The number of homicides, shootings and violent crimes in the city is falling, according to the latest data from Chicago Mayor ...

AI that anticipates where crimes are likely to occur and who might commit them has a troubling track record. Democratic accountability could shine a light on the technology and how it’s used.

In a remote Utah valley lies the site of one of the most tragic and controversial events in frontier history—the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Visiting this somber ground reveals a chilling moment when ...

One of the most notorious inmates is known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz," popularized by a 1962 film starring Burt Lancaster of the same name. The inmate's real name was Robert Stroud, who had spent 54 ...

The 20 homicides recorded throughout the city last month were the fewest for any month in Chicago since February 2015 while ...

The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago ...

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Metro desk. She previously covered local government and goings-on throughout the north and northwest suburbs for the Tribune's Pioneer Press. She is a committed Chicago partisan and a native of ...

As Henry, Evan Jonigkeit (who is Mamet’s son-in-law) makes Henry such a passive, petulant naïf that we never develop much of ...

A mom obsessed with “Law & Order” threw a birthday party for her infant daughter, taking mug shots and fingerprints of guests ...

The city appears on pace to hit Mayor Johnson’s 2025 goal: fewer than 500 murders for the first time in a decade.

Three people were shot, one fatally, in separate overnight incidents between Saturday night and early Sunday morning in ...