On parole for stabbing boyfriend to death, Chicago woman charged with stabbing new lover after breakup

Less than two years after being paroled in the fatal stabbing of her then-boyfriend, a 55-year-old woman has been accused of stabbing another man in the neck after they broke up earlier this month.

Pregnant Chicago mom, 29, gunned down while sitting in parked car outside her home

Chicago police are on the hunt for two gunmen seen on surveillance video pumping bullets into a parked car, killing 29-year-old Derricka Patrick. She was three-months pregnant with her second child.

Kentucky hardest hit as storms leave dozens dead in 5 states

A monstrous tornado, carving a track that could rival the longest on record, ripped across the middle of the U.S. in a stormfront that killed dozens and tore apart a candle factory, crushed a nursing home, derailed a train and smashed an Amazon warehouse.

You can stay in the ‘Home Alone’ house this holiday season

A lucky "Home Alone" fan will get the chance to spend the night in the iconic Chicago-area house, which includes all the '90s junk food their heart desires.

Lemurs partake in Thanksgiving feast, watch football game at Illinois zoo

Ring-tailed lemurs at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois were treated to a Thanksgiving feast and even a “football game” inside their enclosure.

Garoppolo leads way as 49ers beat Bears 33-22 to snap losing streak

Jimmy Garoppolo threw for 322 yards and ran for two touchdowns, and the San Francisco 49ers beat the short-handed Chicago Bears 33-22 Sunday to snap a four-game losing streak.

Amtrak derailment victims identified as Georgia couple, Illinois man

The three people who died when a train derailed in rural Montana over the weekend included a Georgia couple who were on a cross-country trip to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary and 29-year-old Illinois man who was traveling to Oregon with his wife.

Rev Jesse Jackson and wife remain hospitalized for COVID-19

Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife, Jacqueline, remained hospitalized Monday after testing positive for COVID-19, family members said.

Oakland Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt struck on head by line drive

Oakland Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt was carted off the field Tuesday night after he was struck on the side of the head by a line drive during the second inning of a 9-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

Woman who was dragged from car, beaten and shot after minor traffic accident in Chicago has died

Video shared widely on social media shows a group of men swarming the car, then pulling out Yasmin Perez and beating her. Gyovanny Arzuaga, who was shot "execution-style," died that night.

Family of woman who drank sanitizer sues firm that made it

The family of an Illinois woman who died last year after drinking hand sanitizer contaminated with methanol is suing the company that made the product.

GOP Rep Kinzinger starts PAC to resist party’s Trump embrace

Rep. Adam Kinzinger is launching a political action committee to push back against a House GOP leadership team and party that he says has become too closely aligned to the former president.

Rep. Schneider tests positive for COVID-19 after Capitol lockdown

A Democratic congressman from Illinois who was forced to go into lockdown during last week’s deadly siege at the Capitol announced Tuesday he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Kyle Rittenhouse pleads not guilty to deadly shootings during Kenosha protests

An Illinois teenager who fatally shot two people and wounded a third amidst sometimes violent summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges including intentional homicide.