Gunman opens fire at Chicago hospital, killing 3
An argument outside a Chicago hospital turned deadly when a man pulled out a gun and killed an emergency room doctor whom he knew, then ran into the hospital and fatally shot a pharmacy resident and a police officer, authorities…
Death of black security guard by white police officer draws call for investigation
Footage from surveillance or body cameras could explain whether Roberson was clearly identifiable as a security guard. Audio could determine what, if anything, was said to the officer before the shooting.
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‘Today we got justice’: What an officer’s guilty verdict for teen shooting means to Chicago
A Chicago jury convicted a white police officer of murdering a black teenager on Friday. Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke shot the teen multiple times in a 2014…
Testimony ends in Chicago officer’s murder trial for fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald
Testimony in the murder trial of a Chicago police officer in the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald concluded Wednesday morning, a quiet ending to a trial just a day after the officer himself provided sometimes emotional and sometimes defiant testimony…
Data showing apartment costs compared to the average income suggests investors are causing housing prices to spike in cities like Hong Kong and London.
After days of prosecutors making their case to jurors that Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke committed first-degree murder in 2014 when he shot Laquan McDonald 16 times, attorneys for the white officer are presenting their own evidence and contenting…
Defense attorneys began presenting their case Monday in the trial of a white police officer accused of shooting Laquan McDonald in 2014. Jason Van Dyke has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder and other charges, after firing…
Raych Jackson spent countless nights of her childhood sitting on Chicago porches with her friends' hands in her hair -- feeling the intimacy of touch and the pain as they pulled tight, hearing the sounds of gossip flying around her.
The issue of race permeates the Laquan McDonald case, from concerns that releasing video of the shooting would ignite racial tensions in a city with a long history of troubled police relationships with minority communities, to protests after it was…
