April 20, 2016 Autopsy details stabbing, gunshot deaths of Chicago family A medical examiner says a Chicago woman killed alongside five family members in February was shot four times in the head and had gunshot wounds in each hand.
April 20, 2016 Illinois says 5 more people with bacterial infection have died The Illinois Department of Public Health said on Wednesday that five more people had died after being infected with Elizabethkingia, a disease linked to the deaths of 15 people in neighboring Wisconsin.
April 20, 2016 NHL 'looking into' possible gay slur by Blackhawks' Andrew Shaw The NHL's deputy commissioner says the league is looking into the possibility Chicago Blackhawks star Andrew Shaw yelled a homophobic slur from the penalty box during Tuesday's Game 4 loss to the St. Louis Blues.
April 20, 2016 Illinois prosecutor files for dismissal of 1957 slaying case Formal steps by a state's attorney in Illinois to permanently dismiss the case against a man he believes was wrongly convicted in a 1957 killing have not deterred the victim's brother from seeking the appointment of a special prosecutor.
April 20, 2016 Chicago man freed from prison 22 years after murder conviction A Chicago man who spent more than two decades in prison for the slayings of two men was released Tuesday after Cook County prosecutors dropped the murder charges against him.
April 20, 2016 Murder charges dropped, man freed after 20 years in prison A Chicago man who spent more than two decades in prison for the slayings of two men was released Tuesday after Cook County prosecutors dropped the murder charges against him.
April 19, 2016 Group shot while recording rap video in Chicago park; 1 dead Chicago police say one man is dead and four others are wounded after someone opened fire on a group filming a rap video in a park on the city's South Side.
April 19, 2016 Man plans to sue over conviction in 1957 schoolgirl killing A 76-year-old Washington state man released from prison after a prosecutor concluded he was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of a schoolgirl says he intends to sue Illinois for the suffering five years of imprisonment caused him and his family.
April 18, 2016 Man whose conviction vacated in 1957 killing intends to sue A 76-year-old Washington state man released from prison after a prosecutor concluded he was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of a schoolgirl says he intends to sue Illinois.
April 18, 2016 Septuagenarian who had conviction for 1957 murder vacated to sue Illinois A 76-year-old Washington state man released from prison after a prosecutor concluded he was wrongly convicted in the 1957 killing of a schoolgirl said Sunday he intends to sue Illinois for the suffering five years of imprisonment caused him and his family.