A 17-year-old said Tuesday he is "blessed" that prosecutors dropped a murder charge against him in the beating death last month of a Chicago honors student.
The family of a Chicago teenager whose beating death was caught on video hope that the attention the incident has garnered will spur healing locally, a relative said at a news conference Wednesday evening.
Like many a transplanted Chicagoan, I'm eager to show off my hometown after spending most of my adult life in New York City. I want my coast-centric acquaintances to know what real pizza looks like; that Chicago has a majestic skyline with the country's tallest building; that one of the world's two outdoor Picasso sculptures stands by City Hall; and that, no, you cannot skip a rock across Lake Michigan. (It's more than twice the size of New Jersey! And three times as clean!) I can't help but get a little tingly when I consider that the International Olympic Committee might award the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago on Oct. 2, when its members meet in Copenhagen to choose a site from a final four that also includes Madrid, Rio De Janeiro and Tokyo. And I'm not the only one. A slightly more famous ex-Chicago resident, President Barack Obama, will be in Copenhagen to schmooze IOC members.
One of the suspects accused of killing an honor student in a beating captured on tape in Chicago has admitted to jumping on the victim's head after he was already lying on the ground, said a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney.
Christopher Kelly, former chief fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has died, according to the ex-governor and a hospital official.
Authorities will investigate an Illinois cemetery after a bone found on the ground there was determined to be human, a sheriff's spokesman said Saturday.
A Cook County cemetery where hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold has been declared a crime scene, meaning that relatives of people believed buried there will not be allowed to visit for several days, an official said Friday.
Four people face felony charges after authorities discovered that hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold at a historic African-American cemetery near Chicago, Illinois, authorities said Thursday.
Arizona reported its fourth death from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, health officials said Wednesday.
The nation is becoming even more diverse: More than one third of its population belongs to a minority group, and Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment.
A 17-year-old said Tuesday he is "blessed" that prosecutors dropped a murder charge against him in the beating death last month of a Chicago honors student.
The family of a Chicago teenager whose beating death was caught on video hope that the attention the incident has garnered will spur healing locally, a relative said at a news conference Wednesday evening.
Like many a transplanted Chicagoan, I'm eager to show off my hometown after spending most of my adult life in New York City. I want my coast-centric acquaintances to know what real pizza looks like; that Chicago has a majestic skyline with the country's tallest building; that one of the world's two outdoor Picasso sculptures stands by City Hall; and that, no, you cannot skip a rock across Lake Michigan. (It's more than twice the size of New Jersey! And three times as clean!) I can't help but get a little tingly when I consider that the International Olympic Committee might award the 2016 Summer Games to Chicago on Oct. 2, when its members meet in Copenhagen to choose a site from a final four that also includes Madrid, Rio De Janeiro and Tokyo. And I'm not the only one. A slightly more famous ex-Chicago resident, President Barack Obama, will be in Copenhagen to schmooze IOC members.
One of the suspects accused of killing an honor student in a beating captured on tape in Chicago has admitted to jumping on the victim's head after he was already lying on the ground, said a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney.
Christopher Kelly, former chief fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, has died, according to the ex-governor and a hospital official.
Authorities will investigate an Illinois cemetery after a bone found on the ground there was determined to be human, a sheriff's spokesman said Saturday.
A Cook County cemetery where hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold has been declared a crime scene, meaning that relatives of people believed buried there will not be allowed to visit for several days, an official said Friday.
Four people face felony charges after authorities discovered that hundreds of graves were dug up and allegedly resold at a historic African-American cemetery near Chicago, Illinois, authorities said Thursday.
Arizona reported its fourth death from the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, health officials said Wednesday.
The nation is becoming even more diverse: More than one third of its population belongs to a minority group, and Hispanics are the fastest-growing segment.
A judge ordered Tuesday that the man accused of killing singer and actress Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew be moved from a state prison to the Cook County jail to make it easier for his lawyer to meet with him.
He said in a Chicago court that he's innocent of murder and home invasion
The estranged brother-in-law of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson was indicted Tuesday on three counts of murder, according to the Cook County, Illinois, prosecutor's office.
Imagine faithfully paying your rent month after month, and then having a sheriff at your door telling you that your family has to leave - immediately.
In prison on a parole violation, Balfour is transferred to Chicago police custody in the triple-slayings
A former Chicago politician pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a real estate kickback scheme just as his trial was about to begin.
Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew -- one of three Hudson relatives found slain in Chicago since Friday -- died of multiple gunshot wounds, the Cook County medical examiner's office said Tuesday.
The body found inside an SUV Monday morning has been confirmed to be Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson's 7-year-old nephew, a top FBI official said.
An Illinois sheriff said Thursday he'll soon resume evictions at foreclosed properties after reaching a deal that he says will keep "innocent tenants" from being victimized.
Amid the depths of the housing crisis, Sheriff Tom Dart, of Cook County, Ill., tells TIME why he's refusing to foreclose on local properties
In the middle of the mortgage crisis, with literally thousands of people being evicted from their homes this month alone, a sheriff in Chicago is making quite a name for himself.
An outraged sheriff in Illinois who refuses to evict "innocent" renters from foreclosed homes criticized mortgage companies Thursday and said the law should protect victims of the mortgage meltdown.
Residents of foreclosed properties in Chicago and other parts of Cook County don't have to worry about deputies forcing them out
Maricopa County in Arizona added more people than any other in the nation last year, according to a U.S. Census Bureau survey released Thursday.
The Grammy award winning singer "looked relieved" after 14 counts were dismissed
What was key to the jury finding him innocent of all charges of child pornography? The decision not to put his alleged victim on the stand
Tornadoes, floods and even a mini-tsunami in Chicago. Pin part of the blame on our old friend La NiÑa
Cook County Circuit Court Judge Vincent Gaughan denied a defense motion to again postpone the trial in which the Grammy-winning R&B singer is accused of having sex with a girl as young as 13 on videotape
Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly have sued the manufacturer of the drug Heparin, according to court documents filed in Cook County, Ill.
The wife of missing adventurer Steve Fossett has asked a court to declare him dead.
A former employee at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls in South Africa has been arrested as part of an abuse probe, police said Friday.
During a wild chase that lasted some 20 hours, New York City's finest met their match in an elusive coyote nicknamed Hal.
The final two inmates of six who escaped over the weekend from the Cook County jail surrendered to police early Monday after being holed up with a woman and her children in an apartment, a Cicero Police Department spokesman said.
A commuter train derailed Saturday morning on Chicago's South Side, killing one person and injuring dozens, officials said.
Ask Roxanne Roberts what she thinks about television's "ER," and she will fire back a two-word review: "Not realistic."
New York County, better known as Manhattan, has the best-paid workers among the 50 U.S. counties with the most businesses, according to a new report from the Census Bureau.
A corruption scandal in Chicago raises the question about Mayor Richard Daley: Like father, like son?
The FBI plans to exhume for autopsy the body of Emmett Till -- the 14-year-old black teen who was kidnapped and mutilated about 50 years ago in an infamous case that was one of the sparks of the civil rights movement.
Law enforcement officials were tight-lipped Tuesday about what evidence they have been able to gather in the killings of a federal judge's mother and husband.
A fire in a downtown high-rise building injured 37 people, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said late Monday.
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