A Cook County jury awarded two brothers a combined $27 million after a stranger forced his way into a Streeterville hotel room and allegedly tried to sexually assault one of them.

A bomb threat Tuesday evening evacuated the Food Lion on Burkemont Avenue in Morganton; searches found no device and the store reopened.

A Walker County jury convicted Mark Anthony Williams on 16 counts and a judge ordered a 300‑year sentence after investigators found a massive trove of abuse files. Prosecutors say federal analysts cataloged hundreds of thousands of images and videos.

A 38-year-old was arrested after a short foot chase on East 53rd; officers recovered two guns and multiple suspected narcotics. The man faces drug- and weapons-related charges.

Teresa Moore died after a van ran a red light and struck a sedan at SR 3 and Galena Road in Berkshire Township; two others were seriously injured.

A 27-year-old man was arrested at Shaw Park Aquatic Center after two children reported being touched. Authorities say he faces two counts of second-degree child molestation.

A 32-year-old woman was slashed multiple times with a scalpel on a northbound 6 train at East 149th Street in Mott Haven; police say one person is in custody.

A Glen Burnie resident has been charged in Franklin County after police say a young child was assaulted in Quincy Township; he remains jailed on $250,000 bail.

A federal magistrate probed whether SFPD had probable cause to mass-arrest more than 100 people — mostly minors — after the 2023 Dolores Park hill bomb.

A 40-year-old inmate died in the Tarrant County Jail after an in-cell medical emergency. Officials say the Tarrant County Medical Examiner will determine the cause.

Aston swim school manager Todd Hill was arrested and charged with seven felonies after police say a 16-year-old lifeguard was sexually assaulted at Hill’s Wilmington home. Investigators recovered concerning texts and say the victim stayed overnight multiple times.

A 17-year-old was stabbed outside a Midtown Chipotle and taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center. Police arrested three suspects and charged them with felony assault and weapons offenses.

The sons of a Brighton resident filed a wrongful‑death suit after their father was found badly decomposed in his room; the complaint alleges he missed 27 meals and went unmonitored for nine days.