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Crime

Argument in a parking garage leads to shots fired in the Loop

Around 11:30 p.m. last night, police received an unusual call of shots fired while people were holding a party in a parking garage in the Loop neighborhood.

Film & Television

Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series

Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.” Barack Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956.

Crime

Two killed, two wounded in South Chicago shooting

Four young men were shot in the South Chicago neighborhood Sunday evening and two in that group have died from their injuries, authorities said.

Crime

Man killed by vehicle this morning on the Near West Side being investigated as a homicide

Police are investigating the hit-and-run death of a man on the Near West Side this morning as a homicide, authorities said Sunday afternoon.

Crime

13-year-old wounded by gunfire on the west side

According to statistics provided by HeyJackass.com, as of September 1, 2022, there have been 260 kids 17-and-under struck by gunfire so far this year, and 42 have died.

Crime

Woman stabs man to death in South Shore

A woman is in custody after authorities said she stabbed a man to death during a domestic dispute on the city's south side early this morning.

Preps

Week 1: 2022 Illinois High School Football Top 10 Poll

Check the latest rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class before tonight's games.

Police

Another Chicago Police officer dead of suicide

The officer, who reportedly worked the Austin District on the city's west side, is the fifth CPD officer to die by suicide this year alone.

Crime

Rockford man slain after exchanging shots with officers

Officers were responding to a domestic dispute and entered the home Thursday night where they exchanged shots with the man.

Crime

5-year-old Chicago boy dies days after drive-by shooting

Devin's mother was buckling him into a car seat in the Rogers Park neighborhood Sunday evening when a car pulled alongside and someone in the car opened fire. Devin was struck in the head and his father was shot in a hand and shoulder.

Crime

Retired CPD Officer shot multiple times during attempted robbery

Chicago Police reported one of their own retired officers was shot multiple times after he intervened in an attempted robbery early this morning on the city's south side.

Politics

75 migrants bused from Texas arrive in Chicago

Seventy-five immigrants bused from Texas by Gov. Greg Abbott have arrived in Chicago, the latest chapter of the bitter political battle over the immigration policy of President Joe Biden’s administration.