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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference in Lombard, Aug. 8, 2025, about the arrests of immigrants who were in the U.S. without legal status and had a criminal background, which she called the "worst of the worst." (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blasts Pritzker, Johnson during Chicago-area visit

August 8, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem used a visit to the Chicago area on Friday to criticize Illinois politicians, blasting Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson at a press...

Former Chicago police Detective Kriston Kato in August 2017. (Nancy Stone/baiduhai).

Appeals court sends back case tied to embattled police detective for an evidentiary hearing

August 7, 2025 at 3:40 p.m.

Case tied to ex-Chicago police Detective Kriston Kato again raises the specter of police torture that hangs over numerous Cook County post-conviction matters.

Kevin Jackson, center, mingles with supporters at the Leighton Criminal Court Building on Aug. 6, 2025. Jackson is seeking his certificate of innocence. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Outside prosecutors assigned to case as Kevin Jackson continues push for certificate of innocence

August 6, 2025 at 6:44 p.m.

Nine months after an Illinois appeals court called the circumstances surrounding the murder case against a Chicago man "extraordinary" and reversed his convictions, his quest for an on-paper exoneration in...

Man sentenced to life in prison in fatal stabbing of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins as he protected his mother

August 5, 2025 at 5:25 p.m.

Calling the slaying of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins "exceptionally brutal," a judge on Tuesday sentenced his killer to life in prison plus an additional 120 years, mandating the maximum punishment following...

‘She is the person who is supposed to protect this child’: Woman ordered detained after allegedly drowning son in Lake Michigan

July 22, 2025 at 3:06 p.m.

A Chicago woman ordered detained after allegedly drowning her infant son when she walked into Lake Michigan and let go of the 14-month-old boy.

Parents Rocio Lasso, left, and Rodrigo Vásquez and Milena Estepa de Vásquez, the widow of Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, leave the Leighton Criminal Court Building after the guilty verdict against Steven Montano for first-degree murder and other felonies in the March 2023 slaying of the 32-year-old officer on July 21 2025. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Man convicted of first-degree murder in slaying of CPD Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso

July 21, 2025 at 7:24 p.m.

A Cook County jury on Monday convicted a man of first-degree murder for shooting and killing Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso following a weeklong trial marked by difficult body...

Rocio Lasso, center, mother of slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, in the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, July 18, 2025, at the end of a break in the trial of his accused killer, Steven Montano. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘I was in fear of my life’: Alleged cop killer takes stand at trial for slaying of CPD Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso

July 18, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

Steven Montano described to the jury the fateful moment when he fatally shot Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso during a confrontation.

Rocio Lasso, center, the mother of slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, walks through the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building on July 15, 2025, during a break in the trial of her son’s accused killer. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘Kill me,’ suspect pleaded after allegedly shooting Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso

July 16, 2025 at 3:16 p.m.

In the chaotic moments following the fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, the alleged shooter yelled to responding officers, according to body camera footage: "Kill me. Kill...

Rocio Lasso, center, the mother of slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso, walks through the lobby of the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago on July 15, 2025, during a break in the trial of his accused killer. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

‘Officer down!’ Jurors in murder trial watch body-camera video from scene where cop was shot

July 15, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Jurors on Tuesday watched camera footage that showed the aftermath of a shooting that killed Chicago police Officer Andres Vásquez Lasso, 32, after he responded to a 911 call on...

Chicago police Superintendent David Brown and Mayor Lori Lightfoot present Milena Estepa de Vásquez with the Chicago flag from the coffin of her husband, slain Chicago police Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso, after his funeral Mass at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, March 9, 2023. Vásquez Lasso, 32, was shot and killed as he responded to reports of a man chasing a woman with a gun in Gage Park. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Alleged killer of CPD Officer Andres Vásquez Lasso set for trial

July 14, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Officer Andres Vásquez Lasso's accused killer is scheduled to stand trial, with jury selection set to begin Monday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

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