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A homeowner's 911 call over a blocked garage led police to a 70-year-old man slumped dead behind the wheel in Greater Grand Crossing.
A predawn stabbing on South Emerald Avenue left a woman dead and a man hospitalized in critical condition, Chicago police say.
A 23-year-old Sandwich man died after a prearranged meetup outside a Yorkville Planet Fitness turned into an intentional attack, police say.
A 27-year-old driver's eastbound Kia triggered a chain-reaction crash on 72nd Street, leaving one victim in serious condition.
An officer shot and killed the dog after it attacked him near North Christiana Avenue; two colleagues were also hurt.
Calvin Jones allegedly struck a 15-year-old boy, two women and a man holding his toddler at Pacifica Square before spitting on an officer.
A 22-year-old woman and a man were hurt crossing Ida B. Wells Drive before dawn Monday. The driver never stopped.
The hotel's spa area stays shut as Evanston health officials warn recent guests to watch for pneumonia symptoms.
The man had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The blaze broke out on Tier 5A of the Residential Treatment Unit. A detainee died in a November fire last year in the unit.
A 911 call about two men arguing on Howard Street ended with a U.S. citizen bloodied and hospitalized after federal agents mistook him for a fugitive.
Brendt E. Jimenez was charged with disseminating and possessing child sexual abuse material, Kane County prosecutors say.
Ty Bonnell had been with the Porter County Sheriff's Office less than a year before his firing.
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