Chicago

CHICAGO—A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop on the city’s Southside. The man is scheduled to appear Thursday in court and also faces a separate first-degree murder charge, attempted murder of a police officer, residential burglary, and weapons violations, Police […]

JOLIET, Ill.—A 2-year-old boy was fatally stabbed by his 6-year-old brother in Joliet, Illinois, police said. The child suffered multiple stab wounds from a kitchen knife inside a home Friday afternoon and later was pronounced dead at a hospital, Joliet police said. Their mother called 911 and told police she was at the home, but […]

FOREST PARK, Ill.—A man suspected of killing four people aboard a Chicago-area transit train shot them at close range while they were asleep, officials said Tuesday. The shooting took place before 5:30 a.m. Monday aboard the Chicago area’s L system, on a Blue Line train that was moving near where the line ends in Forest […]

FOREST PARK, Ill.—A shooting on a subway train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead, police said. Three people were pronounced dead at the Forest Park station, an above-ground stop on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line. The fourth victim died at a hospital. The suspect got away but was subsequently arrested […]

A Chicago countertop maker faces $1 million in penalties after a worker needed a double lung transplant allegedly due to illness caused by silica dust exposure, federal safety inspectors said on Monday. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) conducted an inspection and issued $1 million in penalties after finding that the company exposed its […]

CHICAGO—The Democratic National Convention’s (DNC) four days of speeches, musical performances, and delegate celebrations wrapped on Aug. 22, crescendoing with Vice President Kamala Harris’ coronation as the party’s presidential nominee. Throughout the week, delegates and attendees heard speeches from party lawmakers, leaders, and cultural figures united in an effort to elect Harris as the first […]

CHICAGO—Day one of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicked off with excitement as delegates and attendees listened to speeches from major lawmakers and leaders from the Democratic Party. Amid remarks from President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, protesters gathered outside the perimeter of the United Center to […]

Preparations are underway for next week’s Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago as law enforcement anticipates large demonstrations planned around the big event. High-profile Democrats, credentialed media, and delegates will attend the DNC which kicks off on Monday, Aug. 19, and lasts through Thursday, Aug. 22. The event will be held at the United Center […]

Firefighters found a dead woman entangled in machinery Thursday in a non-public baggage-processing area at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. Larry Langford, a spokesperson for the Chicago Fire Department, said firefighters were called to the airport around 7:45 a.m. for a report of a person pinned in machinery used to move baggage. He said they […]

CHICAGO—A mail carrier was fatally shot while walking a route in Chicago, authorities said. Investigators at the U.S. Postal Service are offering up to $250,000 for tips that solve the case. Octavia Redmond, 48, was shot shortly before noon Friday on South Harvard Avenue on Chicago’s South Side, police said. The shooter dashed off in […]

CHICAGO—A Chicago woman convicted of killing and dismembering her landlord and storing some of her remains in a freezer has been sentenced to 58 years in prison. Sandra Kolalou was sentenced Wednesday in the killing of 69-year-old Frances Walker, WGN-TV reported. A Cook County jury convicted Kolalou in April of multiple charges, including first-degree murder […]

Two mothers and an 8-year-old child were just a few of the 19 killed in Chicago over the Fourth of July holiday weekend, Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling and Mayor Brandon Johnson said in a press conference on July 8. The officials addressed the surge in violence and outlined the city’s ongoing efforts to combat […]

A police officer serving a warrant in Cleveland was killed in a shooting on the Fourth of July. The police officer killed in Cleveland was identified as Jamieson Ritter. The 27-year-old officer was part of a team dispatched to serve a man a warrant for felonious assault around 1 a.m., police Chief Dorothy Todd said, […]

The cell phone of an American woman who went missing from a yoga retreat in the Bahamas has been found more than two weeks after she disappeared, authorities said on Tuesday. The mobile device of Chicago resident Taylor Casey, 41, was discovered in “nearby waters,” according to a statement by the Royal Bahamas Police Force. […]

LAKE ZURICH, Ill.—The body of a 77-year-old man has been found after a house exploded in suburban Chicago. First responders found the home leveled after the explosion at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lake Zurich, according to the Lake County sheriff’s office. The man’s body later was recovered from the rubble. His identity has not […]

An engine caught fire on a United Airlines flight at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on May 27, causing the pilots to abort takeoff. United Airlines flight 2091 from Chicago to Seattle experienced an engine fire at around 2 p.m. local time at O’Hare airport shortly before takeoff, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) […]

CHICAGO—Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. University President Paul Alivisatos acknowledged the school’s role as a protector of freedom of speech after officers in riot gear […]