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Chicago Police process a crime scene including a crashed vehicle on Ellis Avenue at 59th Street in Chicago on July 24, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Two people fatally shot inside vehicle in Hyde Park: police

July 24, 2026 at 11:34 a.m.

Chicago police confirmed that a weapon was recovered with the two victims found near the Midway Plaisance.

An alley sits empty on July 23, 2026, near the 700 block of West 54th Street where the body of Zenobia Weatherspoon was discovered in a dumpster on July 11, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Brother of woman found in dumpster shoots woman he accused of knowing what happened to sister, police say

July 24, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

Javan Weatherspoon, 34, was arrested and charged this week on one count of attempted first-degree murder, according to Chicago police.

Lasiah Palmer, 15, pictured at his eighth grade graduation in June 2026. (Family photo)

Austin teen killed month before starting high school: It ‘should not have been a problem’

July 23, 2026 at 4:52 p.m.

Lasiah Palmer was found unresponsive on a third-floor porch with a gunshot wound early Wednesday morning. The 15-year-old was later pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital.

No charges filed in fatal weekend shooting that prompted closure of Lincoln Park bar

July 22, 2026 at 6:57 p.m.

Prosecutors are not pursuing criminal charges against a person of interest who was taken into custody following the deadly North Side shooting over the weekend that forced the closure of...

A plover chick that recently hatched in Waukegan walks along the beach in July 2026. (Carolyn Lueck/Lake County Audubon Society)

2 more piping plover chicks hatch in Waukegan

July 22, 2026 at 2:29 p.m.

The Waukegan piping plover mates welcomed not just two, but four new chicks over the weekend, according to the Lake County Audubon Society.

Members of the Chicago police SWAT team work in an alley in the 4600 block of North Springfield Avenue on July 20, 2026. Two people, including a SWAT officer, were shot and the suspect barricaded himself in a building with a woman and a teenage girl. The suspect was eventually taken into custody. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Person in custody after SWAT officer shot during Albany Park barricade

July 20, 2026 at 7:31 p.m.

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.

Summer sun, free tunes: ‘We’re literally just busking’

July 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A Chicago band — including members who grew up playing together in the suburbs — draws a growing following for free, pop-up shows.

Teen charged with murder in May death of young boy in South Chicago: police

July 17, 2026 at 7:45 p.m.

A 17-year-old is facing a murder charge in connection to the death of a young boy who was found shot on the city’s South Side earlier this spring, authorities said.

A sign welcomes drivers to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, on July 9, 2026. The airport was formerly known as Palm Beach International Airport. (Joe Raedle/Getty)

Free pass to fly by Trump airport? United says no go.

July 17, 2026 at 6:30 p.m.

United Airlines is pushing back on a recent report that it would allow passengers to avoid flying into Florida’s recently renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport if they balked...

Officers work at the scene where four people were shot near the 5100 block of South Calumet Avenue in Chicago's Washington Park neighborhood on July 16, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Four shot, one fatally, in Washington Park near Green Line: police

July 17, 2026 at 2:42 p.m.

Four men were shot, one critically, near a CTA station in Washington Park Thursday night, authorities said.

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