The suspect in the Chicago-area L train shooting will be held until trial, a judge rules
A 30-year-old charged with killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train must remain in custody until trial
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A 30-year-old charged with killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train must remain in custody until trial
September 04, 2024Officials say a man suspected of killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train shot them at close range while they were asleep
September 03, 2024As a heat wave stretched into a second day this week, residents in more than half a dozen states are looking for ways to beat the heat amid hot soupy temperatures approaching triple digits
August 27, 2024Dozens of protesters broke through a security fence near the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day as thousands took to the streets to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza
August 19, 2024Thousands of activists are expected to converge in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, hoping to call attention to abortion rights, economic justice and the war in Gaza
August 18, 2024As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all
August 17, 2024A son of notorious drug kingpin “El Chapo” has pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges in a Chicago courtroom days after an astonishing capture in the U.S. Joaquín Guzmán López was dressed in an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the feet Tuesday as federal prosecutors detailed a five-count indictment including drug trafficking and weapons charges
July 30, 2024Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling says outside police agencies that’ll help secure the Democratic National Convention in Chicago next month won’t be posted in city neighborhoods
July 25, 2024Nearly 200 men and women are alleging they were sexually abused as children while at a Chicago youth detention facility
July 23, 2024Protests around the Republican National Convention in downtown Milwaukee have been peaceful and without any major problems
July 15, 2024Suburban Chicago mom Keely Roberts counts the days, not years, since a deadly shooting at an Independence Day parade in 2022 injured her and left one of her twin boys paralyzed from the waist down
July 03, 2024The nation’s third-largest city is preparing for its first school board elections and the slate of potential candidates includes progressive activists, an afterschool squash program leader and a Grammy-winning rapper
June 02, 2024The head of the U.S. Secret Service says security plans for the Republican National Convention are still being determined as protesters blasted restrictions they claimed will violate free speech with just weeks until the event
June 06, 2024Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling is touting the nation's second-largest police department as fully prepared for protests ahead of the Democratic National Convention, including on a new mass arrest policy
June 04, 2024A crowd of students protesting the war in Gaza have walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement
June 01, 2024A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has pleaded guilty to transporting millions of dollars' worth of stolen Masters tournament memorabilia and historic items, including one of Arnold Palmer’s green jackets
May 15, 2024Onetime union organizer Brandon Johnson took office as Chicago’s mayor a year ago promising “bold” action as one of the country’s most progressive leaders
May 14, 2024Three men who say they were sexually abused as children while incarcerated at Illinois juvenile detention centers have stepped forward with their stories as part of a lawsuit chronicling decades of disturbing allegations of systemic child abuse
May 07, 2024A lawsuit alleges that child sexual abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers was pervasive and systemic for decades
May 06, 2024The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop has filed a wrongful death lawsuit
April 24, 2024A unique book club at one of the nation's largest jails brings together college students and inmates
April 23, 2024A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organization has resigned after less than three months on the job
April 17, 2024Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked a freeway leading to three Chicago O’Hare International Airport terminals, temporarily stopping vehicle traffic into one of the nation’s busiest airports
April 15, 2024A deadly traffic stop where plainclothes Chicago police officers fired nearly 100 shots in under a minute has raised serious questions about the use of force and role of tactical officers in police departments
April 10, 2024An open seat to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office has become one of the most spirited races in the Illinois primary
March 14, 2024