Mother sues authorities after son killed by ex-boyfriend, alleging negligence in the release of the assailant from prison.

The family of a boy slain while trying to protect his mother from a former boyfriend has sued the Illinois Prisoner Review ...

According to the indictment, Combs used the “power and prestige” he wielded as a music mogul to intimidate, threaten and lure women into his orbit, often under the pretense of a romantic relationship.

More than half of those charged in Cook County with felony firearm cases involving modified weapons have been detained ...

Miracle Boyd, who had at least one tooth knocked out during a protest, was awarded a $280,000 settlement in Chicago.

Laterria Smith claims the state ignored the danger posed by her ex-boyfriend, who is charged in the 2024 attack, and released ...

Cynthia Green says she wishes the police also made an arrest in the killing of a son who was a gang member and rapper whose ...

A lawsuit has been filed against the Illinois Prisoner Review Board and other agencies one year after an 11-year-old boy was stabbed to death while trying to protect his pregnant mother. The man ...

The Cook County state's attorney said her office is now making domestic violence cases a priority after a number of recent murders tied to domestic cases.

"Mujeres Latinas en Acción started after the Civil Rights movement, during the farmworkers' fight in California and the western part of the country — as well as being a result of the women's movement ...

An Illinois Dem lawmaker introduced a bill that would legalize violence against police if an attacker was having a mental health episode.

A downtown alderman said he will push to bump the teen curfew in Chicago up to 8 p.m. after a tourist was shot in front of a movie theater over the weekend in his ward. Alderman Brian Hopkins told the ...