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A 70-year-old woman was struck by an SUV during an argument on Saturday night, Chicago police said.

Katie Zacharia has been offered the job of White House Press Secretary, a White House official confirmed. 

A mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, left nine people dead, including multiple children, according to authorities.

Hurricane Isaias hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, leaving hundreds of thousands without power in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

Two teens were shot on the city's South Side on Friday night, according to Chicago police.

An ICE agent is in custody at a local hospital after police say he was shot after assaulting an elderly man and his daughter at a home in central Fresno.

More than 50 young men departed for Washington, D.C., this weekend through I Am A Gentleman Inc., turning a trip that was originally canceled for six participants into a larger educational experience made possible by donors and community partners.

Chicago police say the mother of a 3-year-old boy who died last summer has now been charged and is in custody in the city after an investigation that remained unresolved for more than a year.

Several Chicago dog owners say their pets have suffered cuts and injuries to their paw pads at Hamlin Dog Park in Roscoe Village, prompting renewed concerns about conditions at the recently renovated park.

Before ABC7 Chicago's Larry Mowry became a familiar face forecasting Chicago weather, he was a college student finding his voice, both in the classroom and in the newsroom.

The woman charged with fatally stabbing a 7-year-old girl on a South Side sidewalk will undergo an evaluation to determine whether she is fit to stand trial after a Cook County judge ordered her held in custody following a detention hearing.

A fourth beluga whale rescued from Canada has died at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, officials said Friday. Another resident whale also died recently of old age.

With the November election less than a month away, the three candidates running to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin are sharpening their messages on affordability, immigration reform and how they would approach the job.

Mike Ditka, a Hall of Fame player who coached the Chicago Bears to the 1985 Super Bowl win, died Friday, sources said.

Reaction is pouring in from Chicago and around the NFL world after the death of Bears legend Mike Ditka.

Vice President JD Vance cast doubt Friday on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, "I'm not going to be watching it."

A Los Angeles judge has granted Hayden Panettiere's former fiance Wladimir Klitschko temporary guardianship of their daughter's estate.

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama on Friday morning, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and prompting evacuations, according to the USGC.

"Windy City Weekend" celebrated host Ryan Chiaverini's birthday Friday.

Diane Pathieu takes a look at what's going on in the city and suburbs.

When Cati Blauvelt's friends discovered she was missing in 2016, some of them checked an abandoned house. She was found dead in the basement.

Mike Ditka, the legendary former Chicago Bears coach and first tight end ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 86.

A woman and a man are facing charges in connection with a CTA bus shooting that injured two people near a South Side school last week, Chicago police said.

A man was shot and critically injured while driving a car in Englewood Thursday night, Chicago police said.

An Avianca Airlines flight bound for New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was diverted to Miami after several passengers were injured during turbulence.