Austin left the council in 2023 but had become the second-most senior member of the body by the time of her indictment.

A central California wildfire has exploded to more than more than 80,000 acres, prompting a slew of evacuation notices.

Former Chicago Ald. Carrie Austin is too sick to stand trial on charges that she took bribes in the form of home improvements ...

The Senate bill is on pause after GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski backed an amendment from Democrats to block Trump's plan to keep ...

A Senate committee voted to block the Trump administration from using funds previously set aside for a new FBI headquarters ...

If it makes it through the approval process, the planned work would comprise a significant first step of a $241 million ...

• Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen has convinced his colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Committee to block funding for ...

The new Chicago Board of Trade Building Museum, located in the heart of the city's financial district, officially opened at ...

The fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files flap is cascading, further roiling a Justice Department and FBI that have ...

The Chicago Transit Authority has upgraded its space in the First Police District to track crime and allow officers to relay ...

Former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan are under criminal investigation by the FBI for alleged wrongdoing related to their role in ...

Chicago police are leveraging additional tools and staffing resources inside of a high-tech CTA support center to fight crime ...