A tragic case unfolded in Chicago's Southside neighborhood earlier this month in the fatal shooting of Circuit Court of Cook…
“They screamin’, “Chano for mayor,” I’m thinkin’ maybe I should,” Chance The Rapper exclaimed on his song “Somewhere in Paradise”…
Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama may be everything for most Black women but she means all that much more to the…
Kamel Harris, 41, was arrested on Monday for murder charges related to Kyrian Knox’s killing.
During their third and final debate, Clinton and Trump clashed over the Supreme Court, abortion, the Second Amendment, and gun…
Chicago's murder rate has spiked to a 20-year high and one city alderman blames it on residents speaking out against…
Chicago Police Department Superintendent Eddie Johnson is recommending that seven police officers be fired for filing false reports in the…
Scott Olson/Getty Images Nearly two years after a Chicago police officer fatally shot Laquan McDonald and numerous colleagues filed reports…
Tired of waiting on help from outside of the community, a group of mothers got together to do something about…
Rejecting a rough-edged urban site for what could be a showcase near the lakefront, President Barack Obama and first lady…
A 16-year-old boy is the youngest among the victims killed, while a 65-year-old woman and 73-year-old man were the oldest.
A26-year-old Chicago woman is facing felony charges for firing warning shots into the air after witnessing the death of her fiancé. Ashley…
A Chicago judge wants Mayor Rahm Emanuel to testify about the police department's code of silence, but attorneys for the…
The Chicago Police Board was going to hold an evidentiary hearing on misconduct charges against Dante Servin, the cop who…
A recent Chicago Tribune investigation has documented more than a dozen examples in which officers within the Chicago Police Department have…
Jeff Asher, a crime analyst and contributor to FiveThirtyEight.com, joined Roland Martin on Wednesday's edition of NewsOne Now to discuss…
Oprah Winfrey returned to Chicago’s West Loop Wednesday night. She tweeted a photo celebrating the end of an era with…
During Thursday's edition of NewsOne Now, Alderman Pat Dowell from Chicago's 3rd Ward spoke with Roland Martin about Jackson's selection…
Chicago Protestors caused Donald Trump to cancel his rally on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago, on…
A jury deliberated for just over two hours Saturday, finding 27-year-old Donnell Flora guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and…
More revelations in the Laquan McDonald police shooting case continue to come to light, alluding to a cover-up orchestrated by city officials…
Cmdr. Glenn Evans, 53, was cleared of all charges stemming from the 2013 incident involving Rickey Williams, even in the…
Officials in Chicago have released the dash-cam video footage of Laquan McDonald‘s shooting death at the hands of city police…
This past weekend, the brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha, a historic Black fraternity, took to the streets of Chicago and…
Police say the child was targeted because of his father's gang ties and a string of shootings between rival gangs.…
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