July 15, 2021 Chicago mass shootings fall just hours apart, creating morning horror show At least 10 people were shot Wednesday during two separate mass shootings in different parts of Chicago, authorities said, prompting some lawmakers to shake their heads as gun violence in the city continues to soar.
July 14, 2021 Rochester, NY outpaces Chicago in murder rate as local officials embrace police intervention The upstate New York city of Rochester has had 18.0 homicide victims per 100,000 residents so far this year — a higher rate than Chicago.
July 13, 2021 Chicago gang members outnumber cops 10 to 1 as crime spike reaches fever pitch Amid nationwide calls to defund police departments and a rise in crime in major cities, the number of Chicago cops that have retired this year has already surpassed all of the retirements in 2018 and are on track to be the highest number in the department’s history.
July 13, 2021 Ingraham rips 'anti-Democrats' like 'fossil' Durbin calling for 'Angle' to go Laura Ingraham opened "The Ingraham Angle" on Monday by responding to an attack by Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, who suggested that she and Tucker Carlson be censored for their reporting on the risks of COVID vaccines.
July 13, 2021 Chicago rapper gunned down leaving jail, shot 64 times A Chicago rapper was gunned down in a hail of bullets moments after he walked out of jail and had been fitted for an ankle bracelet, reports said.
July 12, 2021 Chicago weekend gun violence leaves 40 shot, 11 killed, including rapper ambushed after release from jail Chicago’s weekend gun violence left at least 40 people shot, including 11 fatally – and among those killed was rapper KTS Dre, who was riddled with dozens of bullets shortly after he was let out of jail.
July 11, 2021 Chicago's Lightfoot under fire for allowing top aides time off ahead of deadly July 4th weekend Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing criticism for allowing two of her top aides to take time off ahead of the deadly Fourth of July weekend, despite vowing an "all hands on deck" strategy to gun violence.
July 11, 2021 Man arrested in fatal shooting of couple during Chicago's Puerto Rican Parade: police A 34-year-old man sought by police in the fatal shooting of a couple at a Puerto Rican culture celebration in Chicago has been arrested in California.
July 9, 2021 Chicago murder victim's mom urges action on crime crisis, calls on Gov. Pritzker to declare emergency The mother of a young man murdered on Chicago's South Side urged action from city and Illinois state leaders on "America Reports."
July 9, 2021 Biden sends 'strike force' to Chicago to help curb spike in violent crime President Biden's "strike force," meant to help curb crime in Chicago and four other cities seeing a surge in violence, is expected to come to the Windy City "relatively soon," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said earlier this week.