July 11, 2021 Chicago's Lightfoot under fire for allowing top aides time off ahead of deadly July 4th weekend Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is facing criticism for allowing two of her top aides to take time off ahead of the deadly Fourth of July weekend, despite vowing an "all hands on deck" strategy to gun violence.
July 11, 2021 Man arrested in fatal shooting of couple during Chicago's Puerto Rican Parade: police A 34-year-old man sought by police in the fatal shooting of a couple at a Puerto Rican culture celebration in Chicago has been arrested in California.
July 9, 2021 Chicago murder victim's mom urges action on crime crisis, calls on Gov. Pritzker to declare emergency The mother of a young man murdered on Chicago's South Side urged action from city and Illinois state leaders on "America Reports."
July 9, 2021 Biden sends 'strike force' to Chicago to help curb spike in violent crime President Biden's "strike force," meant to help curb crime in Chicago and four other cities seeing a surge in violence, is expected to come to the Windy City "relatively soon," Mayor Lori Lightfoot said earlier this week.
July 9, 2021 Tropical Storm Elsa moves through East Coast, brings flooding threat, strong winds Tropical Storm Elsa is posing a flooding threat up the East Coast from the Mid-Atlantic to the Northeast and New England.
July 8, 2021 Illinois town locks down after 4 inmates escape jail Several agencies, including the U.S. Marshals Service and the Illinois State Police, continue their search Thursday for four inmates who busted out of a rural jail and are now considered armed and dangerous.
July 8, 2021 Chicago police question 2 persons of interest in shooting that injured undercover officer, ATF agents At least two people have been taken into custody for questioning in connection to the shooting that left a Chicago police officer and two federal agents wounded when their undercover vehicle came under fire while attempting to drive onto a freeway.
July 7, 2021 Biden stopping in red part of blue state to push bipartisan infrastructure deal President Biden hit the road on Wednesday to make the case for the infrastructure deal reached by a bipartisan group of senators and the White House.
July 7, 2021 Biden met with Chicago Mayor Lightfoot at airport amid surge in gun violence President Biden will meet with Chicago’s mayor on Wednesday, in the wake of an extremely violent holiday weekend in the nation’s third most populous city.
July 7, 2021 Some in US pushing for more COVID restrictions, masking, as Delta variant spreads As the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus spreads around the world and within the United States, some in the U.S. are pushing to bring back health measures from the peak of the pandemic, like mask-wearing, even for vaccinated people.
