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LOWER LOWER WACKER — For the past two weeks, some of Chicago Genius’ bravest and reddest-necked reporters have been embedded undercover within ICE patrols deployed across our city, to bring you stories from the front lines of this unprecedented federal overreach. The first of these stories comes from downtown...

The 44-year-old man was on the train when he forced open the doors and exited, police said. He made contact with the electrified third rail and died at the scene.

Chabi Gupta, a downtown robbery victim, says a man tried to snatch the necklace off her neck in broad daylight. The incident comes amid growing reports of strong-armed robberies and chain thefts across downtown Chicago.

This story is supported by funding from the Chicago Region Food Systems Fund. Each day before sunrise, David Huerta checks his rearview mirror for immigration enforcement agents as he drives through the dark to a warehouse in a southwest Chicago suburb. Once he’s clocked in, he peers periodically through the windows...

Burglars stole an ATM from a store in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood early Monday morning.

ROGERS PARK — Since moving to the United States in 1979, tamalero Jose Flores never carried his papers with him — until last month. “I started holding onto my papers when ICE came to Chicago [in September],” Flores said in an interview with Block Club. “My whole family has to have their papers on them — even my...

There are countless videos on social media showing similar scenes. One, filmed by a photographer in Hyattsville, Md., shows a man pinned to the ground by two ICE officers. He pleads in Spanish and English for someone to help him. During the incident, one of the officers drops his gun...

Lawrence Carrillo, 54, of Chicago, was charged with allegedly breaking into a home in Oak Forest Friday night.

Good afternoon, everyone. Federal agencies are in turmoil, outbreaks are spreading, and tensions between government power and the press are rising. From the sudden CDC layoffs to a Chicago journalist detained during an ICE raid, today’s developments show a country under strain across multiple fronts.

Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass. A neighbor, who wished only to be called by her first name, shared cell phone video with NBC Chicago from 8:30 a.m. She explained what she saw from her home just outside St. Jerome Catholic...