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Another deadly police shooting in Chicago is under investigation by federal authorities.
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Another deadly police shooting in Chicago is under investigation by federal authorities.
The 23-year-old was sitting in a parked vehicle talking with his girlfriend in the 5900 block of North Kenmore Avenue about 1:25 p.m. when he heard people arguing outside and shots rang out, according to Chicago Police.
A man was found shot to death in the street about 9:20 p.m. in the Austin neighborhood on the West Side.
A Chicago police officer fatally shot Quintonio Legrier, 19, and Bettie Jones, a 55-year-old neighbor, the day after Christmas, during a domestic-disturbance call.
In the latest fatal shooting, two armed robbers were gunned down by a liquor store employee Saturday night in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side, according to Chicago Police.
A man charged with shooting a 15-year-old boy last month in the South Side Englewood neighborhood has been ordered held on a $750,000 bond.
Bail was set at $1 million Sunday for two men charged with fatally shooting a 17-year-old boy in a Brighton Park neighborhood drive-by shooting late Thursday on the Southwest Side.
One man was killed and four others were wounded in a Lawndale neighborhood shooting Friday night on the Southwest Side, police said.
Emergency crews responded at 7:33 p.m. to the shooting of three males in the 1900 block of West Belle Plaine, according to Chicago Police.
Facing near-relentless demands for her resignation over the delay in charging a Chicago cop with murder for the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez now faces the prospect of Democratic Party leaders endorsing one of her challengers in the upcoming primary.
A young mother was shot and killed Thursday night while sitting in a car in south suburban Dolton, and a man who was in the car with her also was wounded.
The Chicago Teachers Union has joined a chorus of voices calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign over the Laquan McDonald police shooting scandal.
The fatal shooting happened at 10:25 p.m. the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. A 17-year-old boy was in the 3100 block of West 41st Place when a white SUV drove by and someone inside fired shots.
At 8:30 p.m., the man was walking in the 300 block of Dupage Street in Elgin when someone confronted him, hit him in the head with a gun and then shot him in the arm, Elgin police said.
Two days after saying it would be unnecessary for the U.S. Justice Department to add the city's Law Department to its probe of the Police Department's use of force, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said his administration would order a "third-party" review of the agency.
A man who was fatally shot during an altercation with police as been identified, police disclosed on Thursday.
The male, whose age was not immediately known, was in a vehicle on southbound I-94 near 75th Street at 12:10 a.m. when he suffered a graze wound to the shoulder, according to Illinois State Police.
A 19-year-old man was walking with friends about 11:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of South Albany Avenue when a red car pulled up to them, according to Chicago Police. He and his friends began to run away, but someone inside the car got out and shot him in the shoulder and buttocks.
Police responded about 11:30 p.m. to the 9300 block of South LaSalle Street, where they found 31-year-old Erskin Palm on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds to the chest, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.
The 18-year-old was walking about 8:30 p.m. in the 2300 block of South Trumbull Avenue when someone in a dark-colored SUV started yelling "gang slogans" at him, police said. That person exited the car and shot the man in both legs.
A man and woman were in a parking lot in the 500 block of South Kostner Avenue about 5:52 p.m. when someone walked up and shot them as they opened fire on a nearby vehicle, police said.
The 21-year-old was shot in the abdomen in the 4700 block of South Vincennes Avenue about 6:35 p.m., according to preliminary information from Chicago Police.
Zion police shot and killed a man investigators say was clad in body armor and had been taking photographs of of schools, police said Wednesday.
Funeral services were being held Wednesday morning for a 55-year-old woman who was accidentally shot and killed by a Chicago police officer the day after Christmas.
Shots were fired in the 2000 block of Ezekiel Avenue in Zion about 8 a.m., Lake County sheriff's Det. Chris Covelli said. He could not immediately confirm if anyone was injured in the shooting. Covelli could not say whether the shots were fired by officers or suspects.
Conversations about how Caitlin Clark is treated on a basketball court can be polarizing as fans, players, coaches, pundits and even the U.S. Congress has an opinion about what should or shouldn't happen in regards to the WNBA All-Star.
The FBI is now offering a $50,000 reward to find a fugitive who is wanted for the 2021 murder of Illinois Army National Guardsman Chrys Carvajal.
The University of Chicago Law School is banning first-year students from using phones and laptops in the classroom as part of a broader strategy to curb AI usage.
Caleb Durbin hit a two-run homer to help the surging Boston Red Sox top the Chicago White Sox 2-1 for their sixth consecutive victory.
Iceboy! has extended its run at the Goodman Theatre. It stars Emmy Award winners Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, the real-life married couple whose creative partnership has entertained audiences across television, film, and the stage.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, keeping in place a law passed largely in response to a deadly Independence Day parade shooting.
