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CHICAGO (WLS/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A family was shocked when they pulled in their driveway after a trip only to find a porch pirate was shoveling their packages into a bag. Sarah Depasquale and her family were arriving back to their house at around 4 p.m. on Monday when they caught a criminal red handed. As seen on...

The man accused of setting a woman on fire on the CTA goes to court Thursday.

CHICAGO - Two men are facing charges for allegedly burglarizing a freight train last month on Chicago's South Side. Thomas Harvey and Adrian White, both 27, were charged with felony burglary, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office. Around 4 a.m. on Nov. 20, sheriff's officers working with Norfolk Southern...

Tara Reid was taken out of a Rosemont, Ill., hotel on a stretcher on Nov. 23, after which she claimed a stranger had drugged her. Police now say surveillance footage does not support the allegation that her drink was tampered with. The Rosemont Public Safety Department said on Wednesday, Dec. 3, that hotel...

A seven-time convicted felon who has been non-compliant with court orders in a pending misdemeanor case tried to kill a man with an intellectual disability by pushing him onto the CTA tracks as a Blue Line train was approaching the station, prosecutors said Wednesday. Tommie O. Brown, 39, has been...

There are new developments in the ABC7 I-Team's investigation into a "morbid mess." A family says their loved one's body sat at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, without them knowing, for more than two years.

“A lot of people think the Breakfast for Children program is charity. But what does it do? It takes the people from a stage to another stage. Any program that’s revolutionary is an advancing program. Revolution is change.” – Chairman Fred Hampton. “I Am A Revolutionary!” These...

When Travaris Ivy came home Thanksgiving evening after spending time with family, he saw a note posted in his building: All residents of 7500 South Shore Dr. were being ordered to vacate the premises on or before Dec. 12. Ivy, who has lived in the building for two years, has...

A big holiday tradition is back at Soldier Field. The "100 Black Men of Chicago" are kicking off their annual toy drive and they need your help to make it a success.

As artificial intelligence accelerates automation across industries, policymakers are grappling with the economic consequences.