Alvarez 'Disappointed' With Death Penalty Ban
Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said Wednesday that she was "disappointed" that Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois.
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Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez said Wednesday that she was "disappointed" that Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation abolishing the death penalty in Illinois.
Chicago has some of the highest gas prices in the nation, and it's no surprise – not with all we're paying at the pump.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Tuesday that it's inappropriate for her predecessor, Todd Stroger, to seek unemployment benefits after losing his re-election bid last year.
Alma Mendez went for a run in October 2007 on a Chicago Heights trail and never returned. Her sisters want help in solving her violent death.
Former Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has applied for unemployment benefits, but new Board President Toni Preckwinkle's administration has protested the claim.
A judge ordered a funeral home to pay more than $200,000 to a Detroit man who says he has waited more than a year but has still not received his father's cremated remains.
A man who was recorded on a Cook County Jail phone confessing to the slaying of a man and a woman in their Albany Park neighborhood home last year pleaded not guilty to the murders on Tuesday.
The Cook County Board has voted to repeal what remains of an infamous 2008 sales tax hike over the next two years.
Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation that cracks down on those responsible for large-scale theft of retail merchandise.
Election Day in Chicago means fraud patrols.
The Cook County Sheriff's office on Saturday checked on dozens of registered sex offenders in unincorporated areas and found them all to be in compliance.
The son of a village manager was charged Friday with breaking into and stealing from a public works building in the south suburbs.
The Cook County Sheriff's office has caught someone pretending to be an attorney in real courtrooms – for the second time in six weeks.
The body of William Berry, 54, has never even made it to the county cemetery, even though he died ten months ago.
Critics contend while Cook County Health and Hospitals System is cutting staff and services, the agency is spending millions in contracts for consultants.
Cook County sheriff's officials have found bodies stacked on top of each other – some buried eight at a time, at a south suburban cemetery.
A Cook County Jail inmate has been charged with trying to hire a hit man to kill a witness as he awaited trial on a burglary charge, authorities said.
New U.S. Census data shows the population of Chicago has dropped to its lowest levels since 1910 figures.
A northwest suburban man has been ordered held on $10 million bond, charged with stabbing his wife to death in front of their 9-year-old daughter on Valentine's Day.
The nurses union is characterizing the cost-cutting move as a "Valentine's Day Massacre."
The second in charge at the Cook County Forest Preserve District currently makes $111,000 annually, and could see a substantial increase in salary if Board President Toni Preckwinkle has her way.
The owner of a local medical testing lab was due in court on Thursday to face potential contempt charges for refusing to provide more detailed results of random drug tests on convicted criminals.
Just a day after State's Attorney Anita Alvarez told the Cook County Board that budget cuts would severely impact her office, she sent pink slips to more than 100 office staff members.
Thirteen alleged members of two drug distribution rings were arrested Tuesday by a federal task force in the culmination of a lengthy investigation into drug distribution in the south suburbs.
The numbers of black-owned businesses are up across America, but the greatest numbers are in the Chicago area in general, and Cook County in particular.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 70, according to Chicago police.
Troy Melton allowed one hit in six innings and the Detroit Tigers' offense came alive late in a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
A string of burglaries reported at restaurants and stores across the city has prompted a warning from Chicago police.
Chicago Pride Fest will take over the Northalsted neighborhood this weekend.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
The Altoids were a callback to a viral moment between former first lady Michelle Obama and former President George W. Bush.
A senior Justice Department official called a judge's demand for a declaration on the status of the "anti-weaponization" fund "unnecessary."
Trump has appeared during the Iran war to lose patience with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who may now find himself "stuck."
President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traded criticism on Saturday after Italy canceled its envoy's visit to the U.S.
The Justice Department says it's released "every document required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act," but CBS News has identified numerous gaps.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Illinois is among the top 13 states seeing a rise in alpha-gal syndrome cases, with residents living in southern Illinois at the highest risk, according to a 2025 study.
After Bruce Willis was diagnosed with dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis found a new purpose as a health advocate.
The North Shore suburb of Wilmette this week became the latest Chicago-area municipality to discover mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus this year.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
Daley's Restaurant, known as Chicago's oldest, has served Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood for more than 130 years.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Claude Guillemot and a flight instructor were flying in a twin-motor Cessna 421 on Friday evening. An investigation into the crash is underway.
James Burrows directed more than 1,000 episodes of television, including every episode of the original "Will & Grace."
In a full circle moment, actor Gary Cole returns to the very same local stage where he began his professional acting career.
Record producer Tay Keith was found dead in his Nashville home by officers performing a welfare check, police said.
Tom Dreesen, a pioneering actor and comedian and Chicago-area native, died Wednesday.
Chicago Pride Fest is taking over Northhalsted this weekend. There are also pride festivals happening throughout the Chicago suburbs.
Spend your weekend a the 10th annual Winnetka Music Festival!
Meteorologist Carl Lam has the extended forecast.
A mass shooting left at least 12 people injured in Chicago's Washington Heights neighborhood on Friday night. Street Pastor Donovan Price told CBS News seeing a mass shooting like this on Juneteenth is a tragedy.
Vida is looking for a forever home. Come meet her at PAWS Chicago adoption center.
A mass shooting left at least 13 people injured in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood on Friday night.
Chicago Pride Fest will take over the Northalsted neighborhood this weekend.
The ages of the victims range from 14 to 70, according to Chicago police.
A string of burglaries reported at restaurants and stores across the city has prompted a warning from Chicago police.
Troy Melton allowed one hit in six innings and the Detroit Tigers' offense came alive late in a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Newly released cell phone video of a police shooting in south suburban Country Club Hills appears to contradict what a federal agent claims happened during an undercover gun trafficking sting operation last week.
"A house of horrors." That's how one former Chicago foster child described Aunt Martha's Integrated Care Center, a facility that's been at the center of a years-long CBS News Chicago investigation.
Kindbody entered into an agreement with a cryogenic storage facility in Massachusetts, but not all patients received the email.
A Chicago woman says a life insurance policy she paid into for 25 years was cancelled over a $112 shortfall that she never knew existed, and now, at 82 years old, she's uninsurable.
The Crisis Alternative Response Evanston, or CARE, team responds to calls that, before July 2024, would have been lumped into police calls.
Troy Melton allowed one hit in six innings and the Detroit Tigers' offense came alive late in a 4-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3.
The Chicago Hounds will try to cap off their magical season with a Major League Rugby championship Sunday.
Carson Kelly hit his second career grand slam in Chicago's seven-run first inning and finished with a career-high six RBIs as the Cubs routed the Toronto Blue Jays 16-2.
Jonathan Toews, who helped lead the Chicago Blackhawks to three Stanley Cup titles in six years, announced on Friday that he is retiring from the NHL after 16 seasons.
A shooting on the Eisenhower Expressway forced several lanes to close in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood early Friday morning.
A federal judge ruled ICE failed to show enough evidence to justify holding Salah Sarsour, a legal permanent resident detained for 80 days after speaking out in support of Palestinian rights.
A sport-utility vehicle rammed into a Shell gas station mini mart in what was believed to be an attempted crash-and-grab burglary in Chicago's East Pilsen neighborhood.
Luigi Mangione's lawyers will argue that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance when he allegedly killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Rex Heuermann was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the series of murders known as the Gilgo Beach serial killings.
