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A 40-year-old man was shot inside a Northwest Side home and rushed to Loyola Hospital in critical condition; Area Five detectives are investigating.
A 27-year-old woman, identified as Eboni Evans, was charged after a Near North Side shooting that wounded a 40-year-old man on Feb. 20, police said.
A Chicago man was arrested after a Yankton County pursuit ended in a crash and a foot chase. Deputies charged him with eluding and assault-related offenses.
A late‑night fire in Logan Square damaged adjacent homes and displaced 12 adults and 10 children as crews and the Red Cross responded. The CFD will investigate the cause.
A 21-year-old passenger died after a car ran a red light and struck a semi at Channahon Road and Houbolt Road in Joliet; authorities are investigating.
A man was found dead in Lake Michigan near Hyde Park Saturday evening. Chicago police say the marine unit recovered the body and the identity has not been released.
A West Side apartment building burst into flames Saturday evening, sending a thick plume of smoke visible from I‑290. Crews extended ladders to the roof while battling the blaze.
A Stickney man faces first-degree murder charges after a Thanksgiving-night shooting on the Southwest Side left a 27-year-old dead. Police say a weapon was recovered and an arrest was made.
An early-morning shooting on I‑57 injured multiple people and closed inbound lanes near Halsted while Illinois State Police investigate. Victims were taken to Comer Children’s Hospital.
Authorities say a 24-year-old Des Plaines man was arrested after investigators found more than 100 alleged child sexual-abuse images on his phone.
Rylee Hanson, 20, was killed in an early‑morning wrong‑way crash on I‑65 north of 61st Avenue; state police say another driver was airlifted and investigators are seeking video.
An unidentified man was found shot to death Saturday morning in the 900 block of S. Keeler; Area Four detectives have launched a homicide probe.
A federal judge gave Shaun Healy 37 years after prosecutors said he groomed and extorted nearly 100 girls over Snapchat.
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