Chicago Thanksgiving weekend shootings leave 4 dead, 13 hurt, police say
The ages of the victims range from 18 to 49, according to Chicago police.
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The ages of the victims range from 18 to 49, according to Chicago police.
Chicago police said two men and a woman were shot at while sitting inside a car.
Two men, 18 and 20, and a woman, 20, were inside a vehicle when three unknown people approached, police said.
President Trump said Thursday evening that Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died from her injuries in the Washington, D.C., shooting, and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was "fighting for his life."
A man took himself to a local hospital after a shooting on Chicago's West Side. Police said the man was listed in serious condition.
President Trump said Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from her wounds. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in critical condition.
A man was shot dead in a domestic fight in Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood early Thursday, police said.
Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot near the White House, and an Afghan national who worked previously with the CIA is in custody as a suspect.
Two women were critically hurt Wednesday night in a shooting in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
Two women were critically hurt Wednesday night in a shooting in the South Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side.
A Chicago youth basketball program on Wednesday mourned the death of one of their own; a 14-year-old boy shot and killed last week in the Loop.
Shots were fired at a CTA bus on Chicago's West Side early Wednesday morning.
Chicago police released a photo of a person of interest wanted in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Armani Floyd in the Loop on Friday night.
Chicago police released a photo of a person of interest wanted in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Armani Floyd in the Loop on Friday night. Floyd was killed, and eight others were wounded in a pair of shootings, just hours after Chicago lit the city's official Christmas tree.
A new reward is being offered for information to help find the shooter who killed a 14-year-old boy Friday night in the Loop, in the first of two shootings downtown, which left one teen dead and eight others wounded.
Dozens, including the father, a violence prevention advocate, and siblings of 14-year-old Armani Floyd, were in the South Shore neighborhood on Monday evening to grieve the tragic loss.
Aurora police said that the shooter had been in a dating relationship with the woman who was killed.
A maintenance worker shot and killed a co-worker before turning the gun on himself last week at the apartment building where they worked in Arlington Heights, police said.
Arlington Heights police said the two victims, who were both maintenance workers in the building, had been shot and were pronounced dead at the scene.
The body of María Florinda Ríos Pérez, a Guatemalan woman killed in Indiana, has been returned to her native country.
The ages of the victims in this weekend's shooting range from 13 to 63, according to Chicago police.
Two people were killed and a third was wounded during a concert at a restaurant in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday night.
A woman was taken to an area hospital and pronounced dead, while a man was hospitalized in critical condition. Another man, believed to be the shooter, was pronounced dead at the scene, Aurora police said.
No one was in custody Sunday morning in connection with either of the shootings that transpired Friday night in the Loop.
Two people were killed and a third was wounded during a concert at a restaurant in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday night.
A second man was charged in the dollar store robbery that led last weekend's shooting at Swedish Hospital.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
Thieves targeted a liquor store in Lincoln Square early Friday morning.
Activists worldwide will commemorate "May Day," also known as "International Workers' Day," on Friday.
The Kentucky Derby will see a full field of 20 horses in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
The longest shutdown of a federal department in U.S. history came to an end on Thursday when President Trump signed a bill to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security following a breakthrough on Capitol Hill.
The Coast Guard will run out of funding to pay personnel on May 1, with the first missed paychecks expected May 15.
Illinois lawmakers are not planning to pursue a constitutional amendment on redistricting after a key U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday.
Spirit Airlines only has enough available cash to continue operations for a matter of days, not weeks, and talks for a government-backed rescue of the no-frills carrier have stalled, sources say.
Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas Company customers are likely to see minor credits on their bills for the next three years, thanks to a $125 million settlement agreement announced Thursday by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul.
Chicago gas prices are spiking as the war with Iran drags on, with regular gas nearing $6 in some spots and premium already selling for more than $7 in some places.
In the legal venue of anti-trust enforcement, the state is not taking on the Trump administration, but rather filling a void that state officials say the Trump administration has vacated.
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Chicago has been charged with making a false bomb threat that forced an emergency landing at Detroit Metro Airport last month, according to a federal criminal complaint.
Skyrocketing property taxes continue to be a hot-button issue in Cook County — particularly since last fall, when many residents saw their tax bills increase by 100% or more.
The second-largest physicians' group in the U.S. has issued a surprising switch in breast cancer screening recommendations.
