Chicago Bears draft class has its paperwork in order. The Bears and wide receiver Luther Burden III, the No. 39 pick out of ...

Traveling solo is mostly fun, but some places demand an extra layer of caution. Certain U.S. cities continue to grapple with ...

While national rhetoric leans on fear and force, mayors in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, and Birmingham are reducing homicides through data, community investment, and strategic prevention—not just ...

From July 12 to 15 in 1995, the heat index soared above 120 degrees, killing 739 people in the deadliest natural disaster in ...

Columbia’s Office of Violence Prevention Advisory Committee met Tuesday for the second time, as city leaders and law enforcement work to build collaborative strategies to address violent crime. So far ...

The failure of at least 34 members of the Chicago City Council to vote to reject Mayor Brandon Johnson’s action means the first mayoral veto in 19 years will stand.

Sci-fi books and movies have imagined a future where police can predict crimes long before artificial intelligence (AI) made ...

The program is called Scaling Community Violence Intervention for a Safer Chicago, or SC2. Tuesday, local leaders and advocates marked the one-year anniversary of the effort they say so far has been a ...

Leaders say the expansion will help them meet ambitious goals of reducing shootings, even as President Donald Trump pulls ...

The Chicago Public Safety DataHub will track the most recent data on violent crime in Chicago and allow users to compare it ...

Leaders from various groups helping disrupt crime met to discuss what has been going on this summer in Chicago, and how to ...

Officials in Manhattan and Chicago touted sharp drops in homicides in the first six months of 2025, compared to the same ...