Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza strode toward the camera in an empty lot, she gave credit for Chicago's plunging violence, ...

Between Jan. 1 and June 30 of this year, the Medical Examiner’s Office has recorded 219 homicides, compared to 208 during the first six months of 2025. To be sure, that 219 figure is very likely to ...

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Despite historically low levels of violent crime in Chicago this year, candidates trying to replace Mayor Brandon Johnson are sweeping aside the numbers in favor of anecdotes and are depicting the ...

Police in Boise, Idaho, announced Wednesday they had identified the "Unknown Wanderer," a man found dead in a church in 1982, and revealed a surprising possible connection to the still-unsolved ...

As Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza strode toward the camera in an empty lot, she gave credit for Chicago's plunging violence, but not to the man she's hoping to succeed. Homicides have dropped ...