A new $48 million wellness center opened Thursday in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The goal is to improve the health and quality of life for people on the West Side of Chicago.
La Rabida Children's Hospital went all out for Earth Day on Wednesday, with volunteer cleanup efforts by staffers and activities for patients and families.
It has been several weeks since West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Illinois, abruptly shut down — and then on Wednesday, it just as swiftly partially reopened, with some services available.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 80% of deaths related to pregnancy are preventable, and Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
A $170 million-plus plan announced this week will redevelop the Water Tower Place mall on the Magnificent Mile.
The Holiday Club in Chicago's Buena Park neighborhood will soon be going out of business, as the building that houses the popular bar is set to be torn down.
At a meeting on Tuesday, the Lincolnwood Village Board approved a pre-development agreement with the mall, providing a roadmap with the property owner for further preparations and government approvals for redevelopment.
The only remaining location of Pal Joey's pizzeria in Batavia, Illinois, will soon be going out of business, its owner announced this week.
Investment research firm Morningstar could move into the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago once Google is done renovating the former Illinois state government building.
David Allan Coe also had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others.
Some youngsters got a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of making opera Sunday at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Matt DeCaro, an actor who was a familiar face on the Chicago stage for many years, died this weekend.
Jake was at the funeral for one of his closest friends when he learned of his parents' deaths, he said.
Tickets for the 2026 Ravinia Festival season went on sale Thursday morning.
Prosecutors charge a second man in the dollar store robbery that happened before last weekend's shooting at Swedish hospital.
Chicago activists started with a May Day plaque installation in the West Loop, where Mayor Brandon Johnson joined union leaders.
As many as 150,000 Illinois SNAP participants will lose their benefits on Friday due to new, stricter eligibility rules in the Trump Administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
Thieves targeted a liquor store in Lincoln Square early Friday morning.
John Schlaman, PGA director of golf at Eagle Ridge resort & Spa, joins CBS News Chicago.
As many as 150,000 Illinois SNAP participants will lose their benefits on Friday due to new, stricter eligibility rules in the Trump Administration's "One Big Beautiful Bill."
Activists worldwide will commemorate "May Day," also known as "International Workers' Day," on Friday.
A second man was charged in the dollar store robbery that led last weekend's shooting at Swedish Hospital.
Negotiations over a $500 million dollar government aid package for Spirit stalled after bondholders balked at the terms.
Thieves targeted a liquor store in Lincoln Square early Friday morning.
An elderly woman has essentially abandoned her home of three decades because of constantly broken elevators at her high-rise condo building on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Violent retail crime is on the rise in Illinois, according to a new report from the Illinois Organized Retail Crime Association.
A top administrator in the Libertyville school district has been placed on leave after a fiery school board meeting focused on how the district handled allegations of grooming leveled against a former teacher.
Potholes along one stretch of road in Chicago's Pullman neighborhood are so bad, people say they damage their cars just getting to work.
There are so many issues with the DNA evidence in the case that Payne's conviction has been overturned, and a retrial has been ordered.
The Kentucky Derby will see a full field of 20 horses in the first leg of the 2026 competition for horse racing's Triple Crown.
Seven-time All-Star Skylar Diggins has only been with the Sky for about three weeks, but it's clear she's already one of the leaders of the team.
The Cubs have won 12 of their last 15 games.
Reese is all smiles as she returns to Chicago to face her former team, the Sky, in preseason action on Wednesday night.
Rookie Sam Antonnaci hit a tying triple with two outs in the ninth inning and Colson Montgomery had a winning single in the 10th, lifting the Chicago White Sox over Los Angeles 3-2 for a three-game sweep that extended the Angels' losing streak to six.
A woman has been charged with shooting a 15-year-old boy outside an indoor track facility near Gately Park in Chicago in 2024, after getting into a fight with another woman during a back-to-school event in the Pullman neighborhood.
Sexual abuse charges were filed this week against a Park City, Illinois, police officer.
Attorneys for the man convicted of the murders of two girls in Delphi, Indiana, have filed a new brief with the Indiana Court of Appeals to overturn his case.
Attorneys for a woman convicted of killing her 69-year-old landlord in Chicago's Arcadia Terrace community have filed an appeal.
Police in Cicero, Illinois, were investigating after burglars targeted gaming machines at a slots and video poker business early Wednesday.