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CHICAGO - A WGN employee who was detained by federal agents last week on Chicago's North Side is pushing back against claims made by U.S. Border Patrol officials. People's Law Office, which is representing Debbie Brockman, released a statement Tuesday saying their client was attacked and falsely accused of assaulting...

ICE has crossed many lines since its raids began in Illinois. Now, locals are adding church-centered attacks to their reign of terror. A video of a Chicago church trying to offer communion to detainees has gone viral, and not because of the kindness of the clergy. Rather than gaining support and protection from...

CHICAGO - There have been sightings of ICE agents at both O’Hare and Midway airports in Chicago. When ICE was spotted at O’Hare questioning people, drivers formed a text chain to alert other drivers to the presence of federal agents. They reported a white van that was in...

CHICAGO - A Chicago mother got a surprise she’ll never forget just moments after giving birth: her boyfriend’s marriage proposal, delivered by their newborn son. Challis Bell, 28, and Denzel Kimbrough, 30, had just welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Ace, at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn on...

A legal Chicago resident spoke exclusively with NBC Chicago and Telemundo Chicago after receiving a $130 fine from immigration agents during recent Border Patrol operations in Rogers Park. The document shows the fine was issued for not carrying identification, something rarely seen in the city. Rubén Antonio Cruz,...

A South Side woman accused of fatally shooting another woman outside a South Shore nightclub allegedly told a friend afterward that she didn’t want to kill the victim but “God had other plans for her.”. Terri Bailey, 36, is charged with first-degree murder in the February 9 killing...

On December 30, 1903, a devastating fire at the Iroquois Theater at 26 West Randolph Street in Chicago, Illinois, killed and injured people in the building. Some resources indicate over 600 people were killed, and a research site mentioned below indicates a different number.

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.