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.
Francesca Hong has not backed away from calls to defund and abolish the police, raise taxes on the wealthy, and create a state-owned bank — positions now facing voters in a state Trump has carried twice.
The area's top federal prosecutor, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros, was called before a judge Thursday for violating a secrecy order.
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner is suspending his campaign against GOP Sen. Susan Collins, after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her five years ago.
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.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
The north Chicago suburb of Glenview became the latest Illinois municipality this week to confirm mosquitoes testing positive for the West Nile virus this year.
Environmental and community groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a petition challenging U.S. Steel Gary Works operating permit renewal.
In the four years since Roe v. Wade was overturned and Illinois became a destination for abortion care, Illinois providers and advocates have rebuilt the state's infrastructure to support the tens of thousands of people who travel to the state for abortion services every year.
June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, raising awareness of a disorder that affects a person's ability to speak, write, and understand both spoken and written language.
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.
As an alternative to legalizing video gambling terminals citywide, Bally's offered to open slot machine lounges at O'Hare and Midway, saying the move would replace the $6.8 million the city budgeted from VGTs.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra's summer home in Highland Park reopened after a $70 million gut renovation that redesigned the stage to reduce sound levels harmful to musicians.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.
The nominations for the 78th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday morning in Los Angeles, with the final season of HBO Max's "Hacks" setting a new record for the most nominations in a single year for a comedy series.
Nikki Glaser, Michelle Wolf, Ali Siddiq and Bert Kreischer are among the comedians coming to the city to perform from Nov. 5 to Nov. 15.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married as they celebrated their wedding with hundreds of guests Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Google will start flagging AI generated ads, with some additional labels depending on the regulations where you are.
The University of Chicago Law School is banning first-year students from using phones and laptops in the classroom as part of a broader strategy to curb AI usage.
Some scattered showers possible but mostly sunny and cooler by the lake Friday. Highs in the low 80s.
Customers across Illinois could be facing higher water and sewage bills as the state's largest private water utilities seek rate increases and permission to merge.
As a bill to regulate e-bikes and e-scooters sits on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk awaiting his signature, other state leaders are trying to spread the word of what parents should know if their kids want one.
The FBI is now offering a $50,000 reward to find a fugitive who is wanted for the 2021 murder of Illinois Army National Guardsman Chrys Carvajal.
The University of Chicago Law School is banning first-year students from using phones and laptops in the classroom as part of a broader strategy to curb AI usage.
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an Illinois ban on semiautomatic weapons, keeping in place a law passed largely in response to a deadly Independence Day parade shooting.
According to the U.S. Marshals, the homicide suspect was taken to a hospital and will be extradited back to Chicago once he is medically cleared.
As a bill to regulate e-bikes and e-scooters sits on Gov. JB Pritzker's desk awaiting his signature, other state leaders are trying to spread the word of what parents should know if their kids want one.
New Cook County State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke is fighting innocence claims more often than her predecessor, Kim Foxx, and hiring outside counsel to help.
On Tuesday evening, CBS News Chicago reported on wild weeds taking over a property in the South Side's Washington Heights neighborhood, and neighbors who said they spent months trying to get help.
Kevin Jackson was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 22 years in prison before he was freed. Now he has realized his dream by starting a landscaping business. But his quest to be declared innocent continues.
The weeds keep growing, and the complaints keep piling up, but neighbors on one street in the Washington Heights community on Chicago's South Side say nothing is changing.
City officials unveil underground stormwater storage units to reduce flooding on the West Side
Conversations about how Caitlin Clark is treated on a basketball court can be polarizing as fans, players, coaches, pundits and even the U.S. Congress has an opinion about what should or shouldn't happen in regards to the WNBA All-Star.
Caleb Durbin hit a two-run homer to help the surging Boston Red Sox top the Chicago White Sox 2-1 for their sixth consecutive victory.
Jeremiah Jackson hit a two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Thursday.
The WNBA will be holding some marquee All-Star events at Chicago's newly opened Obama Presidential Center later this month.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit two of Chicago's five home runs and the Cubs outslugged the Baltimore Orioles 9-7 on Wednesday night.
The Chicago Transit Authority this week released new crime statistics indicating that violent crime is down on the transit system.
An 18-year-old man was facing charges Thursday after police said he fired a gun into a home in the south Chicago suburb of Oak Forest.
Thieves left empty-handed in an attempted crash-and-grab burglary in Chicago's Budlong Woods neighborhood early Thursday, police said.
A 16-year-old boy was charged this week in a mass shooting that left three people dead in Chicago's West Chatham community in 2024.
The men accused in a crime spree that involved an attack on a CBS News Chicago crew last week were back in court Wednesday morning.
