A federal grand jury in Chicago on Monday accused a high-ranking advisor and security leader in a faction of the notorious Sinaloa cartel of producing and importing illegal drugs to the U.S., the Department of Justice announced.
Nearly one month after Liam Payne’s fatal fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, three people — including a friend of the One Direction alum — have been charged in an ongoing investigation into his death, according to reports.
Nearly one month after Liam Payne’s fatal fall from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, three people — including a friend of the One Direction alum — have been charged in an ongoing investigation into his death, according to reports.
Chicago police are asking for the public’s help identifying a man wanted in the Tuesday slayings of two Navy Pier workers. Police released several images of a man believed to be responsible of the fatal shooting of two men at Navy Pier in the Streeterville neighborhood. Police said the man in the images fatally wounded two workers about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 600 block of East Grand Avenue. The man fled the scene then used public transportation to get away, police said. He was described as a black man, about 6 feet 2 inches tall weighing about 230 pounds […]
A murder trial in the small Indiana town of Delphi was wrapping up Thursday after weeks of testimony and evidence surrounding the fate of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike in 2017.
Jurors in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday heard a wiretapped phone call where the speaker’s longtime confidant laid out his rather old-school worldview when it came to political hiring recommendations.
Two Jewish students at DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus who were visibly showing support for Israel were punched by masked attackers Wednesday, according to the university’s president and Chicago police. Two masked people punched the Jewish students Wednesday around 3:20 p.m. in front of the Student Center at 2250 North Sheffield Ave., president Robert Manuel said in a letter to students and faculty. He said the students sustained physical injuries, but declined medical treatment. Chicago police said the unknown men approached the two victims on foot. They struck one victim, a 27-year-old man, in his face and body, before pushing the […]
A 27-year-old woman was struck by gunfire from outside in a residence Wednesday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood, and a man also was critically wounded in the same area, Chicago police said. Shortly before 7:45 p.m., the woman was inside a residence in the 6100 block of South Vernon Avenue when gunfire from outside struck her to the leg. She was taken to UChicago Medicine where she was listed in good condition. A 36-year-old man also was shot at the same location and got himself to Provident Hospital of Cook County where he was listed in critical condition, police said. […]
A 36-year-old man was fatally wounded Wednesday night during an argument on the South Side in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said. About 9:20 p.m., the victim was involved in an argument with a male and a female in the 7000 block of South Ashland Avenue when the male pulled out a weapon and shot him before fleeing the scene, police said. The victim was taken with two gunshot wounds to the chest to UChicago Medicine where he was later pronounced dead. No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.
Hundreds of people gathered in Chicago’s Federal Plaza Wednesday night less than a day after former President Donald Trump won his reelection bid to affirm their support for progressive policies like abortion access, immigrant rights and an end to U.S. military aid to Israel.