Law enforcement agencies estimate that tens of thousands of gangs operate across the United States today. These groups range from ...

Early data show drops in violent crime in parts of Chicago — leaders say funding will determine if gains hold.

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Surveillance video given to KRON4 News reportedly shows the chaotic scenes that erupted around a ...

By eleven that morning, news broke that the operation was targeting Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, better known as El Mencho, the fifty-nine-year-old head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or C ...

A man was stabbed during a fight at a business in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood early Sunday. Police said at 7:05 a.m., ...

Crime worries dominated news cycles not long ago, yet fresh data paints a brighter picture for some notorious hotspots. Cities once synonymous with violence have posted stunning declines since 2024, ...

Downing’s “Spring forward: The annual madness of Daylight Saving Time” says the Chicago City Council passed a daylight saving ordinance in June 1920. That fall, after the city’s clocks had been turned ...

Francisco Gonzalez-Jasso was swept up in the federal deportation campaign aimed at clearing "violent criminals" off ...

Three years ago, a 15-year-old boy was shot 21 times in the back by a group of teenagers who are now in prison for the attack ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Young Ukrainians in Chicago held a special prayer service Tuesday to honor the lives lost defending their country. With song, prayer and candlelight, the students at St. Nicholas ...

I spent a day on Chicago’s West Side with gang members and local rappers to hear directly how they describe life in neighborhoods shaped by shootings, retaliation, and fear. What stood out most wasn’t ...

In the documents, Homeland Security said the raid "was based on intelligence that there were illegal aliens unlawfully occupying apartments."... Newly revealed arrest records show that a high-profile ...