Category: Chicago

Police: Boy Accidentally Shoots, Kills Mom in Chicago Suburb

DOLTON, Ill.—A 3-year-old boy accidentally shot his mother to death as the family was sitting in their car in a suburban Chicago supermarket parking lot, police said. The woman was shot Saturday in Dolton and pronounced dead at a hospital, police said. The family was sitting in their car outside a Food for Less store…


4 Dead When SUV Hits Freight Train in Suburban Chicago

HARVEY, Ill.—Four people died early Wednesday in a south Chicago suburb when an SUV hit the last rail car of a moving freight train at a crossing and caught fire, officials said. The Dodge Durango struck the CSX train about 2 a.m. at a crossing on the east side of Harvey, a south suburban community,…


Chicago Pastor Speaks the Truth Other Black Leaders Ignore | Larry Elder

Larry Elder speaks with Pastor Corey B. Brooks, founder and CEO of Project H.O.O.D., and founder and senior pastor of New Beginnings Church in Chicago. Pastor Brooks has been living in a tent on the roof of shipping containers in the cold Chicago weather for the last few months to bring awareness to violence in…


Man, 24, Charged in Shooting of 2 Chicago Police Officers

CHICAGO—A 24-year-old man who allegedly shot and injured two Chicago police officers at an outdoor hot dog stand was ordered held Sunday on $1 million bail. Kailon Harris-Caldwell was taken into custody shortly after the shooting early Friday morning. He was charged Saturday with two counts of attempted murder, one felony count of possession of…


Chicago Girl Shot After Celebrating 12th Birthday Party Dies

CHICAGO—A girl who was shot in the head by a stray bullet after her 12th birthday party died Friday, authorities said. Nyzireya Moore was pronounced dead shortly before noon on Friday, the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office and police said. She had been in critical condition at Comer Children’s Hospital with severe brain injuries since…


2 Chicago Officers Wounded in Shooting, Suspect Caught

CHICAGO—Two Chicago police officers were shot and wounded Friday by a gunman who dropped a handgun while waiting in line at an outdoor hot dog stand with one of the officers, picked it up and opened fire, police said. The suspected gunman was captured blocks away by officers and taken into custody. The wounded officers…


Progressive Prosecutors Ramping Up Criminal Charges Against Police

Chief prosecutors in Austin, San Francisco, and Chicago, doubled down on criminal prosecutions of law enforcement officials in the past year-and-a-half since the George Floyd protests. All three were elected on a progressive platform to ease up on criminal punishment, especially on low-level crimes, while getting tougher on police to root out what they called…


Chicago to Drop Vaccine, Indoor Mask Mandates for Certain Locations: Mayor

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday that the city’s indoor mask mandate and COVID-19 vaccination requirement for certain businesses will be scrapped effective Feb. 28. Lightfoot told reporters at a news conference that mask-wearing will still be enforced in the city’s public transit system, health care settings such as hospitals and nursing homes, and congregate…


Hearing Delayed on Ex-cop’s Bid to Toss Murder Conviction

JOLIET, Ill.—A judge on Monday delayed for three months a hearing on former suburban Chicago police officer Drew Peterson’s request to toss out his murder conviction in the killing of his third wife after his attorney said he needed more time. Will County Judge Edward Burmila set the next hearing date for May 18. During…


Chicago Synagogue, Businesses Vandalized Over Weekend

CHICAGO—A synagogue and an affiliated Jewish school in Chicago were vandalized over the weekend with swastika images and antisemitic graffiti, officials said. The incidents occurred Sunday at the FREE Synagogue and Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov High School. “We’ll get through it,” Rabbi Levi Notik told WFLD-TV. “I want to thank law enforcement, they did a…