CHICAGO (WTVO) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker is defending Illinois’ ban on assault-style weapons after the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a case challenging Cook County’s longstanding prohibition on certain ...

The lawyers who brought the lawsuits say it's "ridiculous" that not a single immigration agent has been charged in connection ...

Eileen O’Neill Burke was elected Cook County State’s Attorney by vowing to get tough on crime. But her approach to making Chicago safer is more nuanced than you might think.

CPD Superintendent Larry Snelling announced his retirement after less than three years in the role, during which murders in the city fell by 32% and shootings by 41%.

The U.S. Supreme Court indicated yesterday it would hear arguments possibly later this year over Cook County’s ban on so-called assault weapons and a similar law in Connecticut, a precursor to what ...

After the Supreme Court announced it would take up a challenge to Cook County's assault weapons ban, State's Attorney Eileen ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Cook County’s assault weapons ban. The high court on Tuesday granted certiorari in the case brought by a pair of Cook County residents and gun ...

A man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder and hate crime charges ...

A Chicago man who stabbed a fellow halfway house resident in a hate-motivated attack will spend more than 15 years in prison.

Immigrant advocates say a contract with Appriss Insights LLC, which runs the victim notification system, allows the company ...

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Several cars were on fire in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood early Friday morning. A woman who was critically injured by ...