Chicago IL

More than 200,000 people are without power on Wednesday afternoon after "destructive" thunderstorms hit.

The roof of a suburban apartment building was partially blown off by strong storms that hammered the Chicago area with wind gusts up to 80 mph on Wednesday, video showed. Aerial video of suburban Stickney captured by NBC Chicago Sky 5 showed damaged buildings, downed trees and scattered debris across the area.

Alphanso Talley, a seven-time felon, pleaded not guilty to charges in the fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer John Bartholomew.

Graduation should feel simple: walk up, shake hands, take your diploma, smile for the camera, and head off into the world. But an 11-second video, reportedly from a City Colleges of Chicago ceremony in Illinois, turned that routine upside down. Everyone has an opinion on the clip, shared by @DailyLoud on social media.

Told her Social Security funds were being used to support terrorism, a widow was directed to buy $700,000 in gold — but an alert store owner intervened before crooks could make off with her money, records show.

Severe weather devastated parts of Illinois, Wisconsin, and Missouri on Wednesday as thunderstorms brought destructive wind gusts and heavy rainfall to the region. Authorities in all three states have reported significant storm damage, with wind gusts reaching up to 90 mph.

Cook County prosecutors announced they do not have sufficient evidence to file criminal charges in the March shooting death of 16-year-old Lilly Bova. The Cook County State's Attorney's Office said it cannot meet its burden of proof based on the evidence gathered by investigators. The decision comes weeks after Lilly's

Chicago's inspector general has opened an ethics investigation into a deputy commissioner in the Department of Aviation, according to a ChicagoLIVE video posted June 9. The brief clip offers almost no detail about what rules were allegedly broken or who the official is, leaving many of the central questions unanswered

Chicago police are investigating after a burning cross was seen in Grant Park on Tuesday afternoon.

Manuel Alberto Cortes Cuan, a Mexican national with an extensive criminal record, was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for unlawfully re-entering the U.S. after being deported 5 times.