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Mayor Rahm Emanuel, center, speaks to the media at the Jane Addams Family Resource Center on South Loomis Street in Chicago on Thursday. Emanuel responded to questions about his use of a private email account.

Chicago’s rich and powerful ask favors big and small in Mayor Emanuel emails

May 15, 2019 at 4:12 p.m.

In April 2014, investment banker Byron Trott sent an email to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's personal account in which he promised to co-host a political fundraiser, before making a series of...

Police officers investigate the scene of a shooting inside the lobby Hyatt Regency McCormick Place where a man was killed during a fight on Jan. 23, 2016.

As crime surges, more neighborhoods are caught in its grip

May 22, 2019 at 10:58 p.m.

First came the nightclub shootings, which were terrifying but could be explained away as a mix of late hours and alcohol. Then came the brazen gang shooting in the lobby...

2nd man gets murder charge in slaying that led to Tyshawn Lee’s killing

May 22, 2019 at 10:32 p.m.

A second man has been charged in the 2015 shooting death of a rival, a killing that Chicago police say was part of the retaliatory violence that led to the...

Murder charge in gang slaying that led to killing of Tyshawn Lee, 9

November 27, 2019 at 5:32 a.m.

A reputed gang member has been charged in the 2015 shooting death of a rival, a killing that Chicago police say was part of the retaliatory violence that led to...

Chicago police investigate the shooting on Jan. 13, 2016, on the Chicago Skyway that killed Elliot Brown and wounded his girlfriend.

As Chicago killings surge, the unsolved cases pile up

June 4, 2019 at 6:08 p.m.

The killing was as brazen as it was brutal. Elliott Brown was fatally shot one afternoon in January on the Chicago Skyway when a gunman in a black SUV pulled...

Videos of deadly cop shooting show procedural errors, confusion over shots

May 22, 2019 at 10:17 p.m.

Videos from the fatal shooting of Paul O'Neal by Chicago police show a succession of apparent procedural errors, including police firing at a fleeing vehicle with other officers in harm's...

A neighbor records the scene on his smartphone in the 7300 block of South Merrill Avenue on July 28, 2016, where police fatally shot 18-year-old Paul O'Neal during a confrontation.

Chicago police shooting video release reflects change in policy, not policing

June 11, 2018 at 9:17 p.m.

As Chicago officials continue to try to repair the political damage and distrust sown by past police abuses, disturbing new video that emerged Friday illustrates how much has changed in...

A baseball cap remains on the ground after a West Side shooting June 8, 2016, on Ohio Street near Homan Avenue. Lanarris Webster, 34, was shot to death in the 3300 block of West Ohio in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

Leaderless Chicago street gangs vex police efforts to quell violence

June 4, 2019 at 6:03 p.m.

When Lanarris Webster went to prison in 2010, the name of the reputed Gangster Disciples hit man still meant something in the blocks around Homan Avenue and Huron Street on...

Community members pray during interfaith prayer event June 8, 2016, in Dallas, for the victims of the shooting that killed 5 police officers and wounded 7 others.

Already-low Chicago police morale dips in wake of Dallas sniper killings

May 22, 2019 at 10:09 p.m.

To a veteran South Side police officer, work has become a "thankless job." Morale among officers, he said, is "complete garbage." A sergeant with about two decades on the force...

Chicago police investigate Pirates infielder in sexual assault claim

May 22, 2019 at 10:08 p.m.

Chicago police are investigating a sexual assault allegation against Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang over an incident that allegedly took place when his team was in town last month,...

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