Dec 01 Watch 4:58 Chicago police superintendent out amid anger over Laquan McDonald shooting video By PBS News Hour Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has fired his longtime police superintendent Garry McCarthy. The move came one week after the city released a dash-cam video showing Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Gwen Ifill learns more from Paris… Continue watching
Dec 01 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fires police superintendent By Joshua Barajas A week after a video of a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times was released to the public, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired the city’s police chief Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 10:34 Gangs and guns fuel Chicago’s summer surge of violence By PBS News Hour In Chicago, the number of shooting deaths has climbed in 2015 after falling the last two years. Vonzell Banks was one of the victims -- a 17-year-old church choir drummer, who got caught in the crossfire during a family outing… Continue watching
Jul 20 Why a Chicago church allowed us in to film a teenager’s funeral, and why that’s important By Dan Morris When we asked the Reverend Derail Smith if we could film the funeral of 17-year-old Vonzell Banks, he hesitated. But ultimately the circumstances outweighed such concerns. "People need to see what’s going on here," he said. Continue reading
May 01 Obama chooses Chicago to host his presidential library By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has chosen his hometown of Chicago to host his future presidential library, two individuals with knowledge of the decision said, placing the permanent monument to his legacy in the city that launched his improbable ascent… Continue reading
Apr 08 Watch 4:49 News Wrap: Afghan soldier targets U.S. troops in insider attack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, one American was killed and at least two others wounded by an Afghan soldier at a military compound in Jalalabad. Also, Iran announced it would deploy two warships near Yemen, supposedly to patrol for pirates. Continue watching
Apr 08 Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wins 2nd term in runoff victory By Associated Press CHICAGO -- Rahm Emanuel won re-election Tuesday as voters in Chicago's first mayoral runoff decided that, despite his brusque management style, the former White House chief of staff was best equipped to deal with the many dire challenges facing the… Continue reading
Apr 07 Watch 4:06 News Wrap: U.S. officials charged for 2009 Pakistan drone attack By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a judge in Pakistan ordered criminal charges be filed against the CIA’s former station chief in Pakistan and its one-time general counsel over an American drone strike in 2009 that killed two people. Also, jurors… Continue watching
Mar 19 Watch Tight mayoral race exposes divide among Chicago Democrats By PBS News Hour Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in the first ever mayoral runoff. After vastly outspending his rivals, he failed to get a majority in the February election, forcing him into a runoff with Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia. Special correspondent… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Chicago grapples with how to curb gun violence after deadly weekend By PBS News Hour Continue watching