Dan Hinkel

A Chicago man violated an order of protection by waving a machete at his mother-in-law, prosecutors said. As he brandished the weapon around 9 p.m. Saturday in the Englewood neighborhood,...

Two months ago, Lake County prosecutors dropped rape charges against Bennie Starks, clearing him of a crime that sent him to prison for 20 years before DNA suggested his innocence....

A parolee put a gun to his neighbor's head and then shot him in the body four times when he tried to flee early Saturday in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood,...

A parolee put a gun to his neighbor's head and then shot him in the body four times when he tried to flee early Saturday in Chicago's West Englewood neighborhood,...

A Chicago man drove off after slamming a minivan into a man walking his bicycle along a busy road Saturday afternoon on the West Side, badly wounding the pedestrian, prosecutors...

Police departments in Chicago and the suburbs have embraced the Taser, a device marketed as a tool to reduce shootings by officers. The weapons' manufacturer contends that if officers can...

Police departments in Chicago and the suburbs have embraced the Taser, a device marketed as a tool to reduce shootings by officers. The weapons' manufacturer contends that if officers can...

The always contentious debate about Tasers was inflamed in May by a researcher who claims to have resolved any doubt that the weapons can cause death. The study, published in...