House Republicans host forum on Chicago crime; Democrats blast event as political stunt
Some top Democrats have said the GOP should be focusing on avoiding a potential government shutdown ahead of Saturday's budget deadline.
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Some top Democrats have said the GOP should be focusing on avoiding a potential government shutdown ahead of Saturday's budget deadline.
The "do not call list" includes 174 current and former officers who have faced allegations of misconduct that have made them unreliable as witnesses for the prosecution.
Foxx has faced intense criticism in her two terms in office, from her office's charging decisions, to her handling of high profile cases involving disgraced singer R. Kelly and actor Jussie Smollett.
Foxx announced Tuesday that she is not running for another term next year. CBS 2's Chris Tye reports.
As she made her announcement that she will not run for another term, the 51-year-old Foxx touted her office's emphasis at bringing equity to the criminal justice system, including her work on bond reform, vacating wrongful convictions. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
In a speech Tuesday, Foxx addressed her critics, and explained why she believes she has done everything she set out to do in 2016. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said Tuesday that she will not be running for another term. CBS 2 Legal Analyst Irv Miller breaks down critics' biggest complaints about Foxx, and also her successes.
We're expecting Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx to talk about her future, and whether she'll run for re-election. She's speaking at a City Club of Chicago luncheon on Tuesday.
Kelly is already facing decades in prison on federal convictions in Chicago and New York. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
The decision was made with the disgraced singer already facing decades in prison following two separate convictions on federal charges. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx will be dropping four indictments accusing R. Kelly of sexual abuse and assault, with the disgraced singer already facing decades in prison following two separate convictions on federal charges.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced Tuesday that she will not fight the exonerations. CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reports.
The Cook County State's attorney said the detective engaged in a "pattern and practice" of framing suspects and manipulating evidence.
In a 911 call obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, Kelley Foxx can be heard telling an operator he'd been involved in a physical domestic dispute with his wife.
No one was arrested, and neither Kim nor Kelley Foxx chose to leave the house for the night, a police report said.
A decision not to charge the Chicago Police officers in the deaths of the two young men has elicited strong reaction. CBS 2’s Sabrina Franza reports.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx's decision not to charge the officers is an outcome for which the loved ones of Toledo and Alvarez are not willing to settle. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced this week that the Chicago police officers who shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez in separate foot chases just days apart last March of last year won't be charged – and two protests were planned Wednesday to try to change Foxx's mind.
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced this week that the Chicago police officers who shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez in separate foot chases just days apart last March of last year won’t be charged – and two protests were planned Wednesday to try to change Foxx’s mind. CBS 2's Sabrina Franza reports.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced Tuesday that no charges would be issued in the two 2021 shootings by officers. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said neither her office nor an appellate prosecutor's office could find enough evidence to support criminal charges in the two cases. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
The Chicago police officers who shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez in separate foot chases just days apart last March won't face any criminal charges, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx announced Tuesday. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
In a Chicago Sun-Times op-ed, State's Attorney Kim Foxx did not mince words – arguing that the justice system had "failed" in the Smollett case, and saying a special prosecutor should not have been appointed to reopen the case after Foxx's office dropped the charges against Smollett.
"This is a horrendous crime, and we stand here united to say that we will not allow such atrocities to happen in Gage Park, or in any community here in this great city," Police Supt. David Brown said.
It will be Mr. Trump's first visit to the Chicagoland area since 2024.
Illinois kept it competitive despite Smith's monster game.
Chicago pulled within a point of fourth-place Charlotte in the Eastern Conference.
Chicago will be the final AL wild card and will play on the road against the AL West winner in a three-game Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday.
Notre Dame has won 14 straight and will start October with a perfect record for the first time since 2021.
Sheri Mecklenburg resigned from the Department of Justice this week, penning a scathing letter in which she said U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros "personally directed" the Broadview 6 prosecution that she says ended her career.
The Chicago City Council deferred a full vote on the sale of the city's parking meters from one private company to another to their next full council meeting as they face an end-of-month deadline.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration in its push to use a controversial database to review state voter rolls for potential noncitizens.
Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is demanding the Pentagon and Federal Aviation Administration reject President Trump's call to convert plans for a massive triumphal arch into a "top grade Military Complex."
With an unprecedented budget, ICE spent billions in a rush to expand its detention network, wasting millions in the process, the Government Accountability Office found.
Scammers are now impersonating the patient portal MyChart, using realistic-looking emails, texts, and websites to try to steal personal information and, in some cases, get malware on your computer.
Fuel prices continue to climb across the country, and that has U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) pointing the finger at President Trump.
Nicor customers will get a break on their bills this fall after Illinois Attorney General Kwame Roul reached an agreement with the utility to cut $140 million from its requested rate hike.
