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A 16-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy, both Venezuelan migrants, have been charged with murdering a homeless man during an early morning random attack in the Loop on Sunday, according to a detention proffer filed by prosecutors. In the filing, Assistant State’s Attorney Todd Kleist said the older boy, Wuinayker...

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Chicago refuses to treat teenage criminals like criminals. Over the weekend, a 14-year-old boy was murdered and eight other teenagers were shot in two shootings in Chicago’s “Loop” shopping center. That same weekend, a homeless man was stabbed to death by three teenage boys in the Loop as well. The shooting was the...

Four women were robbed in two incidents minutes apart in the Boystown neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to Chicago police. Officers said both holdups involved armed men who targeted pedestrians shortly after midnight. The first robbery happened in the 600 block of West Stratford. Three women, a...

A man accused of killing his wife in a South Loop high-rise last year pleaded guilty to contempt of court in a Michigan courtroom.

A 36-year-old man accused of beating and robbing a Red Line passenger with a metal meat tenderizer has been ordered detained. Prosecutors say he assaulted the commuter while already on pretrial release for two other cases. They said the attack began around 7:20 a.m. on September 19 as a 31-year-old...

A prosecutor said Geyser needs to be sent back to a mental institution.

A man who was violently arrested as a teenager in Oak Lawn will receive $820,000 in a lawsuit settlement.

audacy.com - 11/21/2025 09:27:13 PM. A recent incident involving a burn attack on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) passenger by Lawrence Reed, a man previously released under the Safe-T Act bail-reform law, has sparked heated debate. Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker defended the law, arguing that it allows for "good...

In the beloved 1986 movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the “Sausage King of Chicago” is a mythical man named Abe Froman. Bueller, a mischievous high school senior skipping school, says he’s Froman to get seated at a ritzy restaurant with his girlfriend and a buddy.