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Torture of 2 Chicago-area students ‘almost indescribable’: prosecutor

May 22, 2019 at 10:52 p.m.

Before four people were sentenced to prison this week for the kidnapping, torture and sexual assault of two college students from the Chicago area, testimony from the victims helped secure...

Chicago police gather outside a home in the 100 block of West 105th Street, where four people were found dead at the scene and another person was taken to the hospital in critical condition on Dec. 17, 2016.

4 dead in Fernwood attack; 1 dead, 14 hurt in other shootings

May 22, 2019 at 10:51 p.m.

Four people were shot dead during an attack in the Fernwood neighborhood and 15 other people, including a 9-year-old boy, were wounded in shootings from Saturday to Sunday. The quadruple...

4 killed on Far South Side may have died in home invasion: Cops

May 22, 2019 at 10:51 p.m.

The deaths of four people during an attack in the Fernwood neighborhood Saturday that also left a woman critically injured may have been part of a home invasion and armed...

Rob Sherman speaks at the Everett M. Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Sept. 10, 2002. A judge heard his complaint about the use of prayer planned for the city's 9/11 observation at Daley Plaza.

Noted atheist Rob Sherman dies in plane crash: ‘He was dedicated to his causes’

May 22, 2019 at 11:06 p.m.

As the most prominent atheist in Illinois, Rob Sherman spent a tremendous amount of energy fighting for a big idea — the separation of church and state — no matter...

Popular flavors of e-liquids for e-cigarettes at Smoque Vapours, 537 S. Dearborn St., Tuesday Sept. 15, 2015 include Acango and Graham Cracker.

As more teens vape, surgeon general sounds alarm on e-cigarettes

May 22, 2019 at 10:49 p.m.

The growing use of e-cigarettes by American teens "has the potential to create a whole new generation of kids who are addicted to nicotine," the U.S. surgeon general warned Thursday....

Man injured when train strikes car at Mount Prospect crossing

May 22, 2019 at 10:47 p.m.

A man was hospitalized Tuesday afternoon after a freight train hit his car while he was trying to clear a rail crossing in Mount Prospect, according to police. The back...

CTA approves funds for engineering study in Red Line extension project

June 8, 2018 at 10:49 p.m.

The Chicago Transit Authority and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Sunday that the agency will dedicate $75 million toward a plan to extend the southern branch of the Red Line more...

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush was among the attendees at Javon Wilson's funeral service at Carey Tercentenary African Methodist Episcopal Church on Nov. 26, 2016.

Family, students remember Javon Wilson, grandson of Rep. Danny Davis, at vigil

May 22, 2019 at 11:00 p.m.

A year and a half ago, Javon Wilson, grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis, wore a cerulean blue cap and gown and walked across the auditorium stage of Henderson Elementary...

Rep. Danny Davis struggles with eulogy for slain grandson

May 22, 2019 at 10:45 p.m.

U.S. Rep. Danny Davis estimates he has delivered eulogies for about two dozen young Chicagoans whose lives were cut short by violence. On Saturday, the 75-year-old lawmaker will pay tribute...

Charles Raymond, 74, of the Hyde Park neighborhood, walks away from the scene in the 5600 block of South Princeton Avenue where the 15-year-old grandson of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis was killed Nov. 18, 2016, in the Englewood neighborhood. Raymond, a family friend, drove the teen's grandmother to the scene.

2 teens charged with murder in shooting of U.S. Rep. Danny Davis’ grandson

May 22, 2019 at 10:59 p.m.

A 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were ordered held without bail Sunday after being charged with murder in the shooting death of Javon Wilson, the grandson of U.S. Rep....

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