by first responders wrapped in plastic inside the attic of a burned, abandoned home in Markham in 2017. No charges were filed in the murder.
The crash on June 7, 2024, killed 76-year-old Bernice Pawilan. The driver had a history of traffic offenses, and, in fact, wasn't supposed to be on the road at all.
A town hall meeting on Monday night addressed the concerns of residents paying higher water bills after being forced to use a private utility company.
As temperatures fell below zero in Chicago on Friday, tenants of a public housing complex in the East Garfield Park neighborhood said they were freezing inside their own homes due to insufficient heat.
Chicago is marking 30 years since it started its first citywide recycling program, which began with a problematic kickoff, and continues to lag behind other major cities in terms of performance.
More than a year before identical twin brothers stopped teaching at the Thornton Fractional School District, administrators were aware of allegations that one of them had been sexually assaulting a student.
Kirill Kaprizov scored the shootout winner as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3.
The Blue Demons are experiencing a turnaround, especially at home, in Chris Holtmann's second season at the helm.
Tuesday marks 40 years since throngs of Chicagoans braved subzero wind chills to welcome home the Super Bowl champion Chicago Bears.
The Bulls closed the first half with a 7-0 spurt, trimming the Lakers' lead to 69-56.
Jay Vine was knocked from his bike when two large kangaroos bounced onto the road on a high speed section.
A Chicago man was sentenced to 20 years in prison last week for invading a home in Naperville while on probation.
The burglaries occurred between Jan 12 and 24 during the morning hours across eight neighborhoods, including Brighton Park and Uptown.
Chicago police issued a warning over the weekend about burglars targeting homes on Chicago's South Side.
A woman was charged with attempted murder this past weekend, nearly a year after investigators said she shot another woman on Chicago's Northwest Side.
Two men were hospitalized early Monday after they were shot while driving in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood.
