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A 4-year-old boy is in critical condition after he was found with a gunshot wound to his head at a Far South Side home on Tuesday afternoon, Chicago police said.

Candidates Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez, and Victor Henderson each used the forum to make their case to voters ahead of the start of early voting later this month.

The Kane Country Sheriff's Office is removing all Flock cameras from Geneva's Mill Creek Subdivision.

Police in north suburban Palatine are encouraging potential victims to come forward after charging a man with sex abuse.

A masked man is approaching women in north suburban Evanston, leading police to deploy extra officers.

Construction on the Lake Street Bridge will affect CTA Green and Pink Line trains this month.

Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first movie, “On the Waterfront,” and starred in “North by Northwest,” has died. She was 102.

In the 2024 presidential election, 154 million people voted, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The family of Chester Weger, known as the so-called "Starved Rock Killer," asked the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on Tuesday to recommend that his conviction be wiped away.

Tony Danza is a beloved actor who was first known in the wildly popular sitcoms "Taxi" and "Who's the Boss?"

Someone fell onto the CTA tracks in Chicago's West Loop Tuesday afternoon, Chicago fire and police officials said.

The first player to touch the ball at this year's World Cup wasn't a global superstar. He was a kid from the Chicago area. Brian Gutierrez shares his journey from Marquette Park to soccer's biggest stage.

Sorcery, mind control and murder are the focus of Hulu's newest documentary series, "Swipe Right on the Devil," investigating a 2017 murder in Nebraska. The 3-part series streams Oct. 22 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.

New details are emerging about what a potential Chicago Bears stadium deal could look like as lawmakers continue negotiations on legislation aimed at keeping the team in Illinois.

Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived the attempt to execute her, is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday.

After Stanford professor Karl Deisseroth learned he won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, the father of five surprised his children with the exciting news.

Silvia Zhang and Gunjun Xuan, the Arcadia couple at the center of a surrogacy scandal, have been arrested on multiple charges.

Your texts and inbox might be flooded with fake amazon alerts and messages.

Investigators are set to conduct a new extensive search of the Philadelphia Horsch home that's been tied to several missing women.

The 2026 Chicago Columbus Day parade steps off Monday.

Cornell University has retained former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates to lead an independent review of how Cornell responds to sexual assault cases.

Chicago Bears legend Charles "Peanut" Tillman will lead this year's Chicago Thanksgiving Parade as the grand marshal.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement leaders were aware of the findings before signing a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves in August.

An investigation by ABC News found numerous instances of dangerous sinkholes opening as aging, abandoned mines erode beneath communities, roads and public lands.