A 7-year-old girl was fatally stabbed while walking in front of businesses in the Chatham neighborhood, and people nearby ...

In the coming months, the court is set to hear arguments over Cook County’s ban on assault weapons, a greenhouse gas emissions case that could affect a Chicago lawsuit and a Colorado case on the ...

It has already cost Chicago taxpayers at least $206 million to defend and settle 16 lawsuits naming former Chicago Police ...

Almost a year to the day after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot Marimar Martinez, her attorneys announced the filing of a new lawsuit they hope will put pressure on local and federal prosecutors ...

Records show the department is standing by Alex Wolinski even after an appellate court upheld his termination. Anjanette ...

What’s in store for the Supreme Court this term? And a Chicago woman’s new lawsuit one year after being shot by an immigration agent.

Dennis Hastert, whose legacy as Congress’ longest-serving Republican House speaker was later fouled by allegations that he ...

Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how ...

Chicago taxpayers should pay more than $260.8 million to 17 men who spent decades in prison after they were coerced into ...

Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.

Through the first three quarters of 2026, Chicago is on pace for fewer homicides than it recorded in 2025, a year that closed ...

Chicago taxpayers have already spent at least $52 million since the start of 2026 to settle nine lawsuits brought by people ...