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A Chicago Fire Department ambulance travels to a local hospital as Chicago police work at the scene of a shooting near East Chicago Avenue and North State Street in the Near North Side neighborhood, Thursday, May 19, 2022 in Chicago. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP) ILCHS106 ILCHS106

May 19, 2022 at 10:44 pm

Police: Chicago shooting leaves 2 people dead, 7 wounded VIEW

Authorities say two people are dead and another eight wounded following a shooting Thursday night just a few blocks from Chicago's Magnificent Mile area.

May 16, 2022 at 3:38 am

Chicago curfew tightened after killing near ‘Bean’ sculpture VIEW

A clamp-down on Chicago teens’ access to a popular downtown park and a weekend curfew following the fatal shooting of a teenager has revived longstanding...

May 11, 2022 at 11:19 am

2 shootings leave 10 injured, 1 dead on Chicago’s South Side VIEW

Police say one person was killed and 10 more were injured in two shootings on Chicago's South Side just six hours apart.

May 10, 2022 at 9:18 am

Illinois predominantly Black college closing after 157 years

A predominantly Black college in central Illinois that saw its enrollment plummet during the COVID-19 pandemic says it has been unable to recover and must...

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington, Nov. 19, 2021. Biden’s administration is taking steps to expand availability of the life-saving COVID-19 antiviral treatment Paxlovid. It’s trying to reassure doctors that there is ample supply for people at high risk of severe illness or death from the virus. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) WX206 WX206

April 26, 2022 at 3:01 am

Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others

President Joe Biden has granted the first three pardons of his term.

April 22, 2022 at 12:05 pm

Judge vacates more convictions linked to former Chicago cop

A judge has thrown out 44 more convictions tied to a notorious former Chicago police sergeant who regularly framed people for drug crimes they didn’t...

April 18, 2022 at 1:51 pm

Van Dyke avoids federal charges in Laquan McDonald’s death

Federal authorities say they will not criminally charge Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer convicted of murder in the 2014 shooting death of Black...

Protesters gather near Rosa Parks Circle after Grand Rapids police released video of the shooting death of Patrick Lyoya in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich., on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The 26-year-old Black man was fatally shot by a white Michigan police officer on April 4. (Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP) MIKAL601 MIKAL601

April 18, 2022 at 10:39 am

Patrick Lyoya shooting raises issue of officer name release VIEW

Funeral services have been scheduled for Patrick Lyoya, an unarmed Black man killed after a traffic stop and struggle with a white police officer in...

April 12, 2022 at 3:51 pm

Widow of disgraced cop gets probation for her role in scheme

The widow of a northern Illinois police officer who killed himself amid an investigation of his alleged theft of thousands of dollars from a youth...

Actor Jussie Smollett, center, leaves the Cook County Jail Wednesday, March 16, 2022, after an appeals court agreed with his lawyers that he should be released pending the appeal of his conviction for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) ILCA103 ILCA103

March 17, 2022 at 4:20 pm

Jussie Smollett is out of jail, but faces uncertain future VIEW

Jussie Smollett walked out of a Chicago jail after six days and walked into uncertainty — from what’s next for his career to whether he’ll...