Violent crime fell dramatically in 2025, in what experts expect to be the year with the sharpest drop in homicides in recorded history. The decline, detailed in two recent reports of major U.S. cities ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death ...

Angelo Martino negotiated for companies hit by ransomware attacks as an employee of Chicago-based DigitalMint. But ...

To use this evidence, investigators typically must grow the larvae until adulthood in a laboratory setting and then identify ...

Blackout rage gallons” are alcoholic mixtures usually contained in a plastic gallon jug. Chicagoans joked online about their ...

Transit crime grabbed headlines again in 1978 after the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Rita L. Hopkinson at Oak Park’s Austin Avenue L station. Mayor Michael Bilandic responded by proposing to add 100 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are seeking to identify a man wanted in connection with an attempted sexual assault on the city's Northwest Side. The crime happened around 3:54 p.m. Feb. 6 in the 2000 ...

A new specialized unit is being created to prosecute domestic violence homicides in Cook County, as these killings surged 15% last year, even as overall violent crime declined across Chicago.

Data from the Chicago Police Department shows there were 25 homicides and 81 shootings across February, increases of 19% and ...

There's good news on crime prevention. Community programs in high-risk neighborhoods can plummet crime rates—without resorting to increased incarceration.

Chair of the University of Chicago Board of Trustees David Rubenstein met and directly corresponded with Jeffrey Epstein in 2012, according to files released by the Department of Justice. Documents ...