Drivers in Chicago and beyond were paying the highest gas prices ever recorded for the Labor Day holiday as millions of Americans were making their way home on Monday.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Sixteen of the state's cases this year trace to an outbreak among people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination history. Health officials say the overall risk is very low but want residents to confirm they're protected.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Wednesday launched its first "street psychiatry" teams, in an effort to provide mental health services to some of the city's most vulnerable people.
A new Illinois law lets terminally ill patients request a lethal prescription to end their lives, making the state the 13th in the U.S. — and the first in the Midwest — to permit it.
Nearly half of Americans with medical debt owe at least $2,000, forcing them to make tough choices, new research shows.
A judge on Tuesday was expected to place two shuttered Chicago-area safety-net hospitals into receivership.
McDonald's said Wednesday it will spend $8.5 billion over the next decade to modernize its restaurants globally.
The future of Rate Field was back in the spotlight on Wednesday.
Plans for a new Chicago White Sox stadium in the South Loop have residents near the existing ballpark in Bridgeport concerned, not just because the team might be leaving, but also what might be coming nearby.
A new report from the University of Illinois Chicago said federal immigration enforcement led to $1.26 billion in unspent money at retail establishments and restaurants in Cook County.
Around 115 million domestic and international tourists visited Illinois last year, pushing visitor spending past $50 billion for the first time and generating more than $88 billion in total economic impact.
Challenging documentaries and award-winning features are among the offerings of New York City's leading cinema event, starring such luminaries as Pedro Pascal, Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore and Godzilla.
Taylor Swift announced her new single "Patient Zero" earlier this week, saying she has been "impatiently waiting" to announce that it will be out on Friday.
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton's estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer's nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company.
An autopsy by the Greenville County Coroner's Office determined Hayden Panettiere's death was due to an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl.
Nike-owned Converse acknowledged that an ad for its Chuck Taylor sneaker is "deeply upsetting."
The two Chicagoans took a helicopter ride, but there was a surprise awaiting Jazmin when the two lovebirds landed. That’s when John, a chemical operator, got down on one knee for Jazmin, a pharmacy technician, and popped the question and of course it was a yes.
Meteorologist Kylee Miller has the latest in First Alert Weather.
Money raised goes to the Illinois Restaurant Association Educational Foundation, which helps provide restaurant industry scholarships.
At its peak on Saturday, more than 100,000 households were without power and 400 flights were canceled.
Investigators say the Americans were scheduled to take a flight home later today. So far, their identities and hometowns have not been released.
It will be Mr. Trump's first visit to the Chicagoland area since 2024.
Two people are in custody after a 1-year-old girl was shot and critically injured inside an apartment on Chicago's South Side, a police source said.
The suspect was taken into custody minutes after the shooting after a witness called 911 and reported gunshots coming from a basement.
The mayor of Athens said the explosion was likely caused by a gas leak.
The five-day ride helped raise money for pediatric cancer research.
In 2024, an off-duty Chicago police officer shot and killed a dog that was being held by its owner. COPA and CPD Supt. Larry Snelling agreed the officer should be fired. But more than two years later, that hasn't happened.
Surging gas and diesel prices are putting the pinch on farmers with harvest season underway, and could drive grocery prices even further up.
Another business owned by a couple under investigation for mishandling bodies at funeral homes and crematories on the South Side and in the south suburbs was raided by law enforcement Thursday.
Crown Point native Chris Payne was arrested for the 2018 sexual assault of a woman, which he has adamantly claimed from the beginning that he had nothing to do with.
A Chicago nonprofit is suing its former president, accusing him of illegally diverting millions of dollars in charitable funds and jeopardizing the charity's future in fighting homelessness.
Illinois kept it competitive despite Smith's monster game.
Chicago pulled within a point of fourth-place Charlotte in the Eastern Conference.
Chicago will be the final AL wild card and will play on the road against the AL West winner in a three-game Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday.
Notre Dame has won 14 straight and will start October with a perfect record for the first time since 2021.
Munetaka Murakami homered twice to increase his season total to 35, and the playoff-bound Chicago White Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 6-1 as they tried to gain ground in the AL Central.
A Chicago violence interrupter is remembered for the difference he tried to make in his South Shore neighborhood. Courtney Harris worked to keep young people away from violence, but died in a shooting over the weekend.
Three men were wounded in a shooting on Thursday night outside a liquor store in the South Chicago neighborhood.
A sixth-grade teacher and basketball coach at a school in Island Lake, Illinois, was arrested Thursday on child pornography charges.
Boise police have identified a man known as the "Unknown Wanderer" who was found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a possible link to the Chicago Tylenol murders.
A Mundelein, Illinois, high school teacher and volleyball coach appeared in court Wednesday morning on charges of making an unauthorized video recording of a minor.
