June 26, 2019 Gutfeld: Eric Trump spitting incident shows 'politics is now a personal vendetta' Eric Trump's claim a waitress spit on him at a Chicago restaurant Tuesday evening is proof political disagreements have become extremely charged, according to Greg Gutfeld.
June 26, 2019 Illinois police officer shot, killed while responding to battery and disturbance call A police officer in Illinois was shot and killed while responding to a call for help in a rural community on Tuesday, according to officials.
June 26, 2019 Deportee from Romania escapes from ICE agents at Chicago airport: reports An illegal immigrant captured in Texas and being deported back to his native Romania escaped from the custody of ICE agents earlier this month, according to reports.
June 25, 2019 Illinois becomes 11th state in US to legalize recreational marijuana, first to set up statewide marketplace Illinois on Tuesday became the 11th state in the U.S. to legalize marijuana for recreational use after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that permits residents to purchase and possess up to one ounce of cannabis at a time and non-residents up to 15 grams.
June 25, 2019 Chicago 6-month-old on life support after cops say mom slammed him into furniture: report A 6-month-old Illinois boy is on life support Monday after his mother allegedly slammed him into furniture in their suburban Chicago home Friday, leaving him unconscious before eventually asking a neighbor to call for help, police said.
June 24, 2019 Video footage of Jussie Smollett with rope around his neck released by Chicago Police Chicago police released hundreds of files and nearly 70 hours of video footage on Monday from the investigation into Jussie Smollett's claim back in January that he was attacked by two men -- a claim that police later characterized as a hoax.
June 24, 2019 Ex-University of Illinois doctoral student guilty in slaying of visiting Chinese scholar A former University of Illinois doctoral student was convicted Monday of killing a visiting scholar from China after abducting her at a bus stop as she headed to sign an off-campus apartment lease.
June 24, 2019 Large exotic cat mauls mom, child in Illinois, report An Illinois woman and her child were hospitalized Sunday after they were attacked by a caracal, which is a large exotic cat that is often compared to a lynx, reports said.
June 17, 2019 Illinois says it's prepared for another election hack The computers in Sangamon County, Ill., like those in state and local election offices across the country, are the new battlefield against foreign attacks on our election system.
June 12, 2019 Ex-University of Illinois doctoral student killed visiting Chinese scholar, defense admits The defense attorney's for the former University of Illinois doctoral student admitted to the jury Wednesday that their client brutally beat and killed a foreign exchange student from China but pleaded that he "is on trial for his life," in a case that could warrant the death penalty.