A crime package headed to the House floor would boost penalties for fentanyl trafficking, school shooting threats, auto theft and certain firearm conversion devices. The package, House Bill 8, ...

Some of the greatest decreases were in the number of reported homicides and shootings, with homicides down 46%, and shootings ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by ...

EAST CHICAGO — The three East Chicago Central ... they should have called us to handle the situation, since an alleged crime was committed." While the status of the school's discipline of ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Homicide rates across the United States have experienced a significant decline in 2024, marking one of the ...

Others appear to have been involved in both these crimes, so it's quite possible more charges will be filed. But it's encouraging to see these initial arrests in two violent crimes that contributed ...

In the past few days, police have arrested suspects in two of Chicago’s most horrific murder cases last year. Arrested Friday was Deron Wolfe, 19, who was charged with first-degree murder and armed ...

New York Police Department supervisors failed to rein in unlawful stops, frisks and searches by anti-crime units in 2023, a ...

Maybe the tree huggers had something after all! Recent studies show that time spent in different nature settings almost ...

the Fed's rate still plays an indirect role. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly Chicago Catch-Up newsletter. The Fed has been ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday after cutting it three times in a row last year, a sign of a more cautious approach as the Fed seeks to gauge ...

Two women were killed, and a third was critically wounded in a shooting early Tuesday in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. Police found the victims, all believed to be between 20 and 30 years old, ...