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Mauricio Ramirez, 32, is charged with one count of criminal sexual assault and one count of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in the sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in 2013, according to Chicago Police.
"I am deeply sorry for the culture of abuse and harassment that was allowed to fester in the beaches and pools division of the Chicago Park District," LaVelle said.
What's next in the Chicago Park District sexual harassment and abuse investigations?
A spokeswoman for the Hockey Hall of Fame confirmed Aldrich's name was x-ed out on the trophy on Sunday, when the 2021 Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning team names were being added.
"Chicago Park District needs new leadership that is up to the task of making our parks safe and creating structures of accountability," Ald. Rossana Rodrigeuz-Sanchez said.
The Chicago Park District has fired three senior managers following the release of two reports that detail sexual assaults among Park District lifeguards – and claim the former Park District superintendent took no action until six months after he had received a complaint about abuse.
In the wake of a damning report on the Blackhawks' handling of former player Kyle Beach's sexual assault allegations against former coach Brad Aldrich in 2010, the team is asking the Hockey Hall of Fame to remove Aldrich's name from the Stanley Cup.
Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville has resigned, hours after he met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New York on Thursday to discuss his handling of the Chicago Blackhawks sexual abuse case during the team's 2010 Stanley Cup run.
Mauricio Ramirez, 32, has been charged with one felony count each of criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
"In his first year as general manager, he made a mistake, alongside our other senior executives at the time, and did not take adequate action," team CEO Danny Wirtz said.
"You have broken me. You haunt my dreams and creep into my most intimate moments. I am a shell of my former self."
A legal expert told CBS 2's Jermont Terry what's next for R. Kelly, no matter the verdict in New York.
The prosecution's closing arguments could begin as early as Wednesday afternoon.
Prosecutors at the R. Kelly sex trafficking trial ended their case Monday after calling dozens of witnesses over the past month who detailed the government's sweeping allegations against the singer in lurid detail.
R. Kelly's longtime assistant testified Monday that the R&B superstar was so paranoid, he once asked her to change into a robe to demonstrate she was not wearing a wire.
Richard Villanueva, 57, was arrested Tuesday after the victim reported Aug. 24 to police that they had been sexually assaulted on multiple occasions over a period of years as a child.
Police issued a community alert this weekend after a woman had her cellphone stolen by a group of men on the CTA Pink Line in Lawndale and was then sexually assaulted in an alley.
Two bills that strengthen privacy protections for sexual assault victims in Illinois were signed into law today.
Kelly is accused of leading an enterprise of managers, bodyguards and other employees who helped him recruit women and girls for sex, sometimes at concerts and other venues.
Current law requires sexual-assault survivors to face their assailants in court every two years to renew no-contact orders.
We have reported for the last two nights on a Chicago firefighter-EMT who is still on the job after being charged with sexual assault.
Police are looking for a man who broke into a 7-year-old girl's bedroom last week and sexually assaulted her as she was sleeping in her home in the Rosemoor neighborhood.
Multiple CTA train lines were disrupted due to debris on the tracks amid severe storms Monday afternoon.
An "extremely dangerous" tornado hit parts of eastern Wisconsin on Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
The case of two adults and six children found dead at a home in West Michigan has been determined to be a murder-suicide, deputies said.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Chicago police issued an alert this past weekend about a string of ATM-related thefts on the city's South and Southwest sides.
Candidates for Chicago mayor may start circulating petitions on Tuesday for the election in February 2027.
The plans include arresting migrants in Ohio and quickly putting them on deportation flights to crisis-stricken Haiti, the internal documents indicate.
President Trump cracked jokes at the redo of the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Friday night, after an armed assailant upended April's dinner.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased commercial spyware that can covertly take control of phones, collect messages, photos and location information.
A new lawsuit argues that Wisconsin's elections commission is wrongly blocking absentee voters from canceling their ballots and requesting new ones, with nearly 91,000 ballots already returned ahead of the Aug. 11 primary.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment.
Chicago Soul Café opened Monday at 6248 S. St. Lawrence Ave.
The Chicago Bears this weekend said they are assessing land at Wolf Lake Terminals in Hammond, Indiana, for a possible new stadium.
Carly Simon, the singer known for 1970s hits like "You're So Vain," announced she has Parkinson's disease and also was treated for basal cell carcinoma.
Paramount Skydance on Friday said it would delay the deal until as late as June 2027.
Iowa announced a fall exhibition game against Kansas at the Field of Dreams ballpark, where major and minor league games have been played since 2021.
Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" is the first film shot entirely on 70mm IMAX cameras, and Cinemark Seven Bridges in Woodridge is 1 of roughly 30 theaters nationwide equipped to show it that way.
Brenda Fricker won an Academy Award for 1989's "My Left Foot," played the Pigeon Lady in "Home Alone 2" and appeared in "A Time to Kill" and "So I Married an Axe Murderer."
In southwest suburban Summit, Illinois, near the border of Bedford Park, the downpour was so sudden and intense, entire roads and sidewalks flooded.
CBS News Chicago reporter Asal Rezai was running errands in Orland Park when she got the tornado warning on her phone. She took shelter and called to tell us what she was seeing as the storm slammed the suburb.
More than 2,500 firefighters are battling to stop the spread of France’s largest fire, which is threatening the wine city of Bordeaux.
An Iranian official told CBS News there is progress in talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Hot and humid with the potential for severe storms Monday. Highs in the low 90s but the heat index will make it feel like triple digits.
A round of severe storms swept through the Chicago area Monday afternoon, prompting tornado warnings and leaving flooding, storm damage and power outages in its wake.
A Lisle, Illinois, man was due in court Monday, accused of causing a deadly boat crash on the Fox River this past weekend.
Multiple CTA train lines were disrupted due to debris on the tracks amid severe storms Monday afternoon.
Four teenagers were killed when a car hit a train during a brief police chase after fleeing a traffic stop on Chicago's Southwest Side early Sunday morning.
An "extremely dangerous" tornado hit parts of eastern Wisconsin on Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
While Mayor Brandon Johnson hasn't announced if he will run for re-election next year, he's boasting about lower vacancy rates for Mag Mile buildings and taking credit for the positive changes.
A Lockport foster parent said he lost his kids, job and home for months after a mix-up that landed his name on the Illinois Sex Offender Registry.
Record heat and major air quality issues created by wildfire smoke were key topics as some of the top climate leaders from around the world gathered in Chicago this week for the Aspen Institute's annual climate summit.
Police say a man and a woman were last seen speaking with the victim before the shooting.
Neighbors in the Avalon Park neighborhood said their community has been plagued by squatters, weeds, rats, and water leaks – all thanks to an abandoned home that's been sitting vacant for years.
Center fielders Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones and second baseman Jeff Kent were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
Murakami hit a 385-foot, two-run homer in the bottom of the first that gave Chicago its first lead of the game. It was his first homer since May 27th.
Ryan O'Hearn hit a grand slam on his 33rd birthday, as the Pirates held off the Cubs 8-7 to avoid being swept in the three-game series.
The south Chicago suburb of Robbins, Illinois, on Sunday honored retired NBA basketball player Dwyane Wade with a new street name and a day of celebration.
The WNBA celebrated its 30th season by holding its first All-Star Game in Chicago since 2022.
Chicago police issued an alert this past weekend about a string of ATM-related thefts on the city's South and Southwest sides.
Crash-and-grab burglars hit a Shell gas station on the cusp of Chicago's Lakeview and Lincoln Park communities early Monday morning.
A robber jumped through a drive-thru window at a McDonald's in Chicago's Belmont Cragin community early Monday morning.
Three people were killed and four others wounded in a shooting during a food festival at the Seattle Center near the Space Needle, police said. A suspect was in custody and another was being sought, they said.
Chicago police on Sunday issued a community alert after two violent robberies in the South Loop area this weekend.
