The Cook County Sheriff's Office said 32-year-old Richard Donta J. Cotton escaped after appearing for his hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse around 12:30 p.m. on May 5.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A pedestrian was killed in a crash near Midway Airport on Saturday evening, Chicago police said. Police said the crash happened in the 5600-block of South Archer Avenue around 5:30 ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being an American citizen who now is also a foreign head of state.

A man was beaten and seriously injured on a Northwest Side sidewalk on Sunday morning, Chicago police said. Police said the ...

The repairs and cleanup are just beginning in a west suburb on Sunday after a leaking propane tank exploded in the back of a box truck.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two people were shot inside a South Side home on Sunday morning, Chicago police said. Police said the shooting happened in the Grand Crossing neighborhood's 7500-block of South ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man was killed in a shooting and crash on the city's Northwest Side on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Chicago police said the shooting happened in the Humboldt Park ...

PLEASANT HILL, Calif. -- A falling tree injured a dozen people at a California commencement ceremony on Friday evening, according to a school spokesperson. Diablo Valley College's said towards the end ...

Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, a key member of the "Los Chapitos" cartel, died during an operation aimed at capturing him, the Mexican government said.

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Two people were injured, one critically, in a drive-by shooting at what appears to be a homeless encampment on the city's Northwest Side early Sunday, Chicago police said.

Hercules and Ned make daily patrols with their handler to keep planes and passengers safe along the milelong airfield at West Virginia International Yeager Airport.