The United States experienced a nearly 30% jump in homicides in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to FBI ...
Austin shooting downtown injures 2, highlights rise in violent crime after city defunds police
An argument in downtown Austin, Texas, turned violent early Sunday when a group of men fired their guns at each ...
Chicago weekend violence leave 8 murdered, over 60 shot, including paramedic grazed, officer struck by bullets
Chicago’s weekend gun violence left at least eight people murdered and at least 60 people shot, including a paramedic grazed ...
Ex-Northwestern professor to stand trial in ‘sexual fantasy’ stabbing death
The murder trial of a former Northwestern University professor accused of butchering his boyfriend during a twisted sexual fantasy is ...
‘No Time to Be a Child’
“It was kind of like we were starting from zero,” she said.And Azariah Baker, a 15-year-old in Chicago, has been ...
Investigators probe deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana
A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board was at the site of an Amtrak derailment in north-central ...
Florida deputy fighting for his life after shooting; manhunt underway for suspect
A North Florida sheriff's deputy continued fighting for his life Saturday – with the outlook seeming grim -- after he ...
Chicago police officer is shot multiple times, says she’s OK: ‘I’ll be back soon’
A tough-as-nails Chicago police officer sent a message to her fellow cops early Saturday, hours after being shot several times ...
Amtrak train derails in Montana, leaving at least 3 dead: report
At least three Amtrak passengers were killed and more than 50 injured in Montana on Saturday when their train derailed, ...
Amtrak train derails in Montana, emergency crew responding: reports
Emergency response crews are on the scene of an Amtrak train derailment in Havre, Montana, which has left several passengers ...
Coroner confirms body found in Illinois River is missing ISU graduate student Jelani Day
The LaSalle County coroner confirmed Thursday that a body found in the Illinois River on Sept. 4 is missing Illinois ...
Barbara Campbell Cooke, 85, Widow of the Slain Sam Cooke, Is Dead
Their story started out as if lifted from one of his love songs. Sam Cooke was 18 and Barbara Campbell ...