Eagles have landed — in police gun range dispute
When local naturalists cried out that a proposed police shooting range on the city's Southeast Side would drive away great blue herons nesting nearby, their pleas fell on deaf ears....
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Lawsuit claims morgue stopped attempts to identify woman’s body
A South Side woman's body was left at the Cook County morgue for more than a year because Medical Examiner's staff did not respond to her relatives' repeated offers to...
Roseland toddler is fourth Chicago-area child killed by falling television since October
Blood streaked the edge of an overturned television in the tiny, sparsely furnished living room where 13-month-old Shaun Brown had been playing just hours before. The Chicago toddler was playing...
Lawsuit claims morgue stopped attempts to identify woman’s body
A South Side woman's body was left at the Cook County morgue for more than a year because Medical Examiner's staff did not respond to her relatives' repeated offers to...
War against drugs has failed on many fronts, panel says
Drug enforcement measures in place for decades have filled jails with poor and minority offenders, marred police officers' credibility in the neighborhoods they patrol and fractured communities, Chicago police Superintendent...
Boy, 1, dies after TV falls from stand on Far South Side
A 1-year old boy died when a television set fell on him as he played in his Far South Side home this afternoon, police said. Relatives took the boy, Shaun...
Boy, 1, dies after TV falls from stand on Far South Side
A 1-year old boy died when a television set fell on him as he played in his Far South Side home this afternoon, police said. Relatives took the boy, Shaun...
Cabdriver pleads guilty to trying to aid terrorist group
A Chicago cabdriver and Pakistani native pleaded guilty Monday to sending cash to a Kashmiri nationalist group with ties toal-Qaida. Raja Lahrasib Khan, 58, who lived on the North Side...
Boy, 1, dies after TV falls from stand on Far South Side
A 1-year old boy died when a television set fell on him as he played in his Far South Side home this afternoon, police said. Relatives took the boy, Shaun...
Chicago cabbie pleads guilty in terror case
A Chicago cab driver of Pakistani descent today pleaded guilty in federal court to sending cash to a Kashmiri nationalist group that had ties to al Qaeda.Raja Lahrasib Khan, 59,...