Fixing Chicago’s schools is the surest way to stop youth violence. Softening education standards will perpetuate the harm.

WASHINGTON (WLS) -- President Donald Trump slammed Chicago's violence as he kicked off African American History Month at the White House Wednesday during a meeting with African American ministers.

President Donald Trump has threatened for weeks to send National Guard troops to Chicago, claiming crime has transformed the city into a "killing field." However, Chicago Police data shows violent ...

President Trump said the possible deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago would help tackle crime in the city. But it also comes with violent crime numbers at a record low. Community groups ...

A family is mourning the shooting death of Jaslyn Adams, who was in Chicago’s Holman Square with her dad when… Fifteen people were shot leaving two dead after violence erupted at a party at a business ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least eight people were shot just before midnight Wednesday in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood in what was the third mass shooting for the city in a six-hour span. The U.S. Justice ...

*Chicago’s Labor Day weekend turned grim, with 54 people shot and seven killed between August 29–31 (2025), NBC Chicago is reporting. The spike immediately fed into President Donald Trump’s ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Victims of gun violence, their families, and advocacy groups gathered on Tuesday to speak out against President Donald Trump’s potential plan to mobilize the National Guard in Chicago.

Delphine Cherry knows as well as anyone how intractable violent crime is in Chicago. In 1992, her teenage daughter was gunned down in one of the city's toniest neighborhoods — a bystander caught up in ...

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For the first time, five of Chicago's professional sports teams are joining together to work on a vital social issue, lending their broad reach and resources in support of solutions to decrease ...