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A 17-year-old was wounded in a shooting Tuesday afternoon near a high school in Chicago’s Avalon Park neighborhood, authorities said.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said he would be willing to meet with President Donald Trump but offered some of his strongest criticisms yet of the president during a news conference on Tuesday.

Chicago’s inspector general has released a new report detailing gun crimes and other bad behavior committed by city employees.

The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, is pleading for his safe return.

A man who allegedly fatally stabbed his wife in a jealous rage in front of two of their young daughters Saturday night in their Lincoln Square home has a history of domestic violence.

Will Social Security checks go out as planned this month as the agency eyes a number of changes to combat fraud and budget cuts?

A famed “Chicago Fire” star who was a staple on the show for years will make a return this season, but only for a single episode.

A CTA staffer is facing weapons charges in the fatal shooting of a 61-year-old West Loop doorman in an altercation near a Blue Line station.

Former President Joe Biden is set to address a convention in Chicago Tuesday, his first public address since leaving the White House.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with multiple felonies after he allegedly shot another child during a “teen takeover” in downtown Chicago last month.

Northwestern University’s president said the timing of the vandalism makes the crime “all the most despicable.”

The story of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a father of three and a protected resident who was deported and imprisoned in El Salvador while accused of being a gang member, has taken center stage amid an ongoing immigration debate.

Illinois flags are flying at half-staff this week in remembrance of a fallen soldier and father of four who was killed in a training accident last month.