Chicago
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Judge gives Lithuanian brief reprieve from extradition
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge has given a former Lithuanian parliamentarian and recent suburban Chicago florist a month reprieve from her looming extradition. Judge Vir...
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ATF agent shot last week in Chicago is out of hospital
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A federal agent who was shot and wounded by a purported street-gang member in Chicago has been released from the hospital. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...
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Judge clears courtroom in Chicago police shooting hearing
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - For the second time in less than a week a judge cleared his courtroom to hear arguments on whether he should allow certain testimony in the murder trial o...
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Man sues, says he's 1 of several framed by same detective
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A former prison inmate whose murder conviction was tossed out of court has joined the ranks of men to file lawsuits that alleges the same now-retired Chic...
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Ex-police board president running for Chicago mayor
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The former president of the Chicago Police Board is the latest person to announce a 2019 challenge to Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Lori Lightfoot on Thursday calle...
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Band director injured when equipment falls from ceiling
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A freak accident has left a well-known Chicago-area band conductor and music instructor hospitalized. Ralph Wilder suffered several broken bones in his ba...
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2 pedestrians struck by driver fleeing traffic stop; 1 dead
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago police say one person was killed and another injured when the driver of an auto fleeing a traffic stop plowed into two pedestrians. Authorities sa...
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2 Chicago officers charged with stealing drugs, cash
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago police officers have been charged with lying to judges to obtain search warrants and then stealing cash and drugs from the properties they sea...
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Elders: Willow Creek founder's choices were 'inappropriate'
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - SOUTH BARRINGTON, Ill. (AP) - Leaders of a Chicago-area evangelical church that became one of the largest in the nation are apologizing for some of its founder's choices...
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The Latest: Ex-US Rep. Mel Reynolds gets 6-month sentence
May 10, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the sentencing of former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds (all times local): ___ 4 p.m. A federal judge has handed former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds a six...