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January 2, 2018

Bullets, ballots and babies: A look at new state laws coming in 2018

From buying bullets to casting ballots, states across the country are ushering in a wave of new laws in 2018.

January 2, 2018

Violence-scarred Chicago saw crime drop as high-tech program rolled out

Asiaha Butler, 42, remembers when her Chicago neighborhood of Englewood was plagued by almost non-stop gun violence.

January 2, 2018

Chicago has at least 3 homicides already in 2018

At least three homicides have already occurred in Chicago in 2018, the violence spiking following a year in which the Windy City celebrated fewer homicides than in 2016.

December 29, 2017

Ruling against Chicago cop in Quintonio LeGrier case blasted as 'political decision'

A Chicago police disciplinary body has ruled that a city police officer's fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man carrying a baseball bat the day after Christmas in 2015 was unjustified.

December 26, 2017

Chicago police stun-gun policy changes have officers' union balking

The Chicago Police Department is getting sued for rewriting rules on officers' use of stun guns – without input from the city’s police union. 

December 25, 2017

Special ed teacher, mother of 5 gets 10 years for sex with teen boy student

A former teacher and mother of five in Illinois was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to having sex with a male high school student.

December 23, 2017

Chicago woman paid $4,000 to have man killed, prosecutors say

A 26-year-old Chicago woman was being held without bond on a charge of first-degree murder Friday, Cook County prosecutors said.

December 19, 2017

Chicago day care worker accused of burning toddlers with hot glue gun

A former day care worker was charged on Monday after she allegedly burned five toddlers with a hot glue gun while another assistant stood by laughing during the incident, officials said.

December 19, 2017

$2B Amtrak project in Illinois hits final phase, safety features planned

A nearly $2 billion high-speed Amtrak rail project in Illinois is in its final phase of construction — news coming on the heels of Monday's deadly Amtrak derailment in Washington state.

December 18, 2017

Grandmother and granddaughter graduate together - with honors

Most grandparents dream of living long enough to see their grandchildren finish college, but one in Chicago was uniquely blessed to follow in her granddaughter’s footsteps across the graduation stage.