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Larry Hoover, in prison since 1973, faces the state parole board with his wife, Winndye Jenkins, at the Dixon Correctional Center on Feb. 7, 1995. (John Dziekan/baiduhai)

Larry Hoover ‘deserves to be in prison,’ Chicago FBI boss says of Gangster Disciples founder as lawyers praise Trump choice

May 29, 2025 at 7:15 p.m.

A day after Donald Trump's stunning decision to commute the federal life sentence of Larry Hoover, lawyers for the Chicago-born Gangster Disciples founder were singing the president's praises while Chicago's...

Larry Hoover, founder of the Gangster Disciples, attends an annual parole hearing on Aug. 31, 1995, at Dixon Correctional Center. (John Dziekan/baiduhai)

Trump commutes federal life sentence of founding Gangster Disciples kingpin Larry Hoover

May 29, 2025 at 3:03 p.m.

President Donald Trump has commuted the federal life sentence for infamous Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, abruptly ending Hoover's yearslong quest to win early release under the First Step Act...

Traffic crawls along the outbound Kennedy Expressway near Lake Street on Nov. 7, 2024. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago fatal car crash totals remain stubbornly high in pandemic’s wake

May 28, 2025 at 1:33 p.m.

Elected officials and activists blame everything from too few police to street design for stubbornly high totals of fatal car crashes.

Holding a sign showing her brother, Dexter Reed's sister Porscha Banks argues with officers while attending a rally on April 9, 2024, outside CPD’s Harrison District (11th) after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability released body camera video of the fatal shooting of Reed, 26, who was killed in an "exchange of gunfire" with officers in March 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Problem traffic stops predated Dexter Reed killing by police

May 19, 2025 at 2:46 p.m.

The fatal shooting of Dexter Reed laid bare longstanding tensions between Chicago’s police and the investigators who probe officers’ use of deadly force.

People walk past Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago as rain falls on March 7, 2025. A Chicago police officer was suspended after celebrating President Trump’s second inauguration at the president’s namesake tower, allegedly drinking and then showing up for work. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Cop on mayor’s detail suspended after allegedly drinking at Trump inauguration celebration, showing up for work

May 13, 2025 at 7:20 a.m.

The Chicago police officer allegedly was drunk when arrived for his shift at the mayor’s home after leaving the inauguration day celebration at Trump Tower, records obtained by the Tribune...

Anjanette Young speaks at a news conference alongside Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th, to discuss a lack of movement on reforms related to search warrant practices by the Chicago Police Department on Feb. 16, 2024, outside City Hall. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Sharp decline in CPD home searches as department finalizes warrant policy

May 9, 2025 at 2:41 p.m.

In the six years since a team of Chicago Police officers incorrectly served a search warrant at the Near West Side home of social worker Anjanette Young, the use of...

Chicago police investigate after an officer fatally shot a man with a knife early Monday morning inside the Grand Regency of Jackson Park, an assisted living facility in the 1400 block of East 75th Street, on May 5, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Man killed by police suspected in earlier fatal stabbing in same building: CPD

May 6, 2025 at 3:49 p.m.

The knife-wielding man who was fatally shot by Chicago Police officers in a senior living facility early Monday is believed to have stabbed a person to death in the same...

Lil Durk performs at Lyrical Lemonade Summer Smash at Douglass Park on Aug. 22, 2021. (Vashon Jordan Jr./baiduhai)

New indictment adds stalking count against Chicago rapper Lil Durk, drops allegation linking lyrics to slaying

November 14, 2025 at 10:35 a.m.

A federal grand jury in California has returned a new indictment against Chicago rapper Lil Durk that removes allegations that his lyrics referenced the August 2022 murder of a rival...

Police officer instructors slowly approach and handcuff “a distraught man with a knife,” portrayed by a fellow instructor, as they conduct a training scenario demonstration for reporters at the Joint Public Safety Training Center in Chicago on Nov. 3, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Despite Trump’s order, Chicago consent decree mandating police reform ‘will remain in effect’

April 30, 2025 at 5:25 p.m.

Chicago's consent decree — in place since 2019 — isn't going anywhere, according to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General.

Chicago police Superintendent Larry Snelling speaks at a news conference at police headquarters on Oct. 28, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Snelling calls for suspensions of CPD tactical officers for traffic stops prior to shooting of Dexter Reed

April 25, 2025 at 4:13 p.m.

Several CPD officers were found to have repeatedly violated rules related to traffic stops in the months before they were involved in the shooting of Dexter Reed.

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