Crime
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Ralph Yarl's mom: 'Buckets of tears,' but he's coping well
Apr 18, 2023 1:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The mother of Ralph Yarl, the Black teenager shot when he mistakenly went to the wrong Kansas City, Missouri, home to pick up his younger brothers, sa...
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Former ComEd CEO testifies she was unaware of Madigan allies' monthly checks for no work
Apr 18, 2023 1:00 am - In May 2018, ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore called the utility's longtime top contract lobbyist, Mike McClain, with some news: she was about to be promoted to CEO of Exelon ...
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Former ComEd CEO testifies secretly recorded call actually 'proves my innocence'
Apr 18, 2023 1:00 am - Former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore held her ground while being cross-examined by a federal prosecutor in her corruption trial Tuesday, insisting that a secretly recorded ...
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Gacy prosecutor Robert Egan dies at 74
Apr 18, 2023 1:00 am - Robert Egan's wife, Tracy, remembers her husband as a gifted storyteller, though she said he rarely spared the gory details, even at the dinner table. After decades work...
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Man charged in shooting of Black teen at his front door
Apr 17, 2023 1:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An 84-year-old white man in Kansas City, Missouri, was charged Monday with first-degree assault after he shot a Black teen who mistakenly went to the ...
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Chicago officials respond to unruly crowds downtown over the weekendApr 17, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago officials are reacting after unruly crowds gathered downtown and a shooting injured two teens near Millennium Park, and another teen was shot at a beach over the...
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Alabama police searching for clues in shooting that killed 4
Apr 17, 2023 1:00 am - DADEVILLE, Ala. - Students at a small-town Alabama school, its flag flying at half-mast Monday, returned to class as investigators worked to piece together what happened...
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Barrington High School students dismissed early after multiple bogus threatsApr 17, 2023 1:00 am - Barrington High School was closed Monday afternoon after multiple bomb threats officials have deemed to be hoaxes, officials said in a message to District 220 families. ...
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South Elgin man accused of stabbing his mother to deathApr 17, 2023 1:00 am - A South Elgin man has been charged with stabbing his mother to death Sunday. Bail was set Monday at $2 million for Michal Wybraniec, 30. He remained in custody at the Ka...
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Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing
Apr 17, 2023 1:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday upheld former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's second-degree murder conviction in the killing of George ...