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The video shows multiple people appearing to throw things into the car as it bursts into flames on Chicago's South Side.

A human skull found inside an Amazon box on Chicago’s Near West Side more than a year ago has now been identified by DNA as belonging to a missing man, giving his family a measure of closure after they turned to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Missing Persons Day for help. The identification settles who he was but leaves major questions on the table...

CHICAGO - A man is in custody after allegedly firing shots at a parked CTA bus Monday on Chicago’s Southwest Side, causing damage but no injuries. The shooting happened around 5:40 p.m. in the 4600 block of West 59th Street in the city's West Elsdon neighborhood. Police said a...

Chicago officers and federal agents say a coordinated series of South Side raids turned up nine guns, suspected narcotics, piles of stolen merchandise, and more than $280,000 in cash during a one-day sweep earlier this month. The operation unfolded on April 12 and was outlined publicly on April 20, according to authorities.

The Chicago Transit Authority is firing about 160 private security guards to replace them with police officers to maintain security on its transit system.

Chicago firefighters were battling a two-alarm fire in the city’s Roseland neighborhood as an abandoned church went up in flames. Firefighters were called Monday night to the church in the 10600 block of South Perry, and dozens of crews were eventually called to the scene to contain the blaze.

Chicago health officials have issued an emergency order to close an Auburn Gresham grocery store over 'asbestos-related hazards.'. According to that order, the owners of Dearborn Wholesale Grocers, located at 1841 West 79th Street, have been ordered to cease operations until they address those hazards to the satisfaction of health officials.

CHICAGO - A 37-year-old man was stabbed in the neck during an argument inside a Southwest Side home early Tuesday morning, according to Chicago police. The incident happened around 1:11 a.m. in the 5300 block of South Wallace Street in the city’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. Police said...

CHICAGO - A Chicago man is facing a weapons charge after being found carrying a loaded gun on a CTA train last week, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. The incident happened around 7 p.m. on April 16 while deputies were conducting routine checks on a Red Line train car.

A woman was killed Monday evening after being struck by a semi-truck on Chicago’s Southwest Side.