Caroline Kubzansky covers criminal justice with a focus on violence and its root causes for the Tribune. She previously worked as a general assignment reporter and started her career covering the northern suburbs. A graduate of the University of Illinois-Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting Program and the University of Chicago, she is a committed Chicago partisan and a native of Washington, D.C.
Chicago police investigators have closed a probe into former Chief of Patrol Jon Hein's actions in the hours that followed a high-profile shooting by federal agents during Operation Midway Blitz,...
A Tribune analysis of Department of Justice data has found that, rather than repeating Operation Midway Blitz’s military-style street-level sweeps, the Trump administration this year has supercharged its Chicago efforts...
A Northwest Side man now faces a slew of felony charges — including attempted murder of a police officer — one day after he allegedly shot his mother-in-law and a...
A person was taken into custody Monday afternoon hours after a Chicago police SWAT team officer was shot during a barricade situation in Albany Park, according to police.
In an era of rising concern over the safety of political figures, Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey is using the arrest of a man at Gov. JB Pritzker's Gold...
As head of one of Chicago's busiest trauma centers, Dr. Selwyn Rogers has played a critical role in responding to Chicago's gun violence epidemic. Now, he is calling for research...