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Officer Francisco Perez, right, exits a Chicago Police Board hearing April 5, 2016.

Testimony ends in disciplinary hearing for Chicago cop in off-duty shooting

May 22, 2019 at 9:43 p.m.

A veteran Chicago police officer who is fighting his proposed firing defended opening fire following a drive-by shooting outside a Mexican restaurant in the East Ukrainian Village neighborhood where he...

The Chicago skyline glows as the sun sets.

Study shows Chicago slow in bridging digital divide

June 8, 2018 at 10:27 p.m.

Widespread use of smartphones has made it easier for Chicagoans to hop onto the Internet, but research shows there still exists a sizable gap in the number of people with...

Lake County sheriff's police on the scene of an officer-involved shooting early on April 16, 2016, in Antioch. A man wanted out of Florida was killed.

Man shot by cops in Antioch wanted in Kentucky slayings of father, woman

May 22, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

Police fatally shot a 53-year-old man, suspected of killing his father and the father's girlfriend in western Kentucky, in a pizzeria parking lot near Antioch early Saturday. The man, Gerald...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel announces an initiative April 16, 2016, aimed at raising $10 million over the next three years to improve opportunities for Chicagoans to receive digital and computer training.

Emanuel touts plan to expand cyber use in city

May 22, 2019 at 9:42 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and city officials Saturday unveiled Connect Chicago, an initiative aimed at raising $10 million over the next three years to create more opportunities for Chicagoans to receive...

Laila Mouhmadsoun, whose family is part of the growing Rohingya refugee community in Chicago, goes to make dinner for her family as her daughter, Zubaidah Nasir, 5, plays with 3-month-old Mouhmadyassin Nasir on April 13, 2016, at their West Rogers Park home.

Persecuted Rohingya Muslims find rare refuge in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 9:41 p.m.

For the majority of his life, Nasir Bin Zakaria was a citizen of nowhere. He was 14 when he was kidnapped by militants at a bazaar in west Myanmar. "Kalah,"...

Residents of a fire-damaged building on April 2, 2016, look at the damage from the blaze, in which a man died and two firefighters were injured in Chicago's South Austin neighborhood.

Cause of fatal fire: ‘Careless use of smoking materials’

May 22, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

A weekend fire that left a 63-year-old man dead and a firefighter seriously hurt was started by the "careless use of smoking materials" that set a mattress on fire, officials...

Fire Department: ‘Very fortunate’ firefighter recovering, fatal blaze probed

May 22, 2019 at 9:37 p.m.

A Chicago firefighter was recovering Saturday, a day after falling down the shaft of an out-of-service elevator as he battled a deadly fire in a West Side building that had...

Chicago Teachers Union member Mike Peet, an English teacher, signs social studies teacher Joan Chandler's, 2012 strike sign as they picket outside Amundsen High School on the North Side as part of a one-day union strike April 1, 2016.

Chicago teachers rally in Loop to cap day of protests

May 22, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

Chicago Teachers Union members and their supporters capped a day of protests by converging in the Loop on Friday afternoon for a rush-hour rally and march. Teachers gathered at the...

Morning rain created obsticles for pedestrians as they made their way across a bridge running parallel to Hubbard Street between Rush Street and Wabash Avenue on March 31, 2016.

Thunderstorms, wind gusts expected for Chicago area Thursday

May 22, 2019 at 5:04 a.m.

March isn't exactly going out like a lamb in the Chicago area. Strong-to-severe thunderstorms were expected at times on Thursday as the mercury climbs to near 70 degrees, local meteorologists...

Drew Peterson is escorted out of the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., after his arraignment was postponed on May 8, 2009. In 2012, Peterson was convicted in the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio.

Illinois Supreme Court to hear Drew Peterson appeal on ’12 murder conviction

August 21, 2019 at 6:14 p.m.

Illinois' highest court agreed Wednesday to hear an appeal in the case of Drew Peterson, who is asking the court to toss out his 2012 conviction in the notorious murder...

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