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Thara Tungekar, widow of taxi driver Anis Tungekar, speaks during a news conference at the law offices of WMK Law in Chicago, where the law firm released a security video showing the incident.

Video shows cabbie suffering fatal blow from ’roundhouse kick’ in West Loop attack

May 23, 2019 at 1:32 a.m.

After weeks of wondering how his father was killed while driving a cab in the West Loop, Omar Tungekar finally saw surveillance footage of the September attack: a driver getting...

Rebecca Martin hangs blue ribbons in the Edison Park neighborhood to honor fallen Chicago police Officer Samuel Jimenez on Nov. 20, 2018. Jimenez was shot and killed at Mercy Hospital.

Slain Chicago doctor broke off engagement with her killer weeks before deadly Mercy Hospital shooting

May 23, 2019 at 1:30 a.m.

As Tamara O'Neal's family gathered in her parents' living room in rural LaPorte County, Ind., on Tuesday, they traded stories about their love for a woman who had found her...

Sharnice McGee, fiancee of Chrishawn Turner, holds their 2-year-old daughter, Shamari Turner, while speaking with media Nov. 14, 2018, at a Chicago law office. Chrishawn Turner, son Cabari Turner and a friend were killed in a crash involving a police chase.

2 mothers sue city of Chicago, claiming ‘reckless’ police chase led to fatal crash

May 23, 2019 at 1:29 a.m.

Two mothers are suing the city of Chicago, contending a “reckless” police chase led to a crash that killed a man, his friend and the friend’s 3-year-old son last month....

Police search for man who sexually assaulted girl, 16, on Southwest Side

May 23, 2019 at 1:29 a.m.

Chicago police are searching for a man they say sexually assaulted and robbed a 16-year-old girl in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The girl was walking in...

Metra workers stand by the side of the railroad tracks, just north of Byron Street, after an explosion injured two of their colleagues Nov. 3, 2018.

Wife of Metra worker killed in explosion files suit: ‘He always was safety first, safety first’

May 23, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

The wife of a Metra track inspector who was killed Nov. 3 in an explosion in Chicago has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the commuter rail agency. Sandy Zavala,...

Gunshot victim pistol-whips man who shot him aboard Red Line in South Loop, police say

May 23, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Two men were hospitalized after an argument turned bloody early Saturday on the Red Line heading south from Chicago’s Loop. Police said a 24-year-old man shot an acquaintance in the...

Car hits, injures 3 people on sidewalk along Milwaukee Avenue bar strip in Logan Square

May 23, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Three people were hospitalized after a car ran up on the sidewalk of a popular strip of bars early Saturday in the Logan Square neighborhood, Chicago police said. The 20-year-old...

Ebony Tate speaks to media on Nov. 9, 2018, about her lawsuit alleging that a Chicago police SWAT team mistakenly raided her home. Cynthia Eason, right, was also home during the raid. Attorney Al Hofeld Jr., left, represents the family.

Federal lawsuit alleges Chicago police raided wrong home, ‘terrorized’ family

May 23, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Ebony Tate says she was sitting on a living room couch as her 4-year-old daughter napped beside her in August when Chicago police SWAT team members set off flash grenades...

Honor Flight Chicago to start including Vietnam War veterans next year

May 23, 2019 at 1:28 a.m.

Beginning next year, Chicago-area Vietnam War veterans will be able to take part in a program that gives veterans free trips to Washington, D.C., to see memorials built in their...

‘Nos quedamos solos’, padre lamenta el asesinato de su hija la noche de Halloween

December 11, 2018 at 7:31 p.m.

Maira Coronel acababa de terminar un recorrido de Halloween con su hermana gemela y sus sobrinas el miércoles, cerca de Hanson Park en el noroeste de la ciudad, cuando un...

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