Filed in 2023, the ACLU's lawsuit alleges CPD's use of minor traffic violation stops to search vehicles is by design, focused on drivers of color in South and West side neighborhoods.

A local activist is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in connection with Monday's ...

A Chicago Public Schools student accused the Board of Education in a lawsuit filed Tuesday of failing to run a “thorough” ...

America needs to know why your nation’s capital, a place where 700,000 tax-paying Americans live, should be the 51st state,” said DC Mayor Muriel Bowser.

Illinois law now requires that prospective police officers approve the release of personal background records in response to ...

A Chicago Public Schools student accused the Board of Education in a lawsuit filed Tuesday of failing to run a “thorough” ...

Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Tricia McLaughlin managed to be drastically wrong during an appearance on Fox Business.

Streets are flooded across the Chicago area on Tuesday after storms brought heavy downpours to the city and suburbs.While the heaviest rain has stopped, scattered storms and showers are continuing to ...

Trump's expansion of federal authority over Washington, D.C., is in many ways unprecedented, but calls to mind other times ...

CHICAGO ( WGN) — Chicago police on Tuesday announced an arrest in the deadly shooting of 18-year-old Kaleb Williams, who was ...

Ortez Owens was arrested Sunday evening. He allegedly killed an 18-year-old and wounded another 18-year-old near a social-media fueled gathering early Sunday in the 5000 block of West Maypole Avenue, ...

The bill is designed to make sure that Chicago police officers and firefighters earn pension benefits at the same level as downstate first responders.