Boy, 16, Shot In Brighton Park
The boy was on a porch in the 3000 block of West 40th Street at 8:14 p.m. when someone in a light-colored vehicle pulled up and shot him in the right leg, according to Chicago Police.
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The boy was on a porch in the 3000 block of West 40th Street at 8:14 p.m. when someone in a light-colored vehicle pulled up and shot him in the right leg, according to Chicago Police.
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A 50-year-old Kenwood woman allegedly stabbed her boyfriend to death and then called 911, relaying to dispatchers that there was an unwanted person in her apartment before changing her story to tell them her boyfriend was killed during a robbery.
A 35-year-old man was killed in an East Garfield Park neighborhood shooting that left another man critically wounded Monday morning on the West Side.
The jury found Robert Dekelaita, 53, guilty of conspiracy to commit asylum fraud, procuring perjury during asylum interviews and two counts of knowingly offering false statements in asylum applications, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He faces up to 35 years in prison.
A Lincoln Park man has been charged with starting a fire in a dumpster that damaged a nearby building in the Lakeview neighborhood over the weekend.
A 16-year-old boy died in the latest homicide Sunday afternoon in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side.
A high school in the South Loop was on high alert on Monday, after violent threats were made against students on social media.
Police said a 51-year-old man was on the back porch of an apartment building in the 4500 block of South Drexel Boulevard when another man walked up and tried to rob him. The two struggled, and the victim was stabbed in the chest.
About 1:30 a.m., a 28-year-old man was involved in the argument with another person in the 500 block of West Aldine, when the person pulled out a knife, according to Chicago Police.
Bassil Abdelal is set to take to trial the federal lawsuit he filed against the city and three police officers involved in his shooting. The trial has been delayed multiple times, partly because of the court-ordered release of video depicting the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald.
Police are warning residents about three recent robberies, two of which happened on the same block, in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
Six men were killed and at least 39 other people have been wounded in shootings across the city over Mother's Day weekend.
A man was killed and two others were wounded in a shooting in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood on the South Side Friday night, police said.
Around 9:30 a.m., members of a fugitive task force – including Chicago police officers and U.S. marshals – approached a home in the 11800 block of South Sangamon Street, where they were serving an arrest warrant.
A woman was able to escape an attempted sexual assault in the Albany Park neighborhood on Tuesday by jumping out of a moving car.
The 27-year-old man was walking out of his apartment in the 4300 block of West Belmont Avenue at 2:02 a.m. when he heard shots and realized he'd been hit, according to Chicago Police.
The 25-year-old man was walking in the 4300 block of West Washington Boulevard at 12:30 a.m. when he heard shots and realized he'd been hit, according to Chicago Police.
The man, thought to be in his 20s, was found by officers lying on the sidewalk in the 8200 block of South Maryland Avenue about 12:19 a.m., police said. He was shot in the head.
The 22-year-old man was driving north on Lake Shore Drive around 12:15 a.m. near Oak Street, when another vehicle pulled up alongside, and someone inside opened fire.
The most recent shooting happened about 9:15 p.m. in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side.
Erroll Davis had pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return. In announcing that Davis would avoid prison, Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan noted Davis' remorse and his cooperation with the prosecution.
In a surprise reversal Thursday, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez asked to recuse herself and her office from the murder case against the Chicago police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in October 2014.
The Illinois Tollway will have maintenance workers on patrol around the clock through Monday to help stranded drivers during the extreme cold this weekend.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
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Chicago Transit Authority President Nora Leerhsen touted numerous innovations on the system Thursday — including a plan for some new benches that won't leave youngsters' feet hanging.
Chicago O'Hare's two largest carriers, American Airlines and United Airlines, are locked in a tense battle over the number of gates they're allotted.
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Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said this week that he wants a mandatory retirement age of 75 for people running the federal government.
U.S. Rep. for Illinois Robin Kelly has introduced an amendment to the defense funding bill to prevent President Trump from taking over Greenland.
ICE authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules, according to a whistleblower complaint.
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January is Radon Action Month, and the Cook County Department of Public Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon.
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.
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Partly cloudy, windy and frigid with an Extreme Cold Warning taking affect at 3 a.m. Lows around -11 with wind chills feeling anywhere from -30 to -40.
The Illinois Tollway will have maintenance workers on patrol around the clock through Monday to help stranded drivers during the extreme cold this weekend.
Chicago O'Hare's two largest carriers, American Airlines and United Airlines, are locked in a tense battle over the number of gates they're allotted.
Police responding to a burglar alarm at a bank in Suffolk County, New York were surprised to find the culprit was of the deer variety.
Jack Smith, the former special counsel who oversaw two criminal investigations into President Trump during the Biden administration, testified publicly for the first time Thursday at a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee.
A Little Village man accused of trying to put a hit on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Cmdr. Gregory Bovino has been found not guilty.
An Extreme Cold Warning starts overnight as an Arctic front will bring the coldest weather the Chicago area has seen since 2019.
School closings and moves to e-learning have been announced in Chicago, Illinois and Northwest Indiana ahead of frigid temperatures that prompted an Extreme Cold Warning.
The Illinois Tollway will have maintenance workers on patrol around the clock through Monday to help stranded drivers during the extreme cold this weekend.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
Chicago relies on the CTA to get around, but there's some resistance to that reliance with safety concerns continuing to plague the mass transit system.
The Joliet Police Department is facing a federal civil rights lawsuit for patting down a 12-year-old girl who was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over for not having lights on.
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Aaron and Andre Richmond are both charged with sexually assaulting teenage girls they taught at Thornton Fractional High School District 215.
Chicago police issued a warning about a string of vehicle break-ins involving Honda Civics on the South Side.
Illinois led 47-30 at halftime thanks to a 25-4 run to end the half.
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ICE authorized its officers to enter homes without judicial warrants in the cases of people with deportation orders, a sweeping reversal of longstanding rules, according to a whistleblower complaint.
Cook County Crime Stoppers announced Wednesday that they are offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest in a shooting that killed a 17-year-old girl on Chicago's West Side this past weekend.
