New Findings About Firearm Access, Use Among Children in Cook County
Dr. Linda Teplin has been studying at-risk youth in Cook County since the late-1990s.
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Dr. Linda Teplin has been studying at-risk youth in Cook County since the late-1990s.
A group representing Illinois school boards has again rejected a resolution supporting teachers and other school employees carrying guns in schools.
A dozen buses full of students, parents and city leaders pulled out of St. Sabina Church around 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday took U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to task Monday after Cruz held up Chicago as an example of a failure of gun control.
Chicago police have reported 12 arrests on illegal gun charges and 40 illegal gun seized after deploying 1,000 additional officers citywide.
Gun violence left at last five people dead and 19 more wounded this weekend as of late Sunday afternoon, according to police reports.
Dozens of people were shot in Chicago over the weekend.
Hundreds of people filled Federal Plaza on Sunday, calling for gun control reform.
Police on Sunday seized more than one arsenal of weapons from the West Pullman neighborhood.
In the wake of recent violence, volunteers are mobilizing for peace in Chicago's Austin neighborhood, hoping to empower young people.
Police on Sunday afternoon were exploring possible connections – and expressing outrage – after three early-morning shootings left at least one person dead and more than a dozen others wounded on the city's West Side.
As the long holiday weekend continues, we're getting an idea of the impact of gun violence in the city as well as the efforts to keep it in check.
As we inch closer to July 4, some Chicagoans worry gun violence is becoming too great a threat. Since 7 p.m. Friday, 23 people have been shot.
Chicago police have taken 56 illegal guns off the streets so far this weekend.
The justices did not comment in turning away appeals from two Kansas men who were convicted of violating federal law regulating silencers. The men argued that the constitutional right "to keep and bear arms" includes silencers.
Many of the gun offenders arrested by Chicago police over the weekend walked out of jail on bond, without having to pay a dime.
The community came together Sunday in the name of Hadiya Pendleton to raise awareness about gun violence in Chicago and what can be done to fight it.
Chicago Police say 31 people were shot — three fatally — in less than 12 hours in several neighborhoods of the city.
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.
On Mayor Lori Lightfoot's first full day in office, we're hearing more details on the ways she plans to tackle gun violence, which she said will be her biggest challenge as mayor.
In the last week, two survivors of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida and the father of a 6-year old girl killed in the Sandy Hook school shooting took their own lives.
A 24-year-old passenger was sitting in a car when two male offenders opened the doors of the vehicle and displayed a handgun.
Arizona has been a longstanding Republican stronghold, but a growing Latino population and frustration among women with Trump have helped Democrats make inroads.
A man shot and injured by Naperville police after pointing what authorities initially thought was a real gun at them has been charged with aggravated assault.
Rep. Daniel Didech is proposing gun buyers reveal their public social media accounts to Illinois police before they're approved for a firearm license.
