Murders in Chicago have decreased 29% compared with 2021, and most types of other violent crime also continue to fall. A map showing homicides by community area comparing 2024 to 2019.

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You may never have heard of Brooklyn, Illinois. You might not be aware it’s one of the country’s first Black settlements, or that it’s thought to be the first majority-Black town in America to ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday on how deeply it should intervene in a power struggle between Democrats and ...

This story was originally published in 2018 for the 50th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination. More than ...

Chicago police are searching for four suspects after two female victims were robbed in the Chicago Pedway underground tunnel ...

Dakota Petrey, 30, has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault in the death of Vanessa ...

CHICAGO - A man died after he was found shot inside a crashed car Friday morning in the Austin neighborhood. Around 3:30 a.m.