Chicago police: No known threats here after Nice attack
Hours after the attack in France that killed at least 84 people, Chicago police said Friday there is no known threat to the city, but they remained on heightened alert...
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Drill at Wrigley tests emergency response to gunmen in stadium
Chicago police, firefighters and paramedics conducted two active shooter drills Thursday at Wrigley Field, testing how they would react to gunmen opening fire in the stadium. About 200 first responders...
Activists protest Trump’s Chicago fundraiser
As presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump visited Chicago to raise more than $1 million for his campaign Tuesday, activists gathered near his namesake downtown tower to denounce the inflammatory...
Marchers condemning police shootings enter Taste of Chicago, clog downtown
With the nation continuing to reel from the recent killings of two African-American men by police, as well as the deadly attack on Dallas officers, activists in Chicago snarled traffic...
Chicago officers use military training to save shooting victim
Two veteran police officers used quick thinking to help the save the life of a 24-year-old shooting victim Wednesday in the city's Bush neighborhood, according to police officials. Chicago police...
Witness: Shoplifter who killed Family Dollar manager said he didn’t want to go to jail
Angelica Chancellor was walking into the Family Dollar store Tuesday evening, like she does about every day, when she saw the manager confront a man who had a gun and...
Cops: 88 arrested in raid to curb gang violence during holiday weekend
Nearly 90 people were arrested Friday night during a raid aimed at curbing gang violence in Chicago ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend.Of the 88 people arrested, 76...
Minimum age to buy cigarettes in Chicago increases to 21 starting Friday
An ordinance raising the minimum smoking age from 18 to 21 takes effect Friday, a move hailed by city officials as a boon to public health, criticized by some young...
Man sues cops after video appears to show police beating
A federal lawsuit was filed Monday alleging a Chicago police officer used excessive force during an arrest which was captured on a now viral Facebook video that shows him pleading...
Englewood man charged in shooting death of best friend
An Englewood man was ordered held in lieu of $900,000 bail Tuesday after prosecutors say he shot and killed his best friend with a semi-automatic handgun over the weekend.Richard Smith,...