When Stanford University sociologist Forrest Stuart ran an after-school violence prevention program on Chicago's South Side a few years ago, he says he got to know a young man he calls "Tevin." "Over ...

CHICAGO — A federal grand jury has indicted six purported Chicago gang members for racketeering conspiracy, accusing the gang of involvement in 13 homicides as well as spates of other violence across ...

Shawn Cotton no longer drives his $55,000, bright pink Corvette to work because he's afraid it could get him killed like his friend. But there are two things he won't leave home without: his ...