January 11, 2016 Police search for Illinois mother of 6, Iraq war veteran reported missing Illinois police are asking for the public’s help in finding a 31-year-old mother of six and Iraq War veteran who disappeared from her home more than a week ago.
January 8, 2016 A dozen states may have cables like one in beach explosion The cable that caused an explosion at a crowded Rhode Island beach last summer, injuring a woman, may have counterparts lying under beaches, harbors and waterways at 48 sites in 12 states, according to a list the Coast Guard provided to The Associated Press in response to a records request.
January 7, 2016 Emanuel says there will be a review of city's law department Days after saying a federal review wasn't necessary, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has called for an outside review of the city's law department after an attorney resigned amid allegations he concealed evidence in a fatal 2011 police shooting.
January 7, 2016 Sandra Bland's mother says charge against trooper isn't justice The mother of a black woman found dead in a Texas jail cell after a traffic stop in July expressed outrage Thursday that the white state trooper who pulled her over was only charged with nothing more than perjury. And even on that misdemeanor, Sandra Bland's anguished mother said she had little confidence in the prospect of a conviction.
January 7, 2016 The Latest: Mother of Sandra Bland says charges not enough The latest in the indictment of a Texas state trooper in connection to a contentious traffic stop and arrest of a black woman who later died in jail (all times local): 9:15 a.m.
January 7, 2016 Man photographing schools and carrying BB gun shot and killed by Illinois police A man who authorities say was wearing a homemade tactical-style vest, carrying a BB gun and taking photographs of schools was shot and killed by police in a far suburb of Chicago Wednesday.
January 7, 2016 Man photographing schools shot dead by police near Chicago Police in the Chicago suburb of Zion fatally shot a man authorities say was wearing a tactical-style vest, carrying a BB gun and taking photographs of schools.
January 6, 2016 Man reportedly wearing body armor, taking photos of schools is shot dead Police in northern Illinois shot and killed a man suspected of taking photographs of schools while apparently wearing body armor Wednesday morning after a struggle, the Chicago Tribune reported.
January 6, 2016 Chicago-area college professor disputes university accounts The professor of a Christian college who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God said Wednesday that her views are in line with the suburban Chicago college's mission and disputed university accounts of interactions with administrators who've taken steps to fire her.