Facebook Executives In Chicago To Discuss Plan To Remove Violent Posts
Representatives from Facebook were at Operation PUSH headquarters in Kenwood to meet with Rev. Jesse Jackson and other civic leaders.
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Representatives from Facebook were at Operation PUSH headquarters in Kenwood to meet with Rev. Jesse Jackson and other civic leaders.
Facebook is stepping up its efforts to keep inappropriate and often violent material — including recent high-profile videos of murders and suicides, hate speech and extremist propaganda — off of its site.
A massive manhunt was underway, and police were questioning three people, after two officers were wounded in a shootout Tuesday night.
A battle over who will lead the Merrionette Park Fire Department has led to the sudden departure of more than a dozen firefighters.
Police said the 31-year-old woman was walking south on Campbell near Pensacola around 9:30 p.m. when a man grabbed her from behind.
Barbara Byrd-Bennett, 67, faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to mail fraud.
United has outlined 10 policy changes in the wake of the incident on flight 3411 on April 9, when Dr. David Dao was dragged off the plane.
A woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash while riding a motorcycle Monday night in west suburban Hanover Park.
A missing 9-year-old boy was found Friday morning, after he failed to return home from school in Washington Park on Thursday.
Bulmaro Mejia-Maya has been charged with murder, home invasion, and aggravated criminal sexual assault in the death of Tiffany Thrasher.
A suspect has been taken into custody in the strangulation of a Schaumburg woman who was found dead in her apartment on Sunday.
Wednesday was a very important morning for more than 100 people celebrating their first hours as U.S. citizens.
The district has noted CPS has 20 percent of the state's public school students, but receives only 15 percent of state education dollars.
Attorneys for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich were back in court Tuesday, trying again to get his 14-year prison sentence reduced.
About 1,000 people followed Cardinal Blase Cupich on a Way of the Cross march against violence in the Englewood neighborhood.
The licenses were selling for a top price of $385,000 in 2012. But the rise of ride-share companies have decimated that market. CBS 2's Mike Puccinelli reports.
Dr. David Dao, the man dragged off a United Airlines flight, suffered a "significant concussion," a broken nose, and lost two teeth.
A Catholic priest was robbed at gunpoint while walking his dog Tuesday morning in the South Chicago neighborhood.
The home opener starts at 7:05 pm, and Hall of Fame players Ryne Sandberg, Ferguson Jenkins, and Billy Williams will help raise the banners.
Some members of Illinois' congressional delegation backed President Donald Trump's decision to bomb a Syrian military base.
After President Donald Trump demanded a make-or-break vote on the Republican health care plan, lawmakers were expected to bring the legislation to the House floor Friday after a long night of closed-door meetings.
A teenage girl was a victim Monday morning of an attempted abduction while waiting for her school bus in southwest suburban Lockport.
The federal government has banned passengers on non-stop flights to the U.S. from eight Middle Eastern and North African nations from bringing any electronics larger than a cell phone in their carry-on luggage.
A burglar stole a computer from Ald. Deb Mell's office in the Irving Park neighborhood, after smashing a the glass front door early Monday.
Chicago police were warning people on the North Side about a recent string of violent robberies in Ravenswood and Uptown.
