Tag Archives: chicago

  • Crime police lights

    Illinois baby dies after she and her father are shot

    A 6-month-old girl has died a day after she and her father were shot in a parked minivan on Chicago’s South Side.

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    Three Illinois communities make Forbes ‘Most Miserable Cities’ list

    Three cities in Illinois are among ten listed on Forbes’ list of the most miserable cities in the country.

  • Crime / News police lights

    Teen shot hours after sister attends Obama gun violence speech

    Hours after her younger sister stood behind President Barack Obama during his gun violence speech last week, an Illinois teen died when a bullet found her in a North Chicago alley.

  • Entertainment Lady Gaga (CNN)

    Shows postponed after Lady Gaga unable to walk

    Lady Gaga suffered an injury that left her unable to walk and forced her to postpone several shows, including two in Chicago.

  • Crime Hadiya Pendleton

    Police: Inauguration performer’s killing was case of mistaken identity

    The teenager who police say shot and killed Chicago honor student Hadiya Pendleton was on probation for unlawful use of a firearm.

  • Crime Steven Robbins (photo from Cook County Sheriff)

    Killer captured after being mistakenly freed in Illinois

    Authorities captured a convicted murderer who Chicago authorities mistakenly released from custody.

  • Crime Steven Robbins (photo from Cook County Sheriff)

    Illinois inmate mistakenly released from jail

    A convicted murderer was on the loose Friday morning after he was mistakenly released from custody in Chicago.

  • News Hadiya Pendleton

    Illinois teen inauguration performer shot and killed

    A Illinois teen honor student, who performed in President Barack Obama’s inaugural parade, was shot to death in Chicago this week.

  • Politics Rahm Emanuel

    Chicago mayor asks banks to cut credit to gun makers

    Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel asked big banks to stop lending to gun makers as a way to pressure the industry to support tougher gun control laws.

  • Crime Court gavel generic

    Illinois man gets 35 years for role in Mumbai attack

    A Chicago man received 35 years in prison on Thursday for his role in the deadly 2008 siege in Mumbai, India, that killed more than 160 people, including six Americans.

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    Human heads found at Chicago airport

    The FBI, customs and homeland security investigators are investigating after 18 human heads packaged in coolers were found at O’Hare Airport.

  • News urooj khan

    Body of poisoned Illinois lotto winner to be exhumed

    The body of a million-dollar lottery winner will be exhumed for additional testing after toxicology results revealed the Illinois man died of cyanide poisoning.