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WASHINGTON - Mayor Brandon Johnson defended Chicago's sanctuary city status in his opening statements today to the House oversight committee. Johnson defended the city's public safety efforts and immigration policies, emphasizing that crime rates have declined under his administration. He highlighted initiatives like...

Illinois police said that a man seen entering a home in Cicero with several jugs before that building exploded was the one responsible for the blast. The post ‘I ran here in my wedding dress’: Man blew up newlyweds’ apartment during ceremony, causing his own demise, police say first appeared on Law & Crime .

EVANSTON, IL — On Feb. 27, 2025, at approximately 5:45 a.m., officers responded to a disturbance in the 1900 block of Green Bay Road. The disturbance was between a male subject and a female, later learned to be Kiuni Glenn. As officers were investigating the disturbance, they became aware that the male subject’s...

Chicago was founded by fur traders. Now, it might soon kick them out. An ordinance banning the sale of new fur products advanced in the City Council Tuesday, setting up a final vote as soon as next week. Ald. Raymond Lopez, the ban’s author, hopes the move will stifle the “barbaric and inhumane” fur industry, and...

A Chicago alderman says Mayor Brandon Johnson has "no defense" ahead of his congressional testimony on the sanctuary city's immigration policies.

Investigators in Glenview have identified the man found dead inside a home on Glenview Road Sunday evening and have determined the manner of death to be homicide.

CHICAGO — Authorities are trying to track down an illegal migrant and suspected Tren de Aragua gang member after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped his domestic violence case last week in an unscheduled court hearing that he did not attend. CWBChicago has also learned that Chicago police initially tried to charge...

If you were ever thinking about starting your own hospital, please keep in mind that what you call your hospital plays a big part in whether or not it's successful. You've got to try to work in the words "Memorial," or "Medical Center," or "Central." I'm not saying that proper...

The mother of Robert Crimo III, the aspiring rapper who is accused of shooting seven people dead during a July 4 parade in a Chicago suburb in 2022, maintained her son’s innocence despite his guilty plea in a hearing this week. During the hearing, Crimo III’s mother, Denise Pesina, had to be reprimanded and...

This story was originally published by The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. CHICAGO — Until this year, people in Illinois who were arrested for carrying a gun illegally faced charges with names like “unlawful use of weapons” or “aggravated unlawful use of...