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

How does a city joyously celebrate holiday traditions in the face of the sudden shock of youth gun violence on its busiest ...

A 14-year-old boy died and eight other teenagers were wounded in separate shootings in downtown Chicago hours after a tree ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- When you sit across the table from U.S. Attorney John Lausch one word is sown through the discussion: accountability. Chicago's leading federal lawman preaches, teaches and abides by ...

Federal authorities have intervened to detain a 50-year-old man accused of setting a woman on fire on a Chicago train, ...

It was a violent Labor Day weekend around Chicago, with nearly 60 people shot and eight killed through the Monday holiday. The Chicago Police Department has yet to release officials numbers, but WGN ...

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 ...

After violence in Chicago's downtown over the weekend led to multiple teens being shot, one fatally, officials made calls to ...

CHICAGO — If President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to send National Guard troops to Chicago — over the objections of Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson — then it would be ...

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Homicides are down nearly 20 percent this year in 52 of America’s largest cities, a decline that spans both red states and ...