Man charged with spray-painting swastikas on homes, vehicles in Elmhurst
The man is charged for spray-painting the symbols on three different occasions.
The man is charged for spray-painting the symbols on three different occasions.
Officers were called to a home on Oak Street around 9 a.m. Sunday after the homeowner found red swastikas panted on his garage doors and parked car.
The suit claims Chad and Cheryl Hampton harrassed their Black neighbor for months by displaying racial slurs, swastikas, and a noose hanging an effigy of
For the first time, lynching will be designated as a federal hate crime.
Shahid Hussain has been charged with four counts of felony hate crime, two felony counts of criminal defacement, and two felony counts of criminal damage to property.
A local college professor has resigned after he was charged with a hate crime in Oak Park.
A local college professor is charged with a hate crime, accused of spitting on a Black woman and yelling racial slurs at the woman and her 7-year-old daughter.
The FBI on Wednesday was investigating a possible hate crime at the Argyle Street CTA Red Line station in Uptown.
Skokie police asking for the public's help in identifying suspects wanted in a hate crime.
"It feels to me, as a former member of law enforcement, like a hate crime."
Two aldermen are proposing a measure to expand the city's hate crime ordinance to add protections for people based on their gender identity or their citizenship and immigration status.
Homophobic graffiti was found plastered all over a home in the northwest suburbs in a possible hate crime.
Robert Palley was charged with a hate crime and aggravated battery after he confronted an African American woman in a suburban grocery store, allegedly calling her a 'black bitch" and saying, "this is why people are dying."
Smith was sentenced to one year of court supervision. Prosecutors dropped a charge of hate crime and three other disorderly conduct charges in return for his guilty plea.
U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall ruled Wednesday that Smollett can't bring a malicious prosecution claim until all proceedings against him have ended.
A new indictment filed earlier this month charged Smollett with six counts of disorderly conduct, accusing him of filing false police reports that he was attacked on the way home from Subway in the middle of the night in Streeterville in January 2019.
Police said the student took a picture of a black classmate last Thursday, and then posted the photo on a Craigslist ad titled title "Slave for sale (Naperville)." The post also contained a racial slur, according to police.
A man was sentenced to two years' probation on Monday after being convicted of a hate crime, for berating a woman for wearing a shirt celebrating Puerto Rico in a Cook County forest preserve last year.
A man was convicted of a hate crime Wednesday, after being caught on video berating a woman for wearing a shirt celebrating Puerto Rico in a Cook County forest preserve last year.
In a court filing Wednesday, attorneys for Jussie Smollett reiterated their claims of his innocence -- but claimed that if he had made false statements about being the victim of a hate crime, there was no way he could have known or controlled how extensively police would investigate or how much it would cost.
Days after a Cook County judge vacated the sealing order on Jussie Smollett's case file, President Donald Trump tweeted out his reaction to the handling of the alleged hate crime reported by the "Empire" actor.
A member of a Muslim family who endured a frightening hate crime last weekend in Bolingbrook is preparing to speak out about the racist, homophobic act of vandalism at their home.
"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Thursday to 16 counts of disorderly conduct, nearly a week after he was indicted for allegedly lying to police about a hate crime.
More than two weeks have passed since Jussie Smollett told police he was attacked by two men who, according to Smollett, yelled racial and homophobic slurs at him.
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar spoke with a relative of the men, who says their home was ransacked in a police raid.
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Eastbound U.S. Highway 30 and the ramp from southbound State Road 49 to Highway 30 were closed after the crash.
Since being diagnosed with Parkinson's 12 years ago, Bill Bucklew has become an exemplar of what's possible with Parkinson's.
A guest speaker will also give firsthand accounts about the situation in Gaza amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
Rep. Marjorie Tyalor Greene has dangled the threat of dethroning Johnson since late March after he relied on Democrats to push through a $1.2 trillion spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
A guest speaker will also give firsthand accounts about the situation in Gaza amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
Rep. Marjorie Tyalor Greene has dangled the threat of dethroning Johnson since late March after he relied on Democrats to push through a $1.2 trillion spending bill to avert a government shutdown.
Trump will deliver remarks at 2 p.m. central time at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road.
Activist groups planning protests for the convention filing for an injunction Tuesday, on top of the lawsuit they've filed in federal court against the city's blocking of their protest plans.
The proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some other drugs.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The family didn't get their cut of the estate sale, not hearing back from the salesman until CBS 2 got involved.
The Better Business Bureau warns that anyone buying an event ticket should watch out for fake ticket scams.
Financial records show Paul Croft and J.D. Frost raised about $30 million for a hydrogen plant that was supposed to be, at one point, in Indiana. It never existed, an attorney says.
Anyone with these sausages in their refrigerators should throw them away or return them to the store.
First known HIV cases from a nonsterile injection for cosmetic reasons highlights the risk of unlicensed providers.
The city's measles dashboard said a total of 63 measles cases have been confirmed in Chicago this year, with one new case this week.
The department said anyone who visited the Sam's Club at 9400 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park one day last week may have been exposed to someone with measles.
Health officials are warning consumers not to consume Infinite Herbs basil sold at some Trader Joe's and Dierberg's stores after 12 people were sickened.
Officials said there was no known link between this case and the recent outbreak of measles at a migrant shelter in Chicago.
Mayor Brandon Johnson denied that the Bears' shiny new dome could end up costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
Employees at dozens of now-closed Foxtrot Market and Dom's Kitchen stores, now jobless, wonder what comes next for them as their paychecks will soon end.
The company announced Tuesday that it received a stalking horse bid to purchase its operating assets.
Dozens of typewriters clutter the shelves of the 24-year-old business owner's workshop inside his parents' home in Downers Grove.
The closure affects both Dom's locations in Chicago, and all 33 Foxtrot stores in Chicago, Texas, and the Washington D.C. area.
Paramount said long-time CEO Bob Bakish will leave the company, which is in discussions to explore a sale or merger.
The vinyl sales alone were monumental, Billboard said, with "the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era."
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges has been overturned by the State of New York Court of Appeals.
Still, Ravinia is capitalizing on the situation with a limited-edition shirt—reading, "Ravinia Interrupta," and calling the cicada buzz the loudest song of summer.
The singer was found deceased at her home, a representative said.
Scammers are getting rich off America’s seniors, according to the FBI. They reported complaints by elderly victims jumped 14% in 2023, with total losses to those over the age of 60 jumped by 11%.
A truck spilled a load of scrap metal in a crash Wednesday morning in Valparaiso, Indiana.
Dr. Huma Khan, an adolescent medicine physician at Advocate Children’s Hospital, provides warning signs and tips on speaking about excessive dieting and exercise as the summer season approaches.
Four friends will set off on a journey of a lifetime on Wednesday, cycling across America while raising money for two Parkinson's Disease foundations.
A group of more than 200 people were headed to Springfield on Wednesday to rally for a ceasefire in Gaza during the annual Muslim Action Day at the Illinois State Capitol.
With demonstrations happening on campuses across the city, Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling was asked Tuesday to weigh in on how they are responding.
Trump will deliver remarks at 2 p.m. central time at the Waukesha County Expo Center, 1000 Northview Road.
Eastbound U.S. Highway 30 and the ramp from southbound State Road 49 to Highway 30 were closed after the crash.
Since being diagnosed with Parkinson's 12 years ago, Bill Bucklew has become an exemplar of what's possible with Parkinson's.
A guest speaker will also give firsthand accounts about the situation in Gaza amid the war between Israel and Hamas.
Expert panel discussion centers the focus on the disparity that 1 in 3 victims of crime in Chicago is a Black woman
Police arrived at the scene sooner than if they had waited for the first 911 call.
Anthony Robinson's attorney said his previous defense lawyer failed to present evidence that showed it was physically impossible for him to be the shooter.
The village board is working on a resolution to hire Lightfoot, a former federal prosecutor before her lone term as Chicago's mayor, to investigate claims Henyard has been misusing public funds.
DCFS Director Heidi Mueller was asked Thursday why some kids in the system are being held in psychiatric hospitals longer than medically necessary.
The Sox' Andrew Benintendi homered leading off the eighth to tie it at 5 after Minnesota scored twice in the top half. But the Twins pulled it out in the ninth.
The teams were hitless in six plate appearances with runners in scoring position against the starters.
The Chicago Fire have a handful of homegrown players on the roster, including Brian Gutierrez, who led the team in assists and was named Team MVP last season.
Garrett Crochet pitched five innings for the White Sox, allowing two runs and five hits after dropping his previous three starts.
Christopher Morel hit a two-run homer off Edwin Díaz to snap a ninth-inning tie and the Chicago Cubs beat the New York Mets 3-1 after being held hitless by Luis Severino into the eighth.
Monica Davis turned herself in to Schaumburg police last week after learning investigators received complaints about her suburban dental practice.
Caschaus Tate, 20, is accused of tossing Officer Huesca's stolen gun into a neighbor's yard when police showed up at his house looking for the officer's accused killer.
They were shot near the sidewalk in the 1200 block of North Keeler Avenue around 1 p.m., according to Chicago police.
Prosecutors asked the judge to prohibit the defense from mentioning words, including "cult or ritualistic killing" and the religion known as "Odinism."
A U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force was attempting to serve a warrant in Charlotte when the shooting started, the police said.