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The man accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a woman at a Northwest Side forest preserve on May 23 has been linked to the crime by DNA evidence that prosecutors say places him at the scene at odds of 14 septillion to one. That was one of several new details...

CHICAGO — A Chicago man accused of shooting a bystander during a fight on the city’s West Side is now facing a felony charge. Authorities say 30-year-old Michael Cutler Jr. has been charged with one felony count of aggravated battery with the discharge of a firearm. The charge stems from an incident that unfolded on […

Federal prosecutors have charged two men with kidnapping a DePaul University student and taking him on a terrifying crosstown Red Line ride during which they repeatedly threatened to kill him while making electronic bank transfers and issuing ransom demands to his friends and family. CWB Chicago first reported on the..

Wesley Freeman, of Wheaton in Chicago, is now focused on his recovery after having a stroke in March

One person died after being shot in an employee garage at a suburban Amazon Fulfillment Center, a Melrose Park village spokesperson said Thursday morning.

A North Carolina woman says she is looking for an attorney after a Southwest Airlines employee said her autistic son could not board a plane. […] ‘Forcing Him to Do Something He Cannot Do’: Furious North Carolina Mother Says Southwest Airlines Employee Discriminated Against Her Disabled Son, Prepares Legal Fight

Rovell Young, 33, of Chicago, surrendered to Cook County sheriff's detectives June 1 after being identified as the suspect in a May 25 attack and hit-and-run in unincorporated Maine Township. Authorities allege Young attacked a woman inside her home, stole her purse and then struck her with his white Hyundai...

CHICAGO - Chicago police are preparing for what could be another large youth gathering along the city’s lakefront as students across the area begin summer break. A warning issued by 48th Ward Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth says Chicago police alerted her office to large youth gatherings expected at Foster Beach on June 4

WESTCHESTER, Ill. - Police, a bomb squad and federal agents are responding to an incident on the Eisenhower Expressway on Thursday, forcing the closure of I-290 in both directions near Interstate 294. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed at least one fatality, though authorities have not released additio

Three of Chicago’s busiest South Side multifamily dealmakers have quietly flipped the script and become mid-market owner-operators. Noah Birk, Aaron Sklar and Dan Gonzalez, long familiar names in the city’s brokerage scene, now run BSG and control roughly $70 million in Chicago-area property across more than a dozen ac