Family of slain 81-year-old continue to seek answers 4 years later
For more than four years, Ashanti Chimurenga has been haunted by one question: Who would want to murder her mother?
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For more than four years, Ashanti Chimurenga has been haunted by one question: Who would want to murder her mother?
The man allegedly caused the officer to fall and knocked a taser from the hands of the officer, prosecutors said.
Police said the suspects took the victim's belongings and struck him to the point he needed stiches for face injuries.
A jury has convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 after a jury failed to reach a verdict in an earlier trial of the two men.
The two injured victims were taken to the hospital in fair condition.
Police said they suspected the vehicle the suspect was driving to be stolen.
Thompson resigned as the alderman of the 11th Ward, two days after his conviction.
A lone male suspect armed with a handgun enters the business, approaches a restaurant employee, and announces a robbery
Bryan Sutton, 62, of Flint, Michigan, was charged with one count each of criminal sexual abuse and aggravated kidnapping.
The convicted man will be sentenced on Oct. 6.
The man sustained gunshot wounds to his right arm and abdomen, police said.
All boys were taken to hospitals in good or fair condition, police said.
The suspected shooter was not targeting the girl who remains hospitalized and on a ventilator.
The offenders would then approach the victims while displaying a black handgun and take the victim's property.
The man is facing charges of criminal sexual assault, sexual abuse and unlawful restraint.
Police said this was not a random act and are calling this shooting targeted.
Cook County Crime Stoppers passed out a flyer showing the two men who shot and killed Diunte Moon.
Police say a man on a one-wheeled motorized skateboard assaulted at least two women and then rode off.
Police released surveillance footage of the two suspects in the shooting.
The victim, who was approximately 36 years old, was inside of a vehicle when he was struck in the head by gunfire.
Kayla Ward, 33, said she hasn't stopped crying since her SUV and the dogs were stolen.
Prosecutors allege the defendants fraudulently obtained more than $2.75 million in small business loans.
The suspect took $100 from the victim.
Police Supt. David Brown said there is a reason some riders are not seeing officers.
Chicago police released surveillance video of the two suspects on the train on Saturday.
Has a new airport taken the crown for America's busiest airport away from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson? That depends on who you ask.
The Archdiocese of Chicago has fired a teacher with a history of child molestation allegations in Illinois and other states.
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.
January may be the coldest time of the year, but Chicago is already looking forward to summer farmers' markets.
Metra Milwaukee District West service has been disrupted after a train struck a small snow plow near the Bartlett station, officials said.
"When we gaslight and contradict what the public can plainly see with their own eyes, we lose all credibility," one DHS official said.
Sens. Chris Murphy and Alex Padilla have spent the past two days calling colleagues to whip opposition to the DHS funding bill, according to a source familiar with the process.
The 5-year-old immigrant boy taken into ICE custody alongside his father in Minnesota has an active immigration case and cannot be legally deported yet, records reviewed by CBS News indicate.
A federal judge says the Trump administration must keep the money flowing for now for programs aimed at helping low-income families with children in five states.
A year ago, a law that effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. went into effect, though President Trump has not enforced it.
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.
As this holiday season nears its end, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias issued a warning Tuesday about text scams.
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?
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.
The 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees were revealed on "CBS Mornings" on Wednesday. See the full list.
Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered. The recovery could clear the way for the next phase of a ceasefire agreement that has been in place since October.
The Archdiocese of Chicago has fired a teacher with a history of child molestation allegations in Illinois and other states.
Metra Milwaukee District West service has been disrupted after a train struck a small snow plow near the Bartlett station, officials said.
The winter weather is delaying proceedings at the U.S. Senate, but Senate Democrats are vowing to block a crucial vote to fund the Department of Homeland Security if there are not additional restrictions on immigration agents.
Dangerously cold temperatures returned to the Chicago weather forecast Monday, a day after a winter storm dumped snow totaling over six inches on much of the area.
Metra Milwaukee District West trains are stopped near the Bartlett station Monday morning after a train struck a small snow plow, officials said.
Dangerously cold temperatures returned to the Chicago weather forecast Monday, a day after a winter storm dumped snow totaling over six inches on much of the area.
Chicago Public Schools will be open as usual on Monday despite another day of extreme cold.
At least two people were injured, and 20 more were displaced, after a fire tore through an apartment building in West Ridge overnight Sunday into Monday.
A minor Amtrak derailment blocked some platforms at Chicago's Union Station early Monday morning.
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.
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.
Miles Rubin started crafting a skill set for shot blocking at Simeon that has set him apart at Loyola.
The teams generated only a handful of chances through the first and second periods, and neither pressured with a territorial edge.
Coby White scored 22 points and hit five of Chicago's 21 3s, helping the Bulls win their fourth straight.
The Illini hit 18 of 38 3-pointers while Purdue was 7 of 19.
Dominic James scored in the fifth round of a shootout and the Tampa Bay Lightning made it 15 straight games without a regulation loss, outlasting the Chicago Blackhawks 2-1 on Friday night.
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.
A man was shot early Sunday when he confronted two people trying to break into a car in the north suburban Morton Grove.
A 36-year-old woman and a 4-year-old boy were killed in a homicide in Joliet, Illinois, on Sunday morning, according to police.
