Cops try to unravel hunting massacre
Even before the deadly shooting rampage began, a hunter had taken note of the license number on the back of Chai Vang's blaze-orange jacket, a detail he scribbled on some...
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3 killed, 4 hurt in car crashes
Three people were killed in traffic accidents this weekend, including a popular Benedictine University student who died early Sunday when she was thrown from a speeding car that vaulted off...
Man charged in shootout with 2 Chicago cops
A Chicago man was charged Sunday after exchanging gunfire with two police officers at a gas station on the South Side, police said. Lazaro Gutierrez, 27, was ordered held in...
Violence, like disease, needs strong antidote
They went around the table rattling off past crimes like addicts dutifully repenting at a weekly meeting. Gangbanging. Gun toting. Drug dealing. Their youth spent behind bars or on street...
CTA’s `gridlock budget’ would cut transit 20%
More than one-fifth of bus and rail operations would be scrapped and customers would have to wait longer and walk farther for their rides under a "gridlock budget" the Chicago...
Racial profiling on rise in U.S.
Nearly 32 million Americans, including 1.5 million in Illinois, have been victims of racial profiling by authorities, a practice that has increased since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, an...
Law of the streets is a death sentence
Weary-eyed, Laura and Willie Dent approached their 15-year-old grandson's coffin, their grief worn raw by the senseless chain of events that led to his death. The grandfather let out a...
To Oprah, a sad experience
Although grief and loss have been common themes of her talk show, Oprah Winfrey on Wednesday called the three-day murder trial on which she served as a juror "one of...
Teenager held in fatal `gooning’
The group of teenagers called it "gooning," authorities say, slang for the beating in the street of unsuspecting people they perceived to be drunk or elderly or otherwise defenseless. Last...
Man held in St. Paul slaying
A St. Paul man wanted on charges that he allegedly killed his estranged wife was arrested early Sunday outside an Addison motel after police received an anonymous tip. After receiving...