Oct 09 Watch 6:26 100 years since ‘Black Sox’ World Series, new details challenge long-held story By Stephanie Sy, Casey Kuhn Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary of a notorious moment in baseball's history: when the White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the 1919 World Series, provoking a scandal that stained the sport's reputation. Now, as Stephanie Sy reports, a… Continue watching
Oct 09 Chicago releases watchdog probe of Laquan McDonald shooting By Don Babwin, Associated Press The reports don't appear to reveal much new information on the investigations into Jason Van Dyke and 15 other officers. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Supreme Court allows new asylum policy to take effect In our news wrap Thursday, the Trump administration began enforcing a new asylum policy after the Supreme Court allowed it to take effect nationwide. The rule requires migrants who pass through a country other than Mexico before reaching the U.S. Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 9:23 In Common’s new memoir about healing, ‘love can be an action’ Common, the award-winning musician, actor, activist, and now author, says that in a world of division and anxiety, he wanted to offer solution-oriented resources for healing that have helped him overcome trauma and tough times in his life. Common joins… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch 7:14 For Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings, Chicago’s violence strikes close to home Every day, guns are used to kill roughly 100 Americans and injure hundreds more. Chicago has been a particular locus of gun violence; this past weekend, 48 people were shot there -- eight fatally. Among the dead were two young… Continue watching
Jul 30 Body of 1930s gangster John Dillinger to be exhumed By Rick Callahan, Associated Press The Indiana State Department of Health approved a permit for Dillinger's nephew to have the body exhumed from an Indianapolis cemetery and reinterred there. Continue reading
Jul 25 Prosecutor says more people could be charged in R. Kelly case By Michael Tarm, Associated Press More charges and more defendants could be added to the federal case against R. Kelly in Chicago that currently alleges child pornography and other crimes by the R&B singer and two associates, a prosecutor told a judge Thursday. Continue reading
Jul 19 4 Chicago officers fired for Laquan McDonald shooting cover-up By Herbert G. McCann, Associated Press None of the four were charged criminally, however they were stripped of police powers and assigned to desk duty as their case proceeded. Continue reading
Jul 05 More than dozen trampled in Chicago July 4 stampede By Associated Press Three others were stabbed when a fight broke out after a group of young males flashed gang signs, authorities said. Three people suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Continue reading
Jun 28 WATCH: Biden defends his civil rights record after 2020 Democratic debate criticism By Sara Burnett, Will Weissert, Associated Press The former vice president and Democratic White House hopeful made the remarks a day after his 2020 rival California Sen. Kamala Harris delivered a blistering attack at their first presidential debate in Miami. She blasted him for recently highlighting his… Continue reading