The directive makes Chicago the first city in the nation "to leverage local authority to pursue legal accountability for misconduct" by federal agents, according to the city.

In celebration of Black History Month, Chicago filmmakers will be showing their short films at Music Box Theater and Facets.

A trial, set to start Monday, will decide whether CPD officers traumatized two women and four children in August when a CPD SWAT team broke down the door of their apartment, pointed assault rifles ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is apparently as bad at managing her finances as she was the Windy City’s — she’s been hit with a lawsuit for being over $11,000 in arrears on her credit card.

Chicago police are looing for a group of men they say are responsible for a rash of armed robberies across the city. The biggest myth about Trump’s base (and why many believe it) Actor Kiefer ...

Getting our police officers into the right jobs at the places where they can do most to stop crime is the next big step in bringing Chicago violence down to the level we see today in cities such as ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot launched an independent initiative on Thursday to document the alleged abuse of power by federal immigration officers in response to the Trump administration’s ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has launched an “ICE Accountability Project,” an independent initiative she said would collect and document federal immigration agents’ alleged criminal or abusive ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is launching an investigation into federal immigration enforcement in Chicago. Lightfoot's ICE Accountability Project is an independent initiative to collect and ...

A high-ranking Chicago Police Department official died following an emergency on Saturday morning, authorities said. Deputy Chief William Betancourt passed away after experiencing a medical emergency ...

William Betancourt, a deputy chief with the Chicago Police Department, died early Saturday after a medical emergency while off duty. He had served with the department for nearly 30 years. CHICAGO - ...