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July 4, 2018

2 suspects dead in separate police-involved shootings in Illinois

A man was fatally shot by Chicago police Tuesday night and another man was killed in a standoff with police in suburban South Elgin early Wednesday morning.

July 3, 2018

Illinois boy, 10, breaks into aquatic center, drowns in pool

An Illinois boy drowned Tuesday after apparently swimming in a pool facility that was closed.

July 3, 2018

Illinois man says he used serrated bread knife to stab sleeping parents of girl who called him 'ugly'

A man from Chicago, Illinois pleaded guilty on Friday to stabbing the parents of a girl who called him "ugly" at a party three years ago.

July 3, 2018

Lawyer accused of murdering his wife in 1973, staging car crash to cover it up, is convicted

A lawyer in Illinois who was accused of murdering his young wife in 1973 and staging a car crash to make her death look like an accident was found guilty on Monday of killing her.

June 26, 2018

Mind-boggling new tech instantly identifies opioids and drugs hidden in USPS packages

Some of the frontlines in preventing lethal opioids and fentanyl from getting into American communities happens to be at the United States Postal Service.

June 25, 2018

Chicago police find 1,500 pounds of pot during traffic stop

Authorities in Chicago discovered more than 1,500 pounds of marijuana during a traffic stop on Saturday that's to the keen nose of a police dog.

June 24, 2018

Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popular books

Laura Ingalls Wilder's name is set to be removed from a major children's book award after concerns were raised about the "Little House on the Prairie" author's depiction of certain races in the early-to-mid 20th century.

June 20, 2018

Cubs closer, 33, lands on disabled list after injuring back taking off pants

A hazard of old age may have caught up to 33-year-old closer Brandon Morrow early.

June 20, 2018

Principal who sparked backlash for inviting anti-police extremist to 'Career Day' suddenly retires

A Chicago Public Schools principal suddenly retired after she outraged parents by inviting an anti-police extremist to talk to students on “Career Day.” Mary Beth Cunat personally invited the anti-police activist, Ethan Ethos, to speak to sixth through eighth-grade students at Wildwood Elementary School.

June 19, 2018

Teen dies after Chicago paramedics allegedly mistakenly pronounce him dead, cover him with white sheet

A teenage boy in Chicago died nearly a day after he was reportedly shot in the head at a party, then presumed dead and covered with a white sheet for at least an hour until bystanders saw the 17-year-old move and began shouting at paramedics to help him.