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Christkindlmarket organizers and vendors spoke out Friday about issues due to new capacity limits on the event.

A woman killed in a crash in Logan Square has been identified, Chicago police said.

U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino stood beside Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at the immigration enforcement facility in Broadview on Oct. 3 as she gave dozens of his agents a pep talk, telling them it was time to “go hard” and “hammer” protesters. The protesters...

A man accused of shooting a concealed carry holder on the Red Line this summer was supposed to be confined to his home under one of the Cook County Chief Judge’s electronic monitoring programs, but he was instead on the streets, one of many violations he racked up in the weeks before the attack, according to court...

A man was shot and killed in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood shortly before midnight on Thanksgiving, but no one called 911 for about ten minutes after the gunfire, according to Chicago police. The neighborhood was served by the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system for years until Mayor Brandon Johnson...

Federal authorities have stepped in to detain a 50-year-old Chicago man accused of setting a woman on fire aboard a CTA Blue Line train, arguing that Illinois’ cashless bail system failed to restrain a repeat violent offender. Lawrence Reed now faces federal charges of terrorism against a mass transit...

A man was robbed and stabbed on a CTA Red Line train on Thanksgiving Thursday.

A string of three robberies on Wednesday night into the early hours of Thanksgiving is adding to growing concerns that an armed robbery crew is taking root in Lakeview and Lincoln Park. The overnight holdups came amid a surge of similar incidents in the neighborhoods. The latest incidents involved two...

CPD said an officer was hurt after crashing into a car and striking the gate of a South Side home on Thanksgiving.

Chicago police said thieves are targeting cars parked near ZooLights at Lincoln Park.