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Daquan Lamont Smith allegedly claimed he was aboard the ship with a bomb, prosecutors say. He faces up to five years in prison.
Harvard officers found Milton Espino-Mejia with the minor at a public park after he traveled from Chicago, prosecutors say.
John Catanzara says he hasn't seen the subpoena or hired a lawyer, even as federal investigators dig into his finances.
A minivan tore through a window at an Advocate outpatient clinic on Waukegan Road, hurting someone with flying debris.
Armored vehicles and police tape locked down Wrightwood and Kimball for hours on Labor Day, just steps from the former mayor's home.
The 45-year-old victim was rushed to U. of C. Medical Center after a scooter-riding gunman opened fire near Rainbow Beach.
South Bend fire crews battled a large blaze near Lafayette Boulevard and South Street, just three months after a suspected arson gutted a historic building blocks away.
A years-long DEA investigation traced a 2020 overdose death back to Vincent Steven Calvin, who is now headed to federal prison.
Surveillance video showed Chief Keef and his crew scattering during nearby gunfire, but police say no one was hurt and he wasn't targeted.
CTA riders faced major delays on the South Side as crews worked to clear the scene near the 69th Street station.
The 17-year-old was shot in the head, the 14-year-old in the shoulder, just blocks from June's mass shooting of four boys.
Five people were inside the vehicle when it hit a barrier in West Pullman; three swam to safety and one man was rescued by the Marine Unit.
A dispute inside a West 74th Street home ended with both men dead at the scene and two guns recovered, Chicago police say